To the National Archives this afternoon and a special honor to welcome those of you joining us by youtube, and a very special welcome to our cspan viewers. Today was supposed to have been a national day of celebration, in john adams vision, it is. It was on this day in 1776 that the Continental Congress declared the United States a free nation, no longer part of the british empire. Adams believed that the second day of july, 1776, will be the most memorable in the history of america. As it turned out, we now se celebrate the day the 4th of july that Congress Told the world of its brave action with the declaration of independence. This afternoon, Elizabeth Mitchell will tell us about another symbol of our independence, the statue of liberty. She stands as a beacon for those who come to our shores in search of the american dream. Our guest will reveal how lady liberty herself came to our shores. Before we get into this afternoons program, i would like to tell you about exciting things co
Wednesday, face book Mark Zuckerberg and fund raiser for chris christie. Thursday, mark your calendar. Valentines day. Samesex couples in illinois may be shopping for wedding rings soon. They could vote as early as thursday. On friday, an asteroid the size of half a football field will fly pretty doggone close to earth. I mean 17,000 miles. Consider this your headsup. Nasa Scientists Say the object this size really hasnt come this close to earth ever. But dont let that worry you. Relax. Theres not a chance it will hit us. Do you think they would really tell you if it would . Thats it for me. Cnn newsroom comes right now. Have a great weekend. You are in the cnn newsroom. Im Brianna Keilar for don lemon. The city of los angeles is offering a 1 million award to locate rogue cop Christopher Dorner. His burning truck was found in the area on thursday. Dorner described as a trained assassin and is accused of three killings over the past week, including a policeman. A live report on the man
I served might not think it has a problem or may not think it needs a solution or wants to or does not want to internationalize a solution. We are an organization based on membership. There is a sovereignty reality we have to accept as a member statebased organization. What do you try to do . You try to find mediators intermediaries that have legitimacy on their own. You might send out somebody who you knew was close to certain government leaders from another country who could talk quietly behind closed doors without a big deal. Graduatere is a u. N. Resident coordinator on the ground that could target an entry point. You always have to be looking at this. One of the reasons i want to make sure we have brought a financial backing for broad financial backing for mediation tools is so people can say if this many countries of this many persuasions are behind using the mediation tools, it must not be a western imperialist agenda, and we have no agenda other than trying to address a conflic
The team player and knowing ive got his back and hes got mine. Thats what i reflect. Thats what i what motivates me. President obama will award the medal of honor to Clint Romesha on monday at the white house. He will also be honored at the pentagon on tuesday, after which he will come back here to minot, north dakota, and continue with his new job. Meanwhile, the war in afghanistan continues. More than 60,000 American Service members are right now in that country fighting that war. Im jake tapper for cnn in minot, north dakota. Good evening. Its hard to imagine a bigger night because its hard to foresee a bigger winter storm than the one forecasters say could dump more than two feet of snow in parts of the country. Tens of millions could be affected. Thousands of flights are already canceled. Well tell you what you need to know to stay safe and where the storm is going to hit. We begin with breaking news. Authorities say hes got the means to inflict mass casualties and a mission calli
The team player and knowing ive got his back and hes got mine. Thats what i reflect. Thats what i what motivates me. President obama will award the medal of honor to Clint Romesha on monday at the white house. He will also be honored at the pentagon on tuesday, after which he will come back here to minot, north dakota, and continue with his new job. Meanwhile, the war in afghanistan continues. More than 60,000 American Service members are right now in that country fighting that war. Good evening, everyone. Its hard to imagine a bigger night because its hard to imagine forecast a bigger winter storm than the one that forecasters say could dump more than 2 feet of snow on parts of the country. Tens of millions of people could be affected. Already thousands of flights have been canceled. Well tell you what you need to know about where the storm is going to be. We begin tonight with breaking news about the hunt for a killer. He has the means to inflict mass casualties and a mission calling