Moment. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Please welcome joann walsh back to the program, a national correspondent, and the writer of the piece everyone is a socialist after a national disaster. She joins us from washington, great to have you back. Thank you. Everybody is a socialist after a disaster, tell me more. I was just struck by senator ted cruz demanding instant Hurricane Harvey relief, which of course the people of texas and houston deserve that. But you know, ted cruz, he held up our relief for Hurricane Sandy five years ago here in new york, and continues to basically lie about it saying he opposed the bill because it contains so much pork. That really was not true, the things he thought were pork were things like funding for head start programs but they were programs that were destroyed by Hurricane Sandy. There were other things like that if he had taken the time to understand the bill he would know they were not pork, so it was as
Moment. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Please welcome joann walsh back to the program, a national correspondent, and the writer of the piece everyone is a socialist after a national disaster. She joins us from washington, great to have you back. Thank you. Everybody is a socialist after a disaster, tell me more. I was just struck by senator ted cruz demanding instant Hurricane Harvey relief, which of course the people of texas and houston deserve that. But you know, ted cruz, he held up our relief for Hurricane Sandy five years ago here in new york, and continues to basically lie about it saying he opposed the bill because it contains so much pork. That really was not true, the things he thought were pork were things like funding for head start programs but they were programs that were destroyed by Hurricane Sandy. There were other things like that if he had taken the time to understand the bill he would know they were not pork, so it was as
Appears to be unconscious, and moments later, rice drags her body out of the elevator. This afternoon, the ravens tweeted they terminated ray rices contract. Moments later, a spokesman for the nfl tweeted, Roger Goodell has announced that based on new Video Evidence that became available today, he has indefinitely suspended ray rice. Back in july, this video was released from a camera outside of the elevator. Janay palmer did not press charges. And rice was given just a twoday or twogame suspension from the nfl. But today, the emergence of this new video is setting off a fire storm of controversy and questions. What should the policy be . And what did the nfl know about this video . Today, before suspending rice indefinitely, the nfl released a statement saying, quote, that video was not made available to us, and no one in our office has seen it until today. But that statement directly contradicts what some Sports Reporters wrote this summer. So all kinds of questions tonight. And this
Among the possible next steps, tougher screenings at four International Airports where flights arrive from west africa. Also today, the american cameraman working for nbc news who got infected with ebola arrived in nebraska for treatment. And in dallas, the first person diagnosed with ebola in the United States, Thomas Eric Duncan is now fighting for his life. Doctors say hes in critical but stable condition. Hes received the first dose of an experimental drug used to combat ebola. These developments and more, sparking a National Conversation about whether ebola is under control. Whether Health Officials are doing enough and when does justified concern become paranoia . Its a debate that broke out this weekend on nbcs meet the press between Joe Scarborough and former obama adviser david axelr axelrod. Is kent brantly who had it, he said this is a fire from hell if you think the Atlantic Ocean is going to stop it from coming over here, youre kidding yourself. I dont want to disagree wit
Long Island school elections, 2021-22 Print Email
School district residents go to the polls on May 18 to vote on budgets and members of their local boards for the coming school year. Below are the details on the ballots in 124 districts. Results will be posted here as they become available.
Read our full coverage of the results here.
The Great Neck, Lawrence, Hewlett-Woodmere and West Hempstead districts received permission from the state to hold voting on May 11, before the statewide date of May 18, which is also the date of the Jewish holiday Shavuot.
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