A while ago and the long app of the law just caught up with th them. Edward and eddie kirby, investigators say the father and son a couple of drifter whos scheme to kill the older mans brother george and collect 100,000 in insurance policies they had taken out on the sick man. Investigators say they were caught plotting. Go down there and kill him. Make it look like an accident. Just put a pillow over him and smother him. The father responded, its not that easy. Eddie said i dont care what you do, just just take care of it hes your brother. Do it. The quicker do you this, the quicker we can get the money. The victim was home bound and lived here in frankford. Neighbors are shocked by the treacherous relatives who brazenly moved in to the dead mans home they say the nephew was taken out in cuffs yesterd yesterday. Kill family over money and insurance policies and stuff like that, you know, we living in cruel and crooked world today. Killed him not with a gun, not with a knife, but with
30th anniversary in San Francisco. It was in june of 1984 that the citys cable car system reopened after being shut down for nearly two years. During that time, munni rebuilt 69 city blocks of tracks and restored, repaired or rebuilt 38 cable cars. In 2000, ktvus ross mcgowen gave us this brief history of cable cars in the city by the bay. In the city where tony bennett left his car the cable car is part of the legend. But the lines are but a mere shadow of the cable car system that once connected the citys neighborhoods. The cable car was the way to go. There were virtually no electric streetcars but after the earthquake that changed. Only eight cable cars remainedded. Over the next 30 years three of those would stop operating the castro line, and the sacramento play line. In 1987, mayor lapa tried to shut down the cable cars all over. The citys committee saved the remaining five lines. Over the next decade more lines would disappear. Major Dianne Feinstein saw the rebuilding of the r
Possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Suarez president obama called today for what amounts to a National Awakening to stop gun deaths in america. He detailed an action plan, all the while acknowledging that the most farreaching measures face tough going in congress. We cant put this off any longer. Suarez with that, the president laid out his strategy, before an audience of congress members, cabinet advisors, and the families of those killed in the School Shootings in newtown, connecticut. In the month since 20 precious children and six brave adults were violently taken from us at sandy hook elementary, more than 900 of our fellow americans have reportedly died at the end of a gun 900 in the past month. And every day we wait, that number will keep growing. So im putting forward a specific set of proposals based on the work of joes task force. And in the days ahead i intend to use whatever weight t
Captioning sponsored by Macneil Lehrer productions brown joined by children and families of those killed in the newtown massacre, president obama today unveiled the most ambitious effort to stem gun violence in at least two decades. Good evening, im jeffrey brown. Suarez and im ray suarez. On the newshour tonight, we detail the president s proposals, including bans on assault weapons and high capacity magazines, and offer some perspective in a wide ranging roundtable discussion. Brown then, Margaret Warner talks with retired u. S. General Stanley Mcchrystal about his command of the war in afghanistan and his new book my share of the task. The Afghan People are terrified. Theyre scared theyre going to have their allies leave, their government is weak and that theres a chance they will slide back into not just taliban control but potentially civil war. Suarez on tonights daily download, we look back at the 2012 election and ahead to the inauguration with the obama campaigns internet guru
And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Suarez president obama called today for what amounts to a National Awakening to stop gun deaths in america. He detailed an action plan, all the while acknowledging that the most farreaching measures face tough going in congress. We cant put this off any longer. Suarez with that, the president laid out his strategy, before an audience of congress members, cabinet advisors, and the families of those killed in the School Shootings in newtown, connecticut. In the month since 20 precious children and six brave adults were violently taken from us at sandy hook elementary, more than 900 of our fellow americans have reportedly died at the end of a gun 900 in the past month. And every day we wait, that number will keep growing. So im putting forward a specific set of proposals based on the work of joes task force. And in the days ahead i inte