several soldiers will now not be guarding the inauguration. the security reason for the last-minute move. the critical agency in the department of homeland department. the race under way to put the biden administration s team in place. but one republican senator throwing up a roadblock. plus, state of the vaccine the rollout stalling, complaints growing. we are running out of vaccine. tonight, where we stand in the battle against covid-19. announcer: live from cnbc, the facts, the truth, the news with shepard smith. good evening we re on the eve of witnessing one of the hallmarks of our nation, the passage of power at times during these last several months and certainly in the last two weeks we weren t all sure we d rife at this moment but now the day is upon us and american democracy stands to shine through about 17 hours from now, joe biden will be sworn in as the 46th president of the united states his ascent to the white house decades in the making. and on thi
america on alert. several soldiers will now not be guarding the inauguration. the security reason for the last-minute move. the critical agency in the department of homeland security. the race under way to put the biden administration s team in place, but one republican senator throwing up a roadblock. plus, state of the vaccine the rollout stalling, complaints growing. we are running out of vaccine. tonight, where we stand in the battle against covid-19. thh announcer: live from cnbc, the facts, the truth, the news with shepard smith. good evening we re on the eve of witnessing one of the hallmarks of our nation, the passage of power at times during these lasthe day several months and certainly in the last two weeks we weren t all sure we d arrive at this moment, but now the day is upon us, and american democracy stands to shine through. about 17 hours from now, joe biden will be sworn in as the 46th president of the united states his ascent to the white ho
the security reason for the last-minute move. the critical agency in the department of homeland security. cabinet confirmations, the race underway to put the biden administration s team in place, but one republican senator throwing up a roadblock. plus, state of the vaccine the rollout stalling, complaints growing. we are running out of vaccine. tonight, where we stand in the battle against covid-19. announcer: live from cnbc, the facts, the truth, the news with shepard smith. good evening we re on the eve of witnessing one of the hallmarks of our nation, the passage of power at times during these last several months and certainly in the last two weeks we weren t all sure we d arrive at this moment, but now the day is upon us, and american democracy stands to shine through. about 17 hours from now, joe biden will be sworn in as the 46th president of the united states his ascent to the white house decades in the making, and on this eve a sobering reminder of th
my hope is to use about half of the time to talk about questions i ve got for these two, then spend the other half taking questions that you have. if there s one thing i hope you take from this whole session, it is that being a presidential speechwriter is exactly what you would think it would be on the west wing. that s it. i m kidding, it is much more like veep. since this is the presidential ideas festival, i will start with a question about the relationship between ideas and speeches. sometimes what starts off as an idea ends up in a speech, sometimes the speechwriting process starts before you have the idea. just curious, sarah, what do you think, what would you share about that process, how an idea becomes a speech. i think in a weird way as speechwriters, we are not coming up with the ideas. there are much smarter people in the building that are developing those ideas. but in a way i think that these ideas kind of they don t get crystallized until they re litigat
in a time of crisis, it can move a nation, it is an incredible tool both here at home for our own politics but for our foreign policy abroad. we all know that senator kennedy is famous for his booming rhetoric whether it was on the senate floor or in speeches across the country. words, in addition to actions, go down in history books for their meaning and impact. it is my pleasure to introduce our esteemed panelists. first is ambassador caroline, a recognized journalist and educator who served as the ambassador to belize. we have senior presidential speechwriter for president clinton, she wrote on a ride a wide range of issues including race. they include remarks in memphis. the speech originally was supposed to be on the american free trade agreement and she argued to shift its focus. after delivering his meant it, do not end it speech, president clinton made history this afternoon. she personally helped me craft my affirmative action speech. she had more to do with drop