poisoned an entire town in ohio, the transportation secretary, the man in charge of preventing train derailments, held a press conference attacking white construction workers because they re the problem. it s nineteen fifty two . our eight year old president , meanwhile, 80 years old, he seems convinced it s nineteen fifteen. and we re all living in rural alabama, burning crosses the front yards of terrified sharecroppers to amuse ourselves. we don t have tv. biden gave a speech the other day in 2020 three to denounce lynching as lynching is still happening in the united states . it s all seems a little delusional. so it was with a genuine relief that we saw today. one of biden s top cabinet officials, janet yellen, who runs the treasury department, signed off her twitter account. finally, leave washington and meet with actual flesh and blood human beings. who are suffering. and now what did she meet with them to prove her sincerity, janet yellen brought with her a
Museum. You are welcome any time as is everyone wiatching. We were there for the Opening Ceremony in april. A chance to see the exhibits tonight. My opening question is how this project came about and why. Well, it came about out of the decision that we need to preserve and tell the story of americas founding. And not just as a series of events, but as people who actually achieved it, who thought up these soaring ideals of equality and liberty and selfgovernment and then how that really spread and inspired a nation, people in our nation to achieve it. It is the most important event in our nations history. It not only gave birth to our nation, but it really gave us the values that make us a people. Everything that we cherish and hold dear. So its more than just artifacts . Oh, its far more than artifacts. Our museum is founded on artifacts. In fact, when you come to the museum you will see one of the more comprehensive collection of artifacts of the revolution that has probably ever bee
That change your way of thinking, theres one book that did that for me when i was in college and that was the feminine misty misty my Betty Freeman and literally a lightbulb went on when i read that book and i decided that maybe my life was not going to consist of getting married and having children and living that kind of life that i should be thinking about taking care of myself and expanding my own horizons. I can honestly say that is one book that totally changed my way of thinking about myself. Is there any reading that you do like nonfiction or historical that helps you do your job in the senate . Well, theres a lot of reading that i do just on issues such as, i read a lot about immigrationin our country because , Immigration Reform is something that we need to address and thats very purposeful for me as an immigrant area i read about whats going on in the middle east, i read a lot of those kinds of articles. I read about whats going on in the Supreme Court and so those are the k
Wheel at other parks across the country. And dangerous debris. An alarming rise in crashes caused by highway cargo breaking free. Drivers dodging missiles on the road. Nightly news begins right now. This is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Reporting tonight from the olympic summer games in rio. Good evening. Here at olympic park, it is gold and silver for team usa tonight in womens gymnastics. Most coveted title, the allaround. Rookie simone biles seemingly unaffected by the pressure of High Expectations just delivered a jawdropping performance here to take the gold medal. With fellow american aly raisman taking the silver. We caught up with simone biles just a short time ago. Im feeling like a whirlwind of emotions, excited, happy, proud, of both me and aly because we both went out there tonight and we both did our jobs. So i couldnt ask for anything more. Evening. Nbcs Miguel Almaguer has more on an exciting day and an exciting night to come here. Reporter simone biles left little
Crosswalk on boulder highway. But didnt make it to the other side in time. Im christine maddela. Im john huck. Fox 5s Cyndi Lundeberg went to the site of the crash today. And recreated the walk. Cyndi what did you find out. In december the Nevada Department of transportatin told me they were going to be making major changes to boulder highway for this reason. Those changes are behind schedule. Its the deadliest stretch of roadway in the valley. Nats last year on boulder highway. 12 pedestrians. 2 bicylists and 4 people in cars died. Wednesday night. A similiar story. A man walking across the road just after 11. Was hit and killed. I spoke to the nevada Highway Patrol in december about for a number of years thats tony illia with ndot. And he went on to tell me ndot wwould be making changes. Including. Installing lights to crosswalks so drivers know where people are at night. Ndot said the project would take six to eight months to complete. And eight months later its not completed. Nats