We continue our breaking News Coverage tonight as protesters have taken to the streets of louisville these are live pictures from the scene. This after a former Police Officer was indicted only on firstdegree wanton endangerment charges for his actions on the night that Brianna Taylor was killed by police in her apartment. These live pictures from downtown louisville. There is a curfew the supposed to take effect in less than a half hour. We have not seen a lot of activity a couple minutes ago these live pictures did show some people kind of running down the street going around a corner. We saw some officers with helmets and batons also moving down the street, some civilian vehicles kind of racing rather quickly down the street but we havent seen tear gas or rubber bullets. Chemical irritant said police say they are prepared to use and we havent seen any signs of the National Guard which has also been called into action the Downtown District in louisville, kentucky started boarding up
Hello im the executive director of the leon center for biography. University of new york. And where sponsored by the foundation. Events like this and promote the arts and crafts the biographies. And even the sponsor of the book festival for a number of years. We are here on the session with the 20th anniversary actually of the National Book festival right in the theme this years american ingenuity. Going to be talking tonight with two intellectuals. Harold is one of the countries leading scholars print is currently the director of the Roosevelt Public Policy Institute at hunter college. Ten himself the author of eight books. Professor witmer is in the found guilty of the Honors College and today we will be discussing his latest book lincoln on the verge. The story the 13 date train journey lincoln talk from illinois to washington dc. To be inaugurated as president. These are two very different books. And hold up each of them read this is a mini biography, will not so any. It substantia
Latter part of the day sunshine returns. So dont worry about that were holding on to plenty of sunshine and good air quality for your thursday which is the stuff that weve enjoyed lately all that sun. These mild temperatures and of course the easy breathing that has come along with it lately 60s for your current temperatures, youll notice its warmer feel stepping outside all that cloud cover overhead shelters us from a lot of heat loss during overnight hours. So as opposed to yesterdays clear but cool conditions. It is a fairly mild but cloudy start to this morning. Later on today, well be looking at highs in the 70s 80s, not much different than today. A pleasant afternoon before the weekend warmup which ill get to in the rest your forecast. Robin all right. Thank you john how about we check in on the traffic. For the early birds that are heading to work this morning we are hot spot free. So thats a great way to start off the morning commute 8024 5. 80 the nimitz all doing fine leading
We know he did and he was attempting to put a marker down. This wont be forgotten and will come back. In the center we have the two africanamerican to served in the senate. By the muchrounded larger numbers of African Americans who served in the house. There is joseph rainey, the first africanamerican in the house. And it takes it all the way around to all of them who were there. I find it so poignant in that, when this was printed no one knew how long would it be. Did they think 20 years would be a long time . Did they think it would be just a moment. What did happen in this print it looks terribly damaged, like it has had a hard life. As if at some point someone took this and pasted it on probably a wall. Underneath that is wallpaper. Underneath the print and on top of the board is wallpaper. It was perhaps painted on someones wall. In sort of recognition of the things that happened. We acquired it in d. C. It may have never left the nations capital, unlike black representation that
Thanks for inviting me to come on with you, and im really looking forward to this conversation. As you know, aye been add an mirier of your work on executive privilege. This should be a lot of fun. I started out wary of President Trump. I wasnt a supporter of his in the 2016 election, expect thing that really worried me was that he was a populist. The constitution seems designed to stop populists. Its fairly democratic in a lot of ways. The so i was worried when trump came in as a populist who wants to achieve an agenda that he feels he received a mandate for, that he would strain against or even go beyond the constitutional constraints of husband power. And i was worried he was doing that in things like the travel ban, threats to build the border wall without congressional approval. And in that early piece i urged him to try to use his president ial powers primarily for National Security and Foreign Affairs and instead to understand Domestic Affairs that his role is really to enforce