This is the Political Editor crains new york magazine. How serious do you see this in terms of the fundraising scandal . Scandal . Its a pretty serious problem with the Manhattan District Attorney and the federal prosecutor, u. S. Attorney looking into this. Theyve shown a willingness to go after the people at the top of politics. Hes the guy that got Shelly Silver and dean skelos and hes signalled hes ready to go after executives. He means two people. Governor cuomo and mayor bill de blasio. We know hes looking carefully at de blasios Campaign Fundraising activities. Hes looking for two things. One, hes looking for violations of the law by which they used loopholes and maybe walk a little over that line. Gone up to the line. We havent crossed it. His interpretation may be different. Theyll look for quid pro quos. I give a donation and i get Something Back for that. Youre not supposed to get anything back. We looked at the mayors list of donors and almost all of them we found had some
Fatal shooting of a woman in her own her home in northeast las vegas. This all started very early this morning. And tonight police are still on the scene of this incident. 8 news now reporter Patranya Bhoolsuwan is live near craig and nellis with the latest on this developing story. Patranya Bhoolsuwan we just talked to Metro Sergeant jeff clark just a short time ago. He confirmed that metro swat officers shot and killed a woman in a home right across the street from us here on the 45hundred block aviation street. This after she threatened not to just take her own life, but that of the officers on the scene. With the use of not just one but two separate weapons. This apparently all started around 6 oclock this morning when the womans friend from out of state called metro. Asking police to go check on her. This after she saw a video of that woman trying to kill herself by overdosing on pills. When police got there, she initially did not respond. But after a few hours, the woman came out
Home where the suspect holed up . Patranya Bhoolsuwan Denise Valdez and patranya, you were at that first officerinvolved shooting throughout the day. What can you tell us about that . Patranya Bhoolsuwan denise, it left the neighborhood near craig and nellis in shock. A woman was shot and killed by police right in front of her home. After a tense standoff that lasted hours. Police told me it all started with an Early Morning phone call after someone saw video of the woman downing pills, trying to kill herself. People i spoke to told me she was the last person they would imagine engaging with police. < on the 45 hundred block of aviation street just off of craig and nellis. Neighbo rs say they still cant believe a woman who used to live in the house in the corner is now gone. sinai esparza neighbor i was like a calm person. So its just very weird. police say this all started just before 6 am monday when a friend of the woman. Called metro dispatch. Saying they were concerned about somet
Historian Darrell Scott talks about the evolution of how africanamericans viewed the civil war. He describes differences between generations and how the Civil Rights Movement impacted how africanamericans think of the war and its legacy. This hourlong program took place at the hill center at the Old Naval Hospital in washington dc. I would like to welcome you again to the celebration. We have two wonderful scholars here. Serving as our moderator this evening is joni appelbaum. He is a Senior Editor at the atlantic where he oversees the he will moderate this conversation with dr. Darrell scott. Stanford university and apollo Alto California and palo Alto California. He began his teaching career at Columbia University and left their in 2000 to Service Director of africanamerican studies at the university of florida. Since 2003, scott has been the professor and president for the association and study of American History. Served in the board since 2003. It is the oldest black scholarly and
He is a Senior Editor at the atlantic. He is a social and cultural historian of the United States. Before joining the atlantic, he was a lecturer of history at the harvard university. He previously taught at brandeis university. Yoni will moderate this discussion with dr. Daryl scott attended Marquette University and milwaukeewisconsin and Stanford University in palo alto, california where he received his doctorate in history. He began his teaching career at Columbia University in new york city and left therein 2000 to serve as the director of africanamerican studies at the university of florida gainesville. Since 2003, scott has been the professor of africanAmerican History at howard university. He has served on a board since 2003. It was founded by Carter G Woodson in 1915 and is the a list black scholarly and intellectual society in the world. So if you would please help me welcome our guest this evening daryl scott and yoni appelbaum. [applause] mr. Appelbaum wow, its great to have