#HappeningNow: President Trump will award the Medal of Honor to Sergeant Major Thomas Payne' of the U.S. Army.
#WATCH: President Trump awards the Congressional Medal of Honor to Army Sgt. Maj. Thomas Patrick Payne, who risked his life to save more than 70 Iraqi hostages held by ISIS during a 2015 mission.
Sgt. Maj. Payne was inspired to enlist after the 9/11 terrorist attacks and now he receives the highest military honor 19 years after that fateful day.
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HappeningNow: WH Press Sec. Jen Psaki holds today's briefing joined by Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry and National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy, who will discuss Pres. Biden’s executive orders on climate change.
Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry says Biden knows rejoining the Paris Climate Accord is not enough to address greenhouse gas emissions -- 90% of which Kerry says stems from countries outside the U.S.
John Kerry says Pres. Biden will host global leaders for a climate change summit April 22, which he notes is Earth Day.
HappeningNow: WH Press Sec. Jen Psaki holds today’s briefing.
WH Press Sec. Psaki says Biden will sign a residential Proclamation "to reduce the spread of COVID-19 through travel."
Biden will keep in place travel restrictions from Schengen Area, the UK, Republic of Ireland, and Brazil.
WH Press Sec. Psaki says beginning Tuesday, international travelers coming to the U.S. "must provide proof of a negative test within 3 days of travel to airlines prior to departure."
NEW: At Prescott, Az. rally, President Trump talks about early voting:
"They're very much inclined to be with us."
Mentions early voting in Michigan, adding "they start to get a little bit nervous on the other side."
"We're in first place in Arizona."
AT Prescott, Az. rally, President Trump calls CNN "dumb bastards", saying the network talks about nothing but "COVID, COVID, COVID."
NEW: President Trump on Joe Biden
"He wants to listen to Dr. Fauci ... I saved thousand of lives and he admitted that ... he is a wonderful guy and I like him he just happens to have a bad arm."