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Please welcome the 43rd president of the United States, george w. Bush and former first lady, mrs. Laura bush. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States, accompanied by first Lady Michelle obama. [applause] please remain standing for the national anthem. Detail, halt oh, say can you see by the dawns early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming . Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight oer the ramparts we watched were so ga...

With this question that plagued nixon his whole career, who was the real nixon . Nixon as some of you may recall was always being trotted out in a new version. There was always talk of the new nixon, the old hatchet man being left behind for the statesman, then it was nixon the man of the people. There was always a new image been brought out, sometimes by nixon but sometimes torched in fabricated by his audiences. This led me to think about image making in National Politics generally, and this b...

He brought 60,000 guest, the union army. Sherman had previously been to savannah and lost savannah. There was no burning, looting or destruction. Savannah was spared. Sherman just left savannah about four months later with those 60,000 troops. A significant amount of marriages occurred between savannah women and northern officers. So we come up past the American Civil War through the reconstruction period ending in 1876. By the 1920s cotton had failed because of overgrowth and lack of fertlizati...

Exhibit, descendants of slaves, in alabama may be close and i am giving you a synopsis of a synopsis, ultimately the first lady, at the end of the tour, these black women, five black women who i do not believe were republicans, they were so happy, they embraced the first lady in a huddle, thank you jesus and started to climb and a descendant of a slave, fifth generation removed from a slave. Mayor are a lot of human stories people can relate to in this book and it is about you and me, not just b...

Chance to get up close view of the presidency of the United States. What is the blackandwhite . The black and white is cyclical and continues to happen. The placement of africans in the country. Theres a problem with race in this country and has yet to be fixed. We saw major legislation, major laws, there is an intrinsic problem that should be fixed. Today we are seeing tensions between the black community and police, not saying we dont enforce law enforcement, wholeheartedly, but they have to b...

The founders are. In 1954, come to the rescue was the Historic Preservation society who had enough when the Old City Market was destroyed and they built an incredibly hideous looking parking lot. So, they band together and formeded what some called it hysterical save savannah foundation. Literally seven old ladies, some in tennis shoes, went around throwing their bodies in front of the wrecking ball to stop the progress and a Revolving Fund started to buy a house for 5,000, restore it to what it...

Richmond san rafael bridge. We do see a little slow down just coming out of the Altamont Pass and then eastbound coming up the dublin grade we may have a disabled vehicle blocking one lane. Well track this. Back to you. Also tracking breaking news this morning, mike. Fire crews trying to put out a fire at an apartment complex. Broke out an hour ago in belmont. Crews have already called for backup once. No word on any injuries or damage. Were making calls to the Fire Department right now hoping f...

But lots of people like trump. They say hes authentic. And authenticity was big this year. I talked about it with rebecca burg of real clear politics and david greenberg, author of republic of spin. This concern of authenticity goes way back. In the 20s this was the age of baa, bally who, they wanted to show themselves human. Hoover was out there fly fishing. Warren harding do all kinds of posing on the white house lawn with Albert Einstein and helen keller and whoever they could get to do a pho...

Injustice, corruption, violence and immorality in our nation and world. Use our lawmakers to do what is best rewarding their faithfulness with a bountiful harvest. Lord, do for them. Immeasurably, abundantly, above all that they can ask or imagine, according to your power working in and through them. May the whisper of your wisdom fill our senators with peace, power and praise. Lord, infuse them with confidence in the ultimate triumph of your purposes. We pray in your righteous name. Amen. The p...

Vote the presiding officer anyone else looking to vote or change their votes . Anyone else seeking to vote or change their votes . If not, then the ayes are 59 and the nays are 35. The motion is agreed to. Cloture having been invoked, the clerk will report the nomination. The clerk douglas l. Rayes of arizona to be u. S. District judge for the district of arizona. The presiding officer under the previous order, there will now be two minutes of debate equally divided. A senator yield back. The pr...