Presided over this chamber with such force and grace. Tip oneill liked to call himself a man of the house. And he surely was that. But even more, he was a man of the people, a bricklayers son who helped to build the Great American middle class. Tip oneill never forgot who he was, where he came from, or who sent him here. Tonight hes smiling down on us for the first time from the lords gallery. But in his honor, may we, too, always remember who we are, where we come from, and who sent us here. [applause] if we do that we will return over and over again to the principle that if we simply give ordinary people equal opportunity, quality education, and a fair shot at the American Dream, they will do extraordinary things. We gather tonight in a world of changes so profound and rapid that all nations are tested. Our American Heritage has always been to master such change, to use it to expand opportunity at home and our leadership abroad. But for too long and in too many ways, that heritage wa
My fellow americans, im not at all sure what speech is in the teleprompter tonight, but i hope we can talk about the state of the union. I ask you to begin by recalling the memory of the giant who presided over this chamber with such force and grace. Tip oneill liked to call himself a man of the house. And he surely was that. But even more, he was a man of the people, a bricklayers son who helped to build the Great American middle class. Tip oneill never forgot who he was, where he came from, or who sent him here. Tonight hes smiling down on us for the first time from the lords gallery. But in his honor, may we, too, always remember who we are, where we come from, and who sent us here. [applause] if we do that we will return over and over again to the principle that if we simply give ordinary people equal opportunity, quality education, and a fair shot at the American Dream, they will do extraordinary things. We gather tonight in a world of changes so profound and rapid that all nation
Bloody trail of civilians which may amount to war crimes. Srilanka waits on official results from the country election. I have all the day sport including spanish football giant barcelona is 51 as they win their first title in three decades. The worst ever attack on thailand, that is how the countrys Prime Minister described the blast at the shrine in the capitol bangkok which killed at least 20 people. Police have released cctv footage of a man they say could be the bomber and pictured at the scene just minutes before the explosion. And in a moment we will be crossing live to wayne hay in bangkok where the situation remains tense and first lets hear from the Prime Minister. Translator in our country there are individuals or groups of individuals who are seeking to destroy the country. The ongoing attempt of destruction might be politically motivated targeting the economy, tourism or whatever reason and we will work to find the perpetrators and bring justice on networks involved as soo
Morning shows producer who was leaving the station, the station is devastated. We have people Walking Around here in tears, a lot of hugs, we have a friend of our newsroom who is a pastor in here consulting people. Reporter now the name of the man, vester flannigan but went by the name Bryce Williams on air. An hour and a half ago posts on twitter and facebook, believed to belong to this man, twitter and facebook suspended the accounts among them on the Facebook Post was a video that appeared to be from the perspective of the shooter in this mornings tragic event matt. Rightfully so with the suspense of the accounts. Both Allison Parker and adam ward had connections to the philadelphia area, youll hear more about that and the events, leading up to their live, television deaths, coming up on action news at 4 00. We are constantly posting updates on 6abc. Com. A man is hospitalized right now after being shot by a Philadelphia Police officer this morning, Authorities Say they were respond
Afghanistan. The first thing you have to say is i certainly welcome i think many people welcome the fact that President Trump and the Trump Administration has come forward with a new strategy for afghanistan without timelines and redoubling down on commitment to a gray cause. The fact that there are 3 Million Girls in school and theres a whole lot at stake in afghanistan not just our security but theres a moral component to this as well. I think that and theres a lot of progress. So for us to risk letting all of that go would have been the price is way too high. Weve been working on this for a long time here at csis. Weve done a number of things with ambassador wayne. Weve got a very good panel to cover the issues today but the other point i want to make is, you cant solve the challenges of afghanistan without diplomacy and development and that we certainly welcome the fact that there is a it requires a security component but the facts on the ground are being changed by diplomacy and d