I am here to voice my strong support for the courageous people. Women and men who have suffered for years under the taliban regime will stop each and every one of us have the responsibility to stop the suffering caused by malaria. Every life in every land matters. And all of us can do something to help. After studying the first ladies and knowing some of them very well like my mother in law, one i admire very much. , our country benefits by whatever our first lady champions for. Laura bush became first lady after a controversial election brought her husband to the white house. Nine months later was the 9 11 attacks and she helped cover the nation while pursuing interests important to her including education, literacy, and womens health. Good evening and welcome to first ladies image and influence. Would take the story of the life of our 43rd president , laura bush. Here to do that are two people who know her well. This is a laura bush biographer. Her book the perfect wife, tells the st
Ife is working that hard and making 70 of what she deserves to make. Any way you look at it, its lost revenue coming into the home and it can make such a ifference on small things. Vacation, education, groceries, food, subs nance, to make it through substance, to make it through the week, the month, the year. And on top of that, a woman shouldnt have to feel like she may lose her job if she takes time off to care for her sick children. Now, this is something that i know all too well, mr. Speaker. I know that my wife and i were very fortunate to have the fmla while we were raising our triplets. You see, because one would get sick, then the next one would get sick, then the next one would get sick, then i would get sick, then my wife would get sick and it would start all over again. Theres no way, theres no way either one of us could care for them while worrying about whether she is going to have a job to return to. But still today too many women have to choose between being employed and
Small furry animal. His reaction today, friday, october 4th, 2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie. Live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Im Savannah Guthrie. Im willie geist along with al roker and Natalie Morales. Matt has the morning off. Al has a busy morning, Severe Weather across the country and a lot of people asking why would the woman killed outside the capitol do what she did yesterday. A lot of questions being asked. Thats the top story this morning. The investigation into what caused a woman to ram a barrier and speed off toward the capitol before being killed by police in front of hundreds of bystanders and tourists and her little girl. Pete williams is on capitol hill with new details on the investigation. Pete, good morning to you. Savannah, good morning. Police say the woman at the center of all of this was well knife known in connecticut with a history of Mental Illn
Regis and joy, if theyre around, we like to hang with them a little bit. Well see. Okay. Otherwise, its me and frank. Couple of old gnarly farts looking at each other and putting the dog. Thats what its all about. At this point in life. Keep tweeting, we like that. So where did you meet your spouse . I met my spouse at a competitive show to this one across town. You were both working . We were both working. The premise is couples who meet at work are more likely to Stay Together because and more likely to marry. Yeah. You met frank at across the street. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. So you met and because you spent so much time together . You know, its kind of fun. When i was first in new york, 31 years ago, frank was already, of course, a big deal and all of that. He used to hang out with don meredith a lot, his best friend. And when don was in town, theyd get together. And he called me one day, we were only colleagues a little bit. He goes, the cowboys in town and wants to have lunch. You
Police say the woman at the center of all of this was wellknown with a history of mental issues. They discovered indications that she believed she was being stalked by president obama. Reporter police and federal agents began their search for answers at the stamford, connecticut home of the woman driving the car. Miriam carey. She drove into a security barrier at the white house and then took off after striking a secret Service Officer with her car. There was a guy in front of her that did stop it and she hit him and he flew over the hood. Reporter from there she sped up pennsylvania avenue toward the u. S. Capitol about a mile and a half away doing 80 Miles Per Hour at one point. Police and secret Service Officers stopped her car at the foot of the capitol but she jammed it into revere and took off again as they opened fire. She again lead them on a chase around the perimeter of the grounds. Police put the capitol on lock down and rushed to get visitors safely away as the chaos swirls