marcia, welcome back to the "newshour", and thanks for being with us this thanksgiving. we should note it's not the first time the court has weighed on pandemic restrictions but what stood out to you about this latest ruling? >> this ruling, amna, had a lotw ting in it. more than 30 pages, five separate opinions, all showing that there were very strong feelings on both sides and, also, very careful anlysis. one thing that struck me, in particular, was the concurring opinion, in the majority, by justice gorsuch, in which he really sort of accused the court of cutting loose the constitution during a pandemic, not really caring so much about the religious liberty that was at stake here. and chief justice robertsn h the opinion discussing gorsuch's language in which he said they were not cuing loose the constitution or ignoring the religious liberty, they were seriouslexamining and analyzing the issues in good faith. i'll say this for chief justice oreerts, he's done this bef when another justice has other justices on the court. finally, i would say the fact that justice --

>> unity. >> reporter: as for organizers like marcia howard, whether defunding police materializes orsays she'll keep fighting to for change. >> what we're doing right here in minneapolis has made an impact throughout the world. we will stand in solidarity against systemic racism, against anti-blackness, and against policing as we know it. we're not going anywhere. >> our thanks to alex. >>> up next, this thanksgiving, how the family of george floyd is turning pain into purpose. my nunormal: fewer asthma attacks. less oral steroids. taking my treatment at home. nucala is a once-monthly add-on injection for severe eosinophilic asthma. not for sudden breathing problems. allergic reactions can occur. get help right away for swelling of face, mouth, tongue, or trouble breathing. infections that can cause shingles have occurred. don't stop steroids unless told by your doctor. tell your doctor if you have a parasitic infection. may cause headache, injection site reactions, back pain, and fatigue. ask your doctor about nucala at home. find your nunormal with nucala. ask your doctor about nuc

nawaz: marcia coyleof the "national law journal" joining us tonight. happy thanksgiving,cia and thanks for joining us. >> thanks, take care. >> nawaz: and now for a public health view on that supreme court decision, we turn to doctor dara kass. she's an associate professor of emergency medicine at columbia university medical center and a medical contributor for yahoows she joins me from new york. dr. ss, welcome back to the "newshour". happy thanksgiving and thank you for making the time. when you look at that supreme court decision, from a public health perspective, what to you worry that the impact of that might be? >> so ms worry really going to remove our about to make decisions in a very targeted way e environment we think are really where the virus spreads. we probably think wcaneep 80% of businesses open if we only taring the places at we think the virus is spreading. unfortunately, there's evidence within houses ofshor, especially when they're at capacity without masks. we've seen superspreer events and really unrelenting spread of this virus.

well, thanks for checking in marcia long. thanks so much max. well, that's going to do it for this edition of kaiser report with me max kaiser and stays here, but want to thank our guests, marcia long and so much time by all seem wrong. just don't get to shape out these days and in the trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart, we choose to look for common ground. that he will go back. i'll go on spoilers will pull you out of the mountains and what about and i didn't do it will always be good. is it off the cuff incident? intend to keep it or don't or don't let you come up to the group to come on the money because i'm not bad with the internet, but oh november that if i say i love them, it is down to the point about it being this as it is about seal will communicate all wall to normal god holds a more real world will know will show up in the open or just in your ocean, cruise or up on the board was to be with a boy in the ceiling and all you would need to be put some still to sleep, you'll destroy iraq's oil fields. you also might have on

a woman by the name of madam marcia. madam marcia did carrot kurt readings an astrology readings for miss hurting about her husband and she predicted in the winter of 1920 right as the republican presidential primaries were beginning she predicted that if hurting ran he would be elected, but that he would die of sudden peculiar violent death by poison. what's interested is that the seams were reported in the newspaper at the time. in fact, at the june 1920 convention in chicago, miss harding spoke openly about them. saying she saw one word above her husband's head selected, that word was tragedy. what was also going on at that point of time was the 19th amendment was on the verge of being ratified. mrs. hurting had always been a suffer just. she always believed in the quality of women. and during that summer campaign, he began to give interviews with reporters, which candidates usually didn't, and rather unusually, announced the fact that she didn't were a wedding ring. she wasn't allowed to cook. her interests were most

our first question is from marcia. >> hello? >> we can hear you. >> great. for ms. shotwell. i'm curious how wired into the launch was elon? was a backseat driving so to speak? he actually monitored all the action from. wathank you. >> elon was tied typing very cy to the launch. i have a series of texts to prove it, as usual. he is on the where planet, he is watching closely and providing guidance and support. >> great. our next question comes from michael from cnbc. >> my first question is for gwynne. space actually broke a new ceiling her entrance of doing doing something that only countries had done before. how many of the companieser use entering the human spaceflight market in the next decade and following in yr footsteps now that you guys have don it? >> i may horrible predictor. i never get it right so i think what you can count on is what i say won't be right. obviously we expect a flight from blowing up coming but i asking aboutou're the existing fighters. i think you're talking about new ones. this is a tough business to break into. i wouldn't expect any in the next

well, thanks for checking in marcia long. thanks so much max. well that's going to do it for this edition of kaiser report was made kaiser and stays here, but want to thank our guests, marsha long and so much time by you know, what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy confrontation, let it be an arms race, spearing dramatic. to follow the only i'm going to lose east. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very critical. time to sit down and talk seemed wrong. just don't get to shape out to stay active. and engaged equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart, we choose to look for common ground. well, you always will pull you out of the mouth of this and what about and i didn't do. it will always be the good is it? that's the house, hold on impassioned pleas to keep it or don't or don't let you. people come up to you through the net about all i knew of them having that damn on them on the numbers. i'm not bad with the internet, but oh, november they give us a rise of them. they're down to like

. >> marcia asks about bill bar and sort of how he fits into this political mess that we are living through today and i want to frame that in the context of your answer about roy cohn that donald trump has sort of repeatedly -- >> where is my roy cohn. >> that jeff sessions wasn't in his corner in the way he expected the attorney general to be about bill bar clearly is. talk to us a little bit about your view of bill bar and his work in the justice department over the last 18 months or so. >> his federal role has been to try to erase the evidence gathered through the criminal and counterintelligence investigations of robert mueller and the fbi, to exonerate the guilty, to investigate the investigators, to mollify against trump like flynn and roger stone and to prove or to the administration of justice and protect a deeply corrupt president and deeply compromised president. history will not be kind to bill bar. lest we forget some 30 years ago he was the attorney general, tomac under president bush the elder and he managed to get the criminal convictions and criminal investigations and indic

. >> thank you, marcia, appreciate you being with us. >>> c-span3 is live with an update from covid-19 officials with a report from the health and human services department. we're joining this in progress. >> -- these to be analyzed on a daily or by daily basis, as soon as signals appear, they will be analyzed exactly in clinical trial and conclusions drawn. and it is important that we're able to accelerate the vaccines to the extent we have done. because, as you know, unfortunately, we have 150,000 people infected every day, and north of 1,000 people dying every day. and waiting two or four more months, we count into the tens of thousands of more deaths. a harm to the population, that no vaccine ever would even approach in decades or centuries. so, we believe that these vaccines will have their safety and their efficacy very well documented to the point we are today. we really look forward to the reviews with the fda who are independently with its vaccine review board, potentially approve these vaccines and the cdc and acip as the secretary said, would recommend. then we look forward

is supporting, for example, representative marcia fudge of ohio to be the new agriculture secretary.fierce advocate for the food stamps program. is also advocating for former jacksonville mayor alvin brown to lead the department of housing and urban development. now we do certainly expect the former fed chair, janet yellen, to be named treasury secretary and a possible and biden administration. that decision could be made public as soon as this coming week. if confirmed by the senate she would be the first woman to hold that position in u.s. history. the 74-year-old economist has been credited with helping to steer the economy after the 2007 financial crisis . she has also faced sharp criticism for being too pro-china and her policy perspective. the gsa's determination that now is the time for the initial steps for a transition is a very important one and it has been very important, in particular, for the biden team. especially given all the court challenges and uncertainty in the nation's capital. it not only unlocks federal funds, it also grants access to the all-important presiden

and now i will bring back marcia contrares of mission housing. >> thank you, mr. witty, thank you for joining us and thank you for your kind words. i would like now to introduce jesse fernandez, the program manager with communities united for health and justice. jesse? >> buenos dias, good morning. i'm jesse fernandez, i'm with communities united for health and justice, we're a multi-reliant program across the district. we are celebrating affordable housing, community serving here at balboa park upper yard station. this project represents the very best in collaboration between the community and the decisionmakers. and i want to invoke all of the community planners who for 10 years have rolled up their sleeves and time and again made the case to make this project possible and have done so guided by a heartfelt community-led process. our success at the balboa park upper yard should set an example for people-focused planning for our ever changing city, to always keep people at the forefront of decision-making. i would like to acknowledge the hard work of our former s

. >> marcia in the chat asks about bill barr and sort of how he fits into this political mess we are living through today, and i want to sort of thing that actually in the context of your answer about roy cohn, that donald trump has sort of repeatedly -- >> where is my roy cohn? >> where is my roy cohn. that jeff sessions was not in his court in a way that he expected the attorney general to be. bill barr clearly is. talk to us a little bit about your view of bill barr and his work on, and the justice department over the last 18 months or so. >> bill barr center role has been to try to erase the evidence, gathered through criminal and counterintelligence investigations of robert mueller and the fbi to exonerate the guilty, to investigate the investigators, to nullify jury verdicts against trump's hinchman like mike flynn and roger stone. and to pervert the administration of justice to protect a deeply corrupt president, and a deeply compromised president. and history will not be kind to william barr. lest we forget, some 30 years ago william barr was the attorney general, too, under

. >> during a virtual event hosted by politics and prose bookstore journalist marcia gaston describesrowing autocracy in the united states, here's a portion of that talk. >>. >> institutions are not fixed in a vacuum they do not work on their own. they are entirely dependent on all these conditions and also dependent on the Ãbthe way donald trump treats the courts the way he treats the law is the way real estate developer in new york treats city hall and its regulations. he sees it as an obstacle and something to get around. correct me if i'm wrong, you know much more about this than i do. i think the american court system Ãbi'm not sure you can make a system that doesn't take into account the possibility of that. when he comes up with the battleground 2.0 Ãbtravel ban 2.0 the whole system Ãbin new york our real estate developer would try to get around interference. you want us to call the ally so that we have the illusion of flight in error find. that's not how courts were designed to function. the states that americans have invitation i wouldn't call childlike i would call religious

thank you, marcia. and i'm honored to welcome mayor london breed. >> thank you so much, sam. i'm mayor london breed. i'm so excited to be here with all of you today for the balboa park upper yard groundbreaking. now this is really a groundbreaking project for the lake view o.m.i. community. it's one of the second 100% affordable housing projects in the lake view community. and that has no small part to do with the people of this community who have fought for years and years for their fair share of not just housing, but 100% affordable housing. 131 units. right here at balboa park. and let me just talk a little bit about how amazing this project is. not only will there be an on-site child care, there will also be wrap around services for families. and what's so amazing about this project is that we will be using neighborhood preference. so the people of this community get the right for the units built in their community. it's time to change how we provide affordable housing in communities. it can't just be that we build this housing and then no one who grew up and was born and

this is supporting, for example, representative marcia fudge of ohio to be the new agriculture secretaryshe's a fierce advocate for the food stamps program. he's also advocating for former jacksonville mayor alvin brown to lead the department of housing and urban development. now, we do certainly expect the former e fed chair, janet yellen, to be named treasury secretary in a possible biden administration. that decision could be can made public as soon as this coming week. now, if confirmed by the senate, she would be the first woman to hold that position in u.s. history. the 74-year-old economist has been credited with helping to steer the economy after the 2007 financial crisis, but she's also faced sharp criticism for being too pro-china in her policy perspective. now, the gsa's determination that now is the time for the initial steps for a transition is a very important one, and it's been very important in particular for the biden team especially given all the court challenges and uncertainty here in the nation's capital. it not only unlocks federal funds, it also grants them access

could replace her with the republican watering down democratic numbers in the senat congresswoman marcia fudge want to be the agriculture secretary saying i been loyal to the ticket and i will remain loyal to the ticket. during the primary, biden promised it to diversity. >> my administration is going t look like that. >> my cabinet is going to be made up of men and women of color commit not color bright it's going to be made up of people across-the-board. >> he will likely have a say in who gets picked and he will als steer the as he admits wasn't always perfect for rafiki we didn't get right everything in ebola and we are late on many things and we made some wrong choices. >> one of the advisors has already touted another lengthy lockdown. >> you can pay for a package right now to cover all of the wages, lost wages for individua workers or lasses to small companies to medium-size companies, and we could lockdow for 4-6 weeks for it. >> that is the kind of person biden pledges to take advice from. >> fc said chatted down, i woul jetted down. i would listen to the scientist. >> he starte

picking marcia fudge as agriculture secretary telling the hill i want to see where the process leads to and what it produces. so far it's not good. clyburn's displeasure not a secret. the president daily briefing, a big secret. for the first time during the transition today biden received the classified cvb at home in delaware and vice president president-elect kamala harris received it in secure space in commerce department in d.c. they haven't taken office yet. but there are already questions about a rematch with trump. >> president trump has been making notions that he will run again in 2024. do you feel like you and president-elect biden would be ready to face him again? >> please. lawsuit. >> tomorrow biden plans to roll out the six members of his economic team most critical to his campaign promise to build the economy back better. and even though the president-elect laid low today. his first in a walking boot, he is expected to make those big introductions at center stage in person bret? >> bret: peter doocy in wilmington. thanks. election officials in iowa have certified their

over who biden should pick for agriculture secretary with james clyburn for ohio c congresswoman marciahers vying for that coveted position. here with reaction fox news contributor and civil rights attorney leo terrell. i appreciate it. >> hi, tammy, how are you. >> tammy: we open this with an attack on america again on statues that represent america and i've always found americans we are open-minded to changes, arguments that were made. but it seems like what's going on with the democrat base is that it's not really ever about persuasion, is it. it is about punching people in the nose. what is your take on this new wave of attempting to smash our history? t>> well, it is horrible and american should be outraged how the radical mob is basically calling the shotsal and trying o take over. they have been added this entire year with all of the destruction and damage that has taken place with these riots and protests in different parts of the country. when they are pushing to defund and get rid of the police, my goodness, our country is about law and order. the radical mob is taking control

. >> have one other question from the audience that has been marked marcia garrison, she says you think adults would take common sense precautions like now swearing more seriously this virus were more dangerous for young children. i think the question is a really interesting question the way we responded and how much their time to the myth that it doesn't affect children at all or even the accurate information that doesn't seem to affect: as the. >> i don't know. i mean, i think and i think everyone who thinks those children about what it would mean if this virus were more severe in children and many respiratory viruses have been . as a rule of these pediatric lessons that children are more vulnerable to respiratory disease, just as they are more vulnerable to diarrhea and dehydration because they have smaller blood volumes and more surface area in relation to their bodies which are just physiological truths. influenza has been really hard on babies andyoung children . how different with this pandemic look to us if this disease was more dangerous to our children? i don't know. is it eas

clyburn making a strong push for ohio congresswoman marcia fudge.mocrats in mind for the coveted position. the neighbor really, civil attorney, leo burrell. thank you both. i want to ask you, we open this with attacks on america, statues that represent america. were open-minded to changes in arguments that are made. it seems like what's going on with the democrats is that it's not really ever about politicization. it is about punching each other in the nose. what's your take on smashing history? >> it's horrible and americans should be arranged how the radical mob is calling the shots didn't take a number. been added this entire year with all the destruction and damage that's taken place with their riots and the protests, different parts of the country. when they're pushing to defund and get rid of the police, my goodness, or country is about law and order. if the radical law that has taken control and heaven forbid a joe biden ends up in the white house. if they're going to be pushing him around and making demands. the radical mob wants to get rid

. >> thank you, marcia, appreciate you being with us. >>> c-span3 is live with an update from covid-19 officials with a report from the health and human services department. we're joining this in progress. >> -- these to be analyzed on a daily or by daily basis, as soon as signals appear, they will be analyzed exactly in clinical trial and conclusions drawn. and it is important that we're able to accelerate the vaccines to the extent we have done. because, as you know, unfortunately, we have 150,000 people infected every day, and

. >> yang: marcia coyle is chief washington corresponnt for he national law journal." >> everyourt has decide whether it's got a case or controversy, somebody has been injured and how to pro relief for that injury. and so if they don't know all the facts they need to know to determine that, then the case could be what some would say, not ripe for decision. >> yang: nonetheless, ste trump admition is asking the supreme court for a speedy ruling. for the pbs newshour, i'm john yang. >> woodruff: in late september, war again broke out between armenia and azerbaijan, over the coveted enclavof nagorno- karabakh. last wk, as part of an armistice, ethnic-armenian forces handed over territory to azerbaijani control. it was part of a russian- brokered deal that ended an ugly six-week war, and re-established moscow's footprint in all of its southern, former republics. with the support of the pulitzer center, special correspondent simon ostrovsky traveled there again for the newshour. >> reporter: so this is what victory looks like. walls, spray painted with namesa ofrbaijani soldiers and the cit

federation of teachers and the food and commercial workers union came out recently in support of marciae, the congresswoman from ohio's 11th district who offers a different kind of opportunity for the u.s. that is not about cleaving to the agribusiness monopolies that have bankrolled and supported the for a while, but rather we need a transformation in the way food is grown and to support the eating of food. most of the usda budget goes to things like snap. i think there is a fight and in the democratic party. heidi heitkamp, or should become secretary of agriculture, i think would signal the way in which biden and the biden administration is sticking to neoliberal as this as usual. amy: one of the issues you have raised is who gets the vaccine. we have been having a lot of these discussions, who gets access to these vaccines that are being developed in the world. you have made the point that essential workers, not just nurses, doctors, hospital staff, but for example, food workers and pickers in california, they, too, should have the first access. >> i agree with me. [laughter] the wor

. >> reporter: but brad's sister, marcia, was still determined to bring him back to that world he wasigator dwight's help, she finally found a father/daughter team of attorneys who seemed to understand the case. and the family. >> these were just salt of the earth, small-town, country people. and they were stunned at the way the system had worked against brad jennings. >> reporter: first bob and liz ramsey read the trial transcript. >> the first thing that jumped out at me is i don't recall seeing the defense attorney do so little for his client, in my 38 years of practicing law. >> come on. not the worst, surely. >> it was certainly one of the worst. >> reporter: but what also jumped out was the work of that highway patrol investigator, dan nash. confronted about the unrevealed gunshot residue test that might exonerate brad, nash said he never saw the report, said it never made to his desk. >> if that test had been positive, would it have been lost in a fax machine? >> it's just incomprehensible that he wouldn't follow up and say, hey, what happened to my gunshot residue test that i

and now i will bring back marcia contrares of mission housing. >> thank you, mr.itty, thank you for joining us and thank you for your kind words. i would like now to introduce jesse fernandez, the program manager with communities united for health and justice. jesse? >> buenos dias, good morning. i'm jesse fernandez, i'm with communities united for health and justice, we're a multi-reliant program across the district. we are celebrating affordable housing, community serving here at balboa park upper yard station. this project represents the very best in collaboration between the community and the decisionmakers. and i want to invoke all of the community planners who for 10 years have rolled up their sleeves and time and again made the case to make this project possible and have done so guided by a heartfelt community-led process. our success at the balboa park upper yard should set an example for people-focused planning for our ever changing city, to always keep people at the forefront of decision-making. i would like to acknowledge the hard work of our former sup

clyburn is supporting marcia fudge of ohio, former congressional black caucus chair to become the agricultureretary. also advocating for jacksonville mayor alan brown to be the part of housing and urban development while promoting california's attorney general to assume the very same post at the federal level. aaa says roughly 50 million americans will be hitting the road this thanksgiving holiday. from wednesday to sunday night. it is down by 5 million from last year the former vice president says it is too many people, so they can simply stay home. >> thank you, many thanks. hundreds of thousands of us troops spending this thanksgiving overseas protecting those of us here at home. one of those places is somalia where an american intelligence officer lost his life. national security correspondent jennifer griffin reports tonight from the pentagon. >> and said news today, veteran cia officer, member of seal team 6 was killed in combat in somalia in recent days which means there will be another star on the cia wall. the 130 fifth intelligence officer to be killed while serving overseas, this c

. >> during a virtual event hosted by politics and prose bookstore, was marcia gavin discuss their concernsut growing autocracy in the united states . here's a portion of that talk . >> it doesn't exist in a vacuum, they're entirely dependent on all these conditions. and also dependent on accuracy or that freedom. i'll trump is a bad state actor and he treats the court the way you treat the law is the way a real estate developer in new york treats regulations. he sees them as an obstacle and something to get around. i think you know much more about this than i do but i think the american court system is, i'm not sure you can make a system that doesn't take into account the possibility of that state. so where at this boundary when we first traveled down and basically a new york real estate developer would try to get this denial, we want to erode. [inaudible] we will call it a road. the courts were denied in some terms and these institutions, i wouldn't even call them roads. it's safe. it's not reliance, it's not a meaningful relationship. it's a relationship that doesn't take into account th

sally nightengale owned marcia and her daughter, for example. what you see here is what's referred to as a lost friends act. also typically they were referred to as information wanted ads. and these are very unique in large part because they emerge right as the civil war is coming to an end, and also in the years following the civil war. and what they reflect is formerly enslaved peoples attempts to reconstitute their families, so all of those individuals who belonged to their families and communities that had been sold away from them, that they wanted to reconnect with family members, children, mothers and fathers, and even brothers and uncles who they had lost contact with because of sale and separation, they placed these ads in order to try to reconnect with those individuals, to find those people and reconstitute their families. and so these advertisements also show more than simply their attempts to reconnect with their families. but they also show how those separations occurred in the first place, and they highlight -- in many of them they

so when donald trump imposed tariffs on chinese imports, life became very difficult to take marcia saidlity to manufacture what we need for our customers and our clients under our roof but if we do not have supplies we are not even start the process. she is not a fan of resident from's retreat from free trade. until the current administration, many of us current administration, many of us in the usjust current administration, many of us in the us just saw ourselves as part of the world. but if companies case medical think a change in washington will mean a quick switch back to global free trade, they may be disappointed. our strategy to deal with the chinese commonness party is bipartisan in this country. tim is a former member of the presidents national security council and a senior fellow at the hudson institute. he thinks even president biden may not change much of the administration's trade policy. the american people are fundamentally fed up with the chinese communist party. its abuse of human rights, its abuse of intellectual property, its theft of jobs, the intellectual property,

marcia fudge, congresswoman out of ohio potentially for secretary of agriculture, or brenda lawrencenew postmaster general, somebody who had a long career at the postal service. terry sewell out of alabama who worked on wall street and could be potentially mentioned as somebody who could lead treasury or commerce. ali mentioned initial flornoy for a potentially pioneering role to lead the pentagon. women and women of color we have seen in this cycle are ready to lead. you saw the record number of black women and women of color reasoning for office and turning out to vote and organizing. and i think that they all expect that that should translate into leadership at the highest levels in this new administration. >> errin, i feel like part of the tell in what you just reported back to me is they're saying we would be interested in the role of senator or any other role. it's that dot, dot, dot that i am especially curious about. amanda, i do want to ask you, though, as a veteran of capitol hill, someone who spent a lot of time in the u.s. senate, how much does the fight over the control

. >> yang: marcia coyle is chief washington correspondent for the "national law journal." >> if you have chief justice and justice kavanaugh believing that there is a way to save the act, even if a majority of the court were to find that what congress did in 2017 resulted in an unconstitutional mandate to buy health insurance, that they, joined with perhaps the court's three liberal colleagues who also seem to think similarly, would be able to sever or cut out that mandate from the rest of the act. >> yang: the affordable care act was president barack obama's signature domestic achievement. among its most popular provisions? prohibiting insurance companies from refusing to cover pre- existing medical conditions, like julia raye's diabetes. >> diabetes is actually a killer. people die from diabetes, uncontrolled diabetes. there are points in time when i was a 600. two weeks ago, i was at 28. either of those continue into diabetic coma. >> yang: we first met julia and her son charles in 2015, when another supreme court challenge threatened the subsidized insurance she purchased on an a.c.a

he is supporting representative marcia fudge of ohio, former congressional black caucus chair, to becometure secretary. he's also advocating advocating for former jacksonville mayor alvin brown to lead the department of housing and urban development. while promoting california attorney general xavier becerra to assume the very same post at the federal level. aaa says that roughly 50 million americans will be hitting the road this thanksgiving holiday, that period is from wednesday all the way to sunday night. and while it's actually down by about 5 million from last year, the former vice president says it's still way too many people. most folks should be like he and mrs. biden and simply stay home. mike. >> mike: kevin corke live in delaware. kevin, many thanks. hundreds of thousands of u.s. troops are spending this thanksgiving overseas protecting those of us here at home. one of those places as somalia worn american intelligence officer has lost his life. national security correspondent jennifer griffin reports tonight from the pentagon. >> mike, we learned some sad news tonight. a vet

he is supporting, as you may have heard, marcia fudge of ohio, the congressional black caucus formerto be the new agriculture secretary. he's also advocating for former jacksonville mayor alvin brown to lead the department of housing and urban development. now, we do know that the former fed chair, janet yellen, is very likely to be named treasury secretary in a possible biden administration as soon as next week. if confirmed by the senate, she'd be the first woman to hold that position in american history. the 74-year-old economist has been credited with helping to steer the economy after the financial crisis of 2007, but she's also faced some criticism for being too pro-china according to her critics from her policy perspective. i should also add that the gsa's determination that now is the time to begin the initial steps toward a transition has been a very important one for the biden team. do keep in mind it not only unlocks federal funds, it also means they have access to the all-important tdp, the presidential daily briefing. certainly inside the beltway, that is a major step in

the ceo of marcia, the only company that could ensure new york with lloyds of london during that time pandemics, the effects of pandemic can be devastating, a broad consensus by research from your company, pandemic risk, with an appropriate federal backstop. i want first to thank march for all the research you provided on this issue and make it available to all of us. can you explain why any federal program must include a federal backstop, being able to ensure pandemic risk. a number of analysts who believe pandemic risks are not insurable. your comments on that. thank you for hearing your comments. >> the prior congress and questions so apologies, thank you for your leadership. pandemics are global, unlike other cat risks, and the risk bearing capacity to ultimately there. many insurers have come through, and on thpanel today being an important voice, the industry has a big role to play and i would submit, putting businesses in a coma in a future state. you will totally change the outcome of the next pandemic. >> can you hear me? >> we can hear you. >> i wasn't able to hear the respo

he is promoting marcia fudge a democrat from ohio.grams to become the agriculture secretary. he is advocating for jacksonville mayor alvin brown to lead urban development and he's promoting california's attorney general, assuming that the very same post at the federal level. there are some concerns about whether or not this team will include a enough project progressives. an official said to me, what you think about it, were doing pretty well. 46% of our staff are persons of color, 52%, the ones who are not there, are women. that is the administration that the president-elect hopes to promote moving forward. 904, somewhere relaxing and we will see if that changes. if that does come i will tell you all about it. >> what about the idea of political diversity. he said he would consider a republican in his candidate. >> very interesting note. one of the issues when you go that route, do you offend the people who got you to the dance as the old saying goes, are you going to turn your back on them? what the administration officials say is t

marcia, are you there? one last call. all right. linda, good morning to you in florida.ller. thank: yes, good morning, you so much for c-span. i just have a comment for c-span. white fragility. white people. please, listen with your heart and not your head. the first time you start talking about the social construct of race, most white people cannot even explain it. white and black is a social construct. you don't see anywhere else on the census of red people were yellow people or blue people. added for thely oppression of black people. with slavery to justify it. jesus said don't beat your slaves too bad. let me just say this to c-span. ,hite people and black people if you really want to know with your heart, there is a book that the author,son is please read the book, i will buy it for you. it is called cash: the origins of our discontent. please read that with your heart. these things are not just happening in america just because. the criminal justice system does not have a majority of black people just because they are black and committed crimes. the police, my neig

clyburn for his part is purportinpromoting marcia fudgeo to be the new agriculture secretary.advocate for food stamps and similar programs. he's also advocating for alton brown to lead the deponent of housing and urban development, and promoting california attorney general xavier becerra to assume that very same post at the federal level. the biden-harris transition team points out that they have been very aggressive when it comes to being a diverse team. they note that 46% of the team, the behind-the-scenes staff, includes people of color and some 52% of the team right now is comprised of women. as for the day here in delaware, we expect a relatively quiet one. the biden-harris transition team called a lid at 9:04. back to you. >> julie: kevin corke, thank you so much. leland? >> leland: the press pool at the white house is holding on the south line waiting to see where the president might go. families in one state are facing a potential thanksgiving disaster. cold turkey. ahead, wipe our company is wearing it may have to cut electricity to tens of thousands of homes right ar

and now i will bring back marcia contrares of mission housing. >> thank you, mr. witty, thank you for joining us and thank you for your kind words. i would like now to introduce jesse fernandez, the program manager with communities united for health and justice. jesse? >> buenos dias, good morning. i'm jesse fernandez, i'm with communities united for health and justice, we're a multi-reliant program across the district. we are celebrating affordable housing, community serving here at balboa park upper yard station. this project represents the very best in collaboration between the community and the decisionmakers. and i want to invoke all of the community planners who for 10 years have rolled up their sleeves and time and again made the case to make this project possible and have done so guided by a heartfelt community-led process. our success at the balboa park upper yard should set an example for people-focused planning for our ever changing city, to always keep people at the forefront of decision-making. i would like to acknowledge the hard work of our former s

and now i will bring back marcia contrares of mission housing. >> thank you, mr.oining us and thank you for your kind words. i would like now to introduce jesse fernandez, the program manager with communities united for health and justice. jesse? >> buenos dias, good morning. i'm jesse fernandez, i'm with communities united for health and justice, we're a multi-reliant program across the district. we are celebrating affordable housing, community serving here at balboa park upper yard station. this project represents the very best in collaboration between the community and the decisionmakers. and i want to invoke all of the community planners who for 10 years have rolled up their sleeves and time and again made the case to make this project possible and have done so guided by a heartfelt community-led process. our success at the balboa park upper yard should set an example for people-focused planning for our ever changing city, to always keep people at the forefront of decision-making. i would like to acknowledge the hard work of our former supervisor john avalos f