Freedom, liberty, and against tyranny. The odds against them were vast. But they did not break under the onslaught of the british bombs. No, the next morning, they lowered their tattered metal flex battle flags, and in defiance, raised a large 30 by 40 foot flag in its place. The message was clear for all to see. Fort mchenry was still standing. Ues its defenders fought for worse still standing, and they were the tory us. They were victorious. Key witnessed this special moment, inspiring him to capture a significant in a poem whose lyrics later became the starspangled banner. O say, does that starspangled banner yet wave over the land of the free and the home of the brave . Today, some people find our flag and National Anthem offensive, but we americans know our history. We stand for our National Anthem. We proudly salute our flag. Most importantly, we uphold and cherish the values they represent. This president , this conference, this country will always fight to protect freedom, not
Kevin before i introduce the president , there is someone special in the audience, well, two people i want to introduce. One is my wife judy. [applause] there is a person that would be sitting in this room with us, one of our colleagues, that has now gone on to be the acting chief of staff for the president. Where is Mick Mulvaney . Mick, stand up please. [applause] kevin we are very proud of you, mick. All right. Tomorrow, 205 years ago, the british troops, after burning down the capital, attacked fort mchenry right here in baltimore. Of americane soldiers defended the forts. They fought for freedom, liberty, and against tierney. Vast,ds against him were but they did not break under the onslaught of the british bombs. No, the next morning they lowered their tattered battle flag, and in defiance, they footd a large 30 to 40 flag in its place. Fort mchenry was Still Standing was the message for all to see. The value its defenders fought to protect was Still Standing. And not just ending
And independents, 2027488002. You can tweet us your thoughts at cspanwj and post on our Facebook Page. That is at facebook. Com cspan. Joining us on the phone to explain this proposal from the Trump Administration is anna, she covers Homeland Security issues for the publication. A morning to you. Guest good morning, pedro. Host could this could you explain this proposal and how it changes from the current policy . 2015, a judge of the Central District of california ruled in a settlement that children in i. C. E. Custody and any person with that child could not be held in custody more than 20 days. This is under the Obama Administration and at the time, you have families going through dockets seeking asylum being held 45 days, sometimes 90 days. The issue at hand was you cannot just indefinitely detain a family. Now what we have is any family weather they present at a port and does not have documents or illegally crosses and says i have a credible fear of returning will be taken into cu
Nfib is unique. We represent the little guy. Small businesses and independent Business Owners. Our average member has five to 10 employees. They are very small. They are in all industries and all over america. One of the key things about nfib is you have to be an independent business owner. We have no publicly traded companies at all. We are truly a memberdriven organization. We were created 75 years ago under the principle and the guiding the guide of one member, one vote, and we follow that today. Members every year vote their ballot at the federal and state level and they set policy for nfib. We dont sit in a room in d. C. And decide what is good for Small Business. They tell us and we take that to the state capitals and the hill 50 to lobby on their behalf. Pedro when it comes to going to the hill what is the main , message you delivered at the white house if you have that kind of relationship . Brad one things most policymakers dont understand is that Small Business makes up half
Homeowners taking their first painful steps to can up the mess. The heavy rain and floods wiping out this Montgomery County basement. We have liv o team covera the damage and whats next. And former president bill clinton clarifies his relationship with jeffrey epstein, the billionaire charged with y recruiting girls asng as age 14 to have sex with them. Announcer news 4 at 11 00 starts now. Flash rst tonight, the floods that paralyzedte commu in just a matter ofmi nutes. Rivers overflowed, roads into rapids, cars and homesde unr water. This is 4 mile in arlington, overflowing its banks and submerging cars nearby. Not a creek any more, thats for sure. The water came in so fast and so furiously, some people couldnt turn around fast enough. This is the scene here on canal road from potomac into georgetown that road runs one way into the district in the morning and this morning one way into trouble. Us some harrowing moments and the damage not jt to our roads. Check out the waterfall insid