To pass information back and forth so the Northern Alliance guys knew what was going on in the south, that kind of thing, but we were not directly dealing with them, or any of the other ethnic groups. Vince please join me in thanking duane evans for taking the time to talk with us today. [applause] vince his book is foxtrot in kandahar. Will you stick around and find some books . Sign some books . Duane absolutely. Vince i ask that you will not a cost him right away accost him right away. Give him time to sit down and set up. Duane thank you. Thank you. [chatter] you are watching American History tv, all weekend every weekend on cspan3. Join the conversation, like us on facebook at cspan history. Lectures and history, university of virginia professor Gary Gallagher teaches a class on civil war memory and how people in the north and south ofe interpreted the legacy the conflict from the postwar era to the present day. His class is about an hour and 15 minutes. Mr. Gallagher all right, h
American history tv, 48 hours of programming on American History every weekend on cspan3. Forow us on twitter information on our schedule and to keep up with the latest history news. Each week, american artifacts takes you to museums and Historic Places to learn about American History. Next, we tour the president ial vehicles collection at the Henry Ford Museum in dearborn, michigan. Transportation curator Matt Anderson shows of cars used by president s truman, eisenhower, carter, and reagan, and the Lincoln Continental that john f. Kennedy was riding in when he was assassinated. Matt my name is Matt Anderson. im the curator of transportation here at the henry ford, and we are inside the Henry Ford Museum of american innovation. Just outside our driving america exhibit, where we look at the history of the automobile in the United States. This is the series of president ial limousines which show president ial transportation over the last 117 years or so. Behind me is the 1902 carriage u
Former c. I. A. Officer dwayne evans talks about his book foxtrot in kandahar. The International Spy museum hosted this event it is just over one hour. Let me introduce you to our guest today. He is a author that is a expansion of our podcast series. We tend to do these conversations and private a couple of feet from. Every quarter we choose one that stands out and we do it as a public viewing. That is for the community and you can get a chance to hear the author talk directly to you. We are excited especially to talk with duane evans. He is a former cia officer serving as a chief of station which is many of you know is a senior field position. It is a recipient of the intelligence star of valor. Prior to joining the agency he was in the special forces and military intelligence officers. He is a graduate of mexico state university. He is the author of a novel, one from calcutta and foxtrot in kandahar. Welcome, thank you for taking the time to talk to us. So when anyone writes a memoir
A homicide. Good evening other top story tonight the major breaking news malaysian Officials Say investigators have now concluded that the missing jet was hijacked and steered off course. And the radar data backing that up. Radar signal recorded by the malaysian military appear to show the plane first climbing to 45,000 feet. The plane then turns west and descends uneve unevenly to 23,000 feet and in the last reporting 25,000 500 feet and then heading north west. So what is all this tell investigators again latest word is they belief this was a a hijacking. David curly is on the story. Tonight abc news has learned there was not just one turn possible effort to return to at the time airport but other turns that took the jet liner up the straits to the independent i dont know ocean. Even more evidence suggesting a possible road pilot or hijacker may have been in control of the malaysian triple 7 after it dropped off radar. That indicates that somebody may on the controls. Slight turns i
Missing Malaysian Airlines plane might be. Plans change after one state strikes down a strike. Were following breaking news out of the district. A serious crash. D. C. Police are on the scene. Right now they have the area blocked off. We just got these pictures from someone driving by, were working to find out more about those who are injured. In other news, d. C. Police are investigating involving an accident in with one of their own police cars. This was right near the intersection of vermont avenue. Police had to shut down both streets for several hours, but now they are both back open. Were hearing reports of some injuries, but everyones expected to be okay. A popular local mall is back open tonight after a major scare that still has some shoppers wondering what happened. Officials evacuated the Dulles Town Center mall this afternoon after they heard reports of a man on the loose with a gun. Police didnt find anyone with a gun there. News4s derek ward has been following this develo