president trump agrees to reopen the government for three weeks amid concern about growing impact of the government shutdown including flight delays happening just this morning. the short-term spending bill does not include funding for a border wall. the president said he could declare a national emergency if funding for a while or barrier is not approved in three weeks. we have life team coverage for you. cristina rendon spoke to bay area coast guard families. rob roth is at the oakland airport but we want to start with ray. he is in washington, d.c. with the announcement by the president and reaction from democrats. reporter: just in the last couple of minutes the house of representatives has passed the package via unanimous consent. maybe an hour or so ago the senate also passed it. the bill will be making its way down pennsylvania avenue any moment to be signed by the president. i am very proud to announce today that we have reached a deal. reporter: when sign
american universities have long been unique institutions that generate novel sometimes controversial and even classic ideas that will challenge and sometimes press popular wisdom bringing to bear deeper more rigorous analyses of evidence. such ideas can at times you ll advances or even breakthroughs of the most vexing questions and problems of our day. one of the most indispensable pillars in higher education, which makes such advanced wholly possible, is a cardinal principle and practice of academic freedom, the protection and the unfettered pursuit of ideas, concepts, evidence and knowledge, and the passing on of such in our education students. while the principle of academic freedom is a central freedom of american education, the university of chicago has a rather distinctive and deeply held approach to academic freedom, a which i m sure you ll be hearing more about this evening from some of our panelists. the school of social service administration has a a professional sc
discussion about academic freedom and diversity on college campuses panelists include a documentary filmmaker plus authors and filmmakers from yale university and the universities of michigan in chicago. university of chicago school of social service administration hosted the discussion. it is about 90 minutes. okay, good evening everyone. i am the dean of the school of social service administration here at the university of chicago. i want to thank you for joining us for this evening s event. american universities have long been unique institutions that have unique and controversial s ideas that bring to bear deeper analyses in evidence. such ideas can fuel advances or even breakthroughs on many questions and problems of our day. one of the most indispensable pillars in education which makes as possible is the cardinal principle and practice of academic freedom. the pursuit of ideas, concepts, concepts, evidence and knowledge and the passing on of such in the education o
dawn timmeney was there and joins us live on independence mall tonight. dawn? reporter: well iain and lucy, it was quite an impressive show of support. organizers say the recent act as of anti semitism meant to divide they had completely the opposite effect uniting people from across the area and the state at the birthplace of our nation. we do stand against hate. [ applause ] and we do choose love. reporter: thought lee sunning message at a huge rally on independence mall denouncing recent acts of anti semitism against the local jewish commune n back drop couldn t have been more appropriate. that building behind us we stand up to intolerance. we continue the work that was done on this mall and in that hall. reporter: state, local and religious leaders as well as hundreds of people of all ages and faiths came out this afternoon to unite. it is very sobering to learn that here in the united states a hate crime is committed every 90 minutes. reporter: many here
the democratic national convention continues now. good evening and welcome to our special pbs newshour npr coverage of the democratic national convention in philadelphia p. i m gwen ifill and i m judy woodruff, joining us is npr s rachel martin, and here in the booth mark shields, david brooks. and also mara elliiason and down on the floor, john yang and susan davis. on the second night hillary clinton officially became the nominee and we are going to hear from her husband, former president bill clinton right after this break. funding for this program has been provided by: lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. welcome back! we are here are our entire political team as the democratic party kicks off the second night of the 2016 presidential nominating convention last night was about unifying the party and tonight is a celebration of a historical moment the first female nominee of a major political party in the united