And the inspired action you took to come to the aid of the veteran in crisis. Thank you all for the work that you do day in and day out on behalf of those who have served. A few weeks ago i had the honor of meeting with robert mcdonald, the secretary of the va. Secretary mcdonald is a man who has time and again answered the call of duty to his and our nation. He graduated from the United States military academy at west point in the top 2 of his class in 1975. An army veteran. Mr. Mcdonald served with the 82nd airborne division, completed jungle, arctic, desert warfare training, earned the ranger tab, that expert infantry men badge. Senior parachutist wing. Upon leaving military service, captain mcdonald was awarded the Meritorious Service medal. But mr. Mcdonalds expertise as a soldier is equal by his business beingaccumen. He earned a degree from the university of utah and has a career in the private sector. Before joining the va, chairman mcdonald was chairman, president and chief ex
These trials were not held by what we consider to be modern law. Has not been in place and no one has a defense the were no lawyers. Tonight, author stacy schiff talks about her book the witches, on the salem witch trials. Part with theting accusations is that wealthy merchants were accused as witches, sea captains were accused as witches homeless fiveyearold girls were accused to be witches. This is not an incident where all the victims are female. We have five male victims, including on minister. We didnt burn them, we hang to them. Hanged them. There is so much myth, i thought it was important to dispel. A signature feature of the coverage of book fairs and festivals from across the country, with Nonfiction Author talks, interviews, viewer callin segments. Coming up they will be live from the miami book fair. Authors include representative john lewis discussing his book march. I live callin with author peggy noonan. Joins us tor discuss her book, the story. Book,d koppel on his ligh
And i would suggest that a year from now, the notion that we would reverse this policy that is allowed more americans to travel to cuba and to help cuban people have access to more technology more capital more values and more contact with americans will seem as absurd as reversing the changes that were made with cuban American Travel a couple of years ago. So again, i applaud you for what youre doing and look forward to working with the administration as this policy unfolds. Thank you, senator menendez. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Let me ask you when a cubanamerican sends or visits their relatives in cuba and give them a lit money, the only place really to buy something is the dollar store isnt is that true . If you want to get something . I believe certainly theres theres more in those stores to buy. By the way, who owns the Dollar Stores . They are state run. Okay. The government. And so if i want to send a remittance to my relative in cuba, the cuban government takes a slice, right . T
He understands historic moments. Reporter so now 36 semi trucks of equipment are rolling into the stick and the giant stages going up. There are already people waiting in line for reserve seat shows a day early. Reporter like these two fans. Here to see paul a little early. We wanted to the park and its the end of an era. What he wants to do is to make, you know, the date special. And so he is bringing in some special video, some special pyrotechnics. Dont want to give it all away. Reporter since this is the last event at the stick, they arent going to cover the grass on the field so fans will have a chance to take a handful of the stick home with them when they leave. And when they leave, ken, as you know, they will have another great candlestick experience we have all had which is trying to get out of these parking lots its one of the biggest pains there ever is. 36 semis rolling in. I think about the beatles back in the mid60s with guitars and drumsticks. Things have changed, huh, p
Broadway several times including a run of his own one man show back in 2002. The giants held a moment of silence for him ahead of last nights game at at t park. Williams a big giants fan. At this point, there are no Public Memorials planned. But our phil matier is hearing that could change. Reporter here in San Francisco, where many considered Robin Williams to be a treasure, the Mayors Office says that they are waiting for word from the family to see what they might want to have done as far as a memorial goes. As for the giants, where williams was a big fan, they said that they too would be open to the idea of a possible memorial here but again, they are waiting for the families word on what to do. In San Francisco, phil matier, kpix 5. Theres outpouring of support in the wake of williams death but now word of an ugly incident directed at Robin Williamss daughter. It involves cruel messages sent via social media. Zelda williams who used twitter to pay homage to her father after his de