Overnight. We may not be done just yet. Plus the investigation begins into the nations worst single hot air ploon crash. Eagles balloon crash, and eagles nation turns out to get a first look at the birds. Were live. But first lets go outside to chris sowers with the forecast, we could have popup thunderstorms today. Reporter its oppressively humid if you have not been outside, you know how muggy its been over the last couple of days. The humidity is not going anywhere time soon. It will last tonight and tomorrow and well keep the showers and thunderstorms in the forecast for the next day 48 hours. Down scan live we set it in motion, were not seeing much in and around the philadelphia area. As you look toward the top of your screen you can see a cell out of hurt Hunterdon County youre under a Flash Flood Warning until 3 15 p. M. , Doppler Radar showing 5 inches of have fallen up in rariton and east ward. These recorded totals. Phlegm flemming ton, 2 inches of rain. All that has fallen i
Getting images. We work back and forth on a list together. They suggest some things, i suggest some things, we come to an agreement and it is later refined. It is a process that is ongoing but it really started when i sat down with some members of my family, including a very smart young boy. I asked him, what do you think about the 100 most Important Documents in history . He is only 13 years old. He is a nephew. And i thanked him. And his parents for their contribution. How did he know 75 of these . He is a omnivorous reader of history. He has a very wide range of interests in history. An encyclopedic knowledge of history. It was with his good graces that i came up with this list. If you had to pick one in this book that is in your mind the most important, which one would it need . I have a preference for the gutenberg bible. The gutenberg bible, which Everybody Knows the term but they dont understand the significance of it, was created in the 14 50s by a printer blacksmith in germany
5 30 eastern an Education Department summit on bullying in schools. At 8 00, bill nye the science guy and ken hamm debate evolution. On cspans 2 book tv James Clyburn talks about his life from his youth in the jim crow south to his leadership position in the house of representatives. At 8 30 author civil a dukes morris on her book price of fame. At 10 00 p. M. Arthur lewis discusses the hidden world of High Frequency stock trading. On cspan 3s American History tv at 7 15 p. M. Eastern time, american artifacts look at declassified documents related to the 1964 gulf of tonkin. At 8 00, president warren hardingss love letters. And then thats followed by an interview with milton freeman. Let us know about the programs youre watching. Call us at 2026263400. On twitter use the c123 or email us at commentsass comments cspan. Org. Each week reel america brings you archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century. 45 years ago on july 20th, 1969, as millions around the world watched
Growing up without proper food, medical care or schooling, ill clad, il housed and ill fed and in the greatest river valley in the world. There is no such thing as an ideal river in nature but the Mississippi River is out of joint. Dust blowing in the west, floods raging in the east, we have seen these problems growing to alarming extremes. When we first found the great valley, it was 40 forested. Today, for every 100 acres of forest we found, we have ten left. Today 5 of the entire valley is ruined forever for agricultural use. 25 of the top soil has been shoved by the old river into the gulf of mexico. Today two out of five farmers in the valley are tenant farmers. 10 of them share croppers and we are forcing 50,000 more into tenancy and cropping every year. Flood control of the mississippi means control in the great delta. Control. We had the power to take the valley apart, we have the power to put it together again. In 1933 we started. Down on the Tennessee River when congress crea
Captioning sponsored by cbs. In is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. We have just learned that ukrainian rebels have turned over to investigators the flightdata recorders of the malaysian flight 17 which was shot down thursday over Eastern Ukraine. It has been four agonizing days for the families who lost loved ones on flight 17. They pleaded for the return of the remains of their loved ones. Today the pro russian rebels who control the area of Eastern Ukraine where the plane was shot down sent them home in rail cars. 282 of the 298 victims have been recovered so far. The u. N. Security council including russia demanded that the rebels now allow investigators safer and unrestricted access to the crash site. We have a team of cbs news correspondents covering this story and well begin tonight with Mark Phillips in ukraine. Reporter they died in a place they never intended to be. And now most of the victims of malaysia air flight 17 finally began the journey hom