and has to be affirmed. i must say to you that the state of the union is not good these people somehow politics into power and make the government work. we re privileged to witness a significant achievement in the cause of peace. what was once a distant foreign policy to issue has become a domestic issue there is no delays in the spirit of this country. we can turn of this country around and we can turn our economy around. and the time to do it is now . just a few moments now, president nixon will be appearing before the people perhaps as last time as president of the united states. hail to the chief good evening, i shall resign the presidency affected tomorrow. turning over the direction of the government to vice president ford i know that the leadership of america will be in good hands. in those first few days and weeks when gerald ford ascended the presidency you can say if you were casting someone to play the road to heal a nation, gerald ford would win
it s december 31st. i m martin savidge in for boris sanchez. good morning. good to be with you. i m amara walker. thank you for spending part of this final day of 2022 with us. we re following breaking news. pope emeritus benedict has died at the age of 95. his health had been faming prompting pope francis to ask for prayers. for the first time in modern history, pope benedict resigned, which paved the way for pope francis to take control of the catholic church. cnn cnn s deana gallagher has more. a german childhood, he lived in the shadows of hitler s nazi regime, he was referred to as god s rottweiler. years caused accomplishments to go unnoticed. he was the first pope to go green, making the vatican the first country in the world to go with a zero carbon footprint and bringing in electric vehicles including a hybrid popemobile. he was cardinal and pope dur the year whence the catholic church sex scandals came to light. it was too little too late for some, but it wa
senator joe manchin s team confirming that he will, quote, unequivocally not support any climate provisions in the democrats economic package or consider raising taxes on the wealthy or corporations. moments ago president biden took off for saudi arabia in a highly anticipated and controversial meeting with the crown prince mohammed bin salman. the president is seeking to boost oil flow and reset the relationship with the kingdom, less than two years after vowing to make saudi arabia a pariah for its human rights abuses. cnn s kaitlan collins and wolf blitzer are in jeddah, saudi arabia, where the president will be visiting. wolf, to you first. the president, before he left the west bank, met with the palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas this morning. he continues to advocate for a two-state solution, announced an aide, but right now there are no substantive talks between the israelis and palestinians. where do those negotiations stand and where does a two-state
holding hands, and then i think they re the presidential couple with the most pd a. ever, and we can get into that if you d like. but, what happened when he was answering questions about the middle east, she would go like this. and you know, her because we interview. and the mic was on her to, but it didn t pick up. she was so good she was she was telling him what the right answer was, and then he gave us the right answer. he corrected himself. so, they were a true couple in politics, and in love. a true partnership. yes. a true partnership. richard louis, thankful for you, appreciate it. that wraps up for everybody, for this hour. i am yasmin vossoughian, i ll be off for thanksgiving week. and i wish you and your family a very peaceful holiday. simone starts right. now mone starts right. now and close adviser, in an out of the white house, for more than three quarters of a century. softspoken, politically savvy, and fiercely determined, rosalynn carter was known
we had hostages and ironic. and we had a combination of inflation and stagnant growth many thought not possible. i will never forget it. interest rates had gone through the moon as the fed under carter put it, bulb okeechobee at the head of the fed and get an handle on inflation for interest rates were soaring. many market funds are bringing huge returns on the market funds were opening storefronts of the main streets of the country. i remember in washington and it was a tough time for a lot of people. carter could be a tough guy in some ways. although i must tell you on a personal level i want moderated a discussion between him and gerald ford. they traveled the country together. and had w will recall debates bt they weren t there quite friendly. i did it at my daughter s college at the time. i said something about it in a e fewer marks i made before and i mention the fact i bought my daughter a set of radial tires because at the time he came up to me after words and come to