Thats all ahead on tonights newshour. 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 the old year ticked down today, and with it went any hope of meeting the midnight fiscal cliff deadline. House republicans opted not to hold any votes on the issue tonight. So officially, at least more than 600 million in tax hikes and spending cuts begin taking effect tomorrow. In the meantime, Senate Republicans and the white house continue working on a possible deal. Are running out of time. Americans are still threatened with a tax hike in just a few hours. New years eve morning at the capitol began wit
Thrush of politico. Their new ebook focuses on the crucial final month of the president ial race between barack obama and mitt romney. Test. Barack obama didnt perform that well until late and romney didnt perform the campaign well. Campaign management is more important than an individual candidates performance. Woodruff from boston, Hari Sreenivasan reports on a city wide effort to keep kids engaged in education through meaningful work experiences. Were starting at the very early ages to try to help young people speak. That is a direct relationship to being successful in school and being successful in your life woodruff and we close out 2012 with two takes on history, first, a look at the emancipation proclamation on the eve of the 150th anniversary of president lincolns action to end slavery and the civil war. Woodruff plus Michael Beschloss and Richard Norton smith talk about potential historical turning points of the past year. Thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Moving our econo
Captioning sponsored by Macneil Lehrer productions woodruff the suspense is over. The u. S. Government is going over the fiscal cliff, even as Senate Republicans and the white house reported progress had been made, but House Republicans say they will not vote on anything tonight. Good evening. Im judy woodruff. Suarez and im ray suarez. On the newshour tonight, we have the latest on todays developments, including an update from Todd Zwillich of Public Radio International, whos been tracking the story on the hill. Woodruff then, as secretary of state Hillary Clinton is hospitalized with a blood clot, we examine their causes and possible treatments. Suarez Margaret Warner talks to Jonathan Martin and glenn thrush of politico. Their new ebook focuses on the crucial final month of the president ial race between barack obama and mitt romney. Test. Barack obama didnt perform that well until late and romney didnt perform the campaign well. Campaign management is more important than an individ
Know, one last time as, you know, Adolf Eichmann faked his death and his wife reported him as dead . So he sits atop the most wanted list with an asterisk as presumed dead but not absolutely sure, and thats where the case remains from his perspective to this day. So thank you again for joining us. Thank you [inaudible conversations] booktv is on facebook. Like us tonight with booktv guests and viewers. Watch abuse and get uptodate information on events. Facebook. Com booktv. You are watching booktv on cspan2. On cspan2. Heres our primetime lineup for tonight. Battle happens tonight on cspan2s booktv. And the on booktv robert klara becomes the physical improvements made to the white house in 1948. The author reports on the decampment of president harry truman and his family to blair house during the reconstruction which consisted of a gutting of the entire interior of the building and the addition of a steel frame and an underground shelter. Thank you very much, and thank you for inviti
She visited him, he visited her. Through his letter stir will largely have his recollections, but there was an exchange shortly after the reelection but before the inauguration in which most of her letters disappeared. We only have a onesided dialogue, but he was not very good at this relationship thing. A very clear. He spends three pages going into great detail about the election return and then says, by the way, what you mean when you said we were going apart. Theyre is a leather chair shortly before the inauguration which says, you know, i think not going to take that diplomatic post. And that he goes to sear. By the time he comes back his riding in telling him here is where the wedding will be. So very clearly the only way he could have got married was to get out of the white house because the secretaries were expected to live there and he couldnt. They went on to diplomatic posts nikolai stay there until 6869 and then came back. Hey did a turn in paris and then came home. He kind