Higher education. Appreciate it. Guest it has been a pleasure. Host that props up cspan bus s big 10 college tour. If you missed any of them, go to our website, cspan. Org. That does it for todays washington journal. We will see you back here tomorrow morning 7 00 a. M. Eastern time [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] than four weeks to election day. Coming up a bit later today, maryland congresswoman Donna Edwards headlines an event on diversity and elected officials. A number of other specialists who study under represented groups. A part of the forum at the center for american progress, we will have that live at 12 30 p. M. Eastern. Our campaign 2014 coverage continues with a week full of debates. Tonight at 7 00, live coverage of the pennsylvania governors debate between republic governor republican governor tom corbett incumbent and tom wolf. Then live coverage of the Illinois House debate between the 17t
Booktvs web site, booktv. Org. Host tavis smiley, you list jesus christ and paul robison, two of your influences. Guest yeah. Thats quite a pair, isnt it . [laughter] i was raised in a church as i mentioned earlier pentacostal church, and ive said for all of my life that i call them the three fs, the things that mean the most to me, faith family and friends in that order. I wrote a book called keeping the faith, i close my show on pbs by saying thanks for watching im tavis smiley, keep the faith. Im always trying to remind people that faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Thats what faith and hope really are, the evidence of things hoped for the hope of things, but even when you dont have the evidence to see how things are going to work out its always possible. I make a distinction all the time, and heres why i say keep the faith all the time i make a distinction between optimism and hope. Optimism suggests theres a particular set of facts circums
Booktvs web site, booktv. Org. Host tavis smiley, you list jesus christ and paul robison, two of your influences. Guest yeah. Thats quite a pair, isnt it . [laughter] i was raised in a church as i mentioned earlier pentacostal church, and ive said for all of my life that i call them the three fs, the things that mean the most to me, faith family and friends in that order. I wrote a book called keeping the faith, i close my show on pbs by saying thanks for watching im tavis smiley, keep the faith. Im always trying to remind people that faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Thats what faith and hope really are, the evidence of things hoped for the hope of things, but even when you dont have the evidence to see how things are going to work out its always possible. I make a distinction all the time, and heres why i say keep the faith all the time i make a distinction between optimism and hope. Optimism suggests theres a particular set of facts circums
Reporter were told the autopsy on erica crippens body will, in fact be conducted in maryland. Her body will not be returned to new jersey right away. I was in touch with her family earlier in the day. They were here at the courthouse today but the prosecutor tells me they need time to digest the enormity of all of this. They didnt have any comment when we called and texted them. Live in mt. Holly, cydney long, nbc10 news. Dont let that sunshine out there fool you. Theres a chilly change outside. Were just a few days away from the official start of spring. Didnt feel like that for those folks out there today. And the wind makes it colder. And i found my coat just in time. Chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz is here with our chilly forecast. And i think youll need to keep the coat for probably at least another week. It is nice and sunny out there, but it sure doesnt feel like were about to go into spring. The flag is still blowing. It is 25 degrees colder than it was yesterday.
Four years since the arab spring, we look at successes, failures and their dem okay rahsies democracies we begin with a fight against i. S. I. L. U. S. Coalition forces carried out 23 air strikes on i. S. I. L. Targets in iraq and syria op friday and saturday. 22 were in iraq alone. At the same time iraqs Security Forces achieved some large territorial gains. In syria, the fight for kobane remains drawn out. Neither Kurdish Forces nor i. S. I. L. Fighters made moves. Dominic kane has the latest on both fronts. Iraqi soldiers enter an area held by fighters for months. An important town 50km south of baghdad. Translation the last few days we carried out preemptive strikes and started to clear the area before pushing forwards. Reporter its a victory in the face of i. S. I. L. Domination of much of iraq and syria. Another main battle area is the town of kobane, on the syrian turkish border. Fought bev oi i. S. I. L. And over by i. S. I. L. And Kurdish Forces for weeks. A key issue is what