room, there were swot teams, with long guns, deployed inside out capitol building. these brave men and women rested beneath paintings depicting earliest scenes of our republic, including one painting in 1824 depicting george washington resigning his commission, voluntarily relinquishing power and handing control of the continental army back to congress. with this noble act, washington said the indispensable example of the peaceful transfer of power, what president ragan called nothing less than a miracle. president ronald reagan. it has been honoured by every american president except one. as americans, we all have a duty to ensure that what happened on january 6th never happens again, to set aside putters and
fellow americans, as you watch our hearings over the coming weeks, please remember what is at stake. remember the men and women who fought and died so that we can live under the rule of law, not the rule of men. i ask you to think of the scene in our capitol rotunda on the night of january 6th. they are in a sacred space in our constitutional republic, the place where our presidents lie in state, watched over by statues of washington and jefferson, eisenhower, and reagan, against every wall that night in circling the room, there were swat teams. men and women in tactical gear with long guns, deployed inside our capitol building. they are in the rotunda, these brave men and women rested beneath paintings depicting the earliest scenes of our republic, including one painted in 1824, depicting george washington resigning his commission,
our capitol building. they are in the rotunda, these brave men and women rested beneath paintings depicting the earliest scenes of our republic, including one painted in 1824, depicting george washington resigning his commission, voluntarily relinquishing power, and in control of the continental army back to congress. with this noble act, washington s at the indispensable example of the peaceful transfer of power. what president reagan called, nothing less than a miracle. the sacred obligation to defend this peaceful transfer of power has been honored by every american president, except one. as americans, we all have a duty to ensure that what happened on january 6th never happens again, to set aside partisan battles. to stand together to perpetuate and preserve our great
there, in the rotunda these brave men and women rested beneath paintings depicting the earliest scenes of our republic, including one painted in 1824 depicting george washington resigning his commission, voluntarily relinquishing power, control of the continental army back to congress. with this noble act, washington set the indispensable example of the peaceful transization of power be, what reagan called nothing short of a miracle. this tradition has been honored by every american president except one. as americans, we all have a duty to ensure that what happened on january 6th never happens again. to set aside partisan battles, to stand together to perpetuate and preserve our great republic.
dive into the news. yesterday i decided from my home studio i needed some more flags. i went to a flag store. i wanted to get a texas 1824 flag. that s what they fought the alamo under the banner. i wanted the original texas republic flag and american flag and come and take it flag. i went to a flag store and the guy that runs the store comes out and the first thing he says is i don t feel very good. i said oh, i m sorry to hear that. and he starts scrounging under his desk for a mask. the entire time he is telling me about this. sell me half a dozen flags he doesn t have a shirt on. he had a mask on but no shirt. [laughter] be. pete: that s amazing. will: and i have my flags. beautiful in here. get to some news for you this morning. president biden sweeping vaccine mandate for businesses and healthcare workers is heard in front of the supreme court. alexandria hoff joins you live