president recently acknowledged the atrocities of 1959 as a genocide president joseph biden. >> has reclaim. >> the united states is position as a champion of human rights on the planet a major step armenians hope other world leaders will adopt moving forward. >> in san francisco, phillipe djegal all krona4 news. >> much more ahead here on kron. 4 news at 6. the johnson and johnson vaccine has now been approved to be administered again. but people feel safe taking it and where and when to the bay area and you get it. and then the san jose earthquakes they are also ready to welcome fans back into the stands will let you know what you need to know before you head to your next game. stay with us. >> a 19 year-old bay area native who started her activism journey at 12 years old is now making an impact across the nation with her organization. we the people. her mission is to create better communities and to equipped others with educational and outreach services. the summer. the organization is set to travel across the country to implement learning programs. trainings and other educational outrea

then senator joseph biden spoke of the armenian genocide today. april 2420 21. officially the first u.s. president to affirm the killing of one 0.5 million armenians as a genocide. the mets your head in his statement, the president went on to say unions were deported massacred and marched to their deaths in a campaign of extermination. >> to call out the best in this country. to ask us to live up to our ideals. to be once again. a champion. of human rights. and dignity. you have made us a better country in front of the burbank city hall. congressman adam schiff and the anc. a held a press conference. >> in honor of the historic move. congressman schiff was one of nearly 100 lawmakers to urge the president to take this stand in 1914 more than 2 million armenians lived in the ottoman empire in 1920 to the number dropped to 400,000 turkish officials have denied the killings were systemic effort of ethnic cleansing scholars. however, disagree more than 20 countries have formally called this a genocide. the u.s. is now on that list in response to the president's stat

recently acknowledged the atrocities of 1959 as a genocide president joseph biden. >> has reclaim. >> the united states is position as a champion of human rights on the planet a major step armenians hope other world leaders will adopt moving forward. >> in san francisco, phillipe djegal all kron 4 news. >> we'll be right back after the break. new parents can expect to pay more for diapers than ever before. the price of diapers went up nearly 9% during the pandpmic and now they're about to rise again. >> community banks say they distributed 86% more diapers to families in the past year. >> the cost about $80 a month to provide diapers for one child. neither company say supply chain distributions and surging shipping costs are likely behind that price hike. hospital members. the wait is over the left from court will soon be reopening. costco has started bringing back menu items like ice cream and smoothies. that is now adding churros the companies also bringing back tables and chairs to stores that have outdoor seating areas indoor dining is scheduled to resume as covid-19 safety restri

looked at from the point of view of rivalry in russian american relations and we have seen that joseph biden and those close to him and his foreign policy. block war and stated on numerous occasions during the election campaign last year that if their candidates was going to win the american approach to russia would be much tougher than time suppose the time for the station approach that they're going to use our various new instruments to pressure russia on various fronts and after biden won our our the election last year and became us president he started he is a new study shows started to implement those. implemented that course towards russia sanctions have been expanded our rhetoric doors russia has been significantly hardened and also key has been has also toughened its brought its rhetoric moscow and towards elements sympathetic to russia within ukraine and has also taken action against more action against those elements for example the closing of several t.v. channels that were more sympathetic towards russia actions against the. official politician sympathetic to moscow and some othe

speak fofa now about oxygen or no oxygen i will show this to you this is the this is a president joseph biden he's clearly had a call with president mosul. and there seems to be some progress here and i've certainly seen in the news today the u.s. will send a vaccine materials other supplies to india officials say dr tucker what do you a lot of medical colleagues need what should be the next steps i think the next step should be to focus on basics we had heard a good vaccine development in india that are indigenous vaccines we have called the shooting of collection but i think. we have not met believe it or you don't when 6 percent i think the 26 per cent of her indian population is that senior did you get the more and we want the vaccination program to be. in reach that uses are rising and somehow seems like a task that is in human leave that those are really large expanses. but the cardio said report 6 percent what made you agree with this kind of statement and you know that 140000000 people have already been wrecked and 150 would look but i don't know if i'm going to 1000000 people we need

singing one of my favorite political songs of the past 20 years because united states president joseph biden has decided that he will finally be the one to end the u.s. war in afghanistan the longest running war in u.s. history yep just like former presidents donald trump and barack obama tried to do before him joe biden has now taken up the mantle of promising to bring u.s. troops home from afghanistan and by the historically significant and big ratings date of september the 11th 2021 no less but but. but what about all those russian bounties on u.s. soldiers heads you ask you know the ones that just last year outraged all of capitol hill and prevented former u.s. brand name and donald trump from an acting his plans to withdraw soldiers from afghanistan well apparently that was all in joe biden's words a larky yes in the wake of the by the ministrations announcement on withdrawing from afghanistan last tuesday m b c news reported that the buy had to administration also made clear in a fact sheet released thursday that the cia's intelligence on the matter is far from conclusive acknowledging

. >> joseph biden has reclaim the united states is position as a champion of human rights.happened was wrong. >> and we have to recommit ourselves. to making sure that things like that never happened again. challenges that our people have faced and better get continue to overcome. >> kron four's ella sogomonian served as the memorials mistress of ceremonies. >> well, this morning we have newly released body cam video from a deputy involved shooting of a black man in virginia. it appears to show the deputy mistook a phone held by the man for a gun. >> he's got a gun to his head shot that >> stuff to hear isaiah brown is in critical condition this morning following the shooting. he was on the phone with 911. talking about a family dispute when deputies approached him. when the 911, operator heard the sirens. she told brown to put up his hands both deputies on the scene appeared to mistake. the phony held in his hand for a gun. in a statement brown's family said the shooting was, quote, can't completely avoidable. the deputy who fired the shots is now on administrative leave.

president joseph biden and speaking yesterday to the family of officer evans showed the empathy. he showed that he felt their pain, their concerns, their trauma. and i urge all my colleagues, when you see members of the united states capitol police uniformed or in plain clothes that you thank them. i talked about officer chestnut. wendy, as i said, his wife was here yesterday. he was shot in the back by the assailant who then shot officer gibson in the office that i now occupy. it was tom delay's office at that point in time. mr. speaker, we thank them, we honor them, but the way we really need to respond to them is to make sure they have the resources, the training, the equipment, and the authority to respond those who confront them with violence and fatal force. we lost officer sicknick. this capitol was invaded because there were restraints, frankly, on the united states capitol police. we need to make sure they have the authority to respond to protect this capitol, this democracy, our members, our staff, the visitors to this capitol, but also, mr. speaker, importantly, themse

. >> it's been a long road to the presidency for joseph biden. first campaign was more than 30 years ago. for 81 million americans, though, 2020 was the year joe biden was the right choice. >> my message to the american people is this. help is here. opportunity is coming. and at long last there's hope, for so many families. >> his message has been consistent, one of compassion and calm at a time america seemed to most need it. the compassion causing perhaps his biggest crisis. of the first 100 days. refugees flooding the border believing president biden would take care of them. >> the idea i'm going to say, which i would never do, an unaccompanied child ends up at the border we're going to let him starve to death and stay on the other side. >> his biggest victories the mostly successful rollout of vaccines and the passage of a massive stimulus bill that included so much money and so much help economists say it will slash the number of americans living in poverty. there are challenges ahead ending america's forever war, something two presidents bef

recently acknowledged the atrocities of 1959 as a genocide president joseph biden. >> has reclaim. >> the united states is position as a champion of human rights on the planet a major step armenians hope other world leaders will adopt moving forward. >> in san francisco, phillipe djegal all kron 4 news. >> still ahead here on kron, 4 news today to an astronaut with bay area ties arrived at the international space station today and we'll tell you why this arrival right here is so special that it's just out of this world. also, we've just learned now that governor gavin newsome has said that california can resume administering the johnson and johnson covid vaccine. but do people feel ready to use it. we'll find out. bay area homeowners, learn how you can eliminate monthly mortgage payments and improve your cashflow. look, this isn't my first rodeo and let me tell you something, i wouldn't be here if i thought reverse mortgages took advantage of any american senior, or worse, that it was some way to take your home. it's just a loan designed for older homeowners, and, it's helped over a m

. >> it's been a long road to the presidency for joseph biden. his first campaign was more than 30 years ago. for 81 million americans 2020 was the right choice. my message to the american people is this. help is here. opportunity is coming. and at long last there's hope for so many families. >> his message has been consistent at a time most americans needed it. refugees flooding the border believing president biden would take care of it. >> the idea an unaccompanied child ends up at the border we're going to let them starve to death and stand on the other side. >> the passage of a massive stimulus bill that included so much money and so much help economists say it will slash the number of americans living in poverty. >> i concluded it's time to end america's longest war. it's time for troops to come home. >> there have been some silly controversies like major the dog. >> i love dogs but this dog needs a bath and a comb and all kinds of love and care. i've never seen a dog in the white house like this. >> and there's been some good fortune and go

. >> ladies and gentlemen, the honorable joseph r. biden jr., president of the united states. president biden: madam speaker, majority leader schumer, minority leader mccarthy, my friend minority leader mcconnell, members of congress chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, attorney general, mayor bowser, all the capitol hill police and all that are here to pay tribute to this capital policeman who fell in the line of duty. acting chief pittman and men and women of the capitol police force, i am sorry. the second time in two months we have had such a ceremony. you know, i did not know billy, but i knew billy. i grew up with billies. in scranton, pennsylvania. billy was a kid, who if you were outnumbered in a fight three to one, he would jump in. knowing you both would get beat up. he was the one who always kept his word. if he said he would be there, he would be there. he was the one who, just like the folks i grew up with, he was not capable of saying no, when you needed him. you know, just like you, officer kenny, who was injured in the attack with billy. never has there been

recently acknowledged the atrocities of 1959 as a genocide president joseph biden. >> has reclaim. >>states is position as a champion of human rights on the planet a major step armenians hope other world leaders will adopt moving forward. >> in san francisco, phillipe djegal all kron 4 news. >> if you're planning a trip to europe this summer. they come on in song to get to show it got prove that americans could be allowed back for non essential travel as early as this summer. they'll likely be some type vaccine. passport to prove that you have gotten both or at least, you you're fully vaccinated got the j regardless. >> they're looking at. authorizing us citizens who have the vaccine and they say they have to be authorized vaccines are all the ones we're getting. so as long as you're fully vaccinated, you should be able to go there. what you can sure. other question. >> 52, lots ahead here on the kron 00:00am morning news fans are back in person for the earthquakes in a way for something we go to break. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ deposit, plan and pay with easy tools from chase. simplicity feels goo

recently acknowledged the atrocities of 1959 as a genocide president joseph biden. >> has reclaim. >> the united states is position as a champion of human rights on the planet a major step armenians hope other world leaders will adopt moving forward. >> in san francisco, phillipe djegal all kron 4 news. >> as we take a live look outside here across the golden gate bridge. we're trying to see if the roads look a little slick because some rain is already starting to come down across the bay area. we're tracking the storm and also rodriguez has an update now on that earthquake near morgan hill yeah. was a 3.8 magnitude earthquake. so fortunately no tsunami threat for the bay area just because it is so inland and it was a relatively small quake, but it is along the calaveras fault for those of you near morgan hill. and i know a lot of viewers have been sending us reports on twitter and facebook to myself and just seen. >> so thank you so much for following us on social media and updating us. so far no injuries or no major damage has been reported. just couch is moving a few of the shutter

schiff: madam speaker, an open letter to president joseph biden. mr. president, in just five days, the world will mark the 106th anniversary of the beginning of the armenian genocide. the systematic murder and displacement of 1.5 armenian women, men, and children from 1915 to 1923. this will be the first april 24 of your presidency, and the first opportunity to fall through on your promise to regular the genocide and your decades of leadership on this issue. on behalf of hundreds of thousands of armenian americans, the children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren of genocide survivors, i ask you, keep that promise. recognize the armenian genocide. the facts of the genocide are not in serious dispute. they were recorded in real time by american diplomats who lacked the name for the barbaric and systemic extermination of the armenian people but knew it was without precedent and human history. millions of armenians were beatened, raped, killed, and marched across deserts by the ottoman empire. from the blood and rubble, the armenian people survived. tens

. >> joseph biden has reclaim the united states is position as a champion of human rights.t happened was wrong. >> and we have to recommit ourselves. to making sure that things like that never happened again. challenges that our people have faced and better get continue to overcome. >> kron four's. ella sogomonian served as the memorial is mistress of ceremonies. we'll take a break. we'll be right back. chevy is america's fastest-growing full-line brand. and people are taking it everywhere. taking trailblazer outdoors. confidently taking on new places with equinox. and taking on more with silverado. whatever you do, there's a perfect chevy to take you anywhere. find your perfect chevy and get up to 17% of msrp cash back on select 2021 models. that's over fifty-four hundred dollars cash back on this equinox. find new roads at your local chevy dealer. >> this year about a little snow when we got some rain and check it this a tie-up at castle peak. you can see actually the cars going by just find the roads are pretty clear. the sides, though, looking sick some nice snow and we

biden's turn. >> constitution of the united states. >> so help you god? >> so help me god. >> congratulations, mr. president. >> reporter: it's been a long road to the presidency for joseph robinette biden. his first campaign was more than 30 years ago. for 81 million americans, though, 2020 was the year jb was joe biden was the right choice. >> opportunity is coming, and at long last there's hope for so many families. >> reporter: his message has been consistent. one of compassion and calm at a time america seemed to most need it. the compassion causing perhaps his biggest crisis of the first 100 days. refugees flooding the border, believing president biden would take care of it. >> the idea that i'm going to say, which i would never do, unaccompanieded child ends up at the border we're just going to let them starve to death and stay on the other side. >> reporter: his victories, the mostly successful rollout of vaccines and passage of a massive stimulus bill that included so much money and so much help, economists say it will slash the number of americans living in poverty. there are challenges ahead, ending america's forever war, something two presidents before him tr

recently acknowledged the atrocities of 1959 as a genocide president joseph biden. >> has reclaim. >>he united states is position as a champion of human rights on the planet a major step armenians hope other world leaders will adopt moving forward. >> in san francisco, phillipe djegal all kron 4 news. >> 6.39 new details on a whale that washed ashore on friday at fort funston researchers say it likely died from a ship strike. we have video of this 46 foot endangered male whale. you see it there on the sand. >> veterinarians at the marine mammal center found the whale had significant bruising to muscles around its neck which they say is consistent with blunt force trauma from a ship strike just as the 5th whale to wash ashore here in the bay area. this month alone. the others were great whales. one of those whales. also, they say likely died from a ship strike. >> 6.40 right now after the break. now the city leaders are offering. incentives to save water. we're also going to have to make you do it because the draft. and we are looking at dry skies ahead of us, the rest of the month. we

. >> ladies and gentlemen, the honorable joseph r. biden jr., president of the united states. >> madam speaker, majority leader schumer, minority leader mccarthy, my friend minority leader mcconnell, members of congress, chairman of the joint chiefs, general milley, attorney general garland, mayor bowers, all the capitol hill police and all that are here to pay tribute to this capitol policeman who fell in the line of duty. acting chief pittman and the men and women of the capitol police force, i'm sorry. this is the second time in two months that you have such a ceremony. and you know, mom, i didn't know billy, but i knew billy. i grew up with billy's in scranton, pennsylvania. billy was always the kid if you got in a fight, outnumbered three to one, he'd still jump in knowing you'd both get beaten up. he was the one who always kept his word. if he said he'd be there, he'd be there. he was the one who just like the folks i grew up, wasn't capable of saying "no" when you needed him. you know, just like you, officer kinney, who was injured i

. >>> ladies and gentlemen, the honoral joseph r. biden jr., president of the united states . >> madam speaker, majority leader schumer, minority leader mccarthy, my friend minority leader mcconnell, members of congress, chairman of the joint chiefs, general millie, attorney general garland, mayor, all the capitol hill police and all that are here to pay tribute to this capitol policeman who fell in the line of duty. acting chief pittman and the men and women of the capitol police force, i'm sorry. the second time in two months you have such a ceremony. i didn't know billy but i grew up with billy in scranton, pennsylvania. billy was always the kid that you know if you got in a fight you were outnumbered 3-1, he would jump in knowing you would both get beaten. he was the one who always kept his word. he said he'd be there, he'd be there. he was the one who just like folks i grew up with, wasn't capable of saying no when you needed him. you know just like you, officer kenny, never has there been more strain, i've been here since 1972 as u.s

armenian genocide commemoration day in the city and county of san francisco and urging president joseph biden to formally recognize the armenian genocide and the san francisco board of education to reaffirm its commitment to teaching the historical facts of the armenian genocide in our public schools. >> president walton: thank you, madam clerk. supervisor peskin? >> supervisor peskin: this is a resolution that i've introduced every year that i've been on the board, but what's changed is other than we have two new members on the board than what we voted last year, in july and september of 2020, we had two armenian hate crimes in the city and county of san francisco, one of them the arson fire at the armenian cultural center, which subsequently mayor breed and many of us attended in solidarity with the armenian community as well as the armenian school on brotherhood way in district 7. what's changed is our newly elected president of the united states has set forth a commitment to finally formally recognizes the armenian genocide, and if we do not acknowledge and embrace that history, we are de

. >> joseph r. biden after, the police who faced down the mob reveal how dangerously close the rioters came to their ultimate goal. >> do you think they would have killed people if they would have found senators, congressmen? >> there is not one thing they said or did that would lead me to believe otherwise. >> harry dunn has been a capitol police officer for 13 years. his first glimpse of the chaos came as rioters stormed the capitol's western side. >> i had a rifle, a long gun, and we were told that they wanted us to stay away from the crowds. so we took our position of advantage. so we were overseeing the crowd. >> you have a military assault rifle. you show up. and you're on that upper tier looking down on this riot. >> uh-huh. >> what do you see? >> you see thousands and thousands and thousands of people. and they're just continuing to come. it's waves of them. and they are fighting with the officers down there. the ones on the front line. and you see the rioters down there. they had their weapons. t

together we will keep on and send a message to joseph robinette biden junior that his words will note and previous comments on race, she is angry to become the first black republican woman ever to serve in the us senate. she will join is coming up on "fox and friends". jillian: fox news asks president biden if he has talked to china on the origins of the coronavirus. >> a chance to ask about china misled the world? >> i've not had that conversation with president xi. jillian: china has not been transparent, the us and international experts of call for further investigation. california said the day to reopen more than a year after the pandemic began. lawrence: cheryl casone is here with the plan to get back to business. >> governor gavin newsom says the state is ready to reopen. vaccine and hospitalizations remain stable. >> the dimmer switch will begin rid of the blueprint as you know it today. that is on chen fifteenth if we continue the good work. >> reporter: california is set to pass the 20 million vaccine market new slowly move if there's enough supply for everyone. age 16 and o

and today president joseph retreat biden said enough is enough. >> president biden announcing he will withdraw all u.s. troops from afghanistan by september 11th. >> we cannot continue the cycle of extending or expanding our military presence in afghanistan hoping to create ideal conditions for the withdrawal and expecting a different result. i'm now the fourth united states president to preside over american troop presence in afghanistan. i will not pass this responsibilities on to a fifth. >> trevor: i will not pass this responsibility to the next president. wow. what a nice gift joe biden is giving to dwayne the rock johnson when he becomeses president. although to be honest, i was secretary reitly-- secretly hoping that the rock would get to end the war in afghanistan because he would have done it in style. but yet the war in afghanistan may finally be over. and people, it's about time. it's been what, 19 years? no war should ever be old enough to serve in itself. i will say though i find it a little weird that biden is withdraw-- withdrawing on 9/11, first of all breaking up on y

to get front row seats to a president's-- but of course the star of the night was president joseph roku biden who used the night to present america with a very ambitious agenda. >> america's moving, moving forward. but we can't stop now. let's raise the minimum wage to $15. let's lore the deductibles for working family in the affordable care act. and let's lower prescription drug costs. >> four additional years of public education to every person in america. access to quality affordable child care, rebuild trust between law enforcement and the people they serve. the country supports immigration reform. we should act. >> replacing 100 percent of the nation's lead pipes and service lines. >> we need a ban on assault weapons and high capacity magazines. >> with the plans outlined tonight, we have a real chance to root out systemic racism that plagues americans. let's end cancer as we know it. it is within our power. it is in our power to do it. >> trevor: wow. ending racism and cancer. biden is dreaming big. i half expected him to go you know what, bleem [bleep], we're going to mar-- [bleep], we

the vice president biden also sat behind barack obama ten times, as he delivered addresses to a joint session of congress. tonight, it was finally joseph r. biden's turn to deliver his own. one of the moments from tonight getting the most attention online right now is texas senator ted cruz. because watching a grown man fall asleep in a seat before 10 pm is both a musing, and i have to say, somewhat really tumbled coach dads everywhere. crews later treated about the moment in his typically odious fashion. hashtag boring but radical. i would not really agree with either of those terms, more erratic all. but i will say this -- cruise is getting at something real here. because joe biden has been in office for so long, and partly, frankly because of his race and his gender. in fact, he looks like almost all previous american presidents. except barack obama. because joe biden has practice speaking in ways that sound non threatening, he could lay out this incredibly ambitious agenda. a progressive agenda that would bring america in line with other developed democracies in terms of the capacity and scope of this social safety net. and he coul

. >> ladies and gentlemen, the honorable joseph r. biden junior, president of the united states. >> president biden: madam speaker, majority leader schumer, minority leader mccarthy and minority leader mcconnell. members of congress, chairman of the joint chiefs, general milley, attorney general garland, mayor bowser, all the capitol hill police and all that are here to pay tribute to this capitol policeman who fell in the line of duty. acting chief pittman and the men and women of the capitol police force, i am sorry, the second time in two months to have such a ceremony. and you know, william, i didn't know billy but i knew billy. i grew up with billies. in scranton, pennsylvania. billy was always a kid that if you got in fight and you were outnumbered 3-1 he would still jump in knowing you would both get beat. he was the one who always kept his word. said he would be there, he would be there. he was the one who just like folks i grew up with, was incapable of saying no when you needed him. you know, just like officer shaver who was injur

biden's 1st 100 days in the oval office. the president elect of the united states joseph robinette biden jr and dr jill biden congratulations mr president. was. doing more to groom part very few miles to world lives lost this virus and any other nation on earth. this time and the story. that. america has a long history of samak races. going violence in this country is an epidemic and it's an international. america is back. this is a moment for all of us to build a better economy sure our children our grandchildren because scientists tell us this is the decisive action. we did that. day $200.00 shots the president and imagine. how after just $100.00 days. i can report to the nation. blue faced mosques a common sight in city centers around britain but as lockdowns allusive people will still be wearing mosques for months or even years to come and i'm going for the environment this video shows stauffer to wildlife hospital helping a bird that's been caught up in discarded litter it's a face moscow made to plastic now a recent survey found 70 percent of people using disposable boss didn't realize they were using single use frost

biden: i joseph biden do solemnly swear. we will get to work immediately. e year ago, no one could have imagined what we were about to go through. now we are coming through it. >> president biden announced that the nation has administered 50 million doses of coronavirus vaccine. >> we reached our 100 billion shots in just 150 days. >> about to deliver the 200th million covid shot since he took office in october. pres. biden: that is an important -- >> so excited to get the vaccine. >> what are you doing here? >> right now we are reopening schools safely so that kids can get back to their classroom and learning with their teachers and their friends. host: some of the video tweeted out by the president's came this morning. one take on the speech last night from politico. biden embraces his inner robin hood. the president didn't shy away from regis tribbett of governance. in fact, he leaned into it. -- from redistributive governance. in fact, he leaned into it. caller: i thought it was a good speech. don't you think it is refreshing that people in his administr

strategy to win in the mid-terms is to define republicans against the democratic-failed policies of joseph bidentest nation on earth. stuart: as of this moment, is former president trump the flat out leader of the republican party, with no challenger in sight. does he enjoy that status? >> i think he's one of the leaders but i think in order for republicans to continue, we need to have leaders that are actually governing. former presidents tend to take a back step. donald trump is certainly not like any other president we've had, and that's a good thing, and he's going to be active not only in election cycles, but in off-year elections in raising money, and in formulating policy we welcome that, of course. he's a strength of the party, but in order for us to be greater than we are today, we have to take back the senate, the house, and the white house with the help of former president trump for sure. stuart: okay. we've got this just coming at us , brad. the u.s. reportedly is going to set aside 6,000 work visas for people from central america, guatemala, honduras and el salvador. now, this is ju

establish priorities and meet them, and that we try to bring to the new administration of president joseph bidenhe most competent, qualified people that we can to help our nation through this pandemic and our economic recovery. and it's in that spirit that i close the debate on vanita gupta to be the next associate attorney general of the united states. yesterday's verdict in minnesota certainly caught the attention of many in america and across the world. the killing of george floyd was resolved in a court of law. sadly, he will not be with us, but his legacy lives on, and it depends on us to use that legacy to make america a better nation. can we really come together, put law enforcement at the table with community leaders and civil rights leaders and find common ground? can we keep our streets and communities and neighborhoods safe and do it without discrimination against any person or group in america? these are big challenges, tough challenges, but to meet them, we need the right people in positions of leadership. vanita gupta is one of those people. as former civil rights advocate, she did

armenian genocide commemoration day in the city and county of san francisco and urging president joseph biden to formally recognize the armenian genocide and the san francisco board of education to reaffirm its commitment to teaching the historical facts of the armenian genocide in our public schools. >> president walton: thank you, madam clerk. supervisor peskin? >> supervisor peskin: this is a resolution that i've introduced every year that i've been on the board, but what's changed is other than we have two new members on the board than what we voted last year, in july and september of 2020, we had two armenian hate crimes in the city and county of san francisco, one of them the arson fire at the armenian cultural center, which subsequently mayor breed and many of us attended in solidarity with the armenian community as well as the armenian school on brotherhood way in district 7. what's changed is our newly elected president of the united states has set forth a commitment to finally formally recognizes the armenian genocide, and if we do not acknowledge and embrace that history, we are de

biden, that's what you're looking at. and in terms of bipartisanship, no one has been more bipartisan in his professional, political life than josephwas always working across the aisle, so now he's president of the united states, and now he has republicans into the oval office to sit and talk about things that his administration wants to do, and he's met with some who would like to do it, but they are still the facts of life in that party, they are still enthrall and in fear of donald j. trump, and they are reluctant to say yes to something almost every american wants to have happen and they've become the party of no. that's what you're dealing with if you are president joseph r. biden. that's the deal as he would say. >> so ahead we're going to speak with our friend who's calling this the new progressive era and that president biden is, quote, almost magical in his ability to make progressivism boring. we're back in a moment. [sfx: thunder rumbles] [sfx: rainstorm] ♪♪ comfort in the extreme. ♪♪ the lincoln family of luxury suvs. what's the #1 retinol brand ♪♪ used most by dermatologists? it's neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair® smoo