Eisenhower,president of the United States of america. [applause] this happy occasion preserves unbroken, a tradition which began with president theodore roosevelt. The great and the near great have addressed this audience. And tonight we welcome the man whom history will record as preeminent among World Leaders in our of greatest need. [applause] i have in mind the rapid ascension of communist aggression as millions of people were enveloped the hide of farreaching iron curtain. I have in mind the stalemate of futility in korea, the rampaging inflation in our homeland which was eating up the savings of the many and troubling thevoters of our Free Enterprise economy. Here then is the man trained in war who will be acclaimed by future generations as the man who laid the foundation of peace. [applause] and more, he is our president whom we love with adeep and abiding affection. [applause] [music] welcome to the Commonwealth Club, im George Hammond chair of the Humanities Forum that put tog
Center operations. Allocated between the parties and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentlewoman from texas, ms. Jackson lee, for five minutes. Ms. Jackson lee ask to address the house for five minutes, and revise and extend. The specrying,vomiting, and eigs pregnant the yuck woman walked in labor pains for an hour in search of an ambulance. She was 23 years old. Her journey did not end with that. She finally got to a place where a taxi was there, she had to convince this taxi driver in the midst of confusion, desperation, lack of food to take her 12 hours in labor to a place where she could deliver her baby. That is the plight of almost 650,000 women in pakistan. Where the floodwaters are monstrosities you would not imagine. In visiting pakistan, the congressional pakistan caucus, in the last 10 days i could see water as far as the eye c
Let us start with a check of the markets. The equities are lower. About tensions in ukraine offset earnings from Johnson Johnson and cocacola. The nasdaq composite taking the read theit of the day index is heading for the lowest closed since november. A look at the chart. For the industrial average, it is also done fractionally. Tois down just to down 16,171. 20 we will update with julie hyman at 56 and 26 minutes past the hour. Government troops have moved against prorussian separatists in ukraines eastern region. Authorities say they have identified members of russias special forces among the antigovernment troops. Four militants were killed, two were wounded when ukrainian troops stormed an airport, taking it under control. The government in kiev started the operation. Secretarygeneral ban kimoon asked the u. S. To condemn the Ukraine Military actions. Mr. Obama expressed what the white house calls great concern over the russian Government Support for the approach for the prorussian
Grows grows. In baghdad, tensions are rising as isis are closing. They have advanced to just 35 miles from the capital. The white house faces tough decisions, not a lot of time. President obama has met with his National Security team to discuss all the options both military and diplomatic. We will have a live report from baghdad with our Anderson Cooper on the ground in just a moment. B but first, a thrilling and perhaps unexpected win for team usa in the world cup. Oh, yeah, the crowd goes wild. The opening match victory setting off earthquakes as watch parties across the country. It was substitute john brooks, just 21 years old, who scored that winning goal with that amazing header in just a few minutes left in the game. The 21 victory over ghana, revenge after they beat the u. S. In the last two world cups. What an exciting game, and here to break it all down, Rachel Nichols, the host of cnns unguarded. Also joining us is ted roland with fan reaction. Hes in chicago and has been see