William hitchcock talks about the age of eisenhower in the 1950s. He sat down with White House Correspondent an compton for the conversation on the life and legacy of the nations 34th president. Our speaker tonight is dr. William hitchcock author of the age of eisenhower, america and the world in the 1950s. Dr. Hitchcock is a professor of history at the university of virginia where he focussed on International Diplomatic history in the 21st century, in particular the era of the world wars and cold war. Dr. Hitchcock is the author of the bitter road to freedom which was a Pulitzer Prize finalist and was also a Financial Times best seller in the united kingdom. Following dr. Hitchcocks remarremar remarks ann compton will join dr. Hitchcock for a conversation on this great biography. Ann was the first woman to cover the white house for Network Television and was on the air for 41 years with abc news, she spanned seven president s of the United States. She anchored from the white house, fr
A 5yearold cancer patient is removed from a british hospital by his parents prompting a Massive International search. The family is found and now the parents are under arrest. Find out why this hour. First up, we begin with the threat of dangerous weather conditions for millions of americans today. People in the plains states and midwest in particular are facing a threat of hail and damaging winds and even a few tornadoes are possible. In the south, theyve already seen some very nasty weather. There was flooding in louisiana especially around the lake charles area where they broke a rainfall record. Streets, cars and even a bus were flooded. Jennifer gray is in the cnn Severe Weather center. Thats a lot of water. You warned of that yesterday. We were talking about it yesterday morning. They broke a daily rainfall record in lake charles. 7. 87 inches of rain in one day. Thats a lot of rain. This is how it played out. The bulk of the rain fell over the lake charles area. We did see isola
But selma was charged by critics to taking too much lightning in rewriting the relationship between Martin Luther king and others. They could have draped in olympic gold. Instead, two u. S. Skiers one just a teenager die in an avalanche of snow and rocks doing what they loved, how the story of these young men poised for victory became instead a tragedy. Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. That closing bell. We begin today with the money lead. And stocks sliding down a fiscal hill. The dow taking another dip falling off more than 130 points. Thats a bit of a rebound. The dow was down nearly 200 points a couple of hours ago. This after it plummeted 330 points monday. Criminal Cristina Alesci is in new york. Oil prices keep on dropping and the dow right along with them. Reporter thats right. Its fallen too far and too fast causing a little bit of a shock to the system. There are three main systems why this is very bad. Major Oil Companies the most directly compa
And the candidates are not taking any vote for granted. They spent the eve of the caucuses trying to keep their supporters roused. Im asking you to caucus for me tomorrow night. Because if you caucus for me and im our nominee, i will unite the conservative movement. Were having a very spirited nominating contest, but wed better come together. We cannot win if were divided. If every man and woman here makes sure that nine other people come and caucus tomorrow night at 7 00 p. M. , together we will win the Iowa Caucuses. We will win the nomination. And we will win the general election. We will defeat Hillary Clinton and turn this country around in iowa. Ready . You have a lousy record. 16 years and you havent picked a winner. Please pick a winner this time. Okay . Im going to win. Im going to win. Gop candidates doing what they can to keep that excitement high. Lets take a look at the other side. It is even technically a closer race for the democrats. In the latest poll Hillary Clinton l
Will revise his travel ban executive order after the chaotic rollout of the first version. On tuesday, the president went to the Smithsonians National museum of africanamerican history, where he couldnt help himself from bragging about the margin of his election win in former slave states. Wednesday, trump repealed the transgender bathroom laws put in by the Obama Administration. Then on friday, he took a victory lap as he delivered a speech to his supporters at the annual conservative Political Action conference. And just last night, trump announces that he will not take part in this years white house Correspondents Dinner, a move that comes amid increasingly hostile relations between the media and the white house. And thats where we start this morning. Joining me now to make sense of all that, former chairman of the rnc and now an msnbc analyst, Michael Steele, and liz plank, Senior Correspondent for vox. Com. Thank you both for being here. Thank you. Good morning. Let me start with