Live gaveltogavel of the house. Theyll gavel in next. Up the resolution on the appointment of managers of impeachment. Live coverage on cspan. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. God, we give you thanks for giving us another day. You helped promise god, you are with us wherever we are and whatever we are doing to heal and to help, give strength and make us whole. On this day, the house and the senate draw our nations attention as the process of impeachment moves forward. Bless all members of congress with wisdom. Give them the courage to honor the constitution as they have promised to do so that all americans can proudly observe their government in action. Opinion and feelings will be on edge, may all members be filled by your holy spirit and engage each other with goodwill and respect. May all that is done this day and in the days to come, be for your gritter honor and glory. Amen.
President ial library and museum hosted this event. First, i want to say good afternoon and thank some people. Of course tim for letting me come and speak to you today. And of course samantha, who handled a lot of the publicity for the event. She did just a wonderful job. There was also a local Radio Station who did a great interview and between newspaper and radio, im always appreciative of all the people who support your visit. I want to thank all of them before i get started. Im going to jump right into it and tell you why we are here. The kansas city monarchs were a Negro League Baseball team. Perhaps most of you have heard of them. Some of the great players maybe you heard of Jackie Robinson or Satchel Paige. Organized 1920, 1920 four and one the first world championship. That was 90 years ago. Way torying to figure a honor these brave men who purely play for the love of the game because they did not make great salaries back then. I decided i was going to visit 90 cities to commem
So when he actually when he left the white house in early 53, he had had to take a loan out from a bank in washington to help make ends meet, and he also refused to commercialize the presidency. He would not take lucrative speaking fees. He would not sit on corporate boards, that sort of thing. Im glad the president s still dont do that. So anyway, he was really kind of a poor guy. He was the last president to become a regular citizen again in a way, and so on this trip they stayed at hotels, and they ate at roadside diners, and they crashed with friends in indianapolis one night, and so its kind of the story of this trip and also how being an expresident has changed. Yeah, they came to new york. They actually stayed at the waldorf in new york for four nights, and i was curious how they could afford that, and then harry saved all his correspondence and at the Truman Library i found a letter from the general manager of the waldorf saying, i hear youre coming to new york. We would be hap
This is our mission. May history be able to say that the end of this chapter of american darkness began here tonight. Scottish fans could be watching live sport in stadiums by next month. Its after first minister Nicola Sturgeon says that limited numbers with strict physical distancing could be allowed inside stadia from the 14th of septermber. Good morning. An unseasonably windy speu good morning. An unseasonably windy spell of weather on the card to the next couple of days. The wind is Strong Enough to bring some disruption and the threat of some coastal flooding as well. I will keep you up to date. Its friday the 21st of august. Our top story. The portuguese Prime Minister, antonio costa, has offered a warm welcome to british visitors after his country was added to uks list of travel corridors, meaning there is no need to quarantine after returning home. But the travel industry says the relaxation comes too late to save its summer. The new rules, effective from 4am tomorrow, also im
Joe biden promises to lead america out of what he calls its season of darkness as he formally accepts the Democratic Party president ial nomination. Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world 7 and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. The mystery over the condition of leading russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny has deepened. The fierce and outspoken critic of president putin collapsed while on a flight to moscow and is now in a coma in hospital. His supporters claim he was poisoned via a substance added to his tea but one of the doctors in charge of his care has this morning said that so far no traces of poison have been in his system. Mr navalnys aides have insisted he be transferred to germany for treatment, but the russian hospital chief says hes too ill to be moved. The hopsital say they have a diagnosis, which they have yet to reveal. They gave this update a little earlier. Translation today, from the tests we