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including media,, --mediacom schools and businesses went virtual and we powered a new reality. we are built to keep you ahead. mediacom supports c-span as a public service, giving you a front row seat to democracy. >> supreme court justice clarence thomas says that a recent leak of a supreme court opinion does not represent the final opinion of any of the justices. a group that meets to discuss the challenges facing black americans. >> good evening, everybody. my name is john you -- the only thing i have done of note is that i clerked for justice clarence thomas. i don't talk about memos anymore, john. >> it is my pleasure to introduce the justice and let you know that we have had a change in the format. the justice has said that he would rather have a discussion with all of us for the next hour. i will have questions for the first half, and then i will take questions from the audience in the second half. president robert door is here -- and from the manhattan institute, i want to thank you for joining us this evening. all of us want to thank harlan crow and his family. [applau

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. >> the world changed but mediacom was ready. we never slowed down. schools and businesses went virtual and we powered a new reality because we are here to keep you ahead. >> mediacom supports c-span, along with these other television providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. democratic lawmakers including senator chris murphy held a news conference on crafting bipartisan legislation to address gun violence in the wake of mass shootings in buffalo, new york and uvalde, texas. this runs over one hour. [cheering] [cheering] >> thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. >> thank you for coming today. i'm a student and volunteer from texas. i come to you today on something this devastating. the shooting uvalde and buffalo last week, personal to me in more than one way. i was not shocked what happened tuesday. gun violence made me fear, i fear losing a loved one, i fear being the loved one lost. i fear for my family, my friends, i fear for the lot next community. i fear for every committee and every student in this country, i fear for every per

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both senators are two of the original cosponsors of the d ukrainian defense mediacom of 2022. that was the recently passed unanimously by the senate. the bill harkens back to president franklin delano roosevelt's world war ii era policy that helped the allies defeat nazi germany. it's signed into law by president biden the bill will allow washington to send more quickly weapons and supplies to bukraine so that it can better defend itself against russia. helping ukraine to defeat putin is a smart way to defend our nato allies from his revisionist objectives and blatant brutal aggression as we have witnessed. thank you for your work on this crucial piece of legislation and also for taking the time to join us this morning. like many of you i've been following thewa war in ukraine over the last two months. when we talk about the support for ukraine, i have to say that it's becoming more and more obvious that speed matters. time is of the essence. after failing, russia is going to pick up to france in eastern and southern ukraine. most analysts expect the two paddles to be long, br

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schools and businesses went virtual and we powered a new reality because at mediacom, we're built to keep you ahead. >> mediacom supports c-span as a public service along with these other television providers giving you a front row seat to democracy. >> president biden and the prime minister of greece met at the white house to discuss relations between the two nations. they also talked about supporting ukraine as russia continues to invade the country. president biden: well, mr. prime minister, welcome. it's great to have you here. and later this afternoon, we're going to celebrate 201 years -- 201 years of greek independence and strong ties of family and shared democratic values with the united states, and a burgeoning personal friendship between you and i. you've been wonderful. the democratic ideals that we so cherish originated in greece, as we all know, inspired by our founders who were students of greece, and for centuries has empowered -- [a cell phone interrupts] someone is playing music. anybody want to make that phone call? [laughter] there you go. thank you. it happens all