susan philip and so many other extraordinary women who continue to lead this city, who continue to keep us safe. today is a celebrate. today is a reminder of work that needs to be done and today as you hear for some other inspirational women, madam speaker, we are going to continue to make sure that we rededicate ourselves to getting out the vote. to getting women elected. to holding politicians and others accountable to do what is best to make sure we are serving the people. you have been an extraordinary example of that. we honor you, we thank you and we that all the men who are here today chief and others who continue to uplift and support women in all the work that they do. thank you all so much for coming. have a wonderful celebration. [ applause ] . >> i want to take time to recognize a few folks who have joined us here. joaquin torres our assess or. our treasurer. former supervisor norman yee. of course, kathryn stefani. but we have a number of departments but also i want to bring in maleah cohen. the first black woman to serve. >> good afternoon everyone. good afternoon ladies a

nation, 91% vaccinated rate, to our guest our thanks for starting off our conversation tonight, philip rucker, susan del percio, we doctor irwin redlener, again, we appreciate it very much. coming up for us after our first break. if the infrastructure bill is such a big win for this president, why doesn't it feel more that way, especially among all of his fellow democrats? i'll ask our political experts who are standing by. and later, how bad is it? one alabama physician warns the health care system in her state is stressed to the masks. some hospitals can't perform surgeries. other problems exists. all of this as the 11th hour is just getting underway on this tuesday evening. tuesday evening. hey, i just got a text from my sister. you remember rick, her neighbor? sure, he's the 76-year-old guy who still runs marathons, right? sadly, not anymore. wow. so sudden. um, we're not about to have the "we need life insurance" conversation again, are we? no, we're having the "we're getting coverage so we don't have to worry about it" conversation. so you're calling about the $9.95 a month plan -from colonial

. >> susan, nothing beats royalty, and your parents welcomed queen elizabeth and prince philip to thee time of the american bicentennial, putting to the side all that unpleasantness about burning the white house in 1812. but that state dinner must have been a remarkable occasion. >> well, it was a beautiful evening. i don't know if you were covering the white house then, anne, but it was -- they had put a tent on the south lawn, and it was the only time we did it during our administration. and it was a white tie dinner. it was the first time e got to wear long white gloves because i wore a one-shoulder dress which was probably one of my most favorite dresses ever. and don't know if i had a date. at least it doesn't stand out. this was a beautiful, beautiful evening. but one of the funny stories from that evening was the fact that the band, when they played the first song for the first dance and they, i think it was the marine band -- >> marine band, okay, they played the laid deand the tramp. i don't know if anybody knows this, but my mother was highly embarrassed. and i'm sure the ne