joked out communism in korea a crawled through the jungles in vietnam and battled in the hot sands in the middle east. greatness was everywhere in america because greatness was rewarded. if you wanted to go to harvard or yale, you had to be at the top of your class. they demanded greatness from their students. if you wanted to walk the runway at fashion shows and have your face plastered on magazines and billboards you had to be in at this point top shave. not enough to make somebody stop in their track. if you wanted to run nasa, ibm or exxon you had to be the best in the business. they demanded greatness from their employees and that demand formed generations of excellence. the weak were weeded out. the strong were rewarded with money and status and a sense of fulfillment in our society doesn t have standards anymore. everybody gets a trophy. not allowed to judge anybody. nothing is taboo. the people we revered yesterday are despised today. weakness is rewarded and strength
Everybody started to run away. Aan with my cousin to find place to hide. He went somewhere and i went somewhere else. We lost each other. After taking cover, we exchanged messages. The gunfire did not stop. Amy we will go to istanbul, turkey. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. A new Republicanled Congress meets today. In one of their first moves, House Republicans have voted to gut the office of congressional ethics, dismantling reforms adapted after a previous republican ethics scandal. The vote reportedly came as a surprise and without the support of House Speaker paul ryan or majority leader kevin mccarthy. The full house is scheduled to vote later today. Under the measure, the office of congressional ethics will be renamed the office of congressional Complaint Review and placed under the oversight of the House Ethics Committee. The move will take away authority and independence from the investigative
Isis has clalaimed responsibibi. Suddenly a heard gunshots. Evererybody starteted toun awaw. Aan with my couousin to find place to h hide. He went somewhere and i went somewhere else. We lost each other. Afafter taking cover, we exchd messages. The gunfire did not stop. Amy we will go to istanbul, turkey. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. A new Republicanled Congress meets today. In one of their first moves, House Republicans have voted to gut the office of congressional ethics, dismantling reforms adapted after a previous republican ethics scandal. The vote reportedly came as a surprise and without the support of House Speaker paul ryan or majority leader kevin mccarthy. The full house is scheduled to vote later today. Under the measure, the office of congressional ethics will be renamed the office of congressional Complaint Review and placed under the oversight of the House Ethics Committee. The move
Isis has clalaimed responsibibi. Suddenly a heard gunshots. Evererybody starteted toun awaw. Aan with my couousin to find place to h hide. He went somewhere and i went somewhere else. We lost each other. Afafter taking cover, we exchd messages. The gunfire did not stop. Amy we will go to istanbul, turkey. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. A new Republicanled Congress meets today. In one of their first moves, House Republicans have voted to gut the office of congressional ethics, dismantling reforms adapted after a previous republican ethics scandal. The vote reportedly came as a surprise and without the support of House Speaker paul ryan or majority leader kevin mccarthy. The full house is scheduled to vote later today. Under the measure, the office of congressional ethics will be renamed the office of congressional Complaint Review and placed under the oversight of the House Ethics Committee. The move
Police say 15yearold sean crisisser shot and killed 16 yearold charlotte narim ba, inside her bedroom, new years day, around 2 00 a. M. Police say crisis criser told charlotte and her mother once, then turned the gun on himself. Criser was wearing a mask on his face, with no signs of forced entry. We dont know how he made entry into the house. Or at what time he made entry into the house. Police searched and found evidence from two recent burglaries, just blocks away. In one of those burglaries, a gun was stolen. And that was the gun that was used in this shooting. What he was doing there, hes gone and shes gone. So how will you know . A community that is in shock, to say the least. Now, they are trying to hold their community together, through prayer and a helping hand. Knowing the question inveat have, may never get answered. You can search for answers, but you never really know. We can tell you tonight that murder weapon was actually secured before it was stolen from a home in this