Bigger than yourself. Johns story is the american story. Thats not hyperbole. The american story. Grounded in respect and decency, basic fairness. The intolerance for the abuse of power. Many of you have traveled the world, lack how the rest of the world, how they look at us. They look at us a little naive, were fair, decent. Naive americans. But thats who we are, thats who john was. And he could not stand the abuse of power wherever he saw it. In whatever form, whatever country. It was always about basic values with john. Fairness, honesty, dignity, respect. Giving hate no safe harbor. Leaving no one behind, understanding as americans were part of something much bigger than ourselves. With john it was a value set not selfish or self serving. John understood that america was first and foremost an idea, audacious and risky, organized around, not tribe but around ideals. The ideals that americans have rallied around the ideals of the world, an idea enshrined in the constitution. Sounds c
D it happened after the globe asked other newspapers to publish a response to President Trump calling journalists the ememy of the people. The Justice Department formally siding with a group of students who claim Harvard University unfairly discriminates against Asian American applicants. In chicago several people are hurt after an explosion at a Water Treatment plant caused the roof to collapse. Firefighters rescued two people. It took a lot of training, a lot of exercises, and they did a phenomenal job. Houston, we have a problem. Crews repaired a pressure leak on the International Space station. Certainly a loss of pressure is a big deal. A golden retriever is certainly earning her keep. Shes caring for five different species. At the beijing wildlife park, two siberian tigers, one white tir,wo spo hyenaand an african lion see the puppy as mom. Dickerson this is our western edition. Good evening. Jeff glor is off. Im John Dickerson. We begin tonight with a deadly collision on an inte
Decency, respect, knowing this project is bigger than yourself. Johns story is an american story. Its not hyperbole. Its the american story. Grounded in respect and decency. Basic fairness. The intolerance through the abuse of power. Many of you travel the world, look how the rest of the world looks at us. They look at us a little naive, so fair, so decent. We are the naive americans. Thats who we are. Thats who john was. He could not stand the abuse of power. Wherever he saw it, in whatever form, in whatever country. He always loved basic values, fairness, honesty, dignity, respect, giving hate no safe harbor, leaving no one behind and understanding americans were part of something much bigger than ourselves. With john, it was a value set that was neither selfish nor selfserving. John understood that america was first and foremost, an idea. Audacious and risky, organized around not tribe but ideals. Think of how he approached every issue. The ideals that americans rallied around for 2
Moving car. The government of puerto rico now says Hurricane Maria claimed 2,975 lives. To i am the governor of puerto rico. I have my share of accountability in this. The Pennsylvania Attorney general says the vatican knew about the coverup. The priests would go, the bishops would go and lie to parishioners, but then document t thof the abuse in secret archives that they would share, oftentimes, with the vatican. Storms bring strong winds and heavy flooding to the midwest. The heat and humidity is one of the big stories, if youre east of the mississippi. The heat wave is stretching to the northeast. All im asking is for a little respect people in detroit waiting in peo lines to honor the late Aretha Franklin. The queen of soul was brought to her memorial in the same hearse that once carried her father, and the late rosa parks. Dickerson good evening. Jeff glor is off. Im john dickerson. And this is our western edition. A white Police Officer in suburban dallas said he was trying to pr
The dossier. Judicial watch has now uncovered that no fisa Court Hearing took place on former Trump Campaign associate carter page. Astonishing and disturbing that these courts couldnt bother to hold hearings on spy warrants targeting donald trump. Decided not to shave. Yeah. I took a vacation a couple of weekends, you know, lets grow it out and let it happen. America is growing a beard. Why cant we . Summertime feeling im feeling it ed corner, pete, says america is doing it. America is growing a beard . Pete like when you get Vacation Time and off your job you grow maybe its hunting season in wisconsin or minnesota, you dont care. You dont shave and sometimes you come back to work i want a little bit of the vacation to bleed over into my work time. Thats what im going for right now. Ed while you have been on vacation rachel has been here working very hard. Welcome back. Rachel i shaved my legs for the show. [laughter] ed were very glad about that. Last night i was at the u. S. Open an