“Oh my god… I have no words.”
Listen to the emotional moment this year’s laureate Maria Corina Machado finds out she has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Kristian Berg Harpviken, Director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, shared the news with her directly before it was announced to the world.
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The sentence I hope to see in a statement out of today's White House meeting:
"Leaders of the free world agreed to transfer to Ukraine the billions of dollars of Russian assets held in our countries so that Kyiv can buy more jets, long-range missiles, and Patriots from us."
Independence Day is a reminder that America is not the project of any one person. The single most powerful word in our democracy is the word ‘We.’ ‘We The People.’ ‘We Shall Overcome.’ ‘Yes We Can.’ America is owned by no one. It belongs to all citizens. And at this moment in history—when core democratic principles seem to be continuously under attack, when too many people around the world have become cynical and disengaged—now is precisely the time to ask ourselves tough questions about how we can build our democracies and make them work in meaningful and practical ways for ordinary people.
Spoke with Alejandro Barranco, Marine and son of Narciso, detained doing his landscaping job at an Orange County IHOP. Told me dad is "a kind person, hard working... a patriot. Loves this country. He always taught us the same thing. Just to love our country and always give back."