started looking into his life and into his campaign donations and his spending and into what made him one of washington s top drug company lobbyists. q&a.night on c-span s on tuesday, trump delivered his first address to a joint session of congress less than two months after taking office. this is about one hour and 10 minutes. [background chatter] mr. speaker, the president of the united states. [applause] [cheers] [cheers and applause] [gavel pounding] pres. trump: thank you very much. speaker ryan: members of congress, i have the highest privilege and distinct honor of presenting to you the president of the united states. [applause] pres. trump: thank you very much. mr. speaker, mr. vice president, members of congress, the first lady of the united states. [applause] pres. trump: and citizens of america, tonight, as we mark the conclusion of our celebration of black history month, we are reminded of our nation s path towards civil rights and the work that still remain
, especially in the state of indiana. amy: as donald trump picks mike pence, we will look at his record of targeting reproductive rights and planned parenthood. first as a congressman, now as the governor of indiana. planned parenthood clinics across the country are facilitating the abuse of minor girls in this country. it should be a scandal fororvery american. the time is now to deny all federal funding to planned parenthood of america. amy: we willll also speak to babassem youssssef, the maman descscribed as the jon stetewarf egypt. a 24 4 hour news c cycle that fofollows him m around likike a. he will turn the war room into the boardroom. cleveland tore in do democracy notebook. we will find what that is. plus, we go the streets of cleveland to hear the voices of dissent. all that and more coming up. welcome to democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. this is breaking with convention. i m amy goodman. the first a of the republican national conv
my first choice. i ve admire the work h he has de , especially in the state of indiana. amy: as donald trump picks mike pence, we will look at his record of targeting reproductive rights and planned parenthood. first as a congressman, now as the governor of indiana. planned parenthood clinics across the country are facilitating the abuse of minor girls in this country. it should be a scandal fororvery american. the time is now to deny all federal funding to planned parenthood of america. amy: we willll also speak to babassem youssssef, the maman descscribed as the jon stetewarf egypt. a 24 4 hour news c cycle that fofollows him m around likike a. he will turn the war room into the boardroom. cleveland tore in do democracy notebook. we will find what that is. plus, we go the streets of cleveland to hear the voices of dissent. all that and more coming up. welcome to democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. this is breaking with convention. i m amy go
[applause] please be seated. ladies and gentlemen, the honorable john kerry, united states senator. [applause] john kerry: madam speaker, mr. majority leader and distinguished colleagues in congress in both parties, ladies and gentlemen, and members of colleague family, our ted kennedy was born into history, he was part of history throughout his life. he made history and he knew history. and it was his respect for ed brooke s role in history and his personal affection for ed brooke that led him to champion this congressional gold medal. obviously we re so delighted that vicki kennedy is here today and his great friend, my colleague now in the senate, paul kirk is here with us to celebrate this moment. in one of his first sermons after finishing his studies at boston university, martin luther king jr. observed the thing that we need in the world today is a group of men and women who ll stand up for right and be opposed to wrong wherever it is. a group of people who have
i wish donald trump knew how to be a president. i did hope for the sake of our country that donald trump might show some interest in taking the job seriously. look at how bad he was, so any effective, so terrible, did such a bad job that i stand before you as president. jillian: donald from that assessment democrats attacking each other as kamala harris makes history as the first woman of color to accept the vice president will nomination. democrats rolling out star power on night 3 of the dnc with former president obama. nancy. hillary clinton analyst with warren. jillian: griff jenkins live in wilmington, delaware with their message and the president s response. reporter: history was made as kamala harris accepted the nomination talking about personal history and the promise of america is what she wanted to beat it but when it came to rebuking donald trump the prosecutor in her was on full display. i know a predator when i see one. donald trump s failure of lead