History of the secret service. The Atlanta Press club posted this earlier this month. Good afternoon. Name is tom johnson. I am proud to say that i am a cofounder of what we think is the new Atlanta Press club. It is second only to the National Press club. In quality it is the number one press club in america. This is a joint meeting read several years ago pete and i peak was then, i guess at that time he was chairman of the board for the Woodruff Foundation and later the Commerce Club we thought it would be a real good thing to bring together the strengths of the atlanta media and the atlanta Business Community into this, and particularly at time to time to have speakers with a message that we felt was important to this community, as well as to the nation. We have had speakers like general betray us general petreaus. We can go down the list. I knew absolutely no one on Lyndon Johnsons staff in 65. I had no political connections. I was not part of the president ial family, even though
Good afternoon. My name is tom johnson. Im proud to say along with murray a supporter, i am a cofounder of what we think is the new Atlantic Press club. Today is the second largest press club in america. It is by far the number one press club in america. Of the a joint meeting leaders of the Commerce Club in the press club. The time, he ago, leader ofan and the the, you can idea to bring mediaer the atlanta members, have speakers that would have the message be important to the community. Late general betray us and we can go down the list. I knew absolutely nobody on that staff in 1965. I had no political connections. I was not part of the president ial family is in my last name is johnson. [laughter] agent inly for me, the charge of president johnsons protection of the time was Rufus Youngblood from my hometown. He and i became good friends. Hurled,ufus who literally hurled, johnson to the report of a limousine and placed aftern body on top of lbj the fatal shots were fired at presiden
Gun bills, including legalizing suppressors and allowing firearms on atvs and snowmobiles. Its not clear if they will get enough support to advance in the democraticcontrolled senate. Stacey . Stacey breaking news right now. Iowa gets approval to go ahead with its plan to privatize medicaid. Federal Officials Say iowa is now ready to proceed and can start april 1. The centers for medicare and Medicaid Services postponed the states original plan to start january 1, saying there were too many issues. Governor branstad says managed care of the 4. 2 billion Medicaid Program will save money and improve efficiency. Steve new at 5 00, state regulators say they will make a decision next month on the controversial bakken oil pipeline. The iowa utilities board is deciding whether to allow a Texas Company to bury 346miles of crudeoilcarryingpipe, under iowa farmland. Environmental and Property Rights group oppose the project. The board plans to meet again on march 9. Wants High School Students th
President obama is asking americans to send their thoughts an prayers to Washington State after saturdays mudslide. 14 people have been killed and that number is expected to rise. Rain is complicated efforts to find people missing. AlaAllen Schauffler is in the nearby community. What can you tell us from the search effort there . Reporter we can tell that you it conditions an continues. Fema will have a 70person team out on the ground helping with the recovery effort and helping with logistics and the Emergency Management folks with the huge, huge job they have. Things are really ramping up here. There have been questions whether this is a search and rescue operation or a recovery effort, they say thats a matter of semantics. No matter what you call t their work, their intensity, it will remain the same. Yesterday i reported that we didnt find any signs of life. Im saddened to tell you that that is the case again today from the night shift. The night shift basically produced the same r
93,000 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in the United States that is the highest in the world. We have team fox coverage. Chief White House Correspondent john roberts. Hes standing by on the north lawn as the president is going to get this bill to sign. First, Congressional Correspondent chad pergram reporting live from capitol hill with a recap on how it finally got across the finish line. Chad . Dana, good afternoon. While it was not a question about whether or not they would pass the bill. It was a question as to when and how. Thomas massi, republican congressman from kentucky, he wanted to come to capitol hill and try to force a recorded vote. Heres the issue on capitol hill. They are very concerned about the health. And the office of the attending physician was worried about trying to get all 430 members, the Current Population of the house of representatives all together in the same room to actually take a roll call vote. Working on a precision to get maybe 10, 15, 20 at a t