Welcome to your world this morning, im stephanie sy. Im dell walters and in russia they are starting the process to identify loved ones who died in the plane crash and it is at a morgue in st. Petersburg as they try to find out exactly what brought the plane down. Ruling out safety issues with the plane suggesting it may have been attacked. Translator i can tell you with absolute confidence the repairs from a few years ago have nothing to do with what happened to the plane all 224 passengers and crew on board that flikt were killed, al jazeeras peter sharp has the latest from st. Petersburg. Reporter russian investigators at the scene have been recovering bodies following the crash on saturday and overnight an aircraft from cairo brought back 144 of the victims. Now, they will be taken from the airport here to a special purpose built mortuary in the north of the city where they will be matched with dna samples that were taken from their families and it should result in positive identif
That appeal to the better angels of republicans and democrats and the whole nation a light. He said that we needed to pull together and confront the challenges we face. But somewhere along the way he seems to have forgotten the benefit of finding Common Ground where folks can agree. It seems we have seen the Obama Administration more involved in dividing the American People when facing opposition and then preferring to go it alone rather than to work with congress under the constitutional scheme created by our founding fathers. Tonight in his final address on his priorities as president im sure president obama will want to talk about what his legacy looks like once he leaves office and that will invariably include times when he has simply done an end run around congress. We have seen it time and time again and its a mistake. Its shortsighted that it is his method of governing and presumably being able to tell people well i have gotten my way and i havent had to do the hard work of work
Supply our needs and to lead us toward abundant living. Continue to sustain our senators with your eternal presence remind them that your hand is on the helm of Human Affairs and that you still guide your world. Renew their strength, as you provide them with the courage to carry on. May they refuse to do anything which could bring them regret, remorse and shame. We pray in your strong name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell tonight well welcome the president of the United States for the state of the Union Address. Its his final address, and it gives us cause for reflection. Many of us recall a moment in boston when a state senator became a national star. His rhetorica
Is serious spike. Oil is already on the rise. Im not going to say i trusted, we have been to the stands before. Theres a lot more news we have to cover. Another snow day for federal government workers in washington, d. C. Offices will be closed while the city digs out from the blizzard. Air travel is slowly getting back to normal. Fewer flights were canceled yesterday. Theident obama has banned use of solitary confinement for juveniles and federal prisons. The Washington Post says the president says solitary confinement can lead to devastating imitating compensators devastating consequences. In denmark, the parliament is expected to let police these valuables worth more than 5,000 from refugees seeking asylum. 1500 from refugees seeking asylum. Danish citizens must sell assets before getting welfare. Our 2400 journalists and more than 150 news markets around the world, im vonnie quinn. Its now with matt miller. Aig, breaking news from they are going to ipo a 20 guarantorhe mortgage uni
Political party and a program that is another role for anothte constitution. Distinct asto as the constitution as being the rights protected by courts. Political parties should not speak of these matters. Leave it to the courts. It brought back the constitution is a popular document. And even made it be read on the houseof the representatives to the amazement of the previous speaker. There is a problem here as well. I think there is a deficient understanding of the constitution by the tea party. I think because some parts of it re themselves is so orientated towards the libertarian perspective, they imagine if libertarianism is good, the constitution should be libertarian. I think they undersell the role that government should play in a foreign realm, and may have onen dangerous views limitations of executive power in the foreign realm as well. The third a couple spent is to provide starts to the conservative movement. Starts to the fabric softener of the establishment. So you have thi