Troopers believe it veered off the road and lost control. They are not sure if speed or alcohol was a factor. They do not know the authority of the victim, so they are asking people to call this number, 919942186. They did get the vin number. That is the latest information. As soon as we get more, we will pass it on to you on our wtvd mobile app. John thank you. Also breaking, we learn Vice President joe biden is heading to the triangle. He will be in durham to it participate in a discussion it is the National Mission to cure cancer. Eyewitness news will be the station to watch for the Vice President s visit. Barbara jurors are hearing testimony in the trial of a mom and her apartment. Melissa hugginsjones was beaten to death in 2013. Ed crump is live with the latest. Ed the prosecution reinforce their case this morning, leaving little doubt about the crime. The manager of ben jerrys at north hill told jurors she saw all three suspects on the night of the murder. That business is acros
Election. Will voters turn out. 20 Illegal Migrants have drowned. Rescuers are searching for survivors. The boat is thought to be carrying migrants from afghanistan and syria to romania. Six people have been rescued. We have more from istanbul. A distress went out at dawn as it headed out into the black sea. It was 5. 5 kilometers into the black sea. One of the first fishermen described bodies floating. The assumption people who died, died of expose in the water. It is cold this time of year. Cold in the air, and cold in the water. The fisherman also describes the boat suitable for eight to ten people. But there were 43 people on the boat. It was headed to romania. A possible destination if boats are sailing through the black sea. It is not the most common route, but it is used by smugglers. On this occasion it is believed that afghan migrants were headed to owe mania. Talks in installing a new transitional government. There have been angry protests in the capitol demanding the transfe
Ahead in january but no word whether morocco will be hosting the continental show piece amid ebola fears. That and more sports are coming up in about 45 minutes. So we begin in burkina faso where the there is a new Transitional Government. The military has tightened its grip after seating fire on friday when the president was forced to resign. Soldiers fired shots into the air to Disperse Protesters who were demanding a return to civilian rule. Lets go back to its capitol, how are people reacting to colonel zida, the man in charge right now, who said hell hand over power to the leader of a Transitional Government once its formed . Some opposition parties are actually saying that they want nothing to do with colonel zida. They say he should be in charge and they want him to leave. They say theyre skeptical. Theyre not sure that hell keep his word. And they say it should not matter right now. Rather focus on forming this Transitional Government. Setting it up quickly. And then we can foc
In civil rights and the making of the modern american state, naacp one examines how the Civil Rights Movement and particularly the naacp affected the american political lens the century. This event is an hour. I will introduce Megan Ming Francis. I will talk a little bit more about the professional and personal. Megan ming francis is an assistant professor in the department of Political Science at the university of washington at seattle. She won her b. A. In Political Science and economics at Rice University in 2003 and soon after in 2008 she earned her doctorate in politics at Princeton University where she worked with melissa harris. And cornell west. Field two positions at the university of chicago and the Indiana University school before joining Pepperdine University where she was an assistant professor for four years and got quite distant following teaching courses on politics and law in society. Megan ming franciss workers at the intersection of american politics, race, constitut
This 40minute event was hosted by the California Historical society. Welcome to a whirlwind tour of the panamapacific international exposition. Thank you so much to the California Historical society for hosting tonights event and especially ada jasonm, and the director and to lillian for putting together this lovely event. Also thanks to chs for copublishing my book. You can see why i felt the book had found its home when i spoke to malcolm. If you like to hear about other events you can sign up on my mailing list which i will have after the show. Also, we are going to publish them on the site. If you want to hear about other topics, please sign up. Tonight i will be pretty presenting a brief introduction to the great world fair held in 1915 also known as the ppie. I hope you will enjoy the stories i selected tonight. First, i will give you background on the fair, why and how he came to be built, and we will take a short tour of the grounds before peering into a few of the exhibits and