Path you have created, inspiring them with the potency of your powerful presence. May they trust you in times of adversity and prosperity, knowing that they will reap a productive harvest if they persevere. Lord, keep them from underestimating the power of your great name, inspiring them never to forget that nothing is impossible with you. Give them the wisdom to solve the hard problems of our times and grace to live in harmony with one another. We pray in your strong name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge f allegiance to our 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 clerk will read a communication to the senate. The clerk washington, d. C. , may 10, 2016. To the senate under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable rob portman
Boy who grew up in alabama, overokay. Polio, overcame polio, inspired by henry clay to become a senator, did, and then set out to become the majority leader of the United States senate, and did. Mitch, i have a confession to make. When i was asked to do this, heres what i thought. How can anyone get Mitch Mcconnell to talk for an hour . In your own book you point out that you only speak to the press when its to your advantage. You talk about a time when bill gates came in to see you and you just sat there and people were uncomfortable waiting for one of you to speak, and someone also told president george w. Bush you were excited over a certain vote, and he said, really . How can you tell . Why so few words . Well, im not afraid of talking but i found i learn a lot more by listening, and so frequently i start out listening, and i think about what i want to say before i do it. I think its fair to say that im in the era of trump, probably very different in my approach to commenting on pu
If you go look at it again tonight i was sitting there in it is in the book by the way. I was sitting there, carter is behind me jody is there with the big fellow in his arms. Saturday night before the election isnt there used to be a bump and there was cigarettes every where. Times have changed. Everybody was smoking and then we got the word in seattle last stop it was an amazing experience. I want to talk about my book a little bit but really what it is about. People walk up to me why you write this book now . I did not write it last night. [laughter] i gave a lecture on mintier years ago by the way. I talked about this years ago. But i do think it was a grownup aspect that was political and played by a the queens berry rules. The tousing total where warfare of limited fighting with that they get our job there eyes and the kicking and and on since mohammad ali was a great fighter because he played by the rules but there is no rules today it is like that of politics. All i will tweak
Former republican senator, when he knew he was dying, had one wish. He wanted to apologize to muslims for donald trump. His son will join us and tell us that story. And a new poll tonight, showing Hillary Clintons lead is narrowing. The former polster will join us. It does appear that it was an act of terrorism. She wont use the word radical islamic terrorism. When you run for president of the United States, the world is watching. If anyone doesnt think it was blown out of the sky, you are 100 wrong. We are not going to be the stupid country anymore. I have concluded he is not qualified to be president of the United States. He essentially shouldnt be running for office. He doesnt have the right to run for office. The kinds of positions that he is stating is not just offensive to people, they are potentially dangerous. A plane is blown out of the sky. If Hillary Clinton gets n i dont know if our country can recover. How stupid can we be . We are viewed as the stupid country. I know how
Candidates, deeply troubled former secretary of defense robert gates, he didnt think that candidate is ready to be president. And tonight, the story of a former republican senator, when he knew he was dying, had one wish. He wanted to apologize to muslims for donald trump. His son will join us and tell us that story. And a new poll tonight, showing Hillary Clintons lead is narrowing. The former polster will join us. It does appear that it was an act of terrorism. She wont use the word radical islamic terrorism. When you run for president of the United States, the world is watching. If anyone doesnt think it was blown out of the sky, you are 100 wrong. We are not going to be the stupid country anymore. I have concluded he is not qualified to be president of the United States. He essentially shouldnt be running for office. He doesnt have the right to run for office. The kinds of positions that he is stating is not just offensive to people, they are potentially dangerous. A plane is blown