Viewing audience is history. 134 spies, assassins, martyrs, witches, famous trials in american. This is jenna. Big questions course. And we have a room full of largely non history majors from the sciences and business and other places who are taking a history course and the we are covering today is a trial that will be dubbed in the 20th century. The trial of the century the scopes trial and want to start our discussion by introducing you to this man. This is John Washington butler and he was a tennessee tobacco farmer who gets to the state legislature 1922. And as he it he was home at his Baptist Church and his preacher told story that he found very disturbing and it was the story of a local young woman who attended the university of tennessee and then was exposed to darwins teachings on evolution in a biology course. And she had been raised in a culture of faith and belief in the bible and, the preacher said she came home from college, an atheist and butler had three young boys who w
A pile of mens re election. That scene as a test of present use acute popularity and for the best time in us history, the parents of a teenage School Shooter, a sentence prison news could help you with this welcome to the public. And we begin in central goals where palestinians have been the target of you has another deadly as rarely attacked this time in the district. The future, you can at least 14 people were killed. One is really missiles at a residential tower on tuesday night. The victims, mostly women and children. The tenant came as the muslim holy month of ramadan comes to an end. And as a benefit to begins, its been 6 months since we the will started more than 33000. 00 palestinians have been killed. Well thats what i just sent out of the system. It is different this year because of the role normally. During this time of the year, we would bike fluids for our children. But now we have somebody searching for food just to feed them for a day, or we search for a place for them t
Benen was questioned for a long period of time by members of special counsel robert millers team on at least two occasions the questioning lasting some twenty hours the nature of the questions not yet known however we do understand that steve benen did give our answers to all the questions that were put to him this is unlike his appearance before the House Intelligence Committee where he appeared for the second time this week there he refused to answer a large number of questions a quoting white house privilege. Thousands have gathered in florida at a candlelight vigil for the seventeen victims of the latest u. S. High School Shooting its emerged b. I was previously warned about nineteen yo suspects Nicholas Cruz has appeared in court charged with the met is and agalloch every pore some the vigil in pockets north of miami. This is a community in mourning but a people determined to come together the grieving process will be long and painful the wounds may never heal many here is still i
Californias coast to oil drilling for the first time in decades. There is no really truly safe way to drill for oil. The only known fact is there is going to be an oil spill at some point somewhere. The Trump Administration says relaxing the rules on offshore drilling on the east and west coast will lessen the countrys dependents on foreign oil. Right now we are in the middle of a 60 day Public Comment period. When it comes to our oceans, when it comes to our environment the administration has to understand that these are treasures that we are being to protect with everything we have. Which likely means the battle lines will shift from the shore to the courts if the Trump Administration decid to push forward with its plan. The federal government has scheduled one public hearing. It will take place this thursday in sacramento. They are offering free buses to the meeting from San Francisco and oakland. A warning to uc berkeley students. Always attention to your surroundings while you are
Agencies would deploy to mississippi to rendezvous with the team heading back from Hurricane Harvey but rerouted to florida. It was a scramble to be able to go. And certifications necessary. Reporter Second Harvest food bank is part of a nationwide network getting ready to ship food. They are preparing for irma. There is only so much you can. O for a disaster when you know where its going to hit. There is a frustration of the waiting game and we have to wait. Reporter the fire chief who led a rescue effort in florida during hurricane wilma in 2005 says crews will have to deal with the different climate and terrain. A lot of different sectors. You got alligators and snakes and things we dont typically think about over here to that extent. We have snakes but not the snakes that swim on water. Reporter again, Task Force Four will head out to meet their unit and will remain on stand by mode until they see which way the wind blows. Robert handa, nbc bay area news. Perspective here. Well sho