it is 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 a.m. pacific. i m jose diaz-balart. we begin this hour with deadly storms now making their way northeast after leaving behind a trail of destruction across texas, oklahoma, arkansas and kentucky. at least 19 people are dead and dozens more injured. take a look at this. valley view, texas, gas station. officials say as many as 125 people were sheltering when a powerful tornado struck. overnight kentucky governor andy beshear declared a state of emergency as the severe weather threat continues into today for millions of americans. it leaves hundreds of,sands across the region without power. joining us from valley view, texas, is nbc s priscilla thompson. priscilla, good morning. where do things stand now? reporter: jose, good morning. right now in the hardest-hit areas there s devastation everywhere. we re here and you can see there s a car with its windows completely blown out. that car was actually in that gas station parking lot when this tor
The conservative political agenda. Then some of the middle east policy challenges. Also your phone calls, and you can join the conversation on facebook on twitter. Quotengton journal post every morning at 7 00 a. M. On cspan. The president and mrs. Obama participated in a recentlaying wreathlaying ceremony at Arlington National cemetery. This is 50 minutes. Halt. Present arms. [the starspangled banner plays] ladies and gentlemen, present arms. [drum roll] plays] ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the invitation and the national anthem. The chaplain, national captioning will National Capital region, and the military district of washington, Major General geoffrey buchanan, military district of washington, executive director your Army National military cemetery, general martin dempsey, chairman, joint chiefs of staff, the honorable chuck hagel, secretary of defense. Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States. The chief ladies and gentlemen, the chaplain. Let us join toge
Second president elected to serve a full term in Office Without Party Control in either the senate or the house. That made progress, any progress, domestically, very difficult. Candidly speaking, my grandfather did not want to raise taxes in 1990, but our constitutional system of governance says Congress Also gets a say. Besides that, he felt he owed the American People action and results. Compromise is a dirty word in washington today because we live in an age of the perpetual campaign. Once we get back to realizing the importance of actual governance, i suspect this too will pass. My grandfather wishes to join you in recognizing mayor bridges and congratulating him for his much deserved recognition this year. We can all hope his example of standing on principle will inspire more elected officials on both sides of the aisle. Not lost on anyone i suspect is the symbolism of the grandson of a much admired president of the United States conferring a prestigious award that is being accept
What allow me to take that big leap of faith and step out over the edge with there was no base to pull me. I remember the devotional from years ago. A long time ago, i remember reading a devotional about a guy who have been unable with a friend of his who have been a captain in the navy. They were starting out in their boat. As they got away from the dock, started to get windy. The fumes started to pick up. The next thing you know he was leaning over the railing about to throw up. Deck said stopindex hanging over the railing and find a stable spot on the horizon and focus on that. , i diddid the zipline that. I thought what am i looking down at the ground. Could look down the thousand feet. I looked at where the touchdown platform. It was about a 12 foot base. I can see the people way off in the distance. I stopped looking down. I just ran off the end. The great part about it was after i took the first step it was kind of fun. I let out a yell. It wasnt a squeal or a screen. It was a w
Afternoon to introduce to you trevor plant. Trevor is the director of the Textual Records Division at the National Archives building in washington, dc. Ill translate that for you all. Trevor has a very important job in the field of history. Trevor is the friend of every historian. Trevor is a really likable guy. But if you didnt like him and youre a historian, hes still going to be really nice to him because archivist have all the power. Now i got a double whammy there. My wife is an archivist, so i got archivist at home that i have to mind as well as the field as well. The archivist are again are indispensable to what we do in the field of civil war history, in particular. Youd be hard pressed to find a book that doesnt have the imprint of trevor. He knows the collections exceeding only well, and thats whats so crucial. When you work with an archivist, you want someone who can do more than just pull the records off the dusty shelves. Youve got to have somebody who really understands t