Putting all other cliff hangers to shame today thursday july 23rd 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. Remember the time we got eaten by a flying shark . Did we survive . They survived. Its a movie. Its not over. I believed you in the role of matt lauer. Thank you. Well have fun with sharknado 3 a little bit on. We start with a serious news. Troubling comments from fbi director james comb my on threats from isis facing the United States. At the groups ability to inspire americans to extremism. Kristin welker is at the white house with more. Reporter officials here have long signalled the terrorist group isis also known as isil poses a risk to the u. S. The fbi director was asked if the group is a bigger threat to the u. S. Than al qaeda. His answer is question underscoring the level of concern here. Isil is not your parents al qaeda. Its a very di
Came across all these different gems of information that could have been the highlight of my career now. Coauthor richard paul and stephen moss took about ten africanamericans that broke the color barrier at nasa and the use of the Space Program by kennedy and johnson to advance the social change. When its up for the presentation we are here to talk about the book we couldnt fail the space Station Program it looks at the role in the civil rights in the years before the rights act happened. Discrimination was not against the law. It was easy. When we talk about the achievements of the people in the book and when we talk about the rules put in place by the Kennedy Administration to try to address the Workplace Discrimination at how they were implemented. So we will be talking about the people whose lives were touched. Our book tells the stories of ten men who came to work in the Space Program during the years that we call the Civil Rights Era and some of them were nasa employees. At the
The law. It was legal you cant use this because youre black. Its an important distinction that will become more so as we talk about achievements of the people in this book. When we talk about the rules put in placed by the Kennedy Administration and how they were influenced by nasa and contractors. Our book tells the story that ten men, most people that came to work in the Space Program in the year that we call the civil rights era, some of them went after employees and some contractors. Kennedy was forced to deal with civil rights. These are not things that he talked about the campaign. He didnt bring either of these issues but there was a sequence of events that all happened during the course about six weeks in 1961. Im talking about them. April 12th, first human being in space and the solve soviet union, first than the united states. Soviet union now has essentially 90 miles off of florida. When it becomes clear, president kennedy calls Vice President johnson who is the chairman of
Tilt. Divided Republican Party could not deliver the votes to get things done. The president turned to democrats who could, now what . The president is cleared decks crowd of legislative calendar no longer quite so crowded and democrats involved limited tax cutting legislation looks likely to pass the republicans in disarray leadership stunned by the president s tilt conservatives furious democrats got what they wanted they are happy looking forward to december 15 when funding of government will be an issue all over again, sum it up this is a shock to the political system, it is a political realignment, in a moment we show you the markets reaction to all of this irma looks like eastern see board takes the ive got to start with irma, it is still a monster remains category five storm. It looks like it to hit the east coast of florida. Right hand side of your screen storms track on the left, youre looking at long gas lines in florida. As people are try to get out of the way. Mandatory eva
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Yang tonight, the state of florida is bracing for what could be its worst hurricane ever. While irmas sustained winds have dropped a bit, it is still a category 4 storm, with at least 22 dead and a trail of destruction in its wake. P. J. Tobia begins our coverage, from cocoa beach, florida. Reporter snaking lines of traffic and clogged highways floridians, escaping a storm thats targeting the entire state. Irma blew toward the florida keys today. The Storms Center is on track to turn north and make landfall on the mainland by early sunday, then pl