dedicated to sharing the story of the capital and those who work there in a manner that inspires informed patriotism. today as we celebrate three significant events all related. the 200th anniversary of ulysses grant s birth. the 100th anniversary of this grant memorial and the dedication of the incredible restoration of this monument that was finished in 2020. we have a distinguished group of speakers. senator roy blunt our hero who i m going to introduce first architect of the capitol brett blanton who oversaw the restoration and oversees the capital and distinguished historian ron white. so now you know, what s going to happen. let me present to you our first speaker. senator roy blunt built on his background as a public service servant a university president and history teacher. and the people of missouri elected him the united states senator in 2010. he shares the senate republican policy committee. he s the ranking member of the senate rules committee. he s on the senat
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president biden: yes. you are? president biden: that s a commitment we made. it s a commitment we made. here is the situation. we agree with one china policy. we signed onto it and all the attendant agreements made from there. but the idea that it could be taken by force, just taken by force is just not appropriate. dana: jacqui heinrich is reporting live. those comments stole the show away from the economic message the president wanted to deliver and the white house is constantly finding themselves in this position and the president saying this on asian soil makes it different this time, jacqui. no kidding. very significant, dana. the white house is claiming that the president did not announce a policy shift but everything that we witnessed shows that it was. it was a clear break from strategic ambiguity for years has supported helping taiwan defend itself but september very vague about whether the u.s. military would come to its aid if china attacked. the question
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Year. And San Francisco city officials and nurses announcing new legislation to tackle a nursing shortage. From the bay station, youre watching kron. Noon. Thank you for joining us here on kron. 4 news at noon. Im Justine Waldman will start now with a major roadway thats closed in fremont right now to to a a fiery and fatal traffic accident, a family on the scene is telling us one of their loved ones was involved. So well go to kron 4 s charles4clifford. He joins us now live from where this happened with an update. Thanks for joining us. Well, good afternoon. The Fremont Police Department Just a few minutes ago wrapped up their investigation here along fremont boulevard into this Early Morning crash in which one man was killed. Another was hospitalized. According to the Fremont Police Department Around 12, 30 tuesday morning. This car possibly an infiniti was traveling. Southbound on fremont boulevard near forton when the driver a male lost control and crashed into a tree nearby. Offic