The event. Prprented by the smithsonian and hosted by president barack obama. Celebrated the iconic music man from georgia. The celebration is the 16th and final music Tribute Program to take place at the white house during the obama administration. The president took the podium to speak about the performer. president obama no font needed tonights a little bitter sweet because this marks our final in performance at the white house. I will not be singing, but for our last one it is fitting that we pay tribute to one of our favorites and one of the most brilliant and influential musicians of our times, the late, great genius himself, mr. Ray charles. The program included performances by usher, leon bridges, anthony smollett, the band perry and a host of other singers. The smithsonian salutes ray charles in performance at the white house will air this friday at 8 pm central time. On pbs stations across the country lukas theres a new line of Action Figures. And its all about girl power. Li
Preparation before each session. So how does their current salary break down . With an annual salary of 85 hundred and 30 hours a week your looking at only 5. 45 an hour. Council member pete gretkin was initially against the pay increase but now thinks it could help the future of the city council. If the Salary Increase incentivizes people, uh others interested, good, hopefully young people interested in City Government and more importantly interested in the city and have invested commitment to the city, then so be it. When some sioux City Residents were asked if the increase was fair they werent sure. If you look at it as kind of a part time job, i mean its not like a city like chicago or new york or la, this is kind of a small town city. Community input is something to be considered when making the final decision on the pay increase. Anything we can do to get more involvement for the community and the Community Involved in the Decision Making process. Im still of the old make decisio
It shows them that their identity is legitimate. Emmy the idea sparked from student zoey wagner who says that students there come from all walks of life. There is a transgenger population here, and there is a population here that dont adhere to the gender binary in one way or another. Emmy the single unit rest rooms are privately located in the library for staff to monitor the students that use it. This isnt like if you are transgender, you have to use just a second option. Emmy but not everyone who uses the space is on board with this just yet, saying it will take time to get used to. With transgender, so to say so i just different. That if the change can make an impact on even one person, then it is worth it. We have a responsibility to make sure that as the adults in this building to make sure that our students feel included, feel safe. And i actually felt ashamed that we hadnt thought about this emmy students here magician for this change back in november. They have already ordered
Reporting live. Mauricio marin. 8 news now. Denise Valdez mauricio. Have they figured out what started the blaze . Mauricio Marin firefighters have been on scene all afternoon. Part of the investigation has been to figure out what started this fire that took one persons life. However. At this time the cause of the blaze is still under investigation. Back to you. paul joncich after weeks of buildup. The nevada caucuses are finally over. Hillary clinton came out of the state with a relatively narrow victory over Bernie Sanders on the democratic side. While donald trump ran away with the republican vote. Politics now coanchor Patrick Walker spoke with representatives of both parties to get their impressions of how the caucuses went. Overall. Democratic and gop representatives feel the caucuses were a success. This. As caucus sites showed signs of stress amid large turnouts. Patrick Walker long lines republican and democratic sites. Signs of big turnouts for each respective party. voters i
At least eig people have been killed by a powerful. Fast moving storm system sweeping from the gulf coast into the northeast. As c b s news correspondent don champion shows us. The system set down a string of deadly tornadoes. Ststng windnd. And drenching rain. 3 pkg as the dangerous storm system moves up the east coast. State police in waverly, virginia combed through the rubble with flashlights overnight. Nats sot everythings destroyed. Unbelievable thu0006 after a tornado ripped through the tiny farming town. Nat sot looked at that, you see what happened Vincent Donald survived. Some of his neighbors did not. sot Vincent Donald resident i saw one of my friend, he said his brother died. the house disappeared so i said goddamn elsewhere in virginia. Dozens rubble. Several reported tornadoes also touched down pennsylvania and in the carolinas. This dairy farm was demolished in seconds sot sears day farm owner were thankful we lost no animals and no one was hurt so thats the main thing