Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Constitution Center. I am the president of this institution and this is such a happy day to celebrate the collaboration between the National Constitution center and cspan. [applause] cspan has a mission to bring unfiltered information about the u. S. Government to american citizens and that coincides with the Constitution Centers mission which i want you to reside along with me to inspire our guests and viewers. The National Constitution center is the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u. S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis. Beautiful. That was so well done. [applause] i was so thrilled when my friend and colleague susan swain, the head of cspan, came just a few months ago, or rather weeks ago, and said, we have this great new book on the president s. Let us launch it at the National Constitution center. It is such an honor to welcome back to the Constitution Center the great founder of cspan, b
Politically, militarily. Country, ourhis views on gender and racial equality are shaped by the experiences in world war ii. There were black americans, hundreds of thousands of them, who served in the war mostly in allblack units. It was a segregated military. Many of them had a double v campaign. Victory against fascist opponents overseas and victory against racism at home. And the dignity, the empowerment, the sense of service, the sense of cohesion that that experience brought to black america was a propulsion system for the Civil Rights Movement after the war. The same for gender equality. We had 19 million american women working outside of the home during world war ii. Many of them went back to the homemakers after the war. But you dont put that genie back in the model for long. It showed women that they had an opportunity to do whatever men could do, that they could do things that men could do as well, if not better. Whether it was riveting together a ship, working in a science l
Of beautiful the light source still on a to bay bridge where going to turn the attention to the weather this morning. Reporter as were showing you from visibility standpoint some of the cameras looks really good all the landmarks going on all this not as noticeable we may be delayed overcast skies right around the u v e a bay in temperatures and lower 60s territory conquered 5964 level more 60 percent was in San Francisco 58 where we stand from this time guest today by these numbers a couple of warmed agrees then they were this time yesterday and. Reporter for openness or around 67 bimill will be getting into lower 70s the morning fog but mostly sunny and mild afternoon expectant. Reporter the pincus off the board and you do see the blood red making the progress a little bit of solano, said up to the north bay and spots for the most part is more subdued and the what we saw from last week. Reporter we will get some relief in least when it gets lofting of 91 for the inland valley looks l
Encounter meets scotts family. And cry for help. The chilling 911 call from Sandra Bullock with an intruder in her home as her alleged stalker heads to trial today, friday, april 10, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today. It is friday, matt and al have the morning off. We have willie and dylan here. A big day with the weather the story. A big story all week long. Dreary weather out our window. The story in the midwest. Terrifying pictures out of illinois. Yes, scary night as our top story and entire town north of chicago was devastated by a massive tornado that damage still being calculated this were mooing as the threat of more Severe Weather moves east. Kevin tibbles is on the scene in fairdale, illinois. Good morning to you. Reporter savannah, it was a night of horrifying heavy weather across the midwest. But it was illinois that bore the brunt of the tornados. He
Encounter between his family for the last time. Then cry for help. I can hear them. The chilling 911 call from Sandra Bullock with an intruder in her home as an alleged stalker heads to trial. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Matt has the morning off. We have willie and dylan here today. The weather is the big story this morning. The real story is in the midwest. Terrifying pictures out of illinois. An entire town north of alcohol was devastated by a massive tornado. The damage is still being calculated as the threat of more Severe Weather moves east. Kevin tibbles is on the scene for us. Good morning to you. Reporter it was a night horrifying heavy weather across the midwest, but illinois bore the brunt. It was not one building that was not touched by the tornado. Several people unaccounted for and at least one woman is dead. Storm chasers captured the unbelievable footage as it