77 and i for 80 patty will be back with a closer look that's the best to build and in all of northern america in my humble opinion.ui this is a beautiful building. >> did you know that was the tallest building between cleveland and ohio or, i mean, between new york and chicago. but not anymore. >> tie right now is 529. >> let's check in with scott. taller somewhere.>> >> check out the forecasted we haven't had much snow and now that the skies are clear about the temperatures have drawn. one of the cool spots they're there out of the pockets of asheville countye at 11 above with mostly clear skies. as we keep an eye on this clipper notice what's happening, a it's kind of sliding west to east.. eventually start to fall back into the 20s overnight tonight.t see how the snow rotates to the north as we get some breaks.n

and northern america outside can you telling him tell me where the calories component is. >> we'll callhat industrial so the property type of dwraf graph the top graupt there's a a residential different from apartments. >> that's a quirk we capture the data those are lumped together we get more grand letter data that includes the apartments and condominiums for example, and it is all generally housing and characteristics the majority of housing for rental housing okay. thank you. >> uh-huh. >> often page 10 we look at the other side of the lenders the reservoirs exposure the portfolio and again, we're seeing a program that is broadening from u.s. upstream emperor to a more global listed program that simple is in we're taking advantage of the resource type of stand point we are south at about 15 percent of non-energy and to percent energy within energy a refuse balance between oil and liquid gas and dry gas and not given that represents the opportunities in this area energy investments have been the largest possible area between natural resources for those institutions to - as you can se

saturday a huge snowstorm blue in meaning the athletes from northern russia, sand navy i can't and northern america were san franciscoed to get here. that demonstrates why meese games are so important to people in the region. athletes just never would normally get a chance to compete against their peers. they live thousands of miles apart yet they share the same culture. the weather has cleared up, so planes are coming in, bringing athletes bit by bit, and if it stays like this then on monday they'll get the chance to compete in what for most of them will be an once in a lifetime experience. >> now they call the it the last gray race on alaska's iconic annual dog sled race. 85 matches set up for a journey that will take them 1,000 miles. the first place finish time for the last year has been about eight and a half years. they competed 80 miles. >>> now rugby is due to make its return to the olympics in rio this year. fiji is one of the favorites to win gold, and you're about to see why. they won the las vegas on sunday. this is the highlight of their 21 to 15 over australia in the final. that's for

dinner we want to showcase everything from the pacific northwest all the to atlantic side of the northern americase this is the first time ever that we will be unveiling this wonderful part of the obama china service. >> there you go. as per first lady michelle obama suggestion the state dinner will be in the east room of the white house. >>> a mom fighting back at one her student's classmates. she grabs him by the neck. what she says he did that started the whole thing. >> there it goes. here it comes, here it come. >> germantown row house crumbles to the ground hours earlier a partial collapse had trap the older couple living inside. >> it went kaboom! and the house started falling down on us. >> reporter: i'm bruce gordon ahead at 5:30 their amazing escape plus the mystery of why they were living here in the first place. >>> record high temperatures today across the area but cooler air is moving in for friday. temperature details plus a chance for some rain next. ♪ >>> here's look at bush kill falls right now from our pocono mountains camera. the more time you spent outside today the better. we

and northern america outside can you telling him tell me where the calories component is. >> we'll callhat industrial so the property type of dwraf graph the top graupt there's a a residential different from apartments. >> that's a quirk we capture the data those are lumped together we get more grand letter data that includes the apartments and condominiums for example, and it is all generally housing and characteristics the majority of housing for rental housing okay. thank you. >> uh-huh. >> often page 10 we look at the other side of the lenders the reservoirs exposure the portfolio and again, we're seeing a program that is broadening from u.s. upstream emperor to a more global listed program that simple is in we're taking advantage of the resource type of stand point we are south at about 15 percent of non-energy and to percent energy within energy a refuse balance between oil and liquid gas and dry gas and not given that represents the opportunities in this area energy investments have been the largest possible area between natural resources for those institutions to - as you can se

. >> reporter: it has been nearly 20 years since the leader of america's northern neighbor last received the red treatment at the white house. justin trudeaux lent a bit of ghanner as he bsh bsh glam mer at the crowd at the white house. they had banter over the relationsh country's relationship. >> there are things we will never agree on, probably, whose better beer is better, who is better at hockey. >> reporter: relations between the neighbors have many ups and you down. justin's father visited the white house in the 70s and 80s. richard nixon once belittlingd him describing him as a pompous egg head. can danned the u.s. have agreed to work together in implementing the paris agreement to kerb greenhouse gasses. >> we will take ambitious action to reduce methane emissions by hassle from the oil and gas sector, reduce emissions, and align emissions standards for heavy vehicles. >> reporter: it is not often a canadian prime minister gets this much attention in the u.s. shirtless pictures have helped win over followers, but this offers a role model for international leadership >> his offer

. >> reporter: it has been nearly 20 years since the leader of america $northern neighbor last received the represented carpet treatment at the white house. justin drew dough riding a wave-- trudeaux riding a way of popularity. the leaders engaged in friendly banter over the relationship between two countries that share the world's longest undefended border. >> there are some things we will probably never agree on. whose beer is better, who is better at hockey. relations between the neighbors have had many ups and downs. justin's father also visited the white house as canada's prime minister in the 70s and early 80s. his u.s. opposite former president richard nixon once belittled him as a pompous egg head. the younger trudeaux is set to return a relationship after the pipeline issue. canada and the u.s. have agreed to work together in implementing the paris agreement to curb greenhouse gassed >> we will take ambitious action to reduce methane emissions by half from the oil and gas sector, reduce use and emissions of hydro fluoro carbons and implement aligned emission standards for heavy

the other is that we strongly support a peaceful and prosperous northern ireland. and america will always remain a partner in that process. but even if it is an election year, i think the spirit of this day is something worth aspiring to all year round. i hope that you will forgive me, indulge me for one second as i comment on our domestic politics for a moment. in my state of the union address i remarked that many of you have told me you would like to see more cooperation and a more elevated debate in washington. but everyone sometimes feels trapped by their politics. i understand that feeling. i served with many of you in congress. so i know that i'm not the only one in this room who may be more than a little dismayed about what's happening on the campaign trail lately. we have heard vulgar and divisive rhetoric aimed and women and minorities, at americans who don't look like us or pray like us or vote like we do. we have seen misguided attempts to shut down that speech however offensive it may be. we live in a country where free speech is one of the most important rights th

the other is that we strongly support a peaceful and prosperous northern ireland. and america will always remain a partner in that process. but even if it is an election year, i think the spirit of this day is something worth aspiring to all year round. and, taoiseach, i hope that you'll forgive me -- indulge me for one second as i comment on our domestic politics, just for a moment. in my state of the union address, i remarked that many of you have told me you'd like to see more cooperation and a more elevated debate in washington, but everyone sometimes feels trapped by their politics. i understand that feeling. i served with many of you in congress. and so i know that i'm not the only one in this room who may be more than a little dismayed about what's happening on the campaign trail lately. we have heard vulgar and divisive rhetoric aimed at women and minorities -- at americans who don't look like "us," or pray like "us," or vote like we do. we've seen misguided attempts to shut down that speech, however offensive it may be. we live in a country where free speech is one of

you are watching "bbc world news america." in northern peru, a massive oil spill threatens communities whose livelihoods depend on the waterways there. now to the latest in the migrant crisis gripping europe -- hundreds of people stranded in northern greece have managed to cross into macedonia despite border closures. frustrated by delays, they walked to a river near a greektown and then crossed. danny savage has more for us. on the march with nothing to lose, thousands of migrants walking towards a border they are not allowed to cross. walking towards a border they are not allowed to cross. they have had enough of waiting. for weeks, they have been stuck in greece. they are aiming to get to balkan, but all the border gates between here and there have slammed shut. they got this far and are not giving up. >> problem, problem. people are going to macedonia. danny: the march sparks alarm among the macedonian authorities who monitor them, but on the greek side, they are not stopped. migrants are undeterred by the obstacles in their path. at

be prepared for more rainfall for the northern portions of soh america as we go forward through the restthis week. we're talking about major snowfall as we look at the forecast for north america. we have been watching a low pressure stem thatrossed over the ohio river valley, is moving into the new england states. a cold front attached to that has created a lot of instability. in fact, we had three tornado reports coming out of alabama and up toward the north we're looking at some intense snow, anywhere from 15 to 30-plus centimeters snowfall for the nortrn new england states as we go into the next day or so. so be prepared for that. back toward the west we do have a disturbance trying to gather itself. that may be bringing precipitation into chicago later on late wednesday into thursday. we have yet again another frontal system moving onshore for the pacific northwest. that's going to bring rain to vancouver and seattle. now as we look forward into the next few days, notice the temperatures for toronto and new york, they're dropping because of that cold air filtering in. we are expectin

. >> it has been nearly 20 years since america's northern neighbor last received the red carpet treatmentat the white house. newly elected prime minister, justin trudeau, riding a wave of popularity at home and abroad as he was with president obama. it appeared that eyes were on the younger of the two men. the leaders were in banter over trying to defend the longest border. >> something is that we will never agree on. whose beer is better, whose better at hockey. [ laughter ] >> relations between the neighbors have had many ups and downs. justin's father, pierre trudeau, also visited the white house as canada's prime minister in the 70s and 80s. richard nixon once belittled pierre, calling him a pop us egghead. and the relationship turned rocky because of the veto of the part-time line, prompted by stephen harper, so canada and the u.s. have agreed to work together, to curb greenhouse gases. >> we'll take ambitious action to reduce methane emissions nearly by half from the sector reduce use of hydro flooro carbons, and heavy vehicles to fight climate change. >> canadian prime minister get

america. kurtis: snow northern half of the state moving east. maybe half inch here in the metro at best.

you had the prime minister of canada, justin trudeau, newly minted, fresh faced leader of america's nice northern neighbor. on the other you had the weathered president obama, forced to turn his attention away from the important bilateral relationship with america's principal trading about what many see as a coarsening of the political dialogue in the united states. >> what i'm not going to do is to validate some notion that the republican crackup that's been taking place is a consequence of actions that i've taken. >> reporter: to the seeming bemusement of prime minister trudeau, the growing rancor may have led to it to do soul-searching before blaming him for the country's increasingly intense political divide. >> being blamed for their primaries and who they're selecting for their party is novel. >> reporter: critics say it's the president's actions that have set the tone of frustration in the country from executive actions on immigration and guns to intense battles with lawmakers on looming showdown over his next supreme court nominee. former louisiana governor bobby jindal writing in an op-e

you had the prime minister of canada, justin trudeau, newly minted, fresh faced leader of america's nice northern neighbor. on the other you had the weathered president obama, forced to turn his attention away from the important bilateral relationship with america's principal trading partner to answer questions about what many see as a coarsening of the political dialogue in the united states. >> what i'm not going to do is to validate some notion that the republican crackup that's been taking place is a consequence of actions that >> reporter: to the seeming bemusement of prime minister trudeau, the growing rancor may have led to it to do soul-searching before blaming him for the country's increasingly intense political divide. >> being blamed for their primaries and who they're selecting for their party is novel. >> reporter: critics say it's the president's actions that have set the tone of frustration in the country from executive actions on immigration and guns to intense battles with lawmakers on obamacare and trade, even the looming showdown over his next supreme court nominee. former loui

the frontlines of this this fight are in central america in the northern triangle-- title of guatemalael salvador and honduras. vice president recently hosted to deepen our-- along with our partners we are confronting this challenge by providing law enforcement with equipment, training and technology they need to protect communities while also respecting human rights. we are improving coordination between countries, cracking down on the flow of guns across our southern border and squeezing cartel finance. here at home, we are working to reduce demand for drugs and reaching out to at risk youth before they turn to narcotics and crime. we saw the human toll of central america's violence in the summer of 2014, when more than 68000 unaccompanied fearful children arrived at our southern border. to address this ongoing humanitarian crisis, we are taking steps to deter future unauthorized migration and to mitigate the poverty that drives the underlying security concerns. working with congress, we have tripled our aid to central america, investing $750 million to help develop regional economie

the other is that we strongly support a peaceful and prosperous northern ireland and america will alwaysremain a partner in that process. but even if it is an election year, i think the spirit of this day is something worth aspiring to all year round and taoiseach i hope you'll indulge me for one second as i comment on our domestic politics just for a moment. in my state of the union address i remarked that many of you have told me you would like to see more cooperation and a more elevated debate in washington. but everyone feels trapped by their politics. i understand that feeling so i know i'm not the only one in this room that's dismayed by what is on the campaign trail this year. we have heard vulgar and divisive rhetoric aimed at women and minorities at americans who don't look like us, pray like us, or vote like we do. we've seen misguided attempts to shut down that speech, however offensive it may be we live a country where free speech is one of the most important rights that we hold. in response to those attempts we've seen actual violence. and we've heard silence from too many o

. >>> cancer has claimed the of northern virginia native and america online cofounder, jim kinsy. >> his family said he died in his home tuesday. he was a vietnam veteran and a d.c. area restauranteur before he got involved with a video download company called control video, which later became aol. after retiring from the company, he founded the kimsey foundation, which was involved in a variety of charities. jim kimsey was 76 years old. >>> trending now. is facebook helping you decide where to shop and where to eat? >>> and a little social media fun, with chris christie, after last night's awkward show of support for donald trump. >>> all right. check these low temperatures out tonight. everybody will make it welow freezing. -- below freezing. 24 in gaithersburg. 26 in bowie. 28 in silver spring and fairfax. we'll come back and talk about our yellow weather alert and give it's about taking a stand. for too long, wall street banks had their way. they cra oshedur economy. but democrat donna edwards won't take their money because she stands up for us. as a single mom, she knows the cha

america never stopped being great. leon: northern virginia bureau at a jeff goldberg is live watch party for hillary clinton supporters tonight, a who's of virginia politics tonight. jeff with this means for november? into encouragement going november. towns winding down in old alexandria, but still a lot of smiles. clinton supporters were very confident going into the primary today. when you look at these numbers come you understand why. hillary clinton trouncing bernie sanders in the virginia primary, 35%, a critical win in a swing state. taking theackers stage, terry mcauliffe, senators tim kaine and mark warner, and others. clinton was projected to be the winner right after the polls closed at 7:00. they got years later when clinton took the stage to give her victory speech in florida. supporters are confident this win virginia, which they argue will translate into way win in the general election. >> the other side, the insults and attacks, it's embarrassing. she is laying out a plan to help people. herhas done it all life. >> it

on sunday a huge snow storm blew in meaning the athletes from northern russia, scandanavia and north america were unable to get here. that's why the games are so important to people in the region. athletes would not normally get a chance to compete against their peers. they live thousands of miles apart yet share the same culture. the weather now has cleared up so planes are coming in, bringing athletes bit by bit, if it stays like this, then on monday they will get a chance to compete be that for most of them will be a once-in-a-lifetime experience. >> for a pacific island of fiji the sport their best chance of winning their first ever olympic medal. they won the las vegas 7s, and beat australia 21-15 in the final. it was fiji's second win of the series and lead south africa in the overall standings. >>> barely a year after sitting on a horse for very first time double olympic cycling gold medalist victoria pendleton says, she will ride, she landed her first race a jockey last week. critics say it's an accident waiting to happen. and that is all the sport for now. back to david in london. >

"abc7 news" was at the palace of fine arts as ballet dancers have all over northern california auditioned for the youth americand prix. it's the world's largest ballet competition. the dancers range in age from 9 to 19 years of age. >> first you have to have a right physique. then you have to have the right technique. you have to have right visual appearance. and you also have to be determined. >> the dancers selected will get scholarships to the top ballet schools in london, paris, and new york. you want to talk about opportunity right there. you've got to be at your best. >> the weather is at its best in terms of bringing rain. >> spencer christian has the day off, which was wise for him. meteorologist drew tuma has the forecast. >> light showers tonight and a much stronger storm moves in on saturday. probably one of the strongest we've seen this season. time now for you, live doppler 7 hd right now is showing you we are still tracking some scattered downpours out there. we're watching a line of heavier showers move on shore. this is around redwood city and in about 20 minutes, east palo alto seeing a downpo

but they fought courageously against isis and remain america's most important partner in northern syria, turkey's army has been exchanging artillery fire with islamic state militants. turkey's prime minister says rockets from isis held territory rain down on the turkish border town killing a woman and a 4-year-old child. the cease-fire in parts of syria does not include the islamic state it does include the ancient city of aleppo. elizabeth palmer reports. >> reporter: for three years, in the heart of aleppo, rebels battle syrian soldiers. and by the time the army won, the world had lost one of its greatest cultural jewels. the city's ancient market. there are some things that people on both side of this very bitter conflict have in common. one is the destruction. terrible here in the government controlled area. and down there, where the opposition hold ground it is just as the bad. the other things they share are you see that on every side in a poor neighborhood right on the front line. where tarps shield residents from the eyes of snipers. and families eke out life in the ruins. scan

a partial eclipse seen from asia and northern australia and another in north america until awe august 21sst of next year. >> so cool. all right let's get a look at the weather. mike. >> michael. >> sun will do its thing here today. >> we want the sun today. we get it all no eclipsing. at least not from clouds. but yeah we're in good shape to see sun and a lot of it here with record warmth expected today. and we'll take it if we get it. sunny and warm and great day for the beach here at the bottom in the picture here in the background here. few rain showers are expected tomorrow night, and it will get a little bit cooler easer that and into the weekend. we are going to see, you know, a little bit of a cooldown. but altogether still not bad for this time of the year it is 45 central park. keep in mind the average high temp for today is only 47 degrees. so we're starting off with a temp that is pretty much where we should be for our high in the afternoon. sun is just now coming up in the next few minutes. 44 brentwood. 35 in danbury. 37 in tarrytown and 41 in bridgeport with a mainly cle

chairman, and members of the committee, we added $750 million working with for the central america, northern triangles. hopefully y'all are part of that process because the more we extend our security out instead of playing defense on the one yard line but extend it to the 20-yard line the better it is. they are worth $750 million. hopefully y'all will work with the state department. thank you so much for your time and effort. >> would be helpful to have an ambassador too in mexico. >> i agree. i think roberta jacobsen should be the ambassador. it is unfair she is delayed for something has nothing to do with mexico. very unfair to mexico. >> dr. harris. >> thank you very much. thank you for being before the committee and thanks for your service. we've got your resume' here. it is pretty impressive, including of course your service over the a the office of national drug control policy i follow up with what the chairman of the full committee asked about a little bit, which is the role of your organization now in controlling drug traffic. i think there was testimony last year that the, your dep

, we have much more on the latest primary results ahead on "good morning america," we >>> more heavy rain is expected in northern texas overnight slowing cleanup from three tornadoes yesterday. roofs were torn off buildings. mobile homes destroyed and trees and power lines knocked down. only one death is reported. >>> and as you can see on this radar that storm system is still covering most of texas. more flooding likely in the lone star state and also neighboring louisiana and arkansas. before the storms move out of the area. >>> breaking overnight, the man suspected of shooting an idaho pastor, six timesen 0 sunday has been arrested. places. the secret service says kyle odom allegedly threw flash drives over the south fence last night. the suspect was tracked to washington on social media. pastor tim remington regained consciousness yesterday. unknown. >>> to the midwest also break overnight a man accused of killing five people in custody he allegedly killed four men in kansas city, kansas and killed another in missouri found not too far away overnight lying in mud. a missouri highway patrol officer says he ap

america's diner. new partnership between the catholic charities of northern nevada is providing fresh produce for low income families.. with the ground breaking of six new hoop houses today. peter; "this is gonna be a huge addition in terms of the quality and the nutritious value of the food that they're getting. the vitamins - coming fresh out of the ground" catholic charities officials say... when struggling with a tight budget or homelessness, pricey fruits and vegetables are first to be eliminated. now hundreds of clients will get that nutrition every day at st vincent's dining room, and the pantry... as well as through the meals on wheels program. the new program expects to have its first harvest available this spring. last week, we told you how the homeless overflow shelter was forced to close because of vadalism. since then, the city of reno has been working on leasing a new location. the new building isn't ready yet, so people have been spending the night at the tables inside the warming room at the volunteers of america shelter. sandy isham, development and community relations officer for vo

and members of the committee, we added $750 million working with kay ranger, for the central america, the northern triangles, hopefully you're all a part of that process. the more we extend our security out instead of playing defense on the one-yard line, but extend it to the 20 yard line, the better it is. so there was $750 million that hopefully y'all will work with the state department. thank you so much for your time and effort. >> it would be helpful to have an ambassador, too, in mexico. >> i glea -- i agree, i think roberto jacobson should be the ambassador, it's unfair that she's been delayed for something -- that has nothing to do with it, it's very unfair. >> thanks for your service. >> i'm going to follow up with what the chairman of the full committee asked about a little bit. which is the role of your organization now, in controlling drug traffic. i think there was testimony last year that your department doesn't have a zero tolerance policy. that people found crossing the border with marijuana, or other drugs, actually, there's no zero tolerance, you actually don't refer for prosecut

but we -- europeans in particular northern europe we like america to be the policeman of the world. but now it has been too expensive for you. in afghanistan, in iraq, and all over the place. but it would be very bad if you start with protectionistic measures. i don't believe that donald trump or hillary clinton will go for that. because protectionism, if you look upon this in a historic perspective, protectionism is bad. you have been an open nation, saving europe in the first world war, saving europe in the second world war, building up a europe, so i'm optimistic about you. my problem is wall street because they do not understand risk. the whole crisis that we had in 2008, that was because wall street did not understand risk. and they priced it wrongly. >> that might be happening again today. who knows. >> you're right. >> yes. >> so great to have you on. thanks. >> thank you for inviting me. >> herb, ceo of north american -- nordic american tanker. >> right. >> we want to check on the markets. in the midst of a reversal. just off session lows here. the dow jones industrial avera

not so much seen in north america at the moment, but very much seen in northern europe, and now showingns of picking up in southeast asia as well. it is about exploiting friendship circles. it helps when you have alienation and local push back. ,aving achieved a caliphate islamic state is a strong brand with drawing power for young people looking to align themselves with something. for kids with nothing else in their lives, that is an attractive draw once they have been befriended in the social networks. rishaad: what are the political ramifications for europe, europe's borders, and for the refugee crisis as well? >> europe is quite correct to say they will pull together. that is a good response. when the belgian prime minister it is anut a war, understandable response, but language that is not helpful. after soft is going targets, and by definition you cannot harden a soft target. state is going after soft targets, and by definition you cannot harden a soft target. you can remove the vulnerability downstream, check people at the entrance, but then they will be lining up outside. you ha

america. it was time. died in: a u.s. marine an isis rocket attack on a base in northern iraq. other service members were injured.he extent of the injuries has not been released. attacks on the base of increased ahead of an expected effort to retake the city of muzzle. -- the city of mosul. protesters delayed a donald trump rally outside of phoenix this afternoon. the demonstrators, most of them protesting his immigration policies, blocked one of the roads leading to the rally. in new york, hundreds of protesters gathered outside of trump tower. made several arrests in both locations, but the protests were peaceful. video from shows the crash of an airplane in russia. the airplane is falling from the sky and bursting into flames. it was making its second attempt to land in wintery weather when it crashed. all 62 people aboard the five-year-old 737 died. your plane had taken off from dubai and was trying to land in a nearby port city. it is being called america's most patriotic nest. one eagle it has passed -- one eaglet has hatched. the other is going through the process. and the weather forecast on the way. kimb

i also see the see america proposals from the cpa. they were based on a northern pacific railroad campaign called see europe but see america first. in order to get people out to places like yellowstone. they created both the railroads and the infrastructure so that you could go watch old faithful and excel so geyser erupt in full display so it it was a patriotic moment in america recognizing we have unique fee churls in this country that actually instill a kind of civic pride and make people want to explore the vastness of the country that we have here. >> thank you. and i want to be quick to indicate that the comment on that being the first one was a historical, not a political, comment. thank you. >> well, since we have the portrait of abraham lincoln here who wisely designated yoet mice to be the first federally acquired eventual park, that was a very wise -- >> yes, it was. >> yeah. >> i love -- >> yeah. as secretary, mr. chairman, i must say that and the entire smithsonian family values every single aspect of the american park system. >> as we -- >> and the p

northern command." it oversees all military activities in north america. robinson is currently head of u.s. forces in the pacific. and finally, if you had michigan state winning it all in college basketball's march madness, your bracket is toast. a 15th seed-- middle tennessee state-- shocked the 2nd-seeded spartans today, 90-81, in the first round. it's one of the biggest upsets since they started seeding teams in 1985. still to come on the newshour: white house national security advisor susan rice on the paris attacker and the president's upcoming visit to cuba; what the european union migrant deal means for the migrants themselves; mark shields and david brooks analyze the "never trump" movement; a new movie on the complications of drone warfare, and much more. >> woodruff: president obama was briefed on today's arrests in brussels and spoke with the french and belgian leaders by phone. we get the latest on that and look ahead to the president's historic trip to cuba-- with national security advisor, susan rice. welcome back to the program. susan rice, first of all, tell us about the u.s

america tonight. >> dozens of people are dead in the northern syrian town of raqqa, after air strikes hit it today. initial reports point to syrian or russian planes being on the air strikes. coming on the heels of the announcement by russia of pulling back their forces. >>> syrian kurds have declared a federal region in the northern part of the country. split between iraq, syria and turkey but have never had their own recognized country. the declaration was met with immediate opposition. >> translator: for us, we totally oppose it. syrian people with free will are the future of this country. the only constructors of government. >> other groups have come out strongly against the kurds' move including turkey and the syrian regime. joining us now is ambassador peter galbraith. he is the former advisor to kurdistan regional government. first of all what do you make sir of this announcement today, what i suppose it amounts to a declaration of independence. >> oh, not at all. the syrian kurds have declared a federal region which is meant to be part of syria. they're hoping that in the peace talks that a

america. >>> the main migrant trail from greece to northern europe is blocked after western balkan nations shutren taylor. also coming up, the surge in violence in the middle east. israeli police shoot dead two palestinians drivers. >>> and safety fears force japan to close two more nuclear reactors. >>> and a total solar eclipse across three time zones. we have a speci

i see the see america proposals from the wpa. they were based on a northern pacific railroad campaign called, see europe, but see america first in order to get people out to places like yellowstone. they created both the railroads and the infrastructure so that you could go watch old faithful and excelsior geyser erupt in full display. it was a patriotic moment in america that we recognized we have such unique features in country instill a civic pried pride and make people want to explore this country and vastness we have here. >> thank you. i want to be quick to indicate the comment that being the first one was historical, not a political comment. [laughter]. thank you. >> since we have the portrait of abraham lincoln here who wisely designated yosemite to be the first federally-acquired eventual park, that was a very wise. >> yes, it was. >> as secretary, mr. chairman, i must say that i and entire smithsonian family values every single aspect of the american park system and park service itself celebrating its 100th anniversary. >> we also. we have this priv