World headquarters in new york, im Joshua Johnson. Welcome to the week. Today the white house spent part of mothers day doing some damage control. After a disappointing job report last month. We are making bold moves, but there is a long way to go, and we have to be there to help americans find jobs. Right now we are obviously very focused on working with congress to get the president s jobs package passed. And his familys package. The reality is, we have fallen behind, with our investments in the economy and people are still struggling. The gop is blaming the april jobs report on the jobless benefits that were put in place to combat the pandemic recession. Some republican governors have started cutting federal aid hoping to force people back to work. President biden says he still has hope for bipartisan support, of his multi trillion Dollar Infrastructure and jobs plan. This week he plans to meet with each partys house and senate leaders, and with a group of republican senators. But t
Edge . Hello and welcome to dateline. When police got word that someone had fallen off a cliff, they werent surprised. The place was known to be dangerous. But even they could not guess that it would take almost 20 years to find out what really happened to a woman out on an evening hike with her husband. Heres chris jansen. Every couple has it. A shared song, a favorite movie, or maybe a special place. Stephen sharp says that for his wife and him jody, this was it. Two rocks forming a lovers chair on the edge of a cliff. That was our spot. We would bring a couple of long chairs, a cooler, and she would bring her work from graduate school. They had been escaping to this magical place for years. Ever since they were newlyweds in a Starter Apartment in new jersey. Up here, the air was fresh and the views seemed limitless. Its sort of framed the trees but you can look down to the right through the view of the George Washington bridge. What they couldnt see from here, of course, was the fut
Frenzy is on their way across the country, i am following the very latest development in texas where theyre inching closer to approving new maps that could determine the partisan makeup of that state for the next decade. Were going to have more on that in just a moment. But first, to truly understand this capes up this moment. You are really going to have to go back to 2013. Not too long ago. Thats when the Supreme Court in a five court decision, gutted the Voting Rights act. Striking down a key section of that 1965 law. Known as the preclearance requirement, it required certain states with the history of voter suppression, to get federal approval before implementing changes in their electoral policy. Including redistricting. Now the point was to ensure that these changes did not discriminate against protected minorities, before they became laws in their states. Chief justice, who authored that majority opinion, declare that the requirement was no longer needed because quote, our count
She fell from the edge. I would call this an accidental death. But whas it . She said that if anything happens to me, youll know who did it. A mystery of nearly 20 years heads into court and the husband is on the precipice. Did you kill your wife, jody . I did not. What happened on the cliffs edge . Hello and welcome to dateline. When police got word that someone had fallen off a cliff, they werent surprised. The place was known to be dangerous. But even they could not guess that it would take almost 20 years to find out what really happened to a woman out on an evening hike with her husband. Heres chris jansen. Every couple has it. A shared song, a favorite movie, or maybe a special place. Stephen scharf says that for his wife and him jody, this was it. Two rocks forming a lovers chair on the edge of a cliff. That was our spot. We would bring a couple of long chairs, a cooler, and she would bring her work from graduate school. They had been escaping to this magical place for years. Ev
they were so happy at first, sharing a lovers perched high atop a cliff. but romance turned to danger, she fell from the edge. i would call this an accidental death. but whas it? she said that if anything happens to me, you ll know who did it. a mystery of nearly 20 years heads into court and the husband is on the precipice. did you kill your wife, jody? i did not. what happened on the cliffs edge? hello and welcome to dateline. when police got word that someone had fallen off a cliff, they weren t surprised. the place was known to be dangerous. but even they could not guess that it would take almost 20 years to find out what really happened to a woman out on an evening hike with her husband. here s chris jansen. every couple has it. a shared song, a favorite movie, or maybe a special place. stephen scharf says that for his wife and him jody, this was it. two rocks forming a lover s chair on the edge of a cliff. that was our spot. we would br