Reflected respective Indigenous People, their culture, and governments long before the ships arrive to jamestown. He brought the lack of a permanent memorial on virginia capitol grounds, as did other tribal leaders, to the attention of governor kane, resulting in the formation of the virginia Indian Commemorative commission, in 2018. Chief adams has generously dedicated himself to numerous to numerous himself to numerous causes and organizations across the commonwealth. It is an honor to introduce chief adams. [applause] chief adams thank you for the kind words. It is an honor to be here today to be a part of this event. We started this about 15, 18 months ago, when we briefed each other on what the possibilities were for us to have such an event as this. We are fortunate to have it in this special location today. I am going to give you a brief history of the tribe in virginia. As indians know well, the doctrine of discovery are still very well alive in the United States. In some cases
Soledad i am soledad obrien. Welcome to matter of fact. Its not unusual for congress to stall things like budget talks or bills for disaster relief. But nearly two centuries to fill one job . The 1835 treaty of new echota ensured a delegate to the Cherokee Nation. The treaty forced the removal of the cherokee people from their ancestral land in parts of georgia, alabama, north carolina, florida, and tennessee. U. S. Soldiers marched them along a 1200 mile trek to indian territory west of the mississippi river. It is estimated more than 5000 cherokee died on the journey which is known as the trail of tears. Among the compensation promised to the cherokee, they also received the right to send a delegate to the u. S. House of representatives and that role remained empty until chief chuck hoskin junior appointed kimberly teehee. Great to have you both. So lets start at the beginning. The treaty of new echota, what exactly was that, chief . Chief hoskin well, this is a treaty that was impos
Opportunities in communities big and small. Charter is connecting us. Charter communications supports cspan as a Public Service alg with these other Television Providers giving you a front row seat to democracy. Principal chief testifies at a congressional hearing examining the procedural steps needed to have a Cherokee Nation delegate to become a member of the house of representatives. This runs about two hours. The rules committee will come to order. Americas history with the Indigenous People that are native to this land is atrocious. Theres no other way to put it. Its appalling. Thankfully its becoming common to acknowledge this publicly whether that means recognizing native American Heritage month or pointing out that this capital is built on the stolen landnd of people who lived along the Potomac River long before this country existed. But the truth is that simply acknowledging this truth is not enough. Words alone dont absolve off of the injustices brought on the communities at
Damage done by Hurricane Michael. Senator marco rubio did the same and he joins us from the middle of the destruction in florida with firsthand account of just how bad it is. Breaking tonight a win for President Trump. Judge dismissing Stormy Daniels defamation lawsuit against the president. We have all the details and what Michael Avenatti is vowing to do next. Hello and welcome to fox news night. Im Shannon Bream in washington. We begin tonight with the latest on missing saudi journalist Jamaal Khashoggi. Correspondent Kristin Fisher has all the latest details. Good evening. Shannon, the white house continue to monitor these reports that saudi arabia may be preparing to admit that they accidentally killed khashoggi, that it was a an authorized unauthorized interrogation gone wrong. President trump was briefed about it on air force one and he gave us his first reaction to those reports a few hours ago while touring ohare the hurrie damage. Nobody knows if its an official report. So fa
This is senator Lindsey Graham is saying the incident has undermined u. S. Saudi relations and the powerful crown prince has got to go. I can never do business with saudi arabia again until we get this behind us. Ive been their biggest offender on the floor of the United States senate. This guy is a wrecking ball. He had this guy murdered in a consulate in turkey and to expect me to ignore it, i feel used and abused. I was on the floor every time defending saudi arabia because thats a good ally. We look at the latest developments now. Secretary of state mike pompeo was going to meet again with the crown prince of saudi arabia. The two met earlier today and thats when the crown prince said we are strong and old allies. We face our challenges together. The past, the day of, tomorrow. A secretary pompeo in the crown prince support a thorough transparent and timely investigation that provides answers. The secretary and the Trump Administration are considering how to respond if that investi