JANUARY
JANUARY ON NEW YEAR'S DAY 1863 ABRAHAM LINCOLN SIGNED
THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
WHEN HE PUT PEN TO PAPER AND
THE PRESIDENT SAID AND I QUOTE
IF MY NAME EVER GOES DOWN INTO
HISTORY IT'LL BE FOR THIS ACT
AND MY WHOLE SOUL IS IN IT.
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>> MY
>> MY WHOLE SOUL WAS IN IT TODAY
ON THIS JANUARY DAY.
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>> MY
>> MY WHOLE SOUL WAS IN THIS
BRINGING AMERICA TOGETHER,
UNITING OUR PEOPLE, UNITING OUR
NATION.
NATION.
NATION. AND I ASK EVERY AMERICAN TO
JOIN ME IN THIS CAUSE 30
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN TAKING
OFFICE AND CALLING FOR UNITY ON
DAY ONE THE NEW COMMANDER IN
CHIEF IN THIS COUNTRY SETTING
THE TONE FOR HIS NEW
ADMINISTRATION.
ADMINISTRATION. >>
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>> THANKS
>> THANKS FOR JOININ S R A
FR THIY
FR THIY
FR THIY I'M BEN GOLDMAN.
AND I'M JIM BERNSTEIN.
THE PRESIDENT TAKING THE OATH
OF OFFICE AND BECOMING
THE FORTY SIX PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATS JUST A FEW
HOURS AGO.
HOURS AGO. HE WAS SWORN IN BY CHIEF
JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS WITH HIS
WIFE DR. JILL BIDEN HOLDING
THE BIDEN FAMILY BIBLE.
YOU THEN SPOKE TO THE NATION
AND CALLED FOR EVERYONE TO
LISTEN TO ONE ANOTHER.
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>> SO
>> SO TODAY AT THIS TIME IN THIS
PLACE LET'S START AFRESH ON
THIS.
THIS.
THIS. LET'S BEGIN TO LISTEN TO ONE OF
AGAIN HEAR ONE ANOTHER, SEE ONE
ANOTHER SHOW RESPECT TO ONE
ANOTHER.
ANOTHER.
ANOTHER. POLITICS DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A
RAGING FIRE.
RAGING FIRE. DESTROYING EVERYTHING IN ITS
PATH.
PATH.
PATH. EVERY DISAGREEMENT DOESN'T HAVE
TO BE A CAUSE FOR TOTAL WAR AND
WE MUST REJECT THE CULTURE IN
WHICH FACTS THEMSELVES ARE
MANIPULATED AND EVEN
MANUFACTURED.
MANUFACTURED. IT WAS ALSO A HISTORIC DAY AS
KAMALA HARRIS WAS SWORN IN AS
THE FIRST WOMAN AND THE FIRST
PERSON OF COLOR TO SERVE AS
VISE PRESIDENT.
VISE PRESIDENT. >>
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>> JOINING US RIGHT NOW IS
REPRESENTATIVE JIM HIMES TO
TALK ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE AT
THE INAUGURATION.
THE INAUGURATION. GOOD AFTERNOON, CONGRESSMAN.
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>> GOOD
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
GOOD AFTERNOON. THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
SO TELL ME YOUR REACTION TO
WATCHING THE INAUGURATION
UNFOLD.
UNFOLD.
UNFOLD. WHERE WERE YOU AND WHAT'S
THE FEEL IN WASHINGTON RIGHT
NOW?
NOW?
NOW? WELL, INAUGURATION DAYS ARE
ALWAYS GOOD DAYS.
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>> THERE
>> THERE MAY BE ONE OF THE ONLY
DAYS WHERE ALL OF A SUDDEN
EVERYBODY FEELS LIKE THEY'VE
GOT A COMMITMENT TO WORK
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER. IT WAS WONDERFUL TO BE THERE
WITH THE CONGRESS, THE UNITED
STATES, THE SENATE AND
THE HOUSE TO SEE THE NEW
PRESIDENT SWORN IN IN
THE COMPANY OF COURSE OF THREE
OF OUR PAST PRESIDENTS,
DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS.
IT FELT LIKE A MOMENT OF UNITY
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.
. I
. I THINK
. I THINK THAT JOE BIDEN HIT
EXACTLY THE RIGHT TONE WHEN HE
TOLD THOSE AMERICANS WHO DIDN'T
VOTE FOR HIM THAT HE WOULD
FIGHT AS HARD FOR THEM AS HE
WILL FOR THOSE WHO DID.
BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO
HERE ON CAPITOL HILL.
WE TWO WEEKS AGO WENT THROUGH
SOMETHING THAT WE NEVER
IMAGINED WE WOULD IN SOME CASES
URGED ON BY SOME OF OUR
COLLEAGUES.
COLLEAGUES. AND SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK
TO DO TO ACTUALLY ACHIEVE
THE KIND OF UNITY THAT
PRESIDENT BIDEN CALLED FOR THIS
MORNING.
MORNING.
MORNING. >>
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>> I
>> I THINK HE TOUCHED ON IT.
THE PRESIDENT REALLY SETTING
THE TONE OF BIPARTISANSHIP.
AND HE DID THAT STANDING THERE
WITH REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS.
YOU HE INCLUDED SENATOR MITCH
MCCONNELL WHEN HE WAS SPEAKING.
THE VISE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE,
A FORMER VISE PRESIDENT NOW
MIKE PENCE STANDING THERE AS
WELL.
WELL.
WELL. THE
WELL. THE BIG QUESTION IS IS IT GOING
TO STICK PASSED TODAY?
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>> WELL,
>> WELL, BETTER IT HAD BETTER.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN AWFUL LOT
OF WORK TO DO HERE STARTING
WITH FINALLY ADDRESSING
INTENSELY THE COGAN CRISIS
WHICH AGAIN TODAY IS GOING TO
KILL ANOTHER THREE OR FOUR
THOUSAND AMERICANS.
THOUSAND AMERICANS. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD
NOT IN ANY WAY BE PARTISAN.
AND WE'VE GOT TO GET TO WORK
AND MAYBE I'M GETTING TO WORK
ON THAT.
ON THAT.
ON THAT. WE CAN REMEMBER.
GET BACK THAT MUSCLE MEMORY OF
WHAT IT'S LIKE TO COME TOGETHER
TO COMPROMISE WHEN SOMEBODY
ACROSS THE AISLE IS VULNERABLE
RATHER THAN SORT OF STICKING
THE KNIFE IN.
MAYBE YOU YOU HELP THEM IN WAYS
THAT ALLOW YOU DOWN THE ROAD TO
WORK TOGETHER ON OTHER THINGS.
YOU KNOW, ON TRANSPORTATION
INFRASTRUCTURE WHICH IS SO
IMPORTANT TO THE STATE OF
CONNECTICUT, MAYBE EVEN MORE
CHALLENGING THINGS LIKE
IMMIGRATION AND ADDRESSING
CLIMATE CHANGE.
CLIMATE CHANGE. BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF
WORK.
WORK.
WORK. IT'S A YOU KNOW, UNITY DOESN'T
HAPPEN JUST BECAUSE A BUNCH OF
PEOPLE SAY THE WORD.
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>> YEAH,
>> YEAH, VERY TRUE.
AND YOU KNOW, DEMOCRATS ARE
REALLY IN CONTROL RIGHT NOW.
AND THE PENDULUM COULD SWING
KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO
NECESSARILY WORK WITH
REPUBLICANS ON A LOT OF PIECES
OF LEGISLATION ALTHOUGH AT
LEAST IN THE SENATE, YOU KNOW
THAT LINE ON THE NUMBER OF
REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS IS
MUCH THINNER THAN IN THE HOUSE
ARE.
ARE.
ARE. WHAT
ARE. WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM YOUR
COLLEAGUES AND FROM LEADERSHIP?
ARE THEY REALLY COMMITTED TO
TRYING TO WORK ACROSS THE AISLE
AND IS THE PRESIDENT AND HIS
TONE DOES THAT MAKE A
DIFFERENCE OR IS IT JUST
TALKING POINTS?
TALKING POINTS? WELL, WE KNOW THAT
THE PRESIDENT UNITED STATES IS
GOING TO PUSH THAT HARD .
I MEAN JOE BIDEN HAS DECADES
AND DECADES OF HISTORY OF
REACHING ACROSS THE AISLE, OF
ESTABLISHING FRIENDSHIPS, OF
WORKING ACROSS THES
ESTABLISHING FRIENDSHIPS, OF WORKING ACROSS THESIN WITH PEOP
ESTABLISHING FRIENDSHIPS, OF WORKING ACROSS THESIN WITH PEOPY
THE WAY, WHO TODAY ARE NOT
THOUGHT VERY WELL OF.
I'M THINKING OF, YOU KNOW,
SEGREGATIONIST SENATOR STROM
THURMOND WHO WAS A FRIEND OF
JOE BIDEN'S AND I THINK JOE
BIDEN SAID I MAY NOT AGREE WITH
THIS PERSON.
THIS PERSON. I MAY NOT EVEN HAVE AN IMMENSE
AMOUNT OF RESPECT FOR THIS
PERSON BUT I NEED TO WORK WITH
THAT PERSON.
THAT PERSON. SO I THINK THE PRESIDENT CAN
SET THE TONE.
BUT AS I SAID, IT WAS ONLY TWO
WEEKS AGO EXACTLY OF COURSE
THAT THIS CAPITAL WAS VIOLENTLY
ATTACKED BY PEOPLE WHO WERE
URGED ON BY MEMBERS OF BOTH
CHAMBERS.
CHAMBERS.
CHAMBERS. AND SO WE HAVE A LOT OF HEALING
TO DO.
TO DO.
TO DO. I
TO DO. I DO THINK THAT JOE BIDEN IS
THE GUY TO START THAT AND I
THINK THAT EACH EACH ONE OF US
NEEDS TO LOOK INTO OUR HEARTS
AND SAY LOOK, WE MAY BE ANGRY
OVER WHAT HAPPENED TWO WEEKS
AGO BUT WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION
TO WORK WITH EVERYBODY TO
ACHIEVE GOOD THINGS FOR OUR
CONSTITUENTS.
CONSTITUENTS. >>
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>> ALL
>> ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT. A RESET BUTTON IN WASHINGTON,
D.C. CONGRESSMAN JIM HIMES,
APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
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>> THANK
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT. >>
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>> ALL
>> ALL EYES WERE ON PRESIDENT
BIDEN'S INAUGURATION TODAY
INCLUDING DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS
FROM HERE IN CONNECTICUT.
GOVERNOR LAMONT WHO SUPPORTED
PRESIDENT BIDEN FROM THE VERY
BEGINNING IS HOPEFUL FOR
THE FUTURE OF THE UNITED
STATES.
STATES.
STATES. I'M READY TO GO.
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>> I'VE
>> I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR
40 YEARS, LONG OVERDUE AS FAR
AS I'M CONCERNED.
AND I THINK I SPEAK FOR AN
AWFUL LOT OF ALLIES AROUND
THE WORLD AS WELL.
I MEAN THIS IS NOW.
I JUST SAW THIS EVENT.
I THINK YOU ALL DID AS WELL.
THIS IS THE COUNTRY THAT WE
RECOGNIZE AGAIN AND NO ONE IN
LOVE.
LOVE.
LOVE. AND
LOVE. AND I THINK THAT'S