FIRST GOVERNOR SUNUNU ABOUT TO BE SWORN IN FOR HIS THIRD TERM IN OFFICE.
IT’S LISTENING.
>> SOCIAL DISTANCING AND UNFORTUNATELY PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS OVER THE PAST MONTH AND UNFORTUNATELY CUMULATING -- ACCUMULATING WITH THE TRAGEDY WE SAW IN D.C. WROUGHT ANOTHER
CHANGE -- BROUGHT ANOTHER CHANGE.
WE ARE JOINED BY LEADERS OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE.
DONNA SUSIE.
CONGRATULATIONS MR. SPEAKER.
MINORITY LEADER COULD NOT BE WITH US THIS MONEY.
ILLUSTRIOUS MEMBERS -- THIS MORNING.
SENIOR ASSOCIATE JUSTICE JOINING US TODAY.
ALL SOCIAL DISTANCING.
FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS AS WELL.
IT WAS NICE TO WE COULD KEEP THE CEREMONY AS IT HAS TO BE.
NOT JOINING US IN PERSON BUT ON THE PHONE IS EXECUTIVE COUNSELOR . ARE YOU WITH US TODAY?
>> GOOD MORNING MORNING, GOVERNOR.
I’M HERE WITH YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AS A FORMALITY, CAN YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND WHERE YOU ARE LOCATED?
>> TED GASES -- IN MY OFFICE.
>> WONDERFUL.
TO KICK THINGS OFF, IT WILL BE A FAIRLY BRIEF CEREMONY.
I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO KICK OFF THESE PROCEEDINGS WITH AN INVOCATION.
>> AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
JUST GOING TO TAKE A FEW MOMENTS.
I AM VERY HONORED TO BE HERE TO DO THIS FOR MY FRIEND AND FOR THIS GREAT STATE.
I WANTS TO SHARE BRIEFLY MY HEART IS BURDENED.
I THINK AS ALL OF US ARE, ANYONE IN THEIR RIGHT MIND FROM THE EVENTS OF YESTERDAY.
I GREW UP IN THIS COUNTRY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO PROTEST.
I UNDERSTAND PROTESTING OF THE 50’S AND PRIOR TO THAT.
EVEN THIS SUMMER.
WHAT IS DISCOURAGING IS THIS, THE PROTESTING WE HAVE DONE I’VE OFTEN WONDERED WHY DO WE HAVE TO DO IT AT THE EXPENSE OF SOMEONE ELSE.
WHY WHEN WE PROTEST IT HAS TO EXCLUDE SOMEONE ELSE.
AS I GO INTO PRAYER I WANT TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU AND GIVE YOU THIS MINDSET MOVING FORWARD.
IT’S COMING FROM PHILIPPIANS CHAPTER TWO.
HE SAID IF THERE IS ANY ENCOURAGEMENT IN CHRIST, IF THERE IS ANY CONSOLATION OF LOVE, IF THERE IS ANY FELLOWSHIP OF THE SPIRIT, IF ANY AFFECTION AND COMPASSION, MAKE MY JOY
COMPLETE BY BEING OF THE SAME MIND MAINTAINING THE SAME LOVE AND UNITY IN SPIRIT AND INTENT ON ONE PURPOSE.
DO NOTHING FROM SELFISHNESS OR EMPTY CONCEIT.
BUT WITH HUMILITY OF MIND.
REGARD ONE ANOTHER AS MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOURSELVES.
DO NOT MERELY LOOK OUT FOR YOUR OWN PERSONAL INTEREST IT ALSO FOR THE INTEREST OF OTHERS.
IT IS FROM THAT I WANT TO PRAY.
I ASKED IF YOU WOULD VALUE HER HEAD WITH ME.
FATHER, AND THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS, WE FIRST COME BEFORE YOUR THRONE OF MERCY THIS MORNING.
WE ASK YOU A FATHER TO REMEMBER THE FAMILIES OF THOSE WHO LOST LIFE YESTERDAY.
FATHER I PRAY FOR YOUR PEACE THAT WOULD REST UPON THIS FAMILY.
I PRAY THAT YOUR PEACE WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ACROSS THIS NATION.
LORD, AS WE SAW THINGS UNFOLD IN THIS NATION YESTERDAY THAT NO ONE WOULD HAVE EVER EXPECTED.
I BELIEVE WITH THE LEADERS WE HAVE IN OFFICE AS WE ARE PRAYING FOR OUR GOVERNOR AND THOSE BEING SWORN IN THIS MORNING, I BELIEVE IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS, THAT YOU WOULD MOVE UPON THEM.
THAT YOU WOULD IMPART YOUR WISDOM ON THEM AS THEY LEAD US IN THIS GREAT STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
FATHER I PRAY, LORD MOVING FORWARD AND EVEN IF WE PROTEST, EVEN WHEN WE PROTEST THAT FATHER WE DO IT NOT EXCLUDING SOMEONE ELSE.
THAT WE DO IT NOT AT THE EXPENSE OF ANYONE ELSE.
BUT AS AMERICANS, O FATHER.
THAT WE WOULD HAVE THIS ONE MIND.
THAT WE WOULD THINK ON OTHERS MORE THAN WE THINK ON OURSELVES IN JESUS NAME I PRAY AMEN.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MICHAEL.
NOW I WOULD ASK SPEAKER TO LEAD US WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
>> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
>> MIKE TURNER QUESTION MARK -- MY TURN?
>> BEFORE I GET STARTED I JUST WANT TO SAY WHAT AN HONOR IT IS FOR ME TO BE HERE TODAY GIVING THE OATH AND I WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK THE GOVERNOR AND THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND
LEGISLATURE FOR THE SUPPORT THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN THE JUDICIAL BRANCH THROUGHOUT THIS CRISIS.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AGAIN.
RIGHT?
>> ARE WE ON?
>> REPEAT AFTER ME.
OF NEW FIELDS NEW HAMPSHIRE DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL BEAR FAITH AND TRUE ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTIONS
THEREOF SO HELP ME GOD.
I DO SOLEMNLY AND SINCERELY SWEAR AND AFFIRM THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY AND IMPARTIALLY DISCHARGE AND PERFORM ALL OF THE DUTIES INCUMBENT UPON ME AS GOVERNOR AS THE STATE OF NEW
HAMPSHIRE ACCORDING TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITIES AGREEABLE -- AGREEABLY TO THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THIS CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE SO HELP ME GOD.
CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YOU CAN SEE HOW EXCITED I WILL BE AT 7:00 WHEN I GIVE YOU THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS.
IT’S A LITTLE EXCITING.
IT’S A LITTLE WEIRD WHEN YOU WANT TO REACH OVER AND GIVE A HANDSHAKE.
AS SOONEST THE GOVERNOR IS SWORN IN, I WOULD NOW ASK THE EXECUTIVE COUNSELORS TO STEP FORWARD IF YOU DON’T MIND.
WE’VE GOT THESE LITTLE PLACES FOR YOU THERE.
ARE YOU STILL WITH US?
>> I’M STILL HERE WITH YOU, CONGRATULATIONS.
>> I WILL ASK THE FIVE EXECUTIVE COUNSELORS TO RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME.
I, STATE YOUR NAME.
OF, STATE YOUR TOWN.
DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL BEAR FAITH AND TRUE ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTIONS THEREOF SO HELP ME
GOD.
I AM A STATE YOUR NAME.
-- I, STATE YOUR NAME.
DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR AND AFFIRM THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY AND IMPARTIALLY DISCHARGE AND PERFORM ALL THE DUTIES INCUMBENT UPON ME AS EXECUTIVE COUNSELORS ACCORDING TO THE BEST OF MY
ABILITIES AGREEABLY TO THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THIS CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
SO HELP ME GOD.
CONGRATULATIONS.
[APPLAUSE] >> CONGRATULATIONS.
YOU CAN TAKE YOUR SEATS.
THERE WILL BE, OUR FIRST EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING WILL BE LATER TODAY AT 1:30 P.M. IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
GRADUATIONS TO THE HONORABLE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
I DO KNOW AND I FEEL VERY -- CONGRATULATIONS TO THE HONORABLE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
I DO KNOW AND I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT 2020 ONE CAN BE SUCCESSFUL.
I DELIVER MY ADDRESS AT 7:30 P.M. AND THIS CONCLUDES AS THE SHORTEST INAUGURAL CEREMONY IN THE STATE’S HISTORY.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE FOR JOIN