he is buried here in arlington, section 60 plot 11854. lieutenant akers fought for the pact act and a friend's memory. he advocated, he testified, and thanks to him and so many veterans like him our nation is one step closer to living up to our highest ideals. so all of that to say america is a promise, a promise of security , opportunity, and freedom. not to some, but for all. on veterans day, we celebrate the generations of americans who fought to make that promise real. and we recognize to truly honor our veterans, we must come together as a nation to defend that promise too. on that point i will conclude by sharing the words of private first class abe lori one of the many veterans joining us today. [applause] so abe served our nation in world war ii. he was a member of the 58 q m sales company at the united states army. from 19 43 to 1946, abe traveled across england, france, and belgium going from camp to camp to outfit the men and women fighting to free europe and the world. in his travels, abe met thousands of americans. they came

well -- welcome to arlington national cemetery. i would like to extend a warm welcome to vice president kamala harris. thank you for being with us and honoring our nation's veterans. i welcome secretary of veterans affairs. being veterans association jack mcmahon and. secretary of defense lloyd austin. chairman of the joint chiefs of staff mark milley. our dignitary, cabinet secretary, service secretary, service chiefs, veterans, families and everyone watching across our great nation. thank you. thank you for being with us today. hiking think of no better bless -- i can think of no better place to honor our veterans than at our hallowed grounds. we recognize the honor, integrity, duty, courage and patriotism of our service members, past and present. today's a day of remembrance, it is also ace -- a day of celebration. at our nationalists cemetery we have an obligation to care for our veterans and their place of rest. we hold a great honor and responsibility of sharing their stories and educating future generations about the service

no place in arlington can be purchased. veterans, the state and every day here at arlington national cemetery belongs to you. thank you again, and welcome to arlington national cemetery. [applause] -- with more than 600 chapters. if veterans of america state council coordinates activities of local chapters in 48 states, puerto rico, guam, and the u.s. virgin islands. the organization's ambitious agenda has always aim to find creative, responsive solutions to concerns of vietnam era veterans well at the same time fulfilling the vietnam veterans of america founding principal that never again will one generation of veterans abandon another. if veterans of america will always work to make sure that those who serve our nation to receive the care and treatment they have earned. the vietnam veterans of america is represented today by their national president. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome mr. jack mcmannis. [applause] >> thank you. madam vice president, first lady, dr. biden, mr. secretary, chaplain, distinguished guests an

though married into one of the foremost families of virginia, the cost of arlington, arlington overlooked facing the national capitol, not virginia. his in-laws allies the nation first of state loyalty "afterwards". we could not more in 18612 factors. first, harry lee for all of his revolutionary fame had been our clock husband and father and left family when robert was only six years old. the shadow harry cast over the lee name was one of robert struggles to redeem the broad street of perfectionism in his behavior. robert also yearned to briefly of his father's reputation and otherwise. he wanted independence and wanted to be his own man and one sense his marriage was an attempt to stake out a room for himself but he also yearned for security. the security his father denied him so while most of lee's contemporaries left the army as soon as i received their taxpayer provided college degree decently resigned and go into private engineering practice other professions, stays with him as the one certain profession could count on. a huge factor in this pursuit of independence, security and per

but that is the custis lee, home of of arlington that you all know so well. and we are just yards from the tomb of the unknown soldier there for those of you who know arlington. but this was all important. this seems like a seems like a distraction. but at the very bottom of that auction record was this. notice here that t pan watercolors were found among the papers of thomas diggs of maryland. and that showed us that, in fact this came from the same batch of family papers that this other batch of long form material. so we convinced ourselves in these two weeks, 14 days, we worked through the weekends that this was george washington's tent, that it was four planks point, that it was by pierre charles charles de gaulle fault, that it was related to this west point watercolor. and therefore, we have got to get this. so the next challenge is you have to pick up the phone and call people and try to figure out what is this thing going to bring. because surely other people are gonna figure this out. how important this object is. so, bill and laura, i don't know if

caller: it is actually arlington heights, illinois. we are talking a lot about the political polarization, heightened tensions and acts of little violence. what i think is left unsaid in this, the underlying -- what i would consider the underlying cause of this is economic inequality. thomas gettys, one of the underlying themes of the book is the correlation of political unrest, political polarization and economic any quality. we have seen that in history, via in the 1930's during the depression and out of that coming the rise of fascism. post 2007, 2008 financial crisis, this rise of far right will attend see. -- militancy. and a all right resurgence, as well. i was wondering if that would be addressed by anyone, it is not a capitalist society -- i do feel these issues of political polarization and political violence can be addressed until the underlying cause of economic inequality is at least talked about. that is all i've got. thanks very much. love the show. host: this is jay, walnut, mississippi. good morning morning. you are nex

but that is the custis lee, home of of arlington that you all know so well. and we are just yards from the tomb of the unknown soldier there for those of you who know arlington. but this was all important. this seems like a seems like a distraction. but at the very bottom of that auction record was this. notice here that the pan tercolors were found among the papers of thomas diggs of maryland. and that showed us that, in fact this came from the same batch of family papers that this other batch of long form material. so we convinced ourselves in these two weeks, 14 days, we worked through the weekends that this was george washington's tent, that it was four planks point, that it was by pierre charles charles de gaulle fault, that it was related to this west point watercolor. and therefore, we have got to get this. so the next challenge is you have to pick up the phone and call people and try to figure out what is this thing going to bring. because surely other people are gonna figure this out. how important this object is. so, bill and laura, i don't know if

we just saw the first lady arriving at arlington. before we go, today is your 27th wedding anniversary, i want to wish you and your better half congratulations but the chance to speak about the sacrifice of families as well. >> yeah, thank you. november is the month of the military family. i think about my bride raising three boys on her own in the longest war in american history, never complaining, just doing it because it needed to be done. and our military families are the most underfunded asset in our nation. i hope as we go forward, we remember our veterans and families as a civil society, we have an obligation to reconnect and bring them back into the fold so they can lead us back at home. i'm honored to be part of the military family. and i hope we remember them as well. >> we send you our best, lieutenant colonel scott mann, to you and all the vel terans a their families watching right now. thank you so much. >> thanks so much, jim. >> thanks to all of you for joining us today, i'm erica hill. thank you to the millions of men

in commemoration of this centennial of the burial of the world war i unknown soldier across town in arlington cemetery only known to god. and finally taps will be played across america by taps across america at 11:112 commemorate the centennial of that unknown soldier and finally i am privileged today to introduce the man who without him this memorial would not exist today who served with and lead with honor and compassion and integrity as the 17th chairman of the joint chiefs of staff admiral mike mullen. [applause] >> thank you terry. is that any better? is there a way to fix the volume? i will try to speak up so everybody can hear me. it is a great honor to be here with you today. i am in particular knowledge in george and your service and what terry didn't say is he was someone who went through and five the battle of the bulge a very special american who has given back for decades to our country after his service in world war ii. thank you george. [applause] i want to say thanks to terry hamby. without his vision and without his persistence this would not have been possible. many of us th

i think they moved to arlington, virginia from springfield. hopefully i can talk to him and see of these issues can be put in their newspaper. host: thanks. ed, jacksonville, florida. thank you for calling in. when did you serve? caller: vietnam for two and half years. i served in afghanistan and served in iraq. i got all my t-shirts. host: how many years did you serve in the military? caller: a total of 40. once i got out of vietnam i went into the national guard full-time. most my deployments with the national guard. the first 30 years was with the active-duty component. addressing the issues, the issues with the guard. there's a difference between the active component and the tricare in the guard. the guard takes the short end of the stick. their prices are different for the cost benefits and stuff like that. that is one of the issues i would like to see addressed. host: in what way? explain to folks what tricare is if you can. guest: it is a health care program taking care of veterans. when the military service member leaves, he's entitled

vice president kamala harris attended a ceremony at arlington national ceremony -- cemetery to honor fallen surges -- fallen soldiers. secretary lloyd austin joins chuck hagel to mark the 40th anniversary of the vietnam veterans memorial. later resident biden on climate change -- president biden on climate change as he addressed world leaders in egypt. ♪ announcer: c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we are funded by these television companies and more, including midco. ♪ announcer: midco supports c-span as a public service along with these other television providers , giving you a front row seat to democracy. c-span's "washington journal," every day we take your calls live on the air on the news of the day and discuss policy issues that impact you. coming up saturday morning, director of grand strategy at the quincy institute and former director of cia russia analysis discusses the region -- recent developments in ukraine. in our spotlight on podcast segment, two guest talk about their podcast the purple principal. watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 easte

in arlington public schools? thasunda: sam houston high school. david: you like to the name houston so you decided to go to university of houston as well? thasunda: there is something special about houston so why not mess up the trend. david: what did you study their? - there? income security or something like that? thasunda: no, i graduated from the university of houston with degrees in finance and marketing. david: what did you decide you wanted to do after that? thasunda: what is interesting as there is a program called in-roads and it is a program for minorities that give you exposure to corporate america. in-roads was my disruptor. in-roads was what gave me an opportunity to even know the word corporate america so i interned at a company called fannie mae and that is how i got exposure into financial services. david: you went to work for fannie mae. thasunda: i did. david: did you get an mba as well? thasunda: i did. while i was at fannie mae, i was able to work full-time and pursue my mba and i did that at baylor. david: you later joined a f

live coverage from arlington national cemetery begins at 11:00 a.m. on c-span. you can watch on our mobile video app c-span now or online at c-span.org. >> representative sean patrick maloney, chair of the democratic congressional campaign committee held a news conference the day after the 2020 elections. hungers been the lenny conceded to republican michael waller in new york's 17th congressional district race. the associated press called the race shortly after doing eastern time. -- afternoon eastern time. >> i just took a call from the president and express our appreciation for his leadership and i said to him but i hope every american will see. last night, house democrats stood our ground. and we believe november 8 2022 will be ac nature date in american history. we hope the high watermark or some of the anger in the division that we have dealt with this entire cycle from january 6 on through and we hope for something better for our country because that's what all americans deserve. we are still working and any fair person and responsible observer should und

vice president kamala harris laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier at arlington national cemetery in virginia. >> she was joined by first lady doctor joe biden and her husband. the second gentleman, doug emhoff. president biden is attending the climate conference in egypt. and this is the changing of the guard ceremony at the tomb of the unknown soldier at arlington national cemetery from october to march, the ceremony happens every hour on the hour. this is the 100 and first year that arlington is commemorated fallen soldiers whose names have been lost in time. and just a reminder that tonight we're honoring veterans from the bay area kron four's ken wayne will host a special broadcast at 6.30, where we will meet veteran spanning generations and hear their incredible stories. new at noon, an update to a story we've been reporting all mcrning long and right now. >> all clear on i-680, after big rig overturned near pleasant and it started around 5 o'clock this morning just south of bernal avenue. investigators said the big rig driver fell asleep at the wheel, bounced off t

two remains of soldiers were buried with full military honors at arlington cemetery on september sixth, 2018. now, i did notice or noted earlier, you know, because of the remoteness of the brawner farm, it has tended to discourage some sicker manassas interpretation of we sometimes are our own worst enemy. sometimes we are known to shoot ourselves in the proverbial foot. giving sacrament is more attention, snapping all for forward progress. unfortunately, we've been guilting again of shooting ourselves in the proverbial. scott patchen it will be talking later on conference again. certainly a test, the importance of the fighting over on chin ridge, on 30th the desperate standby union forces they're probably saved. john pope's army of virginia from total destruction jen is also a vital part of the first manassas battlefield but aside from some living history demonstrations that damage kelly did and i did as well after kelly's departure over on jane ridge to try to draw more people over to jen ridge, the area still somewhat remote, and it began to draw an undesirable element and that unde

still tbd next to the busiest kitchens in the country in arlington, texas, this for too many cooks in the kitchen 2000 cooks at 18 t stadium preparing the thanksgiving day feast. for 90,000 fans who will be attending tomorrow's game. not to mention the winning team will get to eat a turkey live on tv. that's usually how that goes. well, no, not a live turkey with a live football game. and how's this for a menu more than £4700 of corn bread for stuffing nearly £12,000 of turkey and more than £10,000 of mac and cheese and, of course, cakes, pies and cookies. cowboys take on the giants tomorrow at 4 30. i think the most looking forward to the mac and cheese, love, mac and cheese next to a friend's giving show was famous for its hysterical thanksgiving episodes , including this one titled the one with all the thanksgivings artist from semi california semi valley, california is crafted and homage to that very episode, bridget mccarthy specializes in designing miniature tv and movie sets. here she is created the set down to rachel's trifle that she mistakenly made with beef because of th

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vice president kamala harris spoke at arlington national cemetery and laid a receipt at the tomb of the unknown soldiers. events this morning also in san bruno and antioch. let's go to first alert meteorologist jessica burch. >>> it's going to be an eventful weekend. there is plenty going on, ice rink at union square, plenty activities, sports games all weekend. the weather is looking pretty beautiful just in time for our first day of the week. daytime highs like yesterday are in the upper 50s and lower 60s north of the bridge closer to san rafael. as we look at futurecast, we will see a break with the clouds with more sunshine. into saturday trickled showers with the clouds are expected especially into the afternoon hours in the north bay. our friends just north of concord and even santa rosa don't be shocked if you see a sprinkle or two. it will a quick moving system and then we are left with sunshine and a beautiful week next week. we'll have more on all the events going on in a bit. back to you. >>> veterans' day ceremony got underway a short time ago in san bruno. several hundreds

i think they moved to arlington, virginia from springfield. hopefully i can talk to him and see of these issues can be put in their newspaper. host: thanks. ed, jacksonville, florida. thank you for calling in. when did you serve? caller: vietnam for two and half years. i served in afghanistan and served in iraq. i got all my t-shirts. host: how many years did you serve in the military? caller: a total of 40. once i got out of vietnam i went into the national guard full-time. most my deployments with the national guard. the first 30 years was with the active-duty component. addressing the issues, the issues with the guard. there's a difference between the active component and the tricare in the guard. the guard takes the short end of the stick. their prices are different for the cost benefits and stuff like that. that is one of the issues i would like to see addressed. host: in what way? explain to folks what tricare is if you can. guest: it is a health care program taking care of veterans. when the military service member leaves, he's entitled

able to spend veterans day again this year as part of a very small part of your official program at arlington national cemetery. with the vice president, a second element and dr. biden, so, we will start in the morning with some workout with the vets, and we will have a breakfast at the white house, and we will have the removing ceremony at arlington national. then, for the reason that you mentioned earlier, this being the 40th year, a memorial wall, we hope you'll spend some time with the vietnam that's in the afternoon, and commemorate the new native american veteran morrill up near the national native american museum. the thing i like about this, i can only do this with one of my sons this year because the other one of my sons and daughters are away at college, but i spent the day with my wife and our son. i will say that i will long remember the veterans we met at the memorial last year. eight of them who had served in different years in vietnam. they had just then met each other, and it was quite clear to me that they had a deep and abiding bond as a result of their service on behalf of

vice president kamala harris is speaking now at arlington national cemetery in honor of veterans day. let's listen. >> it is a profound privilege to thank and honor you today and every day. so we gather to pay homage to all of those who have served our nation in uniform, at home and overseas, in times of war and in times of peace, generations of veterans defended our country and our most sacred values, from the fields of yorktown to the tre trenches, from the beaches of normandy to the banks of the chosen reservoir and the streets of saigon, from baghdad to fallujah to kandahar, you stood as one to protect our democracy and our freedom and even when you returned home and took off your uniform, you continued to serve and to lead in communities across our country. veterans after all are nurses and firefighters, little league coaches and small business owners, faith leaders and elected officials, mentors and teachers. every day through your life's work and your example, you make america stronger. [ applause ] and on veterans day we come together as a nation then to express our profound g

vice president kamala harris and the second gentlemen at arlington national cemetery participating in a wreath laying ceremony. the vice president will deliver remarks all, of course, in honor of those who have served our country and our military, served so mightily. we'll talk more about our nation's veterans with congressman mike wealths who served in the army for 26 years. mike is the first green beret elected to congress. that's coming up a little bit later. marc, not the red wave many expected. exit polling shows gains for republicans for minorities. big moves away from the left among black and hispanic and latino voters and bigger change among younger black voters. 20 point shift for the gop. similar numbers among younger hispanics as well. new op-ed calls it a silver lining for republicans but adds the problem for the gop going forward will be how to translate the support among black voters into actual electoral wins. i did love there was an editorial from the "wall street journal"'s jason riley before the election on october 25th saying the gop's mid-term slate is more diverse

with president joe biden out of the country, vice president kamala harris will deliver remarks at arlington cemetery and laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier. >>> we are warming up just a little bit. here in the upper-50s. 61 in antioch and 62 in santa rosa. it will be a beautiful afternoon for us with the partly cloudy skies quickly pushing through. do you see a break this evening? i tomorrow morning, we will see a little bit of drizzle , waking up in the north bay. the north bay will see some rain, even during the afternoon. it will quickly push through and then we have sunny skies as we wrap up this weekend and next week. if you're going 25 events in san francisco, they have a union square ice rink. you can skate around like amanda. we are expecting upper-50s and light drizzle on saturday and then better conditions on sunday. there's a lot of sunshine in store and warmer temperatures, upper-60s as early as next tuesday for friends and the north bay. >>> we still do not officially know who the next mayor of oakland will be, but we are getting a little closer. we are looking at

two remains of soldiers were buried with full military honors at arlington cemetery on september sixth, 2018. now, i did notice or noted earlier, you know, because of the remoteness of the brawner farm, it has tended to discourage some sicker manassas interpretation of we sometimes are our own worst enemy. sometimes we are known to shoot ourselves in the proverbial foot. giving sacrament is more attention, snapping all for forward progress. unfortunately, we've been guilting again of shooting ourselves in the proverbial. scott patchen it will be talking later on conference again. certainly a test, the importance of the fighting over on chin ridge, on 30th the desperate standby union forces they're probably saved. john pope's army of virginia from total destruction jen is also a vital part of the first manassas battlefield but aside from some living history demonstrations that damage kelly did and i did as well after kelly's departure over on jane ridge to try to draw more people over to jen ridge, the area still somewhat remote, and it began to draw an undesirable element and that unde

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she laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier at arlington cemetery. the ceremony was held without president biden who held his respect from u.n. climate talks in egypt. >> in particular, our veterans, service members, families, caregivers , and survivors , it is a profound privilege to thank and honor you today. and every day. so, we gather to pay homage to all those who have served our nation in uniform , at home , and overseas , in times of war, and in times of peace. >>> russia says its military withdrawal from the key city in southern ukraine is complete. ukrainian forces captured 41 areas in curse on. a deadly trail of landmines and -traps of been let. some civilians have been killed or maimed when they set off a bomb inside a refrigerator or underneath the bed. >>> with a former hurricane nicole now spinning over the south as a tropical depression, we are getting a better look at the devastating impact of the november storm, which is blamed for at least four deaths in that area. reporter elise preston is in daytona beach. >> reporter: this is wh

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the presidents of both states noted that any attempts to break off relations contradict common sense. arlington, 1st of all, we're not talking about governments, but about the peoples of both countries. it was, you know, in addition, colombian president, gustavo petro stressed the need to lay solid foundations for the full restoration off relations between the states and pointed to the ongoing attempts to destabilize the situation. in particular, in latin american region than pick ainsley study. this is the 1st meeting of the leaders of columbia and venezuela in the last 6 years. to day we face a difficult task of normalizing relations which should begin with the restoration of borders to date control over the border as in the hands of the mafia. these are organizations with multinational leadership and ident. meanwhile, president nicholas by tomorrow set that by the end of 2022, the people of both countries will receive good news. in addition, president gustavo petro noted, have been israel and columbia have prepared a joint action program, which they plan to present at the you and conference

a somber ceremony marked the holiday at arlington national cemetery. a crowd stood in the raid and watched vice president kamala harris lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier. this tradition is usually carried out by the president, but president biden is currently in egypt at the global summit on climate change , nearly 50,000 you see academic workers plan to strike on monday the u. a w union is made up of post doctorates, academic researchers graduate student research. searchers. and student employees like teaching assistants and tutors at uc schools at ucsf. there are about 3000 employees at uc berkeley over 9000 employees could strike the union says they are fighting to overcome unfair working conditions. are labor as academic student employees as readers and graduate student instructors were the backbone of a lot of the teaching and instruction that happens for undergrads and grad students. a cow. um so yeah, we expect most classes to be canceled. the uc system has responded, releasing a statement saying they've offered pay increases, expa