Nigeria says it will take out the rebel group in six weeks after refusing to cancel municipal elections for now other countries are joining the fight. A creative battle with i. S. I. L. Iraqi state tv is using parody videos, and a test of human will undermine extreme conditions. Athletes in canada racing their way in hundreds of miles of frozen tundra in temperatures as low as 50 below. Good evening and welcome to Al Jazeera America im stephanie sy. And im antonio mora. Today we begin with the growing concerns in eastern europe. German chancellor Angela Merkel was in the white house today. She aand the president promised to stand together against russia. But she refused to give weapons to kiev. She says that would make the fighting worse. And putin continues to blame the u. S. For making the cries worst. The two leaders say theres no gap in their approach to russia. People moved from towns along the border. Angela merkel believes the peace plan joined with the french, all sides meet in
From 1953 to 1956, there was a white house projectionist who wrote down every movie that the president saw and with one exception, who the president saw it with. The one exception is under kennedy. He saw a movie, we dont know who he saw it with. Its a treasure trove of all of the president s were seeing at a particular time. The theater has been around for a long time and helpful to president s trying to get people along on a vote. So, for example, george w. Bush brought in ted kennedy to see 13 days which was a movie about john f. Kennedys experience of the cuban missile crisis that made john f. Kennedy look good. So bush brought in ted kennedy and ended up working together on the no child left behind law. They were able to get that past the majority. Who was on the record . He would not watch movies with Robert Mitchum in them because he had been arrested for marijuana possession. He would try to sneak movies with mitchum by eisenhower. When mitchum got up on the screen, eisenhower
Much impact. I looked at cultural influences. Now thanks to the internet, there are so many ways to find out what president s have watched, read, tweeted, i put them together to take a look. What was the most interesting finding as you dug into this . Wood row wilson was the only phd. President and phd. I found that appealing. He wasnt that big a reader but he loved theater. He saw 250 plays as president. His favorite genre is vaudeville. He thought a hook across the stage or a pie in the face as much as the next guy. We found out when scott burge was here that he played 1200 rounds of golf. What about the image . Did that create the same kind of image todays golf would do . Interesting is wilson and the theater going, world war i, the Washington Post editorialized in favor of wilson going to theater in wartime. You see the critical of the president playing golf or going to the theater. Wilson was pratzed becau ee eee because it helped to keep that industry alive. You shouldnt overindu
Kristin fisher at the white house looking at the president s response to the big jobs report. A good evening. Good evening, mike, for the first time as many months President Trump is taking a victory lap after a better than expected jobs report, but the 2020 opponent is accusing him from spiking the football. With a lot more time left on the clock. Our economy is roaring back. The u. S. Economy added 4. 8 million jobs in the month of june and the largest monthly job gain in history and the Unemployment Rate from 13. 3 to 11. 1 . The Hospitality Industry led to job games by hiring back to. 1 Million People as restaurants and bars across the country reopen. Retail generated 740,000 jobs. These are historic numbers. Theres one number President Trump did not mention during the surprise appearance in the Briefing Room were speaking at the spirit of america showcase. 50,000 to come on the number daily coronavirus is cases in te United States. This is a worse intern in the virus. The presiden
For us. Brian . Dana, good afternoon. For about a year now, the big question has been where in the world is Ghislaine Maxwell, british socialite, wealthy individual, former girlfriend and longtime confidant of Jeffrey Epstein. A lot of people thought she may have fled the country but no, she was arrested in bradford New Hampshire at 8 30 this morning, just five hours north of new york city. A small town of less than 2,000 people. Reuters reporting she was found on a 156acre property she bought in all cash last december under the guise of an llc that she used to protect her identity. The fbi said they were keeping tabs on her whereabouts and they moved in when they were ready. Maxwell faces six federal charges including four charges of conspiracy, enticing, and transporting minor girls for the purpose of illegal sex acts and two charges of perjury for lying under oath back in 2016. If convicted she faces up to 35 years in prison. According to the indictment, prosecutors say between 1994