Thanks. Good evening, welcome to washington. Im bret baier. Breaking tonight, the man accused of pointing a rifle in the direction of former President Donald Trump, what authorities are calling a second Assassination Attempt made his first appearance in Court Today and seemed to enjoy himself there. Ryan roth managed to get within a few hundred yards of the republican nominee during a Golf Outing sunday at trump international Golf Club near the former president s florida home. A secret Service Agent spotted him in a wooded area near a fence with a weapon and then opened fire. Chasing him away until his capture a short time later. There are calls for a change to the Trump Security Strategy after the second apparent Assassination Attempt in two months. We begin with Correspondent Danamarie Mcknowledge in West Palm Beach tonight. Good evening, danamarie. Good evening, bret. Officials say that ruth was camped outside trumps Golf Course for me toly 12 Hours Yesterday with food and a rifle.
Feldman analysts is artistic portrayals of the American Revolution and civil war. She talks about the influence of paintings, sculptures, in memorials on how history is remembered. The Smithsonian Associates host to this event. Today we are going to look at the American Revolution and civil war, in particular, but a little beyond that. Controversies about the stories we tell. I am going to focus, because it is impossible to cover such an amount of material in one top. Im going to focus in particular on the nations capital, and the public buildings on the mall, which is after all, the centerpiece of american political culture, and our public culture, where people come from all around the world, and the country to participate in government, to learn about government, to understand our heritage. So i thought what is it we say to those people when they come to washington . What have been some of the controversies . What are some of the issues we should be aware of . And what is missing . S
Where he also had figures such as this but in his case, its peace rielding in ayuchlful chariot. You can see the peace in the center. The partially nude female figure crowned riding the four horses and golden victory figures off to each side. Well, this is what mills had in mind for George Washington. They were thinking of it for George Washington that transposed him from the human, from the everyday, from a general to now a super human almost godlike figure. And so when construction, which had been halted on the Washington Monument for about 20 years in the 1860s and 70s, when construction was started up again, the engineer, thomas casey, who really loved modern inventions, elevators, electric lights, decided no were not going to put that temple at the bottom. He wanted the Washington Monument to stay that would represent america. Moving forward into the 20th century. And so he now saw it as a sleek monument of american ingenuity. So it was his decision, essentially, not to create the
To learn about government, understand our heritage, so i thought, what is it we say to those people when they come to washington . What have been some of the controversies . What are some of the issues we should be aware of and what is missing . That is going to be my focus with the Capital Building here, rotunda, and of course the mall which stretches all the way back , down to the Lincoln Memorial. Building Capitol Building with its great paintings by John Trumbull of the American Revolution and at the opposite end of the mall, the Lincoln Memorial commemorating the civil war and Abraham Lincolns role. Also up at the capital and is another littleknown memorial. There was an oped in the Washington Post a couple days ago about this memorial, the ulysses s. Grant memorial, which is there at the foot of the Capitol Building. It and the Lincoln Memorial were dedicated in 1922, the same year, yet they represent two different approaches to telling the story of america and the civil war. Of
A ride with the russians to join our russian partners at the International Space station and 86000000. 00 cab fare so when private enterprise got the usa back into the game with the reuse of all rocket no less it was a proud moment a respite from all else thats challenged us lately here on earth where in space do we boldly go next lets ask a long time Network Space correspondent john business coauthor with jail pickering of among other books the handsome picturing apollo 11 rare views and undiscovered moments in the space age presidency of john f. Kennedy a rare photographic history john space x. Had already been shuttling cargo up to the i. S. A. s how is ferrying astronauts there a game changer as we continue to explore that final frontier. I think its significant im sorry. Well from holland 1st of all as you say its the 1st time a private company has done that and thats sort of been the goal of a series of us have ministrations going back for a period of years they wanted to move th