Front page, the hash tag for the twitterratti among you. Its our honor to host the 70th secretary of state, mike pompeo, former director of the Central Intelligence agency, former member of congress, former u. S. Army officer, finished first in his class at west point, Harvard Law School graduate, and of course, much more. Im fred kemp, president and ceo of the Atlantic Council and mr. Secretary, this is a heroic day. The uae, israel, and bahrain are set to sign an accord, first theigned abraham accord, first such agreement between israel and an agreement in more than a quarter century. The leaders will sign with the foreign ministers. We have a lot to discuss and half hour. In half hour. The china issues, but lets start with the middle east, although i know you have a few prepared comments. My first question would be, looking at the longterm implications for the u. S. And the region of this accord. How does the u. S. Alliance structure look longer term . Then dig into the middle east.
D. C. E here in washington, at the northwest corner of the new, president ial memorial for dwight d. Eisenhower. Starts about 1000 miles west of washington, d. C. In abilene, kansas. Inle eisenhower was born texas, his family moved back to kansas when he was just a toddler. He stay there through high school. I wanted direct your view to speech that is inscribed in this wall in the memorial. When world war ii ended, eisenhower came home and was given a heros welcome, and in a humble way, he started talking butt not that he was a hero what you dreamed of doing when he was a young boy in abilene, kansas. And ended with the proudest thing i can claim is that im from abilene. I come here first, to thank the proudest thing i can claim is that i am from abilene. [applause] that first paragraph of that speech was a primary inspiration for the designer of the memorial, frank gary. He has expressed that here in this statue of Young Eisenhower as a teenage boy, sitting on a stone block, looking i
The other giants of those days of world war ii. And we think of the qualities of greatness and what his work that made his unique among all. Once, perhaps without intending to do so, he himself put his finger on it. It was 1945, shortly after veday at a ceremony in londons historic hall. The triumphant Supreme Commander of the allied forces in europe was officially given the freedom of the city of london. In an eloquent address that day, Dwight Eisenhower said, i come from the heart of america. He did come from the heart of america. Not only from its geographical heart, but from its spiritual heart. Dwight eisenhower touched something fundamental in america, which only a man of immense force of mind and spirit could have brought so vibrantly alive. He was the product of americas soil and ideals, driven by a compulsion to do right and to do well. A man of deep faith who believed in god and trusted in his wealth. In his will. A man who truly loved his country, and for whom words like fre
That 8 30, Francis Rooney discusses the agreement between israel, the United Arab Emirates and bahrain, and other news of the day. Host good morning. It is wednesday, september 16, 2020. The house meets at 9 00 a. M. We will begin focused on congress and the members voters will get a chance to decide whether to rehire on election day. We want to know if you plan to reelect your house or senate member. If you do, give us a call at 202 7488000 and let us know who your member is and why. If you dont plan to vote to reelect your member of congress, we want to know who and why. That number is 202 7488001. If you are unsure, the land to call is 202 7488002. Textan also send us a 202 7488003 202 7488003 at a text that 202 7488003. Include your name and where you are from. Catch up with us on social media on twitter, facebook. A very good wednesday morning. You can start calling a note to retake the senate. Democrats would need to net four seats on november 3, or three and the presidency to re
I actually in many ways, i upplayed it in terms of action. The president s new claim the virus could go away without a vaccine and the latest from the campaign trail with just 48 days yours . Its really been nice to kind of sit in your own space and go, oh, wow. Like, i think ill put a picture up over there. To go. Or whats wrong with this door why is it so wonky when you try to look for the graciousness and gratitude in total devastation. Its just like, is this really happening . Thousands of homes destroyed something thats so unprecedented, you start right by those western wildfires. Thousands more in danger. There and think, well, at least and overnight the baseball game i got to chance to kind of sit in seattle called off because of in my own space and feel it. Poor air quality. The smoke even visible on the and it is a very comfy home. East coast. Well, thank you for sitting breaking overnight, horrific with us, too, jon. We appreciate that boy failure. Congress releases its final