Before he came in to start the meeting, the president spoke briefly. This is just over two hours. Ladies and gentlemen, the Vice President of the United States. Good morning. Please be seated. On behalf of the first family, welcome to the white house. And welcome to the inaugural meeting of the president ial on electionmission integrity of the area of just over two months ago, may 11, President Trump signed an executive order to create a fairssion to help promote and honest federal elections, the foundation of our democracy. Toction Integrity Matters every american. Calvin coolidge reminded us that the whole system of American Government rests on the ballot box. President reagan declared that the right to vote was the crown jewel of american liberties. By establishing this commission, President Trump is taking action to ensure the ballot box remains inviolate and that the crown jewel shines brighter than ever before. At the president s direction, i will have the honor to Service Chairm
Integrity, established by the president to study federal election processes enconcluding Voter Registration and information, allegations of fraud and cybersecurity. The president and Vice President opened the meeting. Ladies and gentlemen, the Vice President of the United States. Well, good morning. Please be seated. On behalf of the first family, welcome to the white house. And welcome to the inaugural meeting of the president ial Advisory Commission on Election Integrity. Just over two months ago on may the 11th, President Trump signed an executive order to create a commission to in his words, help to quote, promote fair and honest federal elections. The foundation of our democracy. Election Integrity Matters to i every american. President Calvin Coolidge reminded us in his words, quote, the whole system of American Government rests on the ballot box and president reagan declared, quote, the right to vote is the crown jewel of american liberties. A by establishing this commission, Pr
Daybreak asia. 7 00 p. M. Andpast i am Kathleen Hays. Is discussingne the trump speech. Yvonne absolutely. Breaking news coming in through south korea with those trade numbers and it was a beat on all fronts. Surging 20 point 2 . The estimate was for 13. 6 rise. Anotheras well, riding estimate. Early indications of this, kathleen, when we had the first numbers in the first 28 days of the month, which did stir some 20 some percent. Really showing how resilient it is in the face of this political scandal that we do see rockingham south korea. That coming in at 7. 2 billion won, and it is a big beat there. Kathleen of course we have seen bright as one of the lights for koreas economy. Consumer confidence took a big tumble in january, as you know, and there is a concern that people are not immune to what is going on in their country, and there is a scandal that rocked samsung, the biggest, most powerful company in korea, and the presidency. Almagro and on. Yvonne you have to add a lot goin
In the major leagues, stacey freyey, is that progressive fied we wait in long time, and the cubs longer. R. It will cost you to get inside about 800 for standing room only tickets for the watch party just went on sale,t and they say there are experiencing high volume, 5 per ticket, good luck to get him on that for games three and four they arrived at hopkins then taken to games one and two tuesday and wednesday post onon they hit the field for the first workout since one of the alcs danny salazar, to be back to find were behind home plate they played crowd noises for practice, quickly were beginnin game on , the one we got to determined depending on the cubs are the heavy favorite indians have been underestimate along. Promenades counted to win this but that has been the postseason, it is got there to play the game and we find a way to win the gamess we have each others back and we have fun. s first time for a lot of guys to be herere just focusing the task at hand to play the if you w
Our job is to educate, organize, mobilize people. Or years from now is a long time. Weve got other things to worry about today. [applause] you talk about universal healthcare and its something that so many of us believe in. What do you think is the straightest path to get that at this point . The problem lies in a corrupt Campaign Finance system. And the first thing weve got to do is overturn citizens united. [applause] and in my view, moved to public funding of elections. What we also have got to do, and this worries me very much , its directly related to healthcare or the environment or anything else. You have to pay a lot of attention and fight back against voter suppression. There are cowardly republican governors all over this country who are afraid of free, open and democratic elections and theyre trying to make it harder for young people, for old people, people of color to participate in the political process so we got to resist that and move toward a nation in which everybody ,