Public service by americas Cable Television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. For nearly 60 years, route 66 campbell ferry travelers across the country. Drivers may have been getting their kicks on route 62. The story in historian john sellers shares that story with us. Road, fora for a good a good, easily traveled, easily identified highway across the country came with the very first motorcars. Burgeoning this building of automobiles that every small town was filling out these roads, and the demand to be able to open up a map and go from place to place on a map was just so strong that the government said we are going to start this deal of numbered highways. Known as thed was birthplace of route 66. Absolutely. Springfield had a man named john whoodruff, an attorney, would come near is an attorney for the railroad and was entrepreneur. He was an absolute genius marketing and making things happen. He was one of the committee of people that were p
Epipens, used by those who suffer from severe allergies. Does Congress Need to weigh in . Should there be more oversight . That is our topic. Join in on the conversation. 202 the area code. 7488001 for republicans. For democrats. 202 7488002 for independents. Join us on social media. Facebook. Com cspan or send a tweet at cspanwj. Lets begin with comments on our facebook. We posted the question on whether or not there should be more oversight in light with what happened with the epipen. The followingsays perhaps the solution should begin with not allowing pharmaceutical companies to embed their lobbyists among our politicians. Another view pharmaceutical companies charge more for drugs in the u. S. Than they do in other countries like canada, because theres no price regulation. Rafael says make drugs more affordable. Garry says the democrats just one more control. And this tweet says the price of seemn makes old prices reasonable, which they are not. Should be affordable to all who nee
World remain on high alert after credible terror threats from al qaeda. Many u. S. Embassies and consulates remain closed. Nbc White House Correspondent Kristen Welker has the latest. Reporter back from camp david, president obama is getting the latest on the high alert. Theres been an all of lot of chatter out there. Chatter means conversation among terrorists about the planning thats going on. Theyre reminiscent of what we saw pre9 11. Reporter according to two top u. S. Officials, the terror plot could include one large attack or simultaneous attacks around the world, but the intelligence still isnt crystal clear. Embassies and consulates from cairo to kabul are bracing themselves. Although the streets of kabul were calm today, the embassy was still closed and will remain on high alert. National Security Officials told nbc news the threat is coming directly from al qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula based in yemen. A terror group thats gotten stronger in recent years. Its more dangerous
Will hit the roads, airports will be busy and full of extra scrutiny. And some Big City Police departments are making sure theyre heavily armed and highly visible. Nbcs tom costello reports. Reporter the nypd Critical Response unit is on the streets and on alert in times square. Across the country in l. A. County extra special ops teams are working train stations and public areas. I dont think people should be afraid today, but just be more aware. Reporter more High Profile Police rollouts in miami airports, in d. C. And chicago. Contributing to a growing sense of unease, the attacks in paris, san bernardino, belgium, orlando and now istanbul. Since the brussels attacks in march the u. S. Has beefed up security at airports nationwide. The American Public should expect to see this july 4th weekend an enhanced security presence at airports, train stations and other Transit Centers across the country. Reporter following istanbul and brussels many Aviation Security experts worry u. S. Airp
Of his life and much more than he bargained for. First look starts right now. Good morning to you and thanks for joining us today. Im betty nguyen. Presumptive democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Elizabeth Warren were already looking like a unified president ial ticket. Clinton was laying out her strategy for the future and warren was doing what she does better almost than anyone else and that is attacking donald trump. Donald trump cheered on britains current crisis, which has sucked billions of dollars out of your retirement accounts because he said hey, it might bring more rich people to his new golf course. What kind of a man roots for people to lose their jobs, to lose their homes, to lose their life savings . Ill tell you what kind of a man. A small insecure money grubber who fights for no one but himself. As for clinton, well, she seemed to enjoy warrens attack. I do just love to see how she gets under Donald Trumps thin skin. She exposes him for what he is. Temperamently unf