Washington. Im jessica dean. Officers say this starts with an email Eyewitness News reporter joe holden is live in radnor township with what you need to know, joe. Reporter jessica, ukee police got a call about this shady email sunday night that was convincing, disturbing and more likely then not a scam, however police moved on it and tonight they want people across the Delaware Valley to be aware of this contract killer, email scam. This email would cause to you believe you have a hit man on your tail. It is very disturbing when you read as your name and it says i have order to kill you. Reporter for bit coin currency is, demanded pay up and writer will supposedly tell how took out the contract on your life. Detectives say that it is next generation in a licensing running beat of extortion scams and as farfetched as it schemes police say should inn in be willing to take a chance especially when you see disturbing nature of the email joe that i know you read when he puts in parenthesis
[music] okay. Welcome, everybody. My name is doug bradburn, on the founding director of the National Library for the study of George Washington at the beautiful mount vernon and delighted to welcome you again for a wonderful evening of conversation and history, and i also like to welcome the cspan audience out there who is recording us this evening. Great to have you back in the library. These evening book talks are special for a variety of reasons, because we get to bring exciting new historians to the eager community here, but also because its sponsored by ford, which has been a great donor to mount vernon for many, many years. As you ail know, mountain vernon ladys association does not take any government money. A completely private institution based on philanthropy and based on people coming to the estate so we depend on groups like the ford family and evidence to Mortar Company who supported mount vernon since henry ford gave the first fire engine to the estate to keep the mansion
Welcome everybody. I am the founding director for the study of George Washington and we are delighted to welcome you again with some conversation and history also the cspan audience recording us this evening it is great to have you back in the library. For the evening book talks are special for a variety of reasons to bring exciting stories to the community but also it is sponsored by ford who has been a great donor over many years. We do not take any government moneyhi completely private based on philanthropy so we depend on groups like the ford family and Ford Motor Company the first fire engine to keep the house from burning to the groundnd so with that ongoing challenge through the Fire Suppression efforts i would like to welcome you all out here but also to mention Upcoming Library programs the annual Martha Washington lecture to discuss 18th century women that is a fantastic conversation led by the senior curator the first of the three lectures coming up with Benjamin Franklin in
He was all in. All the time. He lived ate slept and breathed this job. Reporter lieutenant matthew latourneau took his last breath doing what he loved, trying to help others, during a north philadelphia house fire this past saturday, two alarms on a bitter cold morning, the floor caved in and latourneau died. Friday his casket loaded on to engine 45, his companys truck , 11 year veteran surrounded by his brothers and sisters of the Philadelphia Fire Department, arrived at basilica cathedral of saints peter and paul. Funeral mass attended by hundreds. Even azamat math becomes part of our storied past i will always be with us, in the future. Reporter all remembering a hero who gave his life protests others. He has gonna head and joined a company of other heroes and there is no doubt that they are working their way, down that smokey hallway making it safe, for the rest of us. Reporter Philadelphia Fire Department says that they will posthumously promote lieutenant latourneau to captain, t
Own Tamala Edwards sat down with the two authors of tasting freedom. A book about the life of Octavious Catto a little known philadelphia civil rights activist from the 1800s. Take a look. Authors murray dubin and Daniel Bittle published tasting freedom in 2010, a biography about forgotten philadelphia hero octavius catto. He was a civil rights hero at a time in this countrys history when African American civil rights heroes were just not very well known. Catto was born in South Carolina in 1839 and moved to philadelphia at nine years old. Explain during his lifetime what it was like in philadelphia in general when it comes to race. You were unable to vote until 1870. You couldnt sit in a, in a jury. You could not go to the academy of music. You couldnt go to a Public School where white students went. Your job choices were very, very limited. It was a difficult life and your life was in danger on the street both from whites and from people who would want to kidnap you and send you sout