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Announcer s from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning on this president s day. Im mara schiavocampo. And im ryan smith. We are in for reena and t. J. I was excited to see the eddie murphy part of that, and let me just say the will farrell part was a little better. What blew me away, kanye wests performance. Im confused and frightened. We have to talk about that. Confused and frightened. Wow. Speaking of frightened, we begin with the brutal weather slamming the northeast. As fast as one...

He became one of the most reknowned performers in the country in the late 19th century. His stage name was blind tom. He was born blind. And was what we probably now would call autistic. But he was a musical genius. He could hear a piece played on the piano one time, and then play it note for note. He composed some of his own music. That was mainly based on natural sounds like birds or thunderstorms. One of his famous pieces recreation of a civil war battle on the piano. The sad part about blind...

Us at comments cspan. Org or send us a tweet, tweet, cspan comments. Join the conversation. Like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. Welcome to columbus, georgia, on booktv, located on the chattahoochee river. The river served as a Major Trading post and created a booming textile industry in the citys early history. The boats would come up the river and bring finished goods like, you know, furniture, machinery or agricultural implements x the farmers from east alabama and west georgia would br...

Not just a southern thing. Omaha, nebraska. St. Louis, chicago, illinois. All erupted in race riots. Millions of workers, about 4 million workers are going to go on strike in 1919. And this wave of labor unrest then fed into this conservative mood. It seemed to spark hysteria. This is a time when we are dealing with the red scare. The red scare with the bolshevik revolution being so fresh, that americans now determined that perhaps bolshevism had come to the american shores and were undermining ...

For nearly a century. Fort benning was established on macon road in columbus, georgia, on approximately 85 acres of land in october of 19 18th 1918. On that day the war came to a close and there was talk of closing fort denning. Many officers who had served in the American Expeditionary forces to france went before congress to testify that had our soldiers had better training they would not have suffer the casualties that they did in just 210 days of actual combat, so it was determined by congre...

Will that investigation stretch into the upcoming president ial campaign . And unprecedented. Millions waking up to record low temperatures this morning on the heels of one powerful winter storm. Al says the first real signs of spring are finally on the horizon today, friday, march 6, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning everyone. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Matt has the morning off....

They dont want sanctions lifted yet until the agreement is better. Because they have recently realized that they needed to lead in dealing with geopolitical threats rather than wait for the United States to lead them not only that, but they are also seeing that United States is responding to their lead and the United States is gradually getting more involved, helping in yemen, helping more in syria than before. It would suit a number of those estates for the negotiations to continue until a bett...

So, at rec and park, were encoloneling people to get out and play. Thats our tag line, get ready, 1, 2, 3. Get out and play. We say that because of the importance of keeping our families active and healthy. This is a real serious issue. According to the center for disease control, Childhood Obesity has more than doubled in our children and tripled in adolescents in the past 30 years. In 2010 more than onethird of our children were overweight or obese. It is important that we get our kids outside...

Good morning, everyone. Im randi kaye. It is 10 00 on the east coast, 7 00 a. M. On the west. We start in gaza this hour, as people there have to fear death from above. Israeli war planes have been relentless in their attacks on targets in gaza. They are hunting rocket launchers, but dozens of civilians have been killed as a result. The latest round of this conflict started wednesday, and there is no end in sight. Sarah sidener is in gaza city for us. What are you seeing at this hour . Are you h...

Shout out to the entire city family for their role, Mohammed Nuru and folks at department of public works had a role, lindsay hirsch. applause with all due respect to dpw and everybody else who is here, the hardest working staff in government is rec and park. Gk, construction manager, mary hobson, project manager. [cheering and applauding] director of capital planning, don. Our great operations staff, zach taylor, judy auberry who is here, and everyone else who has contributed to this incredible...