Importance for this group because you just called for the impeachment of donald trump. [cheers and applause] i read the Mueller Report debate came up. I went into the afternoon and into the night and into the next morning. When i got to the end, i did not stick my finger in the air and ask about politics. I did not hesitate. I read it. I knew what it said and i concluded, first, that this is a man who is broken the law, and you should be impeached. And i said so on that very day. [applause] i come to you at a moment of great crisis insa this country,a crisis at the time when americans working better and better and better for a thinner and thinner slice at the top, while it leaves everyone else behind. The central question of my life work has been, whats happening to working families in america . Why is the road getting so much rockier and so much steeper . And for families of color, even rockier and even steeper . And answer is, its no accident. Race lies right at the heart of this iss
Group thats been on the front lines of social, racial and Economic Justice forever and to be here at a time of historic importance for the group because youve just called for the impeachment of donald trump. [ cheering and applause ] i read the Mueller Report the day it came out i read into the afternoon on the night and the next morning and when i got to the end, i did not stick my finger in the air and asked about the politics, i did not hesitate, i read it, i knew what is said and i concluded first that this is a man who has broken the law and he should be impeached and i said so on that very day. I come to at a moment of great crisis in this country, crisis at a time when americans are working better and better for a thinner and thinner slice at the top of that would leave everyone else behind. The simple question of my lifes work is what is happening to working families in america, why is the road getting so much rockier and deeper and for families of color, even rockier and even
The holy cross. Not just because of the event at its beginning. It was on this day 169 years ago the college at its formal opening it was to seek the blessing after which the faculty toasted the health of the founder of boston with a good glass of wine. The following class is opened with six students. This evening our numbers are considerably larger and among them in the audience are our congressman jim mcgovern, also marybeth mcmahon, Senior Vice President of the Special Olympics massachusetts, virginia swain, returned peace corps coordinator and kathy, peace corps recruiter representing the holy cross. To the special guests and to everyone, a warm welcome. We also need to note the absence of the holy cross jr. Kenneth jordan the head of the local chapter of the knights of columbus whose brother died in an auto accident two days ago. Ken and his fellow knights have put forth this evenings event and she had been anticipating it eagerly. This evening it is a particular pleasure to welco
October 2017. That has since become a famous bit of testimony because he has since pled guilty to lying during that sworn testimony about the president s efforts to build a trump tower in moscow during the campaign. In light of that guilty plea by Michael Cohen where he admitted lying to congress, the Senate Intelligence committee asked him to come back and testify again but this time they said it would not be voluntarily. They sent him a subpoena to testify tomorrow. We thought that was on track but now today, we learned that testimony before Senate Intelligence will be rescheduled. His testimony that was due last week to the house Intelligence Committee, that was also rescheduled. Committee chairman adam schiff said cohens testimony to the house Intelligence Committee had to be delayed in the interests of the investigation. We dont really know what that means. We dont know why Michael Cohens congressional testimony both voluntary and subpoenaed, why that keeps getting put off. But re
The testimony that he was due to give tomorrow to the Senate Intelligence committee. You might remember Michael Cohen was interviewed by the Senate Intelligence committee in october 2017. That has since become a famous bit of testimony because he has since pled guilty to lying during that sworn testimony about the president s efforts to build a trump tower in moscow during the campaign. In light of that guilty plea by Michael Cohen where he admitted lying to congress, the Senate Intelligence committee asked him to come back and testify again although this time they said it would not be voluntary. They sent him a subpoena last month for him to testify tomorrow. We thought that was on track but now today, we learned that testimony before Senate Intelligence will be rescheduled. His testimony that was due last week to the house Intelligence Committee, that was also rescheduled. Committee chairman adam schiff said cohens testimony to the house Intelligence Committee had to be delayed, quot