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Not markedly different right now. Growing confidence at least in the markets they will get this thing to 216 votes it needs as minimum to approve in the house. Then it goes to the senate. That seems to be consensus building. I dont know why the numbers seemed to be there. There could be surprises. I can not tell you how many times consensus estimate on legislation didnt pan out as folk thought. Were keeping track of something probably not too shocking to a lot of you. Well hear a lot more news f...

New information about the gunman and ties to the bay area. We have live team coverage, lets start with jay gray. Reporter people were inside the nightclub as the shots rang out. You can see the police, the lights behind me. Theyre continuing to pore through evidence, trying to understand how and why this happened. Reporter an outpouring of support tonight, a stunned nation, searching for strength and answers, less than 24 hours after the deadliest mass shooting in u. S. History. Just after 2 00 ...

Marsy is there. Good evening. There was a mix of speakers with no mention of the controversy here earlier. They instead focus on praising donald trump and bashing president ial opponent. 56. Reporter night theme make america safe again. Usa usa. Reporter but as much as the message on the first night of Republican National convention was with National Security and recent violence. Would i like to make something very clear. Blue lives matter in america. Reporter the focus also stage sharply on Hil...

Officials have yet to make contact. Doubling down. Donald trump says he wasnt the only one who saw thousands of people cheering in new jersey on 9 11. I start getting phone calls in my office by the hundreds that they were there and they saw this take place. Is there any evidence to support trumps claim . And holiday rush. Thanksgiving travelers hitting the highways and heading to the airports in droves. The drewing storm that could disrupt the plans of millions of americans, today, tuesday, nov...

By theent, hosted historical office, is about an hour. Good afternoon. It is 12 00. We begin with two very distinguished guests, veteran reporters who covered the Civil Rights Act of 1964. I way of introduction, we are in one of the most historic rooms at the capitol complex. Now known as the kennedy caucus room, it was the room where the hearings were held, the watergate hearings were held. This is the room where john f. Kennedy announced his candidacy for president. The room where a lot of nom...

Armies whose idea time has come. It was. The chamber was absolutely jammed. The gallery filled, standing room only, no staff allowed on the floor. Just 100 senators. As the vote proceeded, it was silent like a tomb, and when John Williams of delaware cast the deciding vote, everyone, there was a corporate exhaling of breath. It was so tense that everybody literally held their breath until that last vote was counted, and in a blink, Richard Russell was on his feet demanding to know what the hell ...

Of the 1964 civil Civil Rights Act with former cbs correspondent roger mudd and former haroldtribune reporter andy glass. This is an hour. This session will be with two very distinguished guests today, two veteran reporters who covered the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Just by way of introduction, were in one of the most historic rooms in the capitol complex, the Senate Caucus room, now known as the kennedy caucus room is the room where the mccarthy hearings were held, the watergate hearings were he...

High school of science and yale university. In 1960 after he completed his military service he became a reporter for the New York Herald tribune and in 1962 he was assigned to its washington bureau. In 1963 he became the Herald Tribunes chief congressional corps spon dentd, having grown up in new york city and having read the New York Herald tribune, i always lamented when it folded as a newspaper, went out of business in 1966. But his career continued. He worked for newsweek, he reported for th...

So, it is fitting and appropriate on the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, we honor this unbelievable couple, dr. Martin luther king, jr. And his beloved wife mrs. Coretta scott king. They were my friend. My brother. And my sister. [ applause ] ladies and gentlemen, the United States senator from michigan, the honorable carl levin. [ applause ] thank you and good afternoon, everybody. The congressional gold medal resolution that we are implementing today commemorat...

[laughter] because she is here, we will be honest. But we wont shock anybody. One thing i alluded to, people did think that our mom was this cookiecutter mother. Those who know her and 20 people in austan do, she is a great mother. It goes to the whole thing where it is much easier to see people as onedimensional. She is a very strong lady who just happens to not shout. That is why people saw her as more conservative than she was or is. One thing about both of my parents that i feel like is a gr...