Pete seger had been at it for so long plunging himself into the political passions with so many decades it felt like he had been around forever, and would stay around forever. He died monday night at 94. He kept abreast of movements and struggles worldwide, and spread the love of music of the world to the world. He deplored the exaltation of the rich over the poor, exclusion and snobbery. He was a man of many thoughts. He went to harvard although he did not stay long enough seger put musical notes to a call of change, labor rights and the environment. He used elementarie elements ofl songs and his hit where have all the flowers gone is a standard of antiwar days in vietnam. I think the world is going to be saved folks stars showed up to salute him. Bruce springsteen showe spring g archive. Seger charged up the occupy wall streeters in did yo zuccotti pa. He believed in the power of song, but more importantly he believed in the power of community to stand up for what is right and agains
Leader and general face each other in court. And put your Royal Household in order. Britains monarchky is told to get more commercial about its money. But first, ukraines par limit has voted to scrap its onty laws. The opposition still arent happy. The message couldnt have been clearer. Parliament throws out antiprotest laws introduced just a week ago. With a resounding majority. The vote came hard on the heels of the resignation of Prime Minister, immediately accepted by the president. And according to the constitution, that meant the whole cab net was out of office we asked for the resident ignoring night of the government, who is directly responsible for the situation we have now been in which is very important responsible will you stand for Prime Minister . I doubt it is in a personal position, but our main message is that if the president proposed to the Opposition Forces the position of the Prime Minister, and give them the right to form the government, we are ready to take respo
If shale gas extraction goes ahead, it will be a boon to New Brunswicks struggling economy. The province anticipates it could generate over a thousand jobs and 1. 5 billion dollars, staunching the exodus of workers west to albertas oil sands. To have that kind of revenue inflow and that kind of potential, it would have a dramatic impact on the province. In fact, on the studies we looked at just a few weeks ago indicates that Shale Gas Development could actually double the Economic Growth rates in the province. Three years later these were the images from New Brunswick flashing across Canadian Television screens. Royal Canadian Mounted Police guns trained on First Nations people, police cars sent up in flames. We seized a number of firearms from the encampments at the protest site. We also found explosive devices, a large amount of ammunition, knives, and bear spray. Several shots were fired from within the encampment. Molotov style explosives were thrown at police, and six rcmp vehicle
In an effort to ease tensions. He inspired a generation of musics with songs and political activism, this morning fans remember pete seeger the father of American Folk Music. S that s th s thats that flsh flush thank you for waking up with us and im tomorrow place draden and we begin with president obama who is preparing for his fifth state of the Union Tonight and its different and he has to address with sub par Approval Ratings and increasing doubt that the country is improving under his watch and according to an abc news poll the Approval Rating is just 46 and the lowest going in a state of a Union Address. Most americans remain sour on the economy and the direction the country is going in and the state of american politics over all. During the address the president will try to turn the publics attention to his key initiatives and include Early Childhood education and minimum wage and Affordable Care act and lisa joining us from washington and the president as you know, lisa comes i
To bring storm, ice, and sub zero temperatures to the south where people are not used to those conditions, nationwide thousands of flights are already canceled. In a matter of hours president barack obama will deliver his fifth state of the Union Address. And he has been to the address facing some of the lowest Approval Ratings he has ever seen. 46 disapprove of his work, thats according to a Washington Post poll. So with those numbers the president has some convincing to do. Libby casey is on capitol him, libby, what can we expect to hear . We will hear him talk about things he cares about, including income and equality. Minimum wage as you mentioned one issue that falls under that. He will also talk about Immigration Reform, and dont be surprise if he does bring up the Affordable Care act, he has center stages the national attention, it is an opportunity for him to sell the American Public owhat has been a rookie roll out. These last few months and he will touch on a range of other i