And zachary karabell. Secretary pompeo saying the u. S. Must confront the countrys communist party. Listen. The Chinese Communist Party Offering its people and the world an entirely different model of governance. It is one in which a party rules and everyone must think and act according to the will of the communist police. Thats not a future they want. Thats not a future that i want. I think it is not a future that anyone in this room wants. It is not a future that other democrats want. It is not a future that the people of china, the freedomloving people of china everywhere dont want this model. David lets bring in china analyst gordon chang. Gordon, the president is still confident that were going the to get a deal. Were going to get a deal. Liz and i were at that speech last night. We were shocked. He went the whole distance with that speech coming down on china every bit as hard as you have, and yet the president still thinks we can get a deal. Is that possible with this rhetoric .
[cheers and applause] mr. Franken werent they great . , who played bernie come up he has to start at a higher level and ramp it up. Wow. It is great to be here, isnt it, at politicon . People all over the ideological left,rum, right, farleft, farright, the nutcase left, the nutcase right, and there are even people here from nutcase middle. David brooks is here. [laughter] mr. Franken wrote another great column in the New York Times about how there arent enough it wasns like him, and very, very balance, i have to say. I know a lot of you might be wondering what i have been up to. Ill, when i left the senate, was going to give up my seat, but not my voice. Thank you. [applause] mr. Franken i have spent a lot of time thinking about how to do that, and how best to make a difference, so i have been spending the last few months going around the country, making speeches, about politics, health care. I have been raising money for organizations that do great things, like Trained Service dogs fo
Our heavenly father, may your holy name be honored. May your name be held in high regard in this senate. We give thanks to you for you are good, and your steadfast love endures forever. You have watched over this nation through various times of peace, prosperity, turmoil, and war. May we continue to look to you and be a people who seek your face. Draw us near, and may we draw near to you. Blessed is the nation whose god is the lord. Reveal to us our sins and forgive us. Reveal to us also your love, and enable each of us to love you with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength. Today, i pray that you grant to these senators of the United States the spirit of wisdom, the fear of the lord, and the courage to act by the counsel of the lord in all matters great and small. May they have your perspective on all things. May your kingdom come and your will be done here in our nation as it is in heaven, in and through these senators. Bless their families and their health. Give them your peace. O
Historic places and up next, we travel to philadelphias Independence National historical park, learn about Congress Hall. The Meeting Place of the u. S. House and senate between 1790 and 1800. Our guide is park Ranger Matthew ifill. We are standing in the old house of representatives in a building that we Call Congress hall, although originally it was built as a courthouse for philadelphia for most of its history, thats exactly what it was. But in the years that the city of washington, d. C. Is being built, philadelphia serves as our temporary us. This room serves for the house of representatives. The second floor of the building that well see in a moment was the United States senate, the house of representatives. Each representative at that in our history represented 30,000 people. We had a population at our first census of about three and three quarters million. We had 106 members of the house we would sit in this room and eventually from 16 states and the story as the us capitol the
Of representatives in a building that we Call Congress hall, although originally it was built as a courthouse for philadelphia for most of its history, thats exactly what it was. But in the years that the city of washington, d. C. Is being built, philadelphia serves as our temporary us. This room serves for the house of representatives. The second floor of the building that well see in a moment was the United States senate, the house of representatives. Each representative at that in our history represented 30,000 people. We had a population at our first census of about three and three quarters million. We had 106 members of the house we would sit in this room and eventually from 16 states and the story as the us capitol the story where were taking a new and actually offer it doing things like adding new states to the original 13 also. So the bill of would become a part our constitution while philadelphia was the capitol in fact the secretary of state Thomas Jefferson would formally an