Of the United States president obama now just hours away from that storied speech before congress and the nation and the state of our union. Hi, everybody. Im thomas roberts. Topping our agenda today, mustsee tv. The address that will set the stage for the second half of the obama presidency, and the president is expected to expand his agenda, laying out the goal markers that will define his legacy in office, with a focus on the economy and job creation. To mobilize the American People, build support for his proposals, and push the republicans through public pressure and through public opinion. Proposals to grow the economy, to deal with immigration, to address gun violence, that have majority support in the country. The question remains, will the president strike a softer tone than he did in his inaugural address . Will he reach across the aisle, or draw another line in the sand . This is the last best shot he has to move the needle. Theres a little more pressure on the president to h
Also today, could the u. S. War against isis militants spread from iraq to syria . The terror group operates in both countries, and president obamas defense team says going after isis in iraq alone is having limited impact. Well tell you what the options are at this moment for the u. S. Good afternoon to you all. Thank you so much for being here. Im t. J. Holmes. We do have that breaking story. All eyes right now on Staten Island where theres a massive rally going on. Its well under way now. People there protesting the police choke hold death of eric gardner. Well give you a look at the podium where the family of eric gardner is speaking alongside the reverend al sharpton. You see him at the podium. Reverend sharpton the head of the National Action network and msnbc host. His National Action network organized this march and rally today. Most of these marchers that youre seeing there, theyve been demonstrating for a little while this morning. They arrived by bus a little earlier today.
Who we wouldnt take his word for it without any supporting documents. Police continue to say the murderer acted alone. If you are looking for a motive for his mass murder, if that makes a difference to your understanding against this latest gun massacre, then maybe hold out hope that someday well get word of what that motive might have been. For now we know hes the suspect, he had an a. R. 15 and tons of ammo. Police say it was all legally acquired. Because the laws our lawmakers have made on guns welcome a young man in his circumstances to arm himself the way he did, that ends up being the most important thing to know about how he came to a place in his life, in this country where he could kill that many people himself. There was no moment of silence today among our lawmakers in washington for this massacre. Usually after the latest gun massacre of American Children they have a moment of silence. They did have one in the u. S. Senate today, but they didnt have one in the house. And th
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This Spring Semester, a political science class pored through the James R. Langevin Papers in RIC’s Special Collections at Adams Library to learn how public policy making is done.A former member of Congress representing the 2nd Congressional District in Rhode Island from 2001 to 2023, U.S. Congressman James Langevin ’90 donated his collection of documents, legislation, correspondence, speeches and more to RIC’s Adams Library upon his retirement from public office last year.