His return home to terre haute, indiana, following his release from prison by Warren Harding from charges stemming from those war protests. Tonight, we are in terre haute at his home and museum. Let me introduce you to our two guests. Ernest freebergs book is called democracys prisoner. It has been 85 years since debs died. Why do we care about him . He was one of our most important labor leaders at a crucial time of the conflict between labor and capital. More importantly, he was the central figure in the socialist movement at a time it was a viable growing part of the american political culture. Does he have a Lasting Legacy . I think like many thirdparty candidates, he and his fellow socialists moved the conversation in very important directions. In that regard, he is of his time but he has also made a Lasting Impact on us as well. We will have time to delve into some of the elections later on. Of the five bids he made, are any particularly significant . The 1912 bid is the high mar
Where spirit is tryinigge compl flyers, their seats are uncomfortable. They bring us along as they try to change that. Hi, welcome. Reporter spirit, an airline known for rock bottom fares wanted to start with a clean slate, a brandnew empty airplane. With its future lined up neatly in rows inside a detroit hangar, the work begins. It will take up to more than ten spirit employees more than 12 hours to get all 182 seats loaded into the plane, slotted into the right spot and locked into place. If the goal was to find the perfect seat for spirit, do you think you did wit these . I think this is an amazing seat for spirit. Reporter they spent more than a year finetuning the new cabin with particular emphasis on the seats. They have memory foam, a curved back, opening up more usable leg room while increasing the amount of prerecline. The rows are still just 28 inch ace part, but the airline says the curved design has freed up two inches of usable space, and theyve added a real tray table. O
This Beautiful Day in downtown bridgeport connecticut. It is in fact, barnum news last museum. As we all know he started museum in 1942, this was his last gift not just to the city of bridgeport, really to the Global Community that we serve. Many of you are very familiar with the museum in 2010, we were at a tornado. Thats the kind of stuff that happens to barnum. The year after that it was hurricane i also want to give a huge shadow to the state of connecticut in the delegation who really supported 72 million bonding appropriation because were just about to embark on a major reese doric rehab of that gorgeous Barnum Bailey building from 1993. Thank you. [applause] are congressman has also really been working very hard with us to get to the barn building in the National Register of historic places. I feel like im on the register this. But we are in the process of being reviewed to become a National Historic landmark and that, theres only about 2500 in this country that is a significant
Available at cspan. Org. The new york city ceremony still under way, on cspan3. The house gaveling in next to take up two bills restricting oil and gas drilling in the u. S. Live coverage on cspan. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by chaplain, father croix conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray, god of heaven and earth we give you thanks for giving us another day. Today we remember a day 18 years ago, the terror and violence ended in heroic effort and courage. We mourn those whose lives were snatched from them and wish to comfort those left behind who still strive to cope with their loss. May you, god, give them peace and healing. We thank you again for the almost universal International Response to a Great American tragedy which all the world recognized as theirs as well. All your children of goodwill could see the horror of actions by men who were presumed to act in your name causing so much death and destruction. May your spirit of peace an
Russian forces advance with aid at the center of an urgent meeting between President Biden and top congressional leaders. This is an existential moment for the free world. We must take care of americas needs first. Norah Cbs Evening News starts now. Good evening, im norah odonnell. Good tonight, more than 40 Million People are in the path of a severe storm threat rolling across the country. Heavy snow from colorado to minnesota caused travel chaos at the nations airports with more than 3,000 flights delayed, and the biggest threat from this dangerous weather will come overnight from missouri to michigan, with dangerous winds, massive hail, and possible tornadoes. We are going to have more on that dangerous system in just a moment. But first, we want to begin tonight here in washington with the ageold story of congress leaving it to the last minute to get its job done. Tonight, the issue is a potential Government Shutdown friday night and the decision to fund ukraine or risk an internat