Chairman mcdaniel okay this time i will be really short introducing our next speaker. David nicholson, for those of you who dont know him, please go and introduce yourself to david. David is such a great leader in our state. He is so involved in many philanthropic charities throughout the state. He does so much to help elect republicans. He is a kind of behind the scenes guy. Always one of those people you can pick up the phone and call, say, hey, can you help me with this . What is his number . I will give you his number in a minute. Except for jeff. Jeff isnt allowed to have his [laughter] number. He has been a real friend to me since ive been chair. I just so appreciate his leadership in michigan. He also serves for our party on the wayne state board of governors. Were very happy to have republicans on any education board. Lets clap for that. [applause] and with that being said i would like to introduce david nicholson. [applause] david ronna that was incredibly nice. The truth is i
President obama ordered the pentagon to order for a full u. S. Troop can draw by the and of this year. It is a contingency plan in case President Hamid karzai does not sign. But todays move my actually make the deal more likely. Mike is at the white house for us, and maybe we can start here. The president president obama and president karzai had a conversation on the phone. What came out of that discussion . Reporter its interesting. Not only is this the first conversation that theyve in months. With everything at stake you would think perhaps they would have more frequent conversation, but there has been a bsa. A status of basis agreement. This is a document that sets forth the perimeters in which they would operate. The training in which they would train against the core. President karzai said wait for the new president. President obama said thats not good enough. You have to sign it by the end of the year. Karzai didnt sign it. And the president said you have to sign it within weeks
Good morning, everybody. Wow, what a crowd. What a crowd. Whoa. Were in detroit. [ cheers and applause ] were live in detroit this morning. Really great to be here. 10,000 Small Business owners behind us, a few of them. Just 14 months ago the story here in detroit and across
national headlines was the fall of a once great city but today were celebrating a lot of thing here. Were happy to say thats no longer the case in many ways. After decades of rising debt, dwindling population and increasing racial tensions, the birth place of motown and the Auto Industry is mounting a come back and were here to celebrate that through good oldfashioned hard work, american ingenuity, entrepreneurs seizing opportunity detroit success remade into a 21st century metropolis and over the next three hours well bring you the stories of how thats happening, the stories of the people behind us, well also be speaking to ceos warren buff jet and Lloyd Blankfein. Marc morial and dan gilbert will be here as well
Michigan Secretary of State's Office declared nine Congressional candidates failed to submit enough valid petition signatures to make the Primary ballot.
Another college encampment has opened in Michigan, this time at Wayne State University where students are standing in solidarity with Palestine and calling on the school's to join them.