Years ago, covering that fateful day in dallas. What the kennedy assassination did for me was forever to keep me aware of the fragility of everything. Three rounds fired in 15 seconds changed the course of history. 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. And by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And friends of the newshour. 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 the senates long festering fight over filibusters came to a head today. Majority democrats pushed through a rules change making it easier to force action on president ia
Translator the love story of this man to this country and who knew each fast and the smell of the plant of every plant and the changing of the or colors in the fields in the spring and fall, i would like to tell you a few personal orders, and today i will call you in your first name. Your living as of eight years ago was so unplanned that we did not have the time to say goodbye to you. We did not say hello and goodbye. I didnt even have the time to wish you a speedy recovery in the medical procedure and we couldnt tell you how much we loved you. All your team in the minister Prime Ministers Office we loved you. But you knew that we loved you. You always told us in a smile its not a bad place to be at. And what i know that you meant is not that you were at the head of the pyramid but in the place that you felt so beloved. I wanted you to know that like [inaudible] were beside you, we the people in your office recruited were recruited to help you in the funeral arrangements. We all came
Have done some soulsearching, you bet i have. Ryan. The mayor is quoted as saying the day he declined to endorse you, as many as 10 appointments between state officials and city officials were canceled. How do you explain that in context of what you now know about some of your staff . All i know is i dont know ryan, is the first answer. What ill also say is, the mayor has disagreements with lots of people, me, Senate President , and others. Theres going to be back and forth. Theres going to be meetings canceled. Theres going to be public disagreements. But the fact of the matter is we have continued to work with jersey city over the course of time since hes been mayor. In the last year i think we have approved about 190 million in e. P. A. Financing for projects in jersey city. The d. E. P. Deputy commissioner was just meeting yesterday with mayor philip and his staff on issues to try to buy properties affected by sandy. We continue to work with him. I dont know about specific meetings
Woodruff Robert Macneil and jim lehrer were both there 50 years ago, covering that fateful day in dallas. What the kennedy assassination did for me was forever to keep me aware of the fragility of everything. Three rounds fired in 15 seconds changed the course of history. 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. And by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And friends of the newshour. 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 the senates long festering fight over filibusters came to a head today. Majority democrats pushed through a rul
Columnist. Jimel bui. My name is salvatore skibono director of the dorothy in lewis b Coleman Center for scholars and writers here at the library. As some of you know the Common Centers selects 15 fellows a year for a nine month term fellows receive an office in the Center Access to our collections and to stipend so they can focus exclusively on their work during their fellowships. The fellows are some of the very best and most promising academics independent scholars poets playwrights journalists dramatists artists and fiction writers at work today. They come here from around the country in the world to use the unparalleled collections housed at this library do write the books of tomorrow. The program was founded in 1999 into date. It has supported the work of more than 300 fellows the deadline for applications for for next year is friday. Is free. I encourage you to come back in november for a free new exhibition that will open on the third floor of this Building Made at the new york