He has a deep commitment to justice and he has spent his whole career standing up to the abuse of power. He knows at its best, politics is always a matter of the heart, and he remains today even after all hes been through, the most optimistic person i know. He loves his family, he loves this country. Hes your Vice President and my husband, joe biden. You know, my dad used to have an expression. He said a lucky person gets up in the morning and puts both feet on the floor and knows it still matters. For over 40 years, joe biden has had the courage to speak out and lead on the toughest issues facing america. When i wrote the act back in 1989 i think people, although they cared about it, thought maybe there was not much we can do about it. But he saw an injustice too great to ignore. Violence against women was a moral stain on the conscience of a nation. We created the civil cause of action to empower women who are abused in this country. For millions of women will violence against women
White house lunch with ambassadors from the United Nations Security Council, President Trump spoke about the threat from north korea and about what he sees as a chance for a new beginning for the United Nations. The mission of the United Nations and the u. N. Security council is to maintain International Peace and security. These are important aims and shared interests. But as we look around the world, its clear that theres much work for you to achieve. Youre going to be very busy people i suspect over the coming months and years. Our nation faces serious and growing threats and many of them stem from problems that have been unaddressed for far too long. In fact, the United Nations doesnt like taking on certainly problems, but i have a feeling the people in this room and i know for a fact that nikki feels very strong about taking on problems that people steered away from. I encourage the Security Council to come together and take action to counter all of these many threats. On syria, t
Toronta. What difference without kennedy . He was the most heterodox, has strong views on subjects but they dont always line up with the traditional liberal conservative, very much in favor of gay rights, free speech, whether liberal or conservative free speech and he was sometimes wild card. Most likely new justice will be line up with the other four republican. Paul that could be the case, dan, its interesting, if you look at First Amendment Juris Prudence, kennedy was very strong, wrote the Citizens United decision, for example, on Campaign Finance and free speech and theres no guaranty that his replacement even if socalled conservative is going to be as strong on First Amendment or even on state rights. Well, thats right. All of these nominees in Supreme Court, intelligent person have their own mind, they are able to identify whether they will vote most of the time with conservatives or the liberals but theres no real predicting and a lot of the issues have been in play, i think, t
The writein candidate. Moore not conceding. Right now a recount is not expected. Here is both men last night. Realize when the vote is this close it is not over. And we still got to go by the rules about this recount provision. We also know that god is always in control. This campaign has been about common courtesy and decency and making sure everyone in in state, regardless of which zip code you live in, is going to get a fair shake in life. Bill we heard this from the president last night. Congratulations to doug jones on a hardfought victory. The writein votes played a big factor but a win is a win. The people of alabama are great and the republicans will have another shot at this seat in a short period of time. It never ends. Sandra Jonathan Serrie live in montgomery, alabama. How big a role did the allegations against moore play in this election . It seems these allegations were front and center. According to a fox news voter analysis, 2 3 of alabama voters said the allegations ag
Toronta. What difference without kennedy . He was the most heterodox, has strong views on subjects but they dont always line up with the traditional liberal conservative, very much in favor of gay rights, free speech, whether liberal or conservative free speech and he was sometimes wild card. Most likely new justice will be line up with the other four republican. Paul that could be the case, dan, its interesting, if you look at First Amendment Juris Prudence, kennedy was very strong, wrote the Citizens United decision, for example, on Campaign Finance and free speech and theres no guaranty that his replacement even if socalled conservative is going to be as strong on First Amendment or even on state rights. Well, thats right. All of these nominees in Supreme Court, intelligent person have their own mind, they are able to identify whether they will vote most of the time with conservatives or the liberals but theres no real predicting and a lot of the issues have been in play, i think, t