the process began in the house of representatives with both being counted state-by-state in alphabetical order. we'll see the first couple of states votes reported until the results from arizona were protested. while this was happening, president trump was finishing up remarks with reporters outside the white house, encouraging them to march to the capital. march to the capitol. madamege speaker -- speaker, the vice president and the united states senate. [applause] rep. pelosi: as the house comes to order for this important, historic reading, remember that each side have 11 members allowed to be present on the floor. others may be in the gallery. guidance of the attending physician and the sergeant at arms. the gentleman on the republican side of the aisle will please adhere to social distancing and agreed to what we have, 11 members on each side. responsibilities to this chamber, to this responsibility and to this house of representatives. please exit the floor if you do not have a role from your leadership. you can share with your staff if you want to have a few more, but you cannot g

the state. to move us toward an even more interconnected system. the timing is perfect as 2020 saw more than 2 million additional visits to our state parks. moreover, indiana has more than four times the timber land acreage that we did a hundred years ago and we're adding to that by planting 1 million new trees, natural scrubbers, at or near or parks, over the next five years. as more people blaze a trail to indiana, we also need a comprehensive overview of our state's housing, supply and needs, on a county-by-county basis. our statehousing agency will develop and maintain a database to ensure that realtime, consistent information about indiana's housing and its market is available. it will be used by developers and builders, employers, local and state government officials, and service providers who serve specific populations to help determine where the needs and gaps exist and how we can then address them. one thing we all know, the pandemic has made clear broadband connectivity is an essential

united states senators. they are now entering the chamber. this should be, this should mark the beginning of the conclusion of the roll call in which they consider every state, all that is supposed to happen is they count. they call out. they ask how many delegates there are for joe biden. they ask how many delegates there are for donald trump. they count it and ask if there's any objections. the normal course of events is there's no observations and they move on to the next state after rhode island. that's the way it's supposed to go. this failed two times tonight. one was with arizona. one was with pennsylvania. in both cases the objections were overruled after couple hours of debate in both chambers and were both overcome in the senate and house. if you object to the electoral results in any state it has to be overcome -- the objection has to be sustained in both the house and senate. if either house does not follow the objection it dies. in the case of arizona and pennsylvania they both died because both

but early on even before the november election, the states or the parties associated with the states are picking groups of electors one let's say associated with donald trump and another with joe biden and that is for each state and each has the certain number of electorates that are based on population roughly but to for each state and however many representatives the state has in congress so the smallest states agree you have a wide range of numbers of electors but who are these people, they are not known to the american people, they are somewhat anonymous and picked as party loyalists, people that are loyal and now trump would be selected for the party. they are picked by usually the party committee and the point really is there are people that are very likely to be loyal to the party that they support and most states you don't see them at the ballot but you see a list of people and they would be the electors that you are voting for. others it is implied and you will be casting that vote but you are really voting for these people. that's where the process really starts after the p

has never been a state. it shouldn't be a state. and it's not going to be a state. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from kentucky reserves. the gentlewoman from new york is recognized. mrs. maloney: i now yield two minutes to the distinguished gentleman from illinois, congressman danny davis. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois is recognized for two minutes. mr. davis: thank you, mr. chairman. let me thank you for yielding to me. and also, i want to commend you, chairman maloney, on your outstanding leadership on this committee. i also want to take a moment and commend my colleague, who has been championing d.c. statehood before i even came to congress. you know, i listen intently to all of the arguments. it always gets back to one -- how are the people in d.c. more likely to vote? and they're going to vote more likely democratic. are three going -- are they going to vote for democrats? let me tell you, i have people in my district who vote for republicans. can you imagine that? they vote republican. but we don't den

printed and distributed to the states for ratification consideration at the state level. this is really make amazing rare survivor, 15 or so survived from 1787. this is the only one who still remains, the rest are institutional collections. it's a rare opportunity to seek a dunlop claypool printing on display and of course there's a lot of connection between the constitutional convention decides on and presents to the state between the connections between the revolutionary state constitution like massachusetts and pennsylvania we talked about. what are some of thehelv lessons constitutional convention learned from processing of creating constitution? can you share some interesting stories? >> a huge topic we won't be able to cover everything but there is a connection between what americans are doing at a state level in 1976 through the 1780s to 1877 i think one of the most fascinating questions in american history because as we see, americans are getting a lot of experience writing the constitution but it's for their states which is difficult enough, there are so many thi

of a state that ability. nowhere does it give the governor that about. nowhere does it give a court that ability. it exclusively gives that ability to the legislatures. and in fact in most states that's the process that was followed. but for those states that this wasn't followed, unfortunately, this is not new. we've seen over and over again more states where the democrat party has gone in and selectively gone around this process. that has to end, madam speaker. we have to follow the onstitutional process. now there might be reasons why some people don't like the process laid out by a legislative body. madam speaker, i served on one of the -- one of those legislative bodies when i was in the state legislature for 12 years. i served on the house governmental affair committees where we wrote the laws for our state's elections. i can tell you, when we had to make changes, those were extensively negotiated. we would have people on both sides come, republicans and democrats, madam speaker, would get together to w

what is the state of our state? in some ways it is likely the state of the nation and indeed the state of the world. we are hurt. we are frustrated. we are in morning. we are anxious. we are shocked that an invisible enemy could reap such destruction in the most powerful nation in the earth. it was not only the virus that showed our vulnerabilities. it is that covid created low tide in america and the ugliness that lurk below the surface was exposed. the racial divisions, religious tensions, the health care disparities, the social injustice, and the danger of hateful leadership. new york is not immune to those currents. we experience all of it. but in other ways, new york state of the state is different, because new york is different. our dna is different. what covid did to us is different and how he responded to covid is different. we have a confidence born from accomplishment and we know what we must do and we will do it. we will win the covid war and we will learn and grow from the experience. we are smart, unite

the criteria for redistricting can vary from state to state. so in california, california has a partisan approach there the commissioners are not allowed to look at partisan data or even consider it when drawing boundaries. whereas in arizona, colorado, competitiveness is one of the criteria for redrawing boundaries. so colorado, which is gaining a seat, we might expect that is drawn anymore competitive region of colorado, like northern colorado. we will be watching how commissions weigh these from state to state. often times they can come into contention. it is not always possible to draw compact districts that adhere to the current interpretation of the voting rights act. it is not only possible to draw the majority of districts to be competitive between the two parties. how do you judge competitiveness ? is it based on the most recent presidential election results? often times those that are considered safe or competitive at the beginning of the decade can change in character by the end of the decade. republicans last time drew a lot of dist

states under criticisms. states have noted the lack for back -- vaccines. miscommunications to states on the number of doses available has created a chain of logistical issues. states appear to be addressing challenges as, they learn lessons along the way, additionally. 8.7 5 billion from the consolidated appropriations act with 4.5 billion specifically allocated to the state is on the way to the states, and should be of some help. as we continue to work on stimulus packages, it is essential to hear state perspectives. as justice brandeis says, the states are the laboratories of democracy area finding novel approaches to complex problems. i look forward to the testimony from the witnesses today, and welcome them to the hearing. chair? ideals back -- i yield back. >> thank you. let me also thank our ranking member. i also noticed we have a lot of our new members. i think the new members are probably going to be more active than some of the older members, but it is all right. we want you all to get involved. this is actually the first hearing of the energy an

consider them as acting in concert with the state to ep force a state-preferred policy? mr. stone: two points, your honor. first, every tort action undoubtedly advances a state preferred policy. the reason why they're not acting in concert with or cannot be called agents -- justice thomas: well, but usually, when you think of traditional torts, there is a duty, there's an injury to the individual. it's a private matter. there is no requirement here that there be an injury to the plaintiff. mr. stone: your honor, the texas supreme court has followed article iii requirements in terms of injury in fact that doesn't need to appear on the face of the statute. justice thomas: so what would that injury be under s.b. 8, if it's an injury in fact? mr. stone: one example could be akin to the injury suffered in the tort of outrage, where an individual becomes aware of a non-compliant abortion and they suffer the sort of same extreme emotional harm. that would ground an article iii injury for purposes of texas law that would be sufficient to satisfy the texas article iii-style scree

of the morning important part of this is how lines are drawn from state tomp state and republicans get to draw the maps in 20 states totaling 187 districts because state legislatures for the most part are the ones that bear responsibility for this compared to 75 districts in eight states that democrats control so republicans control more than twice as many districts as democrats and there are also 10 states that use independent or bipartisan commission that total 121 districts and six states controlled the split between legislature of one party and the governor of the other so that adds up to 46 districts and then there are six states that only have one district in the upcoming decade and don't need to divide their states into multiple seats. >> six states are gaining members of congress, texas, florida, north carolina, oregon and colorado. seven are losing, new york, pennsylvania, michigan, ohio, illinois and west virginia. when people move out of a state like illinois or west virginia, two states that lost population, do they take their politics with them or are they moving out of fr

united states. >> the constitution of the united states. >> and the constitution of this state. >> and the constitution of this state. >> and that i will discharge the duties of my office. >> and i will discharge the duties of my office. >> with fidelity. >> with fidelity. >> congratulations. >> thank you, justice. [applaus [applause] >> will you raise your right hand? you've got it up. >> done it before. >> i, state your name. >> i, john dougle, having been elected to the office of auditor, do solemnly swear that i will support, obey and defend. >> that i will support, obey and defend. >> the constitution of the united states. >> the constitution of the united states and the constitution of this state. >> and the constitution of this state. >> and that i will discharge the duties of my office. >> and that i will discharge the duties of my office. >> with fidelity. >> with fidelity. >> congratulations. [applaus [applause] >> will you raise your right hand? i, state your name. >> i sean, david reyes. >> having been elected to the office of attorney general. >> having been elected to the

and the state of our state is indeed hopeful. and i thank you for the honor that i have been given to serve along side each one of you, this state and her people. i still believe and i always will believe in tennessee. may god bless you, each one. and may god bless the great state of tennessee. thank you. [ applause ]

the state. we wanted it to be a place where our kids got out of school and wanted to raise their families there. surrounded by the people they love. what was interesting is i ran on south dakota being an example to the nation. what happened during this pandemic t, it allowed us to tell our story. thousands are moving to our state and they want to live somewhere where the government respects them and somewhere where they can be free. south dakota was not on their radar a year ago to move to, but it is now. they wanted to live to have a quality of life and be respected. we did one week of a national advertising campaign to law enforcement officers and said if you want to live somewhere where you are supported and people respect you and we will help you take care of your families, come to south dakota. in one week we had hundreds of applications from 41 different states of law enforcement officers saying i want to live there. they respect law enforcement and they will appreciate my service. >> sean

if you're a state organization or a local organization in washington state or california state, what are the ways in which you can be talking about the importance of and supporting the effort around this policy? >> maura, why don't you go first, i'll follow you. >> sure. i think this event alone shows the importance of this issue and different groups that all care about this coming together and working together to spread this message. i think that a lot of what wade said about what folks on the ground, in states that really need this expansion, really applies to those who are in states that have also -- had already expanded. making sure you're contacting your member of congress, making sure you're telling them you care about this issue, that it is a matter of racial justice, it's a matter of health justice, and just because you have health insurance doesn't mean that the game is over. we need to press forward and make sure that we're all in this together. medicare covers everybody in this country regardless of state. medicaid should as well. >> maura, i think that's absolutely right.

of the state four years ago. chief justice jensen, chairman fox, we thank you for your thoughtful words this morning and for your service to all the citizens of north dakota and to the people of the nation and chief justice jensen for you and the entire judicial and art department of corrections and rehabilitation thank you for keeping our justice system running smoothly during this past year, we look forward to continuing collaboration throughout the legislative season or session with all of you. as our and administration enters the second term catherine and i are truly honored to continue serving the incredible citizens of north dakota, especially during these historic times. together with the 67th legislator we look forward to the tremendous opportunities before us to make a positive difference for our citizens and our state. as north dakota's we've experienced much this past year and truly an entire black flock of black swan events combining flooding, drought and ongoing global pandemic, market crashes, histo

the state of our state is indeed hopeful. i thank you for the honor i have been given to serve alongside each of you, this state and her people. i still believe and i always will believe in tennessee. may god bless each of you and may god bless the great state of tennessee. [applause] [applause] >> you are watching c-span2, your unfiltered view of government. c-span2 was created by america's cable-television companies and today we are brought to you by these television companies who provide c-span2 to viewers as a public service. >> the days immediately preceding the insurrection and right after with some of the most scary times that we've ever experienced in aviation. this was a new safety and security threat that we have never experienced, and typically when someone is acting out in an airport, swearing at of the people, refusing to comply with rules, acting belligerent and even delusional, they are denied the freedom of light. we were very clear that anyone who attacked our nation's capital and our democracy should be deni

and the state of our state is indeed hopeful. and i thank you for the honor that i have been given to serve along side each one of you, this state and her people. i still believe and i always will believe in tennessee. may god bless you, each one. and may god bless the great state of tennessee. thank you. [ applause ] >> weeknights this month we're featuring american history tv programs as a preview of what's available every weekend on c-span 3. artectural historian barry lewis died at the age of 75. tonight we begin two of his talks from the new york historical society. first mr. lewis discusses the design and construction of the iconic brooklyn bridge which was built in the 1870s followed by his look of the creation of new york city's greenwich village. watch tonight beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span 3. >> on thursday the house financial services committee hearing on the recent volatility in the stock price of gamestop and decisions by some companies to restrict trading of the

to come to their state. that is an interesting part of their refugee resettlement history. refugees have a history of rebuilding communities that have experienced population decline. many states are putting their hands up and asking to receive afghan refugees because they know it will help them rebuild their communities and rebuild their economies. host: this is nazanin ash joining us for this discussion, chief executive officer from welcome.us. rick is next. caller: i just want to make a couple of comments. a lot of american soldiers died for those people over there. and they are supposed to come here. some of them will come to defend the country but they cannot defend their own country. none of these men should be allowed to get on any plane and they cannot even defend their own country. you had this cloud and -- clown in the white house. host: we will leave it to your first point. as far as prioritizing women and children versus men, our families -- are families generally kept together? guest: i think as

trump of the state of.

your second question was on states. the individual should check their own state policy for eligibility. you will recall that president biden did call on states, territories and tribes to move as quickly as possible to make all people 65 and older eligible in their states and more than the states have done so. that is an important population. 80% of the 400 deaths have been in people of over 65 years of age. >> zeke miller with ap. reporter: jeff, on the pharmacy, can you spy to how those million doses per week will be distributed across the country and what will be used to ensure equity and the distribution will be population-based. and on the president's call to pass legislation, how much quicker would the case of vaccination be with congressional funding and what would be without congressional action? mr. jeffries: good questions. on the pharma allocation, it's allocated the same way we allocate to the states, tribes and territories. however the centers for disease control has experience with working with pharmacies i

of the state address. he talked about increasing access to broadband and internet connectivity. >> the chair recognizes the sergeant at arms. >> mr. president, your committee now escorting the governor of the great state of nebraska, governor pete ricketts. [applause] [bracket -- [indiscernible conversations] >> members of the 107th legislature, i present to you the governor of the great state of nebraska, the honorable governor pete ricketts. [applause] rickets: good morning, everybody, please sit down. president foley, speaker hilgers, members of the legislature, tribal chairmen, and fellow nebraskans, good morning. congratulations on the commencement of the first session of the 107th nebraska legislature. i want to welcome each of you to lincoln. congratulations speaker hilgers on your election. i look forward to working together with you and all the newly elected chairs. please also recognize the newest members of the unicameral: senators aguilar, bostar, cavanaugh, day, flood, mckinney, pahls, and san

the united states will supplier cover. as time went, on both these parts of the plan were to be changed both with the approval and the acquiescence of the cia and the pentagon. but at this point, tell us simply wanted the okay from the president to continue preparations, and he got it. from the state, on operation pluto gets tough parity from the cia. the cia with human exiles, agree on a single lead. they want the united states help. the cubans choose dr. jose miro once castro's prime minister, he has remained neutral in the power struggle among the exiled leaders. now, he comes to new york. he comes to the anti-castro cuba. >> it is first conference the doctor speaks for the first time as president of the new revolutionary council. >> a united cuba. , a real cuba, the cuba of jose marti. >> now cubans are united, they've joined the new coalition reluctantly, they don't like the way that the cia is complimenting -- and they rightly assume that the united states participation ensures the operation success. they don't want

next, the state of the state address from north dakota doug burgum. introduce the governor of north dakota, the honorable doug burgum. [applause] gov. burgum: good afternoon and thank you. distinguished members of the legislative assembly, fellow elected leaders, tribal leaders, cabinet members, first lady catherine, children joe, jesse, and tom, family and friends, and all fellow citizens of north dakota, welcome, and thank you for joining us today whether online, over the airwaves, in person, or across the hall in the senate chamber. todayherine and i arrived , it was wonderful to see everyone bustling about excited for the session to begin, seeing these familiar faces. i was overcome with a sense of warmth and i turned to catherine and said, i am really feeling the warmth today, it is radiating from all the people, the energy from everywhere. said,rned to me and that's great. maybe go inside the building now? just another beautiful january afternoon in north dakota. just over 40 degrees warmer than our first state of the state four years ago. chief

. >> now connecticut governor and "state of the state" address talks about state response to the coronavirus pandemic and thank the people of connecticut first responders and teacher he is also discussing health care, voting safely during the pandemic, racism, and the state budget and fiscal health. >> last year "state of the state" address seems like a long, long time ago. mr. speaker, mr. president, senator kelly representative, my fellow state officials, members of the general assembly, and the judicial branch, lieutenant governor honored guests, and people of the great state of connecticut, two years ago as your newat governor you welcomed me into the room where it happened. this year that room has become a virtual room. i want to pex press my most sincere gratitude to nurses, doctors,s, caregiver, national guard, teachers, and many other essential workers who are on the frontlines of our fight against covid. you have all stepped up and ways we and you never would have imagined necessary or possible. now on behalf of a very grateful state, thank you, thank you, thank you. and i would lik

the agent of the state. [inaudible] >> that is just contesting the premise the attorney general could not of appealed that he would've taken in the first place but. >> that's not my position my position stepping outside the hypothetical because of the way the stipulation was written the attorney general could have appealed because it is consistent with him reserving his rights to participate in any subsequent appeal and benefit from any favorable ruling for. >> i apologize for pressing on this. maybe i'm just not understanding and it may be my fault entirely. if you agree and that torres type case to grant intervention rights which i take you to agree, that's a very simple case. it seems to me the petitioners would say that is exactly what happened here because the ag could have appealed, it didn't and is now seeking intervention. if we assume that's the point the ag could have appealed, why doesn't the same result follow? and buffoon hill the fact the virginia house of delegates participated in that case br

you have a letter from the slature stating he -- legislature stating the review. our governor has refused the state to properly convene to do oversight. madam speaker -- mr. speaker, i ask you o

senate, to the wisconsin secretary of state, to the archivist of the united states . and chief justice of the western district of wisconsin. these fraudulent electors actedo without any legal mandate whatsoever and with the y intention that the false er documents they produced would be received as valid documentation for the purpose of inducing the u.s. congress to credit the wrong candidates with having earned wisconsin's ten electoral votes. the fraudulent electors met in a concerted effort to ensure they would be mistaken as a result o their deliberate forgery and fraud for wisconsin's legitimate presidential electors chosen by the mechanism prescribed under the u.s. constitution and wisconsin law.is through these actions, the fraudulent elevgts electors sought to undermine the november 2020 presidential election and achieve through fraud a result that their chosen candidates had been unable to secure through a free and fair election or through a bevy of meritless post-election lawsuits challenging the vote. t o we write to draw your attention to the actions and re

if it's allocated by state, let them know the balance per state. rep. delauro: when you say "repurpose," help me for a second. are we going to reimburse the costs that the states incurred in those ten months that the 25% match was still -- so that's going to be reimbursed? i just want to be clear. because my state of connecticut is going to be asking, i'm sure california is and other states as well, and again, just to be clear so it's a much broader range of this infection if you will and protective services beyond the only where emergency work is being performed. mr. fenton: going back, it's the policy that was in place going back now at 100%. and so we'll pay 100% of the costs going back. going forward, the president's direction going forward, it allows for more expansive public assistance program. >> thank you, madame chair. i yield back. >> thank you, madame chair. mr. fenton, first let me say as a 12-year sheriff and a 41-year law enforcement officer, i really appreciate all the work that fema has done for our state and local law enforcement and ot

to another state. the law also requires that any state statute or any process a -- governing the removal of voters from the voting rolls most -- must be uniform and nondiscriminatory and in compliance with the 1965 voting rights act. since the supreme court decision in shelby county versus older, that case rendered a key provision of the voting rights act to be inoperable. a number of states across the country have moved aggressively to remove voters from their voter rolls. recent reports have found that states removed more than 13 million voters from their roles between 2014 and 2018, just a span of four years. the purges have been particularly aggressive in states that before shelby had to obtain preclearance under the voting rights act of their voter removal programs from the department of justice. one study found post-shelby county increases and purge rates between 1.5% and 4.5% in states and localities formally covered by the voting rights act compared to two states and localities that had never b

there are going to be new lines in four states. six states have at-large members are they don't draw a district lines. the other 44 states will get together and draw new maps. that will matter over the long run. the numbers we got yesterday were statewide numbers. we know who will gain a seat. we don't yet know the data that will tell us where those seats actually go and how the balance of power shifts. it is going to shift and not just in the state for gain or lose seats. host: how many states have required an independent commission or source to do their legislatures? guest: i should've counted before we went on air. the number has grown in recent years. new mexico just past an advisory council that will create this and they would could tinker with the legislature if they want. that was the big trend of redistributing in the last decade. they want to create as many of these new districts as possible to draw the lines out of the state legislatures. looking at where either party controls the redistricting process, it is clear republ

what happened to states rights? the check and balance for the presidential election but also federal and state legislative elections the report shows hand stamp totals for each of the races audited the difference between the account between the hand and the machine was zero. no discrepancies were found by the hand count were during the audit. hand-audit procedures from the arizona secretary of state. and the court found that maricopa county officials therefore could not lawfully have performed the hand-count audit the way the plaintiffs wanted it done. if they had done so, they would have exposed themselves to criminal punishment. the vice president: the senator's five minutes violence expired. ms. cortez mass mosquito:i would say, please do not disenfranchise the voters of arizona. certify their votes tonight. thank you. the vice president: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: mr. president, i yield up to five minutes to the senator from utah, senator lee. the vice president: the senator from utah. mr. lee: mr. pres

i said to him from a qr united states senator, you happen to be elected by the people in your state, i am a united states congressman and i am not district congressman for the sixth congressional district, i am here for the people of caliphate south carolina and of the people in the united states of america and its incumbent upon the country to do what's necessary to expand and get rid of the gap and provide healthcare for all of our citizens. it's the same thing for voting, all states do not conduct themselves the same way so we have to be would ask a national problem and not allow healthcare to be out based upon not just where you live and that is a problem as well but what state you live in will determine your zip code as well. >> thank you so much. on that notion of history is a great informer, you recently wrote a blog entitled racial equity built back better package. can you explain what you meant by that and by closing this gap is a priority for this community? >> thank you for the question and let me say what an honor it is to be with you catalyst and congressman clyburn and

and counties in many states. it's counties that are doing administration. of course, there's a whole technology backbone to a lot of these processes, but as you know, many rely heavily on paper. and it's going to take time for it to roll out. so, i guess one of my questions is, how will you monitor at the front end and get yourself ready for-- for if things aren't going as well as maybe we all hoped they will. >> so, i see a few things, i think at the outset, so there are silver linings as a result of the pandemic. one of the silver linings is cms, the federal government working side by side in partnership with states in a way that really hasn't been seen before and experienced this in my role with the state and now from the cms standpoint and i think it's case in point on this. because fundamentally, one can debate a range of the policies. there's a giant apparatus, and 84 million have to go through eligibility mode and that's never happened in medicaid with the amount of time that passed between this much of vo

a state. the constitution's admissions clause grants congress the authority to admit seats into the union, including washington, d.c. following the 13 colonies, all 37 states were admitted by congress through this constitutional authority. states were added -- not added solely because of a particular industry or the size of its landmass. states were added to include the people. the constitution's district clause poses no barrier to admitting d.c. as a state either. the district clause, maximum size of 10 square miles, not a minimum. s-51 retains a federal district, as required by the constitution. it encompasses the unpopulated areas the federal presence, including all of the house and senate office buildings, the capitol itself, the supreme court or the white house, the monuments and museums on the national mall, and all other federal buildings and land. the people of america, when they come to the nation's capital, will still find all of the great monuments and museums that will make up thei

than the state of florida. and since january 30th, the number of seniors hospitalized for covid has declined by 80%. and cases among seniors have declined by 71%. florida was right to prioritize the elderly, seniors first works. [ applause ] as we work to protect our seniors, we also work to give opportunities to our kids. florida has led the way in providing all parents the right to send their kids to school for in-person instruction. florida is one of only four states in the country and the only large state to offer in-person instruction to 100% of its students. millions of students have been locked out of the classroom for nearly a year. and they've fallen behind on academics, have been denied the opportunity to participate in activities like athletics. and have seen their social development stunted. the consequences for shutting kids out of school for a year, even in some places two years, the consequences will be catastrophic and long-lasting. the failure of places outside of florida to open schools will g

the size of the state department. the state department and diplomacy are essentially the relationship building part of how we deal with other nations. military represents hopefully a deterrent, but if necessary a coercive force. you want that to be your last option. unfortunately, we have it always prioritized, or built up, the infrastructure for diplomacy that were allowed -- that would allow us to reduce tensions and build alliances around the world to make sure we are in the strongest position in terms of allies and support. it is interesting you mentioned the number of diplomats china has committed they are -- there is right now an imbalance between the u.s. military positions around the world. china only has one military base outside of mainline -- mainland china, that's in djibouti. they are trying to get to other continents around the world, but the u.s. is far ahead of china in that respect. still, they have done a lot of work under their belt and wrote initiative to expand their alliances around the world. wh

state of palestine. before the 67th general assembly in confronting the challenges that we are facing in the world and in the state of palestine. thank you. >> in the name of god the compassionate, your excellency, president of the united nations general assembly, your excellency, secretary-general of the united nations, excellencies , members of delegations, ladies and gentlemen. may the peace and mercy of god be upon you. this year marks the 73rd anniversary of the -- more than half of the palestinian people were uprooted from their land and disposed of their property. myself, my family and many others still possess the deeds to our land. these deeds are registered as part of the united nations records. here is that deed and many palestinians carry there's -- carry theirs as they still carry the keys to their houses to this day. nevertheless, we have not been able to recover our property due to israeli laws disregard international law and united nations resolutions which affirm the right of the palesti

a lot. -- swing state-— all of these sink states by a lot. -- swin: state. ., . . , -- swing state. i have attended many as a state legislature _ -- swing state. i have attended many as a state legislature or _ -- swing state. i have attended many as a state legislature or not _ -- swing state. i have attended many as a state legislature or not i - as a state legislature or not -- swing state. i have attended many i as a state legislature or not i have l -- swing state. i have attended many - as a state legislature or not i - as a state legislature or not i have to say -- swing state. i have attended many as a state legislature or not _ as a state legislature or not i have to say with some confidence -- swing state. i have attended many as a state legislature or not i - as a state legislature or not i have to say with some confidence that was likely the first time a president of the united states of america called into a policy hearing and remember, here is the president saying he won pennsylvania, and pennsylvania had been certified thatjoe biden had won by more than 80,000 votes.

the state legislatures. he will not be doing what the president wants him to do. even as they debate, and they go to their chambers, and right now they are in the process of debating arizona's electoral votes, the bottom line is that what the president said his path is, vice president pence, with this letter to congress, has just shut it down. >> harris: wow. you know what is fascinating, too, bret, i want to come back to you with just a follow-up question. we are seeing today others come online with what they will do. i know just a few moments ago, as we were carrying president trump's speech live, senator tillis issued a statement on electoral college certification, saying he will not oppose the certification of the electoral college votes and would not embolden politicians in the future to appoint their presidents instead of having the american people duly elect them, so on and so forth. are we looking at a situation, perhaps, as america watches this unfold, where decisions are being made today as a glimp

is the 2nd world war the united states has never experienced that in the united states has these miss about it has these narratives of american exceptionalism. you know, that comes out of manifest destiny and the doctrine of discovery. all these rules, pretty much religious beliefs about the nation that continue to exist and sustain american policy. it you can see in our domestic policies and how we don't care for our people in this country, you know, might, it's right in other things in terms of how much we lock people up, you know, as well as our police issues. but overseas, you can really see in this notion that god has given a special purpose, seated i states. and there are many people who really believe that whether they literally believe it or it's just more of a metaphor. but they do believe that the united states exists to spread freedom and democracy in a dissonance is incredible. because, you know, 70 percent of the world's dictators in autocratic regimes and military genes, etc. monarchies, 70 percent of those countries that are not democracies, receive weapons from the uni

support, obey and defend the constitution of the united states and the constitution of this state and that i will discharge the duties of my office with fidelity. >> congratulations. [applause] i, having been elected to the office of lieutenant governor do solemnly swear that i will support, obey and defend the constitution of the united states and the constitution of this state, and that i will discharge the duties of my office with fidelity. >> congratulations. [applause] the governor cox, governor herbert, legislators, justices, friends and fellow utah ends. my 11th great-grandfather, william bradford, fled religious persecution and joined a small group of people who set out looking for new opportunities, new freedoms and a new home. they sailed through stormy seas battered by windows until finally, the mayflower docked at plymouth rock. william bradford became the second governor of plymouth colony. after a life of service and devotion, he wrote in the history of plymouth plantation that all great and honorable actions are accompanied with great difficulties that must be overcome

let's be clear this is the president of the united states telling a secretary of state that if he does not find votes he will face criminal penalties and not just any number of votes donald trump was asking the secretary of state to somehow find the exact number of votes donald trump lost the state by remember president biden won georgia by 11779 votes in his own words trump said all i want to do is this i just want to find 11780 votes he won of the secretary of state to somehow find the precise number plus one so that he could win here's what he said so what i want to do with it i did want to vote on. 11. 780. which is one more of the way. he says it right there the president of the united states telling a public official to manufacture the exact votes needed so he can win. senators we must not become numb to this trump did this across state after state so often so loudly so publicly public officials like you and me receive death threats and call us threatening criminal penalties all because trump wanted to remain in power. these public officials exercised great political and personal

castro seizes more united states property. now, in the summer of 1960, the united states and cuba have reached the point of no return. in washington, the eisenhower administration is now convinced it is in the united states national interest to get rid of fidel castro. at this moment in guatemala, a cuban exile army is being created by the cia. a cuban exile air force with the 26 bombers -- b-26 bombers. they are the instruments with which the cia plans to overthrow fidel castro. have on the -- havana, summer 1960. fidel castro admits publicly for the first time there is unrest inside cuba. counterrevolutionary activity. among his opponents now is his former minister of public works manuel rai, leader of the mrp. ,>> the mrp was highly organized and well extended over the whole country. our organization reached almost every section of cuban life. civic institutions, professional organizations. labor youth. the militia. the army. and we have people inside of fidel castro's pockets. narrator: the mrp operates in the cities. it i

in the state capital. that is what has been reported. i'm going to stand right here at the end of my term whenever it ends. no one will ever describe my administration as a toxic work environment. new york state public radio. >> [indiscernible] is there any chance you would declare a state of emergency? lt. gov. hochul: let me answer that in two ways. for the next 13 days, the current governor open making decisions with respect to that. i will use this time to evaluate and i will tell you all options are on the table. i will be looking very closely at the trends in consultation with our health care professionals as well as the cdc. i want people to know that currently, the administration does not possess executive powers it had last year at the time when i was very engaged in dealing with the covid response. the authorities were much more expansive. that being said, we are going to monitor this closely. i can assure everyone will be looking at all options. i believe the key to get through this has been as

into the united states. and as we discussed a couple of weeks ago the secretary of state even expunged the nazi records of people like werner von brown and some of his fellow nazi scientists so that they could work in us intelligence. and verna von braun and his fellow his team of scientists played a key role in the development of the us space program. but refugees also informed our political life. think of henry kissinger madeleine albright the german political theorist hannah arendt they have played a key role but there are others they've played a cube role in shaping our political life. they've shaped our cultural life think of the actress, marlena dietrich. the hungarian composer bella bartok the austrian composer arnold stormberg and the russian french painter mark sagal but there are many many other refugees that we could highlight refugees have always played an important role in the political economic and cultural life of our nation. but public opinion polls tell us that americans were very concerned