For making that effort. When i, until i became secretary of defense, i had never broken a bone or had a u surgery [laughter] february of 2008 i fell on the ice and broke this shoulder in three places. Ould ten months later putting a snowplow blade on a tractor, ir pulled a bicep tendon off this arm. My security guards quickly came to the conclusion that alqaeda was no risk to me atcae all compared to myself. [laughter] to me at all comparedo myself. [laughter] and before we start i would like to say that it is good to be back here at the senate and also to apologize to the audience on my right for not turning in your direction. But the result of a broken neck is somewhat limited mobility of my head. Well, that being said, lets get to your book. I found it a striking account duty gave what i would call a great thing. And you had a lot of help from the secretary of state, Hillary Clinton as you and other top members wrestled with the difficulties on the ground in afghanistan and i would
Chair, then making that announcement by acclimation. You speak of the tradition. Its really a tradition that only goes back eight years ago. I was standing there in the new york delegation when Hillary Clinton did that for barack obama. She had of course come over and endorsed him within four days of his nailing the nomination. This was a much more protracted process, where we were into New Hampshire a couple weeks ago and he actually endorsed her. It was a very grudging speech and there was a lot of back talk about how it was not going to come together. But got to give him a lot of credit. He went to the delegation, took the abuse and the booing yesterday, he went to them one by one, went to california today which had been a hotbed of criticism and rebellion, and went and assuaged their fears that this is not over and hes going to continue. A couple of points. He is not going to raise money for her. He is not going to turn over his email list so he will still be
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Hospital system could be overwhelmed without immediate action to slow the spread of the virus. Texas is also in trouble. The state just today reporting more than 5,700 new infections. It comes as Governor Greg Abbott acknowledges he allowed bars there to reopen too soon. Meanwhile, if you had any plans to travel to europe this summer, you might be forced to reschedule. Diplomats from the eu say travelers from the u. S. And other countries with severe coronavirus outbreaks are, quote, unlikely to be allowed in when it opens its borders on july 1st. Lets start in florida where the republican governor, ron desantis, is refusing to mandate masks despite surging number of cases. Cnns Miguel Marquez reports. Reporter the Sunshine State in a state of crisis. The number of coronavirus cases climbing at alarming rates with florida reporting nearly 9,000 new cases, its highest single day to date. Cities like holywood now mandating masks be worn in public, even outdoors, except when exercising. I
The Transpacific Partnership and nasa, their free trade agreement. Part of a very busy or stay here for President Trump. He did have a chance to meet with some Business Leaders. Pretty interesting look to how that meeting might go. We were able to get in there and take some pictures. He said, look, my agenda is simple. Im going to keep your jobs in america, and im going to fight for fair trade. If that is something that we do not have right now. We want to start making our products again. We dont want to bring them in, we want to make them here. That does not mean that we do not trade, we do trade. But we need to make our products here. Meanwhile, the president will also today in addition to the Business Leaders meeting, he will speak with congressional leaders talking about the Affordable Care act. He has also going to talk about executive actions on trade. A meeting this week with production administrator, and expected renegotiation as i pointed out. Also the issue of filling out the
Happen. There was no such wiretap activity mounted against the president elect at the time or as a candidate or against his campaign. The president of the United States put his own reputation, the reputation of his predecessor and the reputation of this nation at risk to get at least a draw out of the next 24 hours of news. And oval office temper tantrum, behind the president s explosion of anger revealing a state of chaos inside the west wing. You have some digesting news, pushing out information, suggestions and allegations, getting angrier and angrier that he feels hes under siege, according to more than a dozen people we spoke to. Good day everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington with breaking news of that new executive order removing iraq from the countries on the travel ban lais is being overshadowed by unprecedented eavesdropping allegations by President Trump leveled against former president obama in 140 characters starting at 6 35 a. M. On saturday. Including comparisons to