Former london mayor. Cause of the federal system in brussel is imitated nowhere else. Great britain will have more control over economic issues. Financial markets dont like uncertainty. Before the official tally was announced. The british pound fell to its lower level in some 31 years. Good news for people traveling to Great Britain and bad news for your 401k. The Dow Jones Industrial average plunged more than three percent today during the visit to the golf course in scotland, donald trump says the british did the right thing. I think it would be a good thing. Taking the country back and people you dont think are good for your to take. President obama had urged the brits to remain. He spoke with Prime Minister cameron and assure him the special relationship between the u. S. And the uk will not change. New evidence tonight. Many that voted in britain may not have realized what they were voting for. Going the reports the question what is the eu is the second top question in the uk sinc
Of government at harvard university. Since joining the faculty in 1992, profession so 1992, he is a member of the core faculty within the carr center frp human rights policy and is a faculty affiliate. In the wake of the 2000 president ial election bs, professor king directed the task force for the National Commission on election reform chaired by gerald ford and jimmy carter. That culminated in land marc Voting Rights in 2002. He later oversaw the evaluation and new Management Structure for the Boston Election Department and he served in the Advisory Board of americanelect. Org. In the past professor king chaired the Bipartisan Program for newly elected members of the u. S. Congress and he corrected the executive program for Senior Executives in state and local government. Professor king is the author of three books and published in a range of journals including the american Political Science review and the journal of politics. Please welcome david king. [ applause ] thank you. Is thi
Chain. Believing that the hotel must have a small room, to memorialize the front desk where i inquired where we could see the room where harry truman learned that he had been elected president. With no sign of embarrassment, the person behind the desk responded, said when we remodeled that hotel, we made that into a broom closet. Well the lesson is, we never know when the occasion will arise that we will be called upon to do our part to preserve history and our heritage. So keep your eyes open. This evening was made special by contributions from the following. The pharmaceutical company, cobank, airlines for america, bank of america and home depot. We appreciate your generous support. Thank you for coming, ladies and gentlemen. We were treated to a unique event and now we ask you to join the mccullough family and other members of the board to our reception. Good evening. [ applause ] American History tv airs on cspan3 every weekend telling the american story through events, interviews
I want to commend every member on both sides to look carefully. To those republicans who believe in total privatization, you cant believe in the Good Samaritan and explain that as long as business is making money, we can walk by a fellow american who is hurt and not do something. I would say to my friends who believe there has never been a Government Program not worth keeping that you cannot look at a result and not want to reach out to the humans and forget the bureaucracy. If we could build that attitude on both sides of the, we would be an amazingly different place if we could build that attitude on both sides of this aisle and the country would begin to be a different place. We have to create a partnership. We have to reach out to the american people. We are going to do a lot of important things. As of today, thanks to the house information system, we are going to be online for the whole country, every amendment, every conference report. We are working with cspan and congressman ge
[gavel] the house will be in order. Mr. Doorkeeper. The speaker elect, House Speaker Newt Gingrich from georgia. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [cheers and applause] [applause] [applause] ladies and gentlemen of the house, i first want to thank my democratic colleagues for their support and confidence. I noted we were a little short but i appreciate your friendship and your support. As you might imagine, this is not a moment that i had been waiting for. ]laughter] when you carry the mantle of progress, there is precious little glory in defeat but sometimes, we spend so much time lionizing the winners and labeling the losers we lose sight of the victory we all shared in this crown jewel of democracy. You see, mr. Speaker, this is a day to celebrate a power that belongs not to any Political Party but to the people. No matter the margin, no matter the majority. All across the world from bosnia to chechnya to south africa, people lay down their lives for the kind of voice we t