History of the secret service. The Atlanta Press club posted this earlier this month. Good afternoon. Name is tom johnson. I am proud to say that i am a cofounder of what we think is the new Atlanta Press club. It is second only to the National Press club. In quality it is the number one press club in america. This is a joint meeting read several years ago pete and i peak was then, i guess at that time he was chairman of the board for the Woodruff Foundation and later the Commerce Club we thought it would be a real good thing to bring together the strengths of the atlanta media and the atlanta Business Community into this, and particularly at time to time to have speakers with a message that we felt was important to this community, as well as to the nation. We have had speakers like general betray us general petreaus. We can go down the list. I knew absolutely no one on Lyndon Johnsons staff in 65. I had no political connections. I was not part of the president ial family, even though
Good afternoon. My name is tom johnson. Im proud to say along with murray a supporter, i am a cofounder of what we think is the new Atlantic Press club. Today is the second largest press club in america. It is by far the number one press club in america. Of the a joint meeting leaders of the Commerce Club in the press club. The time, he ago, leader ofan and the the, you can idea to bring mediaer the atlanta members, have speakers that would have the message be important to the community. Late general betray us and we can go down the list. I knew absolutely nobody on that staff in 1965. I had no political connections. I was not part of the president ial family is in my last name is johnson. [laughter] agent inly for me, the charge of president johnsons protection of the time was Rufus Youngblood from my hometown. He and i became good friends. Hurled,ufus who literally hurled, johnson to the report of a limousine and placed aftern body on top of lbj the fatal shots were fired at presiden
Getting a nap in and, a lot of folks to have get to work, schools are opened today but roads are wet. Temperatures right around that freezing mark so be careful looking live there at the schuylkill expressway. Next camera looking out this morning, we will take a look at, all right, route 611 that would be broad street, of course, broad and spring garden, busy spot this morning , South Broad Street has been busy from center city all the way down to the stadium area. Back here live, we have the gang are you ready to go. Wow. Reporter some of these folks have been up since last night here in bensalem and like to celebrate eagles super super bowl win come on byberry your green on what you are toy work, school, maybe not go to work today, right. That is what i heard. Check this out, instead of the new england coffee, loser coffee. Everybody gets a loser coffee. We will take it. Back to you guys in the studio thanks, bob. Loser coffee. We did it. Eagles winning their first ever super bowl ti
To bring home a win. Usa has been waiting for years to revenge the loss that was so heart breaking to them against japan. And so now they have this opportunity. Woodruff those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the heaviest fighting in months raged in the northern syrian city of aleppo today as Government Forces tried to repel a coordinated attack by rebels. More than a dozen Islamic Militant groups including al qaedas affiliate in syria launched the assault on government positions overnight. President bashar alass
Varney company is about to begin. Look closely, please on the lower left of your screen you can see the flag atop the u. S. Capitol lowered to half staff in honor of the four marines and sailor killed last week in chattanooga. Speaker speaker Speaker Boehner making that order however at the white house the flag is not at half staff. Lawmakers want to know why. Listen to this. The flag goes to half mast for all other types of incidents around the country. Five servicemen have lost their lives. I cant imagine. When asked about the white house secretary josh earnest said today. Youll have the president discuss this more at his conference at the vfw. Stuart half staff at the capitol and full staff at the white house. More on this with an army combat veteran. Happening today, john kasich, the governor of ohio is announcing that he is running for the presidency. That will happen around 11 30 eastern woo well take you there live. Much more throughout the program. The focus on wall street big