We have tripled our monthly fund raising. All of that is good. We have a long way to go. Business, radio owner might say, we have an opportunity to grow our revenues. We figure out how to do that. We have been very thoughtful, creative at building out our presence online. We have become more of a content provider. In our comparisons with their competitors, in terms of how people share the information that we have without. We are doing all the right things. We can begin to invest more deeply in that. We have a long way to catch up. Is comingdonor base and is fired up. The things i may disagree with the president on, and say that he is not good at, he is darn good at raising money. He has committed to my counterpart six events across the country. It is one commitment he is keeping. He has been to boston, new york, san francisco, chicago, he will be in seattle on the 24th. They have the president and mrs. Obama and the vice president. The whole infrastructure of the administration. Theres
In order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Haplain conroy let us pray. Eternal god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. We come to the end of a short week. For many the winter has outlived its welcome and the longing for spring and its warmth is palpable. May the longing for goodwill and the fashioning of policies benefiting our nation be equally manifest in the actions marking these days. Now we approach a weekend during which many members of this assembly will gather to remember an historic event in selma, alabama. 49 years ago, brave men and women, americans of all races, colors and faiths, walked together to help guarantee Freedom Still denied the descendents of those who were slaves. Bless the members of this assembly and all that we would be worthy of the call we have been given as americans, to nurture and guarantee democratic freedoms to all who dwell on our great nation. Help us all to be truly thankful and appropriately generous in our resp
Safety reasons, then say no. But dont let no be the final answer. The American People have an expectation that their tax dollars are going to be used to move america forward. Not to put on the brakes, kill jobs, ruin families and make america less competitive in future generations. I believe if we had that kind of energy vision, we would once again see americas innovative wheels begin to turn. We would see young people lining up to get into technical programs and College Programs to prepare them for careers in energy development, Domestic Energy development. We would see millions of jobs created. We would see industries crop up. We would see a resurgence in manufacturing. We would see america go back to work. The would put in play American Dream once again for millions of americans, millions of middle class americans who have begun to think that perhaps the American Dream doesnt apply to them anymore. The American Dream is still alive and well in our country and all we have to do, all
Good evening on this friday night, diane is on assignment. We do begin with that wild weather across the country tonight starting with what you see right here behind me. This giant swirling storm, Tropical Storm karen, on a collision course with the gulf coast this evening. A state of emergency in louisiana, alabama, mississippi and florida. Evacuations now underway, president obama briefed on the gathering storm, its not the only trouble spot tonight. Look at this. Several states out west with an early winter in south dakota, an october blizzard, cars abandoned. In wyoming look, the summer patio right there. The furniture buried in snow. In utah tonight, hale. Dotting those green lawns. And in nebraska, listen to this. Those are the sirens tonight, the night sky lit up by lightning, as a tornado moves through town. Abcs meteorologist ginger zee is in the gulf tracking it all. She begins with the Tropical Storm moving in. Reporter surf pounding in alabama. Storms streaming on shore in
Trying to make sense of an irrational act of violence by someone with Mental Health issues. We may never know for sure why miriam carey, a 34yearold single mom from connecticut, drove to washington yesterday and set off a security scare from one end of pennsylvania avenue to the other. But 24 hours later, we know a lot more about her. Heres Homeland Security correspondent bob orr. Reporter 10 months before she was shot and killed by police near the u. S. Capitol, miriam carey told connecticut officers she was being electronically monitored by president obama. gunfire now investigators want ton if those delusions helped trigger thursdays police chase and shooting. Overnight, investigators spent 12 hours searching careys stamford, connecticut, apartment looking for clues. Sources say in december, 2012, carey was taken for a Mental Health evaluation after complaining to police that she and her home were under surveillance by the white house. Carey said she was a prophet, and warned that p