History, by which all others are measured. But people may not remember what a surprise it was at the time it happened. A month earlier nixon had famously resigned the presidency under threat of impeachment, left the white house on marine 1, handing the presidency off to his Vice President , gerald ford. As rumsfeld recalled. Those close enough to observe it ourselves could see how tormented ford was by the decision. When he finally made it, caught many of us by surprise. Sunday morning, september 8th, 1974. As times reported, government buildings almost empty, no one expecting any dramatic president ial action. Attended Early Morning communion at st. Johns epiescopal church before the announcement. To determine the right thing for me to do with respect to my predecessor in this place, richard nixon. And his loyal wife and family. Theirs is an american tragedy in which we all have played a part. It could go on and on and on, or someone must write the end to it. I have concluded that onl
We need to remember werevirus,e another. Not with each other. This is the moment where we need to steel our spines, redouble our efforts, and recommit ourselves to the fight. So hang on. Dont let yourself surrender to the fatigue. I know we can and we will beat this virus. America is not going to lose this wear. America holds fast to the conviction that out of pain comes possibility. Out of frustration comes progress. And out of division, unity. As the transition moves forward, both biden and harris will receive their first president ial daily intelligence brief on monday. More cabinet nominees also expected to be announced next week. Politico reporting biden pappeas to be leaning toward appointing tom donlon as National Security adviser. And michael flynn, who initially cooperated with muellers investigation, as expected, trump did pardon him today. Posting, it is my inexplicably capitalized great honor to announce that michael t. Flynn has been granted a full pardon. In the spirit of
Lesson. And were going have a lesson tonight, ali, that youll be very interested in that you already know this. Is from Richard Schiff, my dear friend who we worked together on the nbc series the west wing. Richard is recovering from covid19. He just spent five days in vancouver general hospital, and he has a lot of good things to say about the Canadian Health care system. He is going to join us later in this hour. Hes good friends with joe biden. So hell probably be telling joe biden the same thing about his experience. Well, i look forward with a little normalcy, lawrence, that you and i will be able to talk about health care and get in some of those policy discussions that we both enjoy having. I look forward to tonights show. You have a good evening and a great thanksgiving. You too, ali. Thank you very much. Bye. Thank you. There are only 56 more pardon days until america gets its Big Christmas present, a new president of the united states. Donald trump has now pardoned turkeys tw
Biden, so hell probably be telling joe biden the same thing about his experience. Well, i look forward with a little normalcy, lawrence, that you and i will be able to talk about health care and get into some of those policy discussions that we both enjoy having. So i look forward to tonights show and you have a good evening and a nice thanksgiving. You, too, ali. Thank you very much. There are only 56 more pardon days until america gets its Big Christmas present, a new president of the united states. Donald trump has now pardoned turkeys two days in a row. Yesterday he pardoned corn and cobb, and today he pardoned Michael Flynn. By 12 00 noon on Inauguration Day, everyone named trump will surely be pardoned, along with, who knows who else, who might be able to give incriminating evidence against donald trump, and therefore, get a pardon out of him. We have embarked on the most corrupt pardon spree in american history, which will end, one way or another, in a pardon for donald trump, h
It has been 332 days since the first u. S. Case of covid was reported, theres still no coordinated national plan. In fact, today one of the retweets questioned whether masks even work. Another day, another record shattered. Southern california has zero icu capacity now. Zero. But theres some light on the horizon. Ed newly approved vaccine being delivered to facilities. Some of the most high profile vaccinations took place. The Vice President , sanjay gupta, jerome adams, all received the pfizer shot, House Speaker nancy pelosi, youll hear more about that shortly. Medical professionals and leaders trying to build confidence in a vaccine met with skepticism by many americans. Especially black americans who know the history of racism in medical research. Shameful cuss keying ee experiments occurred within many of our life times. To promote confidence in vaccines, we must start by acknowledging the history of mistreatment and exploitation of minorities by the medical community and the gove