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Us from history books as the great compromiser. During his 49year political career, clay served as secretary of state, speaker of the house, and as a u. S. Senator. And he was a contender, making sure president ial bids including the election of 1824. 1832 against Andrew Jackson, and 1844, when he ran against james k. Polk. Tonight we are on location at ashland. Henry clays home in lexington, kentucky. For the next 90 minutes, we will explore the life and legacy of this man. Unsuccessful in his ...

Ashland. Henry clays home in lexington, kentucky, and for the next 90 minutes we will explore the life and legacy of this man, unsuccessful in his long quest for the white house, yet having an outsized influence on American History. And we are in henry clays parlor r parlor right now. Let me introduce you to jim plotter, historian. Thank you for being with us. Good to be here. Why is he relevant to americans living in our time . On a couple of accounts, his famous quote, i would rather be right ...

What you say we begin the evening with Something Special . Lets go to st. Patricks cathedral for our national anthem. Oh say can you see by the dawnt early light hailed proudly we at the twilights last gleaming brightroad stripes and stars terrible fight oer the ramparts we watched streamingllantly glaree rockets red the bombs bursting in air nightroof through the thereur flag was still starspangledat banner still wave . The freeland of brave ome of the welcome again. Your company and your inter...

Good evening and welcome to smithnual alfred e. Dinner, Virtual Event this year. I am the cardinal archbishop of new york. I am talking to you what has been the home of the archbishops of new york for 170 years. Given this difficult moment we are living through with the pandemic, many of you are in your homes as well. Regrettably, we are not able to gather as we normally do for our formal dinner to raise funds for the most vulnerable numbers of our beloved community, our children and their famil...

Coming up on this mornings washington journal, we will take your calls and comments on the news that the president and first lady have tested positive for covid19. Host good morning. It is friday, october 2. People around the country and the world are reacting to the news that broke overnight that President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for coronavirus. We have a two hour washington journal for you today before the house comes in and we want to get your reaction....

The president is expected to carry out his duties without disruption while recovering. They point out that trumps diagnosis will have a destabilizing effect in washington, raising questions how far the virus has spread through the highest levels of the u. S. Government. The Vice President of the United States tweeted around 2 00 a. M. Eastern time, karin and i send our love and prayers to donald trump and melania trump. And swiftr their full recovery. God bless you, donald trump and the first la...

Microphones anytime you speak. During the any time hearing, the chairman the vice chairman of the committee, congressman kennedy will serve as chair until i am able to return. Beuments for the record can sent to Benjamin Tabor at the email address provided to staff. All documents will be entered into the record at the conclusion of the hearing. The chair will not recognize herself for an opening statement. Today the energy and Commerce Committee continues its oversight of the nations covid19 Pan...

So concerned about flu season, about children not getting , not justight now with the Covid Vaccine, but other childhood vaccines that we are seeing a decrease in the numbers. What are your recommendations for how we implement a better strategy in making sure that we are tracking flu and covid, and also getting children, making sure they continue to get vaccinated . Dr. Gayle . Dr. Gayle we really need to build on the existing programs that we have. We have such a strong system for childhood vac...

Hearings on the ppp, and weve heard from borrowers and lenders about the challenges theyve faced in accessing the program. Ive also traveled across my district of burlington and ocean counties in new jersey to speak with Business Owners about how theyve fared during the pandemic, and ive heard some of the successes and challenges theyve faced with ppp and uncertainty about what the future holds. From borrowers who eventually did access a loan, the Committee Heard concerns about complicated, uncl...

Funding expires. Bills on energy and clean air and forced labor. Announced Ruth Bader Ginsburg will lie in state in statuary hall at u. S. Capitol friday. The ceremony will only be open [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker ...