Women Make History As Nancy Pelosi, Kamala Harris Flank Biden For Speech

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has been in the position before during presidential speeches. But with the addition this time of Kamala Harris, the nation's first female vice president, the two people seated behind and on either side of Joe Biden.

When US President Joe Biden delivered his debut speech to a joint session of Congress Wednesday, history was made behind him, with two powerful women taking their places on the rostrum for the first time. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has been in the position before during presidential speeches. But with the addition this time of Kamala Harris, the nation's first female vice president, the two people seated behind and on either side of Biden as Americans tuned in on their TV screens for the primetime address were women. "Madam Speaker. Madam Vice President," Biden said proudly, turning to the women and clapping as he began his address.