Today, we turn a page in the book of our nations history. A history that we write together. Notjust because i have the honour of becoming the first black leader in any european country, but because a generational dial has jumped too. Like ken and jane, devolution is not something that i have had to get used to, or to adapt to, or to apologise for. Devolution, welsh solutions to welsh problems and opportunities, is in my blood. It is what i have always known through my adult political life and that is the same for a growing number of our citizens and i want us to use this moment as a Starting Point for a more confident march into the future. A march into the future on behalf of a generation that, too often, is being asked to Pick Up The Pieces and the bill for those who came before them. In wales, it often takes the worst times to get the best out of us. In adversity, you cant match us. We will be there, Fighting Tooth and nailfor the impossible to happen. For the underdog, for the oppr
country, that s where we re seeing the rain showers. this was an absolutely perfect place to be for the eclipse. this not so perfect. the showers popped up in the warmer part of the morning and they re hanging around. if you re in nashville, one of the biggest parties in america is going on right now. knoxville, back on over to about columbia, south carolina, eventual into charleston. this is a beautiful swath of no cloud cover, and then finally to the shore, that s where the rain is back. there are so many people, isle of palms, charleston, to the north of savannah, just south of myrtle beach, being disappointed by the rainfall. sometimes the sea breeze can make it go away, wolf, but we ll have to see. one thing i want you to notice, if you re in chicago, if you re in dallas, central park, if you re getting part of the solar eclipse, i want you to look down under a tree, and i want you to