Commemoration, today mark, the 25th anniversary of the explosion outside the alfred p. Murrah Federal Building that killed 168 people including those children inside a daycare facility. The washington journal and our partners at American History tv on cspan 3 spending this next hour looking back at the events from 25 years ago. Joining us in Oklahoma City at the National Memorial and museum is the executive director Carrie Watkins on this 25th anniversary but first from Late Afternoon of april 19th, 1995, these words by president bill clinton his first comments about the bombing. The bombing in Oklahoma City was an attack on innocent children and defenseless citizens. It was an act of cowardice and it was evil. The United States will not tolerate it. And i will not allow the people of this country to be intimidated by evil cowards. I have met with our team, which we assembled to deal with this bombing. And i have determined to take the following steps to assure the strongest response t
As the mohawk have counseled us, it is hard to see the future with tears in your eyes. We have survived. And from a cultural standpoint have even triumphed against great odds. We are here right now, 40 million Indigenous People throughout the americas and hundreds of cultural, distinct cultural communities and we will insist that we remain a part of the cultural future of the americas. In the different journey through history together that the el quens of chief joseph commands and that the National Museum of the American Indian so powerfully demands, i offer in conclusion and with this hope these words in cheyenne. [ speaking Foreign Language ] in english, walks beside you, walks beside your work and touches all the good that you attend. Thank you. And more than 15 years since that opening day in september of 2004, were live now from the National Museum of the American Indian. Were joined in the exhibit space there by Museum Director kevin gover. Explain first the exhibit youre sitting
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Officials are pushing ahead with a plan to scale back Nuclear Power and take more energy from green sources. Japans Prime Minister and his Coalition Government have moved a step closer to enacting a key package of security bills. Lawmakers in the lower house have approved legislation removing one more hurdle to the final passage. The bills would expand the role of the selfdefense forces and allow japan to exercise the right to collective selfdefense. The full lower house convened on thursday for the vote. Opposition lawmakers walked out in a show of protest. They said they couldnt vote on legislation that was rammed through. But the governing coalition of the Democratic Party and komeito has a twothirds majority in the chamber. They got additional votes from other supporters of the legislation. The bills will now go to the upper house where the debate could heat up. Opponents are intensifying their criticism and planning their next moves. If members of the upper house dont vote on the
It was a very poor choice, to see the type of individual. Sometimes you visualize what you think. Reporter no one may ever truly know what Tyrone Howard was thinking as he allegedly engaged in a cops and robbers style shootout on the fdr tuesday evening. Having the chance to look him dead in the of officer randolph holders family went to see him in court. We wanted to see really did this to my son, their nephews, friend, reporter randolph holder, senior is taking all of this in with strength and grace. The 30yearold suspect, nearly the same age as his son, had been arrested 28 times since he was 13 and has four felony drug convictions. Reporter what are your thoughts when you hear he was allowed to participate in the Diversion Program . Theres no justice where certain crimes are concerned. Its a broken system. He should never have been out in the first place. He had an extensive record. The answer to that is, even if hes out, somebody should be on his tail every single day. Reporter ho