On tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by what if this year, we went around the table and instead of saying what we were thankful for, we say who were thankful for. Lincoln financial helps provide Financial Security for those who are always there for you, because this is what you do for people who love. Lincoln financial youre in charge. Moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff fierce storms rolled across the south and the midwest today, but instead of snow and ice, warnings went up for tornadoes and floods. One twister struck in mississippi, and a woman
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by what if this year, we went around the table and instead of saying what we were thankful for, we say who were thankful for. Lincoln financial helps provide Financial Security for those who are always there for you, because this is what you do for people who love. Lincoln financial youre in charge. Moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff fierce storms rolled across the south and the midwest today, but instead of snow and ice, warnings went up for tornadoes and floods. One twister struck in mississippi, and a woman died in arkansas when a tr
The author writes that the United States needs to take a more active role in tightening borders and increasing security measures. This is a little under one hour. Cspan michelle malkin, author of invasion, you say in your book that the immigration and Naturalization Service has a core culture of corruption. Guest absolutely. And in many cases, that isnt even my words. There are many former and current ins officials who acknowledge that there is a culture of corruption. A climate of abuse is the phrase that doris meissner, who was ins chief under clintongore administration, has used. And she even pointed out, as several former highlevel ins officials have, that this climate of abuse is unique among government agencies. And theres a problem there that is not nearly as rampant as any other Law Enforcement agency. You have an agency thats supposed to be enforcing immigration laws, but in so many instances, from top to bottom, rather than enforce those laws, people either ignore them or are
Emotional truth, but because when you write it up there is the possibility of people responding. Unidentified friends who might read the work, even if across centuries, and join the conversation. For me, writing this book, i cannot think of i cannot think of a more important conversation to be having words too strange to be processed alone. And so, i want to say everyone who picked up the book, bad it, it decided to join the conversation. I want to thank the judges of the National Book foundation. I want to thank Peter Castano who First Published my work and has been it fettering writers come anything englander, who kicked my aspirin it definitely deserved kicking. To John Friedman have published my first story. Tom has been a mentor to me since before i joined the core. To the marines i served with in the committee of veteran writers, and especially those from the nyu veteran Writers Program central to this book and all the nonveteran writers equally essential to the book, pointing ou
All right, time. Did everybody get it . Okay if you are still figuring it out i wont tell. But let me just close by saying this. We are so inundated i think with news of mayhem and mishap and war and disease. I think sometimes we forget how much good work is being done day in and day out by a lot of good people who just care about their kids, care about their communities. In your districts i know there are extraordinary teachers and principals who are putting everything they have got into making sure our kids are getting a great education and we have parents who are stepping up in volunteering and helping to make those schools work. So as you disburse one message i want you to deliver to all of them from the white house from the president of the United States is even if you are not getting a lot of attention, even if you are not making a lot of headlines what you were doing every single day is making the biggest possible difference in the lives of this country and i couldnt be prouder