that saw the highest number of votes in u.s. history. we re also following the latest on the capitol riots. two men now facing charges of assault in connection with the death of capitol police officer brian sicknick. why did it take more than two months to arrest these guys? and why aren t they charged with murder? we ll have more on that in just a minute plus, the latest on the covid pandemic. numbers continue to go down in the u.s. but they re spiking over in europe, leading to tighter restrictions in several countries. to make matters worse, the vaccine rollout is on hold in several places in europe after officials stopped using one of the approved vaccines. we re going to dig into all of that. but we have to start with breaking news connected to one of the big of the trials in recent memory, the trial of former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin. as we speak, the judge is gaveling in and he s got a big question on his plate, whether to even move forward or put t
[ is distinct conversations ]. And live here this morning on c spann span 3, a discussion about transparency and oversight at the food and Drug Administration. Well be hearing from dr. Scott gottlieb starting off the conference. Introductions under way. Efforts to pass and implement the food safety modernization act, focus on medical devices, especially the potential of using the unique device identifier to improve monitoring devices throughout the product lifecycle. We have successfully worked on products 10 to courage innovation particularly around antibiotics and 10 to sure appropriate use of them. We focused on drug safety and transparency in the supply chain and especially on the safety of compounded drugs. Among other things, pew submitted transparency to the task force back in 2010 if the. They touch on some of the topics well be discussing today. Reading the background papers for todays meet regular mind med of a meeting we convened in a room directly above of us here a few yea
And we are glad that they are here to do that for us. Lance has an incredible background. Not much experience with the military or think tanks or education and lance has all of them. Something notable that you might not of known is he is a speechwriter for gentleman here in california and does anyone remember the name george duke mason . He was also the writer for ed neese in the reagan administration. He has that and he is military experience and he is now the head policy person at tr i on the education track and delighted to welcome him back. [applause] thank you, erica, for that kind introduction and for welcoming back here to the Silicon Valley to the Biggest Group therapy session in the bay area and erica mentioned i started my career after law school and im a recovering lawyer so i started my career as a speechwriter and for those of you vaguely remember governor george i was the guy who gave the duke all that charisma. So i was a speechwriter for the governor and speechwriter fo
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Probably be very nervewracking and will make us angry, but somebody has to fight that. Were glad that lance is here to do that for us. Lance has an incredible background. I know when im up here, there are people who have experience in the military or think tanks or education, and lance has a little of all of them. Some things that are notable about him that you might not have known, he was the chief speech writer for a gentleman here in california, does anyone remember the name george duke mason . He was there. And also was the writer for ed meese in the reagan administration. So he has that. Hes had military experience, hes now the head policy person at pri, Pacific Research institute, on the education track. And delighted to welcome him back. Ladies and gentlemen, mr. Lance are izumi. [applause] well, thank you very much, erica, for that very kind introduction. Thank you very much, all of you, for welcoming me back here to the Silicon Valley to, i guess the Biggest Group therapy sess