Professor richard gamble. When did the phrase sitting on the hill originate . In the gospel of matthew and made way of American History by way of speech and discourse written by the governor john back in 1630 and he wrote what became later a very famous speech called charity and gradually the phrase sitting on a hill came to describe be used by historians and others to describe america and one of the things im most interested in is how americans got into the habit of calling themselves a city on hill, how did they become an american nickname and the tendency that i found over the years is for politicians and journalists and others to assume that americans from earlier colonial period always thought themselves as city on a hill. It took more than 200 years before a prominent american historian started picking up the phrase and applying it to americas identity. What does the concept mean . Comes from the sermon on the mount in gospel of matthew and there jesus says to the crowd and disci
The president also has a meeting with the chinese president. I will take place on friday. We will begin with pope francis and this question, what impact has he had on Public Policy, and potentially, what impact will his visit have on u. S. Public policy . We are dividing our phone lines between democrats, republicans, and independents. 202 7488000, democrats. 202 7488001, republicans. If you are an independent, 202 7458002. Also, you can join us on facebook, facebook. Com cspan. Or send us a tweet at cspanwj. Morning to you. Thank you it much for being with us. You might imagine, here in washington, and in many headlines around the country, a preview of pope francis, who is in cuba. His weekend this is the First Time Ever that inside ofis sets foot the United States. It will be a historic visit. Coversulliam bailey religion for the Washington Post, and she is joining us live on the phone. Lets first talk about the Catholic Church and what this represents for catholic america. This is a
Into the oval office for a meeting together. I want to ask you, because there was a phrase that he mentioned, common home, and he used it twice. Why that phrase . This is a favorite phrase of his. That the earth is our common home. And we need to protect it and care for it. And pass it on to our children and our grandchildren and our greatgrandchildren. He talks about us being stewards of creation. That means not just using and abusing it but also caring for it and making sure it is as good of shape when he pass it on as it was when we received it. Father thomas, thank you for joining us on a spectacular day that the lord has made. It truly is. Thank you. Charlie, back to you. How remarkable to see the pope at the white house and the enthusiasm. Normally this would be the hour for cbs news. But this morning, this is a special report about the popes visit to washington and to the white house. And this speech in english, it was the first time that i had ever heard him speak in english, w
Their budget. 31,000 employees. In the meantime, we want to go through the newspapers and look at some of the news stories, including ukraine and the violence of there. The president budget is being previewed and the gop tax plan is being unveiled next week. Have a Public Policy discussion item that you would like to add to the table, we are going to put the numbers up on the screen. You can dial in. Republicans, 202 5853881. Democrats, 202 5853880. Independents, 202 5853882. Go to social media. cspanwj is our twitter handle. In our participate conversation on the nih on facebook. Facebook. Com cspan. Here are some headlines on the ukraine. Ukraines bloodiest day. This picture is taking a most of the front page. Bodies of some of the protesters that were killed. Here is the front page of the pittsburgh postgazette. Their headline is ukraines president open to early elections. M politico, John Mccain White house on ukraine stunning. Sanctions on the ukraine and slammed the administratio
People traveled just wednesday alone, the highest since march. Overnight the u. S. Hit a new daily record high, more than 200,000 cases. Now daily deaths are fast approaching that record set in april. As we do say good morning, everybody, it is sunday, november 29th. Im kendis gibson. Im lindsey reiser. Were happy youre with us and have a team of reporters and analysts following the latest. Lets begin in washington, d. C. President trump is returning to the white house after spending the last three days golfing in Northern Virginia with his time with the president ial helicopter dwindling, he used marine one to shuttle him directly to the course. Like right there, landing him right there. In the meantime, his administration suffered another setback as the Pennsylvania Supreme Court rejected a republican lawsuit targeting mailin ballots, that blow delivered just a day after trump appointed federal judge rejected the campaigns request to not declare biden the winner in the battleground s