Illinois. And otherwise known as the dccc. Enter her previously, she spent nearly two decades working as a journalist rated in 2018, two in the election by 24 points. The largest victory from any rydemocrat in a district that trump one and 2016. So she has or knows a thing or two about campaigns. So we are delighted that she was with us and we also have her partner rated was the executive director of dccc since the september of 2019. Shes the first latino to pull the position pretty previously, she was the Vice President of campaigns and she worked at the dccc. Aso she is now come full circl. Talking to you both. Going to talk with them this evening about the reference to expand their cost majority build on the success that we also in 2018 year of the woman. They will give us up reef of the historic nc palace now. And i went to the Democratic Womens watching some of the district they are targeting. And we will talk about some of those women as well. In the bottom of your screen, youll
Government. Next, a book tv exclusive. Our cities tour visits charleston, West Virginia, to learn more about its literary history. For years, we have traveled to u. S. Cities bringing the book seem to our viewers. You can watch more of our visits at cspan. Org citiestour. Booker t. Washington for 20 years was the spokesman and leader of africanamericans in america. At the time, we had horrible jim crow race codes in the south. That didnt happen here in West Virginia. It was a different sort of race relation. What he observed with his boyhood heroes was the building of a black middleclass, and that became his path, his career path, as he went from tuskegee to being a National Celebrity. Booker was born in a place called hill sport. It is about 225 miles from here. In those first nine years, he was a slave boy. He did not have pants. He wore a slave boy shirt. He wanted very much to go to school. He saw white children going to school but he wasnt unable to do those things. They leave the
Court, and Public Policy events from washington, d. C. And around the country so you can make up your own mind. Created by cable in 1979. Cspan is brought to you by your local or cable satellite provider. Cspan, your unfiltered view of government. The cspan cities tour is exploring the american story, as we take book tv and American History tv on the road. With the support of our link by all teas cable partners, this weekend we travel to charleston, West Virginia. Coming up in the next hour and a half, we will visit notable locations and speak with experts about the citys history, including a home dating back to the early settlement of charleston. Then in about an hour, we will tour West Virginias capital building. Later, we hear the true life story of the movie Hidden Figures. In an africanamerican woman played in putting a man on the moon. We begin our special feature with a visit to the state history museum. Welcome to the West Virginia state museum at the state Cultural Center in c
Residents your lens sought shelter during Hurricane Katrina. We will look at two new stunning climate studies. One suggests it may soon be too hot in most of the worlds cities to host the summer olympics. Another study estimates the millennial generation will lose trillion in Lifetime Income due to Climate Change. Then to the campaign trail. Pres. Obama africanamerican communities of suffered mr. Trump africanamerican communities have suffered. To those i say the following, what do you have to lose by trying something new like trump . What do you have the louisiana go amy as donald trump has to spend his days, we go to his campaign chief created an online haven for White Nationalists. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. On tuesday, president obama visited louisiana for the First Time Since last weeks devastating floods that killed 13 people and damaged 60,000 homes. The red cross has called it the worst
Powerball jackpot now worth 700 million. This morning how you can actually improve your chances of winning the big one. And hes back as hollywood gears up for the Golden Globes, we catch up with return host Ricky Gervais. His biting humor has more in hollywood a little bit nervous. Why he says he couldnt resist coming back for more jokes and jabs today, friday, january 8, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer live from los angeles and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to a special split edition of today on a friday morning. Im matt lauer in los angeles. Savannah is back in new york, and savannah, the people in this town are getting ready for the big event this weekend. Yeah, absolutely. I see Ricky Gervais is sharpening his knives. I bet we will gasp as he put it. Exactly. I was not talking about the globes. I was talking about your arrival here. Thats what people are getting excited about. Please have