Next president. Until then, candidates are spending nearly every waking hour on the campaign trail. Tara mergener reports that in many states the campaign doesnt want voters to wait for november 6. They want them to cast ballots now. Reporter president obama rallied supporters in iowa, his first stop in a campaign blitz. A Campaign Marathon extravaganza. Were going to pull an all night. No sleep. Reporter hes covering more than 5,000 miles. The fivestate swing ends overnight in florida. Mitt romney is a frequent flyer as well. Hes crisscrossing the country this week with rallies in nevada and iowa. We dont have to settle for what weve seen the last four years. Americans are tired of being tired. We can do better. Reporter polls show the race for the white house is too close to call and with less than two weeks until election day, the candidates know every vote counts. The election will likely come down to nine battleground states. Thats where both campais are spending almost all their
And now, bbc world news america. This is bbc world news america. A triple murder in the heart of paris, three female rebels shot to death. The french government calls it an execution. A series of bomb blasts in pakistan claimed the lives of more than 100 people, many more injured. The nominations are out with lincoln leading the oscar pack. Silver lining playbook has racked up an accomplishment not seen in 30 years. Welcome to our viewers on Public Television in america and also around the globe. Three kurdish women have been shot dead in paris in what police described as execution style killings. One is being identified as the cofounder of the kurdish independent group that has been in an Armed Struggle with the kurdish government since the 1980s. By the time the bodies were removed this morning, riot police were forming a cordon around the murder scene. Among them, the yellow hot militant groups. The women were found in a locked room of the information center. They had been shot in t
And then we can lift from there. Theyre right off the hinges, arent they . Yes, yes. Wow. Its just absolutely fantastic. So, thats what the outside wouldve looked like in, lets say, 1590, when it was new, more or less. It hasnt oxidized very much at all. Thats wonderful. I dont think ive seen one i dont remember one with the inside decorated like that. So, it mustve been a superior example of the time. What a wonderful find. So, lets put it down. Are we safe . Yeah, lets go. And its been stuffed into a wall, plastered over and, um, chipped away. Its a wonderful story. Its quite extraordinary. 1829. Yes. Glorious. And here it is. So, now its 400 just over 400. 420 years old. Have we got a value yet . Yes. Were not the value is not really of concern. It belongs to the family and were very fond of it. So, i dont think wed wed never let it go as long as we have a house large enough to put it in. Do you mind if i have a shot at the value all the same . No, no, no. £5,000. Right. Thank you
Please let us know about book fairs and festivals in your area, and well add them to our list. Email us at booktv cspan. Org. Back to ten Things Congress doesnt want you to know about how it does business. Number four, powerful members of congress in safe, noncompetitive seats often hold fundraisers outside their districts to increase their leverage over other members. Number five, Congress Spends more than 100 billion every year on well over 200 programs that are not authorized by law. And number six, congress routinely raids the Social Security trust fund to cover general revenue shortfalls. Guest well, if you look at the appropriation bills which have not been done the last two years because of the political dynamic thats going on and you go in and say were appropriating x amount of money and then you look at how many programs its actually up to over 350 billion now of programs that are funded that are not authorized by the congress, which tells you that theres an imbalance in congr
The first female Radio Operator to be sent into nazi occupied france. They were losing Radio Operators like flies. The Life Expectancy was six weeks, so noor was crucial to this. And they flew her in undercover. She is transformed into madeline, the secret agent. After months of dangerous work, she was betrayed, arrested by the gestapo, imprisoned and tortured. She died after being shot in a concentration camp in september 1944. Her plaque marks the return of the blue plaque scheme after a brief hiatus because of coronavirus. The new plaque will mark the house in bloomsbury in Central London that was her family home when she left england for the last time. English heritage, which oversees the blue plaque scheme, believes that the story of her remarkable courage in the service of her adopted country is something that will serve to inspire future generations. Time for a look at the weather heres ben rich. More downpours to contend with today, but for the weekend it should look a bit more