Answer for this morning. Welcome, everybody. Good morning. Monday, february 4th. Starting point, what a game. Baltimore ravens and their fans will remember super bowl xlvii for the teams kind of nail biting victory. 3431. Most of us will remember it was the night that went out in new orleans. A power outage in new orleans stopped the game for 34 minutes it may have prevented a interest bowl blowout. We are joined by rachel in new orleans. Good morning, soledad. No question, this was a huge embarrassment. I spoke to a superdome official last night, they had gone through a whole week with the stadium and city showing they could host an event of this magnitude. It not a gradient issue. This was about a piece of electronic equipment that monitors the electricity coming into the stadium. Officials called it an ab normality. Really, its just like in your house, when you have to go down to the basement and flip the switch again, thats what happened with the officials. They had to flip everyth
Boy and takes him to an underground bunker he has been building for years. Rally on. Markets nearing an alltime high. Why . Can it last . Ill explain. Life after politics, or maybe not . With only three days left as secretary of state, Hillary Clinton talks to cnn about her plans for the future and answers keep changing many. And well speak to Dan Shaughnessy about new allegations of performance enhancing drug abuse in baseball. Florida senator bill nelson. The two doctors behind the double arm transplant for a veteran. And the screen writer of life of pi will join us. Starting point begins right now. Stashti istarting point, violent thunderstorms moving to the east. Widespread damage in tennessee. One person is reported dead there, there are reports of a family tractortrailer lies on its side. Roofs ripped off homes. Warnings in effect right now. Lets get right to meteorologist indra peterson. Good morning. Right around 4 00 central time, the bulk. Activity in the nashville area pushi
On this special edition of early start, a community and a nation in mourning. Newtown, you are not alone. The president , offering words of comfort and inspiration, to those trying to make sense of a senseless tragedy. The face of indescribable violence. In the face of unconscionable evil. Youve looked out of each other. And you cared for one another. And youve loved one another. Were remembering the victims, 20 children and 6 adults. Some who gave their lives to save others. She was truly selfless. She would not hesitate to save anyone else before herself, especially children. As more details emerge, people in the Small Community search for strength to face the difficult days ahead. We will move on. We will never forget. We will, in many ways, be made stronger for what has transpired. And we will get better. Good morning. And welcome to this special edition of early start. It is 5 00 a. M. In the east. Were coming to you live from newtown, connecticut, this morning. It is a raw and ra
Gold. As all of us in this country were starting to see people coming out and talking about their experiences, this phenomenon, that so many of us had experienced in one way or another, and had no words for. Other than adolescence, other than growing up. We finally people were starting to stand back and say, hold on. This isnt actually a normal part of growing up. This isnt a normal rite of passage. I think there was a moment where there was a possibility for change. And director lee hirsch and i decided to start the film out of that feeling that voices were kind of bubbling up. Coming up to the surface to say this isnt something that we can accept anymore. A normal part of our culture. Film maker Cynthia Loewen has followed up her Award Winning film by gathering essays and personal stories in bully. Hear more tonight at 10 00 on after words on cspan2 and more book tv online, and like us on facebook. Next chiefs of staff to the governors of virginia, colorado, and oklahoma talk about t
Resolution. Tip oneill needs no introduction to this body. Those respect and admire tips record, and his long shadow he cast over the peoples house. We all know his best known fame, all politics is local. Its certainly true today as we propose to name a building right here at the foot of capitol hill, a stones throw from this great dome, in honor the our 55th speaker. This is one of those moments when you wonder how the honoree would feel. Especially when its someone like tip who never quite held back his opinions. Perhaps he would have enjoyed seeing leaders from opposite sides of the aisle come together to give him a well deserved hurrah. Surely he would have gotten a kick of being flanked by a building named after Hubert Humphrey and jerry ford, also leaders from opposite ends of the political spectrum. Tip actually considered mr. Humphrey one of his heroes. And he had one of humphreys quotes put up on the wall in his office. Now, as for jerry ford, they didnt frankly agree on much