Highest honor, double finger guns with a wink. [ laughter ] donald trump donald trump reportedly paid aids and staffers to cheer and clap for him at his press conference yesterday. Eh, not the worst thing hes paid people to do for him. [ laughter ] [ applause ] i mean, laugh and clap. Thats right, trump paid staffers to clap for him at his press conference. I mean, can you imagine anything sadder than that . Please clap. [ laughter and applause ] seth okay. Thats sadder, i take it back. Im willing to admit when i am wrong. [ light laughter ] that is sadder. The head of the office of government ethics said yesterday that the only way for donald trump to completely avoid conflicts of interest is to sell his assets and place them in a blind trust. Said trump, fine, i trust ivanka. [ laughter ] Senate Republicans today passed a budget blueprint marking the obamacare. Which means its going to cost us a lot more to get this mole looked at. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] researchers in
Thank you all for coming out. What a Beautiful Day to make history again. Inthis very day 50 years ago this very spot, dr. Martin luther king jr. Came to king street to deliver his march on ballot boxes speech. 8, 1966,nday, may mothers day, just as it is today, and now we gather on these hallowed grounds, 50 years later, to remember that important day in the history of king street and williams gstree and williamsburg, South Carolina. Thank you for being here for this importance occasion. When dr. King spoke your on may a rainy afternoon as you will see it was his first major public appearance in South Carolina. Speeches in three the state of South Carolina and defined not mistaken, the other two locations were in charleston and orange. Ree firstme to kingst and he came here after the passage of the Voting Rights act of 1965. He came as a result of mr. Virgil dimly of the funeral home who came to atlanta, camped out, took up residence outside dr. King pro office for three days, hounded
She said to me, on that day, i want you to see what you can be when you grow up. I will never forget that day. I thought about that day while we stood here in this field. Now i said to bakari a few ago, this day has even more significance to me. At the time that we came here, i was also serving as chairman of the board of directors of the shaw boys club in charleston, South Carolina. Many of you may not recognize shaw. Me robert gould Robert Gould Shaw was the quiet kernel colonel who commanded the 54th regiment. And to see here today reenactors of the 54th regiment participate in this program and reflect back on that day, this day has significant meaning to me in the way that you would not believe. [applause] heres what i want to say about today. I dont know if i ever thought, while standing on these grounds 50 years ago, that i would be back here 50 years later, as your representative to the United States congress. But i am. And its because of what was launched that day. Remember wat
To monitor the efforts by the Afghan Government and Afghan Security forces to retake kunduz and that will factor into a longer term assessment of the conditions on the ground which will influence longer term policy decisions the president will have to make. Reporter has the president received those recommendations from commanders in any kind of a formal way as of this time . I dont have any update in terms of the kind of communication of the commander in chief and the commanders on the ground. But the president receives regular briefings and updates from his military commanders through the chain of command and that certainly will continue. Reporter at the United Nations today, palestinian president abbas said hes no longer bound by agreements with israel, theyre going to start pursuing legal means to pursue Palestinian Statehood and are basically abandoning the direct negotiations approach that has been your position for a very long time now. What is the u. S. Response to the palestini
The the sponsors of this discussion. And to all of the smithsonian and park Service Staff here today, welcome and thank you. To our friends and allies in the preservation work we thank you for coming in for joining us. You to those thank from outside traditional areas of our field, scholars and advocates for community advancement. Especially to our panelists, special guests who i will introduce at greater length later on in the program. Your inputppreciate and want to thank you for helping us expand the scope of historic reservation so that it reflects the two root true diversity of our nation and work to save more overlooked places. Let me tell you why this is important. We will set the stage for the next 50 years of our work. We believe that telling the full american story and becoming a more Inclusive Movement is crucial to our understanding of who we are, and to where we are going. Recognize thets importance of these issues and doing great work to healed stories from our past. Said