Sam j. Of the book ervin, last of the founding fathers. He will be guiding the ship through the waters of watergate. In the center, we have former state attorney general and no street or to most people here, nous edmisten and stranger to most people here, Rufus Edmisten. [applause] closest to me, i hope no stranger to people around here or maybe not, he is a judge. Judge sam ervin iv. [applause] all right. Thank you, guys. I will let them take it away. Good afternoon. It has been 40 years and a few hours since Richard Nixon resigned from the presidency. [laughter] [applause] wow. [laughter] for those of us of a certain age, we remember the trauma of watergate and perhaps for decades later, we are ready to put the scandal in a greater historical context. Whothose of you younger dont remember of watergate, perhaps youre wondering why every scandal since 1974 has to end with the word gate. Example, new jersey bridge gate. This anniversary of watergate has created the usual controversies i
First historian to perform the first scholarly study of the fort administration. He First Edition of his book was published some 19 years ago by the University Press of kansas. It is still in print. Report, on its fourth printing. Of course, being a pioneer has its disadvantages. In the earlyhat days, he was often asked if his interest in the ford presidency was a function of the fact that all the more interesting president s had been taken. Thoughts of this nature do a disservice to bobs scholarship. While ford is generally remembered as a genuinely honest man who did his best to heal the country after the travails of watergate, bob argues theres a lot more to the 38th president than a likable guy who performed a credible job as a national. Aretaker locally, we should also recall that he was here in kansas city in 1976. Somehow, i have a feeling well be commemorating that in about tito years. The librarys good friend, who was in the audience tonight with a young city then councilmembe
Touted it in the weeks leading up to this march. Conservatives are still happy that at least this bill, which was considered last year is now being considered on the floor. It is an issue that also came up last september in the gao report that said some of the federal subsidies under the health law were being used to cover some abortion services. Is this the kind of measure that we we mentioned at the top that the march for life happening in washington this week, is this the sort of measure that these abortion bills that really have to be passed by the house . Yeah. Theyre pretty much messaging bills at this point. In the senate it will be difficult for them to pass and obama issued a veto threat last year on this federal funding for abortion bill. Melanie covering it all covering Health Policy and the abortion bill debate in the house. You can follow her reporting on twitter at mzanona. Thank you for joining us. Thanks. And legislation is being voted on the house floor right now. We w
Income. The numbers are on the screen. We will get your thoughts in just a minute. Your best ideas for growing the middleclass. We want to hear from you. Joining us on the phone is Jim Tankersley of the Washington Post cap how is the little class to find . Of the Washington Post. How is the middleclass defined . Guest i think most of us think of that typical family or household. When we talk about Median Income or median wealth, that is what we mean. What is that right there in the middle. Host does that change based on where you live . Guest it does but when you think about it nationally ok, the Median Income is a little over 50,000 a year. And that is about what it was in 1989. When theyre thinking about the middleclass nationally, we think of a it really has not gotten better in terms of income in a quartercentury. Host talk about how the middleclass is doing not just with income, but other parts of their pocketbook. Are there costs for them . Guest it has been a really tough couple
A freezer. The blast of arctic air is locking on to the midwest before heading east. In chicago, the high will be only 15 degrees. Nbcs Kevin Tibbles reports. Reporter winter has swept in packing biting arctic windchills temperatures 25 degrees below normal in places. You dont get used to it. Reporter treacherous driving conditions and bone chilling commutes. There is icicles frozen off their faces and stuff. It is brutally cold out here. Reporter so cold construction stopped on the new Viking Stadium in minneapolis. The lowest of the low in the lower 48 the tiny grand marnier, minnesota, airport. Chicago firefighters forced to call in steamers to thaw out frozen hydrants. Near aspen, a group of elk had to be rescued after falling through the ice. Just 60 miles separates scottsbluff, nebraska from guernsey wyoming, but guernsey was a whopping 40 degrees warmer. On the west coast, heavy rains and mudslides in washington leaving some 200 people stranded and forcing some schools to close.