gary peters, united states senator.. gilchrest: thank you. i recognize helen moore of the 13th congressional district for the purposes of seconding the nominations. >> i second the nominations. lt. gov. gilchrest: are there other nominations? hearing none, all those in favor of nominating the honorary chairpersons will signify this by saying aye. aye. lt. gov. gilchrest: all opposed will signify by saying nay. governor gretchen whitmer, senator debbie stabenow and senator gary peters are elected as honorary chairperson os they have 2020 electoral college. the electoral college convened it is now in nominate. i recognize michael kerwin for the purpose of a nomination. >> i nominate joe bide northwestern office of president of the united states. -- joe biden for the office of president of the united states. lt. gov. gilchrest: thank you, mr. kerwin. i recognize robin smith of the eighth congressional district for the preponderance of seconding the nomination. >> mr. chairman, i second the nomination of joe biden for the o

he's a guy who had been to unit 71 soldier. and killed. paul johnson an american director has studied unit 731 documents at length and knows its history well. unit 731 was a unique organization in the history of the world what they were trying to do was to simply do nothing short then build the most powerful and most deadly biological weapons program that the world had ever known. japan had a longstanding interest in biological weapons emperor hirohito who had a degree in the region biology believed that biological weapons would help japan conquer the world as a descendant of the sun goddess a matter of he saw it as his calling. in the 1930 s. the concept of japan's exceptional role in the world coming to the country society . how modern day uku sucking your. japanese journalist should gioconda the author of evidence of unit 731 crimes a book that caused quite a stir is one of the few people who tries to give an impartial account of factors that brought japan to war time look at the. road. to get to. the war. but the. order. in the early 1

vice president of the united >> we the undersigned electors for president and vice president of the united states of america, for the respective terms beginning on the 20th of january ad 2021, being electors duly legally appointed and qualified by and for the state of delaware as appears by a next certificate made and delivered to us by the executive of said state, having met agreeably, on the first monday after the second wednesday of december of the year 2020, being the 14th day of the month, to hereby certify that being so assembled and duly organized, we proceed to vote by ballot and balloted for the president and then vice president by distinct ballots. we fully certify the following are two distinct lists, one of the votes for president and the other of the votes for vice president so cast. witness our hands on this 14th day of december ad 2020. these duplicate certificates have been prepared and signed in accordance with state and federal law, and will be distributed as follows. one by registered mail to the president and senate of the united states. two, to the delaware secretary o

would be a social and economic boon for the united states. yet currently hong kongers have limited ways of coming to the u.s. applying for political asylum requires you to be physically in the u.s. on a student visa or tourist visa. securing this visa can be difficult and has been difficult because of the pandemic and even harder because of travel and exit bans on hong kong and the increased likelihood of bail being denied to activists that have been charged. hong kong could apply for refugee status outside of the u.s. and the administration has allocated spots specifically to hong kongers. but increased surveillance by police and security forces put these activists at heightened risk of arrests. that's why the provisions involving a safe harbor act is so critical. hong kongers facing prosecutions require multiple ways to safety which is why i encourage this committee and support this committee to support the hong kong freedoms and choice act of 2020 that was passed by the house last week. by passing these bills, congress has shown america ha

. >> good afternoon, as provided under the constitution of the united states, the laws of the united states and the great state of michigan, the 2020 meeting of the electoral college is now convened and will come to order. please rise for the pledge of allegiance, led by our state representatives of the 14th congressional district. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the bigger public for which it -- and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. please remain standing for the national anthem and the black national anthem by the turner sisters. [singing] >> oh say can you see light dawn's early we hail at the whoseht's last gleaming broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air proof through the night was still there oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave o'er the land of the free of the brave ♪e brave ♪ [applause] ♪[singing] >> list every voice and sing till earth and

moral and physical strength of the united states. united strength of the atlantic community.onal strength of hemispheric relations. creative strength in new and developing nations in peacekeeping strength from the united nations. arms alone are not enough to keep the peace it must be kept by men. our instrument and our hope is the united nations. impatience of those who would abandon this imperfect world instrument because they dislike our imperfect world. the troubles of the world organization, merely reflect the troubles of the world itself. if the organization is weakened these troubles can only increase. we may not always agree with every detailed act but taken by every officer of the united nations or with every voting majority. at as an institution, it should have in the future as it has had in the past. no stronger or more faithful member than the united states of america. >>> this is american history tv. covering history c-span style with lectures, interviews and discussions, with authors, historians and teachers. 48 hours all weekend every weekend only on c-span 3. >

exclusion lawrst in the united states. in 1904, they uphold the deportation of john turner and save those seeking entry to the united states have no constitutional rights including under the first amendment. they cannot challenge their exclusion under the first amendment. rights, noel has no constitutional right to enter, a new constitutional right under the first amendment to challenges exclusion. but what about those within the united states, including the professors who invited him to come and give a talk at their universities or college campuses? famous first amendment attorney in the united states at bodine,e, leonard boon challenged this is a violation of the first amendment right to receive information to hear. you have the right to speak as well is the right to hear and receive information. the precedent that establishes that right to receive information happened in the 1960's. they are using recent precedent to make this argument and to circumvent that john turner case in the supreme court's decision. they are goi

proceed now to the election of the president of the united states. each elector shall write on his or her ballot the name of the person for whom he or she votes for president of the united states. the chair request the vice president of the electoral college to preside during the election of vice president of the united states. >> the chair recognizes the honorable virginia mcgregor for the purpose of offering a resolution. >> thank you, mr. vice president. it is resolved that the electors of the commonwealth of pennsylvania here assembled in the forum opportunity in the city of harrisburg, pennsylvania , in accordance with the provisions of the constitution and the laws of the united states and the commonwealth of pennsylvania, do now proceed the ballot for vice president of the united states. >> thank you, ms. mcgregor. [inaudible] resolution is unanimously adopted. each elector shall write his or her name on the ballot for the person whom she has voted for president of the united states. the ballots are being distributed. >> thank you, vice presid

states and this actions that the united states imposed and the threats that the united states may know and she was willing to openly work with iran so he ran had to acquire these materials because it's a sovereign country it has or it has a right to do so so that's one issue but further the issue that i want to point out it goes. back to what you were asking. adam and that is why as you know it's iraq the united states was hostile to iran from day one the problem was the overthrow of the shop the problem was that iran pursued an independent foreign policy if the united states had behaved in a reasonable and rational way towards iran instead of helping saddam hussein give them chemical weapons and then afterwards of course sanctions and so on the relationship between iran and the united states if they could have been a reasonable relationship you know scott you know when he has made it it's very likely that we'll have divided government in january that will mean that a potential biden ministration the limitations of what kind of legislative agenda agenda that he'll be able to pursue and

will be an enemy of the united states on the chinese sides would you not see the united states as a and if we want to even get to the united states the chinese people out there is friendly towards the american people therefore i think. people like you will go into the dustbin of history because they misc idea american people the misguided their allies the b. sky the whole world try to make the believe that china has an enemy of the united states why because they are afraid of a larger china but the rise of china is a megatrend that you cannot stop child who will be large and then the united states but a larger china doesn't make china and enemy of the united states or wake up wake up to the realities in the world thanks to galloping china national association of international studies thank you for your time thank you for having me and thank you for joining us here on our to international web back in 30 minutes with the latest headlines. from when i was so wrong. i don't know just don't call. me early to say how does that kind of attitude. and it dangerous. to trade. winds are going

amen. >> the national museum of the united states army is a joint effort between the united states army army historical foundation. the mission of the army historical foundation is to honor the american soldier by preserving and presenting the history and heritage of the united states army. from his home in massachusetts, please welcome the chairman of the army historical foundation, --eral retired gordon r. arnold sullivan. >> distinguished guests, friends, and supporters of the army museum, welcome to the opening ceremony of the national museum of the united states army. this museum is a giant tribute to over 30 million soldiers who have served throughout our history as a country. i think it is important we take a moment to remember one soldier in particular. general bill hartzog whose hartzog, whose recent passing has saddened us all. he was a dedicated soldier who served as chairman of the board for 15 years. trying to keep the campaign to build this impressive museum alive. we are grateful for his enormous effort and offer the deepest condolences to his wife and family. bill, rest

out of the thousands the units 731 killed. have been preserved in history 6 chinese and russians and. rid of the soldier cool dim and maria given over with how for your own daughter. when women and girls became too we can no longer fit for further experiments they were put into a special. gas chamber. the doctors took meticulous notes the daughter suffocated after 3 minutes the mother of a 5. woman and her daughter was simply abducted from a street in a. many russians lived there because china's eastern railway had been built by russian engineers in 8098. many stayed to avoid the revolution and civil. of the cities gendarmerie based at the railway station constantly received a new orders. they wanted men women or children of a particular day of heightened ethnicity. when the unit needed new subjects the japanese police snatched entire families from the streets. part of my job was escorting inmates from harbin to unit 731 they were referred to as long and used for experiments. tribunal transcript sergeant major could occur to s

my colleague from united states clearly stated that the turks and by k.g.b. just fighting i salute let me remind you that turkey is the contrie who often all that is basis for the aga i said government more than $26.00 to $7.00 countries and turkey is the only country for it i suspect this on horses on the ground all of them came out one by end rock on party backed. the other job done by the $34.00 to susan b. should understand also that the united states should be an ally turkey or should a pro out hundreds of thousands of trucks off to the terrorist organization which turkey claims lawrence joe biden will inherit this extract really delicate issue do you see the potential for a reset of the relations between turkey and the us and joe biden. i think there is a potential when you have a new administration to start over and basically you have people coming in who had worked for obama and so not going to have to start a new they have already built up relationships with turkey and i'm sure that they may get a chance to tonight because the united states wants to

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jimmy carter is the next president of the united states.n the end he fell force he fell by less than one percentage point. january day in 1977, the new president's first words expressed profound gratitude from the man from grand rapids for healing a divided nation. into an and a half years gerald ford had restored the presidency to the people of the united states. it is no exaggeration to say he gave us back our government. in the season of doubt he restored our faith in our leaders and in ourselves. think thelook back, i american people, whether everybody agreed with my policies or not, they knew they had a new leader with a different part of you who intored integrity and trust their national government. he had always been an optimist, and saying goodbye to washington, his home for a quarter century, he would characteristically look to the future with hope >> and with confidence. >>-- hope and with confidence. >> my fellow americans, i once asked you for your prayers, and now i give you mine. may god guide this wonderful country, its peopl

institute at american university as well as co-author with all over stone the untold history of the united states in kingston we have it like petro he is a professor of political science at the university of rhode island and we have william deane he's a former technical director at the n.s.a. originally crossed up rules and i think that means in jump in anytime you want and i also appreciate it ok nick let me go to you 1st year and there's an awful lot of speculation of what a potential biden foreign policy would be but we have to add in the last 3 and a half years almost 4 years of the the media and the foreign policy blah always going on the opposite side of whatever trump is doing which is actually quite juvenile but that's what they've been doing and now it seems like the same thing is happening anything the big orange man did has to be reversed is this how you see it because i'm watching mainstream media coverage of it and there is time and i'm also themselves into pretzels go ahead. i think the. foreign policy we're likely to see under joe biden it will be a rehash of v. foreign poli

advance the interests of the united states i think if the united states is interested in nonproliferation then it won't get a better deal than a sheep you. just a trump appointed bolton as national security adviser in march 28th. the stage was now set for the u.s. to pull out as the nuclear agreement with iran. the fact is this was a horrible one sided deal that should have never ever been me. it didn't bring calm it didn't bring peace and it never will i am announcing today that the united states will withdraw from the iran nuclear deal in a few moments i will sign a presidential memorandum to begin reinstating u.s. nuclear sanctions on the uranian regime. president trump aimed to put what he called maximum pressure on iran this included the toughest economic sanctions imposed so far by the u.s. . from said he wanted to try to bring iran to the negotiating table. promptly also means secretary of state pompei o then gave iran a list of 12 demands that would serve as preconditions for the talks if you want to negotiate sure you see the condition and i go but those conditions were completel

a smaller unit.would that be something if that came back commissioners were to support and i'm concerned that if we did continue to give clear direction of what we're expecting to see come back. while the density bonus would be avid maybe that may not be desirable for the project sponsor in terms of what they can afford to build and essentially taller my not be within the project sponsors appetite. curious about the idea of the smaller ground floor units may be amenable to the commission were it to return. >> commissioner diamond. >> if we did find it acceptable to have the two smaller units that it creates a floor to ceiling hite -- height because change the floor plan of the floor changes the stacking. maybe i'm misunderstanding but i'd appreciate if the architect can respond to that. >> we aren't avoiding trying to do a below market grade unit. he's willing to provide one of the units in the current plan as a below market rate unit. >> you're willing to keep it as a nine unit but willing to have o

trump for president of the united states of america.plause] as chairman, i announce that we will now continue with the balloting for the office of president of united states of america, and we will release the official balance of the office -- the official ballots of the office of the secretary of state for distribution and marketing. -- and marking. chair stringer: after tallying the votes for the office of president of the united states of america, i am honored to report that all texas' 38 presidential electors have cast their ballots for the honorable michael pence for office of vice president of the united states. [applause] proceeding to the next order of business, as required by the united states constitution, we must prepare six certificates of votes. this document requires each elector's signature. they will now be distributed to you by the secretary of state's staff. please be certain to sign above your typed name. you will find a total of six certificates. as we begin to sign the certificate, mr. brendan anthony will perform "

the united states and the nato alliance and basically make it more difficult for nato and the unitedto deal with a potential threat from russia if they should decide to go into the baltics or go into ukraine. that is what they are trying to do, to say, to send a signal, you have to stop this because if you don't, you will undermine the purpose of the alliance as well as u.s. security. >> could be talk about a defining moment that could redefine turkey-u.s. relations? >> i think it is an important line that has been crossed by the united states. those sanctions are targeted, they are mostly focused it -- focused on the procurement agency. beyond that, it will have consequences for what turkey is trying to do in terms of bending its defense capabilities because to do that, it needs access to u.s. and western technology and expertise and with those sanctions, there is going to be western counterpart -- less western country possibly to share technology. we did cross a line, but it is not a point of no return. the real question is how a biden administration is going to use that to try to

harris for vice president of the united states. [applause] >> i hope you can see me smiling behind this mask. would like the secretary to record that in this opening meeting of the electoral college of pennsylvania, the honorable richard fitzgerald, that the by the teller vote for president of the united states was 20 votes for joseph the vote for vice president of the united states .as 20 votes were kamala d harris. the chair also thanks them for the efficient performance of their duty. law, itdance with the our responsibility to certify the results. the chair recognizes the yer of delawarebo county for the purpose of offering the resolution. >> thank you, madam president. it is resolve the certificate to vote for the president and vice president of the united states has been certified by the electors. >> those in favor of the resolution will signify by saying aye. the resolution is unanimously adopted. there are six certificates to be certifying the votes cast by them for president and vice president of the united states. the sec

meanwhile tensions are escalating between the united states and iran u.s. president donald trump blamed it on for the budget that attack and threaten to respond militarily the claim was dismissed by the new chief of tehran's elite quids force part of iran islamic revolutionary guards corps on a recent visit to their own capital is my if on the replaced cos and so they money who was assassinated in a u.s. drone strike in january the white house is now concerned about what iranian backed forces in their up might do ahead of the anniversary of solar mani's death will discuss this shortly with our guests but 1st let's take a closer look at the main iran backed militias in there and up the popular mobilization forces was formed in 2014 after a call from leading shiite cleric ali assistant for at all please to join the fighting us eisel its members are mostly shiite muslims and many of them are supported by you dons government of hezbollah was set up in 2003 just before the invasion of it up by the u.s. and its allies during the war it carried out many attacks ag

biden for president of the united states. the votes for vice president of the united states were tabulated and cast. all 16 electors cast their ballots for kamala harris. a motion was made and passed unanimously authorizing the secretary to prepare the certificate of vote for the 2020 georgia electors. it passed unanimously approving the certificate of vote and the originals were signed by the electors. a motion was made, seconded, and passed unanimously to require the number of certificates of votes. minutes of the meeting and all other required documentation to appropriate government officials as directed by law and the archivist of the united states. a vote was made, seconded, and passed unanimously providing the secretary to provide the minutes of the meeting. the secretary read the minutes. ms. abrams: do i have a motion to approve the minutes of the 2020 meeting of the georgia electors? we have a motion from deborah gonzalez and a second from gloria butler. all in favor say aye. all opposed. motion carries. we have now

it is the story of the supreme court of the united states.eel very small when you stand in the entrance of the supreme court building in washington. the corinthian columns rise three stories high, made of marble from the quarry of the state of vermont. inside, gleaming marble from alabama is underfoot and all around you. and polished walls and columns under a covered ceiling. in this room, historic meetings take place. with jurists of other days observing from the mall -- walls. a staircase of bronze and marble spirals upwards. in the hallway, an open pedestal there's the one word, silence. here, for walk softly the feeling is one of reverence. the root of this reverence? a document held dear to us. the american constitution. article three, the judicial power of the united states shall be vested in one supreme court. the judicial power shall extend to all cases in law and equity, arising under this constitution. the laws of the united states, and treaties made under their authority. the first article of the constitution has to do with congres

the united states never pays costs. and of decision. however, reversed. some years later. for sale reversal is one of the privileges and duty of the court from change conditions and concepts, make change of its decisions desirable. the 14th amendment guaranteed equal rights through all citizens regardless of race or color. in the 1896 case of versus ferguson, the court had to decide whether segregation was constitutional. that decision was, yes, as long as the facilities for both races are equal. separate but equal became the law and the custom in some southern states. ♪ ♪ those seeing states in 1954 came another segregation state. the issue, whether children should be obliged to attend separate but equal schools. in the case of the board of education, she's justice warren delivered the unanimous decision of the court. >> the question presented, the segregation of children in public schools solely on the basis of race, even though the physical facilities may be equal, be well deprive the children of the minority groups of equal educatio

georgia deserves a united states senator or two united states senators who believe that healthcare is a human right, who will strengthen the affordable care act instead of trying to get rid of the affordable care act, and who will make sure that people with pre-existing conditions can never be denied coverage from health insurance companies. georgia deserves a united states senator who understands that when kids come out of school, they should not be so burdened with college debt that they have a mortgage before they have a mortgage. then, we've got to invest in this country through infrastructure investment that will create broadband in these rural areas, repair our roads and our bridges and our broken infrastructure because our broken infrastructure is a reflection of our broken politics and we must rise up in this defining moment in america and repair roads and bridge, repair our democracy for the sake of the people. [car horns honking] and we can do it. the only way to do it is to stand together. so push hard now. in these remaining couple of weeks. and push back against the force

units intensive care unit beds are left in los angeles county less than 107 asians in europe are still deciding whether to ease or type instructions ahead of the christmas period health experts say lock downs are needed to curb increased travel and a surge in cases but others are warning businesses will pay a heavy price south korea has recorded over 1000 new corona virus infections the highest number in a single day health officials are under pressure to enforce strict essential distancing measures in the capitol to stop the spread. u.s. president elect joe biden has been campaigning for democrats in the state of georgia ahead of to run of elections next month if the republicans win either contest or retain control of the senate that would allow them to block biden's policy agenda. australia is launching a formal appeal to the world trade organization of china's decision to impose huge terrorist on its bali in may beijing impose duties on the grain for 5 years china has australia's biggest trading partner to country of the growing dispute strayer call for an investigation into the ori

in the united states of america. we cannot allow the chinese communist party to infiltrate our institutions and take that away from us with the private sector and taxpayers of the state of georgia to promote and build out this enormous capacit capacity. we have lived in a fantasy world the last four years it is time for the balance to be struck to maintain our competitive advantage and protect the american advantage from the threat of the chinese communist party has clearly stated the intent to impose upon us. >> in fact i have data. and with the best source of information we get every year and that is the imbalance i want to discuss with you. give or take we have about 1 million international students every year and half of that comes from china in general. and more than one third, 35 percent is from china. when you turn the page, you are absolutely right the number of american students that go to china, is not even the number one destination it is 1100. so you and a businessman you go to a board room to make a deal

in 946 the united states unilaterally divided korea along the 38th parallel. when in 1950 north korean forces backed by the army of communist china crossed the border to unify the country america persuaded the united nations to support military action against what washington saw as the global threat of international compact. the fact that the furthest have invaded korea is a warning that there may be similar act of aggression another part of the where. over the next 3 bloody years an estimated 2000000 soldiers died over may. at least 2000000 civilians were killed or wounded and millions more were made homeless. but early in 1952 north korea claimed that villages throughout the country was suffering unprecedented outbreaks of bubonic plague anthrax and typhus. is accused the united states of bacteriological warfare dropping germ bombs containing insects shellfish and feathers infected with plague as well as anthrax and color. america angrily denied the claim. than just released films lay bare the shocking truth behind communist charges of germ warfare in korea

these are sites with five stories with a unit yield about 100 to 130 units.his building site is optimal for leveraging our existing affordable housing funding sources, tack credits and mohcd funding. >> supervisor peskin: can i interrupt with supervisor preston's indulgent. how do we differentiate between surplus and 100% affordable candidates? >> well, it's a great question. surplus is through the city's surplus property ordinance are directed to mohcd for feasibility. >> supervisor peskin: that's only if a department declares them to be surplus? >> that's right. >> supervisor peskin: that requires an affirmative action by the department? >> yes. they put it on the list. it gets included in the property surplus property report that is distributed and presented to the board. >> supervisor peskin: which generally are little slivers of useless land? >> they do tend to be very small kind of oddly shaped parcels that don't have an active use. that's right. however, when we look at what sites what's good for 100% affordable housing, that's not limited to the surpl

who the united. you the hostages were held for 444 days until january 981 relations between iran's new government and the united states could not have got off to a worst start. the u.s. soon froze about $12000000000.00 in iranian assets and american sanctions made it difficult for iran to buy food spare parts and medical products overseas in 1995 president clinton impose new sanctions and these were a new job by the bush administration. washington accused iran of using the revolutionary guard corps to promote terrorism in the middle east the u.s. said the guard supplied weapons to and training for hezbollah militants in lebanon and various palestinian resistance movements. george w. bush was also concerned about iran's alleged efforts to build nuclear weapons. the united states of america will not permit the world's most dangerous regimes to threaten us with the world's most destructive weapons. in 2000 to push described iran as part of an international axis of evil in 2010 president barack obama ann

states and the vice president of the united states. let's listen. >> i am pleased to announce the votes cast by the presidential electors of the state of north dakota are as follows. for president of the united states, three votes for donald j. trump, vice president of the united states, three votes for michael r. pence. >> so those three electoral votes going for trump and pence. let's go to wyoming right now where moments ago the state's three electors there cast their ballots. >> with the ballots cast and the votes cast, it is three votes for mr. donald trump and three for mr. michael pence. >> three electoral votes from wyoming going for trump and pence. also moments ago, the electoral college in maine made their votes official. it's one of only two states, by the way, where the electoral votes can be split between the two kacandidates. watch this. >> the total number of votes cast is four. there are three votes for joseph r. biden of wilmington, delaware, there is one vote for donald j. trump in palm beach, florida. >> there you h

he served in the united states congress, and he also served in the united states senate.nd he and his wife were the hosts during james buchanan's administration in washington, dc. when the south left and formed their own government, they invited jefferson davis to become its first and only president. jefferson davis would accept that invitation and become the president of the confederate states of america. we are standing in the cell where jefferson davis was held, at the conclusion of the american civil war. in 1865, jefferson davis received word from general robert e. lee, commander of the army of northern virginia, that they could no longer hold the federal army back from attacking the city of richmond. with that news, jefferson davis adjourned his cabinet and sent his family on the road for their protection. jefferson davis soon after that would follow. he would finally catch up with his family right above the florida state line. it is here where a federal mounted unit was able to capture him and his family. jefferson davis was placed on a boat and moved back up here

daca was a way to bring children into the united states and now has no lawful status in the united statesthey receive work authorization, temporary plan to not be deported from the country. they could also travel or seek authorization to travel outside the united states. in september of 2017, president trump issued an order to unwind daca and essentially end it. that effort was quickly caught up in the court system, and daca has been kept in place but only for people who had it before september 2017. any of the tens of thousands of people who newly qualified for daca in september of 2017 cannot under the current structure. the supreme court officially said the way the president went about ending daca was improper, and more recently a federal court said the administration needed to reinstate daca in total. so as of right now, new applicants can finally apply to daca, but there was a good three-year period in which they were not able to, under president trump. the status pierce, of family separations. we heard a lot about that this year. .aller guest: the administration was seeing rising nu

i happened to command a cavalry unit. but i can tell you math matters an awful lot when you're bore-sighting the cannon of an m1a1 tank. and i'll say, too, even the state department, you talked c about people leavi this institution going on to careers in diplomacy. one of the first things that came across my desk as cretary of state was there was an imrtant dam across a bridge in iraq and it was in trouble, and we were trying to figurout could weigure out how to save it, could we figure out how to deploy resources in a difficult place. and we had the best engineers in the u.s. governnt, some of whom worked for me a the united states department of state, trying to figure out the best solution, the best contractor to bring in, how we would do this to protect baghdad and the downstream places in this historic euphrates river valley and the tigris river valley fr potentia flooding should the dam coapse. so all you engineers out there, state.gov go to the website, take a good look at it.co we would welcome your career in the u

even within matches — i'm not saying united fans are com pletely i'm not saying united fans are completelylayers with big fees who are among the best paid footballers in the world need to stand up in games like this. that the feet and march was city's seventh of last season — their worst ever tally into the pep guardiola. still they are seeking consistency. in every match, they try to show they can still be a force. every game you are able to win is so complicated and difficult. and every time we are able to do it, it's a big complement. so this is how we have to live our profession. they hopeifs have to live our profession. they hope it's the first and last class of manchester inside an empty ground. this december derby will be a test of character on a much more silent night. joe lynskey, bbc news. a man who needs no introduction is manchester united's former striker, zlatan ibrahimovich. he's amassed 31 trophies, scored over 560 career goals, and still playing at the top in italy with league leaders ac milan. he's been telling alex howell — how at 39 — he's showing no signs of slowing do

the moral and physical strength of the united states, the united strength of the lang community. the regional strength our our efforts in the new and developing nations and the peace keeping. it must be kept man man. our instrument and our hope is the united nations. and i see lit merit in the impatience of those that would bond this imperfect instrument because they dislike our imperfect world. for the troubles of a organization, and if the organization is weakens these troubles can only increase. we may not always agree with every action with every voting majori majority, but as an institution it should have in the future as it has had in the past to since it's inception no stronger or more faithful more than those of the united states of america. >> if you like american history tv, keep up with us on quitter, facebook, and you tube. learn about what happened on this day in history. follow us at c-span history. >> while many holiday traditions will be different this year we can still spend time together. >> a christmas tree is, in addition to many other symbols, a symbol of our

help me welcome my cousin, david perdue, united states senator. [cheering and applause] ♪ l♪ >> hello, georgia! god bless you all for being here. it's a great warm georgia afternoon. thank you. sonny said it best when we are the last line of defense. the eyes of america are on us. we will not let them down. with your help we will win georgia and save america. [cheering and applause] there are a couple of reasons why we have to do this. one we have to hold the line against this radical socialist agenda that the democrats are trying to perpetuate on our beloved america. the second reason is that if we have to hold the line to make sure that what we've accomplished under donald trump and mike pence that we hold on to what we've accomplished. the right literary work, the tax work, energy work, energy independent for the first time in our history. [cheering and applause] let me remind you. the democrats have told us what they want. they said if they get these two seats schumer came here that will take georgia and change america. hui've got a message fo

god save the united states and this honorable court. ivorys room walled in veined marble, the greatest tradition of all unfolds. the decision itself. when the curtains part in three points, and the nine high judges enter, you will know that they have striven to rise above partisanship, regionalism, and political favorites. to render man's best effort at impartial justice. this is the proud record of the supreme court of the united states. ♪ ♪ ♪ 1839, -- summer of accidentally sailed along the shores of the united states and transformed the federal court into a form for an explosive national debate. the drama that began with the enslaved africans on the boat that took control of the vessel off the coast of cuba would culminate in the supreme court of the united date -- states with a former president arguing on behalf of the africans appeal for freedom. federal forced the courts and the nation to consider the legal foundation of slavery. for several weeks in the summer of 1839, newspapers along the atlantic coast reported sightings of a m

the commissions were sealed but the seal of the united states they were sealed with the seal of the united states. but something went wrong, on the following morning, when james madison came to take over the office of secretary of state, he found the commissions still on the desk, through some error they had not been delivered. so he presently discussed the matter with jefferson and a decision was made. some of the commissions, would not be delivered. later one of the appointees william arbery, came became impatient where was his commission as justice of the peace in the district of columbia? >> marbury brought suit against madison and his attorneys asked the supreme court for writ lee to compel medicine to deliver the commission. if marshall issued the order, would it be enforced? if madison refused to obey it, with this not underline the prestige of the court? can >> in this dilemma, marshall made his decision, back by a unanimous court he said marbury was entitled to his commission, but that the court had no right to issue the requested -- . the constitution to find the powers of the co