asma khalid, political correspondent for national public radio. ashley parker, white house reporter for "the washington post." and chael schmidt, washington correspondent for the "new york times" and author of "donald trump vs. the united states: inside the struggle to stop a president." ashley, you've been reporting on recent days on the fallout of the woodward book. why doeshat february 7th remark matter by the president? what was he doing at that time? what was he not saying to the american publi >> the question is really what he wasn't doing and what he wasn't saying, and it's a fascinating about 10-day window from -- which woodward recounts in his book from when robert o'brien goes into the oval office and said the coronavirus is going to be the biggest national security crisis of your tells cy to when trump he understands the severity. he uerstands that it is deadly. it is tricky. and that it is airborne. in that period, he really does you not convey that grim reality to the american public in words for starter so they can begin preparing an

decades, and one of the people who knew her best and covered many of her landmark opinions is national public radio correspondent nina totenberg. they also had a deep and long lasting friendship. i spoke with her this morning from washington, d.c. >> well, she was amazing. you know, my late husband was very, very sick for about five years, and during that time, she used to just call up, scoop me up, take me out with marty to the opera, to dinner at their house with somebody interesting, poff of what things were like.nd a birthday party for her, where, i have a picture of the two of us wearing little crowns. and, at the same time, she was this very serious person who you could have a really deep conversation about the law with. now, maybe iwasn't deep for her when i discussed the law with her, but it was deep fo me. she taught me an enormous amount about the law. and she taught me an enormous amount about how to live. and i have to say, she taught me an enormous amount about how to di this week. >> sreenivasan: how so? >> she had hoped to retire in 2017 after she thought that the first woman preside

. >>> national public radio says massive protests continue in belarus as demonstrators demand the resignationf president alexander lukashenko. yesterday more than 100,000 demonstrators took to the streets of the capital of minsk. government officials say more than 400 people were detained. there were also demonstrations in 16 other cities. protesters say last month's presidential election giving lukashenko a sixth term was rigged. >>> britain's "guardian" says perfume brand jo malone deeply apologized to actor john boyega for cutting him out of a chinese commercial. the black "star wars" actor directed and starred in the original ad. it showed him with family and friends in britain when it first aired last year. he was replaced by a chinese actor after the commercial was reshot for the chinese market. the chinese remake featured no black cast members. >>> and "vanity fair" reports french fashion house louis vuitton plans to sell a $961 coronavirus face shield. the luxury designer says the fancy ppe is part of the label's 2021 cruise collection. it includes an elastic monogrammed head strap wi

we already have a system whereby they're championing so now this person is saying that and national public radio.

. ♪ ♪ ♪ tv critic for national public radio, and i'm here with a couple of very esteemed authors, christophern american journalist, former senior editor for the weekly standard and author of the age of entitlement, america since the 60s. he's joining from washington, d.c. we have historian, journalist, wall street journal columnist and author of "the people no" of the war on populism and democracy joining us from kansas city. i am in st. petersburg florida. we are going to make this happen through the magic of video chat. so thank you for coming. i appreciate it. it seems your books in different ways are describing how we have landed in this crazy political time that we are in right now where we are understanding how the movements and politics. what i would like each of you to do is give a thumbnail synopsis of durable and what it might say about whether or how america sort of landed on the road to populism. what do you think? >> it's more like the railroad for populism. i'm joining from kansas city about 20 miles from where it was invented. it was a pretty straightforward party that correspo

and nina totenberg, legal affairs correspondent for national public radio. nina, i would like to begin with you. welcome back to "washington week." a 6-3 conservative majority is now on the horizon for the nation, for the court. what's the significance of that? seung: well, to begin with -- nina: to begin with, this would be a collection if judge barrett is confirmed, of the most conservative judges to sit on the court probably back to the 1930's. and a 6-3 majority means that if any one of them flakes poff on a particular -- off on a particular issue, it doesn't matter. they still got five votes. so it's a very -- i hesitate to say bulletproof, but a very safe majority for a particular ideological stripe of people. robert: seung min kim, you're on the bylne of the washington most what's the rationale inside the white house for judge coney barrett? seung: well, she's clearly been the frontrunner ever since this vacancy, the seat became open last friday night with justice ginsburg's death. she had a series of interviews at the white house earlier this week. t

so we already have a system whereby there championing so now this person is saying that and national public radio in america is amplifying it and saying that this is just the fight to loot because somehow like we can't talk about the bigger systemic issue like the looting from the top the central banks then the private equity and then the banks and then all this like let's target our fellow ordinary shmucks citizen because that's the only person we have power over we can throw rocks and destroy their business it gives us some sense of of closure of fulfillment that we've done something because we can't touch best as we can't touch the system we can't touch the financial or monetary systems well i think there's also something going on here in terms of the left is sensing a loss in november election and they're trying to cause trouble they're stirring the pot and they're trying to get a little bit of a civil war going that they can blame trump for that and but one way to do that is by saying it's ok to loot the small businesses and that is that's. the common men. to stir social unrest looting and v

and to those listening live over the national public radio stations, and for those who will watch it later, before going further i would like to remind the members of upcoming events. next tuesday, the guest will be william fulbright. the 40th anniversary of the fulbright scholarship program. future speakers include james buchanan on january 23 and john harrington on fairbury 19th. if you have questions for our speaker, please write them down on the part on your table and send them to the front. i will ask as many questions as time permits. i would like to introduce our guest. please stand when i call your name. please withhold your applause until i am completed. bernard shaw of cable news network, lita williams of the new york times, adrian farrell, a member who organized the lunch, a member of the french embassy, randy allen from pyramid video, dorothy of the washington post, finley lewis for the minneapolis tribune and ernest white of washington living magazine. [applause] host: our guest today, james baldwin, offers a lesson for those of us who are readers and writers. a message

charles hurt opinion editor for "the washington times," mara liasson for national public radio and billet journal." on this day the u.s. constitution was signed in 1787, is this a smart move political politically? >> i think he is responding to the currents in the culture. the constitution is one of the greatest documents in the history of freedom. if the declaration aspirational, but the constitution gave us a system to preserve it and has done very well. i think what the president was talking about is there is a philosophical assumption now that the united states was born in corruption because of slavery and is forever stand by it. and the danger by that is -- we have our flaws but in terms of advancing freedom, there are few parallels. also these kinds of things are designed not to encourage a debate over history but to forestall it. because if you question if you're considered a racist too. >> bret: how does this play in the election? >> i'm puzzled by it. this is something that clearly a lot of the president's supporters care about, i think it's a niche issue. if you're talking abo

secretary of state hillary clinton and will talk with american legal affairs correspondent for national public radio. you may not know she was close with ruth bader ginsburg. she will reflect on their nearly 50-year friendship. it all began with a phone call when she was a new reporter and ginsburg was a law professor. tune in to "meet the press" at 8:00 a.m. right after this newscast. we hope you stick here. coming up in 30 minutes from now we will talk with our political analyst larry gerston for our weekly segment. we'll take a deeper look into ruth bader ginsburg's lasting legacy and president trump's plans on filling the late justice's seat, quote, without delay. >>> speaking of president trump, he says he is giving his blessing to a deal between tiktok's parent company oracle and walmart. the deal makes oracle responsible for hosting all of tiktok's u.s. data and making sure security requirements are met. walmart would control other aspects of the popular video app. the deal still isn't finalized but tiktok will not be restricted beginning today after getting that thumbs up from the president.

npr, national public radio, your tax funded dollars aren't going to someone who wrote an article on npr saying that the defense of looting, they are trying to justify it. these are not conservatives doing this. they are joe biden voters burning down their cities. and then we are supposed to be sympathetic to a looter, a writer, and arsonist? not the small business that was destroyed, whose livelihood was ruined? again if the first time in american history when you get ticketed for going to church but not for going to commit arson or felony crime. >> pete: not even that but you might get the biden campaign or kamala harris' staff to donate to your fund to get you out of jail. you can't make this stuff up. >> 100%. kamala harris was encouraging it. >> pete: i don't know how nancy pelosi could explain this one. she is in san francisco. everyone is locked down. salons are closed and you have to wear a mask but she went to her own private salon without a mask to get her hair blown out. caught on tape because the salon owner who was a single mom, two kids, no income right now, has been shut d

oprah makes her picks for the best summer read but so does the new york times, national public radio, the wall street journal and a host of other media outlets. summer is a time when were advised to turn to lightweight paperback that we can stuff into a beach bag or read without worry by the poolside, it is the time that we are told to reach for the popular novel or the action-packed bestseller, as clive a critic for the new york times wrote in the paper summer book issue for 1968 he said summer reading like the statue of liberty and motherhood is always with us. and that is still true today. the list of best summer reads continues in this very very fraud season. i've just taken a screen graph of the first one to three of them and it came from the weekend, the memorial day weekend itself and the one on the bottom was just from today. we see the top one is from the new york times and the beach may be close but these books are worth opening, the next one down refinery 29 with the millennial young woman, the 25 books you will watch this summer on the left is from oprah the 28th of the be

my daughter, natalie is executive producer of all things considered weekend on national public radio, so i never miss a show. and on easter sunday, they did a round up of pastors sermons from around the country. at the height of the pandemic. and my favorite was pastor michael curry from the national cathedral. easter sermon by singing a little song. ♪ ♪ he's got the whole world in his hand ♪ ♪'s got the whole wide world in his hands ♪ ♪ he's got the whole world in his hands ♪ ♪ he's got the whole world in his hands ♪ ♪ now if you just substitute, bernard, she for he, you will know where i start with the pandemic she got the whole world in her hands, this is the first time for our generation of human species that we have all, at the same time, simultaneously and in the grip of mother nature. unless you are 103, this is basically the first time all of us have been in the grip of what i call one of mother natures festivals. to put it in american baseball terms, mother natures throws pitches that is, she throws fastballs at us they are called viruses, they are called hurricanes and torna

i picks for the best summer reading but so does the "new york times", national public radio, the wall street journal , and a host of other media outlets. summer is the time where we are advised to turn to light weight paperbacks we can step into a beach bag or read without worry by the poolside. it is a time we are told to reach for the popular novel or the action packed bestseller and clive barnes the critic of the "new york times" are in the papers summer book issue for 1968, he says summer reading like the statue of liberty and motherhood is always with us. and that is still true today. the list of the best summer it reads continues in this very, very fraught season. i have taken sam's green graph sprayed the first one, two, three of them came from the weekend of the memorial day weekend. and the one on the bottom is just from today. see the top one in the "new york times" the beach may be close but these books are worth opening for the next one down refinery 29 a fight of millennial young women for the 25 books you will want to read this summer. on the left is from "a 28 of the be

nina totenberg is legal correspondent for national public radio and leading expert on the supreme courtfriend of ginsburg and of course, andrea mitchell, chief correspondent for nbc news and she was also good friends with ginsburg. welcome to both of you. nina, first, i'm sorry. i know this has been hard on you. you were with her last week delivering food. just tell us something about these last few weeks that justice ginsburg was fighting here? >> well, she was very weak in the last few weeks. suddenly she really seemed to deteriorate, and -- but i did have dinner with her not two weeks ago. we brought dinner over to the apartment, and she was still very much herself. you know, in the last days when she knew she was -- the end was near she dictated this statement to her granddaughter and there were other non-familial witnesses in the room so this isn't just her granddaughter's view, but her granddaughter clara took it down and it said my most fervent wish is that i not be replaced until after the election and the installation of a new president meaning whoever that is from the election

perspective from national public radio legal affairs correspondent nina who spoke to the justice's grandy toobin whose latest piece is titled the legal fight awaiting us after the election, the aftermath of november's vote has the potential to make 2,000 look like a mere skirmish. nina, when you heard what the president said about the late justice's words, what do you think? >> well, there were other people in the room when she said that including the justice's doctor who i checked with so i don't think anybody made it up, let put it that way. clara, the justice's granddaughter was siltitting th with her laptop and wrote it down and it was confirmed by others in the room who were in the famipham -- not family memb >> the idea family members in a highly charged situationnot family members. >> the idea family members in a highly charged situation like this would make up the last words or last wishes like somebody like the chief justice or any family member, frankly is -- the idea of it, jeff, regardless of what the president says about justice ginsburg, they are on board with pushing a nom

oprah makes her pick for the best summer reads but so does the new york times, national public radio, the wall street journal and ahost of other media outlets .summer is the time when we are advised to turn to lightweight paperbacks we can stuff into a beach bag or read without worry by thepoolside . it's the time we are told to reach for the light popular novel or the action-packed bestseller area clive barnes a critic for the new york times wrote in the papers summer big book issue for 1968 he said number reading like the statue ofliberty and motherhood is always with us . and that's still true today. the list of best summer reads continues in this very very fraught season. i just have taken some screen grabs, the first one to three of them came from the weekend of the memorial day weekend and the one on the bottom was just from today so we see here the top one is from the new york times read the beach maybe close but these books are worthopening . the next one down, refinery 29. a fight for millennial young women read a 25 books you'll wantto read this summer . on the left is from

perspective, now, from legal -- from national public radio legal affairs correspondent, nina totenbergh the justice's granddaughter. also, close to the justice. also, cnn chief legal analyst, jeffrey toobin, whose latest piece is titled the legal fight after the election. the aftermath of november's vote has potential to make 2000 look like a mere skirmish, jeff wrote. nina, when you heard what the president said about the late justice's words. how do you -- what do you think? >> well, there were other people in the room when she said that, including the justice's doctor who i checked with. so i don't think anybody made it up. let's put it that way. and clara spara, the justice's granddaughter, was sitting there with her laptop. and she wrote it down. and it was confirmed by others in the room, as i said, who were not family members. >> i mean, the idea, frankly, that family members, even in a highly-charged situation like this, would make up the last words or the last wishes of somebody like the chief justice or any family member, frankly, is kind of abhorrent. the idea of it. jeff, r

. >> long time legal affairs correspondent for national public radio, friends of justice ginsburg, nina, it's an honor to have you here with us tonight. thank you for making time for us. >> thank you for having me. >> we will go now live to delaware where vice president joe biden is making a statement in reaction to justice ginsburg's death. >> her time and she and her ascension to the supreme court t decade since, she has been absolutely consistent and reliable and a voice for freedom and opportunity for everyone. and you know, she never failed. she was fierce, unflinching in her pursuit of the civil legal rights of civil rights of everyone. her opinions and her dissent are doing to continue to shape the basis for law for generations. and you know, tonight and in the coming days, we should focus on the loss of the justice, and her enduring legacy. but, there's no doubt -- let me be clear, that the voters should pick the president and the president should pick the justice for the senate to consider. this was the position of republican senate took in 2016, when there were almost ten mont

his administration slashed funding for the public broadcasting station national public radio and fed us-born broadcasters on a path to extinction. this is the ideal outcome for moscow, american democracy once a shining city on a hill is is weakened crumbling in 2028. the debate, dissent and protest in which the u.s. was founded are increasingly foreign concepts. corruption once kept in check by an active media that engaged electorate reaches the highest levels of government. consumed by problems at home, viewers is less engaged abroad and the criminal points to the failings of our democratic system to justify repressions and abroad embrace of authoritarianism inside and outside its borders. this scenario shouldn't seem far-fetched. the united states along with some of the country profile in my book and venerated european democracies were all on our way to a factory version of democracy like, which the tenets of the democratic process participation and protests are under attack. my book "how to lose the information war" lays at how to avert this scenario and laser how to rebuild our d

, saying "my most national public radio, saying "my m ost fe rve nt national public radio, saying not be replaced until a new is installed". tell us why she would have felt it is important, if this is written, for this to be logged? sure. i think we got a window into how she felt about donald trump with some of the varied biting and caustic comments she made about him, something that is highly unusual for a supreme court justice something that is highly unusual for a supreme courtjustice to say, in the fact that she said that —— and the fact that she said that —— and the fact that she said that —— and the fact that she said that speaks to her level of disrespect and the fa ct to her level of disrespect and the fact she felt he might not be up to thejob. so clearly, i think we fact she felt he might not be up to the job. so clearly, i think we are going to see a major fight now beginning to unfold, not only in washington but across the country, because again, we are talking about a champion of women's rights, and now many women and much of the country now, with good reason, will be

the npr, national public radio point on this on april 9, it was this -- senate democrats block efforts to boost business aid, senate democrats blocking aid for businesses across the country. in august as unemployment insurance was set to expire, republicans asked for consent on the floor to extend the program. democrats came to this very floor and once again objected. so today we have an opportunity to finish the fight against coronavirus. the democrats have a full roadblock in place against any further relief. the cold, hard truth that we face, mr. president, is that they have delayed and they have p divided this country all year long. i would go so far as to say this has hurt the country, it has hurt families, it has our students, it has hurt our schools, it has hurt our health care providers, and it certainly hurt people trying to recover from the disease. remember, mr. president, that the year started with the democrats completely partisan impeachment farce, and we sat here day after dailiesening as the -- day listening as the democrats brought charge after charge against the presi

professor mark burns teaches about the rise of radio as a national media and its public opinion impact on whether to enter world war ii. the class uses sound clips showing the role radio play in shaping american views and foreign policy. >> so last week, we talked about the war in europe and in asia. what i would like to talk about today is the american reaction to all of that, what is called the great debate over american involvement in world war ii. this is arguably the most important debate on foreign policy and all of american history. and public opinion probably more than anything in this debate mattered, in part because for the first time, there is a way of gauging public opinion. the gallup poll organization had begun regularly pulling the american people. so leaders had a much better direct sense of what the people actually thought. you can see a lot of polling data in this and in flushing out exactly what it was americans thought. i will focus a lot on public opinion and then we will talk about policy as a reflection of public opinion. at the start of the war in europe, my arg

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professor mark burns teaches about the rise of radio as a national media and its public opinion impacton whether to enter world war ii. the class uses sound clips showing the role radio play in shaping american views and foreign policy. >> so last week, we talked about the war in europe and in asia. what i would like to talk about today is the american reaction to all of that, what is called the great debate over american involvement in world war ii. this is arguably the most important debate on foreign policy and all of american history. and public opinion probably more than anything in this debate mattered, in part because for the first time, there is a way of gauging public opinion. the gallup poll organization had begun regularly l

it was last year in an interview with public national radio. senior democrats appear to be determined to make the senate and remake it and destroy the supreme court in the process. the radical left sees judge barrett simply as collateral damage. she is an obstacle to be overcome no matter the cost. that's why she's being attacked for her faith for being an active member of her church, for participating fully. she's being attacked as a mother, being attacked for her religious beliefs. the far left in their haste to attack the judge never mention that she has seven children. now two of those seven children were adopted from haiti. one of her children has special needs. so judge barrett is a full-time caregiver as well as a public servant. she understands the importance of health care had she understands how precious life is. she is an outstanding nominee. two years ago, mr. president, we considered another nominee for the supreme court. democrats dragged him through the mud. we witnessed a gang land character assassination. i wouldn't be surprise

day, national.r public radio, mvr releases survey on the unprecedented economic suffering facing the market people that should shock everyone in the united states senate. an inner nation. and here's what that survey found. 46 percent of americans over 150 million people are now experiencing serious financial problems . 41 percent of americans over 134 million people have used up all or most of their savings. their savings accounts are now depleted. 33 percent of american families have had someone in their household who has either lost a job, was to business or has been furloughed during the pandemic. mr. president, this is an unprecedented moment in american history and the senate now needs to take unprecedented action to improve the lives of the american i people. and yet in the midst of all of this pain-and-suffering, what has the republican led senate done over the last five months to address the economic concerns of the american people. and the answer is, nothing. except passing 740 billion-dollar project for the closing pentagon and take an extended vacation. that is not something that anybody in the senate should be proud of. another senate is back in session. s

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nation, to protect us. he failed to protect americans. that is unforgivable. >> watch live coverage, live streaming, and on demand or listen live on the free c-span radio app. >> joe biden spoke about public safety and law enforcement yesterday and condemned the rioting and looting -- including and was critical of president trump for his lack of leadership. vice president biden: good afternoon. i want to thank carnegie mellon for providing this space and all the promise it holds for future jobs in the high-tech world. in the recent days, we have had a lot of talk about who is going where and how i've decided to come to pittsburgh to talk a little bit about what is going on right now. in the early days of world war ii, franklin roosevelt told the country, the news is going to get worse and worse before it gets better and better. and the american people deserve to have it straight from the shoulder, the job of a president is to tell it straight from the shoulder, tell the truth, to be candid, to face facts, to lead, not to incite. that is why i'm speaking to you today. the incumbent president is incapable of telling us the truth. incapable of facing the facts, and incapable of healing. he d

national press club. i'm the former general manager of cbs radio network, now journalist in residence at university of maryland global campus and executive producer of the cal report publicroadcasting series, moderated by journalist, marvin cal. we thank you for joining us today for our virtual headliner event with renowned ethologist and environmentalist, dr. jane goodall, who will share her thoughts on the state of our world during the covid-19 pandemic, the ongoing threats caused by climate change, and other topics that ultimately affect us all. we're honored to welcome dr. goodall back to the national press club, as she joins us virtually today from her family home in england. dr. goodall, welcome. dr. goodall: well, thank you so much for inviting me, and hello to anybody who's listening or looking, or whatever. michael: there are a lot of people listening and looking virtually, so thank you. we're pleased to accept questions from our audience, especially from our journalists tuning in today. i'll ask as many as time permits. to submit a question for dr. goodall, please email headliners@press.org. it's been 60 years since 26-year-old jane goodall entered the rain for

i am the 113th president of the national press club, former general manager at cbs radio at university of maryland global campus and executive producer of the public broadcasting series moderated by -- we thank you for joining us today for our virtual program on a potential crisis in the college vote this fall with attorney thurgood marshall junior and the founder and president of the campus election engagement project. >> with voter turnout uncertain in these turbulent times one constituency that has emerged as a critical block while covid-19 continues its spread across the country, how americans vote has become a critical issue as politicians debate the virtues and vices of universal mail-in balloting. with voter turnout uncertain in these turbulent times one constituency that has emerged as a critical block is the college vote. the voting rate among u.s. college students more than doubled from 19% in the 2014 midterm election, to 40% in 2018 according to a national study of learning, voting and engagement conducted by the institute for democracy and higher education at university in a poll of 4,000 students conducted august 9-12 and funded by n

national press club. former general manager of cbs radio network, now journalist at university of maryland global campus and executive reduce her of the -- report public broadcasting series narrated by marvin kalb. we thank you for joining us for our virtual headliner event with the cochairs of the commission on presidential debates. junior, three writings and kenneth wallick. this marks their first joint on camera appearance ahead of the 20 general election. studied thens have legendary douglas debates which were not presidential debates, but for eight u.s. senate seat. the candidates met face-to-face seven times that year, and the subsequent election was won by stephen douglas. stage for set the abraham lincoln's campaign for the presidency two years ago in 1860. 102 years after those debates on september 26 1960, at the cbs studios in chicago, senator john f. kennedy and vice president richard nixon came together in the first-ever general election presidential debate. a televised affair that changed the nature of politics. strick kennedy and mr. nixon debated four times in 1960 and john f. kennedy went on to win the presidency by a slim margin. loo

nation, to protect us. he failed to protect americans. that is unforgivable. >> watch live coverage, live streaming, and on demand or listen live on the free c-span radio app. >> joe biden spoke about public

and to those listening live over the national public radio stations, and for those who will watch it later, before going further i would like to remind the members of upcoming events. next tuesday, the guest will be william fulbright.

oprah makes her pack for the best summer reading national public radio, new york times, the wall street journal and a host of other media outlets. and those that you can stuff into a beach bag we are told to reach for the white popular novel of the action-packed bestseller the critic for "the new york times" wrote 1968 that summer reading like the statue of liberty and motherhood is always with us. that is still true today it continues. i took a screen grab the first came from the memorial day weekend and the one on the bottom was from today the top one from your times the beaches are close but this is worth opening. to fight for millennial young women. and then with the boston globe online and i might know about the boston globe i had to go quickly through it to see what they were recommending and i was struck at one point "the new york times" was criticized for books that had primarily white authors one season they accused of having peak odd that one - - capacity and this is incredibly varied so where does this idea come from so as a specific practice not only literary, there's that c

the national public radio said that it was a wish list, a democrat wish list of favorite policies. "politico" called it a long wish list of democrat policies. nobody, madam president, nobody took the democrat bill seriously. and when you can't get "the new york times" to speak favorably about a democrat coronavirus relief bill, it tells me that it was completely out of step and out of touch with what is really needed in this country. and certainly by the people in this country who do want to see us respond, but respond in a way, again as i said, that is targeted and is fiscally responsible and doesn't throw any kind of fiscal caution to the wind. it just throws money out there at a lot of favorite pet causes and ideological agenda items on the democrat wish list. that's essentially what that bill did. and so as we kind of decided to put together a bill, we listened carefully. we listened to small businesses. we listened to health care providers. we listened to schools, school administrators. we listened to those folks that are impacted on a daily basis . -- the changes that we mak

from massachusetts who introduced the green new deal resolution in the senate appeared on national public radio where where he was asked whether he thought there any parts of the green new deal that could attract bipartisan support. the senator's response -- the whole thing needs to be enacted, and if republicans don't allow that to happen, democrats should change the senate rules to eliminate the legislative filibuster. so apparently democrats aren't willing to even moderate their proposal. if the senator from massachusetts has his way, democrats will shove the entire $93 trillion down the throats of the american people. and i guess the american people will just have to survive the resulting debt crisis. madam president, when you ask about the price tag for democrats' socialist fantasies, democrats will make noise about somehow paying for it. we will tax the rich, they say. the rich aren't paying their fair share. the problem, of course, is that increasing taxes on the rich isn't going to increase these proposals. you could tack at rates of nearly 100% and not come up anywhere close to getting

just the other day, national public radio, n.p.r., released a survey on the unprecedented economic suffering facing the american people that should shock everyone in the united states senate and in our nation. and here is what that survey found. 46% of americans, over 150 million people, are now experiencing serious financial problems. 41% of americans, over 134 million people, have used up all or most of their savings -- their savings accounts are now depleted. 33% 33% of american families have had someone in their household who has either lost a job, lost a business, or has been furloughed during the pandemic. mr. president, this is an unprecedented moment in american history, and the senate now needs to take unprecedented action to improve the lives of the american people. and yet in the midst of all of this pain and suffering, what has the republican-led senate done over the last five months to adress -- to address the economic concerns of the american people. and the answer is nothing except pass a $740 billion budget for the bloated pentagon and take an extended vacation. that is not s