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CHARI. ALL RIGHT, JOHN. WELL, TODAY PRESIDENT TRUMP MARKS A POLITICAL MILESTONE. IT IS THE 100TH DAY OF HIS SECOND TERM. AND TWO DAYS FROM NOW, HE’LL BE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA MAKING HISTORY. IT’S NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT HE’S BEEN TO THE CAPSTONE. HE’S ACTUALLY ATTENDED TWO FOOTBALL GAMES AT BRYANT-DENNY, INCLUDING LAST SEASON’S GAME AGAINST GEORGIA. BUT THURSDAY, HE’S NOT GOING TO A GAME. PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL BE THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER FOR GRADUATION. IT’S THE FIRST TIME A SITTING PRESIDENT HAS DELIVERED THE COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS AT UA. �������� 13. LISA CRANE HAS BEEN IN TUSCALOOSA ALL DAY, FINDING OUT HOW THE CITY IS PREPARING FOR THIS MONUMENTAL VISIT. YEAH, WE ARE AT COLEMAN COLISEUM RIGHT NOW. YOU CAN SEE IT HERE BEHIND ME. AND THIS IS WHERE PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL ADDRESS GRADUATING SENIORS, AS WELL AS FACULTY AND STAFF IN JUST ABOUT 48 HOURS. NOW, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IT TAKES A LOT TO GET READY FOR A VISIT LIKE THIS. A LOT OF WORK UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS, ALONG WITH TUSCALOOSA LEADERS, HAVE TO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE SECRET SERVICE. AS YOU MENTIONED, IT’S NOT THE PRESIDENT’S FIRST VISIT TO THE CAPSTONE. IT’S GOING TO BE HIS THIRD TUSCALOOSA’S MAYOR HAS BEEN HERE FOR ALL OF THOSE VISITS AND SAYS AT THIS POINT, THEY HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON WHAT IT TAKES TO GET READY FOR A VISIT FROM THE LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD. NOW, THE CITY WAS NOTIFIED JUST TEN DAYS AGO THAT THE PRESIDENT WAS COMING. THEY’VE BEEN VERY BUSY SINCE THEN, COORDINATING WITH THE WHITE HOUSE AND SECRET SERVICE. THE MAYOR SAYS HE HAS NO IDEA WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT DURING HIS APPEARANCE, BUT HE KNOWS WHAT HE’D LIKE TO HEAR. I CERTAINLY LIKE TO SEE HIM REFERENCE THE STRENGTH OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AND THE CONTINUED INVESTMENTS INTO, ESPECIALLY THEIR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ARMS, BECAUSE IF IF THAT IS WHERE THE THAT IS WHERE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAN HELP THE UNIVERSITY THE MOST, WHICH HELPS TUSCALOOSA THE MOST. THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING TO ME. THAT WOULD BE A POSITIVE. NOW HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW. SPRING GRADUATES GOT FREE TICKETS TO THIS EVENT, BUT THEY ARE NONTRANSFERABLE SO THEY CAN’T GIVE THEM TO A PARENT OR A FRIEND. THE SPEECH IS SET TO START AT 7:00 THURSDAY NIGHT, RIGHT HERE AT COLEMAN COLISEUM. THERE’S GOING TO BE A CLEAR BAG POLICY IN PLACE TOO, AND A NUMBER OF PROHIBITED ITEMS, INCLUDING BANNERS, SIGNS, NOISEMAKERS AND BALLOONS. THERE ARE SOME PROTESTS PLANNED FOR THE PRESIDENT’S VISIT. IN FACT, A PETITION CALLED TIDE AGAINST TYRANNY, SAYING NO TO TRUMP AT GRADUATION HAS MORE THAN 25,000 SIGNATURES. MANY PEOPLE ON CAMPUS ARE UPSET ABOUT A GRA