Good evening and welcome to todays meeting of the Commonwealth Club of california. This is a place where you are in the know. I know symantec Commonwealth Club. Org. Find us on facebook and on twitter and on the clubs Youtube Channel as well. My name is joe epstein. My pasture the Commonwealth Club word of governors and im going to chair todays program. This program is part of the clubs series underwritten by the bernardo share foundation. 60 years ago researcher jonas salk changed Human History by inventing the polio vaccine. His work has saved countless lives, helped shape the medical field as we know it today. Recently dr. Charlotte jacobs, Professor Emeritus at tampered medical School Published the First Comprehensive biography of this medical pioneer in tighter jonas salk a life. Today we are pleased to have got your jacob along with his work and the Lessons Learned from it. Dr. Jacobs will be in conversation with Janet Napolitano, president of the university of california, former
Diplomates meeting this morning at the u. N. Trying to hammer out a plan to end the war in syria. They hope today to get International Agreement on a roadmap to stop the worst humanitarian crisis of our time. Welcome to your world this morning im stephanie sy. And im del walters and meeting bringing key players except Syrian Opposition and as we are told there seems to be some Sticking Points as well. This is being pulled together as you know on quite short notice. Reporter the last two rounds showed a new found result among powers. Build on the burst of diplomatic momentum and seeing they will lead down a path again to a political transition. Reporter the groups third meeting will continue to try to nail down a realistic nationwide ceasefire in syria whi negotiating a political resolution. The ultimate goal is to hold u. N. Nationwide elections to allow the Syrian People to choose their next leadership. Translator key points no matter how strange it seems corresponds with the plan and
In Mississippi Black lives did not matter. I am senator david jordan from greenwood who attended the emmett till trial and have written from a cotton field to the state senate and include one chapter in my book which has been not the bestseller but a very good seller. But its for sale, too, in the bookstore so you all should go buy one of his books affect. Yes. So i attended the trial but the experience that i had there on the outside forward where the news media were where my first time meeting and africanamerican congressman named davis was with mrs. Teal and i was just a freshman that Mississippi College state, college at that time. And we were asked to give a report. Sargasso 25 cents a gallon. We headed for summer mississippi but when we arrived there worth staying around on the outside for a few minutes a beautiful lady walked up to his welldressed and reporter said were going to ask you some questions. Whether emmett till will get a fair trial in mississippi. And she said, well,
Project in downtown sioux city. That was chosen to receive part of an 8 million grant from the Iowa Economic Development board. Next, the project must secure a 2 Million Dollar pledge from Woodbury County in order to become a reality. The 2 Million Dollar pledge from the city. Will be distributed over a so far. One pointfive million committed to the project from the if all goes as planned. The ag open for business beginning of 2017. Deborah souverain abc 9 news tim on cam a close call for in a single vehicle accident in downtown sioux city monday tonight. They were headed north on nebraska street when the pickup they were in went out of control careening through a parking lot fence and over a retaining wall before running headon into a concreate wall. Two men believed to be in thier twenties had to be pulled from the wreckage by firefighters. Both were taken to Mercy Medical with non life threatening injuries. It could have been much worse. A post from the chain link fence speared the
November 25th was set for lehman. But such hearings are usually cancelled when the county attorneys offices files trial paperwork. The sheriff confirms a fight took place inside the victtms motel oom but he wouldnt say what started the whole incident that led to a stabbing. But some other Motel Residents have ideas and well tell y u what they saw and heard tonight at six. Live in linn county, Dave Franzman kcrg tv9 news. Cedar Rapids Police are investigating a shooting in the 11hundred block of 3rd street southwest. It happpned around 115 this afternoon. Police say someone shot a man that mans injuries dont appear life threatening. Cedar Rapids Police say a minivan crashed inno a school bus this morning after running a red light. It happened on kirkwood boulevard southwest, just south of highway 30. Police sayhere were no kids on the school bus t the time, and at least one person in the minivan was injured. Police cited the minivan driver for running the red light. And in dyersville, a