Princes home in minnesota. Good morning, im vai sikahema. As music vans mourn the death of prince, were learning more about the details for the search for answers. Medical examiners will conduct an autopsy on the music legend today. A minnesota sheriff said deputies called princes compound yesterday, found prince unresponsive in an elevator. Medical personnel tried cpr but could not revive him. A source with direct knowledge of the events tells nbc news that last friday, princes flight from atlanta to minneapolis was diverted to illinois because of an unresponsive male of the plane. Natalie morales has more from minneapolis. Purple rain purple rain overnight, a sea of purple for prince. I cant believe hes gone. Heartbreak and disbelief. I have a really hard time understanding that hes dead. I was blown away by how much talent he had. The music icon found dead thursday in an elevator at his minnesota home. He was just 57 years old. Person down, not breathing. Police have released view d
This is religion in a very different light. I did not set out to do a positive religion story, but some events allow those stories to unfold. They were very moving to report on as well is to listen. I would like to give you an opportunity to return to the question about whether some religions are treated differently in the media. By the way of background, i teach in the Anthropology Department and do research in sri lanka. It is often very ironic and difficult for reporters to report from a place like sri produced violence that has religious overturns and does not want to confirm to the stereotypes of the religion we have ahead of time. The reason we concluded civil war in sri lanka that concluded in 2009 was conducted by a rebel group by the liberation tigers. The case inoften the press that it was assumed it was a religious group. Some kind of religious protest. It was assumed that they must all be hindus. Ironically, some of the most powerful members of the group were christians. Ma
We are going to talk about native american spirituality, in particular cherokee. There is a forum being provided that was not provided in the old traditional newsroom setting. That is great for people interested in it. I think it should be funded, and it is being funded. It is fabulous that it is being funded. But it is difficult to raise money in this harsh environment. It is wonderful that there are big endowments. There is the ford foundation. Are all these organizations out there becoming absolutely vital, if we want this kind of coverage to continue. There are smaller funders in britain doing the same thing. Many podcasts are done on a shoestring and are not making you rich, but it is rewarding and enriching in other ways. I will do one more. You dont have to answer this. I am wondering if you thought about the question of whether some religions get more better coverage than others. Either religions that get more and better and why . I am talking from a western perspective and my
Polio. She would encourage Franklin Roosevelt to continue with his political ambitions. Ladies from Martha Washington to Michelle Obama tonight at like 9 00 eastern, live on cspan. We will start the evening with a conversation from a story of new Richard Norton smith and the first ladies and their contributions to the nation live at 8 00. The next watch it in looks at Kevin Kuhlman how the Health Care Laws impacting small businesses. Then, samesex marriage and the goals of getting it legalized in more states. Then we talk about the currency known as the going which recently experienced problems from cyber attacks. Plus your phone calls and tweets all on washington journal, ive at 7 00 eastern on cspan. Next, former congressman Patrick Kennedy looks at societys role in fostering addition addiction and how the Health Care Laws might help. He spoke in an event moderated by dr. Travis stork who is an emergency room doctor and cohost of the tv show the doctors. It is 45 minutes. , please we
The first president of the United States, obama, got his start by beating Hillary Clinton in iowa. George w. Bush is another one. The last two president s of the United States launched their campaign in iowa very effectively. In the first halfhour we focused on the issue of medical marijuana. One of our viewers, from vivian host do you have a stand on this issue . Guest we do not have it. A bill was introduced in the legislature, but it was not met. It failed to meet the first final deadline. It will not be debated this year in iowa. Host mike is joining us from muscatine, iowa. Guest good morning. Regarding caller good morning, regarding medical marijuana, my son had a brain hemorrhage when he was 16. Host i am sucked guest i am sorry to hear that. The hospital did a great job of saving his life, basically. Within six months after the surgery he developed epilepsy. We have just had a continuous of all different kinds of medications to try to resolve his epilepsy. We finally found some