Dun dun dun dunna dun. Your granddaughter up here. Good morning, granddaughter. Mayor, judge george mathis. I want to express my thanks in a particular way. When barack obama became our president ial nominee, doubts, fears everywhere, two sets of rules. The depth and breadth, and twice the height of heights. Barack obama being president , he chose his running mate, joe biden. This, temporary work is , scam, workers right to vote youttack on our country, have the stuff that it takes to make america better, so joe biden, please stand for a moment. [applause] [cheers applause] mr. Biden thank you, reverend. Well, i am here to introduce another biden who is going to become president of the United States, my granddaughter, finnegan biden. [cheers applause] mr. Biden if anyone will make it, this one will. By the way, i lost a daughter, i have one daughter that survived, and i have four granddaughters, and let me tell you, they are incredible. How many of you have a granddaughter out there .
motorcade that is making its way towards the irish president. let s bring in our correspondence, charlotte gallagher. a lot of pomp and ceremony. today, very much the formal part of this visit. yes. and ceremony. today, very much the formal part of this visit. formal part of this visit. yes, it is really back formal part of this visit. yes, it is really back to formal part of this visit. yes, it is really back to business - formal part of this visit. yes, it is really back to business for i formal part of this visit. yes, it | is really back to business forjoe is really back to business forjoe biden after spending last night in a pub, he was even behind the bar at one point. it looked like he was going to pull a pint of guinness. today he is meeting the president, michael d higgins, his wife, and also the deputy prime minister. he is at the official residence to meet joe biden. and rows of soldiers as well. it has all the hallmarks of a state visit. so they are going to b
you for joining us. i m abby phillip in washington. i want to take you straight to dublin, where president biden is delivering and addressed to the irish parliament. let s take a listen. i ll also revisit county mayo. remember the history and hope and the heartbreak my blue and ancestors must have felt leaving their beloved homeland to begin their new lives in america. i sell this not to wax poetic about bygone days, but because of the story of my family s journey, those who left and those who stayed is emblematic of the stories of so many irish and american families, not just irish american families. and these stories are the very heart of what binds ireland america together. they speak to a history defined by our dreams. they speak to a president written by our shared responsibility. possibilities so today i d like to reflect on the enduring strength of the connections between ireland and the united states, a partnership for the ages. begins in our shared history dating bac
the tennessee two is down to one. john berman here in for anderson. late today, officials in nashville voted to reinstate justin jones, one of the two lawmakers expelled from the statehouse. last week. the second justin j. pearson of memphis, joins us shortly. and the third lawmaker who was not sanctioned, took part in a protest against gun violence in the wake of the covenant school, mass murder just a few miles from the statehouse, jones and pearson s expulsion for violating decorum, essentially talking out of turn sparked local protests and international outcry. now in a horrible turn of events, people in neighboring kentucky are living through a mass shooting of their own, and we will have a live report in louisville just ahead. first though cnn s ryan young in nashville for us tonight, and ryan, you spoke to representative jones after he was reappointed. so what did he tell you? john, this was amazing to see we saw it all play out right there in front of us, not only fro