Will be spending quite a bit of time together starting shortly and i very much support that. But today first i have the privilege of introducing for the first time to this room the 71st secretary of state mr. Tony blinken. Thank you good afternoon. Let me start by saying they first ambition is to be known as the man who brought the price to the state Department Briefing room. That at least is mission accomplished. In all seriousness, thank you everyone for joining me here today, this is my first full day on the job as secretary of state and to restate what i said before it is an honor to be in this job and im gratified the president trust me with his responsibility. Im incredibly excited about the work ahead. Especially working with limited women about the state department. I serve the American People and represent our country to the world. I want to spend a few minutes with all of you today right from the start, how important i see the work that each and every one of you does. Some of
We take you live to the u. S. Senate where to date lawmakers who will be on a defense programs and policy bill. You are watching live coverage of the senate on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will ohm the senate with prayer. The chaplain let us pray. God of grace and mercy, in these divisive and polarized times, remind us that words have consequences. Help us to remember that we are accountable to you for every idle and careless word we speak. Lord, teach our senators to be obedient to your commands, doing your will as your presence fills them with joy. Today, surround our lawmakers with the shield of your favor, as they labor to deep our nation to keep our nation strong. May they be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger. Manifest your power through their labors so that this nation will be exalted by righteousness. We pray in your mighty name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of alle
Opportunity and i think they could be good for northeast ohio. Host tim ryan brevis its the 13th district and ohio. Hes a member of the appropriations committee. Thank you for being here. Guest appreciated, bread. Amy klobuchar holding a Campaign Rally in falls church, virginia. Virginia is one of the super tuesday primary states going to the polls next week. Before that though the South Carolina primary is tomorrow. We will have live coverage of those results and speeches starting at 8 p. M. Eastern on cspan. This afternoon at 2 30 p. M. Will be live with senator brown and a sanders in columbia, South Carolina. Also over on cspan. Senator burr standards. Its good to see you this morning. [applause] that the type of energy are looking for. Yall got the energy like youre ready to be the next president of the United States. [cheers and applause] i love it i love it, i love it. Well, im from Virginia State delegate michael, and im here today to support an amazing candidate. I i know thats
Michael for your leadership and incredible work. I am honored to have your support, it means a lot. Standing next to michael is my husband, john, right here. If you saw me pause when i was coming up, he said i have to go on a flight, and i said, where you going . He is going to maine and massachusetts. We are excited he will be there. I wanted to recognize our , emma,ble organizers sydney, maria, and gabrielle, thank you for your work. As i was coming in i saw a few coming together with the disability community. There you are. Thank you. I also wanted to recognize someone you have not met, sidney vidman who is the sisterinlaw of Lieutenant Colonel vidman. We want to thank her. [applause] i think we all know of any state, virginia gets this, the respect for our military, the respect for our federal employees. [applause] people,a that i saw a fewf party, republicans on my weight in who were proud to identify there they are some are being quiet right now. It was my friend john mccain, one
24 hour news live from moscow this is our to international my names you know neal hello and welcome to the program the north korean negotiators of arrived in sweden to resume Nuclear Talks with the u. S. It comes just a few days after pyongyang said it had successfully tested a new c launched missile in a move that caused the alarm in western capitals. The secretary had a call with japanese minister defense kono where they discussed north korea they both agree that the north korea tests are unnecessarily provocative and do not set the stage for diplomacy in that north korea should cease these tests north korea saying missile is capable of being launched from a submarine which would represent a major advancement of its weapons capabilities some analysts are calling it the most significant test since the country entered into dialogue with washington in 20. Well just a few hours later the u. S. Carried out its own launch it fired an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile over the pacific sayi