New effort to learn once and for all if there was ever life on the red planet. And final farewell. Congressman john lewis will be laid to rest in atlanta today in a ceremony attended by three former president s. Hear lewis final message to america in a new essay released this morning. Its powerful. But first, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. This is the fastest a vaccine has ever been developed. Together we will end the plague from china. We will defeat the virus. The National Death toll from the coronavirus has now passed 150,000. The president has also retweeted a tweet which said that you are misleading the american public. No, categorically, i have not misled the american public. Congressman Louie Gohmert tested positive for covid19 and he had contact with william barr without his mask. I might have put some of the virus onto the mask and breathed it in. Big tech giants testified on capitol hill on a heated hearing about whether they have too much power. Big t
They take a critical look at the executive branch and present misconduct. All airing tonight starting at 7 30 p. M. Eastern, on cspan2 book tv. Check your Program Guide for more information. The cspan city tour is exporting the american story. As we take book tv in American History tv on the road. With support from our all peace cable partner, this weekend we traveled to amarillo, texas. Coming up in the next hour we learn about the citys Literary History including her time in the texas panhandle. And then in about ten minutes we take a ride along route 66 see some of the historic landmarks. And later in about 40 minutes, the history of africanamericans in amarillo. We begin our special feature with the citys mayor. Amarillo is in the center of the texas panhandle. We affectionately call ourselves the capital of the texas panhandle. Were approaching 200,000 people. As a biomarker for us. Its really one of the most ute things about amarillo, and as i travel around i really think our sup
South korea says it will strengthen the safety requirements for the lithium ion batteries used in portable electronic devices. Samsung, a korean company, was forced to scrap its galaxy note 7 smartphones because its batteries sometimes catch fire. Those are some of our top stories were following on this monday, february 6th. From abc news, this is world news now. Do you think the parties have stopped in boston . I doubt it. I think some are just getting under way. Some have lost their voices. Many in boston passed out. Exactly. Calling it the greatest super bowl ever. The new England Patriots of course dug themselves out of a 25point hole against the Atlanta Falcons. And forced the game into overtime. The first overtime in super bowl history by the way. The patriots won 3428 when james white ran two yards into when lady gaga came out for her halftime show, the falcons were firmly in control. So was the singer, leaping off the roof of nrg stadium, then performing with hundreds of seeing
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It took him only seven years to win a stanley cup, and give the city its first championship parade. But snider became more than the owner of the flyers. He became, one of the most recognizable, and philanthropic citizens of philadelphia. Ed snider died this morning the at the age of 83. It is monday night, and the big story on action news tonight is death of the philadelphia icon. Ed snider lost his two year battle with Bladder Cancer earlier today at his home in california. It is hard to overestimate sniders influence, on the local sports scene. He came to philadelphia, in 1964 as a part owner of the eagles. But when the nhl announced they were going to expand from the original six teams, snider wanted in and thus was born the orange and black. He created spectrum, created spectacor, established prism which became Comcast Sports net, bought wip, built wells fargo center, ran the sixers but none of that may be sniders most important legacy. In 2005, he created the ed snider youth hocke