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[applause] please take your seats. The morning and welcome to 400th anniversary commemorative ceremony. It is my honor to welcome the lady, thend the First Lieutenant governor justin fairfax, the attorney general, senator mark warner, and senator tim kaine. Scottepresentative bobby and a representative from virginia. Bass andative karen from missouri. Speaker of the house of for thes, first counsel embassy of wanda. ,he former Virginia Governor the former Virginia Governor robert mcdonald, the f...

Ms. Compton former governor of South Carolina, jim hodges. [applause] former majority leader of the u. S. House of representatives, virginias own eric cantor. [applause] ms. Comes in and finally a , former Senior Adviser and deputy chief of staff in the white house for george w. Bush, the amazing karl rove. Carl grove. [applause] ms. Compton doesnt it always seem that the moment we are living in is the most chaotic, the most dysfunctional that we have ever seen in american politics . Except we k...

Within the nations capitol. 8 1 2 months later president lincoln sign said the emancipation proclamation which did not free all enslaved persons but sent a powerful signal slavery would no longer be tolerated. The emancipation proclamation has assumed a place among the greatest arguments of human freedom. The story of the emancipation proclamation is one that would help to redefine freedom and eventually change the course of history. Both the proclamation and the d. C. Legislation represent a pr...

[applause] i will give david a moment. Thank you all for coming and for your patience. What a Beautiful Day it is to be here. Im the executive director of the Library Association and on behalf of the board of trustees we welcome you to this gorgeous day in what promises to be a memorable hour with one of americas greatest authors and historians david mccullough. [applause] for those of you that might not be familiar, we were founded in 1929 by the ohio first lady. She was an avid reader who thou...

Frees 3100 enslaved individuals. For the past year as war raged between the union and the confederacy opponents of slavery had decried the scandal of slavery continuing to exist within the Nations Capital. Eight and a half month later, president lincoln signed the emancipation proclamation which did not free all enslaved persons but sent a powerful signal that slavery would no longer be tolerated. The emancipation proclamation has assumed a place among the greatest arguments of human freedom. Th...

I will give david a moment thank you all for coming and thank you for your patience a Beautiful Day to be here of the executive director from the Library Association and the board of trustees we welcome you to this wonderful day that what truly is a memorable hour in one of our great historians David Mccullough. [applause] for those of you who may not be familiar felt and 1929 and avid reader who thought she had a collection book of ohio writers and from there to symbolize and today winning book...

First week ofjuly. And its dry out there right now. Beautiful sunrise the sun coming up at 5 48t jus in 47 minutes well see that sunome up over the horizon. 4 degrees is yourmperature right now. Winds out of thet. Southwes so as long as youre staying out of the south, we continue with the influx of humidity. The heat index will be right around 100 degrees by this afternoos temperaturese into the low to mid 90s. 9 00 a. M. Those temperatures will be in the low 80s. It will be a very warm, hot day...

Lets start with lauryn and a look at the forecast. At least a nice sunrise. Its beautiful right sun coming up 12 minutes ago at 5 48. This us out there early morning. The sky is on fire right now. But we are weather alert for this afternoon. Mp atures you walk outside its already thick. That humidity is like a wall out there. 75 degrees is our temperature right now. Well continue to see that humidity throughout the day today. So hitting thead early this morning, weve got temperatures in the low ...

survivors. their cries for help can be heard through the rubble. >> we need help. we need the international community to do something, to help us, to support us. >> survivors being pulled from the wreckage including this toddler. ill speak with a u.n. official about the recovery effort. also this morning, tensions flaerg with china as the u.s. rushes to collect the debris from that spy balloon. china calling it a clear overreaction. the fallout from that hanging over president biden ...

John roberts will stay with us live with his great coverage from jerusalem. Our Fox Team Coverage continues on the ground spanning from southern israel to tel aviv. Well take you to all of our reporters positioned across the country with live reporting during the course of the story today. Were seeing protests that are erupting across the world in the wake of the horrific blast that reportedly killed hunts at a Gaza Hospital yesterday afternoon. You saw that live as it unfolded on our air. Islam...