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George washington began that practice of giving a state of the Union Message to congress when the First Congress met. But washington went in person to the congress, went to the senate chamber, and delivered the speech that has a serious of recommendations, relatively series of recommendations, relatively short speech. In those days they actually used to cut the state of the Union Message up into paragraphs and create ad hoc committees to address each one of the issues the president suggested. Washington and adams followed that practice. They created this idea that from time to time was an annual message. In fact the years it was known , as the annual message. It didnt become known as the state of the Union Message until the 1940s. In 1948, there was a hollywood movie called state of the union. That cemented the idea that it was the state of the Union Message. Washington and adams went in person to congress. Thomas jefferson however didnt , enjoy public speaking. He gave only to public
Know. S the america i thats the country we love. Clear eyed, bighearted, undaunted by challenge, optimistic that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word. That is what makes me so hopeful. Bout our future i believe in change because i believe in you, the American People. Here aswhy i stand confident as i have ever been that the state of our union is strong. , god you, god bless you bless the United States of america. [applause] great job, mr. President. Great to meet you. Pres. Obama thank you so much. Thank you. Happy new year. Pres. Obama this one, you should probably send in. It works. I want to make sure that it does work. Thank you. Appreciate you. Pres. Obama hey appreciate it. Really inspiring. Magnificent. Obama he definitely would have been. John lewis, i love you. Lewis i love you, too. Pres. Obama happy new year, everybody. [indiscernible] while just sent this in . Why dont you just said this in . On the christmas pictures, send them and that we will giv
Things. Not on everything. But a lot of things. And lets start with our Common Ground. When 75 of the American People think the federal government is corrupt what does that mean . Its democrats, republicans, independents, its young, old, men, women. When 80 believe we have a professional class that cares more about its privilege than on getting anything done republicans and democrats have exempted themselves from all of the laws they passed then matt means once again democrats, republicans, independents agree we need do Something Different and that is why i am running for president. [applause] we all know who you are. I would like to thank you for calling on me. We know who you are. I would like to introduce myself to you. I am holly, a u. S. States navy member. [applause] i dont actually have a question for you tonight what i do have is a challenge. You see during bill clintons Second Administration in the middle of the night by wave of the pen he changed the terminology to pow mia to
I dont believe so. And the patriots were hoping the controversy would lose steam, but tonight tom brady is camping heat over deflategate. News 4 at 11 00 starts now. Parents say Early School Start Times are putting their Childrens Health at risk. Good evening. Im doreen gentsler. And im in for jim gants. Pushing back the start time could cost tense of millions of dollars. From rockville a solution could be in the works. Reporter darlene, the School Superintendent is comfortable pushing start times back by about 20 minutes, but the many many parents who spoke tonight said very adamantly that is not enough. Im worried about my kids lack of sleep. Reporter parents of Montgomery County School Students filled the room headquarters for both of todays public hearing, clear the overwhelming majority wanted to see the board adopt the same later start time that the nearby county maintains. Most warrantsed the school day pushed back an hour or more for high School Students. Among those who testif