[applause] i would like to add a word of thanks to the men and women in uniform for serving around the world and being here this evening. Great honor to welcome the first family of the United States. Andpresident , mrs. Obama, sasha and malia. Happy holidays. President obama hello, everybody. Happy holiday. You know my crew. Happy holidays to reese and everyone here tonight. And everyone watching at home. Lets begin the process of lighting the tree. We have a countdown. We will start at five. 1. 4, 3, 2, reese Merry Christmas. President obama Merry Christmas, everybody. Reese i am joined by good friend of mine and a very special guest. She is a show business legend. The one and only miss piggy, everybody. Miss piggy thank you. Reese how are you . Im fine, but im worried the cold weather will be too much for a hollywood girl like you. I thought i would do you a favor and host the rest of the show. Reese i dont think that is necessary. Miss piggy you have an academy award. Give me someth
Reaction from congress on mass shootings, gun control, terrorism, and the rise of isis. On cspan, thursday, december 31, at 8 00 p. M. Eastern. This holiday weekend, 2 days of featured programming. Rosa parks years ago defied a City Ordinance for blacks to leave their seat on a city bus to make room for white passengers. It instigated the montgomery bus boycott. We will see what role the lawyers played in the protest and the Civil Rights Movement as we hear from the attorney for rosa parks and demonstrators. War author and historian William Davis on the littleknown aspects of the live and leadership of robert e. Lee and grant. And ulysses s. Grant and nasa projects, including project and the flyby of mars. And an awardwinning documentary filmmaker on how the public learns about history through film and television. American history tv, all weekend, and on holidays. The Kennedy Center honors is an annual ceremony for contributions to american culture. President obama and the first lady h
Womens air force pilots. And r polish president Nobel Peace Prize winner. Todays reisnt receives it for presidency and specifically his ability to work on a bipartisan basis to achieve many administrations successes. There is a 25,000 cash award goes with the dole leadership prize. Im very pleased to announce has our recipient today chosen to donate that award back to seed le institute our new women [applause] that money will seed our new leadership lecture we plan to introduce the next couple of years. Commitment to bipartisanship can be fully seen in one of the thousands of artifacts torical from the Dole Institute archives. A is handwritten note from white house card from 1997 that enjoyed our b, i visit and socks loved his president. A dog can reach out to a cat who knows what wonders of might tion the next year hold. Sincerely, bill. It is my great lop to welcome to honor to welcome to the university of kansas and Dole Institute the recipient of the prize and eadership 42nd presid
What do you feel about the Current Supreme Court . Julian bond they are awful. They are not all awful but the majority is awful. I cant quote this exactly so i hope youll understand. You read the decision in the almart case. Justice scalia writes that business is always hire the very best people. [laughter] there is no reason they would not hire the very best people. Therefore the argument the other people are making is nonsense. If you have that kind of reasoning, how can you expect anything but garbage to come out . And garbage came out of him this time and in other decisions they made. It is a bad court. Warren olney they are going to be there for a long time. Julian bond yes they are, they are, unless someone intervenes. [laughter] warren olney you are not talking about the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee . Julian bond no, we are gone. Warren olney what happened to the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee . It became a Different Organization after you found it and no
Use a hand. Let us summon the spirit of togetherness that has always helped to keep america as a shining example to the world. And lets protect that idea. Especially those stationed far from home for the holidays. Our men and women in uniform and their families that sacrifice so much for us, it is because of celebratewe can freely, we can worship as we please, that we can come together on a night like this, strong and united and free. So, on the half of michelle, ny,ia, sasha, beau, son happy holidays to all of you and god bless you all and may god bless the United States of america. Thank you very much. [applause] announcer up next, president and mrs. Obama host the 2015 Kennedy Center honorees at the white house. Then, a discussion on income inequality in the u. S. And the efforts to fight drug incomeon and low in heigh families. Two on the next washington journal, a look at how campaign 2016 has different from past president ial campaigns in terms of Media Coverage and rhetoric. Our