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i cooperate i don t have the words. reporter: as quickly as the twister came it left. it all stopped at my house amazing enough. reporter: the remainder of the street is untouched. just a few steps away yards were buried. a site that some here thought they would never see. i am from new england. tornadoes don t happen. they do. i guess they do now. reporter: the clean up here workers actually are getting down on a wire there in the sky to get to some of these trees to make sure the tree branches won t come down at a later time. i can tell you in the last few minutes we saw one worker injured. he was taken away in an ambulance and he did appear to be conscious. we will continue to follow that story and bring you updates on that injury. live in concord, nicole ed: governor baker walked the streets and praised crews for how quickly they were able to clean up saying they are lucky no one was seriously hurt given the strength of the storm. i think in many ways ....
american artifacts programs anytime visiting our website c-span.org/history. you tweak american history each week american history tv sits in with a lecture from one of the nation s college professors. you can watch the classes here. next, university of tennessee-knoxville professor daniel fowler and his class talk about president andrew jackson and the politics of the mid-19th century. they also talk about how jackson s presidency was interpreted by historians. this is about an hour and 50 minutes. professor feller: we are considering the problem of drug sodium democracy and let me frame the problem. there is this phrase, jacksonian democracy, that shows up. jacksonian democracy and let me frame the problem. there uses this phrase, jacksonian democracy that shows up. it is pervasive in a historical literature. what is jacksonian democracy? is it a political movement? is it merely jackson s democratic party? if so, what does that party stand for. does it lay legit ....
since 2000 focusing on alzheimer s disease. the burden of the disease, a state of the research and the challenges faced. going back many years we have heard predictions from experts about the far-reaching consequences this disease will have on the quality of life for american families and the burden that will place on our economy in the years ahead. last april and a major study predicted that these consequences will be far greater than previously imagined. we will hear from the author of that study today on the next panel.reviously imagined. we ll hear from the author of that study today on the next panel. i won t steal his thunder, but i note this study commanded the attention of the nati, there are few americans whose life has not been tested in some way by alzheimer s disease life hasn t been touched in some way by alzheimer s disease. whether through a family member or a friend. it s the most common form of dementia among older americans and its risk increases with ....
policy. or definitively saying what diseases money has to go to. instead, we allow the peer-review process to support the most promising science. however, we were able to provide $131 million increase for the national institute on ageing in the recent fiscal year 2014 omnibus. again, with the expectation that promising science in alzheimer s disease will be supported. we have a distinguished panel of experts here today, scientists, economists, patients, family members. we also have quite an audience. let me welcome representatives of the alzheimer s association. some of you came a long way to be here today. we thank you for your tireless work to educate members of congress and the press about the need to do more to help you and your loved ones. also in the audience are students, i am told, from the university of virginia. these young people are spending a day here learning about budget and appropriations, and we welcome all of you here also. on our first panel, of cours ....
one relatively positive development i guess we can say is it appears that louisiana avoided the worst of the predictions of a 20-foot storm surge to come with these horrific winds, but make no mistake. hurricane laura is still very dangerous. not only was it overnight but also as we speak, flash flooding, heavy rains, high winds all still happening at this hour as storm, as you can see there from the radar is moving north very strongly. as this storm hit in the middle of the night, people are really just starting to get a sense of the damage that they are facing today. homes and businesses destroyed, trees down just everywhere, and that is likely just the beginning of it for folks. the storm also blowing out windows all over the place. hundreds of thousands of people are without power. the cleanup will no doubt be a herculean task. one. hardest hit communities is lake charles, louisiana, and that s where cnn s gary tuchman is and was overnothing. still standing there to ....