welsh this is brand new contemporary music. we re going to get into that as well as the politics. also tonight, carole king, the icon is here with us live. we re going to get into her activism, and why she says she has something to talk about on the beat, and we said come on over. it s a lot cooking here on this late august summer vibes. a lot of news, guests and a lot to get to. it ain t summer as far as the president is concerned. president biden going at what we calls the semifascism of certain maga republicans in that party. these are, according to some, the strongest comments yet, as he rebukes maga today just days after making waves in what was a parentally a very clear deliberate effort to address authoritarianism in america. so let me say this to my maga republican friends in congress don t tell me you support law enforcement if you won t condemn what happened on the 6th. for god s sake, whose side are you on? you can t be pro law enforcement and pro insurrect
fields, my people did not quit even when they were whipped an change, and told they had no name, my people didn t quit. even when they incarcerated us locked us up for crack cocaine epidemic created by presiden ronald reagan, which spawned a war in south america, my peopl did not quit even when they defended ou schools, separated us an called us colored and white, even when they put us on a lynching trees in the state of tennessee, specifically, i shelby county, my people didn quit even now, as our own brother and sisters later rest because of the failure of people i positions of power to do something, because people ar refusing to passed just laws t end the epidemic of gu violence in the state of tennessee, my people have ye to quit.
. the fact that i m able to stand up here today is another data point in that narrative. i was born in brooklyn hospital ,raised in a working class neighborhood in crown heights, grew up in the cornerstone baptist church, started off in the cradle roll department. somehow survived the violence of the crack cocaine epidemic. and wound up here in the united states congress as the highest ranking democrat in the house of representatives. america, truly a land of opportunity, government of the people, by the people and for the people. so on this first day, let commit to the american dream a dream that promises that if
violence of the crack cocaine epidemic and wound up here in the united states congress as the highest ranking democrat in the house of representatives. america truly a land of opportunity, government of the people, by the people, and for the people. so on this first day let us commit to the american dream, a dream that promises that if you work hard and play by the rules you should be able to provide a comfortable living for yourself and for your family, educate your children, purchase a home, and one day retire with grace and dignity. let us commit on this first day to lift up the american dream for every single person in this nation.
0 and i simply want to say that showing of strength is not for any one particular individual. it will be a showing of strength throughout the 118th congress, unanimity of purpose on behalf of the american people. before i proceed any further, let me begin by acknowledging the distinguished gentlelady from the great state of california, the iconic, the heroic, the legendary speaker amerita nancy pelosi. [ applause ] and without question in my mind speaker amerita pelosi will go down in history as the greatest speaker of all-time. throughout her time throughout her time in congress she s been a legendary legislator, a fabulous facilitator, and a no-nonsense negotiator. we know that nancy pelosi is a woman of faith, a loving wife, a mother of five, a grandmother of nine, a defender of democracy, a voice for the voiceless, and a powerful champion for the children, the climate, california, the caucus, the congress, the country, and the constitution. thank you, madam speaker, for all that