Washington who is author of tonights book , boss of the grips, the life of James H Williams and the red caps of Grand Central terminal. This is part of an ongoing series of programs posted in conjunction with our series the ballad of harlem. If youve not had a chance to look at the exhibition it will be up through the end of december. There are all these things inside the exhibition that i think you will hear about tonight and also it might feed your own historical knowledge about how the ballot for harlem examines several strands of black place making in the 20th century offering viewsof president s and institutions dedicated to education , politicalengagements , cultural affirmation and creativity. The exhibition as i was mentioning earlier highlights includes the brotherhood of sleeping car porters which was the first union of black workers particularly plowman porters and youll also find selections from ruby dee and aussie davises collection which we recentlyacquired. Also items fr
Crucial decision to call off a retaliatory attack on iran for downing that surveillance drone. His rationale and this question, could a strike still happen . Team coverage including a report from the region. Tenth death. The state department confirming another american died in the last year while visiting the Dominican Republic. The countrys tourism minister speaking out. Why hes criticizing recent reports. And positively beastly. Dogs with dastardly looks vying for the title of worlds ugliest dog. Howls instead of cat calls at this canine competition. Who came in first . Good morning, and lets get right to our top story. The breaking news overnight involving a fatal crash of a skydiving plane in hawaii. Yeah, nine people dead. No survivors here and, worse, some family members of the people on board were actually waiting at the airport and they possibly witnessed this crash. This morning the investigation into what went wrong. Abcs Marci Gonzalez is on the story from our l. A. Bureau.
Assault a fiveyearold girl is in custody. The girls mother told me over the phone tonight shes relieved police made an arrest and spliez surprised to learn the suspect is just 15 years old. [ inaudible [ inaudible ] Reporter Police say the 15yearold carried the little girl out of her home on july 28th. Beated, stomped and sexually assaulted her and left her in the back yard under a pile of brush. The teen suspect is known to freak the north philadelphia neighborhood where the attack happened. Hopkins says shes fortunate that her daughter survived the attack and healing from her physical and emotional injuries with the support of family and friends. Shes no resilient to not let what happened to her so negatively. Shes a fighter. Reporter the 15yearold faces some ten charge including kidnapping, Sexual Assault and attempted mord. Im denise that cat to, nbc news. Gun fire kills a man and injuries a woman. Someone keyed the word rack on a car parked nearby. Police found it on the street wh
For the brutal killing of an average woman. Snow and ice the Economic Impact of Global Warming on melting glaciers in new zealand. Good evening. This is al jazeera america. Im libby casey. Im antonio mora. We begin in israel, where Benjamin Netanyahu narrowly beat the dead 39 form a influence government. The Jewish Home Party Neftali Bennett. He starts his fourth term in a diminished position at least in the knesset. Heading into the election netanyahu was seen as vulnerable but despite a convincing victory he put together a ruling government, and he was forced to make concessions being be convincing lawmakers to join. The slimmest being majority, 61 of 120 seats many believe it will stay in effect for long. Mike hannah is in jerusalem with the story. Reporter it went to the wire. Only at the last moment was an agreement reached with the Jewish Home Party. Its leader Neftali Bennett making concession, throwing in his eight seats that gave the israeli Prime Minister a majority in parlia