and that's what makes missouri the best state in the united states. [applause] we were also able to host the bicentennial parade and the inaugural ball that was enjoyed and celebrated by missourians from all over the state. our historic parade included over 100 entries and proudly showcased communities all across missouri. including the lincoln university marching musical storm, the budweiser collidesdales, chinese dragon dancers, and the negro league baseball museum. it marked the first time in our state's history that the inaugural ball was held outside and we counted ourselves fortunate to be able to celebrate with thousands of missourians, many of them which had never experienced an inaugural ball. but none of this would have been possible without the efforts state government undertook to lessen the impacts of covid-19. [applause] when i stood before you last year, our limited supply of covid-19 vaccines were available for only a small group of missourians. no one had a road map or a playbook and we knew we faced difficult times ahead. nevertheles

god bless and may god continue to bless the great state of new jersey in the united states ofap america. [applause] . this is half an hour. [applause] [applause] optimist, because there's never been a more opportune time to realize our true potential than right now. even as we are contending with the challenges of a global pandemic, we are simultaneously strengthening our economy, reskilling our workforce, building up and out our infrastructure, and enhancing our quality of life. and now, because we are ready and able, we are revitalizing and connecting our communities all across the state like never before. tonight, i will report on what we are doing for our economy, our people, and our communities. when it comes to our strong economy, we have earned it. sound fiscal management over time has become our state's reputation. we've produced nine straight honestly balanced budgets since 2005. [applause] and from june of 2017 to june of 2021, we've reduced our debt by 24%. thank you, senator mishler and doc brown. [applause] our discipline has led to record revenue and reserves, and we remai

♪ >> indiana governor eric holcomb delivered the 2022 state of the state address from indianapolis, highlightinghe state of the economy, labor market, health care, infrastructure improvements. this is half an hour. [applause] gov. holcomb: all right. mr. speaker, mr. president, madame chief justice, lieutenant governor, members of the general assembly, fellow hoosiers, is indeed an honor to again discuss the state of our great state and the work before us as we seek to make life better for all hoosiers. winston churchill once said a pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity. an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. ladies and gentlemen, you can color me and optimist, because there's never been a more opportune time to realize our true potential than right now. even as we are contending with the challenges of a global pandemic, we are simultaneously strengthening our economy, reskilling our workforce, building up and out our infrastructure, and enhancing our quality of life. and now, because we are ready and able, we are revitalizing and connecting our communities all across

any other state. [applause] we have the lowest unemployment rate in history. not only the history of our state but in the history of our nation at 1.8%. last november marks third month in a row where 1 million nebraskans were employed. and our manufacturing sector has come boring back. in fact there are more nebraskans working in manufacturing today than pre-pandemic. our economic successes are a testament to nebraskans desire to work hard and earn. from teachers to truck drivers, mechanics to medical professionals from farmers to fast food workers and every profession in between. the states women and men invest their time and effort to better their communities and support their families. last year we supported their work and help them grow nebraska. thanks to the leadership of the chairman and the revenue committee, the 2021 session ushered in a historic level of tax relief that will deliver $2 billion to nebraskans over the next two years. [applause] many other great bills were passed into law thank

and so it's sent to the states and states began the process of considering ratification. and in fact, it was ratified almost immediately by three states and later by two states. so there were states that had already passed this amendment as our ratify this amendment and expected it to become law. the war is going to disrupt this of course. so, this is a serious attempt. at constitutional compromise. it's also one that president-elect abraham lincoln fully supported. when lincoln arrived in washington in february, he's going to spend some time talking to congressman and also going to the peace conference and supporting the efforts of folks to compromise. there was one thing he wouldn't compromise on right that's the territories because the territories are what the republican party had run on in 1860 restricting slavery in the territories, but in terms of where slavery existed yes, lincoln is on board with not interfering. on march 4th lincoln is going to deliver his inaugural address. much less confusing than james buchanan one of the wonderful things about abraham lincoln

i can tell you confidently today that the state of our state is strong. and we are eager for what lies ahead. [applause] as we recover from this pandemic, it's clear that expanding economic opportunity for all delaware families must be job number one. we can all agree on this -- a good job solves a lot of problems. so let's start there. on my first day in office in 2017, we partnered with the private sector to strengthen our economic development efforts. working with all of you we , created the delaware prosperity partnership. and that idea has paid off. despite the pandemic, delaware employers have added nearly 20,000 new jobs. the dpp helped them retain thousands more. delaware's economy has rebounded from the worst effects of covid-19 more quickly than we could've imagined. our unemployment rate is now just above 5 percent, down from a high of 13.4 percent in april 2020. just last month, financial technology startup investor cash management -- or icm -- announced that it would move its headquarters from chicago to downtown wilmington. icm plans to inve

. >> alabama governor kay ivey delivered her annual state of the state address in montgomery.he called for pay raises for state employees and teachers and investments in mental health services. the address took place at the old house chamber at the alabama state capitol. it is about 30 minutes. [applause] gov. ivey: thank you. you may be seated. lieutenant governor ainsworth, president pro tempore reed, speaker mccutcheon, speaker pro tempore gaston, members of the alabama legislature, chief justice parker, justices of the alabama supreme court, distinguished guests and my fellow alabamians, i am a firm believer that, for alabama, there is no mountain too steep to climb and no dream that is unattainable. over the last four years, we have proved that to be the gospel truth by coming together to solve some of the state's toughest challenges. to you, the people of alabama and the men and women of the legislature, you are the reason for our progress. this evening, i renew my commitment to you that we will not only continue tackling old problems. we will work together as alabamians

we are taking the idf from the state of the state speeches -- the idea from the state of the state speechesyou can add your thought to the mix may be pegging off the thing the governors have addressed, other issues you think are important to address as well. (202)-748-8000 for those in the eastern and central time zones, (202)-748-8001 in the mountain and pacific time zones. in new york this is inis, if i'm saying it correctly? . caller: inez. host: inez, sorry. go ahead. caller: we have a new mayor, sorry, and we have a new governor and we have a new world. everything is uncertain and i don't get tied up with so much democrat or republican do right. make it make sense as much as we can and everybody look after each other. host: you think new york has one major issue? is there a major issue in your state that needs to be dealt with? caller: that is tough. let me speak on new york city because new york state is a very large place and different and nuanced. in new york city yes, we have an exceptional skyrocket of crime. with our new mayor i don't know how he is going to approach it and how t

the democrat leader's home state, senator schumer's home state does not. in fact, voters in the democrat leader's home state actually just rejected a ballot measure that would have allowed no excuse absentee voting. i guess the democrat leader thinks that those voters are trying to destroy our democracy. georgia also has way more days of early voting than the democrat leader's home state. so does arizona. another state that has come under fire from democrats for updating its election laws and yet red states, according to democrats, are the states attempting to suppress votes. it's also important to note that the georgia law was written to address concerns from republican and democrat voters, including concerns raised by stacy abrams, affiliated groups over the 2018 georgia gubernatorial election. mr. president, there's no question, no question we should make voting easy and accessible. but there are a lot of different ways to do that. and states can have different requirements and still all offer ample opportunities to vote. also i think my democrat friend

states like my home state of georgia were ready and waiting. they immediately passed laws to make it harder for people to vote, make it impossible to protect elections, and even criminalize the act of passing out food and water to people waiting in long lines. that means i and my peers have fewer rights today than we had the day we were born. i can only imagine what my grandparents would say about that. we must pass federal voting rights legislation now to ensure democracy for all americans. we cannot wait. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields. the gentleman from illinois is recognized. mr. davis: can i do a time check with my favorite timekeeper up there. the speaker pro tempore: the the gentleman has 24 minutes. the gentleman from north carolina has 24. mr. davis: i would like to yield a minute and a half to my good friend from new york, ms. tenney. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. tenney: it's groundhog day again on the house floor. yet again o

. >> alabama governor kay ivey delivered her annual state of the state address in montgomery. she called for pay raises for state employees and teachers and investments in mental health services. the address took place at the old house chamber at the alabama state capitol. it is about 30 minutes. [applause] [applause] thank you so much. you may be seated. lieutenant governor president pro tem and members of the alabama legislature justices of the alabama supreme court and distinguished guests in my fellow alabamians. i am a firm believer there is no mountain to steve to climb and no dream unattainable over the last four years we prove that to be the gospel truth by coming together to solve the states toughest challenges to hear the people of alabama and the men and women of the legislature you are the reason for our progress. with my commitment to you to not only continue tackling old problems that we will work together as alabamians to find new solutions so that our state is the best place to live, work and raise a family for years to come. im pleased to report the state of o

this is a state government. we then heard from the communications director at the florida department of health, he confirmed that doctor ladapo did not treat covid patients during much of 2020 when ucla was running a covid ward, but he claimed that doctor ladapo must have treated patients prior and after that period. he told us, quote, i'm sure you can find documents that prove that if you're finding other documents to promote your narrative. listen, we're not trying to find documents to promote a narrative, we're trying to figure out whether guy told the truth. and the thing is, we did try very hard to get hold of any documents that would prove that doctor ladapo treated covid patients at ucla, particularly given the word from other doctors who actually did treat patients at ucla that he was never among them and they never saw him. we have tried to find documents that would indicate that doctor ladapo treated patients at ucla. we cannot find any such documents. neither doctor lot of folks nor the florida depart

. >> colorado governor gerrit polis delivered his state of the state address from denver and discussed the challenges he faced in the past year from the covid-19 pandemic and also talked about improving the health care system and reducing omissions in his speeches about 50 minutes. >> good morning everyone. one traditionally begins a state of the state address by acknowledging dignitaries here in the chamber, but this morning calls for something a little different. >> i want to start by acknowledging the people who couldn't be here. please join me in a moment of silence for coloradans who have lost their lives: to covid, to violence, and to natural disasters including the recent boulder county fires. we will start with a moment of silence for those we lost. thank you. now, to the legislative leadership in both parties, members of the general assembly, lieutenant governor primavera, treasurer young, attorney general weiser, our dedicated first gentleman reis, mayor hancock, mayor coffman, members of the state board of education, justices of the colorado supreme court, members of the cab

none of our states are immune. the people of dayton are still working to recover from the tornadoes that destroyed their neighborhood in 2019. senators menendez and kennedy state though -- states though, devastated the summer by a changing climate and, frankly, congressional failure to do much about addressing the climate change, our country will continue to face extreme weather events and natural disasters and we must be better prepared to recover from these disasters efficiently and equitably and rebuild our homes to be more resilient in the future. today's hearing looks at the critical role we play in offering disaster relief to the communities affected by disasters and we will discuss how we can improve that aid, i hope, through a permanent authorization of the program. since 1993 congress has provided 95,000 million dollars in disaster relief recovery assistance to states, territories, and communities through supplemental disaster recovery appropriation, particularly to low income and middle class families hit

on the voting rights laws the states are doing good and republican states are doing bad. so is that true? this is an important question. i don't assume to know other states. most of my colleagues don't know other states in terms of their law but i do know mine, the great state of alaska and here are the facts about my state, the republican state in three critical areas of voting rights. automatic voting registration. alaska voting laws are significantly more expensive than voting laws in new york. a democrat, connecticut, new hampshire, massachusetts just to name a few. those are the facts. are those states jim crow 2.0. here's an important issue. why can't the states measure up to a republican state like alaska on key voting rights issues? good afternoon. the framers and founders of the nation through the constitution new voting rights were so important that constitutionally they gave the power to administer the laws to states across the country. for the united states senate the filibuster which has a bad connotation, for a member of the united states senate to speak on

we have paid down state debt and we are adding $600 million to the states we need a find the most money ever put in there. growing the rainy day fund is the responsible thing to do to make critical services like school and law enforcement are always funded even if our economy takes a turn for the worse. because we have manage the budget so responsibly, i was proud to announce that every kworking can send who fileyo taxes in 2021 will get a $250 rebate this year. $500 for married couples filing jointly that's money back in your pocket to take your family on a mini vacation to buy groceries. this is something we all need and no. this cost way too much and even as we sit here with a record surplus kansans continue to pay higher taxes on groceries and it makes no sense many years on both sides of the aisle with the state and then to eliminate the grocery sales tax and then to send the bill to end this tax once and for all it will save hundreds or thousands of dollars per year this is a commonsense policy on which democrats and republicans the only obstacle that can block the legislation is

as always, you can follow today, michelle lujan grisham gives her state of the state address at the 2022pening session of the state legislature. she will be speaking remotely due to the covid-19 pandemic. that is live at 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, online at c's.org, or watch coverage on c-span now. >> at least six presidents recorded conversations while in office. here many of those conversations on c-span's newest podcast, presidential recordings. >> season one focuses on lyndon johnson. you will hear about the civil rights act, the presidential campaign, the march on selma, and the war in vietnam. not everyone knew they were being recorded. >> certainly johnson's secretaries knew because they were tasked with transcribing many of those conversations. in fact, they were the ones who major the conversations were taped, as johnson would signal to them through an open door between his office and theirs. >> you will also your blunt talk. >> yes or? -- sir? >> i want to know the number of people that signed to kennedy the navy died -- the day he died. >> yes, sir. >>

no other state has done.applause] we are also ranked number one for business climate by business facilities magazine. we have proven that when you treat people right it's good for everyone and also good for business. businesses are excited to be in virginia and to come to virginia. being named best state for business is a testament to our workforce, our education system, our commitment to diversity and strong business climate. from amazon making virginia home to a second headquarters in 2018 to the three billion-dollar investment to build semi conductors to blue stars and credible commitment to make billions of medical gloves is the state where companies want to invest put down roots and growth. we've also taken steps to be a better state for the workers. i've listened to virginians havetold me they just couldn't support themselves on $7.25 an hour. they were always one paycheck away from losing the roofs over their head so that's why we are raising the minimum wage in the commonwealth of virginia increase of

in the state of texas, democrats are hysterical because the state rollback some unusual covid specific exceptions to their prior procedures such as universal drive-through voting and 24 hour voting. so if the bar for voting rights now requires the possibility of voting in person at 3 a.m., how many blue states in america meet that bar? none of these things existed in texas before 2020 and neither widely exist in blue states. every historical claim that our democracy is in crisis rings hollow. more americans today say that president biden's election was legitimate. now listen to this, then said the same thing about the prior president in late 2017. more americans today say that president biden's election was legitimate then said the same about the prior president in late 2017. yet, democrats are trying to use their fake hysteria to justify breaking senate rules so they can seize control of elections in all 50 states. that's what they are up to. historically, the said as they can up elections legislation on a careful, bipartisan basis. we have made sure not to travel on the right of vote

only one of those was the nato state. that it became to poland, joined, then it became 5 with ukraine and ga, potentially joining that would be 7 with all the perks that carries like us bases and troops. pray tell how is that not the dictionary definition of encirclement? russia is uses statements from high level officials as well as disinformation and propaganda outlets to intentionally spread outright falsehoods, to attempt to create a pretext for military action. we all know how the u. s. uses differ information to create a pretext for invading independence states. the irony seems lost entirely on the us state department. we still remember colon pow right sadam. hussein has not verifiably accounted for even one teaspoonful of this deadly material. the chief of the state department, whether of all around 2 decades ago, lying to the world about saddam's weapons of mass destruction. and setting the stage for the invasion of iraq, which killed an estimated half a 1000000 people. because i don't believe that russia has come

washington state, the university was continuing a tradition at michigan state in 1863. all of the students were required to take landscape driving. at the landgrab university talk architecture and capability of andrew jackson doughty and others before the first academic department and landscape architecture at harvard in 1900. frederick law olmsted senior was offered the iowa agricultural college. agricultural college predated the 1862 moral land-grant act but it provided a major stimulus for each state to establish an institution devoted to teaching and what we will call engineering. in itself black citizens were denied access to the land-grant colleges prompting their champion vermont senator justin smith sponsor second act in 1990. it established 19 institutions in the former confederate states. olmsted and scientific farming was a supporter of the schools as evident by the author of ohio state and with considerable interest in energy he would become somewhat involved in the design of five landgrab's institutions, cal berkeley, maine, massachusetts, cornell and rhode

i mean, the russians are put united states on notice that, you know, the united states must come up with an agreement, a verifiable agreement that shows respect for russia's national security interests and in the region in ukraine and throughout europe. the united states. i don't believe at this point time is prepared to do that. and if this discussion is left purely on the merits of that, it's not going to bode well for united states. so i think the stage is looking for every opportunity to divert attention away from its own weak position going. and i think because then in the instability there is something that the united states in you to exploit for its own benefit. how many? thanks for calling us today. scott ritter, a former us marine corps intelligence officer. thank you. ok. ok. let's move on to more world news. 21 minutes into the program. the british prime minister is once again having to fend off corruption allegations after emerge . he withheld revealing text messages from a watchdog probing sleaze in the bras. johnson asked a party donor for more money for luxury refurbishmen

department, the head of the state department, secretary of state back then as 3 times telling gorbachev's that they wouldn't move one inch eastward. you had a v, then west german foreign minister, and either get you saying that nato shouldn't expand east, but given assurances to russia, then the usaa, the, in the event of germany, re unifying that neither would movies. you have this in writing in rising lisa, archived memos, cables. nevertheless, there's this, as i say, much more in that least of russian fictions which a lot of questions about royalty itself has also become a target of washington's accusations. with the u. s. state department alleging the channel and fellow news outlets. sputnik used this information to advance the cremeans foreign policy, but reaction from r t o stand for british m p. george galloway. the timing on the launch of this report is naked, lay a sign that that's part of our new propaganda or friendship. but i have had the unpleasant task of reading all. busy 33 pages of it, of the people that have lied to us over and over again, are now lying to us about ukrai

but that's exactly what they have done in state after state. voting rights used to enjoy broad bipartisan support here in the senate. indeed, republicans and democrats stood together for decades to reauthorize the voting rights act, most recently in 2006. in fact, i want to quote one of my colleagues on the day of the last reauthorization. he said, quote, america's history is a story of ever-increasing freedom, hope, and opportunity for all. the voting rights act of 1965 represents one of this country's greatest steps forward in that story. every american must have freedom of political expression, including the free, unfettered right to vote, closed quoten those words -- closed quote. those words were senate minority leader mitch mcconnell who spoke those words on that day. he was one of 16 republicans who proudly voted for the 2006 reauthorization but stand in the way today, 16 republicans who still are present in the united states senate, including not only he, but senators grassley, shelby, crapo, collins, burr, inhofe, graham, thune, cornyn

, the british state, was weak.g that it's done to, for example, consulting companies, to the big four, but also to the circas and the gas—s. what he meant was not to blame those consulting companies, but when the state no longer invests within its own brain, it doesn't do too well. and the nasa folks knew that. i mean, this is why i look at apollo, cos there's so many interesting parallels. there was the head of procurement, ernest brackett. let me just tell this story cos i find it fascinating. he said, "we won't know how to work with the private sector. we will get captured by bro sherman's ship," they didn't have powerpoints at the time, "if we stop investing in our own capabilities." i take your point that with you, it's not binary, it's not either the state or the private sector, there has to be a sort of symbiosis of the two. but in the end, you do take a view as to who's providing the lead here. you talk about — i mean, it's a word i don't like, but you do use it, "directionality". and you say government nee

includepe state, state and your first name. i want you to respond to secretary of state anthony blinken yesterday on the state of the union ahead of the talks that are underway right now in geneva, switzerland here is what he had to save it. >> it seems and lightly putin will withdraw troops or take at least some of them off the border without some concessions by the u.s. you've already said those two i mentioned are off the table or not on the table, what about moving weaponry out of pulling moving further west what about moving missiles, what about limiting the scope of u.s. exercise or any of those on the table? >> first i don't think were going to see any breakthroughs in the coming week. were going to build a put things on the table, the russians will do the same. both directly with us at nato we will see if they are grounds for moving forward. here's what i can say, first any progress is going to make is going to have a i reciprocal basis. the united states and europe are taking steps to address russia's concern russia wi

, governors and state officials in every battle round state. have all said he lost, that's what 81000000 of you did as you voted for a new way forward. he is don't not present. in american history, the history of this country has ever ever done. he refused day except the results of election. and the will of the american people while some courageous men and women in the republican party are standing against it, trying to up told the principle that party to many others are transforming that party into something else. they seem no longer to want to be the party, the party of lincoln eisenhower, reagan, the bushes, but whatever my other disagreements are with republicans to support the role of law and not the role of a single man. i will always seek to work together with them to find shared solutions where it possible is we have a shared believe in democracy that anything is possible 80. and so at this moment, we must decide what kind of nation are we going to be? are we going to be a nation that accept political violence as a norm? are we going to

states. it is an honor to be here. states over tf years has brought to light an old debate that some of our founding fathers had about what was the world's oldest profession. it was a debate between dr. benjamin rush, thomas jefferson and benjamin franklin. he said the oldest is -- profession is the physician, after all eve was cut from adam's rib. thomas jefferson said no, the world's oldest profession is the architect because he needed the architect to bring order out of the chaos of the universe. dr. franklin said it wasn't the architect, it was the politician. who do you think created the chaos in the first place? [laughter] unfortunately, we have seen in many other jurisdictions in this country and around the world the creation of faucian dystopias. schools shuddered, crime spiking and opportunities dashed. the destructiveness has been exceeded only by their ineffectiveness at curtailing an airborne respiratory virus. issuing coercive policies based on algae --faucian -- consigning after

and the president of the united states' state.and yet, listen to their rhetoric. listen to their rhetoric. republicans in republican states are, quote, jim crow 2.0. mr. president, i was on the floor last week talking in particular detail about my state's laws. we're all different states here, but i know my state's laws. i know them well as it relates to voting rights. and here's one thing i said last week -- in some of the most critical issues in terms of voting rights legislation, early in-person voting, automatic voter registration, and this chart here, no-excuse, absentee voting, the republican state of alaska, the great state of alaska has voting laws that are significantly more expansive than the laws of new york, than the laws of delaware, than the laws of connecticut, than the laws of massachusetts, than the laws of new hampshire. it is a long list, mr. president. a long list. and you can see why senators like me, my constituents, in particular find it more than just a little bit annoying when you have these smug arguments

the state of our state is the strongest it has ever been.even with so many challenges in the world around us, but the state is not measured by one snapshot in time. it is our duty to ensure it is strong for generations to come. let's work together this session to keep the doors of opportunity open for our people and to guarantee the promise of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. so may god bless you and may god bless the great state of south dakota. thank you. [applause] [applause]

states. 13 slave colonies had declared their independence and become 13 slave states. by 1787 however, things had changed dramatically. inspired by the revolution northern states had begun to abolish slavery vermont's constitution did so in 1777 the pennsylvania legislature had passed a gradual appalition statute first of its kind in history in 1780, massachusetts courts abolished slavery a few years later as did the legislatures in the remaining new england states. both houses of the new york legislature of had voted to abolish slavery as well and as a result at the constitutional convention in philadelphia pro-slavery and anti-slavery delegates and countered one another argued with one another and if they were to reach an agreement on a new constitution, they would have to compromise and that notoriously is the founders did. the result of those compromises was a document that included both proslavery and anti-slavery clauses. the slaveholders secured the protection denounced by garrison the

there are some states that utilize that as being the start but not all states are like that. we really rely on chuck and his team when they go to state to do an investigation. make sure they are aware of that state specific code so they know what the leadership options that they have once they receive the results of that investigation. >> are there any discrepancies? >> i'm in the sure i can answer that because of the rate of some of these change. if we have concern and as mentioned if an article comes up, we try and reach out to that state immediately and see if there's anything we can do to help, any resources you need or guidance that you're lacking. to make sure we're doing the right thing. >> general, i have another question. i think your leadership is helping drastically. we want to ensure that the guard troops aren't treated as second class soldiers. that's why i supported the equity and hazardous pay for national guard troops. another question real quickly, the sharp program, as you know, is an annual requirement for the national guard soldiers. with so few drill week

after state in this country. i'll start by reminding everyone that the supreme court led by chief justice john roberts opened the door to all of these anti-voter tactics by guiding preclearance from the voting rights act, and by turning its back -- getting -- equal justice under law. the first i will read excerpts of an article published in fox on july 21, 2021, entitled how america lost its commitment to the right to vote. the supreme court, justice helena kagan lamented in a dissenting opinion earlier this month quote, has treated no statute worse than the voting rights act. she's right. the voting rights act is arguably the most successful civil rights law in all of american history originally signed in 1965 it is the united states first seriousuc attempt t reconstruction to build a multiracial democracy, and it worked. just two years after president lyndon johnson signed the voting rights act into law, black voteo registration in the jim crow stronghold of mississippi skyrocketed from 6.7% to nearly 60% year

first of all, the head of state has not been detained. no institution of the country has been threatened. so as i said, these movements localized, they are circumscribed, and we're following the evolution of those movements. on saturday, security forces forward with anti government protesters who blame the leadership for failing to stop the attack by on groups. negotiations are underway between the president and the soldiers. he states the mutiny, but trust is hard to come by. court in the middle of the people of became a fast and a country that appears to be spiraling out of control. henry wilkins al jazeera. why going to the united arab emirates says it's intercepted and destroyed to ballistic missiles. the defense ministry says they were launched from yemen by host the rebels. debris from them they found for set to a fallen rhonda would be but no one was injured. last week, 3 people were killed and a wholesale drone attack on the city. the u. s. s. told a citizens in ukraine and families of a sky of embassy staff to leave the country.

, state, another state. kretzer: justice kavanaugh, i think i'd have to very respectfully disagree with the premise of that last part of the question, which is that a non-tdcj employee chaplain necessarily carries with him some appreciable additional level of risk. i can say i attach -- justice kavanaugh: okay. can i stop you right there? i don't see how you can say that. there's another human being, to go back to judge higginbotham, in the execution room in about the most fraught situation anyone could imagine, especially if the person is, by definition, close to the inmate, spiritually, friends, and they're about to die and be put to death. and the idea that we can predict how another human being will react in that situation and be sure, as you're saying, that the person is not going to react in a way that they would never react in any other situation, i just don't -- i don't know. you might be right and -- and we'll see, i guess, if -- if you prevail here, how this plays out. but it's not my decision, and

from state court to the united states supreme court. recounts undertaken in state after state. georgia. georgia counted its results three times. one recount by hand. phony partisan audits were undertaken long after the election in several states. none changed the results. in some of them, the irony is the margin of victory actually grew slightly. so let's speak plainly about what happened in 2020. even before the first ballot was cast, the former president was preemptively sowing doubt about the election results. he built his lie over months. it wasn't based in any facts. he was just looking for an excuse, a pretext to cover for the truth. he not just a former president, he is a defeated former president. defeated by a margin of over 7 million of your votes. and a full and free and fair election. there is simply zero proof the election results were inaccurate. in fact, in every venue where evidence had to be produced, and oaths to tell the truth had to be taken, the former president failed to make his case. just think about this. the former president and his supporters have nev

states complain and certain states do not. host: what is a good standard? caller: i definitely believe in the id process. i do not want to hear that racial bs like black people cannot get id's. my grandmother had id and she had two birthdays, going back to the early days of birthing and stuff like that. so i think that is just another tactic that the democrats always tend to pull up, the race issues. not saying there are not any. of course there are major race issues in this country. but there has got to be some type of universal id. we got so many people coming into this country who are allowed to get a drivers license. we do not know to the extent on who actually gets the right to vote. so i can see why you have got a lot of people out there who are disgruntled about the process, especially if your side loses. host: in 2020, a lot of states did a lot of work to expand mail-in ballot a because of the pandemic, efforts to make people safer and apart. are you ok with raining that in in 2022, that it does not need to be as expen

the united states spends about $700 billion a year on defense.ur nato allies collectively, europeans have the secondea largest defense budget in the world, about 300 billion. i get a little frustrated when people say the europeans don't spend anything on defense. that's the second largest defense budget in the world. and by the way, russia against lining up on the gridiron at the moment spent somewhere between 70 billion, maybe 80 billion, so nato else spends russia by 10-1. nato has 3 million troops under arms, almost all of them volunteers so that's active duty. we have 4 million reserves. we have 50,000 combat aircraft. we have a thousand oceangoing ships. this is the richest most capable alliance in human history. okay, that's the good news. the challenge is it's got 30 nations now. by the way, 30 nations who represent 56% of the world's gdp. about, it's like 30 different petals on the bicycle and people are kind of pedaling in a different way. and you alluded to but a moment ago. i spent four years of my life, 2009 and 2013 at that round nat

>> i think it leaves us in a place where first of all it's a state by state battle. and in every state it's important to marshal the forces of businesses, unions, church groups, civic organizations to stand together for the rule of law and for fair elections and to -- for example, when texas tried to pass as part of its election law a provision that would have made it easier for a state judge to throw out the results of an election, there was pressure and that provision was removed. so i do think that even on the state by state level there's the ability to do that. and we have to agitate for transparency so that we can assure that votes are counted fairly, that we have real audits to make sure that the machines are counting the votes properly, and that there is a bipartisan opportunity to observe the whole process and make sure that our votes are being counted fairly. >> rick, thank you for being with us tonight. i have thoroughly appreciated this conversation with you, and i hope that our viewers learned a whole lot about it. thank you. >> thank you. >> so it should

little is delivering his annual state of the state address. live coverage here on c-span. governor little: don't get too at ease. all right. mr. speaker pro tempore, madam president, honored legislators, my fellow constitutional officers, mr. chief justice, members of the judiciary, my family, friends, and my fellow idahoans. it's good to deliver this speech back in the chambers. last year, i closed my state of the state by saying, in times of hardship, opportunities for growth emerges. there's no doubt the past couple of years have presented incredible challenges. our frontline workers in health care, public safety, and education, in particular, have done an exceptional job. today, we have a few of those pandemic heroes with us. they are nurses, doctors, police officers, guardsmen, and teachers. i would like to invite them to stand and please, everyone, please join me and recognize them and their colleagues in thanking them for their service to our great state. [applause] governor little: my friends, i stand before you today with great optimi

and our state walz the bread basket -- state was the bread basket of a young nation. but over the past 245 years, we became known for growing something more. we grew industries which in turn grew proud cities and towns. the seeds of innovation planted here grew into technologies that, quite literally, built the modern world. we grew jobs. good-paying jobs. we grew on the shoulders of organized labor. we grew, yeah. [applause] we grew diverse. we grew a strong and inclusive middle class. so, yes, we are still proudly the garden state. but our task is building a new jersey that is also the opportunity state. an opportunity state that works from the middle out and the bottom up. and an opportunity state that doesn't just let current generations, us and our children, prosper, but ensures that those who will follow, our children's children, can prosper even more. my brother, two sisters and i were raised as many have heard me say middle class on a good day. i'm incredibly honored that both of my sisters, dot and jan, are here. my sister-in-law is here and many members of t

, and more in key states.aster county, pennsylvania, was running for local judge until his campaign hit a snag, charged with four offenses on his role on the attack on the capitol january 6th. in pennsylvania rally attendee who has not been charged with a crime won his race to be the mount joy township judge of elections. senator marco rubio, republican of florida a few days ago, condemned january 6th as a terrible thing that never should have happened but also suggested the anniversary was getting too much attention and seemed to downplay its seriousness. >> you're not going to convince most normal and sane people that our government last year was almost thrown by a guy wearing a viking hat and speedos. >> the senator is correct our government was not almost overthrown by i guy wearing a viking hat and speedos but by armed military conspiracists and others throughout the country seeking to invalidate election results based on the wide lies of unhinged team of conspiracy theories and by maga media that spread

in state after state legislature, we are seeing republicans figure out new ways to disenfranchise voters. and why are they doing this? they're doing this because they think it will help them win an election, but, b, because they are trying to show fealty to a failed, one-term president who can't get over the fact that he lost the election fair and square. >> that's what concerns me the most is they seem to have cracked the code. i'm wondering how concerned you are where you have a situation where last time around, there were secretaries of state like brad raffensperger who stood in the way. there were election officials in michigan who wouldn't go along with the trump team wanted to do. it didn't work in pennsylvania. you know, it went to the courts and he was slapped down and so on. but they have broken this code in a way that sort of outlines a blueprint for what they could do next time and the time after that and the time after that. how do you stop that from continuing to happen? >> so that's the problem, which is that they continue to attack democracy. they continue to move along th