Congressional a small practice shooting in june were awarded the medal of honor, a ceremonious capital earlier this month. House majority whip Steve Scalise think think the officer saving his life. Good morning and welcome to United States Capitol Police medal of honor ceremony. I am matthew for derosa, chief of police. Assistant chief and irr to host this ceremony to recognize the many heroes in our midst who faced danger on a baseball field in alexandria, virginia, on jun. To officially start the program would everyone please rise for the presentation of the colors by United States Capitol Police ceremonial unit, the singing of the National Anthem is performed by Sergeant David nelson at ane opening prayer offered by reverend pat conroy, chaplain in i states house of representatives. [background sounds] oh, say, can you see by the dawns early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming . Whose broad stripes and bright stars thro the perilous fight oer the ramparts
A policy so widely condemned around the world. Alexander downer welcome to convince thank you two months ago australia got what it lobbied so long and hard for a seat on the Un Human Rights Council and after years of sustained pressure over your own human rights record but you continue to brush off all criticism that you. Well were quite happy to answer any allegations that are made just that were very happy to stand up for ourselves but the record is i mean we have the last Prime Minister tony abbott saying we sure are strains were sick of being lectured by the us where the current immigration minister peter dutton is on record is calling the whole periodic review process fast you dont take kindly to criticism well i think if people dish it out to you theyve got to expect to generate a debate they cant expect us just compliantly to agree with every allegation thats made if we dont regard the allegations as allegations of substance now sometimes allegations of substance have been made
Making it a veritable playground for kids but a potentially deadly one. To binny where voodoo is a state religion many are helped by it but children often suffer from its decreased but first lets look at the humble banana the most popular fruit in the world could it soon be wiped out. In one way germany is certainly of that minaret public its citizens twelve kilograms of the yellow fruit every year on average americans are the only nationality to consume more in twenty sixteen around one hundred thirteen million tons of bananas were harvested worldwide but the vast majority of them were from a single cloned variety the cavendish. Huge monocultures are an open invitation to pests and pathogens one of them a soil fungus called t. R. Four has spread rapidly inside. And caused major damage in many countries there and for is far from the only destructive fungus experts have long said the days of the cavendish are numbered and thats causing major concern in ecuador. Or the countrys number on
Our goal is to provide a behind the scenes look at the state of the union, live coverage of the address, interviews with members of congress, political analysis, and most importantly, your reaction to the president s speech. First off, to help us with the next and bolts of tonights thath, we are pleased wilson bill livingood and donald a. Ritchie are here with us. If we could begin with the u. S. Constitution, this is article. Wo, Section Three of those the words from the constitution that bring us to this table tonight . Very short. The constitution was more like an outline for the government to fill in. It doesnt say what do you mean from time to time . , president have done Different Things with the state of the union. Seeing what would work and what fit them. Today, we think of it as a ritual. It is the same every time. It has changed very dramatically. George washington came and gave a message in person. When it got to Thomas Jefferson, he did not like being a public, so he sent a
The priorities President Trump laid out earlier. That is live at 8 00 a. M. On cspan2. Newsbobternoon, cbs schieffer joins a panel to break down the president s address. We looked at the history of the state of the union. President Donald Trumps first state of the Union Address will begin in about an hour. The democratic response will follow. President and mrs. Trump will depart. Cspan cameras will show you the departure. Tonight our goal is to provide a , behind the scenes look at the state of the union, live coverage of the address, interviews with members of congress, political analysis, and most importantly, your reaction to the president s speech. But first off, to help us with the nuts and bolts of tonights speech, we are pleased that wilson bill livingood and Longtime Senate historian donald a. Ritchie are here with us. Mr. Ritchie, if we could begin with the u. S. Constitution. This is article to, Section Three article two, Section Three. Of those the words from the constitutio