war i, world war ii, and the vietnam war, combined. all from this one contagion, this botched, terribly mishandled pandemic. before the moment of silence and the candlelighting at the portico, president biden gave what basically amounted to a national eulogy for all those lost. he addressed the bulk of his remarks to americans who personally have lost someone they loved to covid, bringing to bear what s become sort of his emotional trademark in his political life, his empathy for people who are hurting. we often hear of people described as ordinary americans. there s no such thing. there s nothing ordinary about them. the people we lost were extraordinary. they spanned generations. born in america, emigrated to america. but just like that, so many of them took their final breath alone in america. as a nation, we can t accept such a cruel fate. while we re fighting this pandemic for so long, we have to resist becoming numb to the sorrow. we have to resist viewing each life a
who died on the battlefield in world war i and world war ii and the vietnam war combined. more americans that are buried at all of arlington cemetery, all gone in one year, all from this one contagion, this botched, terribly mishandled pandemic. before the moment of silence and the candle lighting at the portico, president biden gave what basically amounted to a national eulogy for all of those lost. he addressed the bulk of his remarks to americans who personally have lost someone they loved to covid, bringing to bear what s become sort of his emotional trademark in his political life, his empathy for people who are hurting. we often hear of people described as ordinary americans. there s no such thing. there s nothing ordinary about them. the people we lost were extraordinary. they spanned generations. born in america, emigrated to america. but just like that, so many of them took their final breath alone in america. as a nation, we can t accept such a cruel fate. while w
portico, president biden gave what basically amounted to a national eulogy for all those lost. he addressed the bulk of his remarks to americans who personally have lost someone they loved to covid, bringing to bear what s become sort of his emotional trademark in his political life, his empathy for people who are hurting. we often hear people described as ordinary americans. there s no such thing. there s nothing ordinary about them. the people we lost were extraordinary. they span generations. born in america, immigrated to america. but just like that, so many of their took their final breath alone in america. as a nation, we can t accept such a cruel fate. while we ve been fighting this pandemic for so long, we have to resist becoming numb to the sorrow. we have to resist viewing each life as a statistic or a blur or on the news, and we must do so to honor the dead, but equally important, care for the living, those who are left behind, for the loved ones left behind. i k
johnson & johnson vaccine being rolled out this morning in kentucky. the first doses could be administered as soon as tomorrow. we begin with former president trump s grip on the gop. joi joining us now is congressman frances rooney. thanks for having me on. thanks for being here. donald trump yesterday was unequivocal. he s not interested in a third party. i read to you what i said. we have the republican party. we are going to unite and be stronger than ever before. i am not started a new party. was that a surprise? no, it wasn t a surprise. it s sad, but not a surprise. it s very disturbing to hear so many speakers at cpac or tpac or whatever you want to call it expose the deep fissure in the republican party between the so-called establishment republicans or as the president called them, rinos and this dogma that has taken over. this party has stood for important principles over many, many years and brought a lot of good to our country. now it s become a source of
tally a landslide. by his own standards these numbers represented a clear victory then and i respectfully suggest they do so now. every single avenue is made available to president trump to contest the results. he took full advantage of each and every one of those avenues. president trump was denied no course of action he wanted to take. he took his case to republican governors and republican secretary of state as he criticized many of them. to republican state legislatures, to republican appointed judges at every level. and in the case decided after the supreme court s latest rejection, a judge appointed by president trump wrote, quote, this court has allowed the plaintiff the chance to make his case and he s lost on the merits. the electoral college yesterday cast the formal vote to make joe biden the next president of the united states. confirming the 306 vote victory he secured five weeks ago and with that we finally got the recognition of biden s win that we have all b