Terror threats. We plan for the ability to handle two dozen sites simultaneously. So what can we expect Going Forward . Take, for example, this weeks thanksgiving day parade. We ask our security consultant, former nypd detective and counterterrorism expert nick casale. And good morning, everyone. Im bill ritter in diana williams. The humanitarian crisis affecting millions of syrians has, like so much of our political discourse these days, turned into something about vitriolic discussion. This morning we search for calm and rational thinking. We start off with republican congressman peter king, a member of the Homeland Security committee and chairman of the subcommittee on counterterrorism. Mr. King is in his office in Massapequa Park on long island. Congressman, good morning. Thank you for joining us. Bill, thank you very much. I should say were taping this on friday, so there might be some new developments, but we hope that it will be generic enough but specific enough so that it does
Yesterday at Umpqua Community college in oregon. Some were fresh out of high school, new to college. Others were returning to education to make a new start in life. President obama this evening has ordered flags across the nation at halfstaff. Nine others were wounding, including chris mintz, a hero amid the horror. He was shot three times as he tried to stop the gunman. John blackstone is in roseburg, oregon, and begins our coverage. Reporter the Smiling Faces of the victims are now known ranging in age from 18 to 67. They include three 18yearolds, recent high school graduates, rebekah carnes, lucas eibel, and quinn cooper. Carrie boyd spoke for coopers family. Quinn was funny, sweet, exapgzate and such a wonderful, loving person. He always stood up for people. Reporter 19yearold Lucero Alcaraz hoped to be a pediatric nurse. And 20yearold Treven Anspach was a fire and e. M. S. Member. Douk fire chief marl delivered a message from trevens family. Treven was larger than life and brought
Will be emptier, in some cases made so in the span of only a few days as covid cases spike in state after state, day after day. Nearly 13 million americans infected going into the thanksgiving holiday. More than a quarter of a million families missing someone this week. And for millions of us fortunate enough to still draw breath, chests have been tightened not by covid but by the ensuing economic catastrophe. But our president , donald trump, the main person tasked with overseeing our full recovery from the pandemic, hes more concerned than ever with the title of president and denying it to president elect joe biden, than actually doing the job in an uncommonly dangerous time for our nation. More on that in a minute. Of course the pain of the nation is hurtling towards what could be tamped down in part by additional pandemic relief. But the same gop senators who insist all the president s fraudulent claims of fraud be borne out and taken seriously, they are telling the American People
Former Research Professor of history and International Affairs at george, washington university. Professor black is recognized as a leading expert on Eleanor Roosevelt and the universal declaration of human rights and is ridden and edited to 10 books as well as a variety of articles on women politics in human rights policy. She has also curated exhibits on human rights for president ial libraries and other renowned repositories and has received awards from three universities for her commitment to students and her teaching she currently also serves as a Senior Advisor to former secretary of state Hillary Rodham clinton. The spark for this evenings forum is a new biography of David Nicholas titled simply eleanor, which is now out in paperback. This is the perfect biography for our times rights walter isaacson, the story of a determined woman who willed herself to become the voice for the voiceless a fighter for freedom and a tribute to the nobility of americas true values this comprehens
Individuals had as dramatic effect on 20th century history both in this country and abroad than mrs roosevelt and we were proud to partner with the Franklin Roosevelt president ial library and the Concord Museum on this evenings discussion. No scholar knows more about our subject tonight and has spent more time examining her papers, then elita black the editor emeritus of the Eleanor Roosevelt papers project and former Research Professor of history and International Affairs at george, washington university. Professor black is recognized as a leading expert on Eleanor Roosevelt and the universal declaration of human rights and is ridden and edited to 10 books as well as a variety of articles on women politics in human rights policy. She has also curated exhibits on human rights for president ial libraries and other renowned repositories and has received awards from three universities for her commitment to students and her teaching she currently also serves as a Senior Advisor to former