in those days, the democratic party went from jim allen of alabama on the right, very conservative, toim avenue arrest, the south dakota democrat, who was the most liberal. the republicans went from jake javits, who is almost as liberal as any democrat, to a very conservative firm and. the probably -- the parties could not stand for almost anything, because the difference of opinion was so wide. congress was able to legislate, but almost everything went through on a bipartisan basis. for each issue, there was a different majority.within the committees on the full floor, there were always changing. because each of the pieces meaning each of the members was flexible and could go this way or that way on any given issue and within an issue, on various amendments. this part of the bill, that part of the bill, they did everly. that is how they put together bipartisan majorities. that is the only way you could get things done was a bipartisan basis, because the entire democratic caucus in the house or senate, or the republican caucus, they did not agree on anything. host: was the mindset of m

read americans like sarah allen -- great americans like sarah allen, rosa parks and congressman jim clyburn[applause] and so to the sons and daughters of richard and sarah allen, as vice president of the united states, i say this. your history is america's history. and together then, we share a vision for america's future. a future where every person has the full measure of freedom and liberty. and so together we have been working towards building that brighter future in 2020 at the height of the historic pandemic, in the midst of so much loss and uncertainty, you showed up to vote. and you organized your friends and family members and neighbors to do the same. and it is because of you that joe biden is president of the united states and i am the first black woman to be vice president of the united states. [applause] and so i am here of to say thank you for your work and your leadership and your vision of what is possible for our nation. in 2020, you said we need to do something about the issue of high-speed internet. especially for our rural community, many of which i have visited in south

in those days, the democratic party went from jim allen of alabama on the right, very conservative, to, the south dakota democrat, who was the most liberal. the republicans went from jake javits, who is almost as liberal as any democrat, to a very conservative firm and. the probably -- the parties could not stand for almost anything, because the difference of opinion was so wide. congress was able to legislate, but almost everything went through on a bipartisan basis. for each issue, there was a different majority.within the committees on the full floor, there were always changing. because each of the pieces meaning each of the members was flexible and could go this way or that way on any given issue and within an issue, on various amendments. this part of the bill, that part of the bill, they did everly. that is how they put together bipartisan majorities. that is the only way you could get things done was a bipartisan basis, because the entire democratic caucus in the house or senate, or the republican caucus, they did not agree on anything. host: was the mindset of members different

great americans like sarah allen, rosa parks and of course congressman jim clyburn.ause] and so to the sons and daughters of richard andnd sarah, as vice president of the united states i say this, your history is our history and together we share a rivision for america's future. a future where every person has the full measure of freedom and liberty. and so to gather we have been working toward building that brighter future. in 2020 at the height at the historic. now make in the midst of so much loss and uncertainty, it showedd up to vote. you organize your friends and families andfa neighbors do the same and it is because of you that joe biden is president of the united states at the time the first black woman to be black prep vice president of the united states. until i am here of course to say thank you for your work, your leadership what's possible for our nation. in 2020 you said we need to do something about my issue. especially for our rural communities minutes of which i have visited here in south carolina. from the upstate, to the midlands. the pd to lowcoun

general jim matus served as the allen commander of u.s. central command and the u.s. secretary of defense. general dunford served as commander of allied forces in afghanistan, commandant in the marine corps and the 19th chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and general jon kelley served as commander of u.s. southern command, secretary of homeland security, and for two years as the white house chief of staff. [applause] if i could start with archibald mcleish who was a poet. he told us democracy is never a thing done. democracy is always something a nation must be doing. if we agree that there is a dynamic quality to democracy, what is the proper role of the military in that process? has it changed over the past 250 years? i'm not going to call on you. you can jump in as you would like. general mattis , you start. >> he said he's not going to call me and then he does. g the fundamental purpose is summed up in the oath to support and defend the constitution and obey the orders of the president of the united states. basically we are here to protect this great big experim

jim allison and we'll have some sound with him in about 30 minutes. he said that they are investigating -- i brought up the fact that deborah allen, one of the board of directors for district 1, and there's an investigation like jim says, but it's possible this was a case of human error. jim says that's something they'll be looking into. just prior to the incident yesterday, the train operator was told to stop the train, get out and manually switch the tracks. it's a simple workaround when there's a network connection problem. why the train derailed after starting up again, still under investigation. >> the weather was beautiful yesterday, so i assume it wasn't weather related. thank you so much, bob. >>> police in the east bay are searching for a driver involved in a deadly hit-and-run that happened early yesterday morning, new year's day, just after 12:30 a.m. in oakland. opd tells us a 23-year-old woman from stockton was walking on the sidewalk near international boulevard and 42nd avenue. that's not far from the entrance to 880. that's where a car, we are told, was doing donuts. it hit her and then drove away. the woman was taken to the hospital w

paramount, it's up big on news that the billionaire entrepreneur byron allen has submitted a $14.3 billion takeover offer. too bad farmer jim talk to him about it. adp, that's up on earnings beat. paradyme, joe, you own this. it got downgraded today. >> i'll take the other side of the downgrade. goldman did that yesterday, raised it to a 559 price target. >> another reminder that after the fed chair finishes his news conference, we will have a conversation with jeffrey dunlap today on "closing bell," as we always do. we're looking forward to that interview. i hope you'll join us then. let's do "final trades." mr. snipe, what's on your mind? what's on your radar? >> i like blackstone here. $200 billion in dry powder. i think that gets put to work this year. >> you have some dry powder. are you looking at it? >> i am. i think it's an opportunity. we'll see. >> joe t.? >> nervous about mentioning this name. you like costco? >> i love it, but i hate the valuation. but i love it, i do. compounder. >> you own it? >> of course, for a long time. >> stef? >> good for you. >> jason snipe owns it. >> zimmer holdings. i think you're go

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