Kennedy on the topic of church and state, religious freedom, and tolerance. He spoke to a meeting of houston ministers. Paid for by the Kennedy Johnson Texas Campaign. The broadcast includes an excessive questionandanswer session, and parts of the film were later used as campaign ads. From houstons rice hotel, senator john kennedy is about to address a special meeting of the Greater Houston Ministerial Association, to which he has been invited. Senator kennedy will participate in a formal questionandanswer period. The meeting is sponsored by the Kennedy Johnson Texas Campaign committee and is being seen throughout texas on a special 22station network. The audience you are seeing is composed of clergymen of the houston area who have been invited by the association. The meeting is about to be called to order by the president , reverend george rank. May i call this special meeting of the association of ministers of greater houston to order . Lets stand for prayer. God be merciful unto us
Cup. Protests continue with a day to go before kick off. Welcome to the programme hundreds of thousands of civilians were fleeing one of iraqs largest cities after the army abandoned it in the face of attacks by rebel fighters. Residents of misyou will said that fighters from the armed group known as the imil said they had come to liberate the city. The al qaeda Splinter Group controlled much of the surrounding province, and the oil refinery. The Prime Minister Nouri Almaliki called for a National State of emergency and international support. Mosul was an important focus of the u. S. Militarys effort to stablilize iraq before it pulled out. A white house spokesman said the Iraqi Government must act to restore community. This is a situation that is serious, one that we are concerned about. It is clear that there are serious security challenges in iraq that have deteriorated in an important way. Well continue the important relationship in terms of providing security and military assistan
This is the cbs morning news for thursday, september 4th, 2014. Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. A twoday nato summit starts today in wales, but before the official meetings begin, president obama and the leaders of britain, france, germany, and italy will hold a separate sidebar meeting. The topics, russian aggression in ukraine and what to do about islamic militants. Yesterday the president said his objective is to degrade and destroy isis. He later backtracked from that language. We can continue to shrink isils sphere of influence, its effectiveness, its financing, its military capabilities to the point where it is a manageable problem. That was cause for some criticism on capitol hill. Mark albert is in washington. Mark, good morning. Good morning, annemarie. Senator saxby chambliss, the Top Republican on the intelligence committee, said he was extremely disappointed by the president saying he wanted isis degraded to a imaginable problem. Even al franken of mi
Struck once. Captioning funded by cbs this is the cbs morning news for wednesday, september 4, 2014. Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. A twoday summit starts in wales but before the official meeting begins, president obama and the leaders will hold a separate sidebar meeting. The topics, russian aggression in ukraine and what to do about islamic militants. Yesterday the president said his objective is to degrade and destroy isis. He later backtracked from that language. We can continue to shrink isils sphere of influence, its effectiveness, its financing, its military capabilities to the point where it is a manageable problem. That was cause for some criticism on capitol hill. Mark albert is in washington. Good morning, annemarie. Saxby chambliss said he was extremely disappointed by the president saying he wanted isis degraded to a managebling problem. Even al franken of minnesota said he was troubled by the administrations lack of strategy for hitting isis in syr
Im very excited about tonight s topic. On the eve of the American Revolution, Great Britain and its 26 american colonies were united by culture, language, commerce, and by religion. And british peoples on both sides of the atlantic constructed a protestant empire that encompassed anglicans and dissenters alike. But there was a question of whether that would endure. To help us understand what that meant for the people and the institutions who built this protestant empire, tonight we are going to put our faith in dr. Car tear. She is a professor at the Southern Methodist university in the author of this brandnew book, religion and the American Revolution, published by the university of press, 2021. Kate, welcome to the program. Thank you, its a pleasure to be here. Thank you so much for joining us. We are you coming from this evening . Im in dallas texas, here in my office. I hope your air conditioning instead office. Yes, at least for now. Sometimes they turn it off at night but so far