to soldiers and sailors, dedicated 50 years after the civil war. earlier this year after some confederate monuments were removed in some other states alabama passed a law called the alabama preservation act which legally bans the relocation, renaming or other disturbance of any building or monument located on public property which has been in place for 40 or more years. in other words, hey birmingham, don t even think about moving that confederate monument that got put up in 1905. well, yesterday from birmingham s mayor, the confederate monument in city hall was not removed, it was covered up in tarp eed plywood. later, it was out of sight. today, the alabama attorney general s office filed a lawsuit against birmingham and their
or other disturbance of any architect urlly significant memorial building, memorial street or monument located in place for more than 40 years. in other words, hey birmingham, don t even think about moving that confederate monument that got put up in 1905. yesterday, on order from birmingham s mayor, that confederate monument across from city hall t wasn t removed. it was covered up in tarps and plywood. 45 minutes later, voila, that plaque dedicated to confederate soldiers and sailors was out of sight, at least at eye height. today the alabama attorney general s office filed a lawsuit against birmingham and against their mayor, william bell, for violating that new state law, saying the attorney general has determined that defendants have altered or otherwise disturbed the lynn park memorial. joining us now is william bell. he s the mayor of birmingham, alabama. mayor bell, it s really good to have you with us tonight, sir. thank you for your time.
shepard: on a this day in 1885, america s first commercially operated electric street car began running in baltimore. before that, horses used to pull street cars along the fraction. an inventor installed a new three-rail system which provided electric power, the third rail. by 1905, the street car made billions of trips across the country. subways and standards were the standard. and now an effort is underway to bring back the technology that debuted 132 years ago today. careful what you ask for, brooklyn and queens. careful what you ask for. the market is down. down almost a percentage point now. sometimes late in the day, things rally.
11 were thwarted and didn t result in injury. congressman scalise is the ninth member to be shot. the first was in april 1905 when john pinkney. september 8, 1935, huey long was shot in baton rouge. long died two days later. he was the first sitting senator to be assassinated. on march 1, 1954, on the floor of the house of representatives, five members of congress were shot by armed attackers from the puerto rican nationalist party. all five congressman survived and the security apparatus in the house was forever changed. senator robert f. kennedy was campaigning when he was shot at the ambassador hotel by a
1854. 1905. 1969. very close. 60h. wrong way. 70, 72. what year did it become a federal holiday? 78, 79, 77, 72, 71. almost your first try. do you watch fox news and do you watch the fox news specialists ? isn t your favorite show? absolutely. of course. it s been too much fun. is that such a thing? eboni: we will circle back with our specialists carrie sheffield and ben kissel.