President biden for a covid Relief Package for you, the american people. A live report on what stands tonight. What you need to know. Plus, disturbing revelation about iran tonight. Just weeks away from producing enough material for a nuclear weapon. Speak of the bottom line is, they are getting closer to the point where they would be either a Threshold Nuclear Power or an actual nuclear power. Shannon former state Department Senior advisor, christian is here today. Hello, and welcome to fox news at night. We begin tonight in new york admit an exodus of governor cuomos top health officials. Corresponded standing by with the very latest, alex. Good evening, shannon. More than 1 million new yorkers have artie received their vaccinations, but because of this storm, Governor Andrew Cuomo saying that many of the appointments across new york will either be canceled or delayed tomorrow. Only snowballing these needs problems. According to a report by the New York Times, nine officials retiring
Tribute to yip harburg. The man who put the rainbow in the wizard of oz democracy now special. All that and more coming up. Now me to democracy i am amy goodman. Today, we pay tribute to yip harburg. His name may not be familiar to many, but his songs are sung by millions around the world, like jazz singer Abbey Lincoln and bing crosby sang it. Railroad, made a race against time. I built a railroad, now it is done amy goodman and tom waits. Judy collins, and dr. John from new orleans, peter yarrow,. They called meow al amy goodman thats al jolson, and our beloved odetta. Dime . An you spare a dime . Spare a amy goodman brother, can you spare a dime . May well be a new anthem for many americans. The lyrics to that classic american song were written by yip harburg. He was blacklisted during the mccarthy era. During his career as a lyricist, yip harburg used his words to express antiracist, proworker messages. Hes best known for writing the lyrics to the wizard of oz, but he also had two
Chattanooga, and charleston. We want to get your check thoughts on background checks. Should they be strengthened . If you support the idea, 202 7488000, oppose it, 202 7488001, and a third line for gun owners, 202 7488002. You can also check in on twitter and facebook. Senator joe manchin, a democrat from West Virginia who has worked on this issue of background checks, with pennsylvanias senator pat toomey. The hill newspaper reports that under federal law, licensed gun dealers are required to conduct a background check either online or by phone using the National Instant criminal background check system. In every state, the system searches for criminal convictions. But the system only scanned Mental Health records in 30 states because it is not required under federal law. Take a look a listen. [video clip] is there any federal solution to what we are talking about here . I need my friends on the republican side of the aisle to help with the most reasonable, sensible path forward. Bas
Kevin ashton, he is the coiner of the term internet of things, and hes also the author of this book, how to fly a horse. Mr. Ashton, whats the, whats the background story on the title of that book . Guest it comes from a quotation from Wilbur Wright of the Wright Brothers who was explaining how the Wright Brothers were first to fly. And he dropped a piece of paper to his floor and said to his audience notice how the paper darts back and forth, this is the kind of horse we have to learn to ride if we are going to fly. Host and how does it tie into the theme and themes of your book . Guest well, yeah. The interesting thing is why did the Wright Brothers fly first, and what was the process they used, because they werent the first people to have the idea of building a flying machine, and they werent the first people to try. So why did they succeed where everybody else failed . And the answer is they understood the problem they were trying to solve much better than anybody else. And at the
Several stories today about the toxic waste spill flowing down the colorado river. Some epa workers were trying to fix abandoned mine pollution problems in the mountains when something went wrong. They originally were ordered one million gallons were accidentally released. They now say that its more like 3 million gallons containing heavy metals. Isnwhile, Gina Mccarthy speaking in washington this afternoon about Carbon Emissions. Live coverage at 12 15. She is going to address the new regulations for reducing Carbon Emissions from existing power plants. That is at 12 15 eastern. Cspan2 will bring you live coverage from capitol hill at noon for a discussion on the cards ready. The forum will look at the differences between chip and pin technologies and go through what the government and retailers can do to better protect against fraud and identity theft. Later today we look back at a recent Senate Hearing about unwanted phone calls and telephone scams aimed at seniors. The victim was t