On Biden Administration nominations, today and white house Budget Deputy nominee, young. And then later the caucus party meetings. Take you live now to the senate floor. The presiding officer the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, who commands the morning to appear, we honor your holy name. Lord, guide our lawmakers to find delight in your guidance. May your wisdom provide them with food for reflection morning, noon, and night. Renew their strength, as they seek for ways to reduce the violence in our land. Lord, provide them with uncommon wisdom to bring greater respect for the preciousness of each person made in your image. Give us all a greater reverence for the sanctity of every life. Lord, provide us all with the power to be productive for you in every season of life, as you cause our plans to flourish. We pray in your merciful name, amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting t
Biden today. He will not be going to the capitol with him to observe his inauguration instead he will get in that helicopter in just a few minutes and head to Andrews Air Force base and give a final speech before heading to maralago. Want to go to jon karl who is at the white house right now. An unusual day in so many ways, jon. Reporter incredibly unusual, george. Looking at that sight, marine one on the south lawn about to take donald trump out of from the white house for the very last time. This is a morning we usually see the incoming and outgoing president s spend time together at the white house. The incoming and outgoing first ladies spending time together and then sharing a ride up to the Capitol Building for the swearing in and none of that is happening. None of the usual rituals as you say of president ial transfer of power are happening. We havent seen a phone call from donald trump to joe biden. We havent seen a concession speech. We havent really heard an acknowledgement t
Will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, ruler of heaven, you alone are unutterable. Teach our lawmakers to obey you, to embrace the truth, to treat others fairly, and to avoid speaking harshly. Give them such respect for one another that they will assume the best motives for the actions of their colleagues. Help our senators to remember that you are the judge of the universe, who sees everything, whether good or bad. Lord, you can even see the motivations of our hearts. Inspire us all to permit our thoughts, words, and actions to be acceptable to you. And, lord, we respect the conclusions of the Electoral College and ask you to bless president elect joseph biden and Vice President elect harris. We pray in your great name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with libert
It, 202 7488001. If you are unsure, 202 7488002. You can also text us at 202 7488003, message us on twitter at cspanwj, and on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. A harris it was from poll that was released on the 23rd of june. 58said that at the time, percent of respondents said the statues should remain, while 42 say they should be removed. A number of confederate monuments were torn down in cities across the United States recently. If you go to the u. S. News website this morning, an activity that took place yesterday in georgia this is reuters reporting a predominantly black group of heavily armed protesters stormed through a park in atlanta, calling for the removal of the confederate rock carving that the site that civil rights activist consider a monument to racism. Many were dressed in paramilitary style clothing and wearing face scarves, quietly parading down the sidewalk at the park. Supremacists have historically used Stone Mountain as a rallying spot of their own. Thats in stom
Wj. cspanwj. You can go to cspan. Org and find a lot of information. Most recently, was on the senate floor. New jersey senator cory booker calling for the removal of confederate statues. Thee cannot separate confederate statues from this history and legacy of White Supremacy. Indeed, in the history of our nation, those confederate statues represent roughly four years of the confederacy. In the history of our country, hail heroes, hailed as heroes people who took up arms against their own nation who sought to keep and sustain slavery. Who let us into the bloodiest war of our countrys history. Battlet battle after until they were defeated soundly. The relics of that fouryear space, giving the sacred to these traitors upon our assault toot just an the ideals of america as a whole , they are painful, insulting injuries being compounded to so Many American citizens. Desireerstand the very to put people represent four plus years of treason, the desire to put them there in an , with vast ter