Tree. Merry christmas, everybody. Its great to see you all. Happy holidays. Happy holidays to you mr. President. Sit time . I think its time. For the big button. Lets count it down. I hope everybody is ready. Weve got to do the count do you know. Starting the 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. [applause] Merry Christmas everybody. Please welcome director of washington st. Johns church. Let us bow our heads in prayer. Let us pray. Gracious god who has blessed us with this good land for our heritage, we pray that we may always prove ourselves to be a people mindful of your favor and glad to do your will. We pray that you will save us from violence, discord and confusion, from pride, arrogance and fear of each other, defend our liberties and fashion into one nite people the multitudes brought here out of many nations and languages. We pray that you will shower with your life giving spirit those to whom we have entrusted the authority of our government, that there may be justice and peace at home and that we
That will not sit well with other people or they may not agree at the time and i believe, based on my knowledge, my experience that that is the right thing to do, i will keep with it. A will continue to work down that path and help to explain to other people why i believe that, if there is any fax, if there is a new reasons why my belief is so strong. It is hard to get there but once you get past that, people will tend to respect you. I think that helped me in a particular matter when there was a major emergency disaster that took place in a imine a couple of years ago and folks said you did not need to go out there. Hello . 29 people just died. Your advice was that you dont need to go there . I felt that i cannot save their lives but i can talk to the spouses and our field staff and find out what happened and where our resources were. Why in the world would they tell you not to go . For whatever reason. I went against the advice and i went. It was the best thing i could have done beca
California lawmakers take steps to prevent similar tragedies in the future. The south china sea, why those waters are so important to so many countries. A baby girl just hours old snatched from a hospital. How facebook helped catch the kidnapper and reunite a family with their newborn. Welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. Im del walterser. The president resetting americas Foreign Policy after a decade of war, announcing the shift today during an address at west point. It comes amid criticism of his handling of the ukraine crisis, the civil war in syria and an emerging china. Tuesday the president announced plans to end the military presence in afghanistan by the end of his term. Three years ago, there were more than 100,000 troops stationed in afghanistan. The president is going to low their number to 32,000 this month and blow 10,000 by the end of next year. Our White House Correspondent Mike Viqueira is in washington this morning. What can we expect to hear from the presid
Good morning, everybody. It is friday, august 21st. We made it to the end of the week, and it has been quite a 24 hours. Im yasmin vossoughian. So lets start with the democrats wrapping up their Convention Last night with former Vice President joe biden formally accepting the partys nomination for president. In his speech, biden implored americans to help him, quote, end this chapter of american darkness. Speaking against fear, anger, and division, the president ial nominee vowed to be a, quote, ally of the light. As president , bind said his First Priority would be to get the virus under control by implementing a national strategy, something the president has failed to do. Just judge this president on the facts. 5 million americans affected by covid19. More than 170,000 americans have died. By far, the worst performance of any nation on earth. More than 50 Million People have filed for unemployment this year. More than 10 Million People are going to lose their Health Insurance this ye
Following the ceremony, former president said goodbye and departed by helicopter from the east front of the capital. President obama led to the inaugural parade to the white house. At one point they got out of the limousine and walked the parade route. [cheers and applause] president barack obama. [cheers and applause] president barack obama and first Lady Michelle obama. [cheers and applause] wendy one of the many balls held that night was the commander in chief called, began in 2005, open to members of the military and the guests. They danced with members of the military and the president made some remarks. Thank you. Thank you all for coming. [applause] thank you. [applause] thank you so much. Thanks to all of you. Tonight i have the very special honor as being known as the guy who accompanied Michelle Obama to the ball. I want to start by thanking tonights co hosts, the senior enlisted advisors of the five branches of the United States armed forces. [applause] i want to acknowledge