that. woodruff: then, where past meets present what learning about the slaves on the plantation of a founding father can teach us about issues of race before the united states today. it s really easy to talk about things 200 years ago, it s a lot more difficult when you bring it all the way up today, and you go no, the legacy of slavery is still with us. woodruff: all that and more on tonight s pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. carnegie corporation of new york. supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of international peace and security. at carnegie.org. and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and individuals. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station fr
woodruff: then, where past meets present what learning about the slaves on the plantation of a founding father can teach us about issues of race before the united states today. it s really easy to talk about things 200 years ago, it s a lot more difficult when you bring it all the way up today, and you go no, the legacy of slavery is still with us. woodruff: all that and more on tonight s pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. carnegie corporation of new york. supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of international peace and security. at carnegie.org. and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and individuals. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from vie
private documents revealed. what it shows about the organization he built. this is aljazeera america. good morning live from new york city i m randall pinkston. there s a state of emergency in california this morning where crews are scrambling to keen one of the state s most beautiful beams. a ruptured pipeline spilled 105,000 gallons of oil up to a fifth of that may have reached the sea. beaches are now closed for memorial day weekend. we are joined with courtney for the latest. this area has been hit before, hasn t it? yes and cleanup efforts are underway there as environmental workers try to contain the spill. this accident occurred along the same coastline that had a spill in 1969, the largest in california s history and helped launch this countries environmental movement. it s terrible, you know, this is some of the most pristine coastline we have in the county and to see it just covered in crude oil it s terrible. it s really sad. a few pelicans started washing up
why not? what doesn t go with bacon? bacon and omelettes, why not? bacon and chocolate. we ll have a little bacon breakfast. i m all for that. take three with our state of the union last night. up on capitol hill, congress talked about jobs, immigration, he talked about gun control. he gave out bacon. he should have given out bacon. he gives the address. getting beyond the substance and policy is the response from senator marco rubio from florida. a ten-minute address talking about high taxes, spending, speaking in both english and spanish. and then he did this. slow motion now for the water graph. couldn t they put the water a little bit closer to him? you know? that was during the live address. listen, we ve been there. you get something in your throat. little dry. i think it was the way he did it. he kind of made a dive for it. so far. you wonder if he could have said excuse me and then i need a sip of water. otherwise it looked like he was du
in 90 seconds. this is major news coming out of the vatican. breaking news, pope benedict xvi set to step down. he ll step down february 28 the last pope to freely resign within the 13th century. what a tornado. it s going to cross the interstate. it crossed the interstate. at least 15 tornadoes were reported in alabama and mississippi. a huge twister. several buildings on the southern university of mississippi campus hit. this is surreal. meanwhile thousands are still without power after the massive snowstorm hit the northeast. there are reports another big storm is coming. are you ready for that. i don t even want to think about it to tell you the truth. a million-dollar award is now being offered for the capture of crist ter dorner a former lapd officer suspected in three killings. senator lindsey graham will hold up the nominations. until president obama talks about the benghazi attack. i m not going to stop until we get to the bottom of it.