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We begin with family leave. The United States is the only industrialized nation that doesnt guarantee paid Maternity Leave. That is beginning to change as cities and states pass programs to help new mothers and fathers. Companies like netflix are going a step further. That is our cover story this week. 2016 has been called the year of the parent. This year, San Francisco became the first city to require fully paid parental leave and new york state joined california, new jersey and rhode island i...

So many dead, so many wounded. Theyre not prepared to say whether that person was a citizen or not. Theyre saying they believe there is no credible indication there is any threat anywhere else, in orlando, florida, or anywhere else in the country. They have no indication of that. One of the other things we learned from the briefing is that this gunman, very well prepared. Assault rifle. Handg handgun. And some kind of suspicious device. On his person. Perhaps in his care. It was clear this morni...

The Anthony Weiner scandal. We begin with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. We would like to know the reason behind this tragedy. Smoke signals provide new clues in the egyptair crash. Recorded messages showed there was smoke on board moment before it disappeared. The pilot never reported any problems before the plane went mewn suddenly in the diterranean sea. Debris and body parts are being found at sea. Today Hillary Clinton meets with the families of victimsf o gun violen...

Youre looking at a timelapse video recorded by the library of congress showing the process of constructing the exhibition jacob riis revealing how the other half lives. Next on American History tvs american artifacts, we visit the exhibit in the librarys Thomas Jefferson building to learn about the life of the danishborn journalist, social reformer, and photographer. This program is just under an hour. Im cheryl regan, exhibit director in the interpretive office at the library after congress. Im...

Born journalist, social reformer and photographer. This program is just under an hour. Im cheryl regan, im an exhibit director and im an exhibit director at the library of congress. Im barbara bear, the curator of this exhibit and the manuscript. Its a copresentation with the museum of the city of new york. It is the first time that the collections of the library of congress, the jacob riis papers, have been married with the photographs that are stellar collection at the museum of the city of ne...

Im going to talk a little bit about their cartoons that she did once they won the right to vote. Started working towards the equal rights amendment. This particular piece is called protection, and one of the early issues that the National Womans Party was working for and really publicizing a lot is protection of women so how the equal rights amendment would lend itself to increased protection of women who were trying to raise their children. Independence for mothers who werent necessarily marrie...

Doing fine. But what they are learning every day. In those letters are absolutely phenomenal. As the harvard medical school. Host the last question or comment who was the last president to write his own speeches . Order your thoughts on the gaggle of writers and handlers for modern president s . My guess is theodore roosevelt. With the power the president to communicate it is somewhat diminished by that that is not to say they have written some of the most powerful parts of the speeches they hav...

Much wisdom we would have missed out on. The one and only president for sure trevor of the Carnegie Corporation. Ishmael the director of the library in alexandria, and they are joining us to celebrate your service. We are also lucky to be joined by the latvian ambassadors to the United States committee acting librarian of Congress David howell and Jane Mcauliffe the director of outreach and delegates to the board. Grace mckenna and come i havent seen her come there she is, whose family has done ...

Part of the longterm future of syria. Secretary of state john kerry speaks to al jazeera about the future of Bashar Alassad. And how many child brides in niger who escape poverty end up in even worse circumstances. Were learning more about the shooter at an Oregon Community college. The Police Identified Chris Harper Mercer as the shooter in the massacre. He was discharged from the army in 2008 for failing to meet the minimum standards to serve. A rifle and a flak jacket was does covered with am...

When they needed her, to keep their spirits up when they often needed that and she was very bright and funny and can be very sharp if she thought somebody wasnt the hitting and somebody should be a. The father was inspiration of their lives, never lost faith in them. Didnt really understand the technology they were working with. Very few people did. It wasnt just that they were bicycle mechanics. They were brilliant business, and aeronautical engineers solving problems, intellectual problems tha...