To receive the congressional gold medal in recognition to his service to the nation as a soldier, and statesman. He is going to be presented the medal by a part san group and congressional leaders. This is going to be in the row ton d. A. He was a only gop president ial nominee to endorse the president. The gold medal has been arranged for george washington, rosa parks to frank sinatra, and the congress highest display of achievements and contributions. Mr. Dole spent 35 years in congress and most of them in the senate where he rose the post of the republican leader, and a position that he held for a record nearly 11 years n. 1996, he was the partys nominee for president and losing to bill clinton and he lost two earlier bids for the nomination. He was are also gerald fords running mate in 1996. There you can see the capital row u ton da, rotunda, and we watching as it is preparing to begin and the remasrks are to b starting at 3 00 p. M. Eastern time. Ladies and gentlemen, your attent
House and Senate Leaders in recognition of the former president took added service as a soldier, legislator, and statesman. Speakers included president trump, congressional leaders, and bob doles wife elizabeth. This is about 90 minutes. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our honored guests, members of the United States house ofs representatives, members of the United States senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the Vice President of the United States and the president of the United States. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, the speaker of the house of representatives. The honorable paul ryan. [laughter] [applause] please be seated. Good afternoon everybody. It is a privilege to welcome you to the greatest hall in washington for an even grander occasion. We will award the highest civilian honor that this body can the stove. I am honored to be joined today by president donald trump, and Vice President mike pence, as well as senator Elizabeth Dole and second lady karen pen
In nhs history. As millions of households get to grips with the return of Online Schooling, we look at efforts to help families without the laptops and computers they need to learn. Millions of school meals going to waste. Good morning. The last minute decision not to fully reopen schools means most meals have had to be given away or thrown out. Ill find out what can be done. Good morning. Manchester city are heading back to wembley. Theyre through to a Fourth League cup final in row, after beating city rivals Manchester United. Good morning. We have got a band of rain, sleet and snow moving out of southern scotla nd and snow moving out of southern scotland and ireland into Northern England and north wales through the day. Ahead of it, some ice and freezing fog. Behind it, further win three showers and the risk of ice roles. Good morning. Its thursday, january 7th. Our top story. Four people have died in violent clashes at the heart of americas democracy, where congress had been meetin
Rioters and opening the barricades for rioters to pass through. Some of them were even armed. I would like to contrast that with the response we start over the summer with largely peaceful protests for Racial Justice in dc that were quickly met with tear gas, militarized police, rubber bullets. We cant read anybodys minds but we can report what they do. Virtually nobody is defending yesterdays riots, donald trump hammered on all sides but suggesting that police were complicit a racist does not line up with the facts as we know them tonight. United States Capital Police Officer on life support at this hour and pilot and a federal Law Enforcement may be surprising to some but not to nancy pelosi who defended the frontline officers but attacked the leadership. Before any investigation into how Law Enforcement agencies coordinated yesterdays fully underway, democratic mayor of dc is floating a solution that would result in two new democratic senators. We must get stated on the president s
Danger to the American People. Its gotten worse and worse and worse and worse. So, you know, my message to them is, you dont want us to impeach him, what else are you willing to do . A new polling shows how the American People are perceiving wednesdays attacks with 56 of americans saying President Trump should be removed from office, a and that includes 94 democrats, 58 of independents. The capitol physician is alerting congressional members and staff who sheltered together wednesday that they could have been exposed to someone with coronavirus. Lets get to the headlines now with our reporters and the latest on the fallout. First joining me is going to be california congressman ted lieu, democratic member of the house judiciary committee. Welcome, sir. You and your colleagues have drafted an article of impeachment and it will be introduced tomorrow. What specifically are you charging with the president with . Thank you, alex, for your question. We are charging the president with incite