Pour the thousands of people who were in attendance, not only because of the unrelenting heat, but also because before the president eventually got up to give his speech, all these other people went first. The University President and a whole other cast of sort of lesser dignitaries all gave fairly long remarks of their own. While all these thousands of people wilted in the stadium under the noonday sun. All before the president even started his remarks. But when the president finally did come up to the podium at the football stadium at Rice University in houston, texas, that hot september day in 1962, he i think somewhat wisely sort of recognized the environment he was in. He started off taking note of the setting he was in. He was in the school, the city, the state, and then frankly, the weight of the matter he was about to discuss. Ladies and gentlemen, i appreciate your president having made me an honorary visiting professor, and i will assure you that my first lecture will be very
Endorsement from a most unexpected place. He got a very highprofile endorsement from this man, Jerry Falwell jr. Jerry falwell jr. Is known mostly for being Jerry Falwell jr. , but also for inheriting control of his dads cash cow televangelist college called liberty university. But when Jerry Falwell jr. Decided to endorse trump in january 2016, he not only endorsed him at that key moment ahead of the iowa caucuses, he also heaped praise on him, calling trump, quote, a wonderful father and a man who i believe can lead our country to greatness again. He said, in my opinion, donald trump lives a life of loving and helping others as jesus taught in the great commandment. I mean, right, that is so obviously about donald trump. You wouldnt even need to see the word trump there. Youd know somebody with that kind of quote, that would be the obvious choice for that kind of endorsement. What . I mean, ted cruz had literally launched his 2016 president ial campaign with his family at liberty uni
Cant stop, wont stop, see what you can do to catch up so once again just like last night, we have a whole bunch of options in tmpl terms of where we could start tonight. I think we should start with the most galling and inexplicable story of the evening and then move our way up from there. Ill tell you, if you are watching me on a delay right now or if you have, like, if youre watching me with a dvr at home and have a pause option, im going to give you the option to take . A quick shower break after this first story. Well pause and powder. All right. Just six days before the Iowa Caucuses in 2016, thenpresident ial candidate donald trump got a critical endorsement from a most unexpected place. He got a very highprofile endorsement from this man, Jerry Fallwell jr. Jerry fallwell jr. Is known mostly for being Jerry Fallwell jr. But also for inheriting control of his dads cashcow televangelist college called liberty university. When Jerry Fallwell jr. Decided to endorse trump in january
Up and they all gave fairly long remarks of their own while all these thousands of people wilted in the stadium under the noonday sun. All before the president even started his remarks. But when the president finally did come up to the podium at the football stadium at Rice University in houston, texas, that hot september day in 1962, he i think somewhat wisely sort of recognized the environment he was in. He started off taking note of the setting he was in. The school, the city, the state, and then, frankly, the weight of the matter that he was about to discuss. Ladies and gentlemen, i appreciate your president having made me an honorary visiting professor, and i will assure you that my first lecture will be very brief. I am delighted to be here, and i am particularly delighted to be here on this occasion. We meet at a college noted for knowledge in a city noted for progress in a state noted for strength. And we stand in need of all three. We meet in an hour of change and challenge in
In teheran. The u. S. Believes teheran is using commercial ships carrying missiles. The u. S. Claims the pictures show large areas of the decks removed to carry missiles. Cnn has not reviewed the intelligence supporting the u. S. Assessment, and the government has not provided any proof the ships are carrying missiles or other munitions. President trump is trying to curb the intensifies conflict with iran. The New York Times reports the president told Patrick Shanahan he does not want to go to war. That message aimed at more hawkish aides, underscored at a brief White House Photo op yesterday. Mr. President , are we going to war with iran . I hope not. The president apparently searching for a diplomatic way out of this mounting crisis but are iranian leaders doing the same. Senior International Correspondent fred pleitgen, interesting reporting from the wall street journal saying the u. S. And iran were misreading one another, further complicating this confrontation. Good morning. Repo