Washington [US], January 17 (ANI): US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will resign from her Senate seat on Monday, ahead of the inauguration ceremony on January 20.
Vice President-Elect
Kamala Harris and her husband
Douglas Emhoff sat down with CBS News’ Jane Pauley Tuesday in Washington, D.C., for their first joint television interview since the election. Pauley’s extended interview with Harris and Emhoff for CBS SUNDAY MORNING was broadcast today
Sunday, Jan. 17 on the CBS Television Network.
A rush transcript of the report is below:
VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT KAMALA HARRIS: I was raised to not hear “no.” Let me be clear about it. So it wasn’t like, “Oh, the possibilities are immense. Whatever you want to do, you can do.” No, I was raised to understand many people will tell you “It is impossible,” but don’t listen. I mentor a lotta people, and I tell them that there will be people who will say, “It’s not your turn, it’s not your time. No one like you has done it.” And I’ll tell them, “And don’t you listen.” And then I will go on to tell them, “I eat no for breakfast.” (LAUGH)
Proposal includes hazard pay, beefed-up vaccine rollout, but NGA says legislative battles lie ahead
President-elect Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan COVID-19 relief proposal, announced yesterday, drew plaudits from the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) and FMI-The Food Industry Association.
UFCW hailed the legislative package’s call for more coronavirus safety measures for essential frontline workers, including COVID-19 vaccines, as well as enhanced pandemic-related compensation and benefits, namely hazard pay for frontline grocery and retail workers.
Meanwhile, FMI credited the Biden plan’s focus on boosting the rate of COVID-19 vaccine distribution, an area where the grocery industry trade group said supermarkets can play a pivotal role. Fellow food retail trade organization the National Grocers Association, however, said the overall bill faces significant hurdles in Congress.
USA TODAY
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump will leave the White House for Florida shortly before President-elect Joe Biden s inauguration Wednesday, two sources familiar with his plans said on the condition of anonymity to discuss details not yet announced.
Trump will hold a farewell ceremony at Joint Base Andrews, the usual jumping-off point for Air Force One, in Maryland just outside Washington before his departure from the capital city, the sources said.
Details of that ceremony were still under consideration, according to sources, but may include a color guard and 21-gun salute. The president has changed his travel plans in the weeks since election.