But tv is also visiting buffalo, new york this weekend to for its literary sites and talk to its local authors. For complete schedule go to booktv. Org and you can fall was on social media, booktv is r. Twitter handle, you can call was on facebook as well, facebook. Com booktv. 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors every weekend on booktv, television for serious readers. We are kicking off the weekend with author wil haygood, he examines the life and career of Thurgood Marshall specifically five day Senate Hearing that resulted in his confirmation as the first africanamerican to serve on the Supreme Court. I want to acknowledge and thank cspan for being here tonight. [applause] let me just say one quick thing about thurgood, how important he was to our country, for africanamericans, for those who wanted to go to law school, African Americans who wanted to go to moscow. I was a part of that generation who looked up to him, who believed in him, who was inspired by him, but i too some
The latest poll i saw had 42 of Republican Voters not primary voters just overall voters supporting the ban on muslims coming into america. The wall street journal says 57 of people dont greet with trumps plan to ban all muslims. The untold story in the poll we saw just before toms report is that bush is on 3 . So hes gonee down. He spent a lot of money recently on television add verts. This super pac behind him i was reading in the New York Times today has spent five times as much money on him as the n nt super pac has spent on the next biggest candidate. And bush was at 5 or 6 before they starred spending that money and theyve blown all that money and hes gone down. Ecause he had a big war chest for money and well have to see how it all unfolds. These polls come out and there are so many little stories andnairetives. Its hard to tell by the numbers. Wait till New Hampshire and iowa. Investigators in suburban boston are focusing on operator error as the cause of a runaway commutut tra
More than 160 syrian refuges have arrived in canada. The group was then greeted by the Prime Minister. We just cant afford to be anything more so politically incorrect. No longer think he is funny. Has he mentioned you a few times . A few times. Officials say a helicopter went down amid heavy rain and fog. Connecticut is preparing to begin the first state to forbid gun sasas on the federal nofly list. We are working with federal authorities to gain access to their list for this purpose. Passenger train out of boston took off without the conductor, traveling four stations until the power was stopped. A woman was traveling along a street in ohio when she ended up driving her car up a guide wire to a utility pole. All that. You have yet to agree on one single thing. Lets switch to another topic of the ball comes out and the cardinals are playoffbound. They are in with the win and all that matterer hello, Charlie Rose Charlie rose yes is it . Charlie, what are you going to say . I love cha
Today, the governor of south dakota also laid oututis agenda for the year with his state of the state speech. Dennis daugaard says lawmakers should pass a halfcent tax increase to improve south dakotas teacher pay. He says doing this would make teachers pay more competative with neighboring states. Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts gives his state of the state on thursday. Ricketts says he will not meeting with the president tomorrow in omaha at uno. Ricketts has a scheduling conflict and plans to send the lt. Governor insnsad. The president delivered his final state of the Union Address tonight. President obama combined an ambitious agenda with a sense of hope fo the futre. The also, urged members of congress to work together. And, hopes the speech will serve as a call to action. Our optimism and work ethic, our spirit of discovery and innovation, our diversity and commitment to the rule of law these things give us everything we need to ensure prosperity and securititfor gop candidates
After a brutally cold stretch of weather, id say we deserve some relief, and thats exactly what well get these next couple of days temperatures will be back in the 30s this afternoon with some sunshine and will most definitely melt away some snow. Well see a bigger surge into the 30s tomorrow ahead of our next cold front set to move through tomorrow night which might produce a few flurries on friday behind it. See graphics. Wx timer 40 the ten sailors held captive by irans revolutionary guard were released early this morning. The navy chief of irans powerful revolutionary guard claims that the us had acted unprofession ally by carrying out air and naval maneuvers in iranian territorial waters for forty minutes. The general stated that the action proved americas lack of commitment to maintain security and peace in the region claim. He added that the iranian us must apologize for its actions. The sailors, nine men and one woman, were held overnight at an iranian base on farsi island in t