It coincides with the American Civil War sesquicentennial. Anduns for five years changes each year to address that your of the war. Interesting aspect of our exhibit is the fact that we are one location that many of the events took place in these exact area. We have the very equipment used by the railroad in the civil war. We present a bottom up history of the b o railroad. We present the technologies and the people involved guarding, destroying, building, and operating the railroad during the civil war years. This would be an entire area of activity. There were paint shops, carpentry shops, car shops. They were casting the rail. There were machine shops. They were building bridge parts. Continuously loading things on trains. As the confederates would damage a section of track, or blow up a bridge, the repair crews would go out, pull out the damage, load it on a car and recycle it. I firmly believe that at the outbreak of the war, the first 90 days, the baltimore and Ohio Railroad was
Media. Were they ever really friends . Gold medal day. Team u. S. A. Triumphant. The teen who went from last to first delivering under pressure as high winds postpone the mens downhill. Skaters deliver and dance. That moustache making headlines. Good morning. Paula is off today. Were lucky to have cecilia vega on set. Good morning to you. Good to be here. Well be talking about the latest president ial uproar, this one involving me too. But lets start with breaking news. This is breaking news out of russia. Just coming in right now. Reports of an airliner crashing. Abcs Jennifer Eccleston is monitoring the latest developments from our london bureau. Good morning jennifer. This news just reaching us here. A russian aircraft disappearing shortly after take off from russias airport. Russian media reporting the saratov airlines, with 65 passengers and six crew onboard vanishing from radar minutes after takeoff. The wreckage from the plane has been located and emergency and rescue teams are
Across the state of delaware. With the loss of one of our brave correctional officers. A 20 hour hostage situation at a delaware prison has earneded in tragedy. It is thursday afternoon. We are following breaking details about the dramatic end to a standoff after the james t. Vaughn correctional facility in delaware. Katherine scott has more on the investigation but first gray hall joins us to break down how the situation unfolded. Reporter well, its been very intense and dangerous situation in delaware for the last few hours or sox this came to an end earlier this morning as you mentioned sadly one prison employee will not make it home to his family. The over 15 hour standoff came to an end when they believed the c center where the standoff took place. Its with great sad nness i stand before you, we lost one of our family members and it pains my heart to make these statements. Offices were atemmed to free the last two hostages, one a doc employee was rescued and take and to the hospit
The tiebreaking vote. Donald trump now has the lowest polling numbers in the history of president ial polling for the first month in office. Cnn said 53 of the people polled disapprove of the president s Job Performance to date. 43 approve of the president s performance. When it comes to the president ial ordinance that bans travel from several majority companies, they find 51 disapprove of that order. 45 support the order. Democrats and independents, the most critical. President trump continues to have strong support among republicans. The state Department Says about 60,000 people from seven majority companies, had their petition canceled, due to trumps executive order. The state Department Says the higher figure includes visas that expire. And pl visas that were exempt under the executive order. Earlier this week, the commonwealths of virginia challenged that order. And today, a judge granted virginias request to have the federal government provide a list of denied list of everybody
A the anecdote is an amazing story. As a young person fascinated by the book i would like to know your message to others fascinated the buck. Theres so many things. I think one of the things i said earlier, this idea curiosity and imagination is a really important lesson i learned from the book. Another one, and this is something if you ask Catherine Johnson and speak to her and say how is it possible for you in the south in the work a work ent that still have segregated bathrooms and cafeterias and all these things were still happening when a woman may not have even been able to get a credit card in her own name how are you able to do this work and tell them this would bring them home safely that sounds like a lot to ask and goes back to what my father said to me. You are no better than anyone else and no one is better than you are. [applause] ive probably spent more time thinking about that than any other things because one of these things that seems very simple to both the part abou