Mister speaker, madam president , madam chief justice, Lieutenant Governor rogers members of the legislator, cabinet officers, leaders of the kansas tribes, honored guests and my fellow kansans, it is my high honor to stand before you this evening to report on the progress of my administration and to share my plans for the year ahead. We have much to discuss tonight, but before i begin please join me in welcoming back the third first gentleman of the state of kansas, my husband doctor ted dotty applause . I think last year i introduced him as the longsuffering ted dotty and that continues until today. Ted still misses his garden we had at the other house and his darkroom but hes adjusting to our new home by adding some personal touches, he has taken an interest in putting this cedar back in cedar crest with the planting of new trees. He also started a vegetable garden and even has his own compost pile. laughs and dont any of you go there laughs . In addition to all of that he continues
North carolina. For Bernie Sanders, vermont. And right now were looking at alabama with polls are just closing, and that looks like it will be for joe biden. So three of the first four contests that we can comfortably report tonight go to joe biden who little more than, what, 72 hours ago was given up for politically dead. That was then, this is now. Whatever he was able to cobble together even in states that had early voting that came before his stunning performance in South Carolina, well, one of that materialized to be a big worry for him. Were going to be digesting all these numbers besides alabama, just closing right now, the states of maine, massachusetts and oklahoma have also closed. Tennessee, which was to close at this hour because of the hurricane, a lot of folks having difficulty getting to the polls right now, they will, in fact, be allowed to continue looking for places to vote until at least 9 p. M. Eastern time, in some parts of the state up to 11 p. M. Were going to be
Joining us this is r. T. International 1st this hour the u. K. Antidoping agency has said that it is refusing to provide the global doping watchdog water with key samples from british runners the request for the materials came in spite of an ongoing drugs investigation into the night oregon project earlier i discussed the issue with our correspondent. Talking about a 4 time olympic gold champion a 6 time World Champion in athletics a runner from Great Britain and hes one of the biggest athletes of the modern generation now there has been speculation for quite some time that such a Success Story may have been somehow tainted by the use of performance in hands and hands and drugs of b. D. S. As we know them but obviously that was speculation until last year one of the coaches of more fire of the former coach of more Alberto Salazar part of the oregon project was slapped with a 4 year ban by the u. S. Antidoping agency for allegedly doping his athletes and were talking about al carnitine.
Week our troops stationed in tough neighborhoods around the world are caught in the political crossfire here at home but 1st the patriot act sailed through congress after 911 now it is about to expire. Im home and cook in washington this is the big picture. When this did not get much Media Coverage the new Expiration Date is march 15th will Congress Really up the patriot act should they lets ask. Author of battlefield america the war on the American People and a government of wolves the emerging American Police state constitutional attorney Rutherford Institute president syndicated columnist and host of the podcast freedom under fire john w. Whitehead and we also welcome the author of everyones crazy except you and me and im not so sure about you americas favorite contrarian cuts loose legal and media analyst and r. T. E. Contributor lionel gentleman welcome back to the big picture thank you thank you in the foggy fearful aftermath of 911 only one u. S. Senator voted against the patrio
Responding to allegations she ripped off and go all out to enrich yourself. Thank you for joining us 2 iraqi protesters have been killed in baghdad where Security Forces used tear gas and live ammunition as they moved in to break down barricades on the citys outskirts many more people are injured elsewhere in iraq in nasiriya and protests as of attempted to cut off the highway linking the southern oil rich province of basra the demonstrations reaganite of last week after a brief osama bin job it is in baghdad for al jazeera he says the situation remains fluid. Weve been monitoring these developments since early on this morning when protesters tried to choke not just one but multiple points across the iraqi capital there out in. Force they want to tell the government that they are not backing down and they want the government to take and seize the monday was when the deadline expired been the protesters said that if reforms are not put into place by monday or be seen conjugal action be