Please welcome our honored guest, speaker nancy pelosi, accompanied by kevin mccarthy, sean clyburn, marco rubio, jared kathy castor, michael waltz, frederica wilson, president nancy r lumet and Lawrence M Drake the second. Ladies and gentlemen, the honorable nancy pelosi, speaker of the United States house of representatives. [applause] Speaker Pelosi it is my privilege to welcome you to statuary hall as we celebrate a pioneer pioneering patriotic americans. The pride of florida and america, dr. Mary mcleod thune. Dr. Mary Mcleod Bethune. Please stand for the presentation of colors and the national anthem. Max holt. O say can you see, by the dawns early light, what so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming, whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, oer the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming . And the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there, o say does that starspangled banne
Weekend ineffective the verdict on the worlds response to the ethnic cleansing of mere miles range of people. Israeli police say though recommended Benjamin Netanyahu be indicted on corruption charges the Prime Minister says it will never happen. And the president s chief of staff it had full confidence and trust in his abilities and his performance. Another key trump aide is force out of the white house this one accused of abusing two exwives. Almost two hundred people have been killed in the past three days alone in rebel held parts of syria after some of the most intense fighting and shelling in months thirty four people died oh when. A rebel on klav on the outskirts of damascus where four hundred thousand people are thought to be besieged by Government Forces since twenty four others died in a province which has been the target of recent Chemical Attacks a government offensive backed by russian air support has been underway there for weeks russian bombing in the areas being ramped
A high level delegation from pyongyang touches down in south korea ahead of the Winter Olympics bringing the sister of north Korean Leader kim jong un plus our forces have the inherent right to self defense washington deny is accusing us of war crimes in syria after a u. S. Airstrike kills almost one hundred pro assad fights and. What the miramar government didnt want the world to see evidence of a massacre and the journalists who revealed it are in jail. But first the u. S. Is heading for its second Government Shutdown within a month thats after the senate adjourned without holding a vote to pass a budget deal the midnight deadline has just. Asked the agreement struck by republican and Democratic Leaders in the senate has faced stiff resistance from both camps that what was being proposed was a two year deal which would have increased spending on both defense and domestic programs to the tune of three hundred billion dollars more than half of that would be for the military alone on th
Taking off from the russian capital in just a few moments from moscow with the very latest on the grid and we will have you back Prime Minister netanyahu threatens further action against anyone who threatens israel or that battle in the skies above syria and israel calls the crash of an israeli warplane in the early star of the Winter Olympics. Has been the center of attention in south korea with kim. Jong diplomatic Charm Offensive now as were looking at whether it was a success or if its all been a timely distraction from the Nuclear Issue in the north. Finally free more than three hundred soldiers have been rescued from fighting in south sudan its a happy ending but how will they fight back into society after years of sexual and psychological abuse im leah harding connector thats the hash tag a. J. News for. You with the news grid live on air and streaming online through you tube Facebook Live and at aljazeera dot com breaking news this hour out of russia as we say a passenger plane
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