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From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. The death of klinghoffer was written in 1991, telling the story of a hijacking of a cruise ship and the killing of one of its passengers, who was shot and thrown overboard in his wheelchair. It premiered overnight at the Metropolitan Opera House in new york. Hundreds of protesters called the piece antisemitic and inflammatory. Others viewed it a masterpiece. The performance has raised questions about the responsibilities of an institution ...

From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. The death of klinghoffer was written in 1991, telling the story of a hijacking of a cruise ship and the killing of one of its passengers, who was shot and thrown overboard in his wheelchair. It premiered overnight at the Metropolitan Opera House in new york. Hundreds of protesters called the piece antisemitic and inflammatory. Others viewed it a masterpiece. The performance has raised questions about the responsibilities of an institution ...

From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. The death of klinghoffer was written in 1991, telling the story of a hijacking of a cruise ship and the killing of one of its passengers, who was shot and thrown overboard in his wheelchair. It premiered overnight at the Metropolitan Opera House in new york. Hundreds of protesters called the piece antisemitic and inflammatory. Others viewed it a masterpiece. The performance has raised questions about the responsibilities of an institution ...

Standing with you is based on what you have done and not on our feeble efforts. Set your stronghold of protection firm against the foes of this land we love, as you use our haw makers to fulfill your purposes. Lord, in the midst of distracting problems, give our senators a vision of what america can become. Make this a nation of justice and plenty where vice shall cease to fester. Prepare us for the role committed to our fallible hands so that our lives will ghoarfy you. Glorify you. We flai you...

Emancipation hall in the Capitol Visitors Center and so forth. The presiding officer is there objection to proceeding to the measure . Without objection. Mr. Reid i ask consent the resolution be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, and there be no intervening action or debate. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Reid i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to s. Res. 2 527. The presiding officer the clerk will report. The clerk Senate Resolution 527, congratulati...

Home to New Hampshire in late spring and spent some time talking with his High School Music teacher she knew that he went to Harvard Law School but didnt know that he was working with me and she kind of unloaded on him about his great disillusionment with the Supreme Court. She had been looking at the headlines about how partisan divisions seem to be any one of the people whose journalism she respects, people like Linda Greenhouse were saying this is a very partisan and polarized court. Why shou...

The senate increasingly are dependent upon bigmoney Campaign Contributions in order to win their seats. That is not what democracy is about. That is what oligarchy is about. Oligarchy is when you have a nation owned and controlled by a handful of wealthy families. And that is where we are moving today. Mr. President , on issue after issue the American People are very clear about about where they want to be going. On this issue of Citizens United, the American People are very clear that we need R...

Mythology of a society. Its like homer or anything else am you draw on the walls and everything before you could even write and say this is these are the things we believe in. Its important, its important to society. And i realized that there really was no showcase for this sort of work. Rose we conclude this evening with annie lennox, her new cd is nostalgia, in which she takes her own interpretation of the american song book. Jaws has never been my genre, and i think it was a challenge am i lo...

Mythology of a society. Its like homer or anything else am you draw on the walls and everything before you could even write and say this is these are the things we believe in. Its important, its important to society. And i realized that there really was no showcase for this sort of work. Rose we conclude this evening with annie lennox, her new cd is nostalgia, in which she takes her own interpretation of the american song book. Jaws has never been my genre, and i think it was a challenge am i lo...

A memoir. Glad you joined us. Those conversations coming up right now. And by characteristics to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Just over a year ago, the u. S. Supreme court struck down a key provision of the Voting Rights act of 1965, opening the day for states to implement restrictive measures about who can and cannot vote including new voter i. D. Laws. A bill to address the Supreme Court striking down those laws is pending in the state and is blocked in the house. It woul...