my plan is to invest in vermont and vermonters. get rid of many of the hurdles for solar panels and fix vermonters homes. you refer to your investments as central to adjusting the climate emergency and i agree, electrical vehicles are important. at your rate of funding, we would take over 160 years to reach that goal. what other climate priorities are you advancing to dramatically change our carbon emissions? >> again, i'm very happy to hear that you agree with many of the initiatives that we've been putting forward and working on for a number of years. our focus has been on accelerating the transition to electrify indication of the inspection sector. that's where r550% of the emissions come from. we have to let technology catch up as well. we're seeing vast improvements. over the last three years, it's been remarkable how many companies have now moved forward, industrial, with upping their inventory of electric vehicles and battery storage and so forth. we've expanded evs in the state fleet. we increased investments to expand ev c

to the people of vermont here is where i stand. you can agree or disagree with me but you know where i stand. why have we stopped? one of the reasons the senate has held such disfavor in this country is that we don't vote. we don't have a real debate. the debate in the senate republican leader is afraid of by the republicans come back to the negotiating table with bicameral talks and a comprehensive relief package that can pass both chambers. we were prepared to do this in july. let's bring them up and have a vote on them but no, we couldn't hit. now he says he wants to do this process peace deal. pass a little bit now and a little bit later. as ronald reagan would say, trust but verify. let's have a real vote because we know the majority leader will adjourn later this month to go home and campaign. all they want is a show about on a woefully inadequate though that he knows will never become law and then get out of here. that isn't a plan for action. i know a lot of republicans have good ideas and that gave the democrats have good

i was willing to state to the people of vermont, here is where i stand. you can agree or disagree with me, but you know where i stand. why have we-- one of the reasons the senate is held in such disfavor this this country, we don't vote. we don't have a real debate. one way or that way alone. after the real debate in the senate which clearly the republican leader's afraid of. why don't republicans come back to the negotiating table? we start by bipartisan, bicameral comprehensive covid relief in both chambers. and we did this in july and why don't we bring those up and the republicans have the majority and they can vote them down if they don't like them. let's have a vote on them. one way or the other. no, we couldn't do it. now, senator mcconnell says he wants to do this process peace piecemeal. pass a little bit now, a little later. trust me, we can do that. well, ronald reagan would say, trust, but verify, let's have a real vote, let's vote on all of it. because we know that the majority leader will adjourn the senate later this month to go home and ca

constituents from vermont road . that moment the government stop the 600-dollar week, they closed my benefits . i never saw anything other than that $600. i'm now behind on everything again. and on and on and on. for millions of people, that 600-dollar we checked was life and death. clearly in the midst of the unprecedented of crisis, the senate was actno tonight now. now the skinny relief bill that does virtually nothing toam help working w families and the timef need. i was legislation in response to the unprecedented economic payment suffering, that the american working class has experienced. we need to extended the extra $600 a week and unemployment benefits for the 30 million americans who have lost their jobs. like the house passed over three months ago. this is absolutely essential. it would give families during this crisis the income they need to live with dignity. we need to make sure that every working class family in americar every working-class worker in america received $2000 month until this crisis is o

i was all over the state of vermont. talking to republicans and democrats. and independence. hearing what was on people's minds, not lobbyists, not special interest, but the people have to pay the bills who have to face the consequences. and i became even more convinced, nots, less, that we have dire need in this country because of the coronavirus pandemic. and we have to address it soon. now how any senator went back to his or her home state and returned to commit even less assistance than we left last month is baffling to me. every senator can say or they stand, but the where they prove where they stand is to vote. let's have the courage to stand up and vote, yes or no? take it or lead packet. nobody else is able to vote anything differently. what are we? what are we? a bunch of ducks in a row, or are we u.s. senators? adding insult to injury, we now find it has sweeping liability to keep employees impatient safe it tells you everything you need to know about the priorities of this republican package. big corporations, head of struggling american families. instead of the pe

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the first images were of its boiler >> and vermont became the fifth state to legalize same sex marriage vermont was also the first state to allow civil unions in the year 2,000 >> delta and american airlines are dropping flight changed fees for domestic and some foreign destinations there is a catch so some cases like the basic economy, those fees may still apply but it's great to see they're moving this that direction. next will be the baggage fees too. who knows? >> they got to do something. >>> ford says its michigan factory is back to making vehicles full time the company says it's completed the delivery of 50,000 vaer ventilators. >> over 171,000 boomer from 2016 to 2018. they found men between the ages of 60 to 64 had the highest usage with 12.6% despite the study 18 to 25-year-olds remain the biggest cannabis consumers at 38%. >> all right with some down time in the bubble, celtics rookie is learning how to swim the 7'5" man did not do it alone. he's still learning though the team will continue their playoff series against the defending champion raptors but now he's got something

welch of vermont, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house, mr. welch will vote yes on h.r. 489 . as the member designated by by pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house mr. trowhan will vote yes on h.r. 4894. the speaker pro tempore: for what reason the gentlewoman from michigan seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. kaptur of ohio, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house h.r.aptur will vote aye on 4894 the speaker pro tempore: for what reason does gentlelady from ohio seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. richmond of louisiana, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that mr. richmond will 4894.es on h.r. further, as the member designated by mr. thompson of mississippi, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. thompson will h.r. 4894. h -- the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. evans: as the member designated by mr. lawson of florida, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the ouse that mr. lawson votes yes the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the

no one has died from covid in vermont since early august. among the lowest positivity rates in the land. >> this should be the model for the country. >> reporter: but he says not everywhere would accept a mask mandate, and the president himself re-tweeting praise of a federal court ruling that pennsylvania's restrictions on some large gatherings were unconstitutional. >> a tragedy when we look back on this is that all these people didn't have to die, and it happened because we made each other the enemy, not this virus. >> when you have a situation of a combination of inherent divisiveness in society, a lot of politicalization during a climate such as an election year where it really brings out differences among groups, it makes it much more difficult. >> reporter: now, again, this morning, the president saying that we might have a vaccine in a matter of weeks, four to eight weeks he says. that is something that most experts strongly disagree with. and, jake, even if we had a vaccine, right now there is no federal plan in place to distribute

what's the difference in vermont? everyone wears a mask in vermont. you know, they've also -- they stayed in shutdown longer, they opened up very, very slowly. we heard last night at the event, the president essentially mocking biden, because hbs the that if his medical adviser suggested shutting down, he would shut down. the president mocked him for that. that's what a leader should do. that's what they're doing now in israel when they're seeing a spike. they're shutting down again. that's a scientific response to a pandemic. >> yeah, i mean, not to mention, contact tracing, that i suppose president trump just didn't have the energy or know-how to do. that's what other successful countries, you know, such as south korea and et cetera have done to shut it down. but i guess this is how he sleeps at night. i guess that he gave us a little window into his psyche, saying, nothing more can be done, nothing more can be done. that that must be what he tells himself. >> right. the president brags about shutting down travel from china. every president in the u

and it's a model that works in parts of vermont already. and it's very similar to the districts that have worked so well for many folks in rural areas. i want to ask a couple of questions first for the commissioner. you have been making the point about deployment and adoption and you joined me at a roundtable from the northeast kingdom to vermont and one of the participants was a teacher or parent sitting in a car, not in a curb outside a fast food place. it's a little colder here in vermont in order to get access to the internet and one of the stories she told us not only how difficult it is to get access but how the little girl said we have run out of internet because she couldn't afford it. what role do you see the union districts, communication districts playing in the deployment of broadband in rural parts of america to deal with deployment and adoption? >> thank you for your commentary. and i cannot get out of my mind the idea that students ran out of internet. it really speaks to the crisis we are in right now. if they can't go to cl

the vermont senator made the remarks at his first in person political event since ending his 2020 democratic presidential campaign. held in washington, d.c., this is half an hour. >> sen. sanders: let me thank all of you for being here this afternoon. this country faces an unprecedented set of crises. we are struggling with a pandemic that has already cost us over 200,000 lives. we have an economy in which we have a grotesque level of income and wealth inequality, where the middle class today is being decimated, where millions of workers have lost their jobs and half of our people continue to work paycheck-to-paycheck, we many for starvation wages. e change is imaging this planet -- is ravaging this planet, leading to we are living in the moment when climate change is is ravaging this planet, leading to fires in the west coast, drought, and unprecedented levels of extreme weather disturbances across the globe. human right. over 90 million americans are uninsured or underinsured, and we pay by far the highest prices the world for prescription drugs. and otherse issues are enormously important

either the democratic leader and simply doesn't know what to talk about likewise a junior senator from vermont says this is corporate welfare but to go against is very provision on two occasions. there so desperate not to give any help before the election they are now opposing what they previously supported at this point it is just silly. they run out of excuses not to legislate and that just backfires in embarrassing ways. but w tomorrow the senate will cut through all the noise every senator will say they want to move forward, agree where we can and keep arguing over the differences later are say they prefer to do absolutely nothing. every senator will vote to secure unemployment benefits re- open the tpp and then to keep kids safe in school help parents are childcare for homeschooling and to rebuild the strategic medical stockpile. this is not a simplistic argument. republicans want more money for k-12 and college than in the democrats bill. we want more moneyey for pp ppp, these are bipartisan priorities that republicans want to take care of that democrats left behind. so tomorrow american

bottom line here is in vermont, we are smart. we know that winter is coming, and here it gets, you know, 10, 20 below zero. we start early. we're prepared. >> stephen: in april you said you wanted joe biden to get bold on progressive ideas, last time we spoke. now, correct me if i'm wrong. he did not commit to a green new deal. he wants to add a public option on health care. but won't outright adopt a medicare for a how bold did he get, in your eyes? >> well, stephen, what we did-- and i really appreciate the vice president for doing this-- we sat down and we chatted. and we said, all right, look, we have disagreements. we did have disagreements. we have disagreements today. the best path forward would be through us to have at least six task forces dealing with the economy and health care and education and climate change, immigration, criminal justice reform. we would bring forth our best people. he would bring forth his best people. and they'd try to work out some compromises, some proposals, which would make sense to both parti

wyoming, south dakota, minnesota, michigan, pennsylvania, new jersey, vermont, mississippi, alabama. i mean, if you are freaked out about the integrity of this election and the likelihood of your vote being counted when you cast it, everybody's planning their vote. figure out how you can get your vote in as early and safely as you can. if you have received the application for an absentee ballot in the mail and you're going to vote absentee, get your absentee ballot application in right away, immediately. do it right away if you haven't done it already. if you have received your ballot in the mail, fill it out and get it in right away. do not delay. if you're going to vote in person, either early in person or on election day in person, make a plan. who are you going with? how are you going to get there? what's your transportation plan? how are you going to keep safe in terms of covid? i mean, don't be afraid to overplan for this. you might get stuck in line. even if you've never been stuck in line before, you might get stuck in line this time. don't let that flummox you. plan for it.

likewise, the junior senator from vermont attacked this provision as corporate welfare, but he himself did not vote against this very provision in committee on two occasions. they're so desperate to keep working families from getting hean before the election -- any help before the election that some democrats are now attacking things they previously supported. at this point it's just silly season on the democratic side. they've run out of excuses not to legislate, and even their cheap shots just backfire in embarrassing ways. but tomorrow, tomorrow the senate will cut through all the noise with one vote. every senator will either say they want to move forward, agree where we can, and make a law to help people and keep arguing over our differences later, or say they prefer to do absolutely nothing. every senator will vote on this significant package which secures federal unemployment benefits, reopens the p.p.p. for a second draw, sends more than $100 million to keep kids safe in school, helps parents with child care, helps family afford expenses for homeschooling, and rebuilds our stra

in 2017, the junior senator from vermont, senator sanders, told an executive branch nominee that he had made an indefensible, hateful, islamaphobic statement because he had articulated a personal belief that christianity gets things right which islam gets wrong. in 2018, the junior senator from california, who is now asking for america's votes to be vice president, attacked a different nominee for participating in the knights of columbus. the knights of columbus? this is a massive, massive noncontroversial catholic men's association that is known for things like shoveling snow off church sidewalks and hosting pancake breakfasts. were you aware that the knights of columbus opposed a woman's right to choose, senator harris asked, as though it were remotely controversial that a famous catholic organization would subscribe to catholic teaching on the right to life? the junior senator for hawaii suggested this nominee would need to quit the organization, quit the knights of columbus to serve as a judge. you'd think the national backlash to all of this would have taught the political left a l

as a correspondent to the break free from plastic act, and in my state of vermont, have a new law eliminating plastic bags and straws. >> let the record reflect that. >> that was polluting, among i do not evenand want to go into all the things that they can talk about on their coastlines. putting my whole statement in the record, but we often talk generation and i think of our children and grandchildren. this is not a world there should be in if this continues. not a world anyone of us want to be in. in fact, it is a world that will not support a lot of people the world supports today. thank you for having this hearing. >> well said, senator william. i promise are two senators will get you out and look forward to your testimony, but we are going to do something about this. i know the average american thinks we have lost our mind appear, but there is a lot we agree on, and plastics out of the oceans should be something we should come together on with that. over to senator sullivan. >> thank you for the opportunity to talk about this important issue. i would like to say it is great to be here w

vermont, i inform the house that mr. welch will vote yes on h.r. 5664. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman rise?alifornia >> thank you, madam speaker. aguilar: as the member designated by ms. roybal-allard, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. roybal-allard votes yes on h.r. 5664. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from illinois rise? mr. underwood: as the member pursuantd by mr. rush, to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. rush will vote yes on h.r. 5664. -- ms. underwood: as the member mr. rush, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. rush will vote yes on h.r. 5664. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise? as the member designated by mr. lowenthal of california, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the will that mr. lowenthal vote yes on h.r. 5664. by mr. ember designated lieu, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. lieu will vote on h.r. 5664. as the member designated by

business leaders from iowa, ohio and vermont talk about their experiences before the house small business subcommittee on rural development. this this is just over an hour d ten minutes. >> i want to think of what for joining us, this afternoon, this morning depending on where you're at in the country right now and i want to make sure to note some important requirements as we conduct this official remote hearing. let me begin by just saying they standing house and committee rules and practice will continue to apply during remote proceedings. so all members are reminded they are expected to adhere to the standing rules including the corum took with that said during -- committee will operate in accordance to h. res. 965 and the subsequent guidance from the world committee and the manner that respects the rights of all members to participate. house regular shows require to be visible through a video connection throughout the preceding. please keep your cameras on and also got to participate in another proceeding please exit this one and then log back on later. in the event member interest te

welch of vermont, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. welch will vote no on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona rise? >> as the member designated by representative kirkpatrick, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that representative kirkpatrick will vote no on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland rise? >> thank you, mr. speaker. as the member designated by ms. jayapal, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. eye pal will vote no on the motion to recommit on h.r. 2574. as the member designated by mr. pocan of wisconsin, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. pocan will vote no on the motion to recommit on h.r. 2574. and as as the member designated by mr. grijalva, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. grijalva also is voting no on the motion to recommit on h.r. 2574. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman fro

i know in vermont and ohio as well and you guys have been through a lot with the pandemic. just very, very grateful and i know obviously we all are still going to this pandemic, and i were in particular for some numbers, we have had 59,000 folks have tested positive with covid-19 and we lost over 1100 iowans. we know that there still a long way to go here, but we need to make sure we're doing everything we can. i know this has also caused obviously a huge hardship for our small businesses due to the downturn in our economies and 7.5 million small businesses are now at risk of closure, and many of them are in our rural areas. it especially what is frustrating is we've also spent nearly a decade recovering from the recession in 2008 only to now have our rural economies take another devastating hit. the recession had a lasting and disproportionate impact on rural america. two out of every three world counties experienced a decline in the total number of businesses, and decline in the population as families left to try to seek opportunities. this is something that i saw happen

. >> bernie sanders was deep in the vermont woods there. >> [laughing]. >> juan williams, honestly. it looks like biden took the weekend off. they didn't campaign anywhere. today he goes to his home state and reads a speech. president trump was in nevada all weekend and now in california today and going to arizona later. without pointing to the polls, because they can be tricky, how is this strategy going to work for joe going forward? >> well, it's worked for him so far. the question is: what does joe biden do in the last 50 days of this race? so far, it looks like things are breaking for him if you look at the money game. he had a record amount of money raised in august. now it looks like president trump is facing a money crunch. the advertising right now strongly favors joe biden in those swing states and mike bloomberg the former mayor of new york just put $100-million into one swing state, florida. that's a big boost to the biden campaign. you may know, biden is struggling right now with the latino vote. here comes bloomberg with a big boost in that regard. you have to keep in

[indiscernible] in my state of vermont, we have a new law eliminating plastic bags and straws. a program since 1973 before you were born, mr. chairman. >> let the record reflect that. >> a whole year for i was in the senate. that was polluting, among other things. lake champlain. i do not want to go into all the things. senator whitehouse can talk about their coastlines. i will put my whole statement in the record, but we often talk about our -- the next generation. i think of our children and grandchildren. this is not a world they should be in if this continues. it is not a world anyone of us want to be in. in fact, it is a world that will not support a lot of people the world supports today. thank you for having this hearing. >> well said. sen. graham: well said, senator leahy. i promise are two senators will get you out and look forward to your testimony, but we are going to do something about this. i know the average american thinks we have lost our mind appear, but there is a lot we agree on, and getting plastics out of the oceans should be something we should come togeth

host: christopher in mooresville, vermont, undecided. why are you undecided? caller: i had a hard time with this from the beginning because i feel like we are living in vermont and everything is so polarized. i tried to maybe go back towards the center. which's so hard to know of these two candidates are going to be better for us. i was disappointed with the debate. i wanted to know more about what mr. biden would do for the country. i feel like he did not give us a lot of future projections of what he would do. i was hoping he would answer the question about whether he would pack the court. we did not hear any of that. host: tell us about yourself. caller: i'm an accountant. i am just a middle-class guy. i have a family. i am just trying to do my job and get by. host: dion in grand rapids, michigan on the support joe biden line. caller: good evening. my take on tonight was that didident trump misdirection. you gave him a direct question and he danced around it. was trying to discern himself. they both need to be accountable to the people. once that comes arou

he called her -- and i am further proud -- to say she and her husband were visiting vermont, my home state, when she received the call. i still vividly remember her confirmation hearings before the senate judiciary court -- senate judiciary committee. she was the embodiment of humility and grace and strength and wisdom. she endured four long days of at times intense questioning from senators of both sides of the aisle. never once did she lose her poise. i remember that so well. i thanked her for fighting for a world in which my daughter would have opportunities equal to those of my two sons. and unsurprisingly she was confirmed by a 96-3 vote, becoming just the second twom ascend to our -- second woman to ascend to our nation's highest court. my vote for her confirmation to the supreme court is among the most consequential and impactful i have cast as a senator. this weekend my wife marcel and i drove here to the capitol. we walked to the supreme court. we saw all the people around writing notes in chalk on the sidewalk, praising her, leaving flowers, leaving pictures. i saw so many

and i am pretty proud to say she and her husband were visiting vermont. my home state. when she received the call. i still vividly remember her confirmation hearings before the senate judiciary courts and the judiciaryom committee, she is the embodiment humility, grace, strength and wisdom. she endured for long days of times intense questions from senators of both sides of the aisle. never once did she lose her poise. i remember that so well. i thanked her for fighting for a world in which my daughter would have opportunities equal to those of my two sons. and surprisingly she was confirmed by ad 63. just the second woman to ascend to our nation's highest court. my vote for her confirmation to the supreme court, is among the most consequential and impactful i have cast as a senator. this weekend my wife marceaux and i drove here to the capital putting notes in chalk on the sidewalk. leaving flowers and leaving pictures. with teenagers and people in the early 20s who are just standing there sadly and sing and talk to a couple that were awe wearingey masks. i'm sure they

the vermont senator made the remarks at his first in person political event since ending his 2020 democratic presidential campaign. held in washington, d.c., this is half an hour. >> sen. sanders: let me thank all of you for being here this afternoon. this country faces an unprecedented set of crises. we are struggling with a pandemic that has already cost us ove0,

pennsylvania, vermont, alabama, mississippi, delaware and minnesota. if you are freaked out of the integrity of this election and the likelihood of your vote being casted. everyone is planning their vote, figure out how you can get your vote in as early and quickly as you can. if receiveing your ballot in the mail, do it right away. make a plan, who are you going with? what's your transportation plan? how are you going to keep safe in terms of covid? don't be afraid to over plan for this. you may get stuck in line. plan for it. plan for there being a line. expect it and don't let it surprise you. don't make it something that cause oes other plans to fall around it and potentially make you leave the line and risk not getting the vote in this year. we have seen long lines for in-person early voting already including in virginia. trump supporters showing up on mass to intimidate voters at fairfax county. we have seen long lines and people are not intimidated. they keep on turning out. people voted two hours in illinois today to vote. where ever you are go

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vermont and port royal in the sea islands. when you look at this photograph, thinking about it from the perspective of the formally enslaved men and boys on this, it's hard not to think about the mental passage, about these men cluster together on the deck of a ship, right? one of the things that we know from reading the letters of african americans who made transatlantic voyages during the antebellum period and after was that they really had the sense that these ocean voyages were steep with history, that they couldn't escape, right? that history that was really embedded in them. there is a companion image to this that i don't have, that shows the officers of the u.s. vermont, and you know, in that image, they are all wearing the uniforms, and they are standing, right, we are very dignified, there's distance between each man. and so it creates a very different image of who are the officers, and who are the crew at laborers, and it creates a very different image, then, of what free blackmon represent in the context of thinking

likewise, the junior senator from vermont attacked this provision as corporate welfare, but he himself did not vote against this very provision in committee on two occasions. they're so desperate to keep working families from getting hean before the election -- any help before the election that some democrats are now attacking things they previously supported. at this point it's just silly season on the democratic side. they've run out of excuses not to legislate, and even their cheap shots just backfire in embarrassing ways. but tomorrow, tomorrow the senate will cut through all the noise with one vote. every senator will either say they want to move forward, agree where we can, and make a law to help people and keep arguing over our differences later, or say they prefer to do absolutely nothing. every senator will vote on this significant package which secures federal unemployment benefits, reopens the p.p.p. for a second draw, sends more than $100 million to keep kids safe in school, helps parents with child care, helps family afford expenses for homeschooling, and rebuilds our stra

and democrats won every state except for maine and vermont. roosevelt situated the forgotten man at the heart of his political appeal. his position was that the republican party bore the responsibility for the forgotten man's plight. republicans from the 1920s to the image of the businessman they were on the wrong side of an elemental economic shift after the stock market crash in 1929 and the on set of the great depression. roosevelt a working class supporter declared is the only man we'd ever have in the white house who'd understand my boss is a son of a bitch. so what changed? how did the party of harding and coolidge and hoover become a representative of the white working class? why did people like spiro agnew and ronald regan and donald trump all who started out as democrats change their roles in the parties. agnew's story we believe helps illuminate this turn around. now i'm going to turn to chuck to talk about it. >> i will cover two of the points our book makes. first that agnew's combative style predates his time as nixon's vice presi

but senator patrick leahy, democrat from vermont, thank you for joining us. we'll squeeze in a quick break here. the calls from activists, talking about this with the senator. democratic activists, some calling to expand the supreme court, fill those seats with their own appointees if they do take the senate and get the white house this november. could democrats do that? should democrats do that? we'll get into that. plus, we're going to have new polling from two states where you might not think that the presidential race would be a dead heat but it is. >>> and later, the president says the coronavirus affects, quote, virtually nobody, quote, virtually nobody young. and the response speaks to nbc news. it's official: national coffee day is now national dunkin' day! celebrate with a free medium hot or iced coffee with any purchase on september 29th. with any purchase essential for sewing, but maybe not needles. for people with certain inflammatory conditions. because there are options. like an "unjection™". xeljanz. the first and only pill of its kind that t

joining us now for the interview, i'm very happy to say, is vermont independent senator bernie sanders. senator sanders, i'm so happy to have you here tonight. thank you for making time. >> well, thank you, rachel. >> i played a whole bunch of your speech there because i think it was important and because you kind of tore the lid off here. can you talk a little bit about your decision to give this speech and the urgency you feel about this? >> look, rachel, i am worried and have been worried for a long time that we have a president who will refuse to leave office if he loses the election. and what i believe we have got to do is listen carefully to what he says. i know there are people out there who say, oh, trump's crazy. he says this. he says that. don't take him seriously. take him seriously! he says that he's not sure if he will leave the presidency if he loses the election. he says that the only way, rachel, the only way that he can possibly lose is if the election is rigged. no other way. and if that is what he believes and he loses, that means the election is rigged, and he is no

vermont his claim comes just months after a change that saw his party forced out of office in a backroom deal. antigovernment protesters in egypt have been back on the streets for a 3rd night. these are pictures from visa just north of cairo demonstrators are calling on president have been for the has sisi to step down. 6 cameroon's main opposition party says one person has been killed in antigovernment protests police used tear gas and water cannon to break up the crowds in the economic capital to walla demonstrators are calling for an end to the long running conflict between english speaking separatists and security forces we'll have more news for you at the top of the hour right here on al-jazeera bats coming up after the listening post. i'm steve clemons i think what you get these days it's hard to filter out the noise and keep track of what's really important the bottom line tackles the big issues this is shaping the united states its people its economy and the way it deals with the rest of the world the bottom line only on al-jazeera. a surprise announcement from the oval office an

obesity related conditions seemed to worsen the effect of covid-19 because of this disturbing fact, a vermont man you see coal coronavirus pandemic as motivation to try to get healthier a lot of us want to know how he did this he wanted to shed some of his more than 340 pounds to lower the chance of contracting covid-19 and as lauren granada reports tonight in recent months he has shaved off almost a 3rd of his body weight. >>8 months ago, walter chestnutt would have driven 100 feet to get his tail. today he walks. >>when it became apparent that that this virus was going to be everywhere. i decide what really got to do something i've been wanting to for a long time before the covid-19 pandemic hit walter weighed 342 pounds. >>today, he's 110 pounds lighter i started with you know restricting calories to 1800. when the gyms close up on an elliptical machine in some ways i've been doing 50 minutes a day of cardio going from a size 2 x al to immediately if you want to get in shape and you want to be healthy. there is nothing stopping you. but it hasn't all been a breeze there were days where i w

pockets of the country are doing well, northeast, new york, vermont, new hampshire, they all have positive rates of less than 1%. there were three states today that had both record cases and hospitalizations. north dakota, south dakota, wisconsin. south dakota has a 22% positivity rate. the virus is raging and is not going to go down unless every one masks up and we get more testing in there. where is the political will to do that? it's going to be a tough winter. >> tonight the fda commissioner said a vaccine will be based on science and data and not politics. the president has said they could override that. are you confident that science will win out over politics. you said you believed that the president could override it and we shouldn't be surprised by it. are you confident science will win out? >> vaccines are a good thing and the president not with standing, it's a matter of when we get a safe, reliable vaccine. i think the drug companies, knowing what they know, knowing what the president said, it would be irresponsible for them to submit an application if they were not entirely re

. >> reporter: vermont senator bernie sanders called on congress to put together a bipartisan committee to oversee the integrity of the election. laura podesta, cbs news. washington. >>> the senate unanimously passed yesterday a nonbinding resolution reaffirming its commitment to a peaceful transition. >>> to the bay area ballot. ride share drivers dropped off something different in san jose. signs and bumper stickers supporting prop 22. it would give gig drivers new benefits like a minimum wage while still remaining independent contractors. opponents say it would exempt multibillion dollar gig corporations from contributing to tax based social safety nets. >>> we are committed to helping you vote smart. head to the special section on kpix.com for a breakdown of the issues and the different ways you can vote. >>> to louisville now. where the mayor is extending a curfew through the weekend. two officers were shot wednesday during protests over the breonna taylor grand jury decision. >> so i'm asking everyone to reject violence and join me in committing ourselves to the work of reform. >>

. >> reporter: vermont senator bernie sanders called on congress to put together a bipartisan committee to oversee the integrity of the election. and the senate yesterday did pass a nonbinding resolution or a resolution that won't be voted on, but it's sort of a statement saying that it reaffirms its commitment to a peaceful transition. it also said in part there should be no disruptions by the president or any other person in power to overturn the will of the people of the united states. anne-marie? >> all right. laura podesta in washington, thank you so much, laura. >>> all right. so coming up on "cbs this morning," we will be speaking t power, the supreme court battle, and the coronavirus pandemic. >>> there's new hope for college football as the pac 12 conference gets back in the game. university officials voted unanimously to begin a seven-game conference-only season on november 6th. the deal still needs to get approval from state and local health authorities, commissioner larry scott talked about the decision in a video conference with university presidents. >> and this has been t

currently maine and vermont are the only states to allow incarcerated individuals to vote in 2016 california passed legislation that people in county jails to vote while incarcerated of the state's 125,000 inmates nearly 50,000 of them are expected to be on active parole. by the end of the year. to the east bay now 3 people including a 2 year-old child are in critical condition. after an overnight car crash that happened in antioch according to contra costa county fire officials. the family was driving on lone tree way when the car crashed into a tree trapping the toddler in the adults inside. officials had to cut the car open to extricate the 3 people. you can see here just how bad that crash was the entire front portion of the car. >>it smashed and one of the doors completely ripped off there. the toddler was taken to oakland children's hospital and the adults taking the john muir in walnut creek, the investigation still ongoing into what caused that crash. >>coming up lending a helping hand what a nice pay salon is doing for hair stylists who have lost their jobs in the pandemic. plus it'

powers from vermont to put our world like russia and china saw the bar and statesman east of following this pattern on the spot under for the narrative and communication war alongside the most atlantis governments and think tanks and. we have also to remember about to belarus like ukraine are members of an eastern partnership an easterner partnership. which was a e.u. police city police initiative was or promote cheat in the 1st played by poland and sweden and according to were made more we could fix mamal we know but eastern partnership motifs behind. expanding democracy human rights stability it used to construct the buffer zones it can against russian prepare a full e.u. nato an argument future pyrmont i want to touch upon the topic of sanctions there mention that the parliamentary discussion today why do you think the e.u. is considering sanctions at this moment in time who stands to benefit from the sanctions. means but. we have 2 ways of seeing the sanctions 1st of all sanctions. it's also a wait for e.u. to work to do something or hold a member state down not in line we've this