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Lethal injections. Large crowds have gathered again in baltimore and now in other cities for another night of protests over the death of freddie gray. From baltimore where hundreds of people have gathered outside of penn station. The latest demonstrations are taking place as baltimore tries to return to normal. But the tensions that led to this weeks riots remain. Lets go to paul, and paul, can we agree that the stage is being set right now for another long tense night in Baltimore City . Reporter well, tony, i certainly hope that its not going to be another long, hostile night. Theres tension in air and im here in pennsylvania, watching over the last several days, traffic is flowing, there are people withdrawing and its a of different situation than we have seen in the past two nights where we had riot police cordoning off the intersection, and we had a Huge National guard presence. They have not made their way into this part of to be. But the mayor is concerned about vacations for th
Fulfill your purposes by using our senators as agents of your grace. Lord, surround them with your favor, as their habes bring honor to you. Deliver them from the traps set by their enemies. Give them hearts filled with confidence in your prevailing providence, sustaining them with your unfailing faithfulness and love. We pray in your great name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Reid mr. President , i just by chance last night was reading a book, and it had a page in there a speech that was given by john mccain, our fellow senator. What senator mccain talked about was some of his experiences in the prison camp in vietnam, where a man by the name of Mike Christian had spent an inordinate amount of time sewi
May not know. His name is allen dixon. And allen dixon passed away a few years now. He is somebody who in his time everybody really liked. He had a nickname in politics. His nickname was al the pal, which was not tongueincheek, not satirical. He was kind of everybodys pal. He was a go along to get along politics and proudly so. He wrote a memoir about his time in politics. He was unsentimental and forward about it. Generally speaking, my political career was built on good will and accommodation. Good will and accommodation. By all accounts, he was a great guy. Tons of friends, and good will and accommodation was a great political strategy for him. Alan dixon first ran for elected office. He ran for Police Magistrate in belleville, illinois at the ripe old age of 21. And he one running for like the kids seat on the Police Magistrate board or something. He was running for real office. He won that first seat at age someone, and then he spent the rest of his adult life continually winning
Politician and proudly so. He wrote a memoir about his time in politics. He was unsentimental and forward about it. Generally speaking, my political career was built on goodwill and accommodation. Goodwill and accommodation. By all accounts, he was a great guy, tons of friends, and goodwill and accommodation was a great political strategy for him. Alan dixon first ran for elected office, he ran for Police Magistrate in belleville, illinois, at the ripe old age of 21. And he wasnt running for like the kids seat on the Police Magistrate board or something. He was running for real office. He won that first seat at age 21, and then he spent the rest of his adult life continually winning elections, one after another. Two years after he first won elected office at the age of 21, at the ripe old age of 23, he got elected to the state legislature. And then he got reelected and reelected and reelected again, served a whole bunch of terms in the legislature. Then he moved up and ran to be a stat