Is my distinct privilege to be the first Maryland Governor to begin a state of the state address buying saying madam speaker. Just put in the applause applause mister president , up laughs , members of the General Assembly, and distinguished guests, it speaks to the greatness and diversity of our state and to the. The progress that we have made together that a young lawyer from Baltimore City, an African American leader from Baltimore County and a republican businessman from Prince George are all here before this General Assembly having been chosen to lead our great state at the dawn of this new decade. This is possible because of those who came before us, selfless leaders like George Washington who resigned as commander of the continental forces just a few steps down the hall in our old senate chamber, Frances Scott key who in the future of a fledgling nation was in doubt penned the words that continue to inspire us today, and trail blazers like Harriet Tuchman and frederick douglas,
From fort monroe in hampton roads, virginia, this is about two and a half hours. [ applause ] to begin our program, please welcome the honorable donny artuck, may your of the city of hampton. Please take your seats. Good morning, and welcome to the 400th anniversary of the first african landing commemorative ceremony. Its my honor to welcome Governor Ralph Northam and first lady pamela northam, Lieutenant Governor justin fairfax, attorney general mark herring, senator mark warner and senator tim kaine. U. S. Representative bobby scott, and representative elaine luria of virginia, representative karen bass of california and representative william clay of missouri, speaker of the house of delegates, First Council lawrence monzai for the embassy of rwanda, former Virginia Governor robert mcdonald, former missouri governor eric grietens, chief judge Roger Gregory of the First Circuit court of appeals, members of the governors cabinet, members of virginia General Assembly including Senate M
Now got to leave the stage. Im shaun ley with todays other headlines. Faster journeys, news routes and more trains its all change on the railways from tomorrow. Protesters against italys far right party the league gather in rome, for whats expected to be the biggest demonstration yet by grassroots activists, that call themselves the sardines. And at 3 30pm therell be an electioncast special, when adam fleming and the team look back at yesterdays result. Thats coming up here on the bbc news channel. Good afternoon. The Prime Minister is visiting the north east of england, where a surge of support for the conservatives in traditional labour seats helped his party to its biggest election win in 30 years. Boris johnson met supporters in newly conservative sedgefield, tony blairs old constituency. The labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn is coming under increasing pressure to resign immediately after his party suffered its worst Election Results since the 1930s. Our report from matt cole contains som
Protesters against italys far right party, the league, gather in rome for whats expected to be the biggest demonstration yet by grassroots activists that call themselves the sardines. Good evening, and welcome to bbc news. The Prime Minister has visited the north east of england to thank voters in traditional labour heartlands for backing his party. Borisjohnson met with supporters in newly conservative sedgefield, tony blairs former constituency. The labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn is coming under increasing pressure to resign with immediate effect after his party suffered its worst Election Results since the 1930s. Our political correspondent, iain watson, reports. A Prime Minister is a familiar sight in these parts, though its usually been a labour and not a conservative one. So where better for borisjohnson to rub his opponents nose in the election result than in tony blairs old Stomping Ground of sedgefield. I know that people may have been breaking the voting habits of generations to
Faster journies, news routes and more trains its all change on the railways from tomorrow. Protesters against italys far right party, the league, gather in rome for whats expected to be the biggest demonstration yet by grassroots activists that call themselves the sardines. Good evening, and welcome to bbc news. The Prime Minister has visited the north east of england to thank voters in traditional labour heartlands for backing his party. Borisjohnson met with supporters in newly conservative sedgefield tony blairs former constituency. The labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, is coming under increasing pressure to resign with immediate effect after his party suffered its worst Election Results since the 1930s. Our political correspondent, iain watson, reports. A Prime Minister is a familiar sight in these parts, though its usually been a labour not a conservative one. So where better for borisjohnson to rub his opponents nose in the election result than in tony blairs old Stomping Ground of s