yes, that jesse helms.he late north carolina senator was notorious for his racially charged rhetoric. he supported segregation. he called civil rights the single most dangerous piece of legislation ever introduced in the congress. >> it was taking liberties away from one group of citizens and giving them to another. i thought it was bad legislation then. and i have had nothing to change my mind about it. >> and tonight north carolina's governor pat mccrory is honoring him. honoring him the same week the national republican party opened a new african-american outreach office in the state of north carolina. amazing. this shows the problem the gop has right now. then supports republican leaders who says this. >> the very first political contribution i ever made in my life was to jesse helms. when i was a kid, i sent $10 to jesse helms. the willingness to say all those crazy things is a rare, rare characteristic in this town. and you know what? it's every bit as true now as it was then, we need a hundred more l

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one of the very few women at the helm of the u.k. company. big and glamorous shoes to fill. >> we have talked a lot about the negotiation or lack thereof taking place on capitol hill. when it comes to high-stakes talks, bill richardson is a pro. the former new mexico governor and ambassador to the u.n. have held discussions with fidel castro and the taliban and to name a few. now he writes about his experiences in his new book "how to sweet talk a shark. how would you manage to sweet talk the shark that is the u.s. congress at the moment? need a mediator, somebody outside. think there is the outline of the deal, but i would test the two-party republicans in the house to see if they really hang together. it has not been done. lastly, i would urge the president to bring everybody into the white house, lock the make, and say we will not a deal until you guys make a deal until something comes out. i would force the negotiation into a secluded place so they don't talk to the press or the caucuses. they are not going to listen to me. >> is it tough

that is a question that will be with me for my entire years at the helm of the mayor of the city butrefine it. and so today, i'm proud to announce that this partnership with our unified school district emanating y from where i described with mr. benny house file and a number of technology companies nooshl investment of $2.7 million for the middle schools to begin with that will fill the gap that was described but it's many, many more than that. if you look at the whole agenda that those principles give me you'll know they want you mean to invest in people and this is the most important thing. i know there's some articles that is a gosh urging tow getting a lot of money it's not about that. it's whether we're ready to receive it in the way that results will multiple 10 to twelvefold. and i will have to say as glad as i am to have met and work with those 12 principles their trouble causeers because they've invited the other 7 principles of the k schools to come at me but created the buzz that we wanted to say with every teacher of the unified school district and that's about the excite

i'm confident this agency will continue to flourish with jim at the helm.n the you guys to ant help them out. because i guarantee you that to have your back, make sure you've got his back as well. thank you very much, everybody. god bless you. [ applause ] >> now, ladies and gentlemen. t's my honor to introduce the seventh director of the federal bureau of investigation, james p. comby. thank you, utz shawn. thank you, mr. president, thank ou so much for gracing us with your presence for honoring us and for speaking so eloquently fbi in e mission of the its great people. thank you also to my friends and gathered here today. my entire life is literally this crowd and it is a pretty picture. these are the people that i have loved literally my entire life. nd from whom i have learned so much. i'm especially grateful that my brothers, sister, my could be here today. i wish so much that mom could be this amazing day. ringing in my r tired teenage years her voice as shades ped open the every single morning and said, rise and shine and show the you're made of. i f

. >>> the pilot at the helm of a southwest jet has been fired. the incident happened in july at new york. the captain took over from the first officer when the plane was just 400 feet from the ground. the plane skidded to a stop. 16 people were injured. >>> the man accused of slap ping a baby on a delta flight pleads guilty. he could serve up to months in prison. the 61-year-old admits alcohol may have played a roll. he has been attending aa every since. >>> there continues to be some hollywood paternity buzz this noon. actress mia farrow said frank sinatra may be the father of her son ronan. she told vanity fair her 25-year-old son long thought to be fathered by woody allen said he might be the son of frank sinatra. she admitted the love never ended. >>> we have breaking news happening right now. let's go to sky eye chopper 13 and captain jeff long. jeff. >> reporter: good afternoon. the bomb squad is on the scene here on white avenue right here at york road in cockeysville. a report of a suspicious package. there's quite a bit of activity. whit

and what did helms do? he didn't cut the republican party's knees off.n a positive direction to get stuff done and grow the republican brand. that's a lesson i think our party needs to learn. we're competing for leadership here and what may feel good in the base doesn't always help us achieve the things we want to achieve electorally. >> so that's a nice way of saying ted cruz is hurting the party. >> well, he's got to learn the difference between standing for principle and standing in front of a train. and this has hurt, i think, the republican brand in a -- you know, the republican brand, whether you like it or not, is the political expression of conservative principle. and you can't sacrifice your political gains just for purity. we love -- we think as republicans we're a party of principle and ideas. we love freedom. we try to outpure each other. no, i love freedom more. and that -- the internal fire of dissent, we kind of warm ourselves with it. if we let it get out of control, it can burn our party down. >> the train wreck has been on going now for

. >> from the helm of the uss enterprise, to the studios of takld news tonight," george ei drops in on the bbc. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. the risk of starvation in syria is so severe that aid agencies are issuing a special appeal to allow safe passage for food relief, particularly concerned about people living in the rebel .eld areas of damascus our middle east correspondent has sent us special report from beirut. .> surrender or starve that is what the syrian military calls its tactic of besieging rebel held parts of damascus. it is how the regime has been showing -- showing for recent weeks. it has been cut off. nobody can get out, and nothing can get in. struggle for existence was filmed by an activist. conditions are so desperate, the cleric ruled people can eat cats and dogs. this 11-year-old and his nine- year-old sister have seen many of their friends die. >> my dream is to go back to school and play with my friends. slogan, and one for all and all for one, but i do not think that can happen because a lot of my friends are dead.

. >> and this is the production that came at the end of my first season at the helm of the theatre and was in our old home, the home of the san francisco theatre. >> this is great. >> that is my good friend robert gossett. >> uh-huh. >> terrific. as we're moving forward, i know that you have all sorts of wonderful plans and the audience, you're saying, with the partnerships of all of the different organizations, the audience can go buy tickets. how does that work? >> these events, bringing the art to the audience is a gift that the theatre gives to bay area audiences. last year, we produced 12 readings of basically new plays that were under consideration for production. >> uh-huh. >> we went around to the venues of our barns, so we travelled to -- our partners. we travelled to richmond. >> okay. >> we travelled to oakland and to vir yaws locations in san francisco. one of the biggest partnerships is the american conserveitory theater and utilizing their costume shop space. >> and let me see if i got this right. what happens is lorraine hansbury travels to the other organizations, puts

and training at the helm of that bart train went that accident happened. less lookism video from that scene. we do know that there were six employees we also know that there was video taken on the train when the accident happened. >> reporter: as far as how fast the train was going it was anywhere from 6 d to 70 mi. per hour in their investigation is just getting on the way right now. and very long and tedious process. >> nothing is not looked at or i can't say right now, as the focus is at the first full day that we've had today. tonight i will get more and permission and information on the inspections on the equipment. it is very glenn p m. very borrow. barry lynn the lengthy and detailed process >> reporter: today they spent the day interviewing bart employees. will keep you updated reporting in pleasant hill scott rates kron 4 news. >> bart emergency, bart emergency. >> central be advised it may be a bart employee. >> to individuals working in that area completing an inspection. >> two of us will exit the train at this time brett >> i have a per cent d

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. >> with the right people at the helm. >> remember, there's a constitution -- one of the reasons there's a constitution, and we should uphold and defend the constitution, is you don't have to worry so much about this. that constitution protects your rights when insanity in washington goes on. but i will say this again. what the tea party did was not disgusting. they represented their people. i think it's wrong. i think it's stupid. but not disgusting. >> i don't think it was -- david, how can you use a word like "disgusting"? again, you know, the debt ceiling got raised. the government got reopened. we didn't even hit that october 17 deadline. so is that -- i mean, is it disgusting? you know, everybody wants to eat a hot dog. we love democracy. but we don't want to see that hot dog get made. well, this is what it is. >> adam, here is the thing. back to the original premise. the american public is fed up with all of them. it's not you have a part that you don't like. you don't like the tea party. the tea party is watching this. they don't like your point of view. overall, america is sayin

first bart said a manager was at the helm. they now say they don't know. the ntsb is leading the investigation into saturday's accident. the train had a camera in the cabin but none on the front. >> we took some measurements and wanted to get a good look at the lay of the land, the accident area, before we were going to move equipment, which is commonly done by us. >> reporter: the two victims were inspecting a reported dip on the northbound track in walnut creek when the train operated by computer hit them saturday afternoon. the employee and contractor were both experienced. they died at the scene. >> everybody is affected. it's so sad. >> reporter: in walnut creek a memorial for the men sprang up at the accident site and there was a weekend vigil. >>> we're watching each other's backs. i feel i'm one of them and i am one of them. it's great sadness that we're here. it's unnecessary, senseless. >> reporter: one worker says there are safety issues and accidents over the years. workers want answers about safety on the job. >> the train had four cars and no

she'll succeed ben bernanke who's been at the helm for eight years. yelllen's behind federal efforts to keep interest rates near record lows to support the economy. economic observers say her nomination could be a steadying influence as washington fights over the budget. >> if you're worried about, you know, the craziness that might happen in the next two weeks you're looking at yellen and saying, boy, here's an adult in the room. >> reporter: if confirmed by the senate, yellen would be the first woman to lead the fed or any other major central bank in the world. >>> asian stocks were mixed. tokyo's nikkei added 1% while hong kong's hang seng lost half a percent. wall street faired worse over the shutdown. yesterday the s&p 500 fell 20 points while the nasdaq fell 756789 both the biggest one-day losses in six weeks. >>> expect to pay more to heat your home this winter with energy prices on the rise. there is one exception, heating oil which the government expect to cost you 2% less than last year's record-breaking prices. natural gas surged 13% while

. >> i think with steve at the helm, he was the guiding force for all of us.never b, ever sat down and had a conversation about the larger message or the bigger picture. >> reporter: there is a lot of oscar buzz. what do you make of that? what are your best hopes for the film? >> our best hopes have been met. we actually made it. we actually made the movie. after that, all is gravy. all is gravy. >> the film opens tonight in select cities and nationwide soon. >>> and that is our broadcast for this friday evening. i'm ann curry in for brian williams. and for all of us here at nbc news, thank you and good night. >>> right now at 6:00, the trains are stopped and we have gridlock on the roads. but there's a glimmer of hope. there is talk of ending the b.a.r.t. strike by 10:00 p.m. tonight. thanks for joining us. i'm raj matthai. >> i'm jessica aguirre. the proposal to end the strike just presented by the b.a.r.t. unions. we have team coverage. we're tracking the traffic. we're going to start with jodi hernandez with the latest on the negotiations and the list of c

. >> like yellen, her colleague said yellen is the ideal candidate to take the helm at the federal reserveshe was member of president obama's council of job and competitiveness joins us from berkeley californi, california. explain why you think she is an ideal candidate. >> i think the description we just heard tells you everything. she has been involved with the fed for 30 years. she was an extremely effective head of the san francisco fed for nearly a decade. she has been the vice chair for three years. she has a very distinguished academic career in macro-economies. by the way, something that isn't commented enough in her role as head of cea and chairman of the san francisco fed she had to communicate not just with policymakers, but with business leaders all over the country. and she is really good at that. she lives to wide views of opinion, takes it all in and tries to make the best decision. >> she's also communicated in her views and her writings and speeches that she does believe that this fed monetary policy as aggressive as it may be is helpful. what about the other side of the c

i'm absolutely confident that this agency will continue to flourish with jim at the helm, and if he getsost in the building, i want you guys to help him out. because i guarantee you that he's going to have your back. make sure you have his back as well. thank you very much. god bless you. >> president obama announcing the appointment of james comey as the seventh director of the fbi. to those of you who don't know on september he was sworn in officially. this being a ceremony that allows his family to watch and listen. these are sometimes ordinary people who all of a sudden their lives change dramatically on the day that mr. comey became the fbi director. the day after he became director there was a car with security there to make sure he got to work safely. james comey, the seventh director of the federal bureau of investigations. standing tall at 6'8" which makes him one of the tallest men in washington. >> thank you, shawn, thank you, mr. president, thank you for gracing us for your presence, and speaking to eloquently about the mission of the fbi and it's great people. thank you also

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. >>> issue 2, yelling at the helm. >> we have made progress.he economy is stronger and the financial system sounder. while we have made progress, we have farther to go. the mandate of the federal reserve is to serve all of the american people and too many americans still can't find a job and worry how they will pay their bills. >>> president obama's nominee to be the next chair woman of the federal reserve board of governors, janet yellen. if confirmed, dr. yellen would become the first woman ever to lead the federal reserve in its 100-year, this year, history. she will also become the most powerful economic policy maker on the planet. yell lien we replace the outgoing ben bernanke, whose term ends in january 2014, two and a half months from now. listen to this remarkable curriculum vitae of dr. yellen. born brooklyn, 67 years of age. husband george, a noble prize economist. one son, robert, democrat, brown university, bachelor economics. yale university, ph.d, economics. harvard university, assistant professor, five years. federal reserve boar

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