:45:53
The stroke hit at 8:42 p.m...
:45:55
...just as the president was concluding
his remarks to a joint session of Congress.
:45:59
Spokesmen of the First Naval Hospital...
:46:01
...have confirmed it was a massive edema.
:46:04
Unlike his previous stroke,
it has left the president incapacitated.
:46:08
The nation mourned
as President William Harrison Mitchell...
:46:11
...was laid to rest at
Arlington National Cemetery.
:46:15
After lingering in a coma
for almost five months...
:46:17
...the president succumbed Thursday,
at 4:20 p.m.
:46:20
In a bittersweet ceremony in the capital,
Vice-President Gary Nance...
:46:23
...was officially sworn in today
as the 45th president of the United States.
:46:28
Under the terms of the 25th Amendment,
Nance was acting with full authority...
:46:33
...since Bill Mitchell's incapacitation.
:46:38
I plan to continue
Bill Mitchell's call to arms.
:46:41
This isn't my presidency,
it's his presidency.
:46:45
And I can't think of a better way
to ensure his legacy...
:46:48
...than to continue
the principles he initiated.
:46:51
Bob Alexander and eight other members
of the Mitchell administration...
:46:55
...were indicted on 34 counts
of election law violations...
:46:58
...and obstruction of justice.
:46:59
Ironically, the indictments came
just 48 hours...