Term senator. I thought that was quite possible, but then it got a little bit easier getting reelected. I did not expect to be here this long. And my wife, marcelle and i talked about it right after the last election. And we pretty firmly said thered be a last one. I knew from the polls that every day out i could easily be reelected this year. But i. Me too. We wanted to go home. I want to have more time. My kids are grandkids. We both like school, but i would have more time for that. But also, i. Its time for somebody else to come in there. And i wanted to be able to do things, but i. University of vermont and other places to help people. Oh, whats happened . The last half century, you know, youre you are not, in fact, the youre the president protem of the senate, but you are not the oldest senator. There are four others who are older than you, senator feinstein is 89. She was just elected to another term. Senator grassley is 88. Hes in the middle of a reelection campaign. Why is it s
This is going to be fine. This is a really going to be fun. I have some powerhouses that do macklemore said that had one general but i think we have generals that have on the platform today. David j. Dennis junior is a Senior Writer at an escape known as the undefeated. His work has been featured in Atlanta Magazine the atlantic, Washington Post and the huffington post, among other publications. Dennis is a recipient of the 2021 American Mosaic journalism prize, is a National Association of black journalists salute to excellence award, and was named one of the routes 100 most influential africanamericans of 2020. He lives in georgia with his wife and two children and is a graduate of davidson college. His dad, david. Dennis senior, is a civil veteran. He attended Dillard University and earned his law degree, the university of michigan in 72. He codirected the challenge at the louisiana democrat structure that resulted in an africanamerican chairman and majority African American delegat
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Former president bill clinton calling his life a blessing. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie calling him a giant. A Truly American great. Simply it was the american dream. The son of italian immigrants mario cuomo rose from the basement of this Grocery Store in south jamaica, queens where he slept on the floor and spoke no english to the highest office in new york state. Along the way, creating a political legacy and dynasty that spanned generations. His life driven by a passion for learning his catholic faith and a determination to simply work harder than the other guy. One of the simple things i wanted to achieve is i want to be governor i want to be the hardest working there ever was. After more than a decade of the fullcontact politics of new york cuomo cal putted to National Prominence were the keynote address of the 1984 Democratic National convention. We thank you for the great privilege of being able to address this convention. He challenged headon Ronald Reagans notion of a s
Identified so far. One victim has already been laid to rest. In terms of the search bad weather is proving once again seeming to be the biggest obstacle in the search. I want to turn to Andrew Stevens in surabaya indonesia, where the flight originated and where many many of those families were from and where they are gathered awaiting news andrew can you update us . I know its night fall but what is the latest on the search and rescue effort where it stands now. Well on the search michaela there is still bad weather across the search zone and that bad weather is expected to continue over the next couple days so the frustrations are enormous. As you point out, theyve narrowed the probable location zone they call it down that 2,000 square miles. Thats still a fair chunk of territory but theyre now moving into an underwater search stage, basically because the weather is so bad that visibility is minimal and theyre not just getting anywhere with their visibility aerial checks. So theyve go