Building under construction in oakland. Leaves up to 20 workers trapped in wet cement. vicki the accident was just after nine30 this morning. On hawthorne avenue near broadway. grant thats where we find kron fours Philippe Djegal. Who arrived on scene shortly after the initial emergency call. Philippe. Thats right. And, a witness tells us this could have been a whole lot worse if the wet cement was any deeper. No one died. But a dozen people were taken to hospitals. philippe calm one moment seconds later a loud thud. Saul duran witness i was afraid that someone was buried inside, you know. A witness who shot this video of the aftermath shows construction workers huddled near the front entrance of what oakland fire battalion chief Ian Yan Mcwhorter says is an apartment parking garage under contruction. This is where the accident happened Fire Fighters snapped photos of what they saw. Ian mcwhorter battalion chief they were only trapped up to their knees. He says by the time the Oakland
Through conversations with experts, and questions from cspans audience, we tell the stories of americas 45 first ladies. Now, Mary Todd Lincoln, on first ladies influence an image or go. Born in 1818 in lexington kentucky, mary todd grew up and lived to see her husband issued the emancipation proclamation 45 years later. A mother of four sons, she witnessed the death of three of those sons as well as her husbands assassination. Her life was filled with tragedy, but as lincolns political partner, she relished in his success. A look at the life and times of Mary Todd Lincoln, one of the most complex first ladys. Thank you for joining us on first ladies influence and image. we invite to of our academic advisers. Rosalyn penn is a history professor at meredith and morgan state university. At the table again is the director of five president ial libraries including the Abraham Lincoln library in springfield illinois and a president ial biographer. Thank you for being here. We will start wit
Through conversations with experts, and questions from cspans audience, we tell the stories of americas 45 first ladies. Now, Mary Todd Lincoln, on first ladies influence an image or go. Born in 1818 in lexington kentucky, mary todd grew up and lived to see her husband issued the emancipation proclamation 45 years later. A mother of four sons, she witnessed the death of three of those sons as well as her husbands assassination. Her life was filled with tragedy, but as lincolns political partner, she relished in his success. A look at the life and times of Mary Todd Lincoln, one of the most complex first ladys. Thank you for joining us on first ladies influence and image. we invite to of our academic advisers. Rosalyn penn is a history professor at meredith and morgan state university. At the table again is the director of five president ial libraries including the Abraham Lincoln library in springfield illinois and a president ial biographer. Thank you for being here. We will start wit
And as many of you know, it was met with some degree of controversy because there are those american citizens who said, but this was just a political correctness. And there were others who, in fact, they didnt even know who Harriet Tubman was. And various pictures of Harriet Tubman appeared on the internet and the people women who were in fact not Harriet Tubman. Harriet tubman has usually been a subject of childrens fiction. And very few people really know, at least american citizens we historians know who Harriet Tubman was. But that wasnt thats not the case with the american public. It was irony noted or the irony was noted in having tubman on the front of the 20 bill. And Andrew Jackson on the back. As many of you know, Andrew Jackson was not only a slave holder himself, but he was also oversaw indian removal and is renowned for being, really, an indian killer. So in addition to that, many people pointed to the fact that here you have Harriet Tubman who was commodified, who had val
She has won awards on human rights abuse exposes and on Health Insurers who rescinded coverage for sick members. Please give a warm welcome to ms. Lisa. [applause] i want to introduce the rest of our panel. We are really lucky to have a Diverse Group that can speak to many aspects of this problem. Chill is a legal scholar at ucla who has done a lot of research in the Opioid Epidemic and efforts to fix it. This is a fabulous journalist and reporter who i worked with at the paper and has written many books. She has written an amazing chronicle of this epidemic called dreamland. If you havent read it, i highly recommend it. Its fabulous and touching and tragic. Dr. Larissa muni runs and addiction clinic at ucla and helps doctors learn how to cope with victims of this epidemic and she has done research into medication responses. This is a federal prosecutor down here in the courthouse in l. A. And as an assistant u. S. Attorney, he has prosecuted doctors and drug rings and gangs that move