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dominic thiem of austria is the new u.s. open men s champion. thiem came from two sets down against alexander zverev to capture his first grand slam title. those are some of our top stories on this monday, september 14th. thank you for joining us on this monday. we begin with the race for the white house as president trump continues his campaign swing through the west. the president is heading to california today for a briefing on those wildfires, as joe biden addresses the fires from delaware. last night the president held his first indoor rally in three months, disregarding local restrictions as he was cheered on by thousands of supporters. abc s andrew dymburt has more. reporter: president trump in las vegas sunday holding his first indoor campaign rally since an event in tulsa this past june. they had me standing over the grave, and the graves of our fallen heroes from many years ago. it s called disinformation. reporter: the biden campaign releasing this ad, al
voters in 14 states, american samoa and americans abroad will head to the polls in this election cycles super tuesday. among those holding their primaries on tuesday are two of the nation s biggest prizes, california and texas. [applause] paul, you ve got something. we have texans in the cheap seats? they should be all the way in the front right here. approximately one-third of all delegates are up for grabs tomorrow. this morning we have an opportunity or from some of america s most well-known and respected political authorities who are going to help us make sense of a rapidly changing political environment. please welcome attorney political commentator and recovering politician [applause] no stranger to the aipac states, clinton strategist, paul [applause] one of the republican parties leading ad makers, brad todd. [applause] and last but certainly not least, three-time republican presidential campaign communications director, alice stewart. [applause] thank
then he gets a little nervous but hopefully he will survive. i thought that you all probably know a little bit about mike given who you are, but i ll run through his resume really fast and then tell you the insider he things that i think i feel obligated to share since i m his wife. so fast on the resume: he was a fast study at two of the world s finest academic institutions. he did well, it was a good student. he studied on friday night. i know. he served five years active duty in the united states army. his first assignment was leading troops to the east german border and to this day might endorse tanks and i think that he would tell you his favorite job probably until death is being a soldier. [applause] he practiced law for a few years here in washington and then moved back to kansas is where his mother was from to start an aerospacemovement , then he ran an oil and gas business and then our son nick went off to college. and we were empty-nesters and it sounded so appeali
key component of america s forum policy. in fact, tomorrow night we will honor retard congressman frank wolf for his long time advocacy, his lifelong advocacy for religious persecution around the globe. for those who are persecuted simply because of their faith. 20 years ago, he authored the international religious freedom act, which made clear that religious freedom was to be a top priority in america s foreign-policy. while that is not always been the case, today, there is no question that religious freedom is a priority in america s foreign-policy. in april, [ applause ] in april of this year, president donald trump nominated mike pompeo to serve as his secretary of state. three months later, the state department at the direction of secretary pompeo, summoned world leaders to washington, d.c. for the first ever ministerial to advance religious freedom. that was along with the president, the vice president, secretary pompeo has made clear to world leaders that ameri