That many people are appalled to see that graffiti but i think that images such as george floyd getting the life choked out of him or even the flash bangs and rylan that weve seen at these protests as much more appalling than any graffiti that my occur at a protest and i also think it is a very small amount of individuals who may do that graffiti and it does not make sense in a country those opposed to be a free country that they would be deploying indiscriminate weapons against entire nonviolent crowds just because of the actions of some small amount of individuals while the nato nations are supposed to i dont know media in countries that washington may see as enemies the pictures of had to be on the internet mainly theyre not headlining the news what have you witnessed and what have you heard from the street level actions of Police Involved in because weve been seeing what seem to be u. S. Federal forces attacking protesters on the ground amidst clouds of tear gas. I think what youre
[applause] [cheering] members of the joint convention, the governor of the great state of michigan. [applause] [cheering] thank you. Good evening, michigan. The home of the best football in the country. Am i right . The National Championship wolverines to the detroit lions. I am excited to be here tonight between two leaders that have gotten a lot done over the past year. My best friend and my good friend the Senate Majority leader. [applause] i want to acknowledge the minority leaders matt hall and aaron. Thank you for your leadership and a happy early birthday to you. We delivered a balanced budget focused on the Kitchen Table issues of 2023, and i know we are going to do that again this year in 2024 and i want to acknowledge so many incredible partners that i have. Lieutenant governor gilchrest. [applause] our attorney general. [applause] and i always want to make a point of acknowledging to incredible Public Servants who lead groups of Public Service and to show up on the front lin
Republic thrive. Get informed straight from the source on cspan, unfiltered, unbiased word for word from the nations capitol to wherever you are. Because the opinion that matters the most is your own, this is what democracy looks like. Cspan, powered by cable. Now we head to the midwest for remarks by Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer who is in the middle of the second term. In the state of state address talks about Economic Development, reproductive rights before joint session of the legislature, the state house has been evenly split since november with 54 democrats and 54 republicans. Governor whitmers address runs just under an hour. [applause]. [applause] [cheering] members of the joint convention, the governor of the great state of michigan. [applause] [cheering] thank you. Good evening, michigan. The home of the best football in the country. Am i right . The National Championship wolverines to the detroit lions. I am excited to be here tonight between two leaders that have gotte
The front change of worldwide, supporting organizations whose miss is to promote compassion and creativity in our society. The john d. And katherine t. Macarthur foundation. Park foundation, dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The kohlberg foundation, and by mutual of america. Welcome. For two weeks now the astrophysicist Neil Degrasse tyson and i have been in pursuit of dark energy. We expect gravity to be slowing down the universe. The opposite is happening. We dont know what is causing it. And dark matter. We count for onesixth of the forces of gravity that we see in the universe. There is no known objects accounting for most of the affected gravity in the universe. Something is making stuff move that is not anything we have ever touched. Up there, heavenly bodies collide creating spectacular displays of fire and light. But down here, the collision of science and religion in the rough and tumble of democracy can create its own fireworks, which brings me to
Ii with randy roberts. Tonight at 8 00 and 10 00 eastern on cspan3. Next, andrew cuomo in his annual state of the state address. He spoke from albany for about an hour and 15 minutes. And thank you. Thank you very much. Happy new year, new york. First, let me acknowledge and thank the greatest part or a governor could ever have, lt. Governor bob duffy partner a governor could ever have, lt. Governor bob duffy. The question about, can one person make a difference, he has made a tremendous difference all across the state. Lets give him another round of applause. [applause] to the elected and legislative to have been introducede before [applause] attorney general eric schneiderman, thank you for being here. Senators, pleasure to be with you. I want to thank them for their leadership. The legislative accomplishments to really turn this state around. They were difficult and challenging because it went to the real heart of the issues. At this time i would ask the assembly and senate to stand