Presiding. Truman never learned anything from fdr or from staff. It was a transition with zero knowledge. That doesnt happen anymore. Got a phonecall from the white house, get to the phone right away so he picked up the phone and on the other and they said get to the white house as soon as you can. So he grabbed his hat and dashed out and he had a car of course. They gave him a chauffeur when he was Vice President. Went to the white house and was taken upstairs to the second floor. He was met by eleanor roosevelt, and he looked up and she said harry, the president is dead. He was in total shock and he said, what can i do for you . And she said, harry, what can we do for you . You are in trouble now. Now a forum on how the election affected the lesbian lesbians gay and transsexual population. This is an hour and a half. I have one roll tonight. My job is to welcome you. Thanks for coming tonight. Several months ago when my good friend said to me would you mind posting the postelection p
Report. We need a robust industry they are, we also know that while this company was rated at an investment rate, they really failed to record highs the significance of the positions they take emily until the very end, when basically it was too late. So one of the things that we hope remain from this report as we begin to get feedback, it is important for all of the stakeholders and theres a number of stakeholders that have potential solution to how we prevent this from happening in the future. We welcome those. There is no legislation from a recommendation in this report at this particular time because basically the purpose was to begin the discussion. So many times the government wants to run out and passing regulations. First we need to find a what happened, all you industry an opportunity to bring forth what they think are solutions, to mourn for me the endgame will be to make whatever necessary changes, to make sure customers dont lose their money, that markets are fair and transp
But let me start tonight with this. The Government Shutdown was shattered just hours ago by the death of a woman who just minutes before that had crashed her car into the white house gate. A city already tensed up with a compound of unpaid salaries required essential services and an uncertain future was shaken by the crash at the white house gates. A televised car chase, the violent death of a woman driver, a young child in that vehicle witnessing the horrible end. [ gunfire ] the death will no doubt become an iconic tragedy in this period of Government Shutdown, driven by the hatred of the president s Affordable Care act and the compulsion of his critics on the hard right to punish him politically. Whatever mix of causes drove the woman to this day, the event is now a vivid tragedy played out in the streets of the nations capital. We get the latest now from nbc news justice correspondent pete williams. Pete, give us a sense of this. What do we know . Well, we dont know the motive. We
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
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 were in right now. Quote, gingrich had been invited aboard air force one to fly to the funeral. With a budget crisis pending, he expected that president clinton would take time out during