Virtual in this occasion, has been so the last two years. But its a real honor to be able to be under this roof and in the fellowship of people caring about the same subject as you all do here today. Id like to begin by recognizing two members of our board of directors who are here. Tham kind of hickam is going to be here today. I dont see her yet. And john barrett is here today. And we have a large number of our National Council on white house history who are here today, and youll be meeting them during the interaction you have in these sessions, as well as the lunch. And they are a fantastic group of people, as well as our Board Members. And it is they who put wind in our cells and make our work possible. And we are so grateful for the support that we have from our National Council, from our board and from all of you. Id like to also thank two people who really were the backbone of all of this. Dr. Colleen sugar and dr. Matthew costello, who from start to now finish have made all of
In this room. And i have the privilege and honor of serving as the president of the White House Historical association. Well, its been quite a while since we have had the opportunity to convene here on our campus. Everyone has been largely virtual in this occasion, has been so the last two years. But its a real honor to be able to be under this roof and in the fellowship of people caring about the same subject as you all do here today. Id like to begin by recognizing two members of our board of directors who are here. Tham kind of hickam is going to be here today. I dont see her yet. And john barrett is here today. And we have a large number of our National Council on white house history who are here today, and youll be meeting them during the interaction you have in these sessions, as well as the lunch. And they are a fantastic group of people, as well as our Board Members. And it is they who put wind in our cells and make our work possible. And we are so grateful for the support that
And we begin today in on the details of John Boehners plan to avoid the fiscal cliff. We want to hear from you. How optimistic are you that a compromise can still be reached before the end of the year . Give us a call and you can get up with us on all your social media web sites on facebook and twitter, or e mail us. A very good morning to you. I want to take you to the lead story in todays Washington Post. That was todays Washington Post. Heres the headlines from politico today. I want to take you to speaker John Boehners comments on the state of the current negotiations and his plan b. [video clip] what the white house offered yesterday was 1. 30 trillion in new revenues for only 850 billion in net spending reductions. That is not balanced in my opinion. At the same time we will continue to talk to the president , we will also move to plan b. We all know every income tax filer in america is going to pay a higher rate january 1 unless congress acts. I believe it is important that we p
America. And this last hour on the senate floor. I ask that the United States senate observe a moment of silence to honor the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy. Today, newtown starts the first of 26 funerals. Two students will be laid to rest this afternoon. First is jack pinto. A new york giants fan. Smart kid. Number 8, victor cruz, on sunday the giants star cruz wore jacks name on the cleats. Also being laid to rest today, 6yearold noah pozner calling his twin sister his best friend. She was in another classroom and she survived. Nbcs Michelle Franzen is outside noahs funeral not far from sandy hook elementary. Michelle, what is the mood throughout . Reporter well, toure, just a short time ago within the last hour, the Funeral Services for noah pozner finished here after a very emotional sermon and services that were told that occurred inside. Family and friends and people who didnt even know little noah showing up here to show support for the family. A local rabbi
Thats good. But we fell a little behind in iowa. And some people are saying, how could it be . In every poll, this isnt just here, that the people that are with trump are with trump. They dont go anywhere. Theyre staying. Its true. I see it. I see it. You know, a couple of times, they say, well, that could be the end. Then they do something, im ten points up. Its the craziest thing, right . But well take it. That was donald trump just moments ago. In a moment, well run all the numbers in detail for you. First, lets go to cnns sarah murray, whos at the event tonight. It is interesting to see how hes now kind of questioning the scientific merit of some of these polls. Reporter yeah, he certainly is. And you know, you can understand why hes confused, because he comes to events like this, he draws a bigger crowd than any other republican candidate, and he wonders why its not showing up in the poll numbers. As im talking to some of his campaign staff, they say, look, maybe these polls arent