And family. [cheers and applause] congratulations. The gentleman from colonial heights, mr. Cox. Mr. President , i have the honor to present the Lieutenant Governorelect, the honorable ralph northam. [cheers and applause] the gentleman from colonial heights, mr. Cox. Mr. President , on behalf of the inaugural committee, i have the honor to present the governorelect, the honorable terence r. Mcauliffe and family. [cheers and applause] the joint assembly will come to order. God bless america will now be performed by the Virginia State university gospel chorale under the direction of mr. James holden, jr. And under the choreographry of mr. Perry a. Evans ii. While the storm clouds gather far across the sea while the storm clouds gather far across the sea let us swear allegiance to a land thats free let us all be grateful for a land so fair as we raise our voices in a solemn prayer God Bless America, land that i love stand beside her and guide her through the night with a light from above
Congress is back in session today. The house gavels in at noon eastern for general speeches. 2 00 eastern for legislative work. The senate is also back at 2 00 p. M. Here is a preview of the week ahead on the hill. We want to take a step back and talk more broadly about congress. It is going to be a busy week. Is on therowicz phone. He is a reporter with the hill. Thanks for joining us. Budget us about the first. Weve been waiting for the larger omnibus spending bill to be unveiled. Is that happened has that happened yet . And has not as of last night. That is the big mission of the week for congress. They will have to do it in two stages. They will have to pass a short term bill through saturday and that will give them time to wrestle through the giant, a little bit more than 1 trillion spending bill, for the rest of the year. It seems like theres is a lot of agreement just to do it that way. And then that will fund it and give them three or four days to figure out the spending bill.
Released a statement saying House Minority leader nancy pelosi had the following to say in a statement president obama also released a statement that reads later today, Terry Mcauliffe will be sworn in as virginias next governor. We will have live coverage of the inauguration ceremony beginning at 12 05 eastern on c span. The house ended the week by passing a bill that would require the federal government to report Security Breaches on its healthcare. Gov website. Members will be turning their attention to a shortterm spending measure this week that will keep the government funded past january 15, which is when expiresding authority for the federal government. The senate will continue to work on the bill extending Unemployment Benefits that expired in december for more than a million people. For more on those items and what to expect next week, we talked to a reporter covering capitol hill. As Congress Wraps up its first full week and gets set for another full week of legislative actio
Are you prepared to take the oath . Yes, sir, i am. Would you raise your right hand, placed your a 10 on the bible, help held by your wifes hand, acquired by the Virginia Military economy, and repeat after me i, ralph s northam, do solemnly swear that i will uphold the constitution of the United States of america and the constitution of the commonwealth of virginia and that i will faithfully and impartially discharge all of the duties incumbent upon me as Lieutenant Governor of the commonwealth of virginia according to the best of my ability, so help me god. Congratulations. [applause] the oath of office will now be administered to the governor elect, the honorable Terence R Mcauliffe. [applause] by the honorable cynthia kinzer, chief justice of the Supreme Court of virginia. [applause] are you ready to take the oath of office . I am. Raise your right hand and place your left hand on the bible and repeat after me. I, Terence R Mcauliffe, do solemnly swear that i will support the consti
scene this morning taking away lanes as needed. so expect to slowdown. we re not seeing delays anything like this right now and expect to slowdown crossing over thornburg right before route 3. i ll send it back to peggy. at top of the hour here s a look at some of the stories happening today. mid east peace talks come to washington. it s the first face-to-face meeting in two years. ground breaking today for a new home for the national cancer institute. it s off shady grove road in rockville, maryland. eventually it will house 2100 workers. the dramatic candidate for mayor in d.c. take part in a debate today. it s a key matchup between mayor adrian fenty and councilman gray. also today virginia s governor will move to act ahead of hurricane earl. the storm is inching closer with the latest on earl s impact let s go live to kristin fisher in the satellite center. kristen. at the very least earl is going to kick up some dangerous waves and currents over the labor day w