The distinguished panel of gold medal olympian women back in 2012 on the 40th anniversary of president nixons signing of title 9 alan barra wrote an op at in the New York Times titled. Female athletes. Thank nixon. And now on the 50th anniversary. I saw a column that said june 23 1972 was one of the most important days in the history of sports. I really agree with that. Titles nine had only 37 words, but those 37 words changed the history of sports in america and even the history of america itself. And those 37 words have changed and are still changing. Today on our panel. Youre about to meet three extraordinary women. Three olympians who made history representing america three champions who acknowledge and honor the part that title nine has played in their careers and in their lives. The first one is janet evans. Who . Who won four . Four gold medals in three Olympic Games. She broke seven World Records and won 17 International Titles five Us National Titles five World Championship ti
2012 on the 40th anniversary of president nixons signing of title 9 alan barra wrote an op at in the New York Times titled. Female athletes. Thank nixon. And now on the 50th anniversary. I saw a column that said june 23 1972 was one of the most important days in the history of sports. I really agree with that. Titles nine had only 37 words, but those 37 words changed the history of sports in america and even the history of america itself. And those 37 words have changed and are still changing. Today on our panel. Youre about to meet three extraordinary women. Three olympians who made history representing america three champions who acknowledge and honor the part that title nine has played in their careers and in their lives. The first one is janet evans. Who . Who won four . Four gold medals in three Olympic Games. She broke seven World Records and won 17 International Titles five Us National Titles five World Championship titles and seven ncaa titles. Oh and as a headline in the la ti
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It comes after defense secretary mark esper told reporters today that, the game has changed. He said iran and its allies are aanning new attacks after the one this week at the u. S. Embassy in baghdad. Right now, 750 Army Paratroopers are headed to kuwait, as many as 5,000 more paratroopers and arrines are expected to be sent to the persian gulf in the edming days. We are covering the story from baghdad to the president s resort in florida. David martin leads us off tonight from the pentagon. David, whats the latest . Reporter margaret, tonight, the Iraqi Government says three rockets have hit the baghdad airport. Video on social media shows vehicles on fire, and the iraqis say there are civilian casualties. As of now, a u. S. Official says there are no reports of american casualties. This is the damage done by what u. S. Officials call an iranian backed mob to the American Embassy in baghdad, and defense secretary mark esper, speaking to reporters off camera, says there are indication
Time about a fertility clinic mixup. Their young daughter has a strangers d. N. A. It was upsetting. Very confusing. Odonnell and a little old lady from pasadena who is a speed demon in the pool. This is the cbs evening news with norah odonnell. Odonnell and good evening. Thank you for joining us. This is our western edition. We are beginning tonight with a story thats raising National Security concerns, as well as angry denials. Multiple surveillance devices found near the white house last year may have been planted by israel, according to one report. But that drew swift reaction from the israeli Prime Minister today. Jeff pegues has more on that, the danger these devices pose, and the spying Officials Say that happens all the time in our nations capital. Reporter israeli Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu, who was in russia to meet with president putin, called the report israel would spy on one of its closest allies a blatant lie. We have a directive. I have a directive no ectelligenc