That. Woodruff then, where past meets present what learning about the slaves on the plantation of a founding father can teach us about issues of race before the United States today. Its really easy to talk about things 200 years ago, its a lot more difficult when you bring it all the way up today, and you go no, the legacy of slavery is still with us. Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. Carnegie corporation of new york. Supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of International Peace and security. At carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. W
That. Woodruff then, where past meets present what learning about the slaves on the plantation of a founding father can teach us about issues of race before the United States today. Its really easy to talk about things 200 years ago, its a lot more difficult when you bring it all the way up today, and you go no, the legacy of slavery is still with us. Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. Carnegie corporation of new york. Supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of International Peace and security. At carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. W
Private documents revealed. What it shows about the organization he built. This is Aljazeera America. Good morning live from new york city im randall pinkston. Theres a state of emergency in california this morning where crews are scrambling to keen one of the states most beautiful beams. A ruptured pipeline spilled 105,000 gallons of oil up to a fifth of that may have reached the sea. Beaches are now closed for memorial day weekend. We are joined with courtney for the latest. This area has been hit before, hasnt it . Yes and cleanup efforts are underway there as environmental workers try to contain the spill. This accident occurred along the same coastline that had a spill in 1969, the largest in californias history and helped launch this countries environmental movement. Its terrible, you know, this is some of the most pristine coastline we have in the county and to see it just covered in crude oil its terrible. Its really sad. A few pelicans started washing up. We had a few other se
In 90 seconds. This is major news coming out of the vatican. Breaking news, Pope Benedict xvi set to step down. Hell step down february 28 the last pope to freely resign within the 13th century. What a tornado. Its going to cross the interstate. It crossed the interstate. At least 15 tornadoes were reported in alabama and mississippi. A huge twister. Several buildings on the Southern University of mississippi campus hit. This is surreal. Meanwhile thousands are still without power after the massive snowstorm hit the northeast. There are reports another big storm is coming. Are you ready for that. I dont even want to think about it to tell you the truth. A milliondollar award is now being offered for the capture of crist ter dorner a former lapd officer suspected in three killings. Senator Lindsey Graham will hold up the nominations. Until president obama talks about the benghazi attack. Im not going to stop until we get to the bottom of it. Thousands of people are stranded after an eng
Home of Oscar Pistorius. An olympic shock in south africa. He has been arrested. Charged with the murder of a 30yearold woman. It believes the woman was his girlfriend. 4,200 passengers are hoping to set foot on dry land this morning in alabama. A fire in the engine room of the carnival triumph sunday without power. I moved heaven and earth to be here. This morning America Airlines and us airways are announcing a merger. It will likely mean fewer seats and higher prices for all. We did not intentionally burn down that cabin to get mr. Dorner out. He could have come out the back door with his hands out and waved a white flag. He decided to stay in there. Now we hear from the couple that dorner held hostage. He said i just want to clearly name. He laid out in his state of the union address. All that a boxer has been suspended for taking a dive. He wasnt even close. Whatever youre getting your wife, send it to her jom in front of her coworkers. And all that matters to show their support i