it became the capital with the help of abraham lincoln. he moved to springfield and began a career that would launch him into the national spotlight. in the next two hours, we will learn about the city s history and the life and legacy of america s 16th president. we begin with a visit to the presidential library and museum. the city of springfield, so much of it is built around abraham lincoln. he gave the house divided speech here. his law office is here. he is buried on the outskirts of town. he is extremely important to the city of springfield. this building is open to the public. is a presidential library for the greatest president. the purpose of the library is very basic, to preserve and pass on the legacy of abraham lincoln. he encapsulated what it means to be an american, what the whole idea of america is all about, freedom, equality, opportunity. he had great ambitions to do great things, and he certainly succeeded in that. abraham lincoln was born in 1809 in kent
including michael and virginia deputy secretary of public safety curtis brown is one hour and 45 minutes. the subcommittee will come to order.rder today we meet for an update. ont first met and the excitingcitind efforts to deploy the nationwide interoperablenationwide public t broadband network. i look forward to the attendance in just a moment or two and mr. ranking member. congress created the first responder network authority to lead the development authority of a nationwide interoperability safety broadband network in thed united states. the communications failures tham plague the murecovery efforts during 9/11that plagu and othern emergencies including hurricane katrina there was and still is the need for a reliable network for the public safety officials. such would improve the coordination among firston on fn responders across multipleross e jurisdictions and enhance the ability of first responders to life-saving services last y quickly. the committee convened for an
chances for precipitation. let s check in withdrew and live doppler 7hd. slightest of chances that s what we are looking at. the north bay a weak front moving through. we had some chances early this afternoon take a look at the live loop, lean of some showers try to work through here but what happened the none reaching the ground. we show you yes there is green around ukiah and clover dale and north of santa rose but it s called verga. this evaporating not getting any reports that the sprinkle are actually reaching the surface right now. look at the drought update last week. we had 32 percent of the state in exceptional drought. that increased guys today up to 39 percent. we had slight improvement though in marin county. thanks to heavy rain fall of the month of december. now we all above normal but no written in the next 3 weeks. we fall below normal. sprinkle on the accu-weather 7 day forecast in just a few minutes. guys. thank you so much. dumping millions of gallons
editor and author. then new jersey governor chris christie makes 14. america is tired of handwringing and weakness in the oval office. we need to have strength and decision-making and authority back in the oval office, and that is why today i am proud to announce my candidacy for the republican nomination for president of the united states of america. amy: we will look at the record of new jersey governor chris christie with new jersey reporter bob hennelly. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. greece has missed a $1.8 billion payment to the international monetary fund as it faces the brink of a financial meltdown. the deadline coincided with the end of greece s international bailout, leaving it without an infusion of the money it needs to meet its obligations. on tuesday, european creditors rejected a last-minute proposal from greek prime minister alexis tsipras for a new financial lifeline. t
then come abortion, air pollution, lethal injections fair housing just some of the supreme court decisions handed down after the court legalized same-sex marriage and upheld obamacare. we will speak with ian millhiser editor and author. then new jersey governor chris christie makes 14. america is tired of handwringing and weakness in the oval office. we need to have strength and decision-making and authority back in the oval office, and that is why today i am proud to announce my candidacy for the republican nomination for president of the united states of america. amy: we will look at the record of new jersey governor chris christie with new jersey reporter bob hennelly. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. greece has missed a $1.8 billion payment to the international monetary fund as it faces the brink of a financial meltdown. the deadline coincided with the end of greece s international ba