long and successful journalism career. before she turned her sights. thank god she did to monticello. she came to us in 2016 as our first public relations and community engagement officer. and it s my delight to welcome her tonight as a colleague. but more importantly as an honored speaker. a common refrain in gail s book is and i quote giving voice to the ancestors. and she does that of course and we try to do that by telling their stories. she describes herself as when i quote a woman whose voice is used as an instrument. not for herself but for those written out of history. a woman who after a lifelong journey founder family her home her purpose end of quote and in part it was because of monticello s work to find and learn from the descendants of its enslaved community. in a project called getting word. that gale found more of her family and their story gail s courageous telling of her story and that of her family. provides an inspiration to all of us and of course gail s
And cspan3 in just a moment will take you live to richmond, virginia, where Governor Terry mcauliffe is about to make his state of the commonwealth address. Well have you there in just a second or two. Live coverage here on cspan3. And so once again, here we are in richmond, virginia. Governor Terry Mcauliffe about to make his state of the commonwealth address. This picture and this sound courtesy of wvce in virginia. [ cheers and applause ] the governor of the commonwealth of virginia. [ applause ] [ applause ] speaker of the house of delegates presented to you, from the commonwealth of virginia, the honorable Governor Terry mcauliffe. [ cheers and applause ] david, come on. Thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, my fellow virginians, good evening. Speaker cox, senator newman, justices of the supreme court, ladies and gentlemen of the virginia General Assembly, i do once again appreciate the opportunity to address you one final time. [ cheers and applause ]
Justices of the supreme court, ladies and gentlemen of the virginia General Assembly, i do once again appreciate the opportunity to address you one final time. [applause] gov. Mcauliffe i would be careful. Last year, every republican i gave a shout out, they are not back this year in the chamber. [applause] [laughter] gov. Mcauliffe you guys have done just fine. Seriously, in would let the think speaker bill howell for his many years of service to this commonwealth and to tell him and his family that we are praying for his speedy recovery. [applause] gov. Mcauliffe i would also like to take this opportunity to congratulate you mr. Speaker for your election to this historic office. Congratulations. [applause] gov. Mcauliffe i am so proud to be joined this evening by so may people who have worked tirelessly to help this administration in this commonwealth succeed over the last four years. We have with us, my incredible wife and my better half, the first lady of the commonwealth of virgin
[applause] [applause] hey, come on here. [applause] as speaker of the house of toegates, its my pleasure present you the governor of the commonwealth of virginia. [applause] gov. Mcauliffe thank you. [laughter] gov. Mcauliffe thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, my fellow virginians, good evening. Speaker cox, senator newman, justices of the supreme court, ladies and gentlemen of the virginia General Assembly, i do once again appreciate the opportunity to address you one final time. [applause] gov. Mcauliffe i would be careful. Last year, every republican i gave a shout out, they are not back this year in the chamber. [applause] [laughter] gov. Mcauliffe you guys have done just fine. Before i begin seriously, i would let the think speaker bill howell for his many years of service to this commonwealth and to tell him and his family that we are praying for his speedy recovery. [applause] gov. Mcauliffe i would also like to take this opportunity to congratulat
Is an army veteran a neurologist who currently serves as the states the tenant governor and spoke to supporters in fairfax virginia. Hello virginia. What a day in the commonwealth of virginia. A few minutes ago i received a gracious call from epilepsy gillespie. I wish them well and thank him for his service. [chanting] ralph ralph [chatter] lt. Governor northam we are back by popular demand. [cheering] lt. Governor northam virginia, we have witnessed another democratic sweep today. I want to congratulate my friend, attorney general mark herring, on his reelection. Thank you for reelecting mark herring. I want to thank our friend, justin fairfax. What a great team we have in virginia. It was said that the eyes of the nation are now on the commonwealth. Today virginians have answered and have spoken. Virgia has told us who ends the divisiveness, that we will not condone hatred and bigotry, and to end the politics that have torn this country apart. [cheering] mr. Northam i want to let yo