His threat to investigate hillary clinton. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. If you are traveling today for thanksgiving, odds are the weather wont be an issue. Weather in most of the country is calm, but there are a few exceptions. Overnight, more snow fell in eastern minnesota. The storm over the Central Plains will move to the lakes by tomorrow morning. In the Pacific Northwest, there is snow in the mountains, but the big concern is more rain. And in upstate new york, they are cleaning up what was a record snowfall in some areas. Chief meteorologist eric fisher of our boston station wbz has more on the holiday weather. Reporter we continue to track the storm system which is slowly moving across the country, brought some snow yesterday to the upper midwest and now it heads eastbound and with it a weakening state so we thunderstorms and a wintry mix the graks and move into the northeast on thank
Michael jordan. Actors tom hanks, Robert De Niro, Robert Redford. Singers, Bruce Springsteen and diana ross. This is about an hour and 10 minutes. Ladies and gentlemen, the recipients of the medal of freedom. Kareem adbuljabar. [applause] Ellen Degeneres. [applause] tom hanks. [applause] Michael Jordan. [applause] [applause] Robert Redford. [applause] Bruce Springsteen. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, the Vice President of the United States. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States and mrs. Michelle obama. [applause] president obama this is not all fun and games. Welcome to the white house, everybody. Today we celebrate extraordinary americans who have lifted our spirits, strengthened our union, pushed us toward progress. I always love doing this event. But this is a particularly impressive class. [laughter] we have got innovators and artists, publicer is and haves, rabblerousers, athletes, renowned character actors like the guy from space jam. [laughter] we
The way it is set up is to relate to the context. On the eastern side having the plaza. On the western side having the sherman memorial. How do you get people from this part into that part . How do they see the park from ach of those places . As you walk along the sidewalk from Freedom Plaza over there, that becomes the line that draws you into the park. As you are on the other side of sherman, you dont see into the park. Can we clean out the trees on that side of things and bring down that wall ever so slightly so if youre on that side of the street you look over and say, hey what is that . Positioning the sculptures where we did allows greater visibility. As you enter from the west side along the north end, you come in on axis with that brothers in arms sculpture. You can see it all the way down the street. From the elevation perspective having the raised park will allow people, especially in the winter, to see down pennsylvania avenue. They will make that connection with the rest of
So if youre on that side of the street you look over and say, hey what is that . Positioning the sculptures where visibilityws greater. As you enter from the west side you come inrth end, on axis with that brothers in arms sculpture. You can see it all the way down the street. From the elevation perspective having the raised park will allow people, especially in the winter, to see down pennsylvania avenue. They will make that connection with the rest of the street where they cant now. If we can get people into the , they will see it and see out, they will have a greater connection with the urban area. Elevated space with greenery. The idea is we are doing figures to create a sense of elevated humanity. Going on from that. Now we have to get this done. What is coming next is we have to meet with the centennial agencies we need to meet with. Address their concerns. So we can create something that answers not only how we would come to the table but also elevates to a higher level artistic
Drugsment not to tolerate. Wont you join us in this great new National Crusade . President reagan god bless you and good night. A 25yearold architect in training was named a finalist in an International Competition to design the world war i memorial in washington. , heully realize his vision invited bedroom he invited veteran classical sculpture to join him. The Centennial Commission announced in january. They talked with American History tv about the ideas behind the memorial which commemorates the wars centennial and the 5 million americans who served. It will be built entirely with private donations. It is a short walk from the white house. The way it is set up is to relate to the context. On the eastern side having the plaza. On the western side having the sherman memorial. How do you get people from this part into that part . How do they see the park from each of those places . As you walk along the sidewalk from Freedom Plaza over there, that becomes the line that draws you into