at our best, we learn from our past and we look to the future. a nation continuously striving to be a more perfect union. i m here to speak to another truth. it s because of this congregation and the black community of south carolina, and not an exaggeration, jim clyburn, that i stand here today as your president because of all of you. that s a fact, and i owe you. i ve done my best to honor your trust. that means rejecting the small, narrow, cramped view of america as well as lifting up a bigger and broader view of america that holds that, if you do well, i do well, we all do well. when our freedoms are protected, we deny hate is a safe harbor where everyone is a fair shot at a life of dignity and opportunity and where our democracy works for everybody. it benefits everybody. i don t get these guys. everybody does better. even those folks who disagree with us. i m keeping my commitment to you. that s the america we re building together instead of erasing history, we re makin
andrea mitchell is on assignment traveling with secretary blinken. right now, countdown to the caucuses. just one week today as the republican candidates for president make their final push in iowa. meanwhile, president biden is on the trail in south carolina where he ll be speaking at mother emanuel church, the scene of the horrific hate crime in 2015. his message today, the hate that fueled the killing of nine worshippers still rages. at the pentagon, demand for answers grows after lloyd austin failed to tell the white house for days that he had been admitted to the icu. and a critical piece of the alaskan airlines flight has been found as it blasted off the plane mid flight, taking passengers belongings with it. we begin this very busy hour with the race for the white house. we are now just seven days away from the very first primary contest of this high stakes election year. the republican iowa caucuses. while there is still time, so far, it s shaping up to be a 2020
we look to the future. a nation continuously striving to be a more perfect union. i m here to speak to another truth. it s because of this congregation and the black community of south carolina and not exaggeration and jim clyburn that i stand here today as your president because of all of you. [applause] that s a fact. that s a fact. and i owe you. and i ve done my best to honor your trust. that means rejecting the small narrow cramped view america as well as lifting up a bigger and broader view of america. but if you do well, i do well. we all do well. we all do well small towns and big cities are doing better. when our freedoms are protected and deny hate as a safe harbor where everyone has a fair shot at a life of dignity and opportunity. and our democracy works for everybody. it benefits everybody. i don t get these guys. everybody does better. even those folks who disagree with us. i m keeping my commitment to you. that s the america we are building together instead of
getting new reaction from the biden administration on defense secretary austin s decision to hide his hospital stay. just a short time ago john kirby told a reporter no change regarding austin s position, despite growing calls for resignation. hello, this is outnumbered, i m kayleigh mcenany, here with emily compagno and harris faulkner. hudson institute senior fellow rebecca heinrichs and fox news contributor and host of guy benson show, guy benson. austin s ordeal began december 22 right-hand, when he underwent a procedure at walter reed and returned to intensive care unit last monday with severe pain. austin s next in command was given some duties next day but not told he was in the hospital. the white house had no clue that the secretary of defense was hospitalized. senior pentagon officials and congress learn the news on friday. austin s condition was closely guarded. one dod official was told the secretary was working from home. austin is recovering in the hospital
Teenth the first federal holiday since dr. martin luther king day. why? because the truth matters. the truth matters. with your help, we established the national monument in honor of mamie and emmett till because we heard mrs. till s call, the mother of a 14-year-old son who was lynched and whose body was mutilated. but the mother insisted on a open casket at his funeral because she said, let the world see what i saw. the truth matters. it always matters. we can t just choose to learn what we want to know and not what we should know. we should know the good, the bad, the truth of who we are. that s what great nations do. we re the greatest of all nations.