Is funded by taxpayers. Our speaker is chair of the Organization Since mid2014 and we hope to hear bro adams plans for marking that opportunity organization. Its politically eclipsed in recent years 146 milliondollar budget grants generally go to state Humanities Councils museums, research and educational institutions. Than native of michigan adams has degrees from Colorado College and the university of california and santa cruz. His formal education was interrupted by three years of service in the army including one year in vietnam. It was partly that experience he says that motivated him to study and teach the humanities. He has said quote it made me serious in a certain way and as a 20yearold combat infantry adviser i came face to face acutely with questions of writers artists philosophers and musicians are examining in our work starting with what does it mean to be human unquote. Later he coordinated the great works in western Culture Program at Stanford University and served as Vi
Our special report how the nsa Surveillance Program has changed over the year and how much your privacy remains at risk. There is a measure of good news tonight out of california. Five of the wildfires are now contained. But for thousands of firefighters, the battle is far from over. There are still several fires raging like in camp penl tonl where staff pendleton. Request 20,000 acres have been steroid there. Many communities are in harms way tonight. A plan was charged with arson in san diego county. Some residents are returning home and finding nothing left. Brian rooney reports from san marcos where residents dont have much to return to. Whats remarkable given the number of fires and theyre intensity and the size of the burning area is how few houses actually burned to the ground. This unfortunately was one of them. This was a bi big front door. House was three or 4,000 feet. Big plume of smoke coming out of Camp Pendleton today. The house rambles along there, blue trash can, parts
Nearly enough. Plus put on your slumming clothes and get your car the young singer bringing new life to the american classics. We begin tonight in india and a dramatic change to the Political Landscape of the Worlds Largest democracy. More than a million voters, Narendra Modi, is its new leader. Modi is probusiness and that could mean more trade with the United States. Nearly 68 billion in goods and services were exchanged between the u. S. And india last year. Hes also a hard line hindu nationalist worrying some that he might destroy the relationship with muslims. At one point today indias stock market was up a record 6 . Niddy dutt reports. A new political chapter in the Worlds Largest democracy. Welcomed with a loud bang and a burst much color. At the partys headquarters in new delhi, victory celebrations started early. In what trpped to be a landslide transpired to be a landslide vicity with Narendra Modi. I thank you for all the love you have shown me sisters and brothers i am tha
Vaccinate 100 million people. The unique treatment that made one woman cancerfree. Doctors used one deadly disease to battle another. Good morning, welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. Im del walters. Those wildfires burning in Southern California taking a deadly turn. Firefighters in carlsbad, california found abodely burned body in a homeless camp. New evacuations orders going out around the city of san marcos where more than 1,000acres have burned. Investigators are focusing on the cause of the wildfires. They have not ruled out arson at this point. Brian, are firefighters making progress this morning . Well, they are. The winds laid down late yesterday. They did lose two houses later yesterday, but remarkably few homes have been lost, considering the size of the burn area. Today, its expected to be cooler, maybe the winds down, humidity up and they hope for a better day. Fires have popped up faster than firefighters can knock them down. The swirling black smoke carries b
Alex paen right nowow, we need your help to locate the many children and adults who are. Alex thanks for joining us. Im alex paen. You may not know this. But every day, thousands of men, women, and children are reported missing. Working with various law enforcemement agencs across the country and the National Center for missing and exoited children, this program each week spotlights several o f these missing cases, hopin someone ke you might have information that will lead to finding these indivividuals. But we cant t do it alone. So pleae pay close attention to these faces and stories. Have you s seen acy myers . Missing from philadelphia, tracy myers was last seen on june 25, 2000, getting into a darkcolored pickup truck in the 3500 block of kensington ave. Tracy has just left a Treament Center in Kennet Square where she had been receiving help with addiction issues. Tracy y has nt been heard from since. Whilile tracy had been known to leave home before, she had always kept in contac