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

remember, until the united states came into the war, the united states was a neutral advocating freedom of the seas. we will get into freedom of the seas again. that position was violated by germany declaring unrestricted submarine warfare. the united states though, that policy was not aimed directly at germany, but also at great britain. in the united states there were large communities and bodies of political opinion and policy, including the president, who when they said strict neutrality, they also meant the british should not infringe on american neutral rights. this was a sticking point. the germans violated neutral rights, because the german violation was so much more violent and egregious, it made the germans the bigger enemy. that does not mean the united states did not have white a few -- did not still have quite a few complaints against great britain for the way she implemented her blockade and restricted american trade on the seas. in order to answer that, president wilson in 1916 proposed a naval act. the 1916 naval act. this act was not aimed at just germany, but also aime

mail to thetered president and senate of the united states. two, to the delaware secretary of state, which is to be held subject to the order of the president of the senate of the united states. two by registered mail to the archivist of the united states. one to the chief judge judge of the u.s. district court for delaware. prepare andary, sign the minutes of these proceedings, please. mr. secretary, they electors have concluded their business and are adjourned. >> thank you, electors, for performing your constitutional duties today. that electors have cast three votes for joseph r biden of delaware for president of the united states, and three votes for kamala d. harris of california for vice president of the united states. before we conclude, do any of -- [inaudible]sh make remarks? mayor? >> thank you, secretary bullock, and director mangler for such a safe process for us to execute this process today. this is the year 2020, the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage, and i want to thank -- [inaudible] -- the committee of women in america, e

and this actions that the united states imposed and the threats that the united states may know and he was willing to openly work with iran so he ran had to acquire these materials because it's a sovereign country of his 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 is eunice's hostile to 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 today could have been a reasonable relationship you know it's got you know when it it's very likely that we'll have divided government in january that will mean that a potential biden ministration the limitations on what kind of legislative agenda agenda that he'll be able to pursue and that

of georgia and that i will constitution and laws of the united states and of thestitution and laws state of georgia, and will to the best of my ability faithfully and impartially discharge the duty of the after officed according to law. congratulations. thank you. [applause] >> we will now move forward with the election of the presiding officer and secretary for the meeting. are there any nominations? elector kathy will and has nominated stacey abrams to be presiding officer. a motion has been made and properly seconded. all those in favor, say aye for stacey abrams to be the presiding officer of this meeting today. any opposed? thank you. leader abrams, you are the presiding officer of our meeting today. [applause] ms. abrams: thank you, congresswoman elect williams. and thank you to the body of electorss for having me today as you presiding officer. this has been a moment long time coming. we believe that we are in the right place at the right time. the first order of business is to elect a secretary for the meeting. do i have a motion? ative davis? >

is not out of the united states is falling back to containment without containment and without positing nato as a rationale in and of itself the united states has no strategy because of the eastern europe and and eurasia so i think russia's in the in has the ability to simply wait for. a reason to say i'm among the u.s. foreign policy elite but he it will have to be some he with a track record like nixon and maybe a letter like a nixon who has the empty russia credentials but but can find a way now to articulate what is an essential necessity just getting along with russia in order to solve some of the world's bigger problems you know peter weigh in on that here because when i look at you know listen to policymakers here and people that are very much vested in russian foreign policy they think that they basically echo what nicholai said there isn't any we've reached out her hand long enough i mean if you want to talk and you have to reach out here and. because they think the there's an exhaustion here of patients ok and and you know when we look at here with the new administrat

joe biden is the president-elect of the united states. we have had a remarkable day. democracy at work and interesting to look at the state capitals. some security concerns which are troubling but, otherwise, refreshing to watch democrats and republicans gather in their states across the country do the way it's supposed to be done, not challenge it and not attack it and not denigrate it. >> when you say security concerns some electors have been threatened which is hard to believe in the united states of america. >> a sad piece of this chapter of 2010. the president himself has in the threatened anybody other than other republicans to try to change the votes. when have you a climate leaders are saying this is wrong, cheating, unfair, a steal whether it is not. it is democracy. it is counting votes. you create this bad climate. will it change? the president-elect joe biden will speak to the country tonight. the country is pretty evenly divided right now. let's be optimists. this is the way it's supposed to work. democrats were mad when it worked this way four years ago a

be heard all over the world, and let everyone know that pennsylvania is the state that gave the united states its liberty, its justice, and its honorable standing in the world. we are the state that put joseph r biden and kamala harris over the 270 electoral college threshold. [applause] we are the state that returned the dignity and honor to the united states of america. thank you. [applause] excuse me one moment. we will now proceed to the election of the vice president of the electoral college. the chair recognizes the honorable cindy bass of philadelphia county for the purpose of offering a resolution. >> good afternoon, and thank you, madam president. we resolved that the honorable sharif street of philadelphia county be chosen vice president of this electoral college. thank you, miss bass. are there any nominations? if not, nominations are closed. those in favor of the nomination ent byive their banass saying aye. the resolution is unanimously adopt did. the chair requests the sergeant rms to escort the vice president of the podium. vice president? [applause] >> the chair has the honor

between the united states and china.ton at least dimly foresaw that and fought for the expansion of the american west. his daughter, jesse benton fremont, was a kind of son to him. he took a long time as a husband and father before he got a son. he was disappointed jessie was not a boy, gave her a boy's name. she is named after his father. she writes in a memoir, my father gave me the place a son would have had. he took her hunting, he took her to the united states senate when he was going to work. he took her to what we now call the white house to meet a variety of presidents starting with andrew jackson, who took office in 1829 when jessie was not quite five. she grew up amid power and grew up in washington and had ambitions -- i don't want to say to be a man or to be a boy. but had ambitions to do things only men were allowed to do. she had a moment as a teenager when she cut off her hair and went to her father and said, i want to check out of washington society. i have just attended this fancy society wedding of one

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

united states senate. congress. and state and local races.retary state, jocelyn benson, and her team, work 20 47 to ensure a fair -- worked 24/7, to ensure a fair, a secure, and an accurate election. and they succeeded. [applause] likewise, our attorney general and her team, have worked tirelessly to protect the vote. [applause] and our election workers, and local clerks, stepped up, and did their part to ensure everyone's voice was heard. [applause] today, michigan's 16 electors will vote to finalize michigan's election results. and i want to thank each and every one of you for traveling here today, to perform your patriotic duty, on our behalf. our american democracy was founded on the principle of majority rule. 5.5 million people from all walks of life, from all 83 counties of our state, republicans and democrats and independents, cast their vote, this past november. a clear has chosen winner for the office of president of the united states, and for every elected office up and down that ballot. the people have spoken. it was a safe, fair,

that's the gist of -- >> guest: what evidence do you have that illegalliens are not voting in the united states of americallegally? >> host: i think we lost antonio. >> guest: at's too back, because i can give examples out of nevada and, again, democrat president jim hu carternd republican former secretary of state and white house chief of staff james baker in their report to the united states of america, they itemized at least two instands, two cases, two electionsn which illegal aliens were significantly participating contrary to american l. there's plenty ofer evidence out there. it's iefutable. >> host: janice,lum mouth, michigan. republican, good morning. >> caller: good morning. thank you, representative mo brooks, for your awe appearance today on -- appearance today on c-span. thank you to c-span for having him on and keep up the good fight. and i just want -- don't know what is going on in this country. this has been the yea from hell. never mind the covid, i mean, the blatant cheating and stealing of this election, if joe biden is inaugurated on january 20th, this -- the history books

then there came, from the united states supreme court, a puzzling development. inimum wage law was up for decision. it had been assumed on the basis of previous decisions that justice roberts would vote with the so-called conservatives. he didn't. neither did chief justice hughes. later, the same vote upheld the wagner labor act. what did this mean? would the pattern continue? on may 24 came the answer -- the decision on social security. one part was upheld by the same vote, five to four. another by seven to two. at the capitol, one senator said , this puts the last nail in the coffin of the court bill. the court bill was defeated. at least the roosevelt plan, the so-called court packing plan, went down to defeat. some observers put it this way -- the president had lost the battle, but won the war. a month after the social security decision, one of the older justices retired, to be followed soon by others. the complexion of the court began to change. and so the curtain came down on this group. perhaps also on an era. ♪ the new deal had turned the corner. ♪ the me

and i think it's important to also put in context that it's important that the united states act even though other countries might act as well. so while the united kingdom is offering residence rights to holders of the british overseas passport, that approach doesn't target relief towards people who have exercised or protested the chinese governments. people who might have protested the government may not be eligible for this relief that they get in britain. that's almost two broad. it covers people who may not be in support of the hong kong democracy and autonomy. the faith harbor law and the other laws this congress is considering would target the relief towards those hong kongers who have suffered political persecution or have a fear of political persecution by the chinese or hong kong governments and it would give protection for those individuals, for those individuals who stood up or who are endanger of political persecution, not a blank check to anyone from hong kong who wants to come to the united states. it's also important that the united states act not just because -- becaus

the united states military is a .ery powerful military the united states military is extraordinarily capable. we are very, very powerful. we are powerful and all of the domains, whether it is the or space andomains cyber. but it's important to recognize the gaps between us and potential adversaries. those have shortened, closed a the united states has been heavily engaged in , anderinsurgency warfare at the same time, the chinese take stock in our operations worldwide and they decided they would modernize. it goes back to 1979 and the critical events from that fateful year. and they had a run of about 10% for a while of gdp growth. they slowed down. the chinesears economy has been on a roll. capablee the very, very chinese military. commissioned, i would argue that the chinese military of the challenge of rising in china, if you will. changes, aostrategic lot of changes in the environment in terms of knowledge he. the population is growing. the growth is much more rapid than i have seen at any time in history. thank you for the opportunity to comment on it. i do not want anyone to mi

the united states never pays costs. and of decision. this masterpiece of gravity, was reversed some years later. for self reversal is one of the privileges, and duties of the court when changed conditions and concepts, make change of its decisions desirable. the 14th amendment, guaranteed's equal rights to all citizens, regardless of grace or color. but in the 1896 case, of -- versus ferguson. they had to decide whether segregation was constitutional. the decision was yes, as long as the facilities, a both races are equal. separate but equal. that became the law and the custom, of some states. in 1954, there was another segregation case, the issue, whether need your children should be allowed to attend separate but equal schools. in the case of brown versus the board of education, chief justice warren, delivered the unanimous decision of the court. >> the question presented, does segregation of children in public schools, solely on the basis of race, even though the physical facilities may be equal, deprive the children of a nordic grou

come quickly enough, i wish my friends wife the best, he is one of the real contributors in the united states senate and has been for years. he's a special individual, he decided to take an interest in the continent of africa iot dont know if there's another senator that knows as much about thedo continent as he does is been there so many times, stories, many of them relate to countries that few people have heard of any made a special point to understand the continent in addition to its responsibilities in serving the state of oklahoma and of course now as chairman services committee, his responsibility for the department of defense. he and all democratic colleagues senator of rhode island have done a remarkable bipartisan job on the defense procreation authorization. i sincerely hope that the president will sign the bill his objections to have nothing to do with the military or the defense of our country that they relate which are phony and political issues which should not slow down or authorization of the article programs in this authorization bill comes at an exceptional time. we have bee

heads a the curator tour of the exhibit alexander von humboldt and the united states. bes how the naturalist influenced several generations of americans. eastern connecticut state university professor thomas teaches a class on the relationship between two prominent mid-19th century politicians, james buchanan and william rufus king. >> good evening, everyone. welcome to the nantucket historical association's webinar on whaling. i am very excited about presenting this to you tonight. we have over 230 people

anyone in the united states. hong kongers are at risk fleeing chinese persecution not to mention millions of other vulnerable refugees. since the enactment of the refugee act in 1980, the united states has resettled on average 80,000 refugees a year. that's our annual average since 1980. however, in the midst of the worst refugee crisis in history, the current trump administration has set record low refugee admissions figures four years in a row, culminating in the lowest level in history this year, 15,000. from 80,000 to 15,000. how many refugees has the united states admitted from hong kong in the last year? zero. not one. when you look at what the communist chinese party is doing in china, threatening these demonstrators who are marching in the streets for things that we say over and over again are the underpinnings of our democracy, and to think that we have not granted one single person in hong kong refugee status, it's hard to imagine. the trump administration has decimated legal protections for hong konger

and i think it's important to also put in context that it's important that the united states act even though other countries might act as well. so while the united kingdom is offering residence rights to holders of the british overseas passport, that approach doesn't target relief towards people who have exercised or protested the chinese governments. people who might have protested the government may not be eligible for this relief that they get in britain. that's almost two broad. it covers people who may not be in support of the hong kong democracy and autonomy. the faith harbor law and the other laws this congress is considering would target the relief towards those hong kongers who have suffered political persecution or have a fear of political persecution by the chinese or hong kong governments and it would give protection for those individuals, for those individuals who stood up or who are endanger of political persecution, not a blank check to anyone from hong kong who wants to come to the united states. it's also important that the united states act not just because -- becaus

it forced the united states and education to legalize freedom fr from slavery.or several weeks in the summer of 1839, newspapers along the atlantic coast reported sightings of a mysterious schooner supposedly commanded by african pirates. late in august, the crew of the navy brig washington spotted a badly damaged vessel in long island sound. and a shore party trading with local residents along the new york coast. when the naval officers boarded the amistad, they were embraced by two spanish men pleading for protection from a group of african men whom they had purchased as slaves in cuba but who had taken control of the ship. the crew of the washington took custody of the amistad and the 42 africans on board. they towed the schooner to new london in connecticut rather than report to new york where slavery had been abolished. under the law of salvage, anyone who rescued a ship from danger was entitled to a portion of the value of the ship and its cargo. once in port, the commanding officer of the washington contacted the federal marshal and requested a hearing in

we would welcome your career in the united states department of state. i'm not lost. i know this is georgia the state not georgia the country. , [laughter] but it's important that i come here to talk about the topic that i have in front of us today because this is the place where american national security intersects deeply with the things that happen at important research institutions like this one. i thought i'd start with a quick story, by way of explanation. professor wong is with us here today. professor, where -- i didn't see you sitting? welcome. nice to see you. several years ago, professor wang took a trip to china where he was scooped up by security agents inside of china. he was held in a secret location for two weeks. professor wang was interrogated and threatened. they wanted information about his research about china and his time teaching at my alma mater, west point. he could tell you the stories better than i could. but they thought they could intimidate him or perhaps recruit him because he's ethnically chinese. it's a blessing he's here with us today

ask your doctor about living longer with kisqali. >>> breaking news we are learning that the united stateslion cases. less than five days more than 1 million confirmed cases of coronavirus. as the u.s. waits for a vaccine, united kingdom is ready to roll it out next week. cnn has more. >> reporter: the vaccine is already on its way across the u.k. the first people to be vaccinatvaccinat vaccinated will be medical workers. the plan is starting next week. 50 hospitals across the country will inject their own staffs. anthony fauci saying they approved the vaccine too soon. we heard the cabinet here, the u.k. is first and this is a better country, not a helpful comment but dr. fauci did apologize and expressing faith in the sch. this shows how much it is under scrutiny. moscow begins vaccination. matthew chance has this report. >> reporter: moscow launched a mass vaccination opening 70 vaccination centers across the city. residents getting injected with the vaccine developed by russian scientists. officials say priorities will be given to designated high-risk groups. as vaccine production is s

greater diplomatic response in this area than we've seen and it's certainly been lacking on the united states front this is our our weakness and what we should have been doing better i think both see that improved especially in looking at rules and norms in the united nations and trying to elevate conduct on cyber to an international level karen do you think that the u.s. government is so far playing down the severity of this attack. it depends on what you mean by the u.s. government there's so many different voices right now i think that yes the white house is playing it down i think every single day we've got another agency that's been compromised so we can assume that it's government wide particularly in the national security agency least i think there's a sense that it's one reason to play it down is we actually don't know to what extent this was espionage to what extent this was stealing information to what extent is is we can read recruit some of the defenses that should have been in place so i think that to cause panic might not be the best idea and i do think that there has to be a se

tensions are escalating between the united states and iran.onald trump blamed iran for the baghdad attack and threatened to respond militarily. the claim was dismissed by the new chief of tehran's elite qud s force. possum solemani was -- the u.s. is concerned about what iranian forces might do on the anniversary of solemani's death. the popular mobilization forces was formed in 2014 after a call from leading -- a leading cleric for iraqis to join the fight against isil. its members are mostly shiite muslims. has bola was set up just before the invasion of iraq by the u.s. it was -- has long-standing ties with tehran. the head of the she a militia -- the shia militia's forces fit -- fought in syria. let's bring in our guests, michael is senior fellow at the hudson institute and a former advisor to iraqi security forces. in tehran, we have a researcher at the center for strategic studies. welcome. let me start with you today. how precarious is the position that the iraqi prime minister is in? will he be able to confront the armed groups? >> tha

the united states canada made protection for them. from march to accept it is illegal to kill, capture, or sell the wild mallard. but on this day flying over the southern state of missouri, a federal game warden will try to arrest them. on the ground that the wild mallards in it's borders belong to the state of missouri and that the game warden is unlawfully interfering with the rights of the hunter. this man, too, is breaking the law. here in this school he is teaching his student a story from history. he teaches it in german, the language of the child's parents. his nebraska neighbors decreed that no one may teach a foreign tongue to a child under ten years of age. it is safer to americanize them, the saying goes. with the american land wage so they grow up with american idea ideals. in court, the teacher will plead his right of free speech, but a jury of these neighbors will find him guilt. this young men setting out on a vacation was changing a $20 bill and health a hand on his shoulder. he is guilty of counterfeiting? he knows now

she is a citizen and has a long residency within the united states. until this story about the efforts to try and suppress goldman was the problem with the fact that she was a citizen through her husband. what happens? states the united successfully denaturalize his her. how? husbanduralizing her and breaking citizenship. you can do this by fraud, misrepresentation during the process, or prove lack of attachment to the principles of the constitution. husband'sk her citizenship through misrepresentation and she is de naturalized by 1909. what happens as she is able to say they just have to find grounds to deport her. under the exclusion deportation laws of the time there are limits to deportation. under the law it is three years after entry that you can deport. the law changes to expand, in 1917, 2 five years and then there is a change in the law in 1918 under the anarchist exclusion act which provides for anarchists atr any time. no matter how long they have been in the united states. j edgar hoover was just getting rounding up radicals and attempting

southwest to the united states. this included california, nevada, arizona, new mexico, part of utah and colorado and most historians accept this acquisition caused controversies that would lead to civil war. but historians have been debating why exactly the conquest of territory was so controversial but it isn't that complicated when you take into account the fact mexico had abolished slavery in 1837. nor did the congressman of both political parties and even some from slaveholding states like thomas hart of missouri refuse to reestablish slavery where it had been abolished as it had been in the former mexican territories. southern politicians on the other hand were quick to recognize that if that territory became a free state, the balance of power between north and south would be tilted in favor of the north. politicians were desperate to avoid such a fate and the efforts to avoid that with the overturning of the compromise and the establishment of the political party, the republican party whose success since led t

and let everyone know that pennsylvania is the state that gave the united states its and its its justice, honorable standing in the world. we are the state that put joseph then and kamala harris over 270 electoral college threshold. [applause] we are the state that returned the dignity and honor to the united states of america. thank you. [applause] let me get to where i need to be. give me one moment. theill now proceed to election of the vice president of the electoral college. the chair recognizes the honorable cindy bass of philadelphia county for the purpose of offering a resolution. good afternoon and thank you, madam president. resolve that the honorable sharif street of philadelphia county be chosen vice president of this electoral college. >> thank you, ms. bass. are there any other nominations? if not, nominations are closed. those in favor of the resolution will give their assent. have it and the resolution is unanimously adopted. the chair request to the sergeant at arms to escort the vice president to the podium. vice president? [applause] the chair has the honor to present

in much of the same with the northern states are dead in the united states. but it wasn't just the states that were passing antislavery laws. in 1837 mexico's congress abolish slavery throughout the republic. and if you are thinking, if i was actually 1829 i'm happy to talk in the q&a at what i think 1837 is the correct date. even more astonishing was the competition of 1857 which not only enshrined abolition in mexico's constitution but made one further promise. it promised that all enslaved people would be free from the moment they set foot on the mexican soil. a promise on is a freedom principal. this is a really radical promised to be making per the northern states in the united states did not make such a promise because of course were constrained by the fugitive slave laws of the s constitutio constitution. even canada which could abolish slavery long wrestling british empire 1833 had explicitly promised to free all enslaved people from the moment they set foot on mexican soil in the same way or on the canadian soil the family mexico did. but for the hist

can't help but get the feeling that if this had happened in any other country in the world the united states would have stepped in or made a lot of noise about democratic norms and demanding a recount and all of this kind of thing here but it they don't because it's happening to themselves you know it's just an interesting critique about how democracy is spoken about and practiced in the united states and how it's spoken about and practiced internationally go ahead george yeah definitely right because everything that is normal life since the election all the ins and outs i think. people voting. balls be changed obvious rarely and unconstitutionally in order to make essentially a melee and voting can take place without any open chat that was supposed to be in place if any of this have happened in russia say the state department would you know i'm not a nice remain at the top of his wife it would already be imposing sanctions on russia while all the phony election so that's exactly right. and we don't even have to talk about what would happen in other countries i mean if let's say you had been

is spoken about and practiced in the united states and how it's spoken about and practiced internationally go ahead george yeah absolutely right because everything that has come to life since the election all the instances of ballot stuffing of the people voting. laws be changed arbitrarily and unconstitutionally in order to make essential a 1000000 voting can take place without any of the checks that were supposed to be in place if any of this have happened in russia say in the state department will you know i'm not an idiot remey the document was it would already be imposing sanctions on russia well the phony election so that's exactly right and and we don't even have to talk about. what would happen in all the countries i mean if they had been donald trump who had come out with the glad the when the having profit 170 electoral college and those have the had come out what would have been the media response the media would have been grieving this is the roll call jump has cheated there's no mandate every single accusation of. illegality every single accusation of electoral fraud must be i

if the united states has friends and allies, both democrat and eve all in states, and join together in a strategy with 60%ect to china, we make up of the world's gdp. we've got to strengthen the democratic core but not be exclusive and to be able to work from that democratic core with other states on issues like developing a common strategy with respect to china. core butacy is at the not necessary. to, i know you would like ask a couple questions. >> i'm here. i agree with steve hadley's point. we've got to strengthen the democratic core and reach out beyond it. i also want to. point that a community of democracies or alliances of democracies have to be inclusive, and they have to address current problems, not look back. question fors a practitioners. i was thinking about the summit of democracies or summit for democracies, and i just had a panic attack over a biden at this duration -- biden administration debating for months who is on the invitation list and who is not and spending sight ofs and losing what we are trying to accomplish. i think the idea of strengthening the core of de

kennedy took office as president of the united states.that day he made it clear that a new administration was on the move. a year had passed in which bold new programs moved. sometimes with success, sometimes not, but always with vigor. president kennedy set the keynote for his new administration in his inaugural address. >> so let us begin anew. remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness and sincerity is always subject to proof. let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate. [applause] >> throughout the year kennedy assembled a group of men with an intellectual stance and and with records as doers. among them, hamilton heading the new foreign aid agency. as well as the ambassador to nato, the alliance for progress had, mr. williams, assistant secretary of state for africa, sergeant shriver, head of the new peace corps. adlai stevenson, u.n. ambassador. william foster, disarmament agency head and dean rusk, secretary of state. [applause] >> at his state-of-the-union address in january, mr. k

may god forever bless the great state of texas and the united states. by the u.s. titution and our state laws, i will now conduct the rollcall. as i call your name, please stand and indicate your presence by saying "here." if you are able to do so, please remain standing until the o is red.ffice [roll call] there are 38 electors present. ask the honorable chief justice nathan l. heck to come forward and administer the oath of office. he is of the longest-serving member of the supreme court in texas history and the longest tenured texas judge in active service. chief justice, thank you. >> 2020 presidential electors designate, are you prepared to take your oath of office? please raise your right hand and repeat after me stating your name where i state mine. hecht do solemnly swear that i will faithfully office the duties of the of a lector of president and vice president of the united states for the state of texas. and will come into the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the constitution and states and ofited this state, so help me god. congratulation

. >> the constitution of the united states. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. fellow americans, our long over.al nightmare is i have not campaigned either for vice esidency or the presidency. i have not subscribed to any platform. i'm indebted to no man and only to one woman. my dear wife. enormousot sought this responsibility, but i will not shirk it. >> gerald ford brought to the val office the values first learned in a very different place. grand rapids, michigan. in 1913, he's lived a typical small town american life. was his classroom. > grand rapids, when i was growing up, was a community that family values. my arents, my mother and stepfather, indoctrinated me in the importance of the family. the whole community had the viewpoint. > the world first noticed gerald ford as a football player, strong, and a team player. the university of michigan in ann arbor he would eventually become the wolverines most valuable player and entertain office from the pros but he had already decided that play in the courtroom, not the gridiron. in eft ann arbor for yale the f