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and they refused to do it. and i ll never forget how it got resolved and you may remember this. but those pastors, along with a lot of people who helped them, of people wrote to all the pastors in all the country and told all of them to send all of their sermons to this group. they got so many sermons, they had to hire extra staff people to open the mail. and ultimately, they backed away from it and they weren t forced to turn in their sermons. but can you imagine? could you have believed 10 years ago that in any city in this nation, which is a nation supposedly under god, that the city government would require pastors to turn their sermons in because they didn t like what was in the sermon? you have stereotyping, marginalizing, threatening, intimidating, and then you ve got litigating. they re taking us to court, friends. a growing number of christians and christian organizations are being taken to court for refusing to compromise their christian convictions. we may no ....
he got beat out by mayfield for the preseason. final six minutes plus. ross again. close to the sticks. trevor knight the mvp. alabama got knocked out by auburn in the de facto sec west title game. so a lot of people thought they were dragging a little bit going into the ball game. if they were dragging, they took full advantage with four touchdowns and 348. kelly: one of the sharpest, most efficient performances i ve seen out of a quarterback. trevor knight was unreal. it elevated the expectations going into 2014 at a level they weren t ready to ascend to. they fell off in 2014. adam: knights keeps it first down. times last year. texas tech had a hot start to the year and a cold finish. they go 4-8. oklahoma had won ten games or more, end up going 8-5 after they got off to a good start. there was a lot of disappointment in these two programs at the end of last season. you got the feeling they felt they could bounce back. when you talk to the coaching staffs they fe ....
to take a chance once in awhile. woodruff: all that and more on tonight s pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. supported by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. woodruff: there s growing talk tonight that a bomb destroyed that russian airliner over egypt s sinai peninsula. the metro-jet plane broke up and crashed saturday, on a flight from sharm el-sheikh to st. petersburg, killing all 224 people on board. now the associated press and others say u.s. intelligence believes islamic state militants may have planted the bomb. that follows similar r ....
local 5 news midday in hd starts now. we are iowa elias: good morning and thanks for joining us for local 5 news midday.i m elias johnson. elias: new at midday today elias: a man is being treated for injuries after being involved in a shootout with waterloo police while attempting to escape by car. police attempted to stop 24-year- old brandon seeley around three tuesday afternoon.. seeley, who had an arrest warrant, drove at one of the officers, that s when the officer fired at seeley s car. a chase then ensued, coming to an end at a garage on hackett road. seeley was taken to the hospital and remains in custody. no officers were injured during the incident. elias: back in the capital the medicaid debate brought plenty of spectators to the statehouse tuesday. elias: governor branstad s plan to privatize iowa s medicaid program went before a state legislature oversight committee. people talked about why they don t think that s a good idea at the public hearing. one ....
now there is a tiny fraction of americans serving in repeated deployments while the rest are not involved. how does the experience of your vietnam service and reflect on the service by this 1%? we are products of our experiences. it affected me. i was there in 1968, the worst year. home 56,000 dead americans in one year. to fathom that today is unbelievable. lot, like anyone does when you go through those things. ways, to do in many this job. else, it always made and careful of unintended consequences. of goodreful intentions. always think through the whole sequence of questions. what happens, where s it going, what is the end result, and what could go wrong? i wish i was smart enough to have all of the answers, i don t. it has made me cautious. ok, theno a point is you make decisions. for the next two years i hope we can bring the country back together to work together and atress the big issues coming the country that will have long-term consequences for our society ....