How the white house has celebrated the fourth of july through history. Washington journal is next. Good morning. It is Independence Day in america. At the white house later today President Trump will headline a salute to america event involving a flyover the washington on you meant. The head of those festivities ahead of those festivities, we are spending this morning asking viewers how you feel about this country this morning . Are you proud to be an american . If you live in the eastern time zone, call 202 7488000. If you live in the pacific time zone, the number is 202 7488001. You can also send us a text this morning. 202 7488003. Please involve include your name. A very good saturday morning to you. You can start calling in now about this question. Asking this question in the wake of a gallup poll last month that found u. S. National pride has fallen to record lows. From that pole, although a majority of adults in the u. S. Say they are either extremely proud or very proud, these
At that event celebrating the fourth of july. Saying, there are plenty of reasons to be proud to be an american. [video clip] the most important day in the history of nations, july 4, 1776. Americanwords, every heart should swell with pride prime a with pride. Every American Family should cheer with delight and every American Patriot should be filled with joy because each of you lives in the most magnificent country in the history of the world. And it will soon be greater than ever before. [applause] our founders launched not only a revolution in government but a revolution in the pursuit of justice, equality, liberty, and prosperity. No nation has done more to advance the human condition than the United States of america and no people have done more to promote Human Progress than the citizens of our great nation. It was made possible by patriots who gathered in philadelphia and signed the declaration of independence. [applause] they enshrined a divine truth that changed the world fore
Been killed and more than seven hundred injured in violent clashes with israeli troops across the occupied west Bank East Jerusalem and the gaza strip the u. S. President s recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel has also sparked protests around the world mike hanna reports. An animated discussion between the u. S. Ambassador and the palestinian representative just one of the urgent conversations taking place around the room even before the session began the packed chamber testament to the depth of International Concern and some argue the credibility of the Security Council itself is under attack if it comes with the us not to act accordingly to what its minded use which is a person having peace and security then the council might become another occupied territory. Speaking by video link from jerusalem the u. N. Special coordinator condemned the unilateral u. S. Action if the Israeli Palestinian conflict is not resolved in line with relevant un resolutions and in a manner tha
Wind at the jersey shore and a slippery mess in between. Trees and powers lines are down in the region and the storm is not done yet. Its tuesday afternoon and the big story is a late winter blast from mother nature. As we look live from the Queen Village section we see a tree blocking 6th and carpenter streets. One of many issues people are dealing with at this hour. We have live coverage from the Lehigh Valley and the shore. Now we go to meteorologist, david murphy. You see dry air coming up into the region and melting away the last of this snow. Its still snowing in northeast philadelphia but beginning to die down a bit. But in south philadelphia, and center city we were drying out. Some of this out to the north and west with the area of low pressure to our latitude may be drawn back in to points to the south, but if it does happen it wont put much accumulation down. The worst of this appears to be of, that means what you have on the ground now in terms of snowfall amounts is what y
In 90 seconds. For some reason we cannot discern, this document has been made available. This document has surfaced. It has been handed to a reporter. President trumps tax return leaked to the press. One of the leaders of the alt left propaganda, destroy trump at all cost media, she got her hands on two pages of President Trumps 2005 tax return. You think its possible he could have sent them to you . Absolutely. Donald has a long history of leaking information about himself. Unreal, totally unreal. Winter saved its best for last. In its final week of the season, it dumped more than two feet of snow on parts of the northeast. This was a wallop. Its been miserable. Im going to be honest. The storm continues to have an effect on travel, stranding thousands. Passengers are trying to get on board and get out. The storm may have passed, but the bitter temperatures behind it are a new cause for concern. The snow thats on the ground is going to last through the weekend. I hope this is it. In C