I have the honor of speaking with her twice on this program. Tribute to the legendary ruby dee coming up right now. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Inc. You. Thank you. Tavis i only have 30 minutes. I cant do justice to your work in 30 minutes. I wonder if you might indulge me and let the tell you about this journey. What might it have been like with your late great husband to be in charge of the program at the march on washington . You guys ran the program that day. The most remarkable thing was malcolm coming to our hotel room. He came in by himself. We were waiting to go downstairs. We were amazed to see him because no one knew he was coming. Let it be known to the proper people he was there and if they needed his help, he would be discrete. Discrete is the word he used. Us to let somebody in that march no. Know. He said other than that he doesnt want his presence known. He doesnt want any attention, but he didnt want anything to go down. Thats amazin
If they lose against ghana, ive a feeling theyll be home before the postcards. Woodruff those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Bae systems. Inspired work. United healthcare. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill House Republicans scrambled today to organize their party ahead of next weeks vote for a new majority leader. The race has been whittled down to two contenders g. O. P. Whip Kevin Mccarthy of california and Pete Sessions of texas, the chairman of the house rules committee. Fellow Texan Jeb Hensarling pulled out of the race. House Speaker Jo
Could the United States and iran soon join together to help defend the iraqi state . We will go to iraq for the latest. Then a humanitarian crisis on the u. S. Mexico border. So far this year, 47,000 unaccompanied children have been detained after crossing into the United States. Some are now being held in warehouses come a sleeping in plastic containers. Whenever i made it to the rio grande, i jumped and swam across because i wanted to be with my mom. I was not thinking about breaking the law. I was thinking about escaping an abusive and alcoholic father. To make it to the United States, not for a better life, but just to be with my mother. Looks we will speak with Jose Luis Zelaya, as a 13yearold, he left honduras alone in search of his mother. And Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist Sonia Nazario, author of, enriques journey the story of a boys dangerous odyssey to reunite with his mother. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace repo
The 13th until 200041. You have to go celebrate. Get weird out there. Im also told on the full moon friday the 13th you light a candle and make a wish. I have to look up. Greg from production swears by that. Some garniture it happens. We have these firework things and some matches so lets get it going. Its a fantastic friday today. Ample sunshine. High temperature is corn to be below average. Were back in the mid 70s. 58 degrees right now in chicago. 51 in aurora. No fob this morning is the good news. We should be dried today and tomorrow. Just a beautiful star to the weekend. Potters day is a different story. 72 degrees at 5 00 p. M. The full moon is today. For saturday High Temperature of 81 cooler along the lake. Lets check out traffic to and to show there is not only men here on the set. I will keep you under control. Friday the 13th, full moon and the kennedy construction. Its the trifecta. In bound kennedy shut down at the higher figure ramp starting at 10 00 tonight taking you t
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. The war president obama wanted so much to put behind him is is coming back with a vengeance and demanding his attention. Tonight, two and a half years after the last u. S. Troops left iraq, the country is in danger of falling apart. And hundreds of americans are being evacuated this evening. Government forces are battling militants who are taking back territory where thousands of american troops died, and theyre vowing to march on to baghdad. Mr. Obama said all options are open for helping the Iraqi Government, but his spokesman said that does not include boots on the ground. We have a series of reports on this important, breaking story. First, Holly Williams in iraq. Reporter thousands continue to flee the fighting, streaming across the to iraqi kurdistan, a region that enjoys relative peace amer riad hussein told us hes a soldier in the iraqi army who fought against the militants when they seized the city of mosul on tuesday. Theyre ter