By the kremlin, an important point as well in the way donald trump painted his relationship with Intelligence Agencies in this country visavis how it could be taken overseas. Right now is the start of the 1 00 p. M. Hour here in the east. Imagine the role of this man right now. This is a live picture in front of the Senate Foreign relations committee, and that is the ceo of exxonmobil, a Multinational Company so large, while its said they cant change the weather, they can forecast it. They have their own weather bureau, a sprawling organization of 70,000 employees. Rex tillerson is the nominee to be our next Secretary Of State, a job offer that came to him. Its been said in the Public Domain in part because of his relationship with russia, because of his relationship with
Vladimir Putin. Imagine all of this in light of the News Conference we just witnessed, in light of what donald trump said and didnt say about russia and putin, in light of what donald trump said about u. S. Intelligen
failing to convince his own party to pass a key part of his agenda, and some allies are fed up. in a scathing new york times op ed, bishop reginald jackson of florida writes, the white house slept on voting rights and now our very democracy is at risk. and the senate is expected to debate tomorrow with votes on the rule change and the bills tomorrow neither expected to pass lester blaine alexander, thank you. and a man who gave us a firsthand perspective on dr. king and the civil rights movement has died photo journalist steve schapiro documented the marches, the protests and the leader of the struggle, including king at selma. and this king at his hotel room shortly after he was killed. schapiro also produced classic portraits of many celebrities in the 1960s and 70s steve schapiro was 87. and betty white would have turned 100 today. sadly, she died last month. before reaching that milestone, but fans are still finding ways to celebrate her here s joe fryer.
when a bomb blew up the 16th street baptist church in birmingham and murdered four little girls. they stopped when jon and many others seeking justice were beaten and bloodied while crossing the bridge at selma named after the grand dragon of the ku klux klan. they stopped, time stopped. they forced the country to confront the hard truths and to act. to act to keep the promise of america alive. the promise that holds that we re all created equal. but more importantly, deserve to be treated equally. and from those moments of darkness and despair came light and hope. democrats, republics and independents worked to fashion the historic civil rights act and the voting rights
clear who we must be as a nation. not a joke. think about it. in the early 60s, sitting where you re sitting, there were you and like them, you give me much hope for the future. before and after in our lives and the life of this nation, democracy is who we are. who we must be. now and forever. so let s stand in this bridge together. let s love good, establish justice in the gate and remember, as i said, there is this is one of those defining moments in american history. each of those who vote will be remembered by class after class. in the 50s and 60s, the 2050s and 2060s, each one of the members of the senate is going
when a bomb blew up the 16th street baptist church in birmingham and murdered four little girls. they stopped when john and many others seeking justice were beaten and bloodied while crossing the bridge at selma named after the grand dragon of the ku klux klan. they stopped. time stopped. they forced the country to confront the hard truths and to act. to act to keep the promise of america alive. the promise that holds that we re all created equal, but more importantly deserve to be treated equally. and from those moments of darkness and despair came light and hope. democrats, republicans and independents worked to pass the historic civil rights act and the voting rights legislation.