Kevin harvick, a nascar underdog, who, after 14 seasons, finally claimed a championship in 2014. The victory was a Long Time Coming for the sprint cup veteran, but his 2001 debut happened faster t expected. The last lap of that years daytona 500 claimed the life of superstar Dale Earnhardt. In the what i can of the tragedy, Richard Childress racing put harvick in the drivers seat ahead of schedule. What do you recall from watching that crash . Yeah. You know, we were at home just watching the race, watched it to the end. Watched the crash, turned it off and left the house. Anything abnormal or any harder crash than youve ever seen before. So i dont remember what we were doing that day, but we turned the race off and left. The next thing you know your phone is blowing up. Obviously, at that point we knew that something was wrong. There was a lot of things that happened in a really short amount of time when dale died. At that point, it was really just about trying to keep the company afl
America. This is bbc world news america. Reporting from washington. Im laura trevelyan. Four plinian boys become the latest casualties, killed as they played on a beach. And the u. S. Adds more sanctions to russia. And a museum that gets eau multimillion dollar face lift 100 years after the first world war. Some of the historic artifacts re on display. On ome to our viewers Public Television in america and also around the globe. Four palestinian children playing on a beach near gaza city have been killed in the littest israeli attacks. The militant Palestinian Group hamas says the killings were a war crime. Are fficials investigating. And israel has called a fivehour cease fire to allow people to stock up on supplies. Plane hit li war gazas port today. Children ran for cover. Then a second strike almost immediately. These children didnt escape. Emergency services rushed the bodies away. Some are so charred theyre too gruesome to show. Its not clear what the target was at this port. Isr
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The bill as amended is passed. Reporter the senate voted 898 to avoid tax hikes for 99 of all americans. This shouldnt be the model for how we do things around here. But i think we can say weve done some good for the country. R if the bill eventually becomes law, the bush era tax cuts will be permanently extended for everyone making less than 400,000 a year. And families making less than 450,000 a year. It will also keep the alternative minimum tax for the wealthy from hitting millions of middleclass families. Middleclass families will wake up today to the assurance that their taxes wont go up 2,200 each. Reporter the Senate Agreement delays 110 billion in spending cuts that were due to kick in today for another two months. But because the bill doesnt address spending, getting it passed in the house could be much tougher. The fact that the president won challenges partly on spending cuts is disgusting. The fact that were not where we need to be on revenues is disgusting. Its just disgu
The road more than most professional orchestras. Its been hailed as the future of Classical Music itself. And its all about children, about saving them, hundreds of thousands of children, through music. Honk [orchestral music] consider the life of Jose Gregorio hernandez. [dramatic conclusion] his blindness didnt stop the orchestra from letting him be as much a part of it as any other kid. [whistles and applause] you can see the result for yourselfmagical. [ticking] youve probably never seen anything as adorable as a fivedayold elephant. But this story is more about her mother. Her name is mpenzi. She is the large lady lending a helping trunk. Mpenzi didnt grow up in the wild. She was an orphan and was raised here, at an orphanage for elephants in kenya. These kids have all lost a parent to poachers, mainly. And here theyre cared for by the gentlest men youve ever met. Not only do they spend all day with their elephants; when its sleep time, they bed down right next to them. Welcome to