[inaudible conversations] afternoon. I and americas aviation reporter and im also on the board of governors here the National Press club. Sorry about that. Welcome to the National Press club. Our guest today is Lily Eskelsen garcia the president of the National Education association. I would like to welcome our public radio and cspan audiences and i want to remind you that you can follow the action on twitter using the npc lies. Thats an pc lie. For public radio and cspan audiences please be aware that in the audience today are members of the general public so any applause or reaction you hear is not necessarily from the working press. Now its time to at a deuce our guests. I would ask each of you to stand briefly as your name is announced. Please hold your applause until ive finished introducing the entire table. From your right, Kimberly Hall communications and partnerships manager at the poverty and Race Research action counsel. Thomas burr Washington Bureau chief of the Salt Lake T
You cant even see half dome. Peter was on top of el capitan this afternoon when rocks the size of apartment buildings fell to the valley below. We cheated death. Holy crap, did we cheat death. They sure did. Thank you for joining us. Im dan ashley. Ama daetz is on maternity leave. Todays slide is larger than yesterdays slide. Theyre comparing it to the size of two apartment buildings. One person was injured and flown out of the park by helicopter. With more on what happened, heres natalie brunda in yosemite. There was this cracking and a bunch of noise and smoke started coming down like crazy. Reporter a massive cloud of dust filled Yosemite Valley after another rock fall came tumbling down el capitan. Park rangers confirmed it happened where another set of rocks fell on wednesday killing one man and seriously injuring a woman. Jenny boyd said she was driving out of the park when it happened. My wifes pregnant. My first reaction was to get her out of the car and start running or someth
We learn overnight of the death of our friend and Family Member mike nichols. Mrs. Robinson, youre trying to seduce me. The director who led the best of the best in their finest roles. Winning oscars, tonys, emmys and grammys. Changing the way we see ourselves and the world. Love, movies, families, loving them, seeing them, is not something that can lose its pleasure for me. He made us laugh for generations and we are all so much better for. And good morning, america. We are playing let the river run, carly simon from working girl. We are celebrating the life of mike nichols. He directed that film. One of so many spectacular ones. Truly an extraordinary man. He passed away from cardiac arrest. We are thinking of diane. We have been in contact. All of us at abc, she is in our thoughts. They were an incredible and beautiful love story. And the world loved mike nick cools. And the gifts he gave us. One of mikes favorite quotes, the time to make up your mind about people is never. And as a
And then then he makes his getaway, his getaway on a bicycle. A blue bicycle. A signature move by the man known as the bicycle bandit. As he leanves, he passes the sign thank you for visiting apple federal credit union. Maybe not so much. The bicycle bandit, the fbi believes hes responsible for 12 Bank Robberies in the last 15 months. They say he robs with a cell phone in one hand and a gun in another. And he doesnt run away or drive away. He pedals away. When the fbi got to the scene its almost like they knew exactly where to go. Fast forward now to the carlin. A Senior Citizens apartment house in arlington. Just a few hours after that bank robbery, the fbi shows up here. And they show up in force. We saw a lot of federal agents. And a lot of long guns. Reporter a lot of long guns. Yeah. Reporter arrested 42yearold wasas assay. Thisin his pockets they found 1,400 in cash. For seniors here it was a scene theyll not soon forget. They said the fbi were out here pip said fbi out here . Re
He understood the United States better sometimes than we even understood ourselves. He was the son of an american mother, proud to have had two great grandfathers who fought in George Washingtons army. One and the Berkshire County militia and the other is part of the fourth massachusetts regiment. It was fitting that in the shadows of world war ii, and and the dawn of the cold war, when some at home hoped the United States would turn inward, churchill looked outward again and across the atlantic. He traveled to the heartland of our country to a tiny college in fulton, missouri and he spoke of americas aweinspiring accountability to the future. With so many challenges, all across the world today, struggles to be one, pandemics to be defeated, history yet to be defined, churchill can be heard once again at this dust with this bust for all of us to define our time in a manner befitting of a country that still stands, as he said then, at the pinnacle of power. That went essential british s