Tribute to yip harburg. The man who put the rainbow in the wizard of oz democracy now special. All that and more coming up. Now me to democracy i am amy goodman. Today, we pay tribute to yip harburg. His name may not be familiar to many, but his songs are sung by millions around the world, like jazz singer Abbey Lincoln and bing crosby sang it. Railroad, made a race against time. I built a railroad, now it is done amy goodman and tom waits. Judy collins, and dr. John from new orleans, peter yarrow,. They called meow al amy goodman thats al jolson, and our beloved odetta. Dime . An you spare a dime . Spare a amy goodman brother, can you spare a dime . May well be a new anthem for many americans. The lyrics to that classic american song were written by yip harburg. He was blacklisted during the mccarthy era. During his career as a lyricist, yip harburg used his words to express antiracist, proworker messages. Hes best known for writing the lyrics to the wizard of oz, but he also had two
Shrinking national monuments. Its been an issue he has cared about in terms of corralling federal powers. Wednesday some type of announcement on israel, the administration has indicated theyre likely to declare that jerusalem is the capitol but punt on this ongoing issue of where the u. S. Embassy should be. In all likelihood it will stay in tel aviv. On president the president will be back on eye the campaign trail so to speak in pensacola, florida, for a rally. That is aimed at roy moore supporters who live across the bay in mobile. So we see the moore issue pop up. We just saw it this morning, the president said that he is supporting roy moore. Overhanging all of this is the ongoing russia investigation, the issue of general flynn, whether he is going to provide information to the Mueller Probe that could implicates other in the white house, and then im sure as mike will be focusing on, at the end of the week we have big budget deadline, perhaps a government shutdown, and the presid
I did everything i could to make sure that this didnt happen to anybody else. Those stories plus new concerns over tamiflu, a growing shortage of drugs used to treat the virus. Is mel gibson planning a sequel to his most controversial and successful movie ever . And a polite politician, a british official stuns colleagues after showing up just one minute late to work. And, therefore, i should be offering mistress ig nation. What happens next today thursday, february 1st, 2018. Announcer from nbc news, this had is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today. Thanks for joining us on very first day of february. I love that british politician, one minute late for work and he offers his resignation. Its 7 01 right now. By his standard, were out of here. All right. Were going to get right to our top story. That deepening rift between President Trump and the fbi over the potential release of a classified memo tied to the russia in
Make sure that this didnt happen to anybody else. Those stories, plus new concerns over tamiflu, a growing shortage of the drug used to treat that virus, despite reports of serious side effects. Is mel gibson planning a sequel to his most controversial and successful movie ever . Poli. A british official stuns colleagues after showing up just one minute late for work and does this. And therefore i should be offering my resignation. What happened next . Today, thursday, february 1st, 2018. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today, thanks for joining us on this very 1st day of february. I love that british politician. One minute late for work and he offers his resignation. You know, its 7 01 right now. By his standard, were outta here. Well get to the top story, the deepening rift between President Trump and the fbi over the potential release of a classified memo tied to the russia investiga
Record. Hello. Our top stories, houthi fighters have fired artillery shells in the port city of aden. More than 50 dead and 170 injured. The attacks come after aden was declared captured from houthi forces. From aden a bit earlier. As one rebel fighter, when the houthis sensed defeat they started opening artillery and rockets on residential on the residential area. The north of aden is depositionly built and heavily populated, primarily with refugees from other areas of aden who fled during the past two months. So we have confirmed 40 dead and at least children are fatalities. So this area has seen clashes before because its at the intro point of aden. Now, it seems the fighting has intensified in the past 48 hours. Much of the fighting has now switched to tiaz a key strategic region. Natasha gname has this report. A fire bought lights up the night sky in tiaz accompanied by the sounds of explosions one after the other. The government says they put out to the an area. Tiaz is yemens Th