Campuses highlighting some of the more accomplished members of the United States senate weve had from our state, going back to the beginning. The first speech was at center and it was about two guys that had been probably long sense forgotten by most people. But were very influential in their time. John brown and several breckenridges. The second was somebody who youve all heard of. It was at uk and the speech was about henry clay. The third was at Eastern Kentucky university and it was about john j. Written den who was sort of a protege of clays and came along right after clay and rose to prominence in the 1850s. And today im pleased to be speaking of someone who will actually be here to hear it. In the humid night air several men in short sleeves leapt to their feet and began to yell hurling abuse. They were simultaneously followed by others. As each person jumped up to scream, it created a dynamic. The crowd taking on a life of its own. Within seconds scores and then hundreds of peo
This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city, im Randall Pinkston and president obama got good news a short time ago about the Iran Nuclear Deal and Senate Democrats have gathered enough support to block republicans from voting to reject the agreement and today three undecided senators announced support and we are live in libby in washington and this appears to be a major victory for the white house. It is great news for the president s agenda randall, 41 is the magic number and 41 democrats as of this morning have come out supporting the white house deal. Now, that means that the democrats have enough senators on their team that they can filibuster republican attempts to take a vote. Republicans of course want to vote on a disapproval resolution. Essentially rejecting the white house deal over Irans Nuclear weapons and nuclear capability. Now, just because democrats have 41 members supporting the white house doesnt guaranty that they will all filibuster and we are checking with
Commission proposes a plan for all European Union nations to help settle refugees. About 100,000, 100 60,000. That is the number of europeans that have to take in. And i really hope this time everyone will be on board. Needed for theis time. Amy to talk about the refugee crisis, we will go to guests in the anna, london, and germany and speak with her syrian refugee in austria as well as a Syrian American here at home who is calling for the u. S. To accept more Syrian Refugees. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The United Nations is now estimating at least 850,000 people are expected to cross the mediterranean this year and next seeking refuge in europe to , escape violence and unrest in syria, afghanistan, pakistan, iraq, subsaharan africa, and other regions. 366,000 have already arrived in europe this year. Earlier today, the president of the European Commission called on European Union Member States t
It may have been gangrelated. For us, we have more responsibility because we have the opportunity. We are given that. We should have more of the responsibility to say no thats not the life we should live. Investigators were here for hours gathering evidence. This area is no stranger to incidents like these. Two men were shot at this same intersection less than a month ago. There are no suspects in custody, no suspect description. Cate caugiran, kpix 5. Highway 17 is back open in the Santa Cruz Mountains after a brush fire. It started at the summit last night. Betty yu and her photographer James Flanagan drove by it and traffic was completely blocked in the northbound direction as people were coming home from the Labor Day Weekend. Large flames were spreading fast as firefighters arrived and fortunately, there was hardly any wind. Power lines are right across the highway from where this fire was burning. And it is now out. The highway reopened shortly after 1 a. M. Bart trains running t
Stephen colbert kicks off his reign as host of cbs the late show. This is the cbs morning news for tuesday, september 8th, for tuesday, september 8th, 2015. Captioning funded by cbs good morning and thanks for joining us. The kentucky clerk who refuses to grant marriage licenses to samesex couples is appealing her case to kentuckys governor. Later today, a rallys planned in support of kim davis, and gop president ial candidate Mike Huckabee is planning to visit davis in jail. Her lawyers want the governor to accommodate her religious conviction. Thats the same request denied by the judge who jailed davis last week. Today republican president ial candidate Mike Huckabee plans to visit kentucky Clerk Kim Davis in jail where her supporters protested over the holiday weekend. Pray for judge David Benning to repent. Reporter protesters also gathered for several hours monday outside the home of u. S. District judge david bunning, urging him to release davis. Kim davis is unlawfully being hel