connecting kansas and kansas city and the stock yards of course, right to the flow of goods. we became the entertainment mecca for the cattle industry. and the distribution of just about everything here, there and back. michael grauer is a kansas city boy who went on to seek his fortune in the capital and cowboy empire of texas. he did good. after getting his b affair and painting and art history at k u and nma from a sinew he has become an author, lecture and teacher and curator of the artifacts and history of the southwest. he teaches history at west texas at a&m. before that, at the thousands to toots of the arts. he's an author biography -- essays on the towel stardust in the texas impressionists. texas impressionism is a lot like george serena -- instead of using the point of the brush we use the six shooter to create all those bots. he's created a number of exhibits, such as the exhibit we have downstairs. the cowboy culture. the cowboys cattle and culture. and he exhibits for the panhandle planes museum and the smithsonian museum of american art which is an art exhibit

this is what kansas city is doing now. i think it's responsible, fair and balanced and people will see that as time goes on. if they don't like it they can -- >> harris: we'll keep an eye on it. i do remember when things got so bad in your city that the former president trump sent in federal investigators and they didn't tip you they were coming. you learned about it on twitter. you have serious problems in that city. watch to see if this moves money around we'll see where the money goes and how it affects your police department. thank you for joining me today. i appreciate your time. >> thank you. >> harris: house speaker pelosi seen hugging and chatting with a maskless crowd at the white house after slapping multiple republicans with fines for violating her mask mandate. do the rules only go one way and in her favor? a queen of cancel culture sees her product line cancel. chrissy teagan is called out for cyberbullying. kat timpf is here to weigh in. i don't hydrate like everyone else. because i'm not everyone else. they

through kansas. in oklahoma and the historical archives there, also have a very similar map of the trail. there is a lot of questions about where the trail ran. let me see. there i am on the trail. [laughs] don vaguely and i went out chasing to spot something on the trail not long ago. the trail itself to never and land in a narrow ribbon because, in the first place, you had to be grazing cattle. if you're one of the first herds going up, you can keep two and narrow route. if you are in the second and third, you have to go a little farther out when you get to the grazing grounds. and sometimes that can be miles and miles apart or you may take a little short cuts to the main trail because you always have to be close to water. you always have to be close to grass as well. those are two conditions that you can never wavered from the herds are usually watered at least twice a day, three times a day really. in the morning, if you get them up and going, and in the afternoon at some point take a break, and

it looks like the war for kansas city southern is over right now. kids a city southern deciding to go with that financially superior offer. there are questions about whether the regulatory product is higher than the one for the rival bid. let's bring in a senior transportation analyst. walk us through, do you think it will ultimately be successful in walking away with kansas city southern? >> it is certainly not over yet. canadian national still has to get regulatory approval for the transportation board, which is really crucial in getting these deals done while the regulators way the competitive or anti-competitive nature of the transaction. we expect that to happen in mid-june. if they say no to the voting trust, that could open up another window to reenter the picture. maybe move the kansas city board back to them. even though there bid is lower. having more of a probability of getting approval. right now they are going with the way the market is guessing it with the way the share prices are training right now. matt: how do regulators look at thi

state like kansas, that you would build around agriculture in a state like kansas working with iowa, working ke together, creating an ecosystem of environments this is what we need in our nation.y to and this is where i think nsf is very well positioned and unique as an agency to be able to nicely synergize this. i will leave you with the last comment. they are not on only thinking o taking ai quantum which is the future, but also working on the industries of the future. what is going to be done in ai like today in 2035 or 2050 that's what nsf makes possible.. why? cades a was an investment made at nsf for the last four or five decades. and today we are seeing the fruits of it. not only what nsf is able to advance, but also what other agencies and industries are abli toqu advance. this is what makes nsf unique yd and powerful.r a nati and we should take full advantage of such an agency and hopepotential what it can do for a nation. >> doctor, a chanc i'm out of tt i'll ask a follow up question and hopefully we'll have a nd chance to ask additional ports questions later. but if we are

city area and the city of kansas city. wanted to see the wide worlds. well, he had an interest in the world by his by his reading primarily and he had the opportunity to serve in combat during world war. i need become the only president the united states it would see combat during world war. i we could dedicate an entire clock to his service in in world war. i unfortunately i don't of course don't have time to say too much, but he served in france in 1918. he saw action. and the beauge mountains the sandy hell salient the muse argon offensive and verdun. he commanded 194 men in an artillery battery. and it is here that he further learned that he could be a leader of men. he was firm, but fair and by all accounts the men liked him and respected him. because he also showed an interest in them. he could be a disciplinarian, but he also showed an interest in the man on a personal level and appreciated that. in fact, they gave him a big silver loving cup as a token appreciation after the war truman really made important bonds d

grandview is a town just south of kansas city. it is in the greater kansas city metro area, though. not far from independence. and it is here that truman is pictured here, he's on the right there. he assisted on his family's farm. as i mentioned, his father had some speculative businesses that went bust. and so truman was forced to move with his family to this farm that his grandmother owned and she's pictured there seated in the rocking chair. this is known as the young farm. that is his grandmother's name. truman engaged in numerous activities on the farm. driving horse-drawn ploys, doing crop rotations, et cetera. corn and wheat were grown on the farm as were various kinds of livestock. now, this is around 1906, okay. so harry truman has graduated from high school in 1901 and then he had a series of odd jobs between 1901 and 1906 when he is forced to move to the farm. he told about his activities in letters to his friend and on again and off again girlfriend bess wallace who had become bess wallace truman in the future. he talked about the rigors of farm life and how stressful it

now kansas is my home state. and i imagine if you have never been to cancel, have any of you ever been to? chances did you stop? because we realized that it is not a people place people go on vacation. but, kansas has been a very important state to the civil rights history of this country. even before brown v. board of education in 1954, and my state of kansas, there were 11 schools segregation cases. no other state in the nation, african american pan variance in cases kansas were swing for the right that their children to attend any school. not waiting to be assigned to a school based solely on the skin color. what i mean by a legal victory? first of all, brown was a collective action. it wasn't a single individual. a lot of the textbooks, a lot of the websites are absolutely wrong. and now they talk about brown versus the board. and my father didn't wake up one day and decide i'd have enough. you know, i'm going to sue the school board. brown v. board was collective action. led by the naacp, the national associ

we have a page out of the kansas city bluebook. and it shows that a lot of the card marking was done by women because they had the ability to hold a very small brush, put very small marks on cards. and one of the ways they had consistently marked cards was they created what they call a mastercard, which showed all the marks, in a contrasting color, they would use those when they marked a deck of cards. we have a fan deck here that shows where the marks on the cards. we also have edge work here. the card on the left, if you notice, has a pointed edge, which indicates that it is an ace. the card next to it has a slight bump on the design and that indicates it is a king. if you go down all of these cards and look at the marks, you have ace, king, queen, jack, 10. we have a card cutter here, which was a traditional device for marking cards, that would shorten the side of a card. we also have a corner rounder. once you trim a card, the round edge is destroyed, so you have to put a round corner back on the card. we have a number of diffe

he went in support and riley campus -- riley, kansas. none of the children have gone into service yet. we are a family of late bloomers. i have a nephew currently in rotc in manhattan. he will be serving some time in the military. my children had health issues that kept them out of service, unfortunately. they had the privilege go up -- of growing up with their grandfather, having a medal of honor recipient in the family and they had phenomenal experiences. my daughter has been to the white house with her grandpa and we took turns with that. i have taken them to some medal of honor conventions and they have had phenomenal examples of role models in their lives because of this experience. lora: and what an honor to be able to pass on those character traits that are embodied in the medal of honor and the best of our united states military and those who serve within it. catherine: i would like to add that every medal of honor recipient i have known would say he wears that medal for the people he served with, for those whose stories didn't g

he wanted to see the world he beyond rural kansas city area and the city of kansas city. he wanted to see the wider world as well. he had an interest com inbat th by his reading primarily.y. and he had the opportunity seven in combat during world war i. cd he would become the only president of the united states that would see combat during ndr worldtu war i.uch, wicked dedicate an entire talk to his service in world war i. unfortunately, i don't have time to say too much, but he served in france in 1918. he saw action in the loge mountains, the argan offensive. he commanded 140 men in an all artillery battery and here he p further learned he could be aec leader of men.d he was firm but fair and by all accounts, the men liked him and respected him because he o also showed an interestth in them. he could be a disciplinary but a he also showed an interest in the men on a personal level and they appreciated that. in fact, they gave him a big bos silver loving cup as a token ofs appreciation after the war. truman really made important r bonds during hiseally military service a

made allegations his own mismanagement is to blame for nursing home deaths during the pandemic and a kansas governor wins her battle to allow transgender athletes to competitive women's sport an issue we caught up with the back to. see just a serious story to. propagate the view that this woman or anything all the all the women don't want to see a man who's transitioned into the male. trance all the rest is coincidence. that good evening is just gone 6 o'clock here in moscow you're watching international now not today facebook's oversight board has ruled on donald trump's return to the platform and instagram held the ban placed on the former president after the capitol riots in a move that reopens the debate about free speech online so let's cross now to the united states and speak with calum often he's got the latest on this story good evening carol what exactly then has the oversight board set. well the facebook oversight board has ruled that donald trump's ban will remain in place however it'll be 6 months before they make an ultimately permanent decision here's what they said the bullet

that cattle drives up the trail to kansas wild bill hickok. had been the city marshal one time and so you had gunfights and everything that goes along with with a with a cow town and eisenhower really absorbed and and really enjoyed that history. coincidentally 1890 the year. he was born. so the year that the american frontier was was declared close and siri you had eisenhower coming into the world. at this transition in american history, you know from this open frontier moving into a more industrialized age. in fact, there's great symmetry in his life. he was born in the year. the frontier was declared closed and died the year that americans landed on the moon so you can see this really broad range of history at eisenhower embodied and in fact with his creation of nasa, you know helped help create that and the foundation also the foundation rather. i mean the frontier gave ike a sense of limits if if most of the freeland was gone of natural resources were in danger. of being exhausted then there had to be limits set up on expansion and upon w

states barred transgender participants from competition the kansas governor vetoes about and claiming it sends an unwelcome message you put it up for debate. this is just a story to. probably tell you that these women not only think all the other women don't want to see. this you do to. my daughter and that's not transphobia just common sense. or good afternoon from russia than this is out international law from a world view sage q kevin over here for the next 30 minutes in school to the company to. france's most famous general is waging wars beyond the grave on the cultural front as the country pulls out all the stops to celebrate 200 years since . death debate is raging about whether or not it's high time to cancel the emperor seen by many as a genocidal tyrants to blame for the deaths of millions on the other side of it is fans to this day hail him as the nation's greatest ever hero shall i do when city enters the fray in paris. napoleon bonaparte it's a name that everyone you know is a french emperor cuoco of nations 200 years after his death and his ideals still shape france but

and there's more us states but transgender participants from competition the kansas governor now vetoes of playing it sends an unwelcome message we put it up for to play. this is just a story to. tell you that these women are anything over all the women don't want to see transitioned into the male. voice. that's transforming the grossest common sense. time good morning from russia kevin over here at r.t. h.q. with the latest for the next 4 years you just heard those headlines france's most famous general is waging wars beyond the grave on the cultural front as a country pulls out all the stops to celebrate 200 years since napoleon's death debate is raging still about whether it's high time to cancel the emperor seen by many as a genocidal tyrant to blame for the deaths of millions nonetheless his fans to this day hail him as the nation's greatest ever hero charlotta bensky enters the fray in paris. napoleon bonaparte it's a name that everyone you know is a french emperor conqueror of nations 200 years after his death and his ideals still shape france but wasn't a polian a hero or a vill

states barred transgender participants from competition the kansas governor vetoes it sends an unwelcome message you put it up for debate. this is just a still story to. propagate the view that surround this woman on anything other than women don't want to see transmission due to female reader employees my daughter and grandson transfer all the addresses coincidence. by their life martin financials world news h.q. of moscow kevin owen here for the next 30 minutes with the latest for you hoping to stick around to take you through those stories and as you just heard france's most famous general. this waging wars beyond the grave on the cultural front as the country pulls out all the stops to celebrate 200 years since napoleon's death debate nonetheless is raging about whether it's high time to cancel the emperor see by many as a genocidal tyrant to blame for the deaths of millions on the other side of it his fans hail him as the nation's greatest ever hero. enters the fray in paris. napoleon bonaparte it's a name that everyone you know is a french emperor conqueror of nations 200 years aft

pass bills that would bar transgender participants from competition coming up to the governor of kansas now vetoes the back and claiming it was send an unwelcome message you put it all up for today. this is just a story to. you that this woman or anything all the women want to see. you do to. transform just coincidence. one of russia kevin only this wednesday morning with the latest from us for you is just turned 9 in the morning moscow time will 1st mention of those headlines france's most famous general is waging wars beyond the grave on the cultural front as the country pulls out all the stops to celebrate 200 years since napoleon's death and debate still rages about whether or not it's high time to cancel the emperor seen by many as a genocidal tyrant to blame for the deaths of millions his fans though to this day hailed him as the nation's greatest ever hero charlotte had been scared as the fray in paris. napoleon bonaparte it's a name that everyone you know is a french emperor conqueror of nations 200 years after his death and his ideals still shape france but wasn't a polian a he

, kansas. and upon arrival in sheridan jenny wrote that they had secured lodging above a saloon and she went on to say well last night. we were frightened almost out of our wits we did not get any sleep at all on account of all the noise in the bar room drinking and the gambling finally they got one of the men's money away from them and they undertook to put him outdoors. she went on to say that they commenced firing. and fired about 30 shots. i laid and i shook like a leaf all night with fear. i was so afraid that thomas's men were some of them among the gang now thomas was her brother-in-law who had said he would meet them and sheridan, but he had left a few days ahead of them. but enos learned that they were all part of another gang and if any of his men are with them, we're gonna go by stage. that next morning the the boy she continued and said that the boy had come with the carriage and we are to start about 10 o'clock. they stopped at oteroes and enos got a whip for the carriage. and then

and settled in kansas. she taught all the boys how to play. ike was not among the best of the students. but she taught them all. and then the quilt on the daybed closest to the camera, that was actually created by eisenhower's great grandfather. and then the crazy quilt pillows have the family names embroidered on them. and that was made by ida. this is the place of meditation. so, eisenhower, again, helped with the design development of this building. and this is where he and mamie and his firstborn son are buried. this space is -- the name of it is the place of meditation and it is meant to be a moment of quiet and reflection. this is the interior space. on the floor the slab on the left is where eisenhower is, and right is mamie. you can't actually see dowd in this photo. the camera is not situated quite right. but eisenhower also had a hand in the design or the choosing of the design for the stained glass windows, and they are just splendid. this is our visitors center where when you come to visit us, y

amid allegations his own mismanagement is to blame for nursing home deaths during the pandemic and the kansas governor wins her battle to allow transgender athletes to compete in women's sports an issue we put up with that. this is just a story to. propagate the view that was around this woman on anything over the course of the women don't want to see this transition done to feel female really. well during the transfer all these guys just coincidence. it. that afternoon just gone 3 o'clock here in moscow you watching r.t. international that france's most famous general is waging wars beyond the grave as the country pulls out all the stops to celebrate 200 years since napoleon's death debate is now raging about whether it's actually high time to cancel the emperor seen by many as a genocidal tyrant who killed millions his fans do you hail him as the nation's greatest ever hero shall have been ski enters the fray in paris. napoleon bonaparte it's a name that everyone you know is a french emperor our whole crew of nations 200 years after his death and his ideals still shape france but wasn't a p

as more us states part transgender participants from competition is different thing in kansas the governor there vetoing about claiming it sends 9 welcome message we put it up for debate. this is just a story to. propagate the view that this woman or anything all the women don't want to see transmission due to female greed and one daughter and grandson transfer just coincidence. so a very mixed bag talk about a good day from russia kevin owen here this wednesday lunchtime with the latest for you up you can stick around maybe for the next. first france their france's most famous general than is waging wars be. on the grave on the cultural front as the country pulls out all the stops to celebrate 200 years now since the polian death debate number less is raging about whether it's high time to cancel the emperor or one side seen by many as a genocidal tyrants to blame for the deaths of millions on the other to his fans hailing him as the nation's greatest ever hero charlotte when he gets into the middle of the fray in paris. napoleon bonaparte it's a name that everyone you know is a french em

quality research can be found in all corners of a country including kansas and in the heartland. nsf has the ability to build up research capabilities around the nation and places currently not funding applications to any significant degree we need to a large database where research and technical science and engineering happens and i hope that once we see the details of the nsf budget such will be evident. i have been involved in a number of studies while in the senate this transition to transition those results into drivers of economictr job growth we have a technically skilled workforce for those in the future nsf should be with those technologies being invested today the us the example for my state of nsf taking advantage of a local opportunity manhattan area technical college with the agro defense facility soon to be open in manhattan is in great need to maintain clean rooms but cannot find an edge on - - and of qualified technicians and then define undergraduate education for solutionon that's beneficial for years to come while having national consequential research director

the students who grow up in kansas and attend kansas universities that want them to have the opportunity to participate in nationally important research. each state no matter how small needs to offer nation that come with an expertise to our country's research. i know f score is one way but it's such a small component of the overall research budget at nsf. how do you plan on addressing broadening opportunities that are currently being missed because of the nature of the way the program is being administered? >> a few. when i came to nsf to retrieve pillars in the central pillar which i will focus on this inclusivity. it's important to ensure given the environment that brings out the talent how do you inspire? this is the time that we need the domestic talent at the highest level to make sure we are leaping ahead of her competition. we were launching the ai institute program and i immediately said a high has to be ai and everything. every nation has ai expertise available or we have an obligation to bring ai here. it's like electricity for the future. it's part of everything that's going

the kansas governor wins have allowed transgender athletes to compete in women's sports an issue we put up for debate. this is just a story to. probably get a view that this woman or anything over all the women want to see who's trying to do to. my daughter and grandson transfer just coincidence. live from moscow thanks for joining us tonight here on r.t. international and daniel hawkins welcome to the program. not today facebook's oversight board has ruled on donald trump's return. the platform on instagram it up held the band placed on a former president of the capitol riots in a move that reopens debates about free speech online for more on this on now joined by pulpit caitiff thanks for being across the story today what exactly did the oversight board say would have trouble chances of getting online again while the facebook oversight board presented a ruling saying that they will uphold the current ban on donald trump from facebook he won't be returning but they'll make a decision about whether or not the ban is permanent in 6 months now many look at this ruling as an attempt almost

made allegations his own mismanagement is to blame for nursing home deaths during the pandemic and the kansas governor wins her battle to allow transgender athletes to compete in women's sports and we put up. this is a serious story to. propagate the view that women are anything other than women who want to see transitioned into being able to. transform the aggressors coincidence. oh they're welcome you're watching r.t. international now not today facebook's oversight board has ruled on donald trump's return to the platform and instagram it upheld the ban placed on the former president after the capitol riots in a move that does reopen the debate about free speech online so let's get more on this now and cross to work and he joins from united states hello again callup just run through then exactly what the over oversight board is set. well today's ruling from the facebook oversight board presents more questions than it does answers for the moment donald trump remains banned from facebook the oversight board has upheld his ban but it'll be another 6 months before they officially decide whether

we have a page out of the kansas city blue book and it shows that a lot of the card marking. was done by women because they had the ability to hold a very small brush put very well small marks on cards. and one of the ways that they had consistently marked cards. was they created what they call a mastercard which showed all the marks in a contrasting color that they would use when they marked a deck of cards. and they're we have a fan deck here that shows where the marks. the card we also have edgework here. if the card on the left if you notice has appointed edge edge which indicates that's an ace. the card next to it has a slight bump. on the design by the upper left hand corner and that indicates it's the king. so if you actually go down all these cards and look at the marks you have ace king queen jack 10. we have a card cutter here, which is was a traditional device for marking cards shortening the side of the card. and we also have a corner rounder because once you trim a card the round edge of the card. is destroyed so you have to put a round corner back on the card? w

mean allegations his own mismanagement is to blame for nursing home deaths during the pandemic and a kansas governor wins her battle to allow transgender athletes to compete in women's sport an issue we put up for the fact. this is a serious story to. propagate the view that this woman or anything all the other women don't want to see. the green. grass transform grass is common sense. good afternoon you without international is just gone for clock here in moscow france's most famous general his waging wars beyond the grave as the country pulls out all the stops to celebrate 200 years since the podiums death debate is raging about whether it's high time to cancel the emperor seen by many as a genocidal tyrant who killed millions his fans to hail him as the nation's greatest ever hear a shot at even ski enters the fray in paris. napoleon bonaparte it's a name that everyone you know is a french emperor our whole crew of nations 200 years after his death and his ideals still shape france but wasn't a polian a hero or a villain. because he did good things he did a lot for the evolution of france

in 1862 they were raised in south carolina, kansas and louisiana. and that's because on july 17th 1862 the second confiscation and militia acts were approved in subsequently signed by president lincoln. these acts allowed as many persons of african descent as necessary to be employed to help suppress the rebellion and use them in such manner as he may judge best for public welfare. to some this meant that they could be soldiers. in south carolina general david hunter had organized a regimen of south carolina former slaves the first south carolina colored infantry. only to have them disbanded because president lincoln would not approve hunters emancipation of slaves in his military district. nor authorized arising of black troops while hunter failed orders were addressed the general rufus saxton on august 25th 1862 to raise 5,000 black soldiers. the first south carolina colored infantry was reformed. and they later became the 33rd us ct. the importance of this order was that these soldiers were raised by the authority of the united states war departm

here's what legislation has in store for the city of kansas city. anything over 20% will go to a new community service and prevention fund and they are left to agree on that. what i find fascinating is the state legislature potentially stepping in. do you expect to see more instances where states say you can't reduce police funding or defund the police in one of the biggest cities potentially hurting our cities and states, causing state budgets to go out of whack, dealing with the problems the cities of caused. >> when thinking about budgets you need leadtime to prepare for them. the police chief was caught offguard so you will see the state legislature jumping and here is the reality, kansas city is one of the 6 most dangerous cities in this country. if they follow the progressive ideology it makes neighborhoods that sign increase in violence more dangerous. a few people in city council that are following the defunding the police and citizens of kansas city have price. carley: i think back to abigail sandy berger, what she said in november when she

summit, founded in 1910 along the missouri kansas and texas railway. vernon founded in 1911 on ranch and the creek nation home to many aaa such as elk of what was the first postmaster and louise wessel established the first school and church. lima, founded in 1913 along the the chicago rock island and pacific railroad. mt. zion methodist church was built there in 1915 and still stands to this day. and, of course, the most famous and prosperous of all of the black communities was greenwood. greenwood district became a thriving community for black business owners, schools and flourished by the late 1910s it was the wealthiest black community and all of the united states. the community earned the name black wall street from the famed african-american author educator i finally spoke of, booker t. washington. the history of this historically black towns iso interwoven into dish of oklahoma and the history of the united states. the residents of these towns have achieved a great success and face tremendouss. challenge. stories of the black towns and communiti

like that time you went to kansas? [sighs] like the time i went to kansas. [tv static] so, basically, what i do is i visit a smell lab-- ok. -in kansas city. this lab works for powders like gold bond and deodorants and that sort of thing. ok. so they test how well their product covers up smells on human bodies-- - eww. - --like b.o. [throw up sound] if they were to smell your armpit and your foot, they could break it down into 20 different categories. well, my armpits don't smell, so. [exhale] it's a great open. johnny (voiceover): when you think of scents, fragrances, even aromas-- this was a really-- ok. so just this intro, just to give you a little background on this episode. so, we did this whole shoot. i put my nose and my smell in harm's way for this episode, and the bosses, yes, marni, i'm talking about you, were so appalled. they were like, we can't air that. well, i'm not going to lie. i don't think i would want to watch you smelling musty and dusty and ranking it. until, they repurposed it and they were like, let's make, like, it's like a perfume c

this legislation sends a devastating message that kansas is not welcome until all children and their families including those who are transgender while already at a high risk of bullying discrimination and suicide can this is an inclusive state and our laws should reflect our values this law doesn't do that since republicans couldn't stop abortions there aren't too transgender rights big win for the family and those athletes i am annoyed by this they have grown up as men head there's transfer of physical ability not a level playing field it's really stupid kansas should frank very governor for saving them from the stupid. it comes as $34.00 states considered disqualifying transgender girls from playing it into school team is 5 regions of already brought those bonds into law we told the lawyers stephanie haden and also radio sports host alan moore about whether the issue is a dog whistle for transphobia and who should decide if such athletes participate in the sport or not. what with the rights of women and it's so generous your new york times a couple scores on our radio show we spok

including georgia, indiana, kansas, missouri, north carolina, pennsylvania, texas, and virginia. among other notable cases she was lead counsel in cases successfully challenging a series of indiana voter purge sanctions. she is a frequent commentator on voting rights issues presenting at conferences and conducting voting rights trade makes -- trainings nationwide. next is dr. mark meredith, an associate at the university of pennsylvania department of political science. his research examines the political economy of american elections with a particular focus on the application of causal inference. his research interests include election administration, election law, political campaigns, and voter decision-making. his research has been published in numerous leading journals including the american political science review, the american journal of political science, the journal of politics, the quarterly journal of political

toward them with >> kansas and wisconsin asking for less than 10% of what was scheduled for them next week. >> if you climb a mountain climb and go on a plateau. so we've done the big assent and now we're on the plateau. >> officials hoping pfizer request for full fda approval combined with expected authorization to give the shot to 12-15 year-olds could boost confidence to young people that now make up the ma joy for of hospitalized patients. >> there's no where you know in our icus fully vaccinated and the people who are still at risk are those unvaccinated. >> with mother's day this weekend, new data suggests having one dose of pfizer or moderna's vaccine cuts the transmission risk in half though it's still recommended you hold your parties or gatherings outdoors or at the very least open windows inside. forever at, abc news, news, new

. >> the wheat fields of kansas claim ike as a native son. >> but the cotton and cattle state of texas stake first claim, hard were the railroad tracks in dennison, texas, that's where he was born on the red river where texas shakes hands with oklahoma. >> dwight david eisenhower, was one of seven sons of deeply religious parents. pennsylvania dutch who moved west and brought the bible with them. no matter where duty takes him, he always likes to get back to home cooking. even in paris, his kitchen was kansan. ♪♪ >> his hobbies keep him close to the earth and fresh water. fishing was this farmer boy's first love. golf is a new love. only with fish stories does ike exercise a fisherman's right to stretch the truth a little. golly, you should have seen the one that got away. three feet long. >> if you asked eisenhower why he has dedicated the rest of his life to the service of america, instead of retiring to take it easy on his little farm in gettysburg, he'll point to a picture of this baby. a chip off the old block, and he'd tell you -- >> i want my grandson and yours to grow up in

colorado, race with a maryland, in new jersey, and kansas. but did he go by the name race smith? and then, a coal back. it was the race mid from colorado. we had the right name, the right age, place of birth. had grown up without knowing anything any blood relatives. all this re-smith knew was his mother's name. according to his versatile catholic it was, jeri. he was starting to sound a lot like our rig. asked if he would submit to a dna test. he agreed and there was no doubt, we'd found him. we bought ray and his fiancÉe to los angeles hotel and showed him the story of his sisters. in a way, history to. >> i thought that the story itself was said. it sounds like they had a rough life. and it was really similar to mine. >> so it was, and it began the