Cu cu culmination his his hard work. That is true. You dont advance your cause by claiming personal credit. Let me give you another example of how a president s legacy can be totally different from what we think at the time. Harry truman to be bipartisan here, take a democrat, went out of office with the lowest poll ratings in history till that time. 2530 years later we had vietnam, watergate, and we looked back at truman and saw the real deal an authentic leader who got all of the big things right and the Little Things wrong. We forget the hawaiian sports shirts and stuff. That became endearing. Harry truman once said i wonder how far moses had gotten if he stopped to take a poll in the middle of the desert. Truman became a model of a divisive leader who took big decisions, who took responsibility, and by and large history has been much kinder to him than historians were at the time. In terms of obama, we said he wanted to be a transformitiative president but we will not know for 1015
Over the Confederate Flag. South carolina lawmakers begin the debate over whether to remove it from the capitol grounds. Mean season californias historic drought. Numbers show the devastating toll its taking on the land and on the farmers, and on the workers. [ cheers ] plus simply the best. Champions again. U. S. Women take another world cup title. Tonight celebrating the victory and the message. We just wrote history today, and brought this world cup trophy home. They are still celebrating in greece still proud on this the day after rejecting that international bailout plan but the celebrations may be short lived. The euro zone remain as defiant as those danceing in streets of athens. Reporter on this day there is one sentiment above others. Im proud of my people. Yes, i feel proud for my people, but also confused because we say no to the proposal of europe. We want a better proposal. Reporter but pride in greeces defiance isnt enough to avoid the fall. The banks are still shut their
Yanis varoufakis. Out of favor with leaders. Strategy assessment. It was a strong warning from the pent gone today from president obama. He said the fight against i. S. I. L. Will require more time and a broader effort. Plus homecoming. Hundreds of thousands of the faithful turn out to hear a message from pope francis a native son during the first leg of his latin american tour. Hello everybody and welcome to Al Jazeera America im David Schuster in for antonio mora. We begin with reaching a financial settlement with greece. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is expected to present some kind of an agreement to the finances minister meeting tomorrow. A exon strategy to common strategy to find crisis. Translator it is not only the greek population and the greek people here that have a say. It is the other 18 countries. We have one common currency. We want to keep this currency and therefore all sides need to be responsible and show solidarity. The summit will be without a popular figure
I believe the majority of carolinans want it taken down. Its a flag bringing up slavery. Immigration controversy, a Fatal Shooting in San Francisco ignites a fire storm over policies towards people in the United States illegally good evening everybody. This is al jazeera america, im david shuster, sitting in for antonio mora. Tonight washington is trying to digest a sober assessment from president obama, on the u. S. Led fight against i. S. I. L. In a rare appearance at the pentagon the president says the coalition is making good progress, but as Jamie Mcintyre reports, president obama indicated that destroying i. S. I. L. Could take a very long time. David the president came to the pentagon saying he wanted to discuss the status of antii. S. I. L. Strategy, the parts working and that could use improvement. One thing that has not changed is theres no consideration of putting u. S. Troops in a combat roll on the ground in either iraq or syria. Reporter after an hour and a half meeting w
Are here together with one of European Union to continue the work on the text and to continue negotiations. We have a space. It is difficult. But we all know that we have a very important responsibility. So here is where we are. Reporter and right now you are taking a live look at our newscast coming from doha. We have someone there speaking on the debt crisis going on in greece. Taking the can flag off the statehouse grounds in South Carolina. Another deadline day in the Nuclear Talks with ran. Reports of progress, many issues remain unsolved. The president said dont expect a quick victory against isil but also says the coalition is making progress in iraq and syria. This is Aljazeera America live from new york city, im bisi onileere. South Carolina Senate reconvenes in just a few hours to give final passage to a bill that would take down the can flag. It is flown on the State Capitol grounds for years. Senators had a heated debate monday over whether the banner symbolizes racism or h