[applause] good morning everybody. [applause] [inaudible] i want to start out by thinking the social center. Thank you. [applause] i want to thank a whole bunch of family members that are here. In the back come up front come over here. Back, up front, over here. I want to thank my wife marge. [applause] briefly but i do have to do it, its her birthday today. [applause] [laughter] happy birthday to you happy birthday dear lauren happy birthday to you [applause] as if i wasnt enough trouble already. So, lets get this out of the way right away. Im here to announce that im going to be a candidate for United States senate. [applause] it is so, yes buddy . [inaudible] [laughter] it is extremely meaningful to be able to do this and announce this here. 1848, a few steps from where this building is today, my fathers family first arrived here in this country. Came fleeingdy oppression, starvation and arrived here with literally nothing. He married a woman named bridget murphy. She ended up getti
Reasons it is horrifying when we have seen in moments both since october 7th and through our lifetimes moments with students who are arab or look arab are targeted for harassment or for violence. Any time you see any of that it has to be confronted. As again i would emphasize it has been confronted in the most unequivocal terms by the president of the united states. Sandra it looks like some of the local reps are weighing in on what they are seeing there. Obviously them message of antisemitism will not be tolerated here. Sounds like the office of the dean of students there and often has warned they cannot occupy the campus and are saying arrests could be made. So we are watching this happen live together and mr. Secretary, really appreciate you joining us today as eat we continue to watch this play out really appreciate your time, sir. Thank you. John appreciate it see you again soon. Sandra we will continue watching that scene on austin, texas, is now we wait for this White House Pres
Day 299 of the Trump Administration. And as of about two hour ago the president is back home at the white house, just returning from a 12day trip to asia. While he was gone republicans largely disowned their u. S. Senate candidate in alabama, democrats picked up elected offices in communities large and small especially in the commonwealth of virginia. And we saw several big headlines in the russia investigation. One of them involving his own son. He also comes home to a new poll that finds just 40 of americans view him as fit to serve as president. Thats a new low. 57 do not think he is fit to serve. And amid his compicationed relationship with his own attorney general Jeff Sessions is back on the hill today testifying before the house joolgsiary committee on the president s favorite subject, russia. It was the first time under oath since the news broke on two Trump Campaign aides telling trump contacts new. And most recently George Papadopoulos said he told sessions about connections
Senate candidate in alabama, democrats picked up elected offices in communities large and small especially in the commonwealth of virginia. And we saw several big headlines in the russia investigation. One of them involving his own son. He also comes home to a new poll that finds just 40 of americans view him as fit to serve as president. Thats a new low. 57 do not think he is fit to serve. And amid his complicated relationship with his own attorney general Jeff Sessions is back on the hill today testifying before the House Judiciary Committee on the president s favorite subject, russia. It was the first time under oath since the news broke on two Trump Campaign aides telling trump contacts new. And most recently George Papadopoulos said he told sessions about connections to russia during this meeting in march of 2016. Sessions had previously testified he was unaware of any communications between Campaign Officials and russians. Heres how he explained it today. I would like to address