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News Wrap: House censures Democratic Rep. Al Green for disrupting Trump’s speech

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

News, Daily News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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In our news wrap Thursday, the House voted to censure Democrat Rep. Al Green for disrupting President Trump's address to Congress with 10 democrats joining Republican members in passing the resolution, a pair of fighter jets in South Korea accidentally dropped eight bombs on a civilian area, a hospitalized Pope Francis released an audio broadcast and jazz musician and composer Roy Ayers has died. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill, the House voted to censure Democrat Al Green today for disrupting President Trump's address to Congress earlier this week.

0:09.4

Ten Democrats join Republican members in passing the resolution.

0:14.4

The House to come to order. Clear the well, please. Clear the well. The House has to continue its business.

0:22.6

A chaotic scene followed the well. The House has to continue its business. A chaotic scene followed the vote as some 20 fellow Democrats joined Green in singing, We Shall Overcome and refused to leave the well of the chamber.

0:32.7

Speaker Mike Johnson eventually declared the House in recess.

0:36.0

Later on the House floor, Green defended his protests and addressed the president directly.

0:41.7

You are a Goliath.

0:43.7

But, Mr. President, there are Davids among us.

0:48.3

Your insolity can no longer be tolerated.

0:51.8

It has to be met with righteous indignation and righteous insubility.

0:58.7

On Tuesday night, the representative from Texas took issue

1:02.3

when Trump claimed to have an historic mandate from voters.

1:06.3

Green refused to sit down and shouted at Trump

1:08.8

before Speaker Mike Johnson ordered him removed

1:11.2

from the chamber.

1:13.1

Presidential addresses to Congress have grown more contentious in recent years.

1:17.0

In 2009, Republican Representative Joe Wilson was formally reprimanded by the House for shouting

1:22.4

at then-President Obama.

1:24.7

Republican lawmakers also interrupted Joe Biden during his speech last year.

1:29.5

A judge in Baltimore agreed to reduce the sentence for Adnan Syed to time served today.

1:36.0

That means the 43-year-old will remain free, even though his murder conviction still stands.

1:41.7

Syed's case gained worldwide attention through the serial podcast.

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