That. Woodruff then, where past meets present what learning about the slaves on the plantation of a founding father can teach us about issues of race before the United States today. Its really easy to talk about things 200 years ago, its a lot more difficult when you bring it all the way up today, and you go no, the legacy of slavery is still with us. Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. Carnegie corporation of new york. Supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of International Peace and security. At carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. W
His star studded sendoff today friday, december 19th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Weve got hoda in while savannah takes time off. What am i doing . See the show last night, colbert . A little late. I watched the tape. My gosh, to be part of that crowd. I got to tell you, i think that beats your selfie. Pretty good big bird. George lucas. Barry manilow. So great. Well have more on that sendoff in a couple minutes. Meanwhile, like deja vu all over again. Terrible storm, youre talking about something similar for christmas. If you can get to where you need to this weekend do it. The eastern half of the country. It is a mess. So here weve got two systems, one up in the upper great lakes, the other in the gulf coast, warm moist flow, cold air behind it. We start off Tuesday Morning with a mix of snow and freezing rain, rain along the coast as we
His starstudded sendoff today, friday, december 19th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Weve got hoda in while savannah takes a little time off today. What am i doing here . Were going to have fun. Did you see the show last night, colbert . A little late. I watched the tape of it. And my gosh, to be part of that crowd. Ive got to tell you, i think that beats your selfie. Thats pretty good. Anytime you get begginburg. And george lucas meanwhile, its like deja vu all over again. Remember thanksgiving, that terrible storm. Youre talking about something similar for christmas. If you can get to where you need to go this weekend, do it. Especially the eastern half of the country, it is a mess. Two systems. One up in the upper great lakes, the other in the gulf coast. Warm, moist flow, cold air behind it. You can see, we start off Tuesday Morning w
Ran a corrupt empire. It was a strategy to identify people they thought would be weak. Reporter dennis would have another officer serve as a lookout, while she had sex in a closet, with a gang member inmate. And published reports said she hoped to earn snuches as much as 2,000 a week, smuggling contraband into the jail. Reporter bgf started in california, and later hit it big in maryland, becoming the states largest prison gang, distributing a book, and quickly developing a Network Selling drugs behind bars, where one of the gangs king pins made more than 15,000 a mont. Critics wonder how this happened. Looks like the rot is pretty longstanding and pretty deep. Those documents indictments are a direct result of our efforts. One by one, they are indicting officers. Who will be next to fall . Reporter and the latest one, ms. Dennis, will have to forgit any forfeit any money she got from this corruption scandal. She does face jail time. Her lawyer did not return our call for comment. Thos
We are keeping in touch with police and looking to bring you more updates as we get them. Harry hairston, nbc 10 news. Now to the flooding aftermath. A man struggled to push his car to higher ground. Sky force 10 captured these images. Some areas got hit with nearly nine inches of rain setting records. Now that the rain has moved out, calmer conditions are setting in. People can start to assess the damage that the rain left behind. Sky force 10 over millville this morning where roads, backyards, even an area surrounding a school were completely covered by floodwater there. You see people walking around. In vineland, very similar story. Flooded roads shut down. This is the area of utopia lane where the creek spilled over its banks. Now Ted Greenberg shows us, survivors of super storm sandy are dealing with another mess. Ted is live in Seaside Heights to show us what they are dealing with there. Reporter before today, there was a frame of a new house right here. It was toppled in the sto