and penn state hershey health. they have been using that in particular for the opioid crisis and expansion of medication assisted treatment. but also other medical issues and mental health issues. and i think that telehealth and programs such as project echo need to be further expanded. and if confirmed i look forward to working with you and other content experts and dr. aurora on expanding it. >> i appreciate that. dr. murthy, populations that live in rural regions of the united states face unique challenges in accessing health care. these barriers contribute to the rural/urban divide phenomena that leads rural americans with lower life expectancies than their urban counterparts. i believe everyone should have high-access care no matter where they live. one thing we need to address is the current caps and limitations on rural residency programs that have put rural america at a disadvantage. dr. murthy, how can we work together to address the shortage of health providers in rural areas and increase federal support

the penn state medical center but at penn state i initiated a position of adolescent medicine for the care of complex medical and psychological problems. in addition i started penn state eating disorders program progrm which offers multidisciplinary treatment for children adolescents and adults with eating disorders. when i left penn state and 2015 is was professor of pediatrics and psychiatry, vice chair of pediatrics and clinical affairs and the chief of the division of adolescent medicine at eating disorders.s. in 2015 i was named by governor tom wolf to be the physician general for the commonwealth of pennsylvania and confirmed unanimously to the post by the state senate. i was confirmed twice more on a bipartisan basis to be secretary of health. in both roles i concentrated on addressing the open. misuse an overdose crisis in our state working in partnership with the federal department of health and human services on onse efforts greatly focused opioid save appropriate and responsible prescribing of opioids. we thought those practices to medical students in addition developed edu

and penn state hershey health. they have been using that in particular for the opioid crisis and expansion of medication assisted treatment. but also other medical issues and mental health issues. and i think that telehealth and programs such as project echo need to be further expanded. and if confirmed i look forward to working with you and other content experts and dr. aurora on expanding it. >> i appreciate that. dr. murthy, populations that live in rural regions of the united states face unique challenges in accessing health care. these barriers contribute to the rural/urban divide phenomena that leads rural americans with lower life expectancies than their urban counterparts. i believe everyone should have high-access care no matter where they live. one thing we need to address is the current caps and limitations on rural residency programs that have put rural america at a disadvantage. dr. murthy, how can we work together to address the shortage of health providers in rural areas and increase federal support

is it a, alabama, b, texas a&m, c, penn state, or d, the bar. i'm gonna go with c, penn state. well, you got that one right. in regards to snuggling, johnny bananas is a preferred big spoon? little spoon? koala in a tree? or a stargazer? i'm gonna go with, because i prefer to be a little spoon, that means you must be a big spoon. so, i'm gonna go with big spoon. eeh! wrong. trick question. i'm a master of all positions. [chuckles] do i even want to ask? probably not. [tv static] this one, by far, was the weirdest thing i ever had to do. this was worse than smelling feet and armpits. this was worse than dressing in drag. you're being dramatic. it's just cuddling. wait till you see. [tv static] johnny (voiceover): when it comes to connecting with others, the majority of us rely on the sense of touch. so professionals like christina from cuddlist, are trying to break down barriers and get the world hugging again. so i could go sign up and go to someone's home and cuddle with them? you could as long as it's not a boy. [pop sound] [laughs] ok, i'll-- and if it's a girl, you better i

capitol, and up next on american history tv, penn state university history professor matthew restall talks about the art and architecture at the u.s. capitol including the statue of freedom on top of the capitol dome. other topics include how christopher columbus, native americans and females are depicted. mr. restall has served as a fellow of the u.s. capitol historical society. >>> welcome to the lunchtime lecture series. i'm the chief historian here at the society. it's really great to see everyone here. our speaker today is a guy named matthew restall. i want to read his title. it's kind of ponderous, not like matthew, i don't want to leave anything out. the edwin earl sparks professor of latin american history and director of latin american studies at penn state. he was educated at oxford, ucla, and he's published numerous books and articles on the african diaspora and spanish america and the spanish conquest period. some of you might recognize his name and some of the themes he's going to be touching on from our last dome where he has an article on how montezuma just keeps surr

shep >> reporter: thank you >>> michael mann, distinguished professor of atmospheric science at penn state and author of the new book "the new climate war. how significant is the reentry into the paris accord? >> good to be with you thank you. it couldn't be more important, right? because we lost four years of opportunity here to address the greatest challenge that we faces and we're not going to get that lost time back the united states can't just reenter the paris agreement. it's great that we're doing that and that sends an important signal to the rest of the world that we're back. we've got to ratchet up the commitments now, if we are to stay on course to averting a catastrophic 3 degree fahrenheit warming. we need increase our commitments and the other countries of the world need to do that and that's what this summit in april is about. joe biden bringing the rests of the world policy makers to washington d.c. to up those commitments too, make sure we collectively address the great challenge we face here >> professor mann, is what we're seeing in texas a wake-up call what can we to do

this is midshipman first class fresky from penn state university, sir. so, renewed interest in space exploration, sir, do you think nuclear thermo rockets will play a big part? >> that's a good question. i think that the technology, propulsion technology's going to be key. but whenever anybody asks me a question, based on my experience over about four years, it's going to be easier to build the rocket and spacecraft than it is to build the team, because the team is what will make missions happen. and when they talk about, basically, we're going to have ardimus program, we're going to be launched in 2024, i say, they'd better get building that team right now, because you're already behind the power curve. and i think the workforce is the real key to success in any program, and we were blessed to have this marvelous space task group with the experience it brought in. i think today we don't have the broad experienced in the spacecraft aerospace industry we once had, so you're going to have to rebuild leadership. i was talking up at the cruise committee, you

jonathan: i will talk about my time at penn state another time.er] let's give you the price action. really shouldn't have brought that up. tom: you should not have, but let's stay on this for radio and tv. jonathan: i think we will give it a minute. i think it was game weekend or something. isn't the beaver the mascot, that's right? tom: in-state college of pennsylvania, every weekend's game weekend. jonathan: there were go. futures up 0.8% on the s&p 500, on the nasdaq, 0.8%. rom is going toaine -- romaine is going to run you through the numbers in little bit. two tens and 30's, yields up. that's the bond market. let me finish on for exchange quickly. euro sterling, take a look at this one. euro sterling lower. stronger pound, a break of 88 pence, down about 0.3% only session. this is the idea that the u.k. is further along in the race, that europe is further behind. that the you could reopen further, and a little more enthusiasm for european growth diminishing, and the u.k. story picking up. we can talk about that little bit later. now romaine i

imagine not concord bridge, rather penn state. then -- and neither of these considerations means we are guaranteed avoidance of serious civil unrest. and in the current climate of mutual hatred and accusation, we may receive free examples of intense civil unrest. the first would be political. showed a federal executive and legislature not able to restrain itself from passing laws which state legislatures will then refuse to obey. we call this nullification. following the pattern of south carolina which 190 years ago i attended to -- attempted to nullify congressionally imposed tariffs. state legislatures have in fact been practicing nullification for some time. in the form of marijuana normalization, sanctuary cities, and so forth, without any serious and all twos. but the practical effect of widespread nullification would be little short of anarchy, and attempting to cure a problem by fostering and disease. another possibility for civil unrest may emerge socially in the creation of no-go areas. similar to seattle's capitol hill a

>> you note mike penn state a very good job as vice president for a lot of conservatives are certainlyappy with the job he did, including i think pushing the president on a number of different areas where he ended up adopting more conservative policies than he ran on as a candidate. i also think to a certain extent, pence is someone who's very reluctant to force himself into the middle of a conversation. it's much more likely to take a step back and this current moment. but look, this is a part of his going through a transition. this is what always happens after you lose a presidential election and analyzing what you did wrong, what you did right, the president over performed in a lot of different areas including among minority voters. certainly and rural districts across the country. but he also lost a lot of suburban voters who had been historically critical. kennedy: by told you my theory about that? why suburban moms turn against him? because his impulsiveness and an knowingness reminded them of every psychopathic dated in college. in the grudge voted against him. >> here i thought

. >> josh ledderman, thank you >> michael man now from penn state and the author of the new book "the new climate war. how significant is america's re-entry into the paris accords? >> yeah, thanks, shep. good to be with you. you know, it couldn't be more important, right we lost four years of opportunity here to, you know, address the greatest challenge that we face we're not going to get that lost time back. that means we have to do even more now and the united states can't just re-enter the paris agreement. it's great that we're doing that that sends a very important signal to the rest of the world that we're back. but we have to go well beyond those paris commitments. we have to ratchet up the commitments now if we are to stay on course to averting a catastrophic 3 degree warming. we have to increase the commitments and the other countries of the world have to do that and that's what this summit is about in april joe biden bringing the rest of the world's policymakers to washington, d.c., to up the commitments, to make sure that we collectively address the great challenge here. >>

>>exceptional talent air and landed at penn state university where he excelled on the field. but just years after his selection as an nfl first round draft pick he made a stunning decision. >>a very early age. saw myself as way more than an athlete. >>he traded in his helmet and cleats for paint brushes and a fresh canvas with no regrets. >>i said if i were to drop dead tomorrow. and the greatest thing somebody to say about me was that you know he was a he was a good football player. i wasted a lot of time in my runs true life's calling was just beginning talk about reforming or changing any society it starts with the u starts with the investment that we're making in our youth. >>maybe started the project mayhem foundation more than a decade ago with a simple mission to help underprivileged and at-risk youth xl. >>you know some of my students are you know not even a 3rd or 4th grade but they're in charge of getting for 5 of their younger siblings to school every day. you know you're walking through the projects you're walking through open air drug markets. you know at the cra

there was a scandal at penn state.what donna nash was doing. she was afraid of something else, a pandemic. specifically, she was concerned a flu-like pandemic would spread easily. the government couldn't curb it, and that initially the best safety measures would be what individual people did on their own, getting masks, sanitizing, not anything that might happen later at a policy level. and she was right. >> i am most afraid of the flu because it's so common. if someone on one side of the country had the disease and they flew across the country, by the time they get to the other side, people are taking it home, they're taking it to work. in my kit i have isolation gowns, antiviral tissues, exam gloves, n95 masks. my worst fear is that i would somehow contract the pandemic. we've been outside, so let's make sure that we are clean, okay? >> and bring it home to my family and then have one of my family members die. when the pandemic comes, those who are prepared will survive. >> donna nash was prepared. we checked in with

penn state university. where he first met his future wife, susan. here they are smiling from the pages of their college yearbook. it was the mid '90s when the couple bumped into each other at a fraternity party. >> she was just so caring and compassionate. she was supportive of me. she was there when i had to study long hours. >> reporter: it sounds like a great relationship. >> it was. >> reporter: after college, susan worked toward her masters and eventually her doctorate in education and ira went to podiatry school. >> some of my fondest memories of being in the med school was spending time with susan. it was great. we'd go out to dinner for $20, and we were both grateful. >> reporter: not a lot of money? >> we had no money. >> reporter: a few years after that, in 2002, they got married. and when you both said your i dos, did you feel like it was right? >> i did. >> reporter: the couple decided to move back to rockland county, near ira's hometown, and it wasn't long before he and susan were raising three children. ira says he worked day and night

constitutional laww from george mason university school of law firm the allow review and receiving this from penn state university. and with the us court of appeals and those in the us district court from pennsylvania. you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you for inviting me to testify in a constitutional law professor at the college of law in houston. that the courts have a monopoly on interpreting the constitution. and here we will discuss the constitutional need to prevent abuse for the clemency power. in my brief opening remarks havee three primary points. first the important purpose of the pardon power in second to propose statutory regulations and third i will talk to a proposed constitutional amendment that would limit presidential clemency people view those powers that for example in those with the and jet just charge but the clemency serves a greater purpose alexander hamilton identified the principal arguments a pardon power those to restore the tranquility of the common-law pardons do not merely help individuals but presidents issue pardons with broader public policies those to serv

here we see philip seabrook, a former penn schoolboy, now a teacher of agriculture. employed by the stateuth carolina and penn school, stopping off at a farm to show one of his students how to measure his acre. they discuss the ground he is to be allowed for his own. 70 paces and as stake -- and a s take drove in. the classroom given a practical meaning in the field. it does not stop with measurements. the cost of the seeds. fertilizer, workmen and animal net returns of the crop. it has been great in the life of island farmers not only through the education of a new generation in modern farming methods, crop rotation, replenishment of the soil but the comparison of the productivity of the student acres. this is done to win over the adults to more progressive farming practices. the homemaker is the practice acre. it does not always turn out 100% successfully. it reflects the learning each student has absorbed. the testing of the soil, the seeds, planting methods, fertilization. nevertheless, a keen competition encouraged by the corn club which is made up of all agricultural students with a

since 1973, penn state students have raised $180 million. with 17,000 student volunteers make the largest fill and tropic effort in the world. i thank the students and more proud of the children and parents who keep fighting. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from georgia seek recognition? >> i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized. as we celebrate black history month and i honor trailblazer a sheriff, sheriff owen made history as the first african-american to be elected sheriff in cobb county. sheriff owens has served 30 years in the army, army national guard, army reserve and cobb county. he utilizes the skills that he gained from serving in our armed forces. i'm proud of the work he is doing to unite cobb county and instill faith and trustment. as one of his constituents and partner in service to cobb county, it is my honor and privilege to recognize sheriff owens. tha

penn state wrestler, olympic level wrestler international acclaim and you fell into addiction. >> yesit's also one of extraordinary redemption. so it's a celebratory book, too. it's just kind of shows you that nobody knew that i -- you know, i was doing substance abuse and things like that on the side. but it kind of gradually took over after i didn't make the 84 olympic team i became an international model. i was discovered on one of the sportsnet works and then all of a sudden i was booked for magazine covers. are investor is a chachere campaigns crisscrossing the world from paris to milan to tokyo that substance abuse lifestyle really crept up on me to the extent where at age 25 i had a near death experience and by the grace of god i came back and part of my promise when i returned to life was that publicly share the pain and suffering that i went through as an addict. part of this thing that mission for me to do is to dispel the shame involved. there is so much shame involved for x addict or current addicts. they should be celebrated the same way we celebrate a cancer survivor. br

they started at penn state for example, they started this semester later and they just completely canceledping margaritas, playing old of songs about margaritaville instead. jackie: i'm not downplaying how serious the coronavirus has been, how elderly populations, people who are vulnerable have died from it. at the same time, whether we're talking about kids learning in school or having these experiences, it's part of life's experiences and they are to a certain extent, jon, missing out in a sense in terms of their development. jon: i guess so. but you know, that life experience in florida, you know, there's a lot of things i probably would want to forget about what i did in florida when i was 19 years old. jackie: you can say that because you got to do it. [laughter] jon: right. well, you know, certain things we can live without. jackie: fair enough. jon: i think, you know, considering what this country has been through in the last year, a bunch of 20-year-olds not getting to drink until 4:00 in the morning and do god knows what. jared: i may not be the -- jackie: it may not be the worst

. >>> speaking of games, penn national gaming has nabbed a casino deal in new york state with riverssort. the 20-year strategic partnership subject to legislation and regulatory approvals but could very well open up the lucrative empire state market. penn national gaming is down just about half a percent. >>> in other deals, goodyear tire and rubber agreed to buy cooper tire and rubber, both stocks accelerating at the moment. cooper up 30%, goodyear up 22%. here's the deal, goodyear's going to buy about $2.8 billion in cash and stock for cooper and says the deal would allow it to expand in both the u.s. and china. as goodyear sells more tires, drivers will be filling their tanks more, that according to goldman sachs. the firm predicts crude oil will touch $72 a barrel by the third quarter of this year. we are at right now $61.49 in the aftermarket session right now. and goldman says this is due to tightening inventories and the return to pre-covid demand. let's flip it over, we see marathon up 8.5%, diamondback and national oil well guessing umps up 5 and 6% respectively. a week, mor

and penn state football gets roasted for a super bowl tweet.l has won every super bowl except for the ones they at any time. university of maryland baltimore county posting this reading, a unvc alumnus played in or watched every super bowl. and the university of michigan treating brady has played in every super bowl except the 45 he hasn't. now that one is legit. jed over to you. jedediah: i have no comment. i don't understand any of what you just said, pete. i'm not even going to try. will: brady has the fewest exceptions. i promise. jedediah: all right. still ahead. while america gears up for the big game. new york's restaurants say there is a major flag on the play when it comes to their pandemic restrictions. why they are calling on cuomo to kick the curfew. that's next. ♪ i want to rain on your parade ♪ ♪ what are you doing? art class. it's abstract expressionism. when you start with a better hot dog from oscar mayer, you can do no wrong. it's all for the love of hot dogs. wanna build a gaming business that breaks the internet? you can do

keep them safe so what we're going to keep going in raising our voices and crying out for a state wide in the penn investigation and a federal investigation into cuomo and his and his administration's. coming up after the break be a tell yourself this sector has been devastated by the pandemic forcing some business owners to open our doors in defiance of coronavirus rule book on this story later in the program. am. told. when i was told wrong. just don't call. me the all you have to shape out disdain comes to educate and in the game equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. we are now at a point where we cannot manufacture the basic foundational components of the 21st century economy we are literally taking ourselves out of the game by throwing the keys to the economy to private equity groups wall street and funds financier's and money pressures and now it's too late. on a push to boost its faltering coronavirus vaccination program the european union has signed contracts with mcdonough and finds a full millions of extra job doses his artie's pi

penn. played a key role in shaping state policy on hemp cultivation he's working together with research institutes to develop non-narcotic seeds in india which will not adversely affect local biodiversity and that if industrial hemp creates business opportunities then why would people grow something that could land them in jail we're hoping to make these seeds available freely so that locals can grow industrial hemp in as much quantity as they want there are already comprehensive plans for him production in the pipeline. despite the challenges on the ground experts in the sector remain optimistic that hemp cultivation could become the backbone of the state's economy. the plant has been growing in these hills for centuries and has long been misused and misrepresented the new strategy could help improve the lives of the local population. when the plant has high t.h.c. seeds then people smoke it especially now when there's so much unemployment if we only grow low t.h.c. seeds then this problem can be prevented rather what is already doing better in the past year here and $5000.00 rupees around $56.00

penn. played a key role in shaping state policy on hemp cultivation he's working together with research institutes to develop non-narcotic seeds in india which will not adversely affect local biodiversity and that if industrial hemp creates business opportunities then why would people grow something that could land them in jail we're hoping to make these seeds available freely so that locals can grow industrial hemp in as much quantity as they want there are already comprehensive plans for him production in the pipeline. despite the challenges on the ground experts in the sector remain optimistic that hemp cultivation could become the backbone of the state's economy. the plant has been growing in these hills for centuries and has long been misused and misrepresented the new strategy could help improve the lives of the local population. when the plant has high t.h.c. seeds then people smoke it is especially now when they so much unemployment if we only grow low t.h.c. seeds then this problem can be prevented. is already doing better in the past year here and $5000.00 rupees around $56.00 euros by s

forgive the debt, millions of dollars of debt for people who have gone to harvard and yale and penn --i went to a state debt forgiven rather than use that money to provide for early education, for young children who come from disadvantaged circumstances. amy: democrats hit back with senators elizabeth warren and majority leader chuck schumer vowing to keep pressing biden, noting both presidents obama and trump used executive authority to cancel student debt. freshman new york congressmember mondaire jones wrote a piece recently in "the new york daily news" detailing his own experience being saddled with student debt after leaving stamford. he wrote -- "canceling $50,000 in student debt is an issue of economic, racial and lgbtq justice." meanwhile, white house press secretary jen psaki said wednesday biden wouldn't take any executive action until his justice department is installed and reviews the matter, and suggested congress send biden a bill to cancel $10,000 in student debt. for more, we're joined by astra taylor, organizer with the debt collective, who wrote the foreword to their new book "can't p

penn. played a key role in shaping state policy on hemp cultivation he's working together with research institutes to develop non-narcotic seeds in india which will not adversely affect local biodiversity and that if industrial hemp creates business opportunities then why would people grow something that could land them in jail we are hoping to make these seeds available freely so that locals can grow industrial hemp in as much quantity as they want there are already comprehensive plans for him production in the pipeline. despite the challenges on the ground experts in the sector remain optimistic that hemp cultivation could become the backbone of the state's economy. the plant has been growing in these hills for centuries and has long been misused and misrepresented the new strategy could help improve the lives of the local population. when the plant has high t.h.c. seeds then people smoke it especially now when there's so much unemployment if we only grow low t.h.c. seeds then this problem can be prevented round what is already doing better in the past year here and $5000.00 rupees around $56.00

penn. played a key role in shaping state policy on hemp cultivation he's working together with research institutes to develop non-narcotic seeds in india which will not adversely affect local biodiversity and that if industrial hemp creates business opportunities then why would people grow something that could land them in jail we are hoping to make these seeds available freely so that locals can grow industrial hemp in as much quantity as they want there are already comprehensive plans for him production in the pipeline. despite the challenges on the ground experts in the sector remain optimistic that hemp cultivation could become the backbone of the state's economy. the plant has been growing in these hills for centuries and has long been misused and misrepresented the new strategy could help improve the lives of the local population. when the plant has high t.h.c. seeds then people smoke it especially now when there's so much unemployment if we only grow low t.h.c. seeds then this problem can be prevented round what is already doing better in the past year here and $5000.00 rupees around $56.00

penn. played a key role in shaping state policy on hemp cultivation he's working together with research institutes to develop non-narcotic seeds in india which will not adversely affect local biodiversity and that if industrial hemp creates business opportunities then why would people grow something that could land them in jail we are hoping to make these seeds available freely so that locals can grow industrial hemp in as much quantity as they want there are already comprehensive plans for him production in the pipeline. despite the challenges on the ground experts in the sector remain optimistic that hemp cultivation could become the backbone of the state's economy. the plant has been growing in these hills for centuries and has long been misused and misrepresented the new strategy could help improve the lives of the local population. when the plant has high t.h.c. seeds then people smoke it especially now when there's so much unemployment if we only grow low t.h.c. seeds then this problem can be prevented. is already doing better in the past year here and $5000.00 rupees around $56.00 euros by

penn? >> shannon: coalition of more than a dozen state attorneys general is pushing back on the is pushingion's cancellation of the keystone pipeline, calling the president to reverse his decision because operations don't put food on the table are pay the phone bill put kids through college, jobs doing you have eliminated thousands of them at the stroke of a pen. let's discuss the situation with eric schmidt. welcome back, good to have you. so this is something the white house spokesperson said in response to your letter, a number of attorney general sign onto, the biden harris administration has proposed transformative investment in infrastructure that will create millions of good union jobs here in america, boost the us economy and advance climate and clean energy goals, they continue to say these people being displaced will have other jobs available to them. >> when he canceled the pipeline project he also canceled thousands of good paying jobs, livelihoods that have been lost, educational opportunities lost for those kids and beyond the direct cost of those jobs in the billions of wage

penn? ♪ ♪ >> laura: joined now by former secretary of state mike pompeo, thank you for coming on tonight.wo issues with you tonight. president biden's immigration radicalism in china, i want to start with china first because we have limited time -- this is what biden said about china 18 months ago versus today. >> china is going to eat our lunch -- come on. they're not bad folks. >> last night i was on the phone for two straight hours with xi jinping. if we don't get moving, they're going to eat our lunch. >> laura: which is it? it's like a 180 on china after a two our conversation. >> that is pretty muddled from what i understand, there were threats made by general secretary xi jinping, the challenges of the chinese communist party presents to our nation, i'm counting on it and the american people are counting on this administrationar being tough and getting it right, making sure we protect jobs at home from intellectual property theft, all thehe things this administration did with the chinese communist party on notice that we want going to -- hoping and praying that if we did a little m

penn? >>> this morning in the early hours the united states deported a man named paul pierrilus to haiti.xcept here's the thing, pierriluk is not a haitian citizen, doesn't have a haitian passport and had never been to haiti before. for an odd accident of birth he is stateless essentially. he was born in a french territory to haitian parents but was not eligible for automatic citizenship for either country. he has lived in this country the united states since childhood and he had a work permit. the trump administration tried to deport him before, but was stopped in december by a congressman and haitian group alliance. the congressman's staff told by pieruless he was expected to be transferred to a home in the state of new york but something very different happened. according to congressman jones at 3:00 a.m. my staff woke up to an urgent call. suddenly i.c.e. was set to deport paul pierrilus to haiti. there was nothing we could do to stop it. i.c.e. did not return a request for comment. he is in haiti for the first time in his life despite president biden's deportation moratorium. a feder

penn? >>> a devastating week in texas gets worse as the state confronts its latest water. severe weather in the u.s. is causing delays in covid-19 vaccine shipments and deliveries. >>> nasa's rover perseverance lives up to its name completing a 300,000 mile journey to mars. welcome to all of you watching here in the united states, canada and around the world. i'm kim brunhuber. this is kr"cnn newsroom.

penn? >>> welcome back to all of our viewers here in the united states and around the world.t is 35 minutes past the hour and you're watching cnn. despite the delays in vaccine shipments, president joe biden has said the u.s. will have enough vaccines for every american who wants one by the end of july. but he struggled to answer when the country might return to some semblance of normal. take a listen to this. >> i can't give you a date when this crisis will end. but i can tell you we're doing everything possible to have that day come sooner rather than later. i believe we'll be approaching normalcy by the end of this year and god willing, this christmas will be different than last. but i can't make that commitment to you. >> mr. biden made those comments on friday while touring the manufacturing plant in michigan. jeff zeleny has more on that visit. >> president biden making a visit to the pfizer factory in portage, michigan, where the coronavirus vaccine is being produced. and clearly there have been issued with vaccination supply. so the president taking a firsthand look w

it's an honor to be back in the state department under the eyes of the first diplomat benjamin franklin. i was the benjamin franklin professor of politics at penn. and i thought they did that because i was as old as he was, but all kidding aside it's great to be here and stand along side our most recent senior diplomat secretary tony blinken. mr. secretary, thank you for welcoming us today, and we've worked together for over 20 years. your diplomatic skills are respected equally by our friends and competitors around the world. and they know when you speak, you speak for me. and so is the message i want the world to hear today. america is back. america is back. diplomacy is back at the center of our foreign policy. as i said in our inaugural address, we will repair our alliances engage would the world once again not to meet with yesterday's challenges but today and tomorrow's. american leadership must meet this new moment of advancing authoritarianism including the growing ambitions of china to rival the united states and the determination of russia to damage and disrupt our democracy. we must meet the new moment accelerating global challenges.

states. guess what, they're not the only ones moving. two sports-wagering competitors, pennourse, or barstool sports -- and draftkings. >>> okay, on the heels of nasa's mars perseverance rover landing safely on the red planet, during this hour yesterday, mission control wasn't the only one fist bumping and elbow bumping and cheering. investors are joining the space fray as well. they are bidding up virgin galactic right now at this hour, space is up 3.6%. yeah, that was a big moment, cheering. because, you know, they've got to get through that seven minutes of terror going through the atmosphere, and then they land, and it's all wonderful. space, economy, it's all continuing to gain tractionment. >>> let's go to gerri willis for today's fox business brief. hi, gerri. >> reporter: hi there, liz. that's right, six flags entertainment hitting an over one-year high after announcing it was preparing for a full reopening of its theme parks and water parks for the 2021 season. the theme park operator said it is looking to hire thousands, thousands of seasonal workers to fill positi

back in the state department under the eyes of the first american chief diplomat, benjamin franklin. by the way, what you all to know i was the benjamin franklin professor of politics at penn. and i thought they did that because i was as old as he was, but i guess not. anyway, all kidding aside, it's great to be here and stand along side our most recent senior diplomat, secretary tony blinken. mr. secretary, thank you for welcoming us today, and we've worked together for over 20 years. your diplomatic skills are respected equally by your friends and our competitors around the world, and they know when you speak, you speak for me, and so, this is the message i want the world to here today. america is back. america is back. diplomacy is back at the center of our foreign policy. as i said in my inaugural address, we will repair our alliances and engage with the world once again, not to meet with yesterday's challenges but today and tomorrow's. american leadership must meet this new moment of advancing authoritarianism, including the growing ambitions of china to rival the united states and the determination of russia to damage and disrupt our democracy. we must meet the new m

carrying forward the work of penn school as the hub of domestic and business community live on the island. in adventure and practical education which is being felt throughout the stateuth carolina, the nation, and the whole world that is also playing a great part in finding a sound solution to the growing interracial problem. yes, three generations ago, this was a typical evening scene on one of the more lonely beaches in the sea islands. souls torn from their native land, separated from their families, herded into vile smelling bootlegged slave ships for the long voyage to america. disease spread in the filth of their crowded quarters, than-ing their ranks to less than seen before landing. then chained together like wild beasts, beaten and driven by heartless overseers. they staggered onto dry land again, to work long hours in the great sea island cotton plantations that made these islands. women, as well as men, worked the long hours in the fields. but these were stalwart people, this woman, for instance, who wears a court around her hip to give her strength. ♪ ♪ ♪ whole families lived in one room, dipped into a common pot with their oyster shell spends at mealtim

penn? >> the texas power crisis has become a >> the texas power crisis has become a partisan battleground as liberals point to the lone star state regulating power system while conservatives blame her noble energy resources. the washington examiner cautioning, quote, texas gradual offers warnings about biden's anti-energy policies. leslie marshall and examiner's national political story who wrote that headline is also the author of the great revolt. welcome to both of you. tell us more about your take on the electricity crisis across much of texas, shivering in that deep-freeze. >> all of our prayers to the people in texas that are experiencing this. some of these images are absolutely terrible. we always think of texas as this resilient strong state that rises to the occasion ultimately their own state but helping other states as well. part of the problem with what happened in texas is we don't know everything that happens in texas. it is a long time before we understand what all the vulnerabilities were, it gives us a window into understanding the strong -- baseload comes from natural gas, oil and nuclear and those also failed

state department. under the eyes of the 1st american chief diplomat benjamin franklin. by the way i want you all know in the press i was the benjamin franklin professor of presidential politics at penn and i thought they did that because i was as old as he was but i guess not. all kidding aside it's great to be here and stand alongside our most recent senior diplomat secretary tony blinken secretary thank you for welcoming us today and. we've worked together for over 20 years and diplomatic skills are respected equally by your friends and our competitors around the world and they know when you speak you speak for me and so so is the message i want the world hear today america is back america is back diplomacy is back at the center of our foreign policy. as i said of my noddle address we will repair our alliances engaged with the world once again not to meet yesterday's challenges but today's and tomorrow's american leadership must meet this new moment in advance and authoritarianism including a growing ambitions of china to rival the united states in the determination of russia to damage and disrupt our democracy we must meet the new moment accelerating glow of the accel already in

penn? >>> a disturbing warning from the acting chief of u.s. capitol police. she says right wing extremists want be to, quote, blow up the capitol building during the state of thennon address. the extraordinary statement came during a hearing on security failures on january 6th. members of the proud boys have been arrested on that day. the often violent all male group are known as western chauvinists and its leaders spoke exclusively with our sara sidner. >> i'm not going to sympathize with them. >> reporter: the leader of the proud boys is talking about members of congress who feared for their lives on january 6th. >> everybody stay down. >> reporter: as a mob attacked the capitol. >> they shouldn't have reached the capitol. >> reporter: he says that now with the day after the violent breach he posted this, a picture on social media of members of congress trying to hide as the attackers began their siege. you write when the people fear the government there is tyranny. when the government fears the people there is liberty. doesn't that show you are celebrating terrorizing people. >> i was celebrating. i'll tell you, i'll celebrate the moment the government does

states. and i am proud to announce that i am going to have a book about the pandemic coming out called penn demeos a conservative publisher, that is not why i picked them. i picked them because i know they're going to let me write the book i want to write. and that is a guarantee that nobody else can make right now. [applause] you can buy that book on amazon right now. you can preorder it if amazon will still sell it in six months will see when it comes out. but one might or another the truth is going to come out. hopefully we will all be there for. thank you, thank you very much. ♪ ♪ [applause] ♪ ♪ ladies and gentlemen speaking on freedom of assembly, please welcome florida former attorney general and bondi. ♪ ♪ hi everyone quick question, what is it like to be in florida? so our kids can go to school, as you heard from previous speakers, we can go to church. and clearly weaken practiced freedom of speech is great to be in florida we are open for business. you know james and madison in 1791 was brilliant if you think about it. all the speakers you heard freedom of religion, that ties into the fr

states and has market access in eight or nine. we'll see what happens as they try to elbow out you would think the fanduel, draftkings, penn has just a lot of time trying to make this barstool app easy and intuitive and available in pennsylvania and michigan so, to find complaints about it this early on, you know, i'm shr they thought the kinks were already worked out. >> contessa brewer on the betting mishaps ahead of the big game thank you very much. >>> tom brady is going to run out of fingers to wear all of his championship rings brady leading the buccaneers to the super bowl victory beating the kansas city chiefs 38-9 winning his seventh title and fifth mvp award and he's not even done yet. brady saying he's coming back to do it all over again i'm sure tampa bay fans are happy about that for more on what we saw last night and the other big side bar activity surrounding the super bowl, including the betting we just talked about, let's bring in jabari young, sports writer i can't believe the chiefs couldn't even score a touchdown. what stood out to you about the game >> first of all, good morning. i hope you enjoyed the game. wh

penn? ♪ ♪ >> laura: for most americans it is perfectly acceptable for people too hold different belies and values. but now the left wants to make it a crime against the statetimes" columnist kevin ruth it is a problem that can only be solved with the most orwellian of prescriptions. steps, experts say, could prod more people to abandon the scourge of pokes and lies.ed several experts i spoke with recommended the biden administration put together a cross agency task force to tackle disinformation and domestic extremism, which would be lead something like a realities hour. in other words a government too dedicated to -- how convenient. something we were mocked for warning you about many weeks ago. kimberley strassel, fox news contributor and also with me dinesh desousa filmmaker, applauding "the new york times" for propagating these disturbing recommendations. it seems like it is a laugh of parity at this point, but it's not.o it is coming perhaps to a government near you, namely biden. >> that is the rich part about this. here is this piece that is wringing its hands over the mainstreaming crazy, even as mainstream crazy, laura. it was only a couple of week

already have 18 states across america including washington dc that have legalized sports betting in texas says there's still a ways from legalizing sports betting so yeah draftkings and pennday because they're kind of disappointed. we still up for states that have said they will basically legalize it but they have it implemented it yet. stuart: big picture right now this wednesday morning six and a half minutes into session, big picture is record highs for the dow jones and s&p and nasdaq. dow jones winners on your screen coke is one of the biggest winners among the now 30. next case i think we have nasdaq winners, by due is up 7% higher. susan: chips, artificial intelligence ships business. stuart: that will help every time, up 7%. among the s&p 500 these are the winners with twitter heading the list now up 13%. looking at the big board, up 100 points, 31485. 10 year treasury yield as of now 1.14%. price of gold, 1800 and $46 an ounce. still languishing. never really a safe harbor a news that there's virtually no inflation and that's why gold is not doing much. bitcoin is down $2000, 4%, 45000 a coin. oil is $58 a barrel in the price of gas keeps going up. we are about t

state department. under the eyes of the first american chief diplomat benjamin franklin. by the way, i want you all to know i was the benjamin franklin professor of politics at penn.de our most recent secretary mr. tony blinken. thank you for welcoming us today. we worked together for 20 years. your diplomatic skills are respected equally by our friends and competitors around the worlded. they know that when you speak you speak for me and so is the message that i want the world to hear today. america is back. america is back. diplomacy is back. at the center of our foreign policy. we will repair our alliances. american leadership must meet this new moment of advancing authoritarianism including the growing ambitions of china and the determination of russia to damage and disrupt our democracy. we must meet the moment of accelerating global challenges, challenging the will only to be solved by nations working together and in common. we can't do it alone. we must start with diplomacy starting in america's most cherished valued. depending freedom, respecting the rule of law and treating every person with dignity. that is the grounding wire of our global policy, our gl