Good evening, everyone. Welcome. I am the executive director of the Abraham Lincoln president ial museum. We appreciate your support of this institution. What i think is a special place and thank you for being here for a fastening program for before introduce our great speaker and want to note a few things. First, if you have not had a chance to see our rivalry special exhibit please go see it. We are proud of that exhibit that great rivalry that means so much the States History and second i hope you all got a flyer during the munch of july we are having our annual backpack dry with district 186 and if you donate a backtrack backpack you get a free admission to the museum thats good for the rest of the year. If you bring five backpacks and you get five free admissions. All those backpacks go to underserved kids in district 186, so please consider bringing in backpacks. Finally, please put on your calendars are allamerican picnic that will it will host in Union Square Park saturday augu
Good evening, everyone. Welcome. I am the executive director of the Abraham Lincoln president ial museum. We appreciate your support of this institution. What i think is a special place and thank you for being here for a fastening program for before introduce our great speaker and want to note a few things. First, if you have not had a chance to see our rivalry special exhibit please go see it. We are proud of that exhibit that great rivalry that means so much the States History and second i hope you all got a flyer during the munch of july we are having our annual backpack dry with district 186 and if you donate a backtrack backpack you get a free admission to the museum thats good for the rest of the year. If you bring five backpacks and you get five free admissions. All those backpacks go to underserved kids in district 186, so please consider bringing in backpacks. Finally, please put on your calendars are allamerican picnic that will it will host in Union Square Park saturday augu
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Breaking overnight. A conviction in the shooting death of former nfl player will smith. But its not the verdict his family was hoping for. Good morning from the studio good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. President elect donald trump is dismissing reports that the russians interfered on his behalf in the president ial election, calling the claims ridiculous. But lawmakers from both parties are calling for an investigation. The report could complicate the possible nomination of Exxonmobil Rex Tillerson as secretary of state. Mr. Trump says he does not need daily Intelligence Briefings because he is, quote, a smart person. Hena daniels is here in new york. Good morning. Good morning, annemarie. Reporter president elect Donald Trump Holds more meetings at trump tower today as he continues to fill key posts in his admini
Out for the systems next stop. Breaking overnight. A conviction in the shooting death of former nfl player will smith. But its not the verdict his family was hoping for. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. President elect donald trump is dismissing reports that the russians interfered on his behalf in the president ial election calling the claims ridiculous. But lawmakers from both parties are calling for an investigation. The report could complicate the possible nomination of Exxonmobil Rex artificitillerso secretary of state. Mr. Trump says he does not need daily Intelligence Briefings because he is, quote, a smart person. Reporter president elect Donald Trump Holds more meetings at trump tower today as he continues to fill key posts in his administration. The Development Comes amid calls from a Bipartisan Group of senators for congress to investigate the cias assessment that russia played a role