It was in 1849 that welch pioneers came to the valley and they sang in harmony and welch. They decided you need to be the nucleus. It started in 1849. They used to sing in the tabernacle. When that was too small they started building this particular building which was in the late 1860s. It was completed at the end of the civil war. The tabernacle here has been the home of the choir ever since. As we had voisitors come one of the things they first noticed is the organ. It is right there and has been accompanying since the organ was put in. It has been around even longer. This is older than the temple itself. The oldest thing inside is this organ case. These gold pipes next to me here have looked down on decades and decades of history. So a lot of history in this organ case and in the building. The soupd of the tabernacle organist is really unique. This ceiling does a remarkable ceils of projecting the soupd no the back of the room. It is like a warm bath when you hear this organ play. W
Heres our Congressional Correspondent nancy cordes. Save our schools, no to devos. Reporter the debate over betsy devos followed senators home this weekend, as protests popped up outside the state offices of several republicans. Here in washington, the pressure is even more intense. Good afternoon, senator Susan Collins office. Reporter the Senate Switchboard swamped by hundreds of thousands of calls. So he is not supportive of this nominee . Reporter some Democratic Senators took their own turns at the phones. So shes really way outside of the mainstream. Reporter and even turned to schoolkids to help make their case. We must oppose betsy devos as secretary of education. The future depends on it. Reporter President Trump chose the 59yearold billionaire because of her long time support for school vouchers, a cause many republicans support. South carolina senator tim scott. The real debate is generations of kids that are stuck in underperforming schools. Betsy devos has got to go. Repor
Ago, but midflight visas were canceled when President Trump signed the executive order. After landing in philadelphia, the six syrian immigrants were forced to return home. Inhuman what happened to us. Reporter 17yearold matthew asaili had to wait even longer before joining his relatives. We did everything by the rules, everything what we done was right. We did not do anything illegal. Reporter why did your family leave . Over there, its like a war zone. Its not safe. Reporter in 2015, their immigration petition finally moved to the active processing stage, which involved multiple background checks and several interviews. Welcome to america. Reporter local congressman republican charlie dent says the asailis are not refugees and spent years going through the proper channels. Its clear to me this proposal was not properly vetted. It was not processed. It was rushed, and it wasnt given the kind of consideration it should have been. Reporter this afternoon allentowns newest residents cele
President trump tweeted yesterday that the suspension of his ban is now allowing people to pour into the u. S. We dont have a complete picture, but we can tell you that the number of refugees over the last three days is 27 families. Who have gone through a vetting process that can take years. Jericka duncan was at new yorks jfk airport today when a family from syria arrived. Hi. Reporter this is the moment dr. Ghassan asaili and wife sarmad dreamed about for more than 13 years. Im happy. Im happy like i won the super bowl like yesterday. Im very happy. Reporter the reunion with asailis two brothers wa canceled when President Trump signed the executive order. After landing in philadelphia, the six syrian immigrants were forced to return home. Inhuman what happened to us. Reporter 17yearold matthew asaili had to wait even longer before joining his relatives. We did everything by the rules, everything what we done was right. We did not do anything illegal. Reporter why did your family lea
The gulf coast. Roads ruined. Flights delayed. More on the way. Bringing softballsized hail and damaging winds and potential flash floods. Missed opportunity. Did a private pilot spot one. Two teenaged boys lost at sea months ago clinging to debris . A missed opportunity to flag down help as the parents battle in court over the iphone. And look out. An unmanned furniture truck down the massachusetts streets backwards and plowing into the house. It sound like a bomb went off. Thankfully no one was hurt, but boy do the neighbors have a story to tell. Saturday, april 30th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today. Im sheinelle jones. Im jeff rossen alongside dylan dreyer. Do you have one of the nights where you cant sleep . I kept having nightmares of this playing. Its dylan dancing to ice, ice baby. We showed you that yesterday. We will show you more of that. My family has had that nightmare for years. I felt if