Life well planned. The freeman foundation. By judand Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglecd needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. This is bbc world news america. Tributes are paid to the Late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg, the first woman to lie in state of the u. S. Capitol. Antiterrorism Police Investigating a stabbing in paris near the former offices of the Charlie Hebdo magazine where 12 people were killed in 2015. Reporter the site of police cordoning off the streets will bring back painful memories. Just around the corner is Charlie Hebdo. Jane in pakistn, the First Nationwide Vaccination Campaign against polio is underway since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. The late u. S. Supreme court judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg has become the first woman in American History to lie in state at the Capitol Building in washington. It was a privat
Provided the video. Today we are looking at the lewis and Clark Expedition and discussing some of the ramifications of this most important expedition. Some people have classified the lewis and Clark Expedition and compared it to the odyssey of the greek tragedies, just like the civil war is sometimes seen , of thatas iliad great epic battle. This great voyage will be quite significant and important. A few years ago, the Atlantic Monthly did a survey of the top 100 most influential people in American History and lewis and clark make the list at 70. What i find interesting is they are the only names on the entire list listed together, so it is almost like they are inseparable. The smithsonian did one just five years ago on the 100 most significant americans, and clark oncelewis and again made the list, and sacagawea also made the list. This young teenage shoshone woman was considered one of the 100 most significant americans. There is an impression across the United States that the lewis
1. 5 ct for the s p tumbled and the nasdaq hit harder in a couple of minutes. Treasuries and the yen gain. Money floods into safe hane assets it is a president s positive test acts as a wakeup call for markets. Good morning. Just under an hour away from 60 minutes away from the start of cash and equity trading in europe. We do see drops more than 1 in European Equity Index Futures. We were looking at some positive numbers just an hour ago. Take a look at the u. S. Futures. Down with the nasdaq underperforming. 1. 9 . And dow off anna we see reaction to these stunning headlines that have taken the markets by storm. Gripped the market. Dictating many over the moves that were seeing. Beware many of the markets in asia are closed. What we have open in asia is japan, australia and indonesia. We saw instant negative reaction. Nasdaq futures down by as much as 202 in the initial place where we saw the news breaking. We do see negative riskoff reaction. We see money going into the dollar and c
Are watching American History tv, all weekend every weekend on American History tv. Tv,ext on American History novelist and historian kevin baker discusses his book, america the genius how a generation of tinkerers changed the world. At an event in cape cod, mr. Baker describes what he thinks are key factors in the nations innovative spirit. Guestant to thank our tonight. Kevin baker has written several your, at you are still in but also was raised in rockport, massachusetts. He has experienced being a massachusetts person. Tonight,ing forward to keeping an ion the weather, but please welcome kevin baker. Mark, for having me. Great to be on the cape, if only virtually. Hoped to be there, but i am going to have to make do. Talk to you about america the ingenious, this book i wrote. The best thing about writing books is that hopefully, you learn something. I learned a great deal writing this. Americansory of how invented, developed or learned to exploit so many innovations that would sha
Advantage, we hope the republican majority on the Homeland Security committee has not become a sympathetic audience and a potential Entrance Point to foreign influenced campaigns wittingly or unwittingly. What a disastrous and disgraceful fate of affairs. The senate should pass this resolution today. I yield the floor to my colleague from oregon. Wyden wyden mr. President. Mr. Wyden mr. President. The presiding officer the senator for oregon. Mr. Wyden mr. President , i rise in support for this resolution, the democratic leader. We are calling for an end to a horribl horribly flawed investigation, attempts to poison it with disinformation and to sew distrust are an established matter of fact. And it is especially troubling because for periods over the last year, two Senate Committees have conducted an investigation involving the ukraine, former Vice President biden and his son hunter. Homeland security and Government Affairs committee, led by our colleague from wisconsin, chairman john