That. Woodruff then, where past meets present what learning about the slaves on the plantation of a founding father can teach us about issues of race before the United States today. Its really easy to talk about things 200 years ago, its a lot more difficult when you bring it all the way up today, and you go no, the legacy of slavery is still with us. Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. Carnegie corporation of new york. Supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of International Peace and security. At carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. W
Tonight softer did author we watched his kids from guys who could not read that all and to be deeply interested in star wars and mine craft. Is always of pleasure they give me great pleasure to introduce. [applause] this so wonderful to be here. These kinds of places with a Cultural Institution and we remember very well of the dark days of 2011 when there was no bookstore in town. And now fastforward through today the National Endowment for the humanities is under the existential threat and i am taking a page from tucker who was here a couple weeks ago in she was talking about those public conversations the dollar supported by the nih and the southern festival of books efforts would not exist without the nih fellowship by received that the independent scholar back in 2004 which took me on of the practice of law to give me the time in the space to begin work, first book to have a career as a professor here in asheville. To be one more lawyer in the world that is probably something we do
Meeting with the teen. That led to the linn county attorney filing the new charge against haglin. She was again booked at the Linn County Jail today before posting bail. New charge. She was again booked at the lynn county jail today before posting bail. Long time principal. The School District says they failed to follow mandated protocol while investigating the relationship. Continues coverage, a Benton County murder trial. A weeks worth of testimony in the case wrapped up today. He is accused of stabbing and strangling at their home last year in Benton County. Today the testimony focused on dna evidence. Prosecutors questioned the crime Lab Specialist about the left in the home and on the body. I would state that david some point in time. At some point in time in addition to the [ indiscernible ] there was blood, so he was at some point around that area. If convicted miller faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison. Reporter dora miller is covering this case. Wop for her watch for
January 6th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today. Well be back at 7 25 with a e people are standing right now. Al, fast forward 24 hours, what will they be dealing with . About 8 degrees air temperature. Itll be about 15 degrees below zero wind chill. Thats whats headed in our direction. Its heading this way. This extreme cold is todays top story. Records could be set in some two dozen major cities from texas to the midwest. Lets get to nbcs dylan dreyer. Shes braving the elements in green bay, wisconsin. Good morning to you. Reporter oh, good morning, savannah. I can say with 100 certainty, i have never experienced cold like this in my life. It is 10 below here in green bay. But with this wind, it feels like its 40 degrees below zero. This is a deep freeze we havent seen in decades. And its only getting colder. And this is just miserably cold and extremely dangerous for anyone to be outside. The big question, how low can we go . Sub zero temperatures shattering records sendin
And it will continue to be the case for as long as the Trump Presidency lasts. This president s continued abuses of power do nothing to distract us from the more than 134,000 dead americans. They just add more evidence to the heaping pile of reasons that this president is not up to the job of leading the United States of america. His job right now, the one thing he should be working on, night and day, is saving american lives. Its our breaking news tonight, on the coronavirus. This country is seeing a Record Number of new coronavirus cases in a single day. 63,900. Cases in florida, south carolina, arizona, texas, and georgia. They are skyrocketing, ever since those states reopened. Georgia adding a record 4,484 new cases. In a week of record cases, the president travels to Miamidade County, the biggest hotspot in the country, to talk about pretty much anything but the virus that has killed more than 134,000 americans. Incredibly, and falsely, claiming were getting back on track. In the