January 15, 2021 • 10 mins
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris stopped by to express gratitude. She also spoke about COVID-19 relief, vaccination and the re-opening of schools.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Right, everybody, We're back, and we're back with a Madame
Vice president, Madame vice Madame Vice President. I told you
the last time we talked, I said, the next time
I will be speaking to you, I will be saying,
Madame Vice President, indeed, you did say that. You did
say that. The Harvey you are just you just have
(00:24):
so many talents, including seeing the future. What a blessing.
Let me just start with it. How do you feel? Oh,
that's so kind of you to ask. You know, I
feel a combination of things and emotions. I feel a
sense of purpose. You know, we're gonna be um we
(00:45):
will have announced that a whole COVID relief bills and
package and trying to deal with you know, hungry people
that are trying to feed their children. I feel a
great incredible sense of gratitude for all of those who
you know, made this possible. And I'm talking about the ancestors.
(01:07):
I'm talking about you know, Shirley Chism and Barbara Jordan
and all of them. Wow. And I'm I'm feeling a
sense of a certain excitement about the possibility. And um,
so there's a mix of emotion to be sure, you know,
(01:30):
and you said that in one of your speeches, and
I was sitting there with my wife and we were
watching this speech and my wife was sitting there. First
of all, the suit the cream went to white soup.
Marjorie was off the hook her and her girls was
on the phone. So you Pad, you passed the litmus
(01:52):
test when it comes to fashion. Yeah, I'm so happy.
I to ask older sisters, is with you on this?
I want to say also, congratulate. I want to say
a Happy Founders Day to you because you're a member
of Almighty Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated. So congratulations, Happy
(02:13):
Founders Day. All those people are you? You you You
got us proud on so many levels. And I just
wanted to say, this is so great for all of
us here in America. So let's talk about that for
a minute. Because you mentioned the COVID relief package. You
got a new nine and nine hundred billion is at it?
Or what is it? It's one point nine trillions and
(02:36):
it's one point nine trillion, uh huh. And we've named
it the American Rescue Plan and it includes a few
a few things that are very important in terms of
immediate relief for folks. I mean, first, of all, it's
going to be on top of the six hundred dollars
that got went to direct texts for folks in December,
(02:58):
we're going to do another fourteen hundred for a little
two thousands, right, and so that's direct relief for folks.
We're looking at one hundred and seventy billions to help
reopen schools, and so you know, see, weren't when we're
talking about reopening schools. We're not going to be able
to go back to normal immediately. So helping schools will
be about reducing class sizes, right and helping for the
(03:21):
school to modify their spaces so that it can be
safe for the kids to go back to school. And
then twenty billions from community vaccination sites, because we want
to make sure that we have vaccinations places that are
in the community that are accessible to folks so they
can go and get vaccinated. And I want to encourage
(03:43):
everyone that when it's their turns, get your vaccination. It
is about saving life. I got mine and please get yours.
I think it's going to be critical, you know, you know,
you hear so much negative things coming out about the vaccine.
You know, people are skeptical and everything what do you
say to people who are skeptical about it. Believe the scientists,
(04:07):
believe the science. Listen. The reality of it is that
you know it was a black woman who helped create
this vaccine. Wow. Yeah, And first of all, we have
to always speak truth and acknowledge the history of how
black people in America have been treated and the way
(04:28):
in terms of the years many many years and generations ago.
But how you know black folks were treated by the
medical community and even today right the work that we
have in terms of disparities that we need to deal with.
But on the vaccine, the scientists created the vaccine. The
scientists have reviewed it and they have and it's safe.
(04:49):
I wouldn't have taken it if it weren't. And we
have to save lives. Black folks are dying. Black folds
are twice as likely to get COVID and three times
as likely to die from Look at what's happening in
terms of our black line small businesses that are disproportionately
closing forever some of them, right, and what we need
(05:11):
to do to get ahold of this virus so our
small business is snopen back up. There's so many things
that are at play right now. But this vaccine will
save your life. It will save the lives of the
people in your family, in your neighborhood, and your community.
And so let's trust the science. You know what. I
(05:32):
think it's refreshing for us to hear because the current
administration has just gone on absentee leave when it comes
to the stimulus package and especially this pandemic. I mean,
we're hearing nothing, nothing at all. So it's kind of
refreshing that you and President Biden have made this such
a priority in the first one hundred days. It has
(05:54):
to be. I mean, see, people are suffering and in
food lines. You know, we're in the midth of a
hunger crisis in America. The last I look, we have
one in six adults are with children, are saying their
family is hungry, one in three is having trouble paying
their rent, one in four small businesses have closed. People
(06:17):
are struggling, and so you know, President like Biden and
I are saying, look, we need to have is our
first order of business to bring relief and to rescue people.
And that's what that's what this feeling is about. Yeah,
Madame Vice President, I know you only got this one
break but before we let you go, can you hold
on one second because I have one more thing I
(06:38):
want to discuss with you. We'll be right back with
more to Steve Harvey Morning Show right after this. You're
listening to show, right, everybody, we're back, and we're back
with a Madame Vice President Kamala Harris, who is with
us this morning here on the Steve Harvey Morning Show.
When you were sitting there and and President Biden said
(07:00):
that he really appreciated the turnout in our communities as
you were sitting there watching this unfold as it did
in Milwaukee and then Detroit and then Philly and then Atlanto,
I mean that had to be a sense of like, Wow,
you know, we really have gotten it together this time.
(07:24):
Would you say? I would say that, and I would
say that it was a display of our power. It
was a display of our power. And the thing that
makes me so proud about it is that, in spite
us in so many of those places efforts by powerful
people to try and make it difficult for us to vote,
or confusing for us to vote, or to suppress the vote,
(07:46):
vote said Nope, I'm not going to be silent. I'll
stand in that line as long as I need to,
I will vote early. I'll make a plan of vote.
And that's what decided the outcome of this election. We
new power that we present and we exercised that power.
Look what happened in Georgia, yes January, the people of
(08:12):
Georgia elected a black Baptist preacher from Ebony's, a black
doctor king, and a Jewish man out of the state
of Georgia. Yeah to the United that's right, that's right,
that's the home base of the Steve Harvey. More to show,
(08:32):
Steve Harvey is a resident of george. We was croounding.
You made us so proud to go to the polls,
not only you, but so didn't President Biden. And look,
it wasn't just us. You know, you don't get almost
eighty million votes just cast black people vote, right, you
know it was It was a lot of good people
out there that voted for change, that wanted to see
(08:53):
something different in this country. And I think we got
a chance. We know you all have some difficult times
ahead of you with the transition and everything, but I
want you to know, Madame Vice President, that you have
a place to come, a friend to share your thoughts
and whatever you want us to know as a community
and the country and and you always welcome on this
(09:14):
showing you and you are making us feel so much
pride right now and you wear it well. And in
the words of Marjorie the Winter quite cream out lea.
Before we end this, call happy Birthday on Sundays. You
(09:39):
know I'm gonna have to take that. I've been arguing
with my team about that, but since it's coming from
you that I feel special now. Thank you so much.
You have a friend here at the Steve Harvey Morning Show,
Madame Vice President. Thank you so much, and congratulation. Thank
you Steve Harvey for all you do. Thank you absolutely
(10:00):
thank you. Coming up with thirty four minutes after the
hour more of the Steve Harvey Morning Show. Right after this,
you're listening to the Stave Harvey Morning Show
Right, everybody, We're back, and we're back with a Madame
Vice president, Madame vice Madame Vice President. I told you
the last time we talked, I said, the next time
I will be speaking to you, I will be saying,
Madame Vice President, indeed, you did say that. You did
say that. The Harvey you are just you just have
(00:24):
so many talents, including seeing the future. What a blessing.
Let me just start with it. How do you feel? Oh,
that's so kind of you to ask. You know, I
feel a combination of things and emotions. I feel a
sense of purpose. You know, we're gonna be um we
(00:45):
will have announced that a whole COVID relief bills and
package and trying to deal with you know, hungry people
that are trying to feed their children. I feel a
great incredible sense of gratitude for all of those who
you know, made this possible. And I'm talking about the ancestors.
(01:07):
I'm talking about you know, Shirley Chism and Barbara Jordan
and all of them. Wow. And I'm I'm feeling a
sense of a certain excitement about the possibility. And um,
so there's a mix of emotion to be sure, you know,
(01:30):
and you said that in one of your speeches, and
I was sitting there with my wife and we were
watching this speech and my wife was sitting there. First
of all, the suit the cream went to white soup.
Marjorie was off the hook her and her girls was
on the phone. So you Pad, you passed the litmus
(01:52):
test when it comes to fashion. Yeah, I'm so happy.
I to ask older sisters, is with you on this?
I want to say also, congratulate. I want to say
a Happy Founders Day to you because you're a member
of Almighty Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated. So congratulations, Happy
(02:13):
Founders Day. All those people are you? You you You
got us proud on so many levels. And I just
wanted to say, this is so great for all of
us here in America. So let's talk about that for
a minute. Because you mentioned the COVID relief package. You
got a new nine and nine hundred billion is at it?
Or what is it? It's one point nine trillions and
(02:36):
it's one point nine trillion, uh huh. And we've named
it the American Rescue Plan and it includes a few
a few things that are very important in terms of
immediate relief for folks. I mean, first, of all, it's
going to be on top of the six hundred dollars
that got went to direct texts for folks in December,
(02:58):
we're going to do another fourteen hundred for a little
two thousands, right, and so that's direct relief for folks.
We're looking at one hundred and seventy billions to help
reopen schools, and so you know, see, weren't when we're
talking about reopening schools. We're not going to be able
to go back to normal immediately. So helping schools will
be about reducing class sizes, right and helping for the
(03:21):
school to modify their spaces so that it can be
safe for the kids to go back to school. And
then twenty billions from community vaccination sites, because we want
to make sure that we have vaccinations places that are
in the community that are accessible to folks so they
can go and get vaccinated. And I want to encourage
(03:43):
everyone that when it's their turns, get your vaccination. It
is about saving life. I got mine and please get yours.
I think it's going to be critical, you know, you know,
you hear so much negative things coming out about the vaccine.
You know, people are skeptical and everything what do you
say to people who are skeptical about it. Believe the scientists,
(04:07):
believe the science. Listen. The reality of it is that
you know it was a black woman who helped create
this vaccine. Wow. Yeah, And first of all, we have
to always speak truth and acknowledge the history of how
black people in America have been treated and the way
(04:28):
in terms of the years many many years and generations ago.
But how you know black folks were treated by the
medical community and even today right the work that we
have in terms of disparities that we need to deal with.
But on the vaccine, the scientists created the vaccine. The
scientists have reviewed it and they have and it's safe.
(04:49):
I wouldn't have taken it if it weren't. And we
have to save lives. Black folks are dying. Black folds
are twice as likely to get COVID and three times
as likely to die from Look at what's happening in
terms of our black line small businesses that are disproportionately
closing forever some of them, right, and what we need
(05:11):
to do to get ahold of this virus so our
small business is snopen back up. There's so many things
that are at play right now. But this vaccine will
save your life. It will save the lives of the
people in your family, in your neighborhood, and your community.
And so let's trust the science. You know what. I
(05:32):
think it's refreshing for us to hear because the current
administration has just gone on absentee leave when it comes
to the stimulus package and especially this pandemic. I mean,
we're hearing nothing, nothing at all. So it's kind of
refreshing that you and President Biden have made this such
a priority in the first one hundred days. It has
(05:54):
to be. I mean, see, people are suffering and in
food lines. You know, we're in the midth of a
hunger crisis in America. The last I look, we have
one in six adults are with children, are saying their
family is hungry, one in three is having trouble paying
their rent, one in four small businesses have closed. People
(06:17):
are struggling, and so you know, President like Biden and
I are saying, look, we need to have is our
first order of business to bring relief and to rescue people.
And that's what that's what this feeling is about. Yeah,
Madame Vice President, I know you only got this one
break but before we let you go, can you hold
on one second because I have one more thing I
(06:38):
want to discuss with you. We'll be right back with
more to Steve Harvey Morning Show right after this. You're
listening to show, right, everybody, we're back, and we're back
with a Madame Vice President Kamala Harris, who is with
us this morning here on the Steve Harvey Morning Show.
When you were sitting there and and President Biden said
(07:00):
that he really appreciated the turnout in our communities as
you were sitting there watching this unfold as it did
in Milwaukee and then Detroit and then Philly and then Atlanto,
I mean that had to be a sense of like, Wow,
you know, we really have gotten it together this time.
(07:24):
Would you say? I would say that, and I would
say that it was a display of our power. It
was a display of our power. And the thing that
makes me so proud about it is that, in spite
us in so many of those places efforts by powerful
people to try and make it difficult for us to vote,
or confusing for us to vote, or to suppress the vote,
(07:46):
vote said Nope, I'm not going to be silent. I'll
stand in that line as long as I need to,
I will vote early. I'll make a plan of vote.
And that's what decided the outcome of this election. We
new power that we present and we exercised that power.
Look what happened in Georgia, yes January, the people of
(08:12):
Georgia elected a black Baptist preacher from Ebony's, a black
doctor king, and a Jewish man out of the state
of Georgia. Yeah to the United that's right, that's right,
that's the home base of the Steve Harvey. More to show,
(08:32):
Steve Harvey is a resident of george. We was croounding.
You made us so proud to go to the polls,
not only you, but so didn't President Biden. And look,
it wasn't just us. You know, you don't get almost
eighty million votes just cast black people vote, right, you
know it was It was a lot of good people
out there that voted for change, that wanted to see
(08:53):
something different in this country. And I think we got
a chance. We know you all have some difficult times
ahead of you with the transition and everything, but I
want you to know, Madame Vice President, that you have
a place to come, a friend to share your thoughts
and whatever you want us to know as a community
and the country and and you always welcome on this
(09:14):
showing you and you are making us feel so much
pride right now and you wear it well. And in
the words of Marjorie the Winter quite cream out lea.
Before we end this, call happy Birthday on Sundays. You
(09:39):
know I'm gonna have to take that. I've been arguing
with my team about that, but since it's coming from
you that I feel special now. Thank you so much.
You have a friend here at the Steve Harvey Morning Show,
Madame Vice President. Thank you so much, and congratulation. Thank
you Steve Harvey for all you do. Thank you absolutely
(10:00):
thank you. Coming up with thirty four minutes after the
hour more of the Steve Harvey Morning Show. Right after this,
you're listening to the Stave Harvey Morning Show
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