Thank you very much. It is my pleasure to introduce a number of great winners to the Pulitzer Prizes tonight. Let me take a moment to recognize one of my predecessors both as the chair of the Tampa Bay Times company and of the Pulitzer Prize, andy barnes is with us. [applause] our purpose here this evening is to say happy birthday to the Pulitzer Prizes. They turn 100 years old this year, which is older than anybody in this room, i believe. [laughter] this is a great tribute to a robust and resilient american institution. So, lets also say thank you to Joseph Pulitzer who created these prizes. It is a very hard thing to win a pulitzer. It is hard even to become one of the finalists. Hundreds and hundreds of entries arrive in new york each year for prizes given in journalism, literature, and the arts. Volunteer juries of experts spend days winnowing down the entries. The Board Members read every finalists entry and vote on a winner. It is with great pleasure then to present to you these
Former chair of the Pulitzer Prize forum. [applause] thank you very much. It is my pleasure to introduce a number of great winners to the Pulitzer Prizes tonight. Let me take a moment to recognize one of my predecessors both as the chair of the Tampa Bay Times company and of the itzer prize, and barnes andy barnes is with us. [applause] our purpose here this evening is to say happy birthday to the Pulitzer Prizes. They turn 100 years old this year, which is older than anybody in this room, i believe. [laughter] this is a great tribute to a robust and resilient american institution. You tos also say thank Joseph Pulitzer who created these prizes. It is a very hard thing to when a pulitzer. It is hard even to become one of the three finalists. Hundreds and hundreds of entries arrive in new york each year for prizes given in journalism, literature, and the arts. Spinteer juries of experts spend days willing down the entries. The Board Members read every finalists entry and vote on a winne
Im annemarie green. Americans are waking up to the thanksgiving holiday amid heightened security concerns. We are hours away from celebrations across the country. Police are relying on the public to be vigilant about any terror here in new york to show us how. Don, good morning. Reporter good morning. As part of the steppedup security here, officers in plain clothes will be among those in the crowd. Radiation detectors will also be used. Officials here and aacross the country maintain that everying possible is being done to make sure this holiday is a safe one. An army of Police Officers will keep watch over thanksgiving day parade. On the eve of the festivities authorities locked down mailboxes as crowds gather to see parade balloons come to life. Security is very tight, but considering what is going on, they need to take all of the precautions they can. Reporter the heightened security comes less than two weeks after terror attacks in paris killed 130 people. Isis has since threatene
Turkey and donald trump said he saw vegetarians celebrating on the rooftop in jersey city announcer this portion of cbs this morning sponsored by toyota. Lets go places welcome to cbs this morning. Happy thanksgiving. Im don dahler with michelle miller. Charlie rose and Norah Odonnell and gayle king are probably making their turkeys right now. President obama is asking us to at any rate thanksgiving the way we normally do but no holiday for Police Across america. Officers are on high alert after the terrorist attacks in paris and trying to prevent a copycat event like what happened that paris today. Jericka duncan is in times square. Some of the amazing floats behind me are expected to draw in a record amount of people here in midtown manhattan this thanksgiving. More than 3 Million People are expected to line the parade route, which is 2. 5 miles long. But with those large crowds comes security concerns and official at all levels say they are not taking any chances. We are taking ever
Weekend, we are taking every possible step to keep our home homeland safe. Americans still jittery following the terrorist attacks. This country cannot be intimidated. A rainiy and wet weekend for millions of americans. Rainy and threat of snow in the midwest. Moscow says it will deploy longrange missiles to syria after turkey do you knowed fighter jets. Frank giffords brain is being tested, believed to have cte. A national that have gone turkey named abe is pardoned by president obama. United states. Pope francis in kenya. His first time as pope in africa. Wind gusts up to 45 miles per hour. Eleven were injured. All that. Alaska airlines apologizing for baggage handling throwing a piece of luggage around as some kind of a game. Hit on his head. That is outrageous and all that matters. State department issued a threemonth Worldwide Travel alert. Everybody is tremendously concerned about what could happen next. If youre traveling, youre going to want to avoid this area. On cbs this morn