Jazz, new orleans. Enjoy American History tv this week and every weekend on cspan 3. American music often reflects or impacts different points in our countrys history. Over the next 90 minutes, we will take you across the United States and through time as we explore the music of a nation. We begin with a visit to nashvilles linemen auditorium. As author dale un talks about how the venue became a place for political rallies, civil rights events and home to Country Musics great old today, we are at the historic Ryman Auditorium in downtown nashville, tennessee. It is known as the Mother Church of Country Music, which definitely tells the history of both things that it is famous for. It was built by a river boat captain who was famously converted under a tent in downtown nashville in may of 1865. After his conversion, he believed that traveling ministers should have a permanent home that was large enough to take the large crowds of the traveling ministers who came to town. Captain ryman b
Bay area skies scribed as eerie and a apocalyptic. Some saying they were even scared. The orange atmosphere has quickly turned into a dark night here in the east bay. What people are doing to both remember and cope with the unearthly sky. Smoke choking our skies today. Ill let you know how much longer the air quality will suffer coming up. Purifiers and filters. Air quality experts with tips on how you can take safety a step further. Abc 7 news starts right now. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc 7 news. If i can imagine what the end of the world was going to look like, it would look like this. Honestly, unlike anything ive ever experienced and ive lived in Northern California for 36 years. Its so dark. Its scary to me. Ive never seen anything like this before. This is strange. Its weird. Its. A dlie like no other in the bay area. Our entire region bathed in an eerie glow of orange and red. A look at why it happens. What a strain day we had. Good eveni
[ bleep ] take a break from the mean tweets awkward beats and lame jokes about donald trump its the brad paisley live show oh lookin there a ratings bump thank you thank you five sweaty people in face shields. Appreciate it. This is awesome. And its freaking weird. Because everything is freaking weird right now. But some parts of life are starting to get back to normal. For instance im very excited that the new nfl season kicks off tomorrow. Hank jr. Always asks, are you ready for some football . Hell, im so starved for sports im ready for some badminton. The nfl is doing things differently this year. Like all of us. For safety players will be quarantined for 14 days every time they come in close contact with another player. So the season is going to last 17 years. Some teams are made for this like the Detroit Lions. Their defense hasnt come within six feet of another player since 1998. I can say that because im a Cleveland Browns fan. And as a browns fan, Detroit Lions jokes are all w
Lifetime snaps of San Franciscos skyline cloaked in a cloud of orange. Its really sad that its the condition the way it is, but it makes for some really dramatic pictures for sure. Reporter both automobile photographers trevor joelen and daniel turned their back to the road and pointed up. Even with the fog, its usually just gray and neutral colors, but today its a lot more orange and red. Reporter in walnut creek, cars were covered in arab and in oakland the zoo closed because of poor air quality. The solar panels on a abc 7 photographers home in pinole generated a fraction of electricity when the suns rays actually reach the earth. Out here in the bay exercising, fishing, doing whatever they can to find some slice of normalcy. I was pretty disoriented, honestly. I missed an appointment. I almost never do that. Reporter Jason Johnson says the weather reminds him of growing up in the midwest. A storm would blow in around the time of a tornado or Something Like that and it would be pitc
How his uniforms seals him from suspicion on the streets and may have saved his life. Now reporting, pierre thomas. There is not a moment that goes by when police are riding behind me where i dont fear being pulled over. When you drivin down the street, you know, and those blue and red cherries come on behind you, you get a tingle, your heart starts to race, even when you know youve done nothing. I will light you up, get out wow. Now adrenaline pumping, pulse quickening. A routine traffic stop makes most of us anxious. But for many, such encounters can mean the difference between life and death. Walter scott, samuel dubose. Philando castile. For a number of those whose loved ones have been killed, the fear and anger for police is raw. For those, those sworn to protect and serve they are here to kill us because we black my nephew philando was murdered by a Police Officer in falcon heights, minnesota. Seeing my sisters son, my nephew, shot and killed in a car by another Police Officer, y