Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by 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 more people and places along the snowbound east coast got back to normal and got back to work today. But the death toll rose to 45, and in washington d. C. , especially, there was still a lot of digging out to do. The Nations Capital lurched slowly back to life on this third day after the great blizzard. Federal offices remained closed, but work crews were out early to clear more snow, and the mayor sounded cautiously optimistic. We have finished two full days of plowing and removal and our crews made Good Progress through the night. Theyve gotten down to asphalt on all major arteries, woodruff washingtons subway system was also back to near normal operations, albeit with some delays. But many side streets remained unplowed,
Well be reporting in the cover story. And then a salute to a queen. A seagoing queen with a rich history, and place in many grateful heart as tracey submit of show us. Reporter it was the biggest thing out of scotland, and j n on the day the queen m was launched, people stood in awe. 80 years later, they still do. Today you say queen mary and people think tourist attraction. Why does it matter . Shes hallowed ground. Later on sunday morning, more than just a ship. Charles who would have thought they heard the names lady gaga and tony bennett in the same sentence, much less singing together . But you will hear that later this morning in a story by anthony mason. The first thing i said is lets do an album together and she said okay that quick. Reporter the album brought together tony bennett and lady gaga at a moment when her career was in crisis. I crashed. You crashed . I didnt want to make music anymore. But what happened in the studio changed all of that. Gaga and bennett, ahead on s
Cover story. And then a salute to a queen. A seagoing queen with a rich history, and place in many grateful heart as tracey submit of show us. Reporter it was the biggest thing out of scotland, and j n on the day the queen m was launched, people stood in awe. 80 years later, they still do. Today you say queen mary and people think tourist attraction. Why does it matter . Shes hallowed ground. Later on sunday morning, more than just a ship. Charles who would have thought they heard the names lady gaga and tony bennett in the same sentence, much less singing together . But you will hear that later this morning in a story by anthony mason. The first thing i said is lets do an album together and she said okay that quick. Reporter the album brought together tony bennett and lady gaga at a moment when her career was in crisis. I crashed. You crashed . I didnt want to make music anymore. But what happened in the studio changed all of that. Gaga and bennett, ahead on sunday morning. Charles po
One of the issues that does concern me is our national defense. I have washed us around the world i challenge some people. Is there any country in the world that we have a stronger relationship with today than we had six years ago . I said that, too. But i was corrected. Somebody said iran. Somebody else said to cuba. Its about that. A while back i was in egypt and they told me 98 of the threats that all the relation together with egypt have been suffered by the Foreign Policy of this president. There are good people that we can work with. There are moderate muslims. General sisi made the strongest statement from the muslim world ive ever heard and hes a man we can work with and we need to do so and thats a piece of what we need to do to put america back into safety and security. I will challenge the folks that speaker today and those that aspire to the oval office, lay out a plan force. Lay out the plan to defeat radical islamic jihad. [applause] lay out their plans so it isnt some ki
The six democrats voted last year in favor of this measure, most of them have left congress. There arent enough democrats to really that republicans can rely on to pass this over republican objections. Youve reported and others have reported the white house issuing a veto threat on this legislation. What would happen in the senate . The path in the senate is very uncertain. Mitch mcconnell hasnt given much indication on whether he feels it could pass the senate if it is scheduled and whether it could be scheduled. The senate obviously moves much scloe slower than the house. So even if a vote was held there it could be weeks or months before they go forward and they likely dont have the votes to override any president ial veto which could temper expectations in the senate they even vote on a bill. Follow lauren frenchs reporting on Twitter Twitter laurenfrench and politico. Com. Thanks for the update. Thanks for having very on. Here are some of our featured programs for this weekend on