Gov. Weld thank you, steve. Now we have senator michael bennet. [applause] sen. Bennet thank you. Frommichael bennet colorado. I have my family with me. A few words. This is where we are spending our vacation. The iowa state fair. Thank you for having us. Im happy to open it up for any comments or questions or criticisms anybody has on any topic. Before i was in the senate, i had not really been in politics. I was the school superintendent. A Large Urban School District in america where most of the kids live in poverty. What i learned about the kids there was that they have exactly the same dreams that i had as a kid. Their parents have exactly the same dreams for them that my parents had for me. And that susan and i have for our three daughters. They face enormous challenges, like school kids all over this country, when they are living in a time when we have got the worst income inequality we have had in 100 years, and an Education System that is reinforcing the income inequality, rat
Think people lead better lives when they are peers that arent good for them just to meet their needs and i think people can handle freedom very well. Thats why we give them this freedom so they can have the things they need to live. So for example all the research on universal basic income shows that people become more productive because they no longer have to fear for their daily bread in this manner. Your fighting for universal basic income or u. P. I. You first tested it on yourself because you were able to finance it how did that work. Thinking that the congress. Eleven years ago i started an Internet Firm which i met four years ago im still a partial owner but i dont work there anymore i get shares of the earnings of around a thousand euro a month without having to do anything for it but how did not having to work for it affect you. I have less money than before but the money was unconditional it didnt hinge on performance after a while it led to a deeper you know. I adopted a hea
The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, pastor Kenneth Codner, great baptist church, bellefonte, pennsylvania. The chaplain please bow with me in prayer. Heavenly father, i am humbled to be able to stand before you on behalf of this assembly here today. Lord, we are sinners, deserving none of your favor. But, father, i come to you in the merit of the lord and savior, jesus christ, who washed me from my sins in his shed blood. Father, we are aware more than any of the bitterness and bitter divisiveness throughout this room and across this nation of ours. I know that this grieves your heart, father. And i pray that we would repent of our sins, that you might forgive them and heal this land of ours. I pray that youll work in the hearts of the members of congress, that they be willing to put aside their political expedience and partisan politics and personal agendas, that they would strive to do what is best for our nation as a
But we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. Crazy. Re thes a lot of debris, theres a lot of destruction and homes are completely in the dark. Destructive tornados reek havoc in the south. We were frightened to death and it was right over our heads. Where is the house . Its, like, gone. Youre looking at the neighborhood from the middle of your living room. Two minutes ago, i had a house. Yeah. I read the pepai rs, see whats going on in television. I see the lies that you know, the lies. Are you getting concerned at all about his grasp of the truth . I am going to do my job. Ill let you guys do yours with respect to how you report it. Im talking about the president of the United States deying things that are not true, monstrably not true. Are they more important than the many things he says that are true that are making a difference in peoples lives . Betsy devos sworn in as secretary of education. My vote for betsy devos was the easiest vote i e
Heard over and over from mr. Trumps supporters here, scott. They said give the president a chance. Dean reynolds as we continue to listen to the people. Dean, thank you. We have learned tonight of a Security Threat to the president s inauguration last month. Our Homeland Security correspondent jeff pegues has discovered that hackers managed to disable much of the vast network of security cameras in washington and hold them for ransom. I, Donald John Trump do solemnly swear. Reporter eight days before President Trump was sworn in, hackers breached traffic and security cameras around washington, d. C. The cameras were part of the security setup for the inauguration and were being monitored at this fbi command center. There are 187 cameras in the city, monitoring everything from the white house, to the capitol to the inaugural parade route, and about 70 of them had been commandeered. Chris caruso is leading the investigation for the secret service. There must have been a real concern abou