joked out communism in korea a crawled through the jungles in vietnam and battled in the hot sands in the middle east. greatness was everywhere in america because greatness was rewarded. if you wanted to go to harvard or yale, you had to be at the top of your class. they demanded greatness from their students. if you wanted to walk the runway at fashion shows and have your face plastered on magazines and billboards you had to be in at this point top shave. not enough to make somebody stop in their track. if you wanted to run nasa, ibm or exxon you had to be the best in the business. they demanded greatness from their employees and that demand formed generations of excellence. the weak were weeded out. the strong were rewarded with money and status and a sense of fulfillment in our society doesn t have standards anymore. everybody gets a trophy. not allowed to judge anybody. nothing is taboo. the people we revered yesterday are despised today. weakness is rewarded and strength
embarrassing, pennsylvania democrats elected a dead man. they knew they were doing it. they did it anyway. this would seem to defeat the idea of representative democracy, which is that you vote for people so that they can represent you. but party leaders in pennsylvania were not embarrassed. they were proud, quote: well we are incredibly saddened by the loss of representative tony deluca they said in a statement. we are proud to see the voters show their confidence in him and his commitment to democratic values by reelecting posthumously. in other words, electing a guy who can t possibly represent you is not an offense against democracy, it s the essence of democracy. now, it s not a typo. they put that in a press release and actually makes kind of sense when you remember it was also in the state of pennsylvania that democratic party leaders backed a senate candidate called john fetterman long after he had suffered a massive stroke and could not longer talk or communicate cle
interior shows that as you point out the point out the biden administration actually moved forward increasing royalty fees on fossil fuel drilling of the alaskan coach that is despite their own assessment that lower fees would increase energy security for the state. the decision made by former bureau of energy management director amanda lefton and back by assistant secretary laura daniel davis. now, for her part, she said it would attract more bids and be more likely to facilitate expeditious and orderly development of offshore resources adding that the higher rate quote constitutes the most reasonable balancing of environmental and economic factors for the american public. it was switched on capitol hill but democrats senator joe manchin saying he is appalled and that the leaked memo makes it crystal clear that this administration is literally putting their radical climate agenda ahead of the need for people of alaska and the united states. and well, over at the white house,
It is. Reporter a fine day for beach time in the middle of the city. The weather right now is pushing 70 . Breaking records. I love it. Reporter who wasnt dining out on todays weather . Very nice, very warm. Feels good to be outside in the reporter and a break from selling hot food outside in the cold. Wherever you looked, runners and riders making the break from the confines of the gym. Rocking the rollerblades on the upper west side. Its going well. Reporter back here live in tropical central park, people enjoying a beautiful night here. With that relatively moderate winter we had, doctors telling us this could be one of the have seen in years. So far, no one complaining. Track the temperatures in your neighborhood with our nbc 4 new york app. Click on the weather tab and find everything youre looking for. New information on a water emergency impacting schools all across newark. Elevated levels of lead have been found in the Drinking Water of 30 school buildings, forcing officials to
A couple of a dead politicians have one elections in to us states as a name, which was simply not removed from the what is the next 2 years you had to do differently . Not if you go to right that u. S. President joe biden refusing to change coal on any policy making this by public frustration and approval ratings. Hitting a headlines too often ignored by the mainstream media. Welcome to your news on our t international. Its so good to have you with us. We do start with the ukraine conflict, where in the dont ask where public reports are coming in of renewed shelling all residential areas. You can bring up some unverified images from social media showing buildings and flames off to shelling this thursday morning, according to local officials. As we understand no reports of any casualties. However, in another shelling incident in dawn, yet scope a night, at least one civilian was killed and another one wounded. Because these pictures right here, you can see the aftermath of homes and apa