Not blind side each other. That kind of cooperation helped make the senate work. Even when they were fighting they did it i the rules and they respected each other as colleagues. Donald richie, thank you very much. My pleasure. Coming up in 20 minutes, we will continue our look on the historical role of this Senate Majority leader. First, a conversation with senator mitch mcconnell, the incoming Senate Majority leader. He talks about the history and tradition of the United States senate. Senator mcconnell, as you come to work each day, you look at this building, what does it represent to you . The history of the United States. And the symbol of the greatest democracy and the oldest democracy in the world. And i think about it really almost every day as i walk into a structure that had only then partially opened in may of 1800 when the government moved here from philadelphia and had been developing in phases. The greatest development, i guess, prior to the civil war. This office itself,
Africanamerican vote. This is just under two hours. [applause] good morning. It is an honor to be here with this distinguished panel, with the leadership of the foundation. It is an honor and pleasure to be here with each and every one of you. We are about to hear a presentation, and exchange of ideas, about something so fundamental, the right to vote. I will be brief. Dr. King said one of the most significant steps we could take is a short walk to the voting booth. That is what we all have to do in the election. A few weeks ago we had the privilege of bestowing the congressional gold medal. It was so remarkable because it was so overdue, but also because of the very same time we were appealing to our colleagues to pass a bipartisan Voting Rights act to correct the shelby decision. That has still not happened but we must make it happen. In order to make it happen, we all must vote. As i said, it is a privilege to be here. To accept the invitation of the Congressional Black Caucus found
For work. You want to give yourself a few extraminutes when you head out the door. Thank you. Its 5 01 now. More on the overnight accident in the south bay. Developing news. It was a wild traffic accident. It sent ten people to south bay hospitals. Several of them with life threatening injuries. It happened near capital suppress way. Thats where abc 7 News Reporter nick smith joins us with this live report. Reporter crews have been here all night. As many as eight cars were involved in that crash. You can see they are actually putting another car up on the wrecker right now. This is what we know. San jose police tell us they received a call about a crash at the intercession of east capital expressway near reed hill view airport just before 9 30 last night. Cops say a black mercedes sedan was speeding. It ran a light, broadsiding a car causing it to flip several times and hit several cars in the process before bursting into flames. The fire was spreading pretty fast. Officers on scene w
Darya the blizzard buried the boston area in more than that exceeded 70miles perhour. On the left you can see flooding in a small massachusetts town. The storm brought mark significant coastal flooding and severe beach erosion. On the right you can see just how rough the conditions were on the coast. Mark the storm is quieter this morning. Mark Bostons Logan International Airport is expected to resume some flights. Mark but the bitter cold threatens to complicate efforts to clear clogged streets and restore power to more than 15thousand homes and businesses. Mark this is what it looked like in new york. Mark streets are empty but theres not that much snow compared to other parts of the north east. Mark new york and new jersey were spared the worst of the storm. Mark and this is the scene in new jersey. Mark people were out walking around. Despite being told to stay home. Mark forecasters had warned new jersey and new york that they could get one to two feet of snow. Mark both states go