No Passes needed to Visit the NMAAHC on Weekdays Through February 2020

From Labor Day through February, you won't need a pass to enter the museum on weekdays, the NMAAHC announced over the weekend. Visitors will be able to enter the museum on a first-come, first-served basis on weekdays starting at 10 a.m.

You will, however, still need a timed-entry pass on weekends. You can get same-day passes for weekends online.

In addition, advance timed passes for Saturdays and Sundays in December will become available starting Wednesday at 9 a.m. You'll be able to search for advance timed passes for Dec. 1 and the weekends of Dec. 7-8, 14-15, 21-22 and 28-29.

You can also reserve passes here https://nmaahc.si.edu/visit/passes ot by phone by calling 844-750-3012.

Admission and passes are free.

If you're visiting on a day that passes are required, remember that everyone in your group will need his or her own pass, including babies. In addition, the museum will continue to require advance timed-entry passes every day for groups of 10 or more.

Tamron Hall's new daytime talk show to debut on September 9, 2019

Tamron Hall's new daytime talk show, "Tamron Hall," will debut in syndicated markets on September 9, 2019.

Hall, a former Today and MSNBC anchor, developed "Tamron Hall" with Disney-ABC to focus on current events, human interest stories and celebrity interviews.

“Tamron will bring her abundant wit, style, intelligence and warmth to her show. She has the unparalleled breadth of experience to talk and listen to all sides and bring folks together," Executive Producer Bill Geddie said.

As a new mom, a newlywed, and a survivor who is proving you can accomplish anything at any age, Hall brings a refreshing, relatable, unpredictable, and unstoppable voice to television.

Find out more about Tanron's show and where to watch it in your area here: https://www.tamronhallshow.com/

Booker proposes to replace all lead water pipes

U.S. Sen. Cory Booker on Tuesday called for spending $3 trillion to combat climate change while replacing lead water pipes across the country.

The 2020 Democratic presidential candidate pledged to replace all lead water lines to schools, day care centers and homes, as well as remove lead from housing units, by 2028, the end of a second term in the White House. Money would come from a new Environmental Justice Fund, led by a White House adviser for environmental justice.

Booker offered his plan while officials in his home city of Newark continued to distribute bottled water to residents with high levels of lead in their water. He is a former mayor of the city and oversaw the city’s water system, though left office before lead levels spiked.

Booker announced his plan a day before he will join nine other Democratic presidential candidates at a CNN town hall on the environment.

[SOURCE: NJ.COM]

Senators Kamala Harris and Cory Booker statements on West Texas shootings

Senators Kamala Harris and Cory Booker released the following statements on the Odessa and Midland Texas shootings, in which 21 were injured and at least five were killed:

Keeping the Midland and Odessa community and the victims in my thoughts and prayers. Grateful to first responders who ran into harm's way.

I’m sick of this. America is sick of this.

We need to act.

— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) August 31, 2019

I’m heartbroken for the families of the victims in the Odessa and Midland shooting. Our children deserve a future without multiple mass shootings in one month.

We need gun safety reform.

— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) September 1, 2019

A 17-month-old baby.

It’s perverse that we live in a society where this is allowed to happen. My heart goes out to all those affected by today’s mass shootings in Odessa and Midland, Texas. https://t.co/HgEnreuhSK

— Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) September 1, 2019

As an African American voter what three issues are most important to you?

The Democratic Primary is in full gear, and we are hearing potential presidential candidates talking about what THEY think are the most important things to black voters.

You hear some candidates talk as if voters of color only care about criminal justice reform or police brutality. Issues like education, environmental racism, healthcare, a livable wage, the economy, or domestic terrorism are also of importance to African American voters

That leads us to this question. As an African American voter what three issues are most important to you?

Take the poll below. You may pick three issues or add your own.