Over the weekend. When the driver drove the wrong way and slammed in to katlins car, instantly killing her best friend. The mourners said their final goodbyes to marissa. No family should endure this. Reporter some disturbing posts on social media from the wrongway driver, Kayla Mendoza that survived. Two and a half hours before the crash, she tweeted too drunk to care and other messages of being high, like cant sleep without my bedtime cops are aware of the message sglls this young lady will suffer the consequences of her actions and statements. But it is a blow for katlin. s family. We have two Guardian Angels looking down on us. We are lucky if that is how you look at it. Reporter this female suspect is still in the hospital with serious injuries. We know charges have not been filed yet. Primarily because those toxicology tests have not come back. Reporting from south florida this morning, abc news. They say mendozas father found out about this by using an app to track down her phon
Worry about going to work and being trampled by a crackhead. Did you see the video of the couple that did the dance routine from dirty dancing at their wedding . I think they were inspired by this couple up in canada. Take a look. All i can remember is my eyes locking with his. I had the time of my life good stuff. Thats whats making news in america this morning. Stay with us for good morning america. And have a great friday, everyone. It was day that changed our country. We take a look back to the 1960s to the november afternoon an american president was assassinated and how that memory stayed with us 50 years later. Good morning, washington, im jummy olabanji. Im autria godfrey. A lot going on for that 50th anniversary in dallas. We will have a live report later, but first we want to get started with your weather. Jacqui jeras is in the Weather Center with a quick check of the forecast. It doesnt fool feel as bad as yesterday. Not at all. The clouds giving us the warm cover. Along th
This is religion in a very different light. I did not set out to do a positive religion story, but some events allow those stories to unfold. They were very moving to report on as well is to listen. I would like to give you an opportunity to return to the question about whether some religions are treated differently in the media. By the way of background, i teach in the Anthropology Department and do research in sri lanka. It is often very ironic and difficult for reporters to report from a place like sri produced violence that has religious overturns and does not want to confirm to the stereotypes of the religion we have ahead of time. The reason we concluded civil war in sri lanka that concluded in 2009 was conducted by a rebel group by the liberation tigers. The case inoften the press that it was assumed it was a religious group. Some kind of religious protest. It was assumed that they must all be hindus. Ironically, some of the most powerful members of the group were christians. Ma
We are going to talk about native american spirituality, in particular cherokee. There is a forum being provided that was not provided in the old traditional newsroom setting. That is great for people interested in it. I think it should be funded, and it is being funded. It is fabulous that it is being funded. But it is difficult to raise money in this harsh environment. It is wonderful that there are big endowments. There is the ford foundation. Are all these organizations out there becoming absolutely vital, if we want this kind of coverage to continue. There are smaller funders in britain doing the same thing. Many podcasts are done on a shoestring and are not making you rich, but it is rewarding and enriching in other ways. I will do one more. You dont have to answer this. I am wondering if you thought about the question of whether some religions get more better coverage than others. Either religions that get more and better and why . I am talking from a western perspective and my
Polio. She would encourage Franklin Roosevelt to continue with his political ambitions. Ladies from Martha Washington to Michelle Obama tonight at like 9 00 eastern, live on cspan. We will start the evening with a conversation from a story of new Richard Norton smith and the first ladies and their contributions to the nation live at 8 00. The next watch it in looks at Kevin Kuhlman how the Health Care Laws impacting small businesses. Then, samesex marriage and the goals of getting it legalized in more states. Then we talk about the currency known as the going which recently experienced problems from cyber attacks. Plus your phone calls and tweets all on washington journal, ive at 7 00 eastern on cspan. Next, former congressman Patrick Kennedy looks at societys role in fostering addition addiction and how the Health Care Laws might help. He spoke in an event moderated by dr. Travis stork who is an emergency room doctor and cohost of the tv show the doctors. It is 45 minutes. , please we