It does disturb me when we talk about january 6, and people had nothing to do with january 6, so that shouldnt be what even came up. But we do know who did. Announcer were going to leave this now and thank you live to the National Governors Association Winter meeting with Supreme Court justices soto player and coney barrett, and spencer cox. And now please rise and welcome t. C. Washington to the stage to perform the national anthem. O say can you see by the dawns early light what so proudly we hail at the twilights last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight oer the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there o say does that star spangled banner yet wave oer the land of the free and the home of the brave now approaching the podium is the executive director of the National Governors association, bill mcbride. Bill good afternoon, everyone,
good to be with you and happy friday. i m lindsey reiser. right now, more miraculous rescues as the window to save more lives closes in turkey and syria. crews are desperately searching for remaining survivors, listening intently for any faint noises or cries for help. they re also getting some much needed help from man s best friend. very well trained, knows what to look for, and if it responds to the trainer, then the handler rather, they know there is a possible proof of life. the number of lives lost is nearing 23,000 and this morning the lack of food and the lack of heat only intensifying fears of another disaster. we re live in turkey ahead. plus, new bloodshed overnight in ukraine, russia unleashing dozens of missiles, kharkiv and z zaporizhzhia. is in the major offensive ukrainian officials warned of earlier this month? and ahead this hour, president biden is set to welcome the nation s governors to the white house. his message going into the meeting and how h
It is an honor to be here. As a young man brought up in the Public School system, i pledge my allegiance to that flag every honor, maybend the one of the greatest honors of my life today, is to be here, and leverage the work that i have done as testimony that may in some way benefit this nation that i love. I would like to start by saying thank you to chairman corker for your leadership in this endeavor and to the senator. Your leadership has been extraordinary, and i would like to say thank you to the rest of the committee that has supported this effort. This is a bipartisan effort, and in a country that is riddled with bipartisan separation on so many things. Slavery seems to come up as one of these issues that we can all agree upon, and i applaud you for your agreement, and i believe in you in your leadership and your ability to take us out of it. I am here today to defend the. Ight to pursue happiness it is a simple motion. The right to pursue happiness is bestowed upon all of us b
That i love. I would like to start by saying thank you to chairman corker for your leadership in this endeavor and to senator cardin. Your leadership has been extraordinary, and i would like to say thank you to the rest of the committee that has supported this effort. This is a bipartisan effort, and in a country that is riddled with bipartisan separation on so many things, slavery seems to come up as one of these issues that we can all agree upon, and i applaud you for your agreement, and i believe in you and your leadership and your ability to take us out of it. I am here today to defend the right to pursue happiness. It is a simple notion. The right to pursue happiness is bestowed upon all of us by our constitution. Every citizen of this country has the right to pursue it, and i believe that it is incumbent upon us as citizens of this nation, as americans, to bestow that right upon others, upon each other, and upon the rest of the world, but the right to pursue happiness, for so man
Protecting your family, protecting your community, that is what this is about. Liberals,s what these those progressives or whatever they call themselves they are quite frankly social democrats, maybe even communists [applause] that is what they are trying to go out that after. How dare they point our fingers their fingers at us. We are on the right side. As you go back to your schools, campuses, and communities, go back with a stern backside, knowing that you are on the right side of our constitution, the right side of history, and the right side of god. [applause] with this terrible, terrible situation in florida, the president was here and gave a speech. Said unlike the politicians that want to point fingers of blame and say oh, this is the nra and all that nonsense, that he is going to do something. Of the things that many of us within the movement have been talking about, there is a number , a number policeman of retired veterans that would love the opportunity to protect children