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Hello, and welcome. All 50 us states are on alert for possible violent protests this weekend, ahead of president electjoe biden� s inauguration on wednesday. Members of the National Guard are patrolling the streets around the capitol in washington, following the storming of the building by supporters of president trump. So far, there have been none of the mass protests that had been feared. Our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. America on high alert like never before. The nation...

Those things dont happen on auto pilot in the senate. They need to be voted on and thats getting bogged down. But that hasnt stopped the confirmation of some of bidens cabinet appointees. So these things are moving, but, again, this is largely bogged down in what amounts to a philosophical debate about the future of the filibuster. Democrats dont want to take off the table the option to get rid of the legislative filibuster later. Mcconnell essentially wants them to make a promise not to break a...

Coming together and part of it has to do with Chuck Schumer and Mitch Mcconnell who have yet to reach a power sharing agreement in this evenly split senate. We will explain why that is slowing things down. Plus ahead, our new reporting that mcconnell wants to delay the former president s second impeachment trial, pushing for a start by midfebruary. The majority leader Chuck Schumer might talk about all of this and more when he speaks on the senate floor any minute. We will bring that to you live...

Priority, fighting the covid pandemic, and bringing our economy back. On the covid front it looks like things are going to get worse before they get better. Over the weekend we hit a new covid milestone, 25 million cases, at the same time 420,000 americans have lost their lives. More than 20,000 died in the last week alone. Now, vaccines are out there, but things are moving slowly. Only about half of the total number of vaccines that have been distributed have actually made it into peoples arms....

The former president being asked about systemic racism and saying no, there isnt, but no one said anything. And thats the problem, dont you think . Didnt hear, didnt hear it. Look at the time. Am i wrong . No, you are right. But they were wrong. And you have to speak out. I know its scary when somebody is powerful. I know you want the job. I know theres a lot of shine on it. Its not worth it if at the end of the day you wind up becoming a stain on society. Its not just a job, chris. Its in frien...

White house officials to justify the need for that amount of money. Now spending proponents say bidens presidency in which the toxic bias dies a deserved death. Free money is good and fun. Critics fear the spending wont end with the pandemic and could lead to an expansion of government that progressives are openly pushing for. Look, were going to push the president as far as we can. Here now karl rove and marc thiessen. Thanks for coming on. Marc, the theme is you just disguise welfare as tax br...

Welcome to another episode of white house history life. My name is dr. Khalid, a Senior Vice President at the White House Historical association. The director of that David Rubenstein center for white house history. The White House Historical association is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, with a mission to educate americans about the rich and diverse history of the white house and the people who lived and worked there. Our guest this evening is michael giorgio. Mike is a retired rear admi...

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Douglass, we dont know the exact date. Abraham lin on the, the emancipation proclamation and also the birthday of w. E. B. Dubois. My wife was pregnant with our second child, and she went into labor february 22nd, and so we went to the hospital and they said f i said if you hold out a couple hours, well have a duboise baby. And you can imagine what with you would say to your husband 10 or 15 years down the road. But he was born on february 23rd, so we do have a duboise birthday. In a course like...

I am a Senior Vice President at the White House Historical association. The director of the david rip inside center for white house history. The White House Historical association is a nonprofit, Nonpartisan Organization with a mission to educate americans about the rich and diverse history of the white house and the people who lived and worked their. Our guest this evening is michael giorgione. Mike is a retired rear admiral from the navys Civil Engineer core. He served in a variety of assignme...