our borders and i and probably other most pro-life administration in the history of the united states of americalause] -- and i am proud we are the most pro-life administration in the history of the united states of america. [applause] it was my job to deny that any taxpayer dollars from any hard-working american ever went to perform an abortion anyplace in the world, and we promoted that everywhere. and don't forget president trump appointed a lot of judges that understand the words life and liberty, words that have real, real meaning. i worked for the mexican government, my counterpart in mexico and the president to secure our borders. we worked hard to make sure drugs and other things didn't traffic across the border and that meant protecting your right to own firearms. our second amendment mattress to build strong communities and strong families and makes sure each of us have the right to defend ourselves precisely as our founders intended. liberals pretend to care about the poor and then they side with union bosses against the workers. they pretend to stand for children while kids in democr

of wars. we did. i was with the president on many trips and he would say i am going to put america first as the president of the united statesnd i expect you will put your people first and we will work together to accomplish this for both, and we did that. [applause] america first is right for america. it is right for each of us. it secures our freedom and the entire world benefits when we are fearless and bold and strong. the pairs climate -- the paris climate cord -- accord, we got out. it was a fantasy for diplomats want to virtual signal. when president biden rejoined it, president xi jinping was smiling every minute and americans lost. we defended americans and israel's -- and israelis in the middle east. we were told that you can't sanction the ayatollah in iran and you can't stop sending gas to the leadership paired there would be war. we did and there wasn't a war. [applause] we were told you can't move the united states embassy in israel to jerusalem. there will be a war. well we did, and there was not a war. [applause] we were told you can't allow israel to have its rights in the golan heights. there will be a war.

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of america that is very obscure. he is constantly telling the american people bad times are ahead. it is troubling because this is the united statesf america. i am in awe of our country. we are less than 300 years old. we are younger than nations that have been on this planet for thousands of years. we nevertheless in less than 300 years -- and we are no different in human beings than any others around the world. we are not better just because we are born in america. how did the united states of america become the world's lone superpower, the most prosperous opportunity for an advanced lifestyle humanity has ever known? how did this happen and why does the president of the united states want to destroy it? [applause] the freedom that we spoke of earlier is the ambition, it is the desire, the wherewithal, the passions people have that gave us the entrepreneurial advances, the inventions. the greatest food production. the human lifestyle advances in this country. why shouldn't that be rewarded? why is that the focus of punishment? why is that the focus of blame? mayor bloomberg the other day resisting his governor's call for increas

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united states has the distinction of having the largest number of fatalities and infections of any country in the world. this is a challenge that requires the leadership of the united states of america. if we're going to beat covid-19, america must be in the leadership to do this as quickly and efficiently as possible. so what does that require? it requires us to take the right steps at home and the budget resolution before us gives us the resources to do that with the production and distribution, fair distribution of vaccines, in dealing with the needs for testing, dealing for the needs of those businesses and individuals that have been directly affected by covid-19. all that is dealt with in this package, but we also need to work responsibly in the global community. and that's what this $10 billion will allow us to do, to be leaders globally as well as what we do as home -- at home. president biden has already taken the initial steps by rejoining the world health organization and joining the covid-19 vaccine global access facility so that 190 countries in the world, we can join together to make sure that everyone gets access to this vaccine, particularly in low and middle-income c

if we don't, we'll see thing we didn't think were possible in the united states of america, people burning furniture for warmth in the united states of america, that is just not supposed to happen. >> now the situation in texas right now isn't specifically related to transportation and yet it's clear you are deeply engaged and ready to help, which leads me to a question about senator ted cruz, who also is not directly responsible for what's happening and yet his decision to leave the state in the middle of a crisis struck a enough with many americans. what lessons can we learn with senator cruz's behavior as we move ahead? >> i can't speak to his decisions, but what i can say is if he and the people of texas need anything, he or any texas official is welcome to reach out to the department of transportation. we're in touch with fema, doing anything we can to be part of the solution. this is one of those moments that requires all hands on deck to be there to help. >> from conversations we've had over the years, you've understood that racial inequalities are real. they're systemic and they af

we understand the strategic importance of the united states of america being energy-independent. ake great pride in being a part of that. kern county at one point in time was the largest oil and gas producing county in the continental united states, so, the industry itself, that is who we are. that is the legacy of this portion of san joaquin valley. man: arvin making a bit of history today, becoming one of the smallest cities to make their own local regulaons for the oil and gas industry. woman: oil and gas has kept kern county moving for decades. now arvin residents are fed up and those in the industry feel unwelcomed. wednesday night, arvin city council unanimously voted in favor of restrictions on theil and gas industry. those in support applauded. [cheering and applause] man: yeah, so, it's a monumentous thing that we did. we passed the oil and gas ordinance, and hopefully other cities with that type of industry will follow, so, we're gonna be talking today with some neighbors on nelson court, nd then tomorrow i'm goa have a conversation with e mayor of taft about our two cit

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to the united nations and the representative of the united states of america and the security council of the united nations. mr. schumer: madam president? the presiding officer: mr. majority leader. mr. schumer: we in a quorum? no. okay. madam president, it's only been a month since president biden took the oath of office and democrats assumed the majority in the senate. but we've already taken some major steps to repair and rebuild our country. i said this chamber would begin its work by accomplishing three immediate tasks. confirming president biden's nominees, addressing the covid pandemic with bold legislation, and conducting a fair and honest impeachment trial of donald trump. the senate has made steady progress on all three. a little over a week ago we concluded the second impeachment trial of donald trump. the house managers presented a powerful, harrowing reconstruction of the former president's role in inciting an attack against our democracy. the greatest offense ever, ever committed by a president of the united states. despite the final verdict of t

we will always defend and protect the united states of america. thank you all. and god bless the united states of america. [applause] ♪ >> this is protecting elections part three, the left to pull the strings, covered it up and admitted. please welcome former representative and fox news contributor jason chapin. jason: thank you it is an honor to be with you. i am not mitt romney. [applause] if you are looking for. the elector -- if you are looking for pierre's, just go down the hall to the left and keep going left, that is where you will find him. i am in the bookselling mode, saying never let a crisis go to waste, the truth about disaster liberalism. i want to talk about that, but in the context of elections. there is a reason why nancy pelosi and chuck schumer and the liberal left is focused on elections. there was a saying bike will rogers -- by will rogers who said the opposite of progress is congress. smart guy, he was fun. in my lifetime liberalism meant everything goes. everybody is welcome, everything goes, there is no bounds. i looked it up on dictionar

>> sean, this shows how the green new deal would be a deadly deal for the united states of america. texas is blast with multiple sources of energy such as natural gas and nuclear as well as solar and wind. you saw from what trey said, and that is our wind and our solar got shot down and they were collectively more than 10% of our power gridt and that thrust texas into a situation.

people and the worst violation of the presidential oath of office in the history of the united states of america for this he was impeached by the house of representatives and he must be convicted by the united states senate before i close i want to address a constitutional issue still lingering from yesterday's argument the president. obviously is still exploring ways to change the subject and talk about anything other than his responsibility for inciting the attack we heard a lot yesterday about his claim that this incitement of insurrection was perfectly appropriate because it's somehow protected by the 1st amendment and this little diversion caught my eye because i've been a professor of constitutional law and the 1st amendment for decades and as will demonstrate over the course of the trial the factual premise and the legal underpinnings of that claim are all wrong they present president trump as merely like a guy at a rally expressing a political opinion that we disagree with and now we're trying to put him in jail for it that has nothing to do with the reality of these charges or his const

the united states of america, we take care of our own. job number one of the american rescue plan is fighting the pandemic. it puts $160 billion into our national covid strategy, which includes more money for testing, tracing, manufacturing and distribution and setting up vaccination sites. everything that is needed to get vaccines into people's arms. the american rescue plan also includes $4 billion to build new manufacturing plants so we are ready to manufacture vaccines and we don't have to wait. there is simply nothing more important than getting the resources we need to vaccinate people in this country as quickly as possible. we are not going to get our economy back in shape and millions of people back to work until we beat this virus. everyone from moody's on wall street to a whole range of other think tanks indicates if we do this plan, we will get the full employment within two years. we'll be in a situation where we grow the economy, creating millions of jobs immediately and put us in a position where we are going to have the gdp

for me, the united states of america was a country of freedom, opportunity, energy, making something realistic. but people believe, and it is true, that it is very powerful to be an american. i didn't know anyone, but i always believed in the greatness of this country. >> did he have to convince you to move to the united states? >> no. we dated and got to know each other. but you know, i was really excited to do that, as you know, it was my decision. you have to be a little bit adventurous to move across the ocean. [laughter] you know, it is tough, right? but when you're young, adventurous, you have great ideas about the united states, you can do it. it is very difficult. but the diversity, having a lot of different people is good for the country. >> have you become a hoosier? >> oh, yes. >> what does that mean to you? >> it is interesting, because i used to work in accounting. i worked in indiana, with an indiana company, but -- with indiana companies, but sometimes it was new york, chicago. when i worked in new york, a lot of my colleagues, they would say, victoria, you are such an

god forever bless the united states of america. that's an president trump i imagine will be hearing a lot

. >> this shows how the green new deal would be a deadly deal for the united states of america. if the biden administration is going to try to eradicate fossil fuels in the united states, every state is going to constantly have channels like what -- challenges like what america is seeing take place in texas right now. chris: the governor says that wind you turbines especially fad and created this crisis. your response. >> well, it's not at all true. the failure to weatherize some of the nuclear sensors, the natural gas plants and even some of the wind are responsible for their power shortage, and the wind is a tiny part of it. it was mostly the thermal generators that went offline because they hadn't been weatherized. obviously, wind works in north dakota, works in alaska. we know how to weatherize wind turbines. the wind does come and go, but what was shut down, the vast majority, was thermal plants here. so, you know, there is a reliability issue that we'll have to design the system including more transmission. you know, texas over time will want to connect up so that when it

we are the united states of america, not the divided states of america. getting to that will be a huge challenge that we all have to share. >> one of the platforms and the means by which the leadership will be most on display would be the return to the multilateralism. you talked about it a little earlier. let me get your thoughts on this. the u.s. partnership, what does it really mean in the 21st century? sometimes it looks hegemonic and finding the partnership and the balance and equilibrium was difficult. but in the 21st century where there are competitors and enormous pressures underway, climate, demographic instability et cetera demands the partnership in a multilateral way. what does that mean to you and what should our allies be thinking about in terms of? >> i can think of a few words that are not flattering about how we have led. one is hubris. one is lack of humility and probably third is this notion of american exceptionalism. if we could just get over ourselves and realize that we have a lot to make up and as an indispensable partner we are go

people and the worst violation of the presidential oath of office in the history of the united states of america. for this, he was impeached by the house of representatives and he must be convicted by the united states senate. before i close, i want to address a constitutional issue still lingering from yesterday's argument. the president obviously is still finding ways to change the subject and talk about anything other than his responsibility for inciting the attack, we heard yesterday that his claim that this was perfectly appropriate because it was somehow protected by the first amendment and this little diversion caught my eye because i've been a profession or professor of constitutional law in the first amendment for decades. as we will demonstrate over the course of the trial, the factual premise and legal underpinnings of that claim are all wrong. they present president trump is merely a guy at a rally expressing a political opinion that we disagree with and now we are trying to put him in jail for it. that has nothing to do with the reality of these charges or his constitutional offense

the american national security depends on a sovereign united states of america. who's coming in and out of our country. we're a compassionate people. everyone all across the world wants to come by here in america, but we have -- be here in america, but we have a responsibility to the people here in the united states to make sure that we have secure borders, that we know who's coming in and out of our country and that a we regulate our immigration in a way that preserves jobs and prosperity and wages for the people who are here in the united states. maria: my thanks to former secretary of state mike pompeo. >>> it is super bowl weekend, and there is a lot of money on the line. with a record number of americans placing their bets online, the ceo of draftkings is here. jason robins will join me next. when you switch to xfinity mobile, you're choosing to get connected to the most reliable network nationwide, now with 5g included. discover how to save up to $300 a year with shared data starting at $15 a month, or get the lowest price for one line of unlimited. come int

we're the united states of america. we are a nation of laws. and when you break the law in this country, there is a jurisprudent system that we go through for accountability. and that's why i'm taking those individuals to court. >> this law in particular that you brought this case under is famous because it has been used to essentially bankrupt extremist groups in the past. there is a provision in your lawsuit for damages. you don't say how many -- how much money you're looking for in terms of punitive and other damages in this case. but i'm thinking not so much about mr. giuliani and mr. trump personally, but those other groups that are named, the extremist groups, the proud boys and oath keepers named in your lawsuit, is part of the intention here that they should have to pay with their assets, with any funds they have access to for what they did? >> absolutely. you know, clearly, this act was put together in 1871. preferably to make sure that the southern contingent in this country could not form any other acts against this government, and s

being called to the 45th president of the united states he's a former officer of the united states government. he's a former president of the united states of america. he's treated differently under the act. for four years we trusted him with more power than anyone else on earth. as a former president who promised on the bible to use his power faithfully, he can and should answer whether he kept the promise while bound by it in office. his insistence otherwise is just wrong. and soo is his claim that there is a slippery slope to impeachingng private citizens if you proceed. the trial of a former official for the abuse that he committed as an unofficial arising from an impeachment that occurred while he was an official poses absolutely no risk whatsoever of subjecting a private citizen to the impeachment for their private conduct. besides the point. president trump was impeached while he was in office for conduct in office, period. the alternative once again is this january exception which the most powerful officials can commit the most terrible abuses and then resigned to leave office and suddenly claim that there they are a private citizen who can

the american national security depends on a sovereign united states of america. n and out of our country. we're a compassionate people. everyone all across the world wants to come by here in america, but we have -- be here in america, but we have a responsibility to the people here in the united states to make sure that we have secure borders, that we know who's coming in and out of our country and that a we regulate our immigration in a way that preserves jobs and prosperity and wages for the people who are here in the united states. maria: my thanks to former secretary of state mike pompeo. >>> it is super bowl weekend, and there is a lot of money on the line. with a record number of americans placing their bets online, the ceo of draftkings is online, the ceo of draftkings is here. carl shopped for the lowest mortgage rate and chose amerisave, a choice he'll never regret... ...unlike the choice to hitch hike. ahhh! which ruined his hand modeling career... it's over. don't worry, carl. things are looking up. visit amerisave.com now. lower mortgage rates mean hig

of the united states rather than citizen trump he's isn't a randomly selected private citizen he's a former officer of the united states government he's a former president of the united states of america he's treated differently under a law called the former president's act for 4 years we trusted him with more power than anyone else on earth as a former president who promised on a bible to use his power faithfully he can and should answer for whether he kept that promise while bound by an office his insistence otherwise is just wrong. and so so is this claim that there is a slippery slope to impeaching private citizens if you proceed the trial of a former official for abuses he committed as an official arising from an impeachment occurred while he was in official poses absolutely no risk whatsoever of subjecting a private citizen to impeachment for their private conduct to emphasize the point president trump was impeached while he was in office for conduct in office period the alternative once again is this january exception which our most powerful officials can commit the most terrible abuses and then resign to leave office and suddenly claim that they're just a private citizen who c

i'm the attorney of the united states of america for the people of the united states of america.what merrick garland said, and the senate liked it. even republicans didn't give a tough go to merrick garland. the guy spent virtually his whole year in the fbi or law enforcement or as a judge. he's well respected. he's a person who loves really his job and doing these things. and clearly he said, here's my first priority. my first priority so to get to the bottom of january 6th insurrection and find out all i can about this domestic terrorism. and will go, he said, wherever the data take us. >> thank you, larry. appreciate having you with us and giving us insight into all this. thank you. >>> up next at 6:00, the entire school board steps down, so what's next? oakley's superintendent lays out his priorities. >>> this is a common frustration for parents and students. some san francisco parents are so frustrated by a year of zoom schooling they're going rogue. one day a week, the parents have brought their kids with headphones and laptops the a park or athletic field. there they can a

trump's argument for the preservation of democratic self-government and the rule of law in the united states of america. >> watch the other house impeachment managers presenting their case on the constitutionality of the trial at c-span.org/impeachment. right now the attorneys for former president donald trump. >> the senate will come to

in the united states of america. i know will turn it over to my colleague, mister lewis of colorado. >> mister president, distinguished senators. my name is joan and i represent colorado's second congressional district in the united states congress . like many of you i'm an attorney. i practiced law before i came to congress. tried a lot of different cases. some more unique than others. certainly never a case as important as this one. nora case with such a heavy and weighty constitutional question. for you all to decide. thankfully, as lead manager raskin so thoroughly explained, the framers answered that question for you. for us. and you don't need to be a constitutional scholar to know that the argument president trump ask you to adopt is not just wrong. it's dangerous. and you don't have to take my word for it . this body, the world's greatest deliberative body the united states senate has reached that same conclusion. in one form or another in the past 200 years in multiple occasions. over 150 constitutional schol

room with the seal of the president — the elect room with the seal of the president of the united states of americarmed to the teeth and ready— tactical gear, armed to the teeth and ready to fight and other brawling supporters, all of them saying _ brawling supporters, all of them saying stop the steel right now. he said he _ saying stop the steel right now. he said he was going to march with them to the _ said he was going to march with them to the capital even though the permit— to the capital even though the permit for the rally specifically for beta — permit for the rally specifically for beta march but he said he would march _ for beta march but he said he would march with — for beta march but he said he would march with them, giving them more comfort— march with them, giving them more comfort than what they were doing was legitimate. but it was ok. but he stayed — was legitimate. but it was ok. but he stayed back as he presumably did not want _ he stayed back as he presumably did not want to— he stayed back as he presumably did not want to be too close to the action — not want to be too close

united states district court judge matthew brazilian from pennsylvania, he said and i quote this courts has been presented with strained legal arguments without merit and speculative accusations. in the united states of america, this cannot justify the disenfranchisement of a single voter, let alone all voters. are people and laws and institutions demand more, because this court has no authority to take away the right to vote of even a single person, let alone millions of citizens, it cannot grant plaintiffs' requested relief. that decision by judge braun was confirmed on appeal by a trump appointee who agreed and wrote, and i quote, the campaign's claims have no merit. the number of ballots is specifically challenges is far smaller than the roughly 81,000-vote particular jin of victory. it never claims fraud or that any of the votes were cast by illegal voters. plus tossing out millions of mail in ballots would be drastic and unprecedented, disenfranchising a huge swath of the electorate and in all down ballot races, end yet. similarly as judge elizabeth parker framed it, she said, stunning in its skoeb and breath taking in its reach, if granted, the relief would disenfranchise the votes of more than 5.5 mi

people of the state a floor here by a sin issue but die by lethal injection those words stuck to me and i emotionally broke down inside. some drama in 2021 why does the united states of america have a death penalty. you know the death penalty really is a relic of an earlier age. and the united states continues to apply it because our politicians don't have the will to to do what is necessary and to that is to recognize that death the death penalty serves no pain a logical purpose until our elected politicians step up to the plate and exercise their leadership in their political leadership to abolish the death penalty we are going to be stuck with this system that is extremely costly that is administered in a way that is racially biased that singles out the most marginalized members of our society for a punishment that is imposed. and it next ordinarily arbitrary way. well i'm just thinking the death penalty is a seen as the ultimate penalty this is what will keep society in in place it will keep order it will stop serious crime what is the stats that we should know about this what's the reality well the reality is that that's just not true we did a recent study we looked at

the clerk report. >> nomination, department of state, linda thomas refilled louisiana to the representative of the united states of america united nations and the representatives united states of america and the security council of the united nations. meka send a closure motion to the desk. >> the clerk report the motion to invoke. >> with the undersigned centers in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 the standing rules of the senate, hereby move to bring to a close the debate on calendar number ten, linda thomas greenfield of louisiana to be the representative of the united states of america to the united nations with the rank and status of the ambassador extraordinary and potentially airy and the representative at the united states of america and the security council of the united nations. signed by 18 senators as followed. >> asked and set the reading of the names be way. speak without objection brace meka now move to proceed to legislative session. we met question is on the motion. all this and favors ai. all opposed no. the motion is agreed to pay >> i moved to proceed to executive session to consider calendar

mental condition of mr assad of such that it would be oppressive to extradite him to the united states of america in other words the current conditions of the united states prison and justice systems are so abhorrent so all whole that extraditing mr a songe for trial in the us actually puts his life and health in danger regardless of the outcome of the trial. this move by the by did ministration comes up for a coalition of press freedom groups that includes the american civil liberties union amnesty international usa the committee to protect journalists the electronic frontier foundation human rights watch and reporters without borders just to name a few sent a letter to the administration asking the by administration to drop the charges and not appeal the judge's ruling the letter states quote the indictment of mr threatens press freedom because much of the conduct described in the indictment is conduct that journalists and engage in routinely and that they must engage in in order to do the work the public needs them to do. so it appears when it comes to attacking press freedoms through the indi

this is the united states of america. we are better prepared to meet the challenges of the 21st century than any country in the world. there is nothing, nothing we have ever failed to achieve if we work together. that is what we decided to do to today. that is what we are going to do, work together. i am optimistic about the meeting we had today with our congressional colleagues and now i'm going to walk over and sign that executive order. thank you all very much. >> [indiscernible] pres. biden: i am, but i do not so much blame it on the senate. i blame it on the failure to have a transition that was rational. as you know, previous administrations had a significant number of their cabinet confirmed before being sworn in. that is the tradition. we are doing fine. i think we are going to be in good shape. thank you. >> [indiscernible] have you read the jamal khashoggi report yet? pres. biden: yes, i have. attack you'll find that live at c-span.org.

he'll represent the people of the united states of america, not a political party, not the president he united states or anyone in the government. he is representing the people. >> he is so well-qualified to do that. your background, senator, is in civil rights. what did you make of judge garland's testimony today on civil rights and voting rights for that matter? >> well, i was very pleased with the attorney general nominee acknowledging the problem we have with white supremacist and the growth of white supremacy in this country. it's been denied by that justice department with a few exceptions like the director of the fbi and others. for the attorney general nominee to acknowledge that, he knows the history. he saw what happened in the 1960s. he saw the rise of the militia groups with timothy mcvay and others. this is a more significant problem we're seeing here now. they've been emboldened by the past administration. they've had the time to foment this thing and grow with social media. it's a challenge for him. coming from alabama and seeing all we've seen in this state and others,

cause it they overran the capital right so even if you want to hold the president of the united states of america to that minimal standard forget about his constitutional oath of office but as i said before that would be a dereliction of legislative duty on our part if we said all we're going to do is treat the present united states like one of the people he summoned to washington to commit insurrection against us ok the president swore to preserve protect and defend the constitution of the united states that's against all comers domestic and foreign that's what our says right. did he do that on the contrary he's like the fire chief he doesn't just say go ahead and shout fire in a crowded theater he summons the mob and sends the mob to go burn the theater down and when people start madly calling him in ringing the alarm bells he watches it on t.v. and he takes his sweet time for several hours he turns up the heat on the deputy fire chief who he's mad at because he's not making it possible for him to pursue his political objectives and then when we say we don't want you to be fired chief ever agai

violence is always dangerous but it's uniquely intolerable when done by the president of the united states of america but that became the norm and president trumps watch white supremacists in extremist groups have spread like wildfire across the land his own department of homeland security called homegrown terrorism the number one threat facing americans today but no matter how many people inside and outside government begged him to condemn extreme elements promoting violence and indeed civil war in america and race war in america he just wouldn't do it and that's because he wanted to incite and provoke their violence for his own political gain and for his own strategic objectives ever since he became president trump revealed what he thought of political violence for his side he praised it encouraged it right now i'm going to play for you just a few clips from over the years when the president's words successfully incited his supporters into assaulting his opponents. god god see the 1st group i was nice so take it time the 2nd group i was pretty nice the 3rd group i'll be a little more violent and th

the american national security depends on a sovereign united states of america. a compassionate people. everyone all across the world wants to come by here in america, but we have -- be here in america, but we have a responsibility to the people here in the united states to make sure that we have secure borders, that we know who's coming in and out of our country and that a we regulate our immigration in a way that preserves jobs and prosperity and wages for the people who are here in the united states. maria: my thanks to former secretary of state mike pompeo. >>> it is super bowl weekend, and there is a lot of money on the line. with a record number of americans placing their bets online, the ceo of draftkings is here. time to start brushing with parodontax toothpaste? if your gums bleed when you brush, the answer is yes. the clock may be ticking towards worse... parodontax is 3x more effective at removing plaque, the main cause of bleeding gums parodontax ♪ maria: well, are you ready for the big game? a record 7.6 million americans are expected to make online b