you have the vest on there to make sure that everyone can see you and make sure that they know that you re not part of the construction project. but you can tell us all about it. kareen? reporter: yeah, i can t believe you noticed this very, very conservative vest. well, fred, i have to tell you, as someone who lives here in southern california, i take the 405 all the time. this is definitely, definitely eerie to see. no cars on the roadway. this is something that is so unprecedented, it would never, ever happen of course, the world isn t coming to an end. it s just a big project, a $1 billion project that wraps up hopefully if things go as scheduled monday morning. right now, what you re looking at are construction crews hard at work behind me. they re demolishing a portion of this bridge. when i say busy, this artery is busy, 500,000 cars pass through it each day. millions hit this freeway each week. it s a big deal. so far we ve gotten a really interesting update i ll
areas on black and white issues and we were horrified by who we were. part of what happened was that barack obama remindeds us of the best of our american narrative, the yes, we can. we rejected grandma on the roof of her home for days starving, dehydrating, and we said instead we can be a better country. so civil rights were at the core part of what americans were yearning for in the 2008 election. you wrote today at the nation about obama in the age of accommodation, which is a hard thing to think about when talking about civil rights and justice issues because that s an area that doesn t feel very gray. it feels very black and white. the age of accommodation is what we call that turn of the century moment when booker t. washington was the premier black leader and where he did things like basically accommodate to issues as horrifying as lynching. and after the signing of the tax bill, i d had an african-american activist friend whisper the words booker t.
issues and we were horrified by who we were. part of what happened was that barack obama reminded us of the best of our american narrative, the yes, we can. we rejected grandma on the roof of her home for days starving, dehydrating, and we said instead we can be a better country. so civil rights were at the core part of what americans were yearning for in the 2008 election. you wrote today at the nation about obama in the age of accommodation, which is a hard thing to think about when talking about civil rights and justice issues because that s an area that doesn t feel very gray. it feels very black and white. the age of accommodation is what we call that turn of the century moment when booker t. washington was the premier black leader and where he did things like basically accommodate to issues as horrifying as lynching. and after the signing of the tax bill, i d had an african-american activist friend whisper the words booker t. washington to me about barack obama and it hit me
her nickname. in june, hot day and if you are part of the artillery crew with all the heat and everything, guys were falling from exhaustion, she was running back and forth from the creek and well carrying pitchers of water for them to keep from dehydrating and that s how she got the name molly pitcher. when her husband painted from exhaustion she stepped in and kept it firing and throughout the rest of the battle. in the end they found out what she had done and kept the gun alive. it takes several guys on the crew to keep alive. the rammer and cleaner and the one that puts the powder, a guy to fire and aim it. she kept the gun going throughout the battle and at the end she was commissioned as sergeant in the continental army. we think washington, it may have been general nathaniel green but either way a general commissioned her and she served throughout the rest of the american revolution. when she died she was given a military funeral and buried with the honors of war and military fu
running back and forth from the creek and well carrying pitchers of water for them to keep from dehydrating and that s how she got the name molly pitcher. when her husband painted from exhaustion she stepped in and kept it firing and throughout the rest of the battle. in the end they found out what she had done and kept the gun alive. it takes several guys on the crew to keep alive. the rammer and cleaner and the one that puts the powder, a guy to fire and aim it. she kept the gun going throughout the battle and at the end she was commissioned as sergeant in the continental army. we think washington, it may have been general nathaniel green but either way a general commissioned her and she served throughout the rest of the american revolution. when she died she was given a military funeral and buried with the honors of war and military funeral at her death. great lady. served throughout the revolution. glenn: and i couldn t even get a pack of kool cigarettes. tell me one story you th