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He is now stationed in tucson. He and sarah are expecting our first grandchild. He is doing well. Thank you for asking. First lieutenant . He is a captain now. My daughter married the guy he trained with. He is now deployed on the nimitz. Great. Is that your plan . He is a test pilot. Yeah. Good call. That is great. This is an honor for me. We do the whole thing again. We do the whole thing again. The ceremony and however you ever you want us do it. I think they have got us in good shape and i am just going to recite it again. Keep your right hand raised. Do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that you take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation that you will and faithfully discharge the duties of the office for which you are about to enter. So help you god . I do. Congratulations. And then we will invite the other famil ....
Joe biden both taking time to honor those veterans who served our country. President elect biden left wilmington to stop by the philadelphia Korean War Memorial at penns landing to lay a wreath there. This is a personal day. His late son beau biden served in the National Guard in iraq. The president laid a a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier. This is the first appearance since Hemant Lakhani shun was called. The biden called on the president to concede. I think it is an embarassment quite frankly. The only thing that, how can i say this, tactfully, i think it will not help the president s legacy. Reporter even though President Trump is biding his time, World Leaders are not waiting. Biden had a rou ....
Youre looking at some of the images from the 1884 election and listening to songs in support of james g. Blaine of maine and his running mate, john logan. Tonight our series continues and were live in the home of james g. Blaine, and since 1920, the official residence of maines governor. Were inside the blaine house with governor page. Welcome to maine and welcome to the peoples house. Mr. Blaine is here every day and we see his spirit every evening, because we always say good night to him. What is your sense of living the house was built many years ago, many people have lived in it over the years, but he really is president in a lot of ways. What have you come to learn about the man by living in his midst . He not only was a very strong supporter and founder of the Republican Party in maine but a national leader, and started maine on its course to where we are now. And very, very influential both in the press, in state governme ....
And then around 12 30 p. M. Eastern time the house is going to vote on these house managers, run a 10minute debate and then vote. Why is it that the house votes on impeachment managers and then you see that procession on your full screen happening after 5 00 p. M. Eastern time, that procession of the house managers from the house to the senate. Why does that happen . Guest taking the last point first, i dont know that a procession is entirely necessary but it does emphasize the solemnity of theo cakes and also theres a tradition here that goes back literally centuries because this whole idea of having house managers, that is to say representatives in the lower house presenting the case for the impeachment in impeachment in the upper house goes back to British Parliament and thats exactly what happened in those days, the house managers would proceed from the Lower Chamber t ....
We sit as a jury of 100 to render impartial justice with the chief justice is the Supreme Court presiding as the chief judge. I will administer the oath. To all senators in the chamber in conformance with article one, section three, clause six of the constitution and the Senate Impeachment rule. To be sure no vote would be parted, you take a vote three times to render impartial justice. One as group, then as individual, and the third, you go into the well and you sign the book where i hereby, u. S. Senator from maryland, pledged to render impartial justice in the matter of impeachment. Wow. Your hand shakes with that kind of historical amendment. Host don ritchie, u. S. Senate historian emeritus, we have asked you to spend an hour with us to give us some perspective, to guide us what might happen. Senator mccluskey talks about how important this felt, the job the u. S. Sen ....