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We begin with family leave. The United States is the only industrialized nation that doesnt guarantee paid Maternity Leave. That is beginning to change as cities and states pass programs to help new mothers and fathers. Companies like netflix are going a step further. That is our cover story this week. 2016 has been called the year of the parent. This year, San Francisco became the first city to require fully paid parental leave and new york state joined california, new jersey and rhode island in requiring paid time off statewide. So only 12 of u. S. Employees get paid family leave from their ...

So many dead, so many wounded. Theyre not prepared to say whether that person was a citizen or not. Theyre saying they believe there is no credible indication there is any threat anywhere else, in orlando, florida, or anywhere else in the country. They have no indication of that. One of the other things we learned from the briefing is that this gunman, very well prepared. Assault rifle. Handg handgun. And some kind of suspicious device. On his person. Perhaps in his care. It was clear this morning according to sources this person put a lot of time and effort into the kargt and what he was goin...

The Anthony Weiner scandal. We begin with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. We would like to know the reason behind this tragedy. Smoke signals provide new clues in the egyptair crash. Recorded messages showed there was smoke on board moment before it disappeared. The pilot never reported any problems before the plane went mewn suddenly in the diterranean sea. Debris and body parts are being found at sea. Today Hillary Clinton meets with the families of victimsf o gun violence. Yesterday donald trump was endorsed by the nra. A security scare at the thite house. Cre seet se...

Youre looking at a timelapse video recorded by the library of congress showing the process of constructing the exhibition jacob riis revealing how the other half lives. Next on American History tvs american artifacts, we visit the exhibit in the librarys Thomas Jefferson building to learn about the life of the danishborn journalist, social reformer, and photographer. This program is just under an hour. Im cheryl regan, exhibit director in the interpretive office at the library after congress. Im barbara baier, curator, al this exhibit and historian in the Manuscript Division of the library of ...

Born journalist, social reformer and photographer. This program is just under an hour. Im cheryl regan, im an exhibit director and im an exhibit director at the library of congress. Im barbara bear, the curator of this exhibit and the manuscript. Its a copresentation with the museum of the city of new york. It is the first time that the collections of the library of congress, the jacob riis papers, have been married with the photographs that are stellar collection at the museum of the city of new york. We picked the word copresentation very carefully. Because the exhibition here actually follo...