they work for virginia. they report to me as the governor but you work for virginia. and i thank you for all that you do and all the rest of you, what you do i just wanted to close, i know we've gone on a little longer today. but melle asked a question and -- but mel asked a question, and i thought she might follow up on it. when we go into phase one, what are we looking for? and are there going to be increased numbers of cases out there? and the bottom line to that is that we are going into phase one because we have been following the science. we've been following the data. a lot of that, those guidelines, have come from the c.d.c. and we have talked about those a lot. so we feel that we're at a place where we can safely go into phase one and in most areas of virginia. obviously northern virginia is an exception. but the other reason that we can go into phase one is because we have the tools now that we didn't have a month or two months ago. we have the tools to include more testing. as you've seen. we're close to 10,000 tests a dafmente -- tests a day. we have tools

areas in virginia.ooking at social distancing, looking at being able to educate individuals on why this is important, and also how we enforce that. so, as soon as you know that is in place and it is safe to move forward, then we will allow people to go back to the beaches. another point i would make, we are living in a new day. the times of going out onto the beach and being in large gatherings, we just can't do that anymore. as long as this virus is with us, again, we have got to be vigilant and to know that it is unfair. it has been so challenging for people. i think they understand it. we can't see it. we know that it is out there. we see people hospitalized, the people on the front lines working each day. we had 41 additional deaths in virginia today. it is out there, and virginians need to understand it and really, americans need to understand it. we are in a new day and we really have to be careful. as you know, bob, i am a physician, a child neurologist. i practiced medicine for 37 years. i have

than they are in other parts of virginia. we will work closely with them and it's been or i would say i commend the leadership in northern virginia in the local officials and the delegates and senators they've all been involved in this and this is about the health and well-being of virginians and i cannot ask for a better relationship and they have chosen to be a part of the solution and as soon they feel comfortable and we feel comfortable collectively moving to phase one they will certainly do that. i would also say that they are just as anxious as the rest of us and the rest of you are across virginia to ease these restrictions into again, return to as near-normal as we can but they are not there yet. i appreciate their concerns and again we will continue to work with them and as soon we feel that it is safe for virginians in northern virginia to venture out into these places of business we will work with them to move into phase one. secretary moran, thanks. >> governor, thank you. the question has to do with the case of v

locations are in virginia. this is just one of the partnerships we're working on to ensure that testing is widely available across virginia. and to help virginians understand how easy it should be to get a test, i intend to get tested soon as well. i'll have more updates on that next week. i also want to give you some updated p.p.e. numbers. as we continue to get shipments in and distribute those supplies through our local health departments, regional health care coalitions and localities. we sent out 200 shipments this week including more than 30,000 n95 masks and more than 143,000 surgical masks. shipment through our northfield contract also landed yesterday with p.p.e. including more than two million k95 masks and nearly five million gloves. and now i'd like to briefly talk about our beaches. last weekend, i visited virginia beach to check on how their comprehensive plan for reopening the beach worked and from what i saw it worked very well. virginia beach's plan for social distancing and sanitation is a mod

i know everyone is wondering when northern virginia wreck, richmond -- northern virginia phasechmond can move into one, and when the rest of the state will move into phase two. we are in frequent medication with officials in those localities and will have more information to share next week. to be clear, the floor we establish will not change. today we are launching a new symptom checker that will help people assess whether they should see a doctor, self-isolate, or get tested. the virginia department of health is launching kubicek -- telehealth, a new and online risk assessment tool. it you can go online and answer questions about your symptoms and the tool will give recommendations about what to do next, such as isolation, seeing your doctor, or seeking emergency care. it can give you options where to get tested near you. as we have talked about testing and tracing are critical pieces of this puzzle as we move forward. vdh is in the process of hiring the workforce we need. testingexpanding our capabilities. we are doing large-scale community testing with the vdh and in many cases t

we had 41 additional deaths in virginia today. out there, and virginians need to understand it and really, americans need to understand it. we are in a new day and we really have to be careful. as you know, bob, i am a physician, a child neurologist. i practiced medicine for 37 years. i have never seen a pathogen or virus that acts like this. as you know, it is called in novel virus. there are so many things we don't understand about it. we need to realize it is still out there. until there is vaccination or it goes away by some other means, we all need to take it seriously. bob: when you say it is a new ay, you have seen the protests and the criticism from onservatives in your state who you have outlined many different rules or guidelines. my question to you as governor, how do you enforce it, in terms of the capacity at restaurants and at charges? who enforces it? who does it -- police? governor northam: we have given local authorities and the police of the ability to enforce and we will continue to do that. i have encouraged vi

so here in virginia, we asked you to stay home. we issued restrictions on businesses and gatherings. urged houses of worship to give sermons online. and moved restaurants to take out and home delivery. businesses moved to telework and online meetings. we put a hold on elective surgeries. and we all learned a new term, actually two terms, social distancing and physical distancing. we put these restrictions into place, and we waited to see if we were able to flatten the curve. and while we waited, our team monitored data, built new ppe supply chains, strengthened our unemployment system, planned for alternative care facilities, and a strengthened testing system, among other steps. and everyone in virginia made sacrifices. but everything you have done has truly made a difference. we flattened the curve, and our hospitals have not been overwhelmed. i'm keenly aware that it has come with a tremendous cost. itan overwhelmed. i'm keenly aware that it has come with a tremendous cost. now we can start to move into a new phase of our respons

presidents who were born in virginia, for chief chief justice of the united states who was born in virginia, and patrick henry, the famous patriot who said, give me liberty or give me death. they are all shown standing on pocahontas is shoulders. it is a scene of pocahontas saving the life of captain smith. we want to know why these illustrious americans are depicted standing on the shoulders of pocahontas. so we also want to know why is pocahontas saving the life of captain smith depicted in the freeze of history in the rotunda of the u.s. capital? the u.s. capital of course houses the legislative branch of government. the rotunda is the country's grandest ceremonial renewal which is evocative of a roman patty on and here is pocahontas in the recent history under the magnificent dome. we want to know why is she being recorded? why does she merit this respect and the position here? the reason is, although historians today dispute and in fact this count the idea that she saved captain smith's life, early in our history people believe that to be true. this incident is painted in the rotunda o

one of the images we are most interested in is aps from virginia. -- is a piece from virginia. four of the u.s. presidents who were born in virginia, the fourth chief justice of the united states, born in virginia, and patrick henry, the famous patriot who said give me liberty or give me death. it's a scene -- we are depicted on standing of the shoulders of pocahontas. why is pocahontas saving the life of captain smith, depicted in the rotunda of the u.s. capitol? the u.s. capitol houses the legislative branch of government. and the rotunda is the country's grandest ceremonial room, which is evocative of a roman pantheon. here is pocahontas under the magnificent dome. we want to know why she is being afforded this respect. although historians today dispute and discount the idea that she saved captain smith's life, early in our history people believe that to be true. this incident is painted in the rotunda of the u.s. capitol. in saving captain smith's life pocahontas was credited with saving the four james colony. in saving the four james colony she is credited with saving the

west virginia knows how to protect itself. all of the people who have businesses or whatever it may be. follow the guidelines that are already out there. cleanliness has to be supreme beyond belief. people out in public have to wear masks. do what wenue to need to do. there are two sides to this coin. it is a difficult decision. anything we do is a difficult decision. it is as simple as i have said over and over. and you have the possibility of an out and out depression. somewhere in between is where we have to land. we have to protect ourselves as best as we possibly can. we will protect you. we will be ready to keep up. we have to recognize the economic benefits of what we have to do. we have to move north. we have to continue to move forward. i ask you to try to help and participate. i am happy about reopening the trails. but i'm also concerned. i will leave it at that. we are going to monitor in every way. i hope each and every person who is on that trail or in our buildings or whatever it may be, respect every single thin

then she entered what was then west virginia state college, now west virginia state university. of left in 1937 at the age 18 and never looked back. when she graduated from west virginia state university, she went into the field of teaching. she was inspired here and understood the significance of paying it forward. she went into teaching for 13 years. -- kacatherine and therine entered nasa while we were living in dual worlds. there was a white america and a black america. she was willing to delicately walk in both worlds. she went to work every day and gave nasa and the astronauts, none of whom look like her, 100%. she said regardless of how i am treated, i will come here and fight to make sure i do the best job possible for my country and for the space race. while at nasa, there were three significant space ventures that katherine played a significant role in. one was alan shepard, who was the first individual that entered into space. katherine calculated the trajectory for that space mission to happen. she played a significant role in john glenn. john glenn has said througho

jefferson, virginia. i was the only one on the committee south of the line of dixon.y mrs mason and we all hoped dr. franklin would be our author, but he cared not to take on the responsibility. ithink he replied, gentlemen, do not want to be scrutinized by a committee. he looked at me, and it was mr. john adams who suggested i be the author. well, i said, "no, mr. adams, you must write it." he said, "oh, no, you must write it." he said, "i'm generally considered obnoxious, disliked. no, you have quite the flayer for fluid and fluids of this writing. i think you should write it." "besides that," he said, "a virginian ought to be at the head of this business." yes, we had put forth that resolution for independency first. your next question, mr. light? >> [indiscernible] thomas jefferson: you asked me what sources of inspiration did i draw upon in drafting our declaration. well, firstly, i would tell you that i still write. i still write on this lap desk, this slope, if you will. you can even refer to it as

small town afrom a few hours from west virginia state university. have here privilege to beautiful face on our campus at the age of 10. because she was unable to go to high school in her hometown her skin. the hue of she and her family had to travel two hours to come to west virginia state university. we had an elementary and a high school that was a part of the university at the time. a young katherine johnson with all of her skills and intelligence came here and she graduated at the age of 15. then she entered what was then westbury is state college -- what was then west virginia state college. she left us at the age of 18. she never looked back. in 1937 when she graduated, she went into the field of teaching. she was inspired here and oferstood the significance teaching and paying it forward. she went into teaching for about 13 years. timerine entered nasa at a when america was still living in dual worlds. katherine was having to delicately walk in both worlds. she went to work every day and gave nasa and the astronauts, none of whom looked like

now into 1924 something very interesting happens in virginia. that is that the state of virginia is passing racial segregation laws. and they are looking in 1924 to pass an act which they refer to as the racial integrity act. this act is intended to safeguard the "pureness of the white race" interracial marriages. so the act requires that every birth of a child born in the state of virginia is registered. at that time that the child's race is also registered. now the child can be classified either as colored or white. ok, the legislation is intended to help virginia ban, prohibit, and even punish interracial marriages. and this law actually is also designed to legislate american indians out of existence. that what happened is wealthy, powerful, elite virginians who to send from fromontas -- who descend pocahontas realize if this law is passed, they will be subjected to jim crow laws. in virginia wealth, power, and influence has long been associated with lineage. one of the most important lineage societies has always been the first families of vi

how would they be expected to follow the resolution of virginia? we considered ourselves the largest, the most populated, the wealthiest. so president john hancock created the entire continental congress as a committee of the whole, to gather amongst ourselves in individual caucuses and decide how we should proceed. do we really want independency? and then he appointed another committee of five men to draft our declaration of american independency. now, mind you, this was not a fait accompli. we did not know that the congress would vote for independency, but we wanted to be prepared. now, of the five men appointed to the committee, well, reflect for a moment, mr. john adams was from, that's right, massachusetts. mr. roger sherman, connecticut. robert r. livingston from new york. dr. franklin, pennsylvania. and mr. jefferson, virginia. i was the only one on the committee south of the line drawn by messrs. mason and dixon. now, we all hoped that dr. franklin would be the author. he was our mentor, our elder, but franklin, oh, he cared not to take on

virginia set a series of forts. washington found himself in an incredibly challenging position for next few years, which was a defensive one where he had only about 1000 men. he was supposed to have about 2000 men, but it never was that many, across multiple forts in the shenandoah valley intended to cover 400 miles of frontier. and of course native americans are not stupid. they are not just going to attack the forts. they go around those and attack settlements. they would carry away captives, steal goods, and basically make civilian life dangerous on that frontier and keep the whole colony on edge. and washington was in a difficult position of having to defend this frontier. one of the things he did learn was how to command men, train men, fight in the indian style in the woods, using light infantry tactics, learning how to track native american groups, and obviously learning a lot about supply and morale and motivation. in fact, some of the early essences of george washington the leader we see developing in this

and westbury is state college -- what was then west virginia state college. she left us at the age of 18. she never looked back. in 1937 when she graduated, she went into the field of teaching. she was inspired here and understood the very significance of teaching and paying it forward. and so she went into teaching for about 13 years. katherine entered nasa at a time when african americans and america overall was still living in dual worlds. we had a white america and an african-american america. and katherine was having to delicately walk in both worlds. and she went to work every day and gave nasa and the astronauts, none of whom looked like her, 100%. she said in spite of how i am -- how i'm treated, where i can go and eat, what i can do, i am going to come here and fight to make sure i do the best job possible for my country and or the space race. so while at nasa, there were three significant space ventures that katherine played a very significant role in. one was alan shepard, the first individual that entered space while katherine calculated the traje

governor of virginia. which is really important. the oil governor of virginia obviously represents the throne, the crown in the virginia colony. now, virginia is mostly run by what are called lieutenant governors, so we have a royal governor in virginia, then he appoints a lieutenant governor, and that lieutenant governor actually goes and lives in williamsburg and runs the colony on behalf of the actual governor, who most of the time is an absentee governor. he stays in scotland or england collecting his salary for being the royal governor, but not actually doing anything. in this case, all the sudden the royal governor of virginia, the real royal governor, the big cheese, is coming to the colonies. he's also the commander in chief of all the forces. so here's george washington thinking, well, this is perfect for me, because i am the colonel of the virginia regiment, soive that connection to this royal governor, plus i'm obviously serving in this war, so i have that connection to the commander in chief, p

in the army of north virginia the real questions swim around, a, virginia and the dominance of virginians in high command in the army and, b, whether you're sufficiently ardent about secession. this is why north carolina units, for instance, always had a hard pull of it in the army of northern virginia because they were widely suspected of being half hearts on the subject of secession. after all, north carolina was the -- it was the tail end of secession, 20th of may, 1861. a lot of people in the army of northern virginia strongly ex-of-suspected that the north carolinians couldn't be trusted, and then there's the virginia problem, that so many of the people populated in the upper everyone lops of command are virginians, and that's especially true in a.p. hill's corps and in richard uhl's corps. the odd men out are the people in longstreet's corps, because if you start with longstreet who is not a virginia yap and go down the command list there, it's one non-virginian officer after another, non-virginia brigades, lots of georgians. >> deep southern. >> and mississipians. >> and many arden

reopening, we are strongng west virginia to come back. again, i caution everyone out there that we are dealing with a killer here. we are dealing with the disease that is absolutely a killer. and we see it, because every day i've got to come out here and tell you of the west virginians that we lost. and it's tough from the standpoint of knowing that the killer is there. knowing that you, west virginians, have got to know that and you have done incredible. you have done a miracle. absolutely, you have got to be on guard, cautious. smart. really, really in protecting, first and foremost, the elderly, but you've got to be smart, west virginia, and i know you will be. as we go forward, a week from this sunday, we are going to have church services. and i want to talk just a second about that. of discussionst with all different branches of the churches, from every organization you could imagine. last night in concern -- lots and lots of people have concern. we want you to be able to go back to your churches. we want you to be able to worship to

you have done great, west virginia's. you are sitting in the hot bed, in the most vulnerable state of highestolutely with the obesity, the highest diabetes, the highest chronic lung and heart problems, absolutely the stake that could have en attacked like nobodies business, and look what you've done. you have absolutely knocked it out of the park, west virginia. keep it up. thank you. to secretary bill crouch and dr. kathy sloan. good afternoon, everyone. i want to talk first of all about our ebt cardholders. we been working on an initiative to provide online purchasing options for electronic benefits transfer card, the ebt card. today we are pleased to announce the ebt cardholders can now purchase food items, online items from walmart and from amazon.com using supplemental nutrition program or snap and/or the west virginia works benefits. this is great option that helps our clits in lindemann eight -- eliminate the need for face coverings in social distancing. they can purchase these items from home. effective today, car

virginia colony. virginia is mostly run by water called lieutenant governors. we have a royal governor in virginia, he appoints a lieutenant governor, and a lieutenant governor goes and lives in williamsburg and runs the colony on behalf of the actual governor. he stays in scotland or england collecting his salary for being the royal governor but not actually doing anything. governorse, the royal of virginia, the real royal governor, is coming to the colonies. he is also the commander-in-chief of all the forces. here is george washington thinking, this is perfect for me because i am the colonel of the virginia regiment. i have that connection to this governor. plus i have been serving in this war, so had that connection to the commander-in-chief. plus i have got all this experience in fighting in this war. and he has this strategic idea he wants to bring to his superiors. he wants to go on the offensive. he cannot defend the frontier of virginia over 400 miles. knows if knows -- he he can take the for

virginia was not the first to proclaim her independency.bout ahode island month before in april proclaimed her independency on behalf of herself. a month later, virginia provided resolution for independency on behalf of all of our colonies. next question. >> yes. how was [indiscernible] jefferson: you asked how i was chosen to be the author of our declaration. well, first, of course, we had to decide how we would react to the resolution of virginia for independency. that was read by my countrymen, colonel richard henry lee. ini remember, it was june 7 philadelphia. it caused immediate consternation, particularly among the smaller colonies of rhode island and delaware. how would they be expected to follow the resolution of virginia? we considered ourselves the largest, most populated, wealthiest. president john hancock created the entire continental congress as a committee to gather amongst in individual caucuses to decide how we should proceed. do we really want independency? and then, he appointed another committee of five men to draft our

you have begun to open up the state of virginia, like soany other states, but we also learned today virginia had the highest number of new cases reported since the pandemic began. how do you know that you're not moving too fast? >> well, judy, first of all, thank you so much for having me on today, and i hope that you and your viewers are healthy and safe. we have been fighting this pandemic for a little bit over two months now. our first case was on march 7th, and we have followed the c.d.c. guidelines that were outlined, and those were looking at the percent positivity, the hospital capacity that we have, the amount of p.p.e., the amount of testing, and most of virginia, judy, a week ago, was ready to move into phase one following those criteria. i have received northern virginia, which is neighboring with maryland and washington, d.c., still have high numbers. we had discussions with their leadership and decided that we would delay entering phase one for two weeks. to your point, we did have a high number of positive tests today. the great majority of them are up in northern virginia. so

the great majority of them are up in northern virginia. so we're monitoring that very closely, and, again, we're encouraging people in the northern virginia area to just stay home until these numbers go down a bit. >> reporter: >> woodruff: and in a separate question, governor, which has to do with what's happening in the d.c. area is that we see, as these areas open up in the less populated parts of the country, as in rural virginia, southern virginia, people from the urban areas are going out to these parts of the state and of the country. is virginia prepared for what could happen as people move around the state more? >> we're monitoring that very closely, and we have encouraged individuals that live in northern virginia to please stay home. we've had outbreaks in other parts of the state, as you know, judy, over on the eastern shore where i'm there, we've had outbreaks at our meat processing plants, nursing homes have been affected by this. so this virus doesn't know boundaries of counties and states, and we all have to just really rem

virginia the last large state, both critical to success. and through it all he's pushing washington to be president. there was any doubt in his mind who had to be president. that was the situation but age was a factor because franklin was literally a generation older than washington. this is back when people didn't live as long as they do now. thank you. >> is a true we did not finish repairing our debt back to france after the revolutionary war wax and secondly, if we ended up turn our back on the french and trading with the british, which led to the quasi-war, why did we do that? >> good questions, and i'll have to direct you to a different book i wrote, the magnificent catastrophe, with dealing with it. but washington and franklin both, if you read washington's farewell address as president, he really warns about two things. he warns against partisanship and he warns against entangling alliances with foreign countries. franklin felt exactly the same way. franklin came back to pennsylvania. the reason why he was willing to serve as govern

in the army of northern virginia, the real questions swim around a, virginia and the dominance of virginia and in the high command of the army, and b, whether you are sufficiently ardent about secession. that's why north carolina units always had a hard pull of it in the army of northern virginia. they were suspected of being halfhearted on secession. north carolina was the tail end of secession. a lot of people in the army of northern virginia strongly suspected that north carolinians cannot be trusted. then there is the virginia problem. so many of the people populating the upper echelons of command are virginians, and that is especially true in the differents corps if you start with long straight, not a virginian, and you go down the command list, it is one non-virginian officer after another. lots of georgians and south carolinians. mississippians. gary: ardent fire years. allen: but always feeling they are second-class confederates in this army dominated by virginians and they don't always deal with that terribly gracefully, nor do the virginians. the virginians are not shy about lett

the army of northern virginia would fight no more. that's a big so what. what about the enslaved populace should of appomattox and the rest of virginia? what was their future, what was the fourth future of former slaveholders and what about lower middle-class whites that didn't own slaves but still would be deeply affected by what was about to happen? we will go down to the other end of the village of appomattox courthouse and we will visit the kelly house that can also be known as the robinson house and explore a story right here in the village that shed some light also on the national significance of what happened after the surrender. unlike the mclean house, the kelly house for more represents what most people around appomattox county would have lived in in the mid-1860's. it's down here that we find an excellent example of an untold story. totalked about what happened hannah reynolds immediately after the war and, unfortunately, she passed away from wounds received during the final battle. down here at the kelly house on the eastern end of the village,

longstreet himself was still back in virginia. things getting little confusion the war.nd of actually on may 24th, some permission to visit him in d.c. on important private business. may 25th, longstreet will oath.he he was accepted by the presence proclamation. he's referring to lincoln's amnesty and of reconstruction. those who directly implication and participate in the existing rebellion. exception included high ranking military officers and u.s. armysigned in and navy to join the confederacy. jameshich apply to longstreet. longstreet finally be granted june 1867.in all political disabilities are by act of congress on june 24th of 1864. will leave lynchburg 1865. the ride of the generals brothers house, william cleveland, near georgia on july 13th. to climbt proceeded , mount yonah it's highest point in georgia. it's not even the top ten. for rocks known climbing. you can see from the summit here. today 2.5-mile walking trail up to the center. in 1865, they didn't have any of that. here, people have question why general longst

virginia sued -- or virginia appealed the case, and went through the new york supreme court, and the court of appeals , where virginia lost both times, which is exactly what henry wise, the governor of virginia, wanted to happen, so he could send it to the supreme court, where roger tawny sat. historians are pretty certain if the slave case had gone to roger b. tawny, he would have voted for virginia against new york and slaveowners would have been able to take slaves to free states for as long as they wanted, as long as they could call themselves sojourners. five of these, interestingly enough, would have created a process for secession. as you know the united states constitution does not provide for secession. there is no back door. if you are in, you are in. there's no way of getting out. five of these amendments proposed a fairly logical process for getting out. two proposed reorganizing the executive branch to give southern interests a better chance of succeeding. one of those by a northern democrat proposed a triumvirate executive department. that is there would be a , southern

my first question to her was what she is seeing in her home state of west virginia. guest: like everybody, it is the uncertainty of not knowing exactly when business is going to open, when school is going to summer. what the is going to look like can we take the family vacation? when can i start seeing my friends and relatives and seeing my grandmother in the nursing home? the same kind of anxieties we see across the state. but we are hanging in there. west virginia's are good at helping one another. we are all in this together kind of attitude. i think there is a certain restlessness with all the uncertainty. host: of course, the state already has a high poverty rate. how is west virginia dealing with what i would imagine an increase in the unemployment rate? guest: we have over 100,000 people on unemployment than we did at the beginning.

then there's the virginia problem. so many of the people populate in the upper echelons much command are virginians. and that's especially true in a.p. hills corps and in richard's corps. the odd men out are the people in long street's corps. if you start with long street who is not a virginian and you go down the command list there, it's one none virginian officer after another. lots of georgians. . >> deep southern? >> oh, yeah. mississippians. >> ardent fire eaters. >> oh, yeah. >> among the generals and colonels. >> but always feeling as though they are somehow second class con f confederates in this army dominate b dominated by virginians. they don't deal with that gracefully. the virginians are not shy about letting other people feel they are somehow along for the ride and the real heavy lifting is being done by virginians. >> did you find any real surprises in working on that book? >> constantly. constantly. >> give us a couple examples. >> the story that most people are familiar with about the battle of gettysb

. >> parts of virginia, louisiana. any place where the united states army was in control. >> exactly. >> therefore the government was in control. >> wherever the courts and military were back in control where a civil process existed, he is aware his war powers no longer are functioning, or at least, he cannot take a chance that if he makes an an assertion in those areas that might be the stick that he gets the beak and if tony gets the stick in his and he can disrupt the ole -- so -- whole process of emancipation pags for another political generation, maybe even longer. so lincoln has to be very careful in how he puts that proclamation. because it has to stick, it has to work. there's one time he allows one small element that's at the end when he says believing this to be not only a constitutional exercise of his commander in chief powers but an act of justice invoking the favor of almighty god. you know, then he proceeds to i, therefore, et cetera. that's the only moment he'll let himself do that. the rest of it, yes.

i said university of virginia. he said, no, you went to virginia state, right? i said no. he said, you went to the black school in petersburg virginia state, as though i could not go to that school. i'm like, what's up with this guy? this former sensed racism a little bit, someone not expecting you to have achieved certain things. i befriended katherine johnson when i was there, from hidden figures. atherine was always positive, and no matter what the situation, she would talk about how there is always a solution, you just have to work hard, you will figure it out. it was just this work ethic she had. she retired when i got there. that was a turning point for me, because i joined this group of african-american scientists and engineers. i became the treasurer and worked with katherine and some other people. mary jackson was one of the members at the time. i did not know their stories at that time. it was not until the movie came out that i really understood really the advances they made to nasa at the time. but i knew they were great people, smart and hard-working, and that

it provided significant resources for the state and local governments, the state of west virginia has received one point to $5 billion to help our state, city, county government. after the cares act andan despite delays we came together again a pass additional bipartisan legislation that providedp. more funding for the ppp program. also more resources for hospitals, covid testing, 57 million to the state of west virginia for more testing. in a c bipartisan way congress responded to the needs of the medical community as we should. our small businesses, workers, families, state and local governments, and our heroes are essential workers. as a community began the process of carefully reopening, we know more federal resources and additional legislation will in all likelihood be necessary. we all hope that our economy which only months ago was very strong can rebuild quickly. at our small businesses workers will need additional help. there is no question that will happen. as we face the possibility of a second wave later this year, we should continue to build our stockpile of medical suppl

i want to ask my friend from virginia, again, what i've seen from mr. griffith, madam speaker, is someone who has fought on behalf of the institution, not on behalf of republicans, not on behalf of democrats. without throwing my friend under the bus, he's been in the minority of my conference as often as he's been in the majority, fighting to do the right thing because he thought we were on the wrong path and he was saying, you know what, you may think this is political expedient today, but you're going to regret this and the decisions we make aren't about politics, they're about people, they're about the institution, and so i'd like to yield to my friend if he has anything to add. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. griffith: thank you, madam speaker. i appreciate it and i would reiterate and thank the gentleman for his kind comments and he's right. i come here not today as a republican or a democrat, i come here as an american and i have no agenda today except to defend the constitution. and while the courts may ultimately determ

jose: i am in virginia beach. andke up early, made bread, i began driving to virginia beach from maryland. beautiful i have this church. they are doing an amazing work with puerto ricans, latinos, south americans. this is one of the main centers we have in virginia for this population. david: for people who may not know you as well as i do, how did you decide to get out of the world of being a chef, which is an honorable thing to do, and get into the world of feeding people who are hungry? what made it -- motivated you to do that? jose: i always said i feed a few we cannot have a restaurant without making sure nobody else is hungry. that we cand to me gras and twos streets down, people don't know what they are putting on the table. a little building across from my restaurant was able to create the most impressive system to provide relief to soldiers during the civil war. if they could do that over a century ago, a cook like me should be able to achieve the same success feeding the hungry in emergencies. that is wh

virginia lost both times, which is exactly what henry wise, the governor of virginia wanted to happen so he could send it to the supreme court. where roger b. taney sat on the dred scott case. and historians now are pretty certain if the lemon slave case had gone to roger b. taney, he would have voted favor of virginia against new york and slave owners could take their slaves into free states for as long as they wanted as long as they could call themselves sojourning. five of these, interestingly enough, would have created a process for secession. as you know, the united states constitution then and now doesn't provide for secession. there is no back door. if you're in, you're in. there is no way of getting out. five of these amendments proposed a logical process for getting out. two would -- or two proposed reorganizing the executive branch to give southern interests a better chance of seceding. one of those was an executive department. that is there would be a northern president and southern president and a western president. all in the oval office at the same time. there's the kick

is that originally from virginia? >> yes sir. southside virginia, 20 miles north of north carolina. pres. trump: they like trump. that's a great area. the farmers were targeted by china. we started negotiating tough with china. what i did is we have taken in tens of billions of dollars of tariffs. we had to distribute the money to the farmers. we are taking in a lot of money. how much did the farmers lose two years ago? what d do you think the impact - $12 billion. that's ok. we will take $12 billion out of our tariff money. it was many billions more than that that china paid. never paid us $.10 before that. before trump, they never paid anything. i said, we will take 12 billion out of the tens of billions of dollars we will talk. we will give it to the farmers. the beat, you were shocked. these farmers would not have been in busine. we took $12 million, we give it to the farmers. we said thank you to china. the next year i said, what is the number? we determined it was $16 billion. the farmers were targeted. $16 billion by china. i took $16 billion out of the tariffs. they were man