Frees 3100 enslaved individuals. For the past year as war raged between the union and the confederacy opponents of slavery had decried the scandal of slavery continuing to exist within the Nations Capital. Eight and a half month later, president lincoln signed the emancipation proclamation which did not free all enslaved persons but sent a powerful signal that slavery would no longer be tolerated. The emancipation proclamation has assumed a place among the greatest arguments of human freedom. The story of the emancipation proclamation is one that would help to redefine freedom and eventually change the course of history. Both the proclamation and the d. C. Legislation represent a promise of hope, freedom, and justice that continues to inspire and resonate with the American People more than 150 years after its creation. Now its my pleasure to welcome the reverend thomas brown to the stage. He is the director of the office of religious affairs and the executive office of the mayor. And t
60,000 and that exceeds the National Median income. Its the majority black district. Its the second wealthiest black majority district in the country nd second most educated. So a lot of other factorsin this debate as it continues. Dash ward, news had. As the battle over balti aunchedmorehe president l another feud today, this time with the reverend al sharpton. In series of tweets the president called sharp theon, quote, a con man and troublemaker going on to say that sharp theon, quote, hates whites and costs. Speaking just hours later, sharpton fired back calling t this is race baiting at its best and its donald trump plight race card and is a shame and a sham. Sharpton called president trumps tweets aimed at elijah ummings and baltimore absolutely horrible. Well have complete coverage. Just such baltimore. The head of the naacp just ne resig kofi annan reported on facebook saying while, quote, many are provide equity, i no longer believe that the overall organizationalstructure of
Over the past week to two weeks, and, boy, do we need it. This is whats happening right nowhe you can see rain just down to our south. This is the last 12 hours. A lot of shower activity and not a lot of real heavy rain. We did not see a lot of rain from the system last night. A lot of rain in the southern zones, and even up to the north cant rule out a couple of showers coming down from the north. All down to the south. Were talking about areas south of washington. , lvert county, northern ne fairly heavy rain at that, while the rest of us for the most part are remaining on the dry side. Heres the big thing. We hit a High Temperature teye rds ay76 in d. C. Look at the pawtuxet river, 69 degrees and 71 in fredericksburg and 78 back towards martinsburg. Big time cooler weather moving on in here. Thats some welcome relief after 12traight days at 90plus. Leon . Didnt want to hit that twoweek mark with the heat wave, so now that the change has come here, whats behind it . What exactly happ
Children, just young teens police say seen on video attacking two men and one pretty badly and plays out in front of the washington hilton here and appears to escalate after a teen boy appears to strike an older man before a groupes c over, eventually forcing that man to the ground as that secondr olde man runs inside. Those teens appear to stop that victim as more join in. Boys and girls. One deliveralng a fin violent kick to that mans face before a girl comes over and apparently spits on that victim as he lies on the ground just feet from that front entrance here of that hilton hotel. Those teens then run off towards connecticut. Now back out live as you saw a pretty violent attack. Police do believe that those teens are between 13 and 14 years old. They believe as well that someone out there knows who those teensare. As for that man who was hurt, he was taken to the hospital and treated f injuries, including damage to his eye socket. A pretty bad attack. We are live in the northwest
Just ahead what happens o the children still there were live at the border. The night inquestion, Chicago Police release the fs images of noos moments after attacked you want to take anything yeah, i do cops Standing Firm saying was all a hoax could th charges. Allthat, plus desperate search, the hunt for a col student in utah who mysteriy vanished afte cruise shi passengers florida after bein injure bahamas. And world cu team call with an even ahead, an in paris today tuesday, june 25th, announcer from nbc news, this guthrie live from miami kotb live from studio 1a in rockefelle hi, everybody, goodmorning, welcome to today on a tuy morning. Craigs back in studi im here in miami ahead of tomorrows first debate i 2020 president ia hi, craig, good morning. Good to see you my frie. It you there is literall set for that twonight thatsright, infact, i think this i folks are getting at it were a center in downtown miami the stage is bein speak inside the night conct hall, and on wednesday ni