Nixon was seen as a Foreign Policy sage. When he died, all the president came out there to california to be at his too many or his bur l burial. September 7th, 1972, 10 32 a. M. Following the controversial shooting of candidate George Wallace whether they were candidates for the presidency or not were offered tem pouporary secret service protection. Youve got one u. S. Senator kennedy whose a secondary factor in the campaign. You give him secret Service Coverage throughout the campaign. He said, i understand. I dont like to give him something but at the same time if he gets shot its our fault. You understand what the problem is. If you the son of a gets shot theyll say he didnt furnish it. We buy his insurance. After the election he wont get a thing. If he gets shot, its too bad. Theres the tough thing. He cant stand ted kennedy. He trails kennedy around. He said i will get a secret service guy but i want him to be a spy for me. He even uses secret service guy not to use. After the ele
Tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by support also comes from Carnegie Corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what Andrew Carnegie called real and permanent good. Celebrating 100 years of philanthropy at carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff that blustery winter storm dropped a foot of snow on the midwest before setting its sights on the northeast, where today it closed schools, and snarled commutes on the ground and in the air. At least 13 deaths were blamed on the storm, many from car accidents. Hari sreenivasan has our report. Sreenivasan snow plows across the northeast started working early and often, in an effort to erase the first big storm of the new year. Though the snow has mostly tapered off no
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by support also comes from Carnegie Corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what Andrew Carnegie called real and permanent good. Celebrating 100 years of philanthropy at carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff that blustery winter storm dropped a foot of snow on the midwest before setting its sights on the northeast, where today it closed schools, and snarled commutes on the ground and in the air. At least 13 deaths were blamed on the storm, many from car accidents. Hari sreenivasan has our report. Sreenivasan snow plows across the northeast started working early and often, in an effort to erase the first big storm of the new year. Though the snow has mostly tapered off now, its the drop in temp
Romney are tied among likely voters. President obama lea with juste day to go before the third and final president ial debate both sides are weighing in. We feel good about where we are, were even ahead in this battleground states, and if you look at the early voting thats going on around the country, its very robust and its ve very . Its a trend in our direction, and i have been all over the state in the last six weeks. The Enthusiasm Energy is on our side this year, i mean its not like 2008 at all. We make three times more phone calls in all of 2008 with our volunteers. 25 more door knocks all of 2008. So somethings different on the ground. Were getting our very first look inside the debate hall ahead of tomorrow nights debate. The debate takes place at Lynne University in boca raton, florida. The Editorial Board is backing the president on the basis of sound leadership. But th the nation needs to get more people back to work. New today, the white house is responding to a New York Ti
Resolution. Tip oneill needs no introduction to this body. Those respect and admire tips record, and his long shadow he cast over the peoples house. We all know his best known fame, all politics is local. Its certainly true today as we propose to name a building right here at the foot of capitol hill, a stones throw from this great dome, in honor the our 55th speaker. This is one of those moments when you wonder how the honoree would feel. Especially when its someone like tip who never quite held back his opinions. Perhaps he would have enjoyed seeing leaders from opposite sides of the aisle come together to give him a well deserved hurrah. Surely he would have gotten a kick of being flanked by a building named after Hubert Humphrey and jerry ford, also leaders from opposite ends of the political spectrum. Tip actually considered mr. Humphrey one of his heroes. And he had one of humphreys quotes put up on the wall in his office. Now, as for jerry ford, they didnt frankly agree on much