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gov. thomas e. dewey which is over california on his campaign around the nation. striking at communist elements in government, the gop leader draws big audiences. the next step is portland, oregon with mrs. dewey by his side. he makes another stirring bid he has at least one ardent supporter. those are some of the region s finest specimens. we will know soon. in november is just around the corner. president truman continues his swing around the circuit. the chief executive get a president. he writes to the home of his own his old friend cactus aand it s a war record warm welcome on route to. he visits the alamo. the historic shrine of texas independence. in austin, a big crowd to greet the president as he continues his campaign for the lone star state s 23 electoral votes. on his tour, the president spoke and visited with sam rayburn, former soup former speaker of the house. in fort worth, to try to bring the southern vote back into line. dewey defeats trum ....
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it s like, gee whiz, this kind of that s real linoleum on the floor, isn t it? i mean, this was not i mean, you go to you go to hyde park or you go to some of these other presidential homes and they are pretty modest. even like calvin coolidge s. you go to his house before he s president and it s really modest. it s like you know, some place you d see in amsterdam or something. and afterwards he does have to move into a big place. harry truman never moves into the big place and his circumstances are sufficiently modest that he is the guy that he s why we have presidential pensions. up to that point we really don t have that and they may be independently wealthy like a herbert hoover or they re able to have accomplished something more than truman did, very modest on the payroll his whole life, federal or local, county government. so truman is a modest guy. he might have been taking all these walks to save on gasoline, i don t know. next? the photograph, the p ....
a huge cleanup is underway across the east coast after 16 reported tornadoes tore through the region overnight. this is aljazeera america live from new york city, i m stephanie sy. seven are dead since the storms began tuesday. four in virginia, which has been hard hit. the winter storm that slammed the south brought its rage to the north and the east overnight. in virginia, at least four people died, the result of tornadoes. this came three feet off the ground. it just dropped is straight down. virginia s governor declared a state of emergency after a town took a direct hit. two adults and a toddler were among those killed. i knew he was gone, man. around four dozen tornadoes have wreaked havoc across the country since tuesday. from louisiana when a water spout skirted the air to a twister that hit a r.v. park. then to the florida panhandle, where an e.f.3 tornado hit pensacola. the storms brought flash flooding to the washington, d.c. area. winds were st ....
and not much dirt. could it be the answer to feeding the world s growing population? virginia governor has declared a state of emergency, as many as 16 tornados tore through the state. this al jazeera america. john henry smith has he latest. reporter: the winter storm brought its rage to the north and east overnight. in virginia at least four people died, the result of tornados. virginia s governor declared a state of emergency after this town took a direct hit. three of timothy williams neighbors two adults and a toddler were among those killed. from louisiana where a water spout skirted the airport in new orleans, to a twister that destroyed an rv park. there are family members calling in that has not made contact with loved ones, and that they know were in this area. reporter: and then to the florida panhandle with a tornado hit pensacola. winds are strong enough in new york city to overturn a tractor trailer. and in the midwest there were white-out blizzar ....