slowly but surely the 1970s are disappearing. the 1980s will be upon us. what a decade it is coming up. happy new year. as you begin the 80s in the television world the landscape was in the evening 9 out of 10 people were watching only one of three networks. social critics are mystified by its success. what is it? it s television prime time potboiler, dallas. it ll ruin our family name. i assure you a thought like that never crossed my mind. brother or no brother, whatever it takes i ll stop you from destroying in oil. dallas literally captivated america for 13 years. dallas is a television show which in some ways is rooted in the 1970s and one of the crazy things that emerges is this character, jr ewing as a pop fe phenomenon. he was such a delicious villain, everyone was completely enamored by this character. at this point so many people were watching television that you could do something so unexpected that it would become news overnight. who s the
now stretched beyond the limit. his urgent warning moments before the u.s. strike in kabul that killed ten people, the cia actually had warned there were civilians in that area. a history-making mission, an all-civilian crew splashing down to earth, the details on their return after three days in orbit. welcome to your sunday, seps 19th. we are always so grateful to have your company. hi, boris. good morning. always great to be with you. we love it. thanks. so let s talk about what s happening, the crisis along the southern border of the u.s. more than 14,000 migrants are living under that bridge you see there. look at that. they re waiting to be processed by immigration authorities. you can see the tents and the blankets and this is basically their home right now. they re living in squalid conditions. the department of homeland security is sending more customs and border patrol agents to the region right now. authorities are also taking steps to help alleviate so
flights. this is all part of an all-of-government effort. not only are we obtaining resources from the department of defense, but we brought in a person from the department of health and human services to address the medical needs of anyone who needs that type of attention. not only do we rely on the resources and capabilities of the department of homeland security, but we look across the federal government and in partnership with civil society to see what resources and capabilities we can bring to bear to meet the challenge, and that is indeed what we are doing here. and how can you be assured that when they go back they re not dealing with very difficult conditions? much more difficult than what they re dealing with right now? why not allow them to come into the country? so let me take both those questions, jim. we re working very closely with the government of haiti to ensure that the individuals return is accomplished as safely and humanely as possible. we are workin
and helicopter circling above as teams went in there to search for 23-year-old brian laundrie. why were they here? that was the latest development. after friday the laundrie called police to say they were concerned on his whereabouts. the last time they had seen him was tuesday. he had a hiking bag and said he would be coming here to this reserve. it s 25,000 acres of a wildlife reserve that is lush, it is hot and humid and certainly poeses lot of challenges if you re in this area trying find someone. that was the latest development as of friday. of course, we ve learned new information since then that they have found a body in wyoming. still no details as to the age, the gender or the identity of who that may be, but remember, it was the grand teton national park where you had a lot of search teams looking for 22-year-old gabby petito because that was the last that they had sort of pinned her to on the whereabouts. so that is a major development, and within the next few minu
ana geardadas filling in for the one and only ali velshi. we re live in new york where members of the u.n. are arriing in a few hours. in a little over 24 hours, president biden is set to travel here for the first united nations assembly of his president. could be a contentious few days. in addition to the ongoing covid-19 pandemic, which is once again taking the lives of more than 2,000 americans per day, this year s general assembly comes just weeks after the calamitous u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan. and days after the biden administration admitted, calling it a, quote, mistake, that a recent drone strike in afghanistan intended for isis-k members killed zero terrorists, but instead, ten innocent civilians, including seven children. things also remain contentious on capitol hill. if you want to get a sense of what s at stake in the days and weeks ahead, the new york times sums it up pretty well with this headline this morning. quote, biden s entire presidential agenda