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President, joe biden honored the fallen and issued a warning, today, to our country. at arlington national cemetery, he paid tribute to the men and women who gave their lives, in service to our country, over the years. he, in fact, linked their sacrifice to the defense of democracy, which he noted, in words striking coming from a u.s. president, is now in grave peril. >> democracy must be defended at all costs, for democracy makes all this possible. democracy. thats the soul of america. empathy ...

Their state is doing to the right to vote. >> greg abbott has vowed to hold a special section against the election law to get a pass. over a dozen states to install new barriers to voting after trumps loss to joe biden. as all this unfolds there is growing pressure on democrats in washington and on the white house to set up some sort of commission to investigate the riot and living on january 6th inside our capital. friday, senate republicans refused to get behind the bill to create a commission...

State differences where youre seeing some part of states like massachusetts for example with high rates of vaccination. you may see in western massachusetts community that have lower rates of vaccination. and youre seeing trends where it might be communities that are having a harder time getting time off work to get vaccinated. right? and thats work that we need to do to ensure to remove those barriers. and those communities elsewhere in the country where, potentially, covid was not considered t...

Im really grateful and proud of texas house democrats for using whatever tools they had at their disposal to try to stop this bill from passing last night. texans need to know what their state government is trying to do to their rights to vote. >> texas republican governor greg abbott has vowed to hold a special session to get the election law passed. texas is one of over a dozen states to install new barriers to voting after trumps loss to joe biden. as all this unfolds, there is growing pressu...

At arlington national cemetery he paid tribute to the men and women who gave their lives in service to our country over the years. he, in fact, linked their sacrifice to d defense of democracy which he noted in words striking coming from a u.s. president is now in grave peril. >> democracy must be defended at all cost for democracy makes all this possible. democracy, thats the soul of america. empathy is the fuel of democracy. our willingness to see each other, not as enemies, neighbors, even wh...

She highlights one person who his job hasnt come back yet. hes in the concert industry. performances arent happening yet. keep in mind the chamber does give some solutions here. they suggest filling empty jobs by mobilizing government and industry to go ahead and remove barriers that prevent people from entering the workforce like child care and transportation. they say get people skills they need for these open positions, and enact a sensible immigration policy. one thing to keep in mind, alisy...

To pass. hes got a very pricy infrastructure package. $6 trillion budget. can he get this done? >> yeah, what he can calling for is a transformative view of how we approach these issues. the steps like acknowledging the massacre happened and talking about how we repair what has happened and interrupt systems that are creating barriers to black americans in a disproportionate way to white americans. so i think the question is, are people willing to invest to shift away from what has become cyclic...

Niche no absolutely. and it�*s all about saving lives. the priority should be about saving lives. and if we are serious about society and mankind, we should be looking to save as many lives as possible. and it is just not right that my kids would get vaccinated before health workers in india, for example. talk to me about— workers in india, for example. talk to me about the _ workers in india, for example. talk to me about the logistics around this, are there any particular barriers that you...

That show that black folks, their houses are undervalued, that they are not shown the same properties even if they have the same financial records. i, as somebody who -- as a couple days ago is in an interracial marriage have had real conversations with my husband about what we do when we go to buy a house. is the fact that i may show up, might that put us at a disadvantage at getting our dream home? this is a reality. and these are the things that joe biden is talking about and making banks be ...

There are numerous studies that have measured the benefits of e-commerce, the Covid-19 pandemic has dramatically illustrated its importance. Many countries have imposed quarantine measures and consumers and businesses with access to the internet...