other states in state. one great example is ross tyler seat out in virginia. we expected that seat initially to be safe. and we just weren't polling in it. but as we look at our analytics platform we looked at the data and so we narrowly targeted in it. and with extra resources we won 51-49. this is the way we've been able to select our investments and be strategic, ite fight challenges across the state. -- earlier, i mentioned our five regional political director who are in our five targeted states in virginia we had an in-state staffer. she was embedded working on richmond on political calls. absolutely integrated into all of the campaign's decision-making processes. we will have a staffer in texas where we have a chance to win january 28. beto o'rourke has been heavily involved. it's been great to flare him and his effort. secretary castro will also be down motivating folks to come out for that race and mayor bloomberg has been down door knocking. that indicates the importance of legislative races that w

states. the 2018 election was a sea change that we continued into 2019. so here is what this looks like now. right now, 42% of americans live in a state where democrats control at the very least the state legislature. in addition to that, state democrats govern nearly 15% of the nation's total gdp, gross domestic product. and there are 243 fortune 500 companies headquartered in a state where democrats control the legislature. so it's a significant footprint on the american economy where democrats control these states. with the addition of virginia and the wins that we had on the ballot, we now had 15 democratic trifectas. the combined population of the state with democratic trifectas and democratic controlled legislatures is nearly 140 million, that's almost half of the u.s. population. so this is significant. let's talk about our favorite new democratic trifecta, the won we just won in 2019, virginia. in virginia this november, we showed no signs of slowing down. we flipped six seats in the

hand state. the thinking is, we do not want to have a gap in time where we are not comfortable -- we are not confident about who won the elections. we want to be able to identify our winners right away. in hand means we have some election official in the state has to have the ballots by 7:00 p.m. on election day as opposed to a postmark, which may extend the window of time in which the ballot could come in. that is one thing. i am not going to remember your other questions. ballot harvesting in colorado, we allow somebody to bring in as many as five ballots. that is been me in my wife's ballot. we have an 18-year-old. i might bring in her ballot. ballots bigger group of you could bring in. we changed that in state law. the last question? we have a pseudo-open primary. is way our primary works and if you are unaffiliated -- our primary works is if you are unaffiliated, we are going to send you a democratic and republican ballot. you get to choose which one you vote. if you return them both, that i

[applause] [applause] >> before i elaborate on the state of the state i want to honor the state patrol trooper smith who lost his life in a tragic crash last year. the first trooper we have lost in the line of duty in the last 20 years. from war-torn iraq to the highways and byways of nebraska, trooper smith life was distinguished by service rooted in his deep love of famil family, community, state and country. all his family was not able to be here today please help me to recognize the sacrifice and bravery of all the great men and women who serve in law enforcement agencies. [applause] >> even though the floodwaters subsided and we started to rebuild the events of last year compounded the challenges for our state's number one industry. in addition to flooding, we experienced several other major events, a fire in a meat processing plant that hit the ranch families hard and then from eastern wyoming threatening her industries and hundreds of farm operations. shifting our focus to diversify markets for the ag producers. and our continued battle for those fuel standards as a typical year

i think it is up to about 14 states prescribed the state, passed and as the state passes, when it says that to the steep, why our electoral college votes to the statewide winner, and you're going to award our show you know electrocution the national winner, so a state like virginia, let's say, it's a democrat wins for genius but the republican was the national popular vote, then stimulate award it's going to look like close to that republican state nationwide the other, as opposed to statewide, the other provisions of the contract says these debt it will nasties this will not affect any state until enough states have passed college certainly took 70 a truck olive exercise after needed to win that i thought how. like i can totally are so escaped, at equaling about mr. 90 or snow of electoral college votes so they are pretty far along expect they have, a lot of this it's a california new york that had passed it so i think it is mostly a democratic meeting states on a pass the compact so far. i think to get more states on board, you would have to have a republican win the popular vote and

of the state. it was not too long ago that i stood here and laid out a bold plan for the future of missouri. back then, many were worried about the direction of our state. some of you were probably worried about how your new governor would league and address the problems within missouri. but because i love this state and the people of the state, i knew i was ready for that challenge and with your help, ready to chart a new path for missouri, a path that would push just to the forefront of the nation, providing more opportunities for our citizens and make missouri a destination for others around the country ready to embrace our show me way of life. i also want to thank the many of you in this room and the thousands around the state who had confidence in me, supported my vision and offered me patients at a trying time for missouri. even though it was a challenging time, it was also an opportunity to do things differently, to tackle tough problems and propose bold solutions. the poet -- and with your

articles of impeachment be exhibited to the united states senate. articles of impeachment exhibited by the house of representatives of the united states of america in the name of itself and of the people of the united states of america against donald john trump, president of the united states, in maintenance and support of its impeachment against him for high crimes and misdemeanors. article i, abuse of power. the constitution provides that the house of representatives "shall have the sole power of impeachment" and that the president "shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors." in his conduct of the office of president of the united states -- and in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of president of the united states and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the constitution of the united states, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed -- donald j. trump has ab

so in many of these states, the only state where there is a ban on federal and state coordination is colorado, right, because of amendment 27, so in many of these states we will be able to look at robust, like robustly coordinated ways, stronger coordinated campaign, the presidential campaign, to think about where we should have door knocking happen. and there are economies of scale if you think about it with turning out democratic voters from state to state, that is something that is really important. so if you think about doing social pressure ads, like to talk to voters about making a plan to vote, if that is already being funded, across the state, it is very easy for us to say hey, can we add that on in our target. so it decreases the cost of get out and vote. in many state, in states like minnesota and iowa and michigan, historically the coordinated campaign, and what has happened last cycle in north carolina, the coordinated campaign fully integrates with the state legislative caucus work and they think about, as they work statewide, how do we bring the presidency and also tryi

and states.t helps us determine which seats to target. one great example is ross tyler's seat out in virginia. we expected that seat initially to be safe and we were not pulling it. as we looked at our analytics platform, the data flagged that it was vulnerable. we won 51-49. this is the way we select our investments and identify opportunities and challenges across the state. earlier i mentioned our five regionsal political directors. in virginia for the first time, we had a staffer dedicated to the commonwealth. ,he was working in richmond absolutely integrated into all of the campaigns decision-making processes. we will embed a staffer done in texas where we have an opportunity to win key special election on january 28. i will be down there doorknocking this week. beto o'rourke has been involved. and great to hear from him and his efforts and secretary castro will be down motivating folks to come out for that race and mayor bloomberg has been knocking. that indicates the importance of state leg

experienced by every state. thank you again for allowing me to share what pennsylvania is doing, and our suggestions removing this system forward. up for it answering you your questions you may have. >> thank you so much and don't worry we don't intend to give up. doctor you are recognized now for five minutes. >> chair, the ranking member guthrie and members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today. in my role as commissioner of public, health and as the states chief physician, and dedicated to addressing the opioid epidemic in massachusetts, i commend congress and our federal agencies for funding, those working tirelessly on the front lines every day. >> her data indicates that in massachusetts, are public centered approach, the opioid epidemic is working. i'm heartened to let you know that from 2016 to 2018. our opioid overdose deaths have declined by 4%. we continue to focus on prevention and education. availability, medication treatment. behavioural health counseling. and s

states engaged in high crimes and misdemeanors, which the u.s. constitution says is the reason for our president potentially to be impeached. and if convicted in the senate removed from office. >> that's right, and dana talks about the distidistillation of in a way that the american people can understand, right? there are really two juries here. there are 100 people making the decision. there is some indication we know what will happen, that they won't get enough republicans to come over and kick the president out of office. that seems to be a certainty. what is still uncertain is where the american public will fall. we've seen some polling, maybe it's split in terms of what should happen, should this president remain in office or should he be removed. that's why it's important that nancy pelosi pick who has experience in the courtroom, and adam schiff particularly is very good at that. >> she picked courtroom lawyers, essentially, plus val demmining is a former police chief. so as they present documents and video clips from the former impeachmen

of the united states of america. in maintenance and support of its impeachment againsthim for high crimes and misdemeanors . article 1: abuse of power. the constitution provides that the house of representatives shall have the sole power of impeachment and that the president shall be removed from office on impeachment for and conviction of treason, bribery, and other high crimes and misdemeanors. in his conduct of the office of the president of the united states and in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of president of the united states and to the best of his ability preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, donald j trump has abused the powers of the presidency in that using the powers of his eye office, president trump solicited the interference of a foreigngovernment, ukraine , in the 2020 presidential election. he did so through a scheme or course of conduct th

state. in treatment, we established a standing order and distributed over 55,000 free kids, developed a handled model and expanded treatment capacity through 45 centers of excellence. they offer loan repayments and awarded 3 million to expand we awarded 2.1 million to expand community recovery services, developed a website to share recovery stories in desperate hope and awarded the grant funds to build recovery housing support. in the coming months, pennsylvania will be focused on integrating quality into our four major goals of reducing the stigma, intensifying primary prevention, strengthening the treatment system and empowering sustained recovery. without the sustained federal funding the collaboration necessary to accomplish these goals will be greatly diminished. although we've made significant strides in our work i, our worke and we need your help. in terms of funding, we need flexibility to address the system, not a substance. we need consistency with funding vehicles and reporting me

>>> new york governor andrew cuomo delivered his state of the state address from the empire state plaza convention center in albany. he outlined his policy agenda for the year, which included addressing climate change, combatting hate crimes and building a green economy. >> thank you, thank you, thank you very much. thank you very much. thank you very, very much. thank you very, very much. well, happy new year to all of you. i hope you have recovered from the celebration. and are ready to get back to work. because it is going to be a challenging year. i think 2020 came in, and it didn't take long before we all realized that challenges were coming our way. we had earthquakes in puerto rico, which was the last thing the island needed after everything they've gone through, we've already sent people to help, but we want the people of puerto rico to know that we are 100% behind them, we always have been, and we always will be. [ applause ] >>> marcus, lydia, and i were on the first plane that went to puerto rico after hurricane maria and we will be going back to puerto rico once again with n

and undermined the integrity of the united states' democratic process. he ignored and injured the interests of the nation. present trump engaged in this scheme or course of conduct through the following means. number one, president trump acting directly and through his agents, within and outside the united states government, solicited the government of ukraine to publicly announce investigations into a political opponent, former vice president joe biden, and a discredited theory promoted by russia alleging that ukraine rather than russia interfered in the 2016 united states presidential election. number two, with the same corrupt motives, president trump acting directly and through his agents within and outside the united states government conditioned two official acts. the release of $390 million of united states taxpayer funds, that congress had appropriated on a bipartisan basis for the purpose of providing vital military assistance against russian aggression, and donald trump had ordered suspended. and a head of state meeting at the white house, whic

a state legislator. if i have one word of advice for people in this audience, if you care about abortion rights, if you care about preserving women's access to legal procedures, you have to care about who was on the state legislature. in pennsylvania, we are very close to being able to retake that by the democrats. i think we need to pay strong attention to ensure that our state legislatures are pro-choice, are controlled by the party that is willing to enact protective legislation. mentioned that the timing is based around who was on the supreme court. ruled on the not justice kavanagh has been there. he defended in the june medical services case, about admitting privileges for doctors in the louisiana. was there anything about his dissent that might tell us about how he might rule? do you agree with what katie is saying in terms of the outcome? >> i don't. i can't speak for catherine. my assumption is that all of us assume that the court will eventually inform or name overturn roe. i don't agree that i

>> secretary of state mike pompeo>> secretary of state mike pompeo: it was a checcollective decision that -- there was unanimity that we were making the right decision that day. it was based not only on this intelligence, but you need to look no further than the days that led up to this. qassem soleimani led and orchestrated an attack that killed an american. there was sound and just and legal reasons for the actions that the president took. and the world is safer as a result of the bold action that president : esident trump is saying there are 52 sites that the u.s. would target if iran retaliates. how is that consistent with what you say is your message of de-escalation. >> secretary of state mike pompeo: entirely consistent. iranian leadership needs to understand that attacking americans is not cost-free. setting out conditions, saying these are expectations, these are the things american is expecting from you, and if you don't do them, the cost is clear and direct. we have an obligation to speak to the iranian leadership clearly and directly, so they understand that america is pr

he gives his state of the state address from the state capitol in boise. the governor talks about his administration's efforts to cut regulations, bring more transprnsy to the budgeting process, education, and infrastructure. >> mr. speaker, mr. protem, madam president, honored legislators, mr. chief justice, members of the judiciary, my fellow constitutional members, family, friends, and my fellow idahoans. what a year. life sure has changed for me. on some weekends i go home, go out to the ranch, visit my family and friends, one day i was in my normal emmitt uniform, levis, hat, getting fuel, guy at the fuel pump kind of glanced at me a couple times. as i was paying for my fuel, he saundered up and says, has anyone ever told you you look like brad little? you know, i proudly said, yes. said, makes you mad, doesn't it? i could not accomplish as much as last year or most of my life without the support of my family. especially my wife, your first lady, teresa. [ applause ] it's rewarding for me to watch so many people learn about her. teresa is selfless. sh

the fight will come down to each state. many states are in the middle. florida is the ultimate swing state. there will be huge fights. there will be fights in states like alabama. this wasn't consequential before. legislators in alabama said simply, this is a vehicle to test roe. we are not serious about enforcing this. we will expect to see the conflict and testify, not intensified not deescalate, regardless of what happens. lana: catherine, what is your take on the legitimacy issue with respect to roe? what will happen if roe is struck down? how will that affect the court's legitimacy? catherine: we have seen legal scholars on both sides question the legitimacy of roe. the clearest perspective on that has come from justice thomas, in particular in one section 1983 case relating to patients' rights to sue. in his dissent, the court decided not to hear the case, and he said that the court should have. he spoke very clearly to his colleagues on the bench, saying, if this case weren't about abortion, if it were about any other matter, then we would have ta

there are certain things a state can't do and certain things a state can do. what i think a state can do is say, look, we have a no-aid clause which has existed for a very long time and that says on its face that we prefer not to fund religious activities for good reasons i'd like to explain in just a second. now, we're constrained by anti-discrimination principles from coercing people into abandoning their religion. so if we have these two principles, these principled non-bigoted and historically rooted views that we don't want to fund religious activity on the one hand, and the first amendment, which clearly guards against coercion and penalizing religious faith on the other, the way we're going to balance it is to do what the state court did. and i just want to say one thing about that. justice kagan: to do what the court did, meaning? mr. unikowsky: invalidate the program. and i just -- i mean, if you look at the reasons the no-aid clause was enacted i think are similar to the reasons james madison gave, it's just hard to say that james madison disabled fu

at that point, the state supreme court says we have a state constitutional guarantee, no state funds to religious schools. that is a straightforward violation of the law. claiming -- you are calling blame amendments -- that the montana provision and other states that have one, that it is a matter of federal thetitutional law, all of constitutional provisions must be struck? >> not the entire category. it is more nuanced. seven members of the court said the free exercise clause compel what two members of the court said for bait. we think the same is true here. >> that's a radical decision. madisonfounding father lobbying heavily for the free equally toause and stop states from establishing religion or using public funds to support them. since theover founding fathers, a long history of people who for nondiscriminatory reasons, for reasons related to their belief in the separation of church and state that had taken the position the state should not give money to really just institutions. you are suggesting now that montana in 1972 went through an empty exercise. they looked at the hist

groups from receiving some state benefits in an effort to keep church and state separate joining me now to discuss this and a few other important issues of the day are ed martin the president of the eagle former education and legal defense fund and political analyst and democratic strategist ameesha cross thank you both for coming on interesting fun topic. look it's a contentious issue the separation of church and state so i ask where do we fall when it comes to this. is montana being too discriminatory towards religion and being this program because that's what the bunting out of supreme court did so that it was in violation of their state constitution. because it gives money to religious schools. you know is one time being discriminatory i don't think montana is being discriminatory at all 1st and foremost these this school system was taking a large percentage of the tax funds period and i think that one of this place to a larger issue about a lot of parents being able to select and be able to understand people in the schools that they actually chose for their students for their k

to support and encourage unbelievable cooperation between israel and the united states in the military and strategic and intelligence fields all those bare testament to the friendship and depth of your leadership and commitment to israel from our very 1st meeting here in the white house 3 years ago you repeatedly. made clear your commitment to help israel achieve peace with the palestinians and peace with the rest of the world mr president i share that commitment and i look forward to working with you to achieve a peace that will protect israel's security provide the palestinians with dignity and their own national life and improve israel's relations with the arab world your peace plan advances all these goals 1st it addresses the root cause of the conflict. the inside and it by insisting that the palestinians will finally have to recognize israel as the jewish state. second it stipulates that israel will retain security control in the entire area west of the jordan river thereby giving israel a permanent eastern border a permanent eastern border to defend ourselves across all along th

they're responsible for secretary of state, state supreme court, winning back state legislatures. they reported $19 million, we reported $17 million, they only have $2 million but they have huge, broad, sweeping electoral responsibilities. we're absolutely still in the fight. i would say our performance with the narrower scope that we have and the rslc is a much stronger number. and i think in the case of florida, the floridas house is an eminently winnable chamber. we want to build out that chamber to get it to a place where we think we can put it on our target list. we wanted to be honest and transparent. >> can you break down funding? >> we're still making many of the decisions. i think in the 2018 cycle, we were one of the biggest funders for the arizona ledge slay it -- legislative efforts. we spent more than $250,000 in arizona alone. we have moved early resources into arizona and happy to get a specific number in terms of what we've moved so far to you, i don't know it off the top of my head. arizona has been on our early investment list. we'll continue to work with the lea

now new jersey governor phil murphy delivering his second state of the state address in trenton. >> lieutenant governor oliver. senate president sweeney. assembly speaker coughlin. majority leaders weinberg and greenwald. minority leaders kane and bramnick. members of the 219th legislature including that rocking escort group that came in with me, chief justice, associate justices of the supreme court, judge grant, members of the cabinet, former governors, charlie and sam thanks for bringing mom. first lady tammy murphy. distinguished faith leaders, veterans, members of organized labor, honored guests, and my fellow new jerseyans. five weeks ago today our state was shattered by the gunfire of anti-semitism and hate. in jersey city, a heralded police detective joseph seals and three innocent people were murdered in what we now know was an act of domestic terror, fueled by a vicious and unjustifiable hate. this was an act of hate against the jewish community and law enforcement, but it impacted everyone. hundreds of school children and their educators were held in lockdown, including in a catholi

whether it's one state or 2 state red state blue state the question of palestinian rights is what is being denied here we do not see. he listed in right of return we do not see the right to live independently and self-determination we do not see equality for palestinians living inside israel who live under this nation state law that says explicitly they cannot be equal because only jews have the right to self-determination in the state of israel it guarantees under israel's basic law that palestinians cannot be equal so under those circumstances all of these rights continue to be denied to palestinian or right let alone rights of water for example all of which remains on the israelis let me let me bring in the palestinian perspective and ask the question from this way is there any incentive for the palestinians to continue to negotiate if that's the starting point is that as i said so much of the final status issues the u.s. would basically give to israel is there much of an incentive for the palestinians to dictate to negotiate in the hope that if they exempt or that maybe that have

been to your state., it starts wearing -- weighing on you. i got involved in public office. i had a chance to speak and talk to kids. here's what i want you to do. when you're traveling out of state, by yourself, with classmates, family, whoever, and you know that question is coming, where are you from? and you know the responses are going to get. if you don't enter into it properly. here's what i want you to do. when somebody says, where are you from? from. tell you where i'm i'm from a state that's the most patriotic state in the nation. i'm from estate basically produces more energy of this country, that help to build this country. we've done the heavy lifting. we've done it all. and on top of that, the good lord blessed us with the greatest venues you're ever going to see. my state is called west virginia. you're going to want to come to visit. take the offense. you have to defend it. that's what we're trying to do. it's a pride we all should have. >> what problems does the state faced today? >> we f

desantisa governor ron delivered his state of the state address in tallahassee. this is just over 30 minutes. [applause] mr. president, mr. speaker, members of the senate. the constitution requires me to inform the legislature concerning the condition of the state and to recommend measures in the public interest. it brings me great satisfaction to support -- report and to commend bert commend the members of the house and senate for your efforts to make for successful. [laughter] [applause] florida'stis: unemployment rate is near a historic low. we have a triple-a credit rating. florence public university system is ranked number one in the nation. we are ranked one of the top states in the nation for physical health, physical health. and wes a 50 year low have no state income tax. [applause] gov. desantis: it is said that the only thing certain in life are death and taxes but as one to suggest we should add an asterisk to that here in florida . we can say with certainty that we will not have an income tax here in the state of florida. [applause] gov. desantis: or

5 states. which is now being under the presidency of palestine as an observer and of observer member of the united nations now the international community then turn national public conscience is been away can we as an observer member state are now with the president the president. taking the presidency of the $77.00 plus block. this is some of the gains we have achieved however we will never fall to we will not relent until we have all our rights restored but this is an indication that the whole world has just started to realize our plight our problem and to realise our rights and stand by our side that's why we should continue holding steadfast to our policies these policies are known to the whole world we are human beings we are not animals we are very human beings people 13000000 citizens half of this population is within the occupied territories and the other half and their spur. other states with a population of only 10000 people are full members. why simply because the united states is st

visit to me and ma xi jinping is expected to sign a $1300000000.00 deal to build a port in rakhine state that's where 1000000 miles military carried out a campaign which forced more than 700000 people from the minority rangar to flee to neighboring bangladesh in 20 x. 17. a protest has been held in malawi as capital following allegations that judges overseeing a legal challenge to last year's disputed election received bribes president. narrowly won reelection in 2019 but opposition leaders are challenging the result. all the news of course on our website there isn't a screen al-jazeera dot com where the headlines the news continues on al-jazeera after inside stories that. the climate crisis and the environment take center stage at this year's world economic forum in davos the people experts and leaders from around the world can expect an icy reception from some as they discuss how to save the planet from the threat of rising temperatures get the latest updates on al-jazeera. donald trump has always said he'll be tough on china and now he signed a deal with beijing he says it will correc

coverage here on al-jazeera of a major breaking news story the lightest of course this hour the united states has killed iran's most senior military come out it seems all the body was assassinated in an airstrike in the iraqi capital baghdad he was the leader of the elite al quds force that's a division of the revolutionary guards corps which has far reaching influence in iraq syria lebanon and beyond that is read you the pentagon statement the pentagon has released this statement confirming that the strike was carried out on the orders of the u.s. president on trumpet says the statement reads at the direction of the president the u.s. military has taken decisive defensive action to protect u.s. personnel the broader by killing solomonic the head of the iranian revolutionary guards could force a u.s. designated foreign terrorist organization that's important that it is designated a terrorist organization it also goes on to say donald trump after authorizing that tori's has also or that strike is also tweeted no woods just a big picture of the american flag well it wasn't just the man who was

in a strong incumbent tough state. colorado, also a tough state. also atough as main, but tough state. another incumbent who is incredibly strong, though not as well-known, cory gardner. great campaigner, good legislative record against a well known incumbent who has a good brand. is problem with hickenlooper that he has not been tested in a long time and you saw his performance as a presidential candidate outside of colorado, it turned into a dismal performance. that is a race where i see a tough state. candidate as he appears in john hickenlooper, so how do you game that out? i still like where we set. based on the terrain, those are the two i would be most concerned about. jacqueline: susan collins caston him popular vote to bert -- confirm brett kavanaugh. sweeps concerned if she the impeachment under the rug, votes for the president's acquittal and not support calling witnesses, it will be more problematic for an already competitive race? steven: i'll be interested to see -- at some point, she will have to cast complex votes on processes as we

>>> new mexico's governor recently gave her second state of the state address in santa fe and talked about her goals to invest more in early chide childhood programs and efforts to eliminate student debt. hear her speech on her legislative agenda. this video courtesy of new mexico pbs. >> please take your seats. thank you. i like being this tall. make no mistake. i'm just going to relish the moment. thank you, mr. lieutenant governor, mr. speaker, madam pro tem, honorable legislaturers, distinguished guests, the first many behind me ask my daughter erin, my granddaughter avery. avery's other grandmother, but i am the favorite, sandy rieger, my sister-in-law, the honorable sandra grisham, my brother gregory, everybody who right this minute isn't watching the impeachment trial on c-span, my fellow new mexicans, this past year i heard from many members of our extended new mexico family. students wrote letters, parents came to my office, i met with advocates and entrepreneurs as we traveled across the state from carlsbad and silver city to the navajo nation, mr. president, and beyond. ne

i and state your name. gov. edwards: i, john bel edwards, do solemnly swear that i will support the laws and constitution of the united states and the constitution and laws of the state of louisiana and that i will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all of the duties incumbent upon me as governor of the great state of louisiana according to the best of my ability and understanding so help me god. >> congratulations. my privilege. [applause] gov. edwards: thank you. [applause] gov. edwards: thank you. thank you all for being here on this beautiful day. i want to thank dan for the introduction and i want to thank washington's own artillery for the 19 gun salute earlier today. [applause] we presently have 491 men and women in the louisiana national guard deployed, and over the next 12 months, more than 2000 airmen will be deployed to the middle east. so join me in thinking anking them and their families for their sacrifice and praying for their safe return. [applause] gov. edwards: members of the legi

. >>> during rhode island governor's state of the state address, she laid out her plans for providing more affordable housing, investing in education, increasing access to healthcare and improving roads and infrastructure in the state. >> good evening! >> good evening. [ applause ] good evening. [ applause ] >> thank you and good evening. >> thank you and good evening. good evening, rhode island. mr. speaker, senate president, members of the house and senate, members of the judiciary, my cabinet, my wonderful family, thank you for being here with me tonight. and my fellow rhode islanders. thank you for trusting me to deliver results for our great state. tonight, i stand before all of you, filled with optimism for our future. in the past few years we worked hard together to work our way out of a deep economic hole. now, we're preparing rhode islanders for success in a fast changing economy. right now, in rhode island, we have more than a half a million jobs in our state. that is more jobs than we have ever had at any time in our state's history. [ applause ] >> our unemployment is the

a subpoena to the state department on september 27th. in a letter on october 1st, secretary pompeo acknowledged receipt of the subpoena. at that time he stated that he would respond to the committee's subpoena for documents by the return date, october 4th. but his response never came. instead, on october 8th, president trump's lawyer, writing on the president's behalf, issued a direction confirming that the administration would stonewall the impeachment inquiry. to date the state department has not produced a single document, not a single document in response to the congressional subpoena. but witnesses have testified, who testified indicated that the state department had gathered all of the records and was prepared to produce, provide them before the white house directed it to defy the subpoena. notwithstanding this unlawful obstruction through the testimony of brave state department employees, the house was able to identify with remarkable precision several categories of documents relevant to the first article of impeachment that are s

that iran could not afford to capitulate to the united states because they believe the united states wants regime change and would crush them so they have to escalate ever since president trying to scuttle the you know there has been a steady chip for escalation and that you know neither side can afford to give in because oh look weak the leaders of both sides have committed to this escalation and isc it's hard to see how it how it gets you know where the off ramp means and how people can deescalate you can quibble about what kind of government iraq has and certainly there are some iraqis who are happier today than they were under saddam hussein but the you know the basic fact is that the united states in order to destroy the order that was in iraq under saddam hussein cast the sunni arabs from the top of society down to the bottom and catapulted the shiite arabs who are at the bottom of society previously under saddam hussein 60 percent of the population to the top and gave them the government. and the government is run by shiites today they have a majority in parliament and they vo

of state have to say alan. well it was a very packed briefing many people want to hear what my palm peers saying in the state department for the 1st time since he did a run to the sunday talk shows here in the united states he was asked again about the intelligence and the fact that the united states has been saying there was an imminent threat to americans he said that there was end quote from all the intelligence agencies but also from teams on the growing that he would have been speaking to people that knew what would happen in the likes of iran and iraq and he was feeding that to the information process you've got to remember though that this is a president who in the past has criticized his own intelligence agencies might compare himself a former head of the cia before he was promoted to secretary of state he was asked to about the legality of the action and he said he couldn't speak about this specific instance but he says before an american administration takes actions of this kind normally it's run thro

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articles of impeachment be exhibited to the united states senate. articles of impeachment exhibited by the house of representatives of the united states of america in the name of itself and of the people of the united states of america against donald john trump president to the united states of america in maintenance and support of its impeachment against him for high crimes and misdemeanors article one abuse of power the constitution provides that the house of representatives shall have the sole power of impeachment and that the president shall be removed from office on impeachment for and conviction of treason bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors in his conduct of the office of the president of the united states and in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of president of the united states and to the best of his ability preserve protect and defend the constitution of the united states and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed donald j. trump has abused the

i come before you to report on the state of the state.to reflect on the work we've done and to share a vision in priorities for our future. as elected officials, it's our duty to distinguish what must be done from what we might like to do. and to work together, pulling in the same direction, to make a difference for those we serve. we meet at a time in our nation's history when too many elected officials, on both sides, are choosing confrontation and partisan politics over collaboration. >> evil! >> we're calling on everyone to help. >> we're calling on everyone to help. >> listen to the people! >> listen to the people. >> young people for the climate crisis. >> to prepare the young people for the climate crisis. >> climate change destroys the food system. >> they will be escorted out by capitol polic$p'd security. >> everyone must tell the truth! >> about the climate emergency. >> based in real science. >> these are presumably protestors from extinction rebellion. >> listen to the people. >> there are climate refugees in vermont right no

a subpoena to the state department on septembe september 27th.n a letter on october 1st, secretary pompeo acknowledged receipt of the subpoena. at that time he stated that he would respond to the committee subpoena for documents by the return date, october 4th. but his response never came. instead, on october 8th, president trump's lawyer, writing on the president's behalf, issued a direction confirming that the administration was stonewalled. the impeachment inquiry to date, the state department has not produced a single document. not a single document in response to the congressional subpoena. but witnesses who testified have indicated that the state department had gathered all the records and was prepared to produce, provide them before the white house directed it to defy the subpoena. notwithstanding this unlawful obstruction through the testimony of brave state department employees, the house was able to identify with remarkable precision several categories of documents relevant to the first article of impeachment that are sitting right now.

is not a state is a project it is not me who is saying that iraq is a fragile state and why it's iraq is a fragile a state because of the political parties who owns army groups not only the shia but maybe also the kurds who are having much marga they don't want to stay to flow they don't want a state that. they don't want to state is a powerful death with control on each and everything they want to be above the lol and that's really is pushing you from a foreign world iraqi government is is is in this situation or in the position they cannot you know react they cannot do anything towards any think that it's happening and i would ask you this a question i ask and you guess which iraqi government didn't or didn't iraqi government to spectate what is going on what will happen after the bumping of the position of to thoughts as well off in syria and iraq of course that there should be some security sense to anticipate what will be going there there were many threats from the leadership of the how you xabi to you know to make some reaction against american show why you iraqi government did