Against the contrasting trajectories of the north and south, the growth of the cotton kingdom against the gradual you can watch this and other American History programs on her website where all of our video is archived. Cspan. Org history. Welcome to springfield, missouri on American History tv. Our cspan cities tour producers recently visited springfield to explore its rich history and literary culture. This city is located in the southwest part of missouri in the ozark mountain region. It is the thirdlargest city in the state, with a population of about 167,000. With help from our Cable Partners, in the next hour we will share some of the cities tour three with you. We begin by riding along with john sellers as he explains the citys key connections to the historic route 66. The idea for a good road, for a good, easily traveled and easily identified highway across the country came with the very first motorcars. Burgeoning this building of automobiles in every small town, he was fillin
There is not enough. Women have good ideas. Tens of thousands marching across city streets. We are not going stop. Im not being to stop till im dead. We will going to change this. Organizers say they are not planning a march for next year yet but the next date they have their eyes on, november 2018. That is the midterm elections. Back to you. Well tonight those huge crowds are starting to head home. If you were in and around San Francisco or oakland today or san jose where any of these marches were taking place no doubt you ran into some extra traffic. Here just about an hour ago Market Street reopened. It wasnt supposed to reopen till about 7 00 tonight but it is once again reopened. There were significant delays as the march was going on. If you are headed back to the east bay tonight or back down to the peninsula you should also expect some heavy traffic on bart. Chopper 5 got these shoeses of shots of people. At this hour they are all starting to head home. Prepare for some crowded
And his mother began to walk with the child who called police and rushed him to the hospital where he later died. You dont know what is going on you cant protect the child and you dont know what is going on. Its sickening. More charges will be filed including a murder charge. Once the autopsy is completed. Chad pradelli. Channel 6 action news. A 15yearold boy is in Police Custody accused of killing two classmates inside of a western kentucky high school. The dead were among 14 people shot. Five others were injured in the chaos and the shooting happened just as the school day began at har shall County High School in the town of benton. So far investigators did not reveal a motive and the s p will be charged with murder and attempted murder and world news tonight with divide muir has more from benton, kentucky, next at 6 30 after action news. Pennsylvania congressman pat meehan acknowledged he did have feelings for a congressional aide and insists he was not guilty of sexual harass many.
This burgeoning building of automobiles in every small town. The demand to be able to open a map and go from place to place was so strong that the government said we are going to start this deal of numbered highways. As theield is known birthplace of route 66. Man namedield had a john t roadworks. He was an absolute genius at marketing and making things happen. He was one of the committee of people pushing for the silent. Highway. They wanted the number to be 60. Then, through politicking with the governor of kentucky, that changedas strange and that number went to another road. John t. Woodruff got together with some of the other people in the committee and came up with the idea of 66. Asking sent a telegram that they be given the number 66. History. Is , iconic inoute 66 music and folklore. We feel like we are the birthplace because the meeting and telegram were sent from our city. How did woodruff get so involved in the establishment. He was a tremendous visionary. His vision was ro
Thanks gray, we continue to follow a developing story from newark, delaware and Police Agencies are searching for the male driver who was in this rollover crash. They did not say why they were attempting to stop the vehicle. And Philadelphia Police hope that Surveillance Video will help to track down a gunman in a driveby shooting. Someone fired 16 shots, injuring two adults and two 13 year olds. Police are not sure which victim was the intended target but believe that the teenagers were in the wrong place at the wrong time. All right, with the eagle in the super bowl. The entire city of philadelphia will be in the National Spotlight leading up to the big game in minneapolis. And there is hope that the teams success may spill over into the rest of the city providing a positive impact on tourism and other business, jeff is live from Independence Mall with the story this evening. Reporter hey rick, touri Officials Say that they could not buy the same publicity and the eagles appearance i