Judicial nominations. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Ee ternl god, we are grateful that you continue to rule the universe. We being a knowledge that though wrong seems so strong your purposes will be fulfilled. Lord, we praise you for your promise that in everything you continue to work for the good of those who love you. Mighty god, let your will be done lest our law makers bless our lawmakers. Listen to their prayers. Quench their thirst for your proence with your abiding love. May they not forget the many times you have helped them in the past. We pray in your gracious name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Grassley madam president. The presiding of
How we order our societies, but for me obviously the bible is primarily the revelation of god planning principles for humanity and the best way to know the keys to living a godly life with intimacy with him and if you believe in the new testament as i do is son jesus christ. I also think as a trained historian its one of the most important history books that you will ever readve. Theres no better Single Source than the bible. Its all there, the rise and fall of empires from, you know, the babylon to the persians, to the greeks, to the roman empire. And then finally, even if you dont shower and then finally even if you dont share my faith, or the jewish or Christian Faith, i think it is one of the most important books of philosophy ever written. I mean, if you read the songs the proverbs, even if you dont have a view of the world, the principal, the philosophical beliefs that are found inca scripture are, you know some of the most timeless and eternal and important ever written. Host ho
Learn about the siblings she never met and heal the wounds of her past. We are joined by esther and her son awardwinning novelist Jonathan Safran foer, author of everything is illuminated, extremely loud and very close and as well as the nonfiction books feeding animals and we are the weather. Jonathans debut novel was inspired by his journey to trochenbrod in the ukraine to find a family that hidafather and while his search turned up nothing the success of the novel awakened worldwide interest in trochenbrod that led to new careers for esther. Armed with a handdrawn map esther made the trip to ukraine and found more than she ever hoped she would. We are honored to have both esther and jonathan with us tonight for their first public dialogue about thebook. So before we begin a few quick things to note. Tonights conversation will follow with an audience q and a and you can submit your questions into the chat box and we will do our best to get to as many as we can but we have hundreds of
All know,t, as we this is not a conventional convention. And as much as we would have loved to host you in person, i am proud the Democratic Party in the city of milwaukee have made the health of our residents our number one priority. Unlike the president , we have covid19 ar hoax. Unlike the president , we have never made fun of face masks. And unlike the president , we have never belittled her Public Health experts. We understand that our Public Health experts. We understand why we cant be together, and we hope you do too, and as our party comes together virtually to nominate joe biden as our next president , we are showing the country we are nominating a leader who isnt afraid to make tough choices or to work with Health Experts come and not against them, to address this pandemic experts, and not against them, to address his pandemic. Milwaukee is special. I look forward to the day when you are all able to come expense are beautiful lakefront, our historic neighborhoods, and above a
This is not a conventional convention. And as much as we would have loved to host you in person, i am proud the Democratic Party in the city of milwaukee have made the health of our residents our number one priority. Unlike the president , we have covid19 ar hoax. Unlike the president , we have never made fun of face masks. And unlike the president , we have never belittled her Public Health experts. We understand that our Public Health experts. We understand why we cant be together, and we hope you do too, and as our party comes together virtually to nominate joe biden as our next president , we are showing the country we are nominating a leader who isnt afraid to make tough choices or to work with Health Experts come and not against them, to address this pandemic experts, and not against them, to address his pandemic. Milwaukee is special. I look forward to the day when you are all able to come expense are beautiful lakefront, our historic neighborhoods, and above all, our diverse, h