Good morning and welcome to mosaic. I am ron swisher. I want to thank elizabeth and the staff for giving such a wonderful tribute to hugh burrells last month. He was a long time host as well as producer. Over 30 years i met him in the early 70s when i began a ministry in east oakland and he was at the high Street Presbyterian Church and i was set elmhurst United Methodist church and we were involved in the east oakland clergy. The president was dr. Jay alford smith and he got us involved in city council, school lord and emphasis on social justice began. And hugh was a pastor for 13 years. We continue ministry together and 17 years ago he asked me to host here and i was mentored along with elizabeth , being a host and we are grateful for all of his ministry. We want to thank gail, his wife, for the wonderful celebration of his life. We had that about five weeks ago. Blessings to you and your family and all that you contribute. You have been all over the world with hugh. Your ministry to
We had president clinton the other night and star of the joanie loves cahchi. I bet they miss the good ol days when Clint Eastwood spoke to an empty chair. Our special guest from the great state of minnesota, senator klobuchar. Thank you for being from the state that gave life to tim kaine, our next Vice President. [applause] our guest is someone who has broken quite a few glass ceilings in her lifetime too. The first woman elected to the United States senate from minnesota, amy klobuchar. [applause] thank you. Hello, virginia. What a great day you guys had yesterday, huh . [applause] youre like the happiest delegation next to minnesota, okay . So it is great to be here with susan. Thank you so much. My husband john is here, in the typical husband moment when she said in biden way. Bfd. He turns to me, that means like i wasnt following it, you know, that is the thank you, thank you, john. Really nice. And we loved, i loved hearing this week from your great governor, governor mcauliffe.
Lisa evers has the story from part paterson tonight. A syrian refugee family just moved in. As they get settled, the debate over the syrian refugee crisis continues to grow. This is one of the shopping areas that could become familiar to the family of seven that is being resettled here by church world service, an International Interfaith organization. The syrian refugee family is being welcomed into the Community Says this immigration and refugee director. Were a communitybased organization. We resettle people with the assistance of local churches. Those church folk will be the first ones to tell you that they do want refugees to come here and those from syria included. Reporter in the aftermath of paris terror attacks carried out by Syrian Refugees, governor christie opposes the resettlement in new jersey. He says rather than address concerns expressed by governors of both parties and the director of the fbi, the federal persist with its plan to increase the number of new refugees at
Response while the pope was speaking yesterday, creation the throng out on the west front of the capitol yesterday. And if anybody whos worked with john boehner would be able to tell you that john boehner is an emotional guy is not news. He is somebody who wears his heart on his sleeve. Hes somebody who treats staff like family. And is also somebody whos a very committed catholic. Seeing all of that really didnt i didnt think it was much news. What i did find was news is when john boehner was asked about the historical significance of that moment and saying that this topped all other days that hed ever had working in the congress. This is somebody whos been there since probably the early 80s. That, i think, had a tremendous that made me stop and think. And then when you hear this news today, you recognized the profound impact of the pope addressing the congress had on john boehner. He is at his core an institutionalist. By that, he cares more about the institution of congress than he d
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