Arizona for First Time Since 1996 and thats where we will begin this morning as the president continues his legal challenges today. President elect biden winning the state of arizona, thats according to nbc news decision desk overnight further cementing his victory in last weeks election biden now holds 290 electoral votes, to trumps 217. Georgia and North Carolina are the ones that are still too close to call, jim but if you put those two together, even flipping those for the president would not be enough yeah, look, carl, this matters tremendously there was a lot of uncertainty in the last four days that perhaps the president wouldnt leave the white house, the legal challenges would go on forever, december 13th would come, 14th is the last day, and there would be no concession about the electoral college. And this kind of makes it so that it is less likely, plus the attack on fox, believe it or not, made people realize maybe there is a second life, maybe a station that will be owned
Developers in the 2018 disappearance of the dprk ambassador who is now in south korea apparently as those continuing development in the wake of the reported shooting death of the south Korean Ministry of oceans and fisheries at sea apparently advance of the north koreans. Less bonus coverage of important u. S. Rok alliance issues including the upcoming economic dialogue started by the way by yours truly and the new vice ministerial lifestyle by possibly. Our very special guest this week is also our most frequent guest and are only repeat guest by the way is perfectly positioned to give us critical insights into these topics and more. Someone everyone knows well, Deputy Assistant secretary for koreajapan marc knapper, a graduate of princeton. We all know his bio well. Look it up on by which is to refresh of some highlights. Charles a fair u. S. Embassy so, Director Office of Japanese Affairs at the state Department Contract of Indian Affairs and multiple assignments throughout asia with
Good evening. Im harold, the chair of the lincoln forum. It is time now for our main event. I am proud to welcome back to the forum two of my favorite people, not only as friends, but as colleagues in the civil war field. Gary gallagher and joan waugh. Individually and as a team, they are superlative interpreters of the civil war era who combine military history and social and cultural history and bring to their scholarship and engagement with readers and audiences great knowledge, sophistication, and style. As your packets enumerate, they have individually and together and live into the literature over the years. Gary gallagher is a Professor Emeritus in the history of the American Civil War at the university of virginia and he is former director of the now civil war Sector Center there. You are all familiar with his major works, the confederate war, the union war, lee and his generals in war and memory. He is also, like many in this room, an aficionado, but more, an expert on civil w
At the white house in washington crowds dpagather fore inauguration of Franklin Roosevelt. Among the guests are wounded servicemen from nearby military hospitals. Before the south court koe of the white house, an inauguration is held here in the president s own backyard for the first time. From the steps 13 grandchildren of the president watched the ceremony. The bottom of the steps is the president ialed a visor and aid. Secretary of navy. Secretary of the interior. Chief justice of the United States. Admiral of the fleet, earnest king. Secretary of state and his wife. General of the army and his wife. Now in a grim year of war, the shortest and simplest inaugural on record begins. Former Vice President wallace swears in harry truman, new Vice President. President roosevelt takes the oath of office. I, Franklin Roosevelt solemnly swear i will faithfully execute the office of the United States and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect, and defend the constitution of the Unit
Good morning, everyone. The committee will come to order. Okay, first Budget Hearing in the energy committee, so nice to get started. This morning we will consider the president s budget request for the u. S. For us service for fy 2021. Chief christiansen, its good to welcome you back to the committee. Thank you for being here. We say around here that the president s budget request is just that, it is a request. It does start the annual budget process. It gives us here in congress the opportunity to learn about the administrations priorities and how it would carry them out. But ultimately its up to us to determine what programs to fund and what levels. Although this years budget request is far from pur infect, i agree that the priority must be on wild land Fire Management and improving the health of our forests. Im encouraged that the administration is proposing to invest significantly in harshazardous fuel reduction and other activities. We know they pay dividends in reducing the risk