Go inside and learn about the people who helped to make indiana what it is today. Welcome to the indiana state museum. It looks at indiana from the earliest geological beginnings to the present. We will focus on those sections that explore the time when humans first came into indiana and the first peoples were here at least 12,000 years ago. We are going to start looking at indianas first nations, and the first thing you will see in the gallery is a case filled with beautiful objects that show how these cultures were not only surviving but thriving in indiana. You have the entire span represented, everything from projectile points for hunting, very practical vessels to beautiful objects. A couple items i would highlight are the pipe in the center of the case, which is one of the first artifacts in the museums collection. It is a very beautiful pipe in the shape of a wolf and shows the importance of pipes for ceremonial purposes in those early cultures. This one was probably made betwee
French border. With libya is president resigns after weeks of postelection protests if more hours allies back his claim hes the victim of a coup. Hong kongs chief executive has condemned violent confrontations and described protesters as the enemy of the people in a show of defiance kerry says the government will not bow to their demands after 5 months of demonstrations well this comes after a day of violence on the streets in which a pro beijing supporter was set alight and the Police Officer shot a protester sarah clarke has more from hong kong. Protesters started blocking and ran lines during the morning rush hour at a crossroads inside one home district on the east of Hong Kong Island a traffic. Office it was filmed as a graphic with a demonstrator and then pointed his gun at a 2nd protester and shot him in the tool so the peach was good enough to live on facebook and then underwent surgery and was put in intensive care of a whole talk. That boy without any warning and its ready it
You thing to nations have become disillusioned with democracy and what difference do you see the selection wreaking thats a great question certainly the case that tunisians are frustrated with the pace of democracy with what many see as a lack of progress and inability to deliver on important Economic Reforms but that doesnt necessarily mean that tunisians have given up on democracy there are still many people turning out to vote the day is not over the people that i did speak with and see at Polling Centers around the capital were treating this as an emotional an important day and another step forward for tunisians democracy so you know well wait to see what the turnout final turnout numbers are but i think tunisians have not yet given up there but they certainly are frustrated 4 years into theres been a clear divide between secularists and islamists is that still the case today and you know no matter who wins this election what do you think will be the key challenges for the next pre
Many of you saw the news early many of you saw the news early on monday when the new York Police Department decided to fire the Police Officer involved in the death of eric gardner. This is what the police had to say on monday about that decision. [video clip] being a police is one of the hardest jobs in the world. That is not a statement to. Licit sympathy, it is a fact cops have to make choices, sometimes quickly every single day. Some are splitsecond, life or death choices. Oftentimes they are choices that will be thoroughly and repeatedly examined by those with much more time to think about them than the Police Officer had and those decisions are scrutinized and secondguessed both fairly and unfairly. The officer went to bed thinking he would make choices and take actions during a routine arrest that would lead to another persons death. An officers choices and actions even made under extreme pressure matter. It is unlikely mr. Gardner thought he was in such poor health that a brief
Today we will hear from department of transportation officials. The administrator of the federal railroad administration. The administrator of the federal Motor Carriers administration. And the deputy administrator of the national highway Traffic Safety administration. Welcome to each of you. Fixing americas surface transportation act of 2015 reauthorized many of the modal administrations responsible for ensuring the safety of our surface Transportation System. Fra. Ding fmcsa, nasa, and hearing provides our witnesses with the opportunity to discuss the implementation of and identify issues this committee should consider as we prepare for reauthorization. The act placed a greater focus on our nations multimodal freight i hope the witnesses will provide the committee with an update on efforts to improve infrastructure and how build grants are being utilized. Are the Commerce Committee considers reauthorizing the fast act, i plan on working with members on both sides of the aisle to auth