Youre looking at the eternal flame at the Arlington National cemetery at the burial site of john f. Kennedy, exactly 50 years ago, america was in shock, coming to the unthinkable, the assassination of john f. Kennedy. We begin with the developing story story of Irans Nuclear program. Secretary of state john kerry is en route to geneva to personally teafned the talks. The chinese minister says, talks are down to the moment. Peaceful energy but it could also create components of a nuclear weapon. Today the u. S. Hopes to make a deal that would stop that building and convince iran to give up the capacity to build the bomb. It is the president s policy that iran must not be allowed to amakto a enrich uniform. Building a bomb would be more difficult and time consuming. The deal would also stop construction of irans ple iranm plant. What we need is for iran to provide assurance to the community. Israel pos opposes. More closer than we have ever been in a decade to achieving a diplomatic agre
The u. S. Economy is growing but today president obama said the income gap between rich and poor americans is growing, too, and hes calling on washington to address the problem. A dangerous and growing inequality of upward mobility that jeopardy disease americas basic bargain, if you work hard you have a chance to get ahead. I believe this is the defining challenge of our time. Making sure that our economy works for every working everyone. Oonjonathan betz is here wita breakdown. The rich is getting richer and the poor is getting poorer, we hear it all the time, but what does it mean . Last years Median Income is 51,000 but thats down from the year before. And its down if you adjust for inflation. Almost all the money being made is going to the very rich. The income of the top 1 of the population grew by close to 51 . Money is being made, but only for about 1. 5 Million People. Yet for everyone else, 99 of the pop laying, their salaries have barely moved in four years. Less than 1 . Th
Across the country people pause to remember one of americas darkest moments. 50 years ago today president john f. Kennedy was assassinated in dallas. People invested kennedys grate side where the eternal flame burns. And the city where kennedy died held its first ever memorial on this anniversary. We watch the nightmareish reality that in our front yard our president had been taken from us. Taken from his family, taken from the world. Heidi zhou castro joins us with details. Tell us what it was like to be there at the plaza on this day . Reporter sure, tony, it was grim with the rain and cold weather, despite that, 5,000 people gathered at the plaza just steps away from where president john f. Kennedy was gunned down in 1963, and in the shadows of the depository to my right. Now that building is where the sniper Lee Harry Oswald sat in the sixth floor window there and took the life of john f. Kenne kennedy. The Catholic Bishop of dallas gave the opening invocation. Take a listen. You l
John f. Kennedy was assassinated in dallas. The sun was shining when the president and mrs. Kennedy arrived in 1963. Today rain fell in dallas as thousands gathered to mark the spot of that grim anniversary. Many flocked to kennedys gravesite where the eternal flame continues to still burn. Heidi, what was it like to be in dallas on this day . Tony, you said grim and thats a good word to describe it. Indeed, it was cold, wet, and very historic, and this weather couldnt keep back the 5,000 ticket holders. Members of the public who had access to this event out of 14,000 who applied for access. This taking place at the plaza at the foot of the texas depository. Thats that red building. You see the sixth level window where Lee Harry Oswald shot out of that window hitting president kennedy and killing him with that third shot. It was distinguished because of this weather. People did hear from careful mccullough who recited some of the same speeches from jfk and remarked on the significance
What they call on the ground common ground. Does the farm bill get thrown in hat . It could be part of the budget agreement, and that is a good and bad thing for the Senate Committee. It is good because it is part of the bill, but then they lose control of it at that point. Thank you for your time. John foster recently died when that super airport was being built and president eisenhower announced the airport would be named Dulles Airport. When ken d. U. I. Took over he didnt want to name it that and finally the decision was made to name it after dulls. You can see the film clip of pulling back a curtain and there was a bus of dulles and it stands in the middle of the airport. I count find it. I asked where the big bust of dulles. Nobody had heard of it. It was a long process and finally thanks to the Washington Airport Authority i was able to discover that the bust had been taken away from the middle of the airport and its in a closed Conference Room opposite baggage claim number thre