Welcome everyone. Good evening. I want to thank you all for joining us tonight. On the evening of general and president Ulysses S Grants 200th birthday. This historic milestone comes at a time when grant star is rising. Ulysses s grante is being commemorated and proclamations and other special messages issued by states across the nation the District Of Columbia and living us president s. We have included in our dinner programs. Just one of the proclamations from grants birth state of ohio and all president ial messages that were available at the time of printing. What stands out in these messages . Also stands out in historys understanding of grants during the 21st century. Appreciation of his accomplishments is no longer confined to his military career in which he was the principal author of Union Victory during the civil war. It now extends to his presidency which included benchmarks in peace and equality that merit him a place in the pantheon of great president s. Grants contemporar
Get hot and bothered. A powerful storm system as well the us east coast meeting down power lines stranded travelers abandoned vehicles slush and ice in its wake the storm system settled over the new york region early in the morning and quickly intensified creating blizzard like conditions like that of thousands of flights because of widespread delays for bosses and trained by afternoon the snow a chain to sleep in part to the city or whether officials said more snow was expected as evening fell and temperatures dropped local and state officials in more than a dozen states scrambled to handle the blast of winter weather. The latest in a series of storms that have left many communities short on critical supply i the rich and aunt j and more blackburn. It does. You know but what ever they are going on at the dock. My how i got a double fault. We are both going into the oven to four am. Woman i do. Dont forget that day daddy. I thought that rejects but the judge at the club. Ive given up b
Ifill Jeffrey Brown teams up with poet laureate Natasha Trethewey, to examine a program aimed at improving the lives of people with alzheimers disease. During the session earlier where gary said emma lazurus, you immediately said. Give me your tired and your poor, your huddled masses. Ifill good evening. Im gwen ifill. Woodruff and im judy 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. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff our lead story tonight, syrias president publicly agreed to ban che
Trethewey, to examine a program aimed at improving the lives of people with alzheimers disease. During the session earlier where gary said emma lazurus, you immediately said. Give me your tired and your poor, your huddled masses. Ifill good evening. Im gwen ifill. Woodruff and im judy 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. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff our lead story tonight, syrias president publicly agreed to ban chemical weapons and give up his stockpile, under a russian
Ifill and we begin a new series where poetry lives. Once upon a midnight dreary. Once upon a midnight dreary. Ifill Jeffrey Brown teams up with poet laureate Natasha Trethewey, to examine a program aimed at improving the lives of people with alzheimers disease. During the session earlier where gary said emma lazurus, you immediately said. Give me your tired and your poor, your huddled masses. Ifill good evening. Im gwen ifill. Woodruff and im judy 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. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station