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is critical. it really is. look, you know, to the survivors and families, jill and i, my wife jill is not here today with me. she is in delaware right now. she had to go back up. jill and i have gotten to know many of you over the years. some of us have become friends for a long time. weve kept in touch. mark, its good to see you again and your family, and the losses may be different, circumstances, but weve shared before us something thats helped our family. when my wife and daughter ...

wants a long sentence for his son. he claims he did not see a lot of signs of his sons troubles, but police reports prove otherwise. but first, moments from now, president biden will present the medal of freedom, the highest civilian honor, to 17 recipients. the prestigious list includes olympians, actors, lawmakers from both sides of the aisle, and the first american to receive the covid vaccine. cnns phil mattingly joins us now from the white house. what do we expect from todays ce...

steve giffords. but first u.k. prime minister boris johnson is out or at least hes about to be. the scandal-plagued leader says his party doesnt believe in him anymore. "themes the breaks," he said in front of 10 downing this morning. >> i tried to persuade my colleagues it would be eccentric to change governments when were delivering so much and have such a vast mandate. but as weve seen at westminster, the herd instinct is powerful. when the herd moves, it moves. my friends in politi...

election night in the hospital. the depth of republican fidelity to trumps big lie. north carolina, a test of what the gop is willing to look past. a first term includes tales of drugs and or jis and an attempt to get guns on planes. trump says voters should give him a second chaps. we begin in buffalo, new york. we expect to hear from the president any moment. already this morning visiting the site of the latest american massacre. alongside the first lady he met with community mem...

the feds are reporting a record shattering number of migrant encounters with a quarter of a just last month alone. thats a record. this, while our drone captured some pretty disturbing images at our southern border just over the last three days. on saturday we saw just how brazen migrants have become, not even barbed wire stopping them from hopping a fence onto private property in texas. then, just hours later on sunday morning, and even larger group numbering roughly 150 is seen wadin...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Nine new members have been elected to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. The class of 2024 is comprised of jockey Joel Rosario and racehorses Gun Runner (KY) and Justify (KY) in the contemporary category; jockey Abe Hawkins and racehorses Aristides (KY) and Lecomte (KY) have been selected […]

BREEDING INSIGHTS: Don’t overlook Sioux Nation’s prowess 2023-08-25

Tail-male descendants of Northern Dancer once again accounted for the most U.S. graded-stakes wins with 184 (41.3% of the total), a figure exceeded only by the line’s 188 graded wins in 2013. Perennial runner-up Mr. Prospector recorded his highest total ever with 162 graded wins (36.4%). Because so many Northern Dancer-line graded-stakes winners are bred […]

Martin Stevens heads to the historic Claiborne Farm at the start of a special week

One reader thinks the remedy for the fragility of the modern Thoroughbred racehorse comes from the breeding shed.