Her success was credited to her kindness, candor, intelligence, and hard work. [applause] on january 8, 2011, at a congress on your corner event in tucson, with her constituents, congressman giffords was shot in the head from their pointblank range. In stepping down from congress in january of 2012, she said, i will return and we will Work Together for arizona and this great country. [applause] her husband, captain mark kelly, is a retired United States navy combat veteran, test pilots, and nasa astronaut. [applause] as a naval aviator, captain kelly made to deployments to the persian gulf on the Aircraft Carrier uss midway, and flew 39 combat missions in operation desert storm. [applause] the winner of many awards including the Defense Superior Service medal, the legionnaire existing bush flying cross, captain kelly was selected as an astronaut in 1996. [applause] first fourhis missions in 2001, aboard Space Shuttle endeavor. He same special that commanded on his final flight in may,
Coming up on the next rterhington journal, a repo talks about the Supreme Courts recent decision in a case involving Public Sector unions. After that, a look at the june jobs numbers with Nicholas Johnston of bloomberg news. And then Patrick Nolan guyer discusses the report on prosperity and opportunity in america, both today and in the past few decades. We will also take your phone calls and look for your comments on facebook and twitter, beginning Live Saturday at 7 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan. Author alan huffman shares a tale of two mississippis as we visit Prospect Hill in jackson. Prospect hill was founded by a revolutionary war veteran from south carolina. When he realized that he was going to die and the slaves would end up being sold or would just become common slaves, he wrote in his will that, at the time of his daughters death, the plantation would be sold and the money used to pave the way to migratelaves to liberia, where the free slave colony had been established. They cal
To boost oil and gas production. The mexican ambassador to the u. S. And a panel of Energy Executives will be among the speakers. Eastern on0 p. M. Cspan. Later, the Wilson Center hosts a discussion on the israeli highland israelipalestinian peace process. Live beginning at 4 00 on cspan. Touche you can keep in with Current Events from the Nations Capital using any phone anytime with cspan radio on audio now. 2026268888. Every weekday, listen to a retail recap of the days events. You can hear audio of the five networks sunday Affairs Programs sunday public Affairs Programs. All 2026268888 longdistance or phone charges might apply. Next, new york citys new Police Commissioner bill bratton talks about the citys crime rate and some of the reasons it has declined over the years. That is followed by a conversation with former arizona congresswoman Gabby Giffords and her husband, mark kelly, talking about their nonprofit organization. This was part of the annual new york ideas festival hoste
Is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight, lester holt. Good evening. We begin here tonight with a developing story. The federal Agency Responds securing everything from the planes we fly onto our borders and ports is in limbo tonight. And on the verge of losing its funding just hours from now. A short time ago the house of representatives voted against extending funding to the department of Homeland Security, which has been a pawn in a high stakes partisan chess game. Well get into the politics of how we got here in a moment, but first what it means to the American Public and the hard choices Homeland Security officials are facing tonight. Lets turn to senior White House Correspondent chris jansing, hi, chris. Reporter good evening, lester. This is a stunning turn of events. Speaker john boehner didnt have enough support for the republicans own proposal. So now with a shutdown of Homeland Security just hours away, the next steps arent clear. A chaotic outcome for thousands of federal emp
Happen. Saudi arabia. Something of a patching over, where do you see things between . I wish i were in that room where they at the Foreign Affairs ministerial meeting where they kissed and made of. They have told us that this thing is no. We have resolved their differences. The feud is over. I will you wish that i could believe that. You objectively examine the roots of the dispute, especially between the parties and the saudis this thing is far from over. The main issues that they disagreed on i still there. Just issuing a statement. Things are okay now. Support for the muslim brotherhood. He knows what they will concede on. The fact of the matter is that they still have a very different strategic path from the saudis and from the uae. Geography and economics, and a very different situation. A range of issues. The dispute. A fierce regional struggle. Negotiations, intriguing for me. What are you negotiating about. Nothing territorial. Government negotiations. Of course the eastern pro