America, we the people. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2021] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] mr. Speaker, the president of the United States. [applause] [applause] [applause] members of the congress, i have the great pleasure, the high privilege, and the distinct and personal honor of presenting to you the president of the United States. [applause] pres. Nixon mr. Speaker, mr. President , my colleagues in the congress, our distinguished guests and my fellow americans to address a joint session of the congress in this Great Chamber in which i was once privileged to serve is an honor for which i am deeply grateful. The state of the Union Address is traditionally an occasion for a lengthy and detailed account by the president of what he has accomplished in the past, what he wants the congress to do in the future, and, in an election year, to lay the basis for the p
Democrats. Republicans. 1 for and 202 7488002 for independents. A five hour program. We will take you to the opening session on both the house and senate sides, but today on the house side a lot to watch out for and here to walk us through it is john mcardle. Morning, john. Caller from capitoladline hill newspaper says the house prepares for an opening day unlike any other and certainly a lot of changes will happening from the usual procedures cspan viewers are used to watching. You talk about the ceremony and procedures they look fairly normal. There is the call to order, an opening prayer and the pledge of is saidce, that prayer to be led by a methodist pastor. Did they house champlin is retiring at the end of the 116th congress. The quorum call is the next thing to take place and to walk us through that, a few tweets from chad program. Is the first it order of business. Underscore under normal certain under normal circumstances, the members would record their attendance, but under C
New book slanted how the news media taught us to love censorship and hate journalism. Dr. Peters salk on Lessons Learned from the polio vaccine that can be applied to the covid19 vaccine. Good morning, its the washington journal for december the 22nd. Congress has sent donald trump a 900 billion Coronavirus Relief direct that includes payments, extended Unemployment Benefits, money for the ppp, and other categories covered. With the passage of this bill we ift to hear from you on this release package will help you. If you are unemployed and want to give us your expected, 202 7488000 perspective, 202 7488000. The same if you are a furloughed worker, call 202 7488001. 202 7488002 if you are an essential worker. All others can call in at 202 7488003. You can use that same number to text your response this morning. You can post on our twitter feed cspanwj. Also on our facebook page. Going through some details of the bill signed and passed by the house and senate yesterday. Here are some of
Lauded. Some even giving her a standing ovation. That same night, a separate inquiry began for a different gop congresswoman, one who thought a president deserving of impeachment for his role in the rioting. As republicans were voting hichd closed doors on whether to remove liz cheney from leadership, i tweeted that House Republicans are now voting secretly about liz cheney. That might help her. They have no need to show their beer muscles and can instead vote for what is really best for the party to support her. See, i suspected an nonymity wod provide cheney the security of her colleagues who could vote without fear of the base that elects them. In the end 145 of 211 r republicans voted to keep chafrn any in leadership. 61 against. That is quite a chance. In a p have you been vote on certify pennsylvania, 130 voted to object for the states result. In both cases republicans voted for what President Trump hadded a advocated, a challenge to the legitimacy of the vote. The cheney votes i
Now in American History tv, bill clintons speech accepting the 1996 democratic nomination for president. Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states, bill clinton [applause] thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you. Mister chairman. Mr. Chairman, mr. Vice president , my fellow democrats and my fellow americans. Thank you for your nomination. [applause] i dont know if i can find a fancy way to say this, but i accept. [applause] thank you. So many have contributed to the record we have made for the American People, but one above all, my partner, my friend, and the best Vice President in our history, al gore. [applause] tonight i think the city of chicago, its great mayor and its wonderful people for this magnificent convention. I love chicago for many reasons. For your powerful spirit, your sports teams, you are lively politics, but most of all for the love and light of my life, chicagos d