Health reform was raging from the halls of congress to the town halls in Michele Bachmanns district, the government of texas got tenth amendmenty and threatened to secede from health care, end from the United States, itself. Very patriotic. Texas would be gone. Theyd get no more highway money. There would be no more shared national defense. It would just be texas on its own. The land where nobody messes with the fact that poor people cant afford Health Insurance. That was almost four years ago exactly. The opposition to reforming health care isnt the most cogent thing in the world thus far. The Gop Health Care Solutions Group in congress, you will recall, admitted this week they think its best if they dont actually offer any health care solutions. Theyd rather just keep saying no to whatever it is the democrats are offering no matter what it is. But in this rollicking substancefree festival of incoherence, there is one man who is determined to be the most incoherent of all. Little know
Leaders essentially traveled en masse to israel for his funeral. And it all happened really, really quickly. The Prime Minister was killed on november 4th. The funeral was held two days later on november 6th. And the world essentially coalesced for the funeral. The u. S. Contingent for that funeral in 1995 was enormous. It included not only the current serving president , bill clinton, who was very close to rabin, but also former president jimmy carter and also former president george h. W. Bush, three president s traveling together on air force one for the funeral. There was also a big congressional delegation that went along, including the then speaker of the house, Newt Gingrich. And that trip to israel for the funeral of rabin in november of 1995, that trip, not the events that precipitated it, not the assassination, but the trip itself, specifically the flight, is in part how we got the 1995 shutdown of the federal government, which is the last Government Shutdown before the one w
Good evening on this friday night, diane is on assignment. We do begin with that wild weather across the country tonight starting with what you see right here behind me. This giant swirling storm, Tropical Storm karen, on a collision course with the gulf coast this evening. A state of emergency in louisiana, alabama, mississippi and florida. Evacuations now underway, president obama briefed on the gathering storm, its not the only trouble spot tonight. Look at this. Several states out west with an early winter in south dakota, an october blizzard, cars abandoned. In wyoming look, the summer patio right there. The furniture buried in snow. In utah tonight, hale. Dotting those green lawns. And in nebraska, listen to this. Those are the sirens tonight, the night sky lit up by lightning, as a tornado moves through town. Abcs meteorologist ginger zee is in the gulf tracking it all. She begins with the Tropical Storm moving in. Reporter surf pounding in alabama. Storms streaming on shore in
Through the city alongside the famous landmarks. A woman was at the wheel of a black infinity coupe with her toddler in the car. At one point, she briefly stopped and was surrounded by officers with weapons drawn. Here is the scene as recorded by the camera crew on capitol hill. [ car alarm, gunshots ] it all ended a short distance away. Tonight the driver, a woman from stanford, connecticut, is dead. Her 1yearold daughter in protective police custody. Think about this. The u. S. Capitol police who responded arent being paid because of the Government Shutdown. A crisis atmosphere in washington on top of whats already going on there. Its where we begin tonight with our justice correspondent Pete Williams in our d. C. Newsroom. Pete, good evening. Reporter good evening. This unfolded quickly in a city thats still jumpy from the shooting at the Washington Navy yard a few weeks ago. Tonight investigators say the woman at the center of it all did not have a gun. The only shots were fired by
Texas Tech football player sparks debate with controversial disbelief in outer space, citing religious beliefs. Major news outlets, including USA Today, cover player's unique perspective on planetary existence.