Dying. Tonight a closer look at the growing refugee crisis. Cold cash. Well take you live to alaska on the front lines to push for oil and the battle to stop it. Plus dawn of a revolution. We talk to acclaimed documentary film maker Stanley Nelson about his new documentary on the black panthers. The panthers started as a protest, as a way to try to get rid of police violence. And their significance today. The Nuclear Agreement with iran now appears to be all but done. Today senator Barbara Mikulski came out in support of it. The Maryland Democrats announcement gives the white house the votes it needs to withstand a challenge. Jamie mcintire has more. Jamie. As you said he needed those 34 votes to make sure that any veto he issues, sticks. And now it appears assuming nobody flips that the iran deal will survive the relentless attack by its opponents. You wouldnt have known it from the full throated defense delivered by secretary of state john kerry in an hour long speech in philadelphia
Tomorrow. And that is a problem, because it just means that were going to see this snow piling up, and although the year is only 22 days old, theyre already calling it the storm of 2016. The monster storm is forecast to dump around two feet of though on the most iconic sights on the Nations Capital. Washington, gong, the most heartiest taking it in until it gets too deep. President lincoln never looks to pleased especially today. The citys mayor says, this is a dangerous weather event made worse by major winds. We see this as a major storm, life and death implication and all the residents of the District Of Columbia should treat i. T. Tha it that way. We need the citys full cooperation. The city has only a dusting of snow and ice, and some commutes home took six hours. The snow we anticipate is wet and heavy which means we can expect downed trees and power lines. The winds are expected to be 30 miles an hour up to 50 miles an hour through saturday evening. And we believe that were goin
Of temperament, he was a shy person. But it also had a political purpose. He knew that if he didnt talk a lot, people would stop talking. And, of course, a president or a political leader is constantly bombarded with requests, and his silence was his way of not giving in to special interests, and he articulated that quite explicitly. Amity shlaes will take your calls, emails and tweets in depth, live for three hours sunday at noon eastern on cspan2s booktv. This month the fcc voted 32 to proceed on a proposal that could allow content providers like netflix to pay for faster internet service. Later today, the Progressive Policy Institute will look at the proposal and what it could mean to consumers. Join us for live coverage at noon eastern here on cspan2. Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg recently updated her bestselling book lean in, adding career advice for college graduates. The First Edition was inspired by a commencement address she gave in 2011 at barnard college.
Minorities and the impact on the region. Israeli air strikes on gaza push the death toll near 2000 as palestinian negotiators threaten to leave talks in are cairo. Ukrainian separatists in donetske say theyre surrounded and ready for ceasefire. Tonight the u. S. Has launched four more air strikes against the Islamic State group of in Northern Iraq. Jet fighters took out multiple fighter trucks, used to rain on residents. U. S. Military operation in iraq is just Getting Started and president obama says it could be a long term project. The president also reiterated there are no plans to put u. S. Troops on the ground. President obama says the u. S. Military will ensure the safety of americans in iraq and do what it can to help displaced iraqi civilians. Our initial goal is not only make sure americans are protected but also to deal with this humanitarian situation in sinjar. Our lisa stark is standing by in washington, d. C. Good to see you. What can you tell us about the president s mes
The train and walked through a tunnel. Find out what caused the mass confusion. Were live with the latest. Lets begin with the storm system tearing through the d. C. Area, the wind coming down fast, the rain at least and the wind fast and furious. Thanks for joining us tonight. Im brian bolter. Im shawn yancy. Sue palka is outside our studios to begin our coverage. How is it doing . Reporter were still getting rain fairly light to moderate. We can see it here in the street lamp and the wind is not bad. Thats been kind of a surprise tonight because we were expecting winds to be a lot worse, but we did not get thunderstorms. Weve had heavy downpours but nothing to reach up and grab those really strong winds and bring them to the surface, although there was a little damage in Central Virginia with trees down. Its really about the flooding tonight. We do have a number of Flash Flood Warnings which means flooding is occurring. Well start with that and then give you a radar tour. A lot of th