Taft our musical first lady. You opened the book by making the case that of the 20th century first lady, shes the most obscure, but you say she deserves better from history. Tell me quickly why she deserves better than being obscure . Mr. Gould well, because she did some things that were, as youve mentioned in your opening, about that were very constructive, i mean, the cherry trees, bringing the Classical Music musicians to the white house, and, generally, trying to make washington the Cultural Center of the nation. That was her ambition. Now, it didnt work out because of medical reasons. But she had an agenda that would have made her rank with Eleanor Roosevelt or Lady Bird Johnson in terms of transforming washington had things gone the other way. Ms. Swain she also seemed to have an agenda to get her husband to the white house. Mr. Gould yes, the story is that she decided when she visited the white house in the hayeS Administration, hey, i want to do that as well. Its somewhat overd
There is no indication this was an act of terror. Reportedly he believed he was hearing voices and expected to die. Hes been tested at a facility. We will find out later if drugs or alcohol were in his system. He is prior arrest record driving. An alert for drivers in Prince Georges County. Someone covered the speed limit sign with flyers and and. Drivers couldnt see how fast they rewe allowed to go. One driver said that ended up costing him money. Reporter you can still see some of the evidence left behind. Some of that tape and paper still on the speed limit sign. What i found interesting is whats on the back. A sticker from the state highway adstminiration letting people know that if they steal or vaiz i was like, i got a citation. David roberts got not one but two speeding camera tickets. One was going one way and one was going the other way. How did i miss the speed . These signs were plastered with tape and paper on central avenue. Thats exactly what im saying. I didnt have any i
Bethesda man. Police find the person using his credit card but they still cant find him. A d. C. Neighborhood about to get a much higher profile as the trumps and the obamas move in. Good evening. D. C. Gets set to close a loophole in its laws dealing with criminals and gps ankle monitors. Its in response to a case news4 has been following for more than a year. Tonight, some say another loophole in the law is still wide open. Reporter most people think cutting off a gps ankle bracelet means you get sent back to jail. In the district, that has not always been the case and that is about to change. The legislation d. C. Mayor Muriel Bowser will sign into law wednesday has its roots in a terrible crime that happened on a denise was a newly elected advisory neighborhood commissioner. One of her neighbors was brutally beaten and raped by a man who entered her apartment while she was working from home. The man was supposed to be wearing a gps ankle bracelet after a 2012 robbery conviction. Po
Now, eastern iowa is avoiding all of this snow but unfortunately we are definitely not dodging the cold and the we begin with meteorologist Brandon Marshall with your weatherfirst developing developing right now in cedar rapids linn county attorney Jerry Vander Sanden has called for a grand jury to examine the evidence after an officer shot a suspect during a traffic stop. Stop. It is an unusual move in linn county as some question the actions of that Cedar Rapids Police officer on november first. Thats when investigators say officer lucas jones pulled over jeremie mitchell. Authorities say there was an jones then shot mitchell. The car with mitchell behind the wheel accelerated away from the scene. It then hit an unmarked squad car and other vehicles. Mitchell remains in the hospital and friends say he is paralyzed from the shooting. Shooting. In the days since, mitchells family and other Community Leaders have demanded more information from police. But, so far, the linn developed mor
In dec. A firefighter recovering right now northeast. We went up in flames this morning. Krist kristen, what did he have to say . Reporter we talked to her and she got the call on her way to work there was a fire in her building. We talked with sources who had inside knowledge of whats inside the building here. We understand they restored historic items, possibly from the u. S. Capitol building. Of course, serious concerns about this fire over night but we understand that everything that they were working on was saved. We are just very thankful. Thankful because it could have been a lot worse if firefighters did not get here the minute they did. We got a lot of wood in there. Northeast dc was on fire with all kinds of flammable things inside. There is a lot of fire trucks. Firefighters battled this one for an hour and a half. They had a hard time getting to the fire because of metal bars and shutters then they have to find the fire. It is an expansive building. They needed to extend th