Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our honored guests, members of the United States house of representatives, members of the United States senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the Vice President of the United States and the president of the United States. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, the speaker of the house of representatives. The honorable paul ryan. [applause] rep. Ryan please be seated. Good afternoon everybody. It is a privilege to welcome you to the greatest hall in washington for an even grander occasion. We award to the highest civilian honor that this body can bestow. I am honored to be joined today by president donald trump, and Vice President mike pence, as well as senator Elizabeth Dole and second lady karen pence. I would also like to welcome all of our congressional leaders and so many familiar faces that i see in the audience. Today, it is my honor to say that pursuant to s1616, we the congressional gold medal to award the congressional gold medal t
[ applause ] [ applause ] thank yall so much. Thank you all so much. President marsh, speaker mccutchen, members of the alabama legislature, chief justice stewart, justices of the alabama supreme court, distinguished guests, and my fellow alabamians [ applause ] yall please be seated. What a game. [ laughter and applause ] i was honored to attend last nights game and witness a remarkable victory for the university of alabama, which brings another National Title to the great state of alabama. [ applause ] im proud of coach saban and the entire alabama football team. Their victory is another example of excellence in our state, striving for continued excellence. We are so very proud of them. As we begin this 2018 legislative session, we recognize that alabama has experienced a significant transformation in State Government since the first day of the 2017 session. On this occasion, i sat where my good friend, president dale morris sits tonight. And now, due to a Successful Transition in St
Education, and infrastructure investment. This is 25 minutes. Mr. Speaker, mr. President , members of the General Assembly, distinguished guests, and my fellow marylanders. To appear before this 447th session of the General Assembly and give a report on the state of our great state. It was on a snowy day just two years ago when i stood before spot, in thisry beautiful Historic Chamber to take the oath of office as maryland posh new governor. I was deeply grateful for the opportunity to serve my fellow marylanders. Hope for our state, hope for a people. I was fully aware that our state was facing some difficult challenges. With an opportunity in new beginning. We pledge to put maryland on a new with a revitalized spirit, with bipartisan cooperations. See, and solutions to our problems, regardless of which side of the aisle those ideas came from. The work began immediately on day one to set a new course of economic growth, security, and prosperity. For two years now we have been doing ex
Distinguished guests and my fellow marylanders. It is an honor to appear before this 400 37th segs of the general assemble to give report on the state of our great state. It was on a snowy day two years ago when i stood before you in this very spot in this beautiful Historic Chamber to take the oath of office as marylands new governor. I was truly humble for the opportunity to serve my fellow marylanders. I was full of hope for the state, people and hope for the future. I was fully aware that our state was facing some difficult challenges. It was an opportunity for a new beginning and the new direction. We pledged to put maryland on a new path with a new spirit, bipartisan cooperation. Where we could seek common sense solution to our problems regardless of where side of the aisle those ideas came from. The work began immediately on day one, we set a new course of economic growth, security, and prosperity for maryland, for two years now we have been doing exactly what we said we would d
43 with occasional showers this evening. S most of the rain is done by lunchtime, bull mt moderate rai moving back in tomorrow morning. People are hitting the brakes this morning. 95 north bound as you head into quantico, a little slow. No reason for that one. But southbound through woodbridge,bound as you head in quantico, a little slow. No reason for that one. But southbound through woodbridge, a crash near route 1. Not seeing it on camera, but you can see the rain falling. 295 forget this, no more worries there. 5 northbound at herbert, left lane getting by the crash cause something delays. Travel tyimes in ten minutes. A daycare employee will be in court today. Keara sprigs pleaded not guilty she faces 57 charges after accusations that she and another daycare worker it things like step on childrens toes and spray them in the face with water hoses. And a disturbing assault on a school bus has two middle schoolers facing Sexual Battery charges. Wtop reports that the 11 and 12yearold