Americans who preceded us, with the exception of many African Americans who were brought here in bondage, virtually all of the rest of us are the sons and daughters of immigrants to america, immigrants from literally all over the world, who have come to this nation and made us different, different in a positive way. They have given life to this democracy. They have given hope when it comes to our future. They have inspired us. Ill be the first to admit that i do not come to this debate without strong personal feelings. Like millions of americans, i am the son of an immigrant. In 1911, 107 years ago, my grandmother came to this country with three little kids. One of those kids was my mother. She was two years old when they landed, their ship landed in baltimore. My grandmother didnt speak a word of english, but somehow she managed to take those three kids and make her way to join my grandfather in east st. Louis, illinois. On the credenza behind my desk here in the capitol is my mothers
And members will recess today from 12 30 to 2 15 eastern and we do hope to bring you leadership briefings and hear more about the plans for the senate. Live coverage. U. S. Senate here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, we fix our minds on you, the author and perfecter of our faith. Remind our lawmakers that a heavenly focus brings joy. Give them the wisdom to see that those who have done the most good in this present world often have thought most about the world to come. May our senators permit the diligent focus of their hearts on heaven to preserve the vigor of their work on earth. May your kingdom come. May your will be done on earth even as it is done in heaven. We pray in your strong name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america
All that you know, all that appealing. Either he didnt know or he did know. Either one he gets in trouble. You mention the bush book, which is very nice of you to mention, it does go back to the Bush Administration. These are the same issues, right, for going on for more than a decade. To have begun in 2002 happened during the run up to the war in iraq. In that time we were bugging delegations at the u. N. Trying to get a resolution through about that. What president obama has done inherited surveillance structure he said he was going to change but, in fact, has kept broadly intact. Yeah. Indeed in the wall street journal it says officials at the nsa has so many eavesdropping operations under way it wouldnt have been practical to brief him on all of them. These decisions are made at the nsa. The president doesnt sign off on this stuff. That protocol is now under review, the official added. You better bet that protocol under review. It does not seem like good Security Policy to have the
Hello, again, im just back from the interview with president putin at the site of the sochi olympics. Breaking news on the biggest challenge of the games, the threat of a terrorist attack. Our chief investigative correspondent brian ross is here with us with the latest. We have seen overnight the video from those responsible they say for the bombings in russia just last month. Thats right, george. Its a martyrdom video, they claimed to have carried out suicide trks in volgograd in december against the train station there. They have more in store, a surprise package, and targeting tourists going to the games. And president putin vowed to me and other journalists saying hes going to do whatever it takes. And the Security Services saying they disrupted an operation. Thats right. This video shows the tough ironfist approach that president putin has taken. A take no prisoners approach. They say they attacked a stronghold of militants and killed seven of them. The security is on edge as you
About the introspectives on it, as somebody who has obviously participated in politics and policy for a long time and who has seen our party and the Democratic Party go through times of change. I would be interested to hear your thoughts on where the party is today and what we have got to do to take back the white house in 2016. After the obviously i was not happy about the outcome in 2008, but president bush and i had had our eight years, we had worn out our welcome in some quarters, although we are looking better and better every day. It was easy after not easy, but it happens to a lot of people, to be down after the 2008 election, and we lost, but then we went through i can remember that morning on january 20 of 2009, when we swore in the new president , there is a certain ritual that goes with that that i have always been fascinated by. There have been five republican president s since eisenhower. I have worked with four of them. I worked with a fifth as part of the congressional l