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0 chamber just that. more to come in breaking news at the bottom of the screen. reid wants votes on several judicial nominees about wrapping up and threatening to play scrooge and keep members in washington until christmas eve. ba hum bug. make they can catch a ride with fat saint nick. i said it. enough of me ruining my tv career. let me bring in luke russert on the hill with the latest. >> reporter: that is one of the top five intros ive ever gotten. well done, my friend. theres not a lot of s...

That african-american arthur mitchell that created the dance theater of harlem. this happened shortly after the death of martin luther king, jr. the company broke barriers, presenting classically trained black ballet dancers to the world. 1988 dance theater of harlem was the first american ballet company to perform in the former soviet union receiving a rare standing ovation during the landmark five-week tour. the company continued to win accolades despite financial difficulties that put the pro...

Because for african-american students particularly, the socioeconomic challenges can be such that might be prohibitive towards studying ballet. but in the end, we get them, we give them the scholarships they need. we train them and they go and do wonderful thing. it is a challenge. were seeking money for scholarships. mr. mitchell initially wanted just a school and then people came that were already trained, adults. so we sort of had to make a company. that became our advertisement around the wo...

0 great american project. take that, china and e.u. actually, your scientists are already at their labs with $1.5 billion in funding for their human brain projects backed by the european commission and 80 international research institutions. after chinas brain tomb initiative has been pumping out research since 2004, it seems like were getting sputniked all over again. nih funding is flat lining for the first time since anyone can remember. >> theyve fallen behind great britain and germany. if t...

tavis: a tokamak to 92 of our conversation with dance legend mikhail baryshnikov. april 11 thru 21st you can check out the new production he stars and in santa monica. >> i worked there a couple of years ago. it is wonderful. tavis: it is a great location. you can see him in person and this new production. last night we wrapped our conversation talking about theater and youre running the american ballet and other companies. you were explaining the rewards and challenges of running a th...

tavis: a tokamak to 92 of our conversation with dance legend mikhail baryshnikov. april 11 thru 21st you can check out the new production he stars and in santa monica. >> i worked there a couple of years ago. it is wonderful. tavis: it is a great location. you can see him in person and this new production. last night we wrapped our conversation talking about theater and youre running the american ballet and other companies. you were explaining the rewards and challenges of running a th...

tavis: a tokamak to 92 of our conversation with dance legend mikhail baryshnikov. april 11 thru 21st you can check out the new production he stars and in santa monica. >> i worked there a couple of years ago. it is wonderful. tavis: it is a great location. you can see him in person and this new production. last night we wrapped our conversation talking about theater and youre running the american ballet and other companies. you were explaining the rewards and challenges of running a th...

>> reporter: these are actually t-38 training jets often referred to as white rockets because of their appearance. often you see interesting things over the sky about d.c., but this was a particularly rare appearance over the skies, and this is, of course, in advance of what caused it to be later in the month. those two planes which have been in the sky over the nations capitol flying about 1500 feet in what is normally restricted air space. there are several purposes to the mission. f...

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parts of our civilization. >> you want to provide am nation for its survival. >> thats right e i think we need to really think about where we are now and how to make it relevant and how to make it important in our lives. >> rose: we conclude with salmon rushguy die. he has written his second childrens book, for children and adults. theres something very liberating about the purity of story telling, if you can reduce everything to the pure lie of the narrative. its a wonderful freedom f...