Streaming on cbsn bay area, taking a live look at the beautiful bay bridge this wednesday morning. From the camera on top of our roof at the kpix 5 studios. Thank you for joining us this morning. It is august 5th. And im anne makovec. Michelle has morning off. Good morning, im len kiese, welcome to wednesday. To the forecast first as we start the day with mr. Darren park. Good morning guys, another morning just like yesterday. Low clouds abound pretty much the entire day. In fact today. Its going to be the coolest day of the whole 7 day forecast. For some of us another ten degree drop from where we were yesterday if you were inland. 60 in concord right now and 59 in San Francisco and 54 santa rosa. Coolest day of the week and we still see some Light Coastal drizzle. Anywhere near the coast or the immediate bay you might notice a little bit of misting on the windshield as you are out driving about. Thats how thick the marine layer is and were going to warm back up this weekend and ill s
Booktv. Org. Now we kick off the weekend with historian Leeanna Keith who looks at the origins of the Republican Party. [inaudible conversations] good evening. Cspan is here, so thats why our lights are super bright. Welcome, my name is kate whitman, and i am the Vice President of community engagement, and im delighted to have you all here. Tonights presentation is a livingston lecture made possible through generous funding of the livingston foundation. Please join me in thank them. [applause] and now to introduce our speaker for thissen evening who will tell you why she is sitting down like this. Leeanna keith teaches history at the Collegiate School for boys in new york city. Shes the author of the colfax massacre, untold story of black power. And most recently [inaudible] she joins us to discuss tonight. Kirkus review, which is an industry publication, a wellresearched, denselydetailed account [inaudible] planted the roots for the civil rights movement. And then [inaudible] Importan
To family and friends. She also penned among those letters about 100 letters to jacob bun, a springfield merchant and an old friend of her husband with whom she had left her personal finances in the states. On december 12th, 1876, she wrote a letter to him that i think is pretty typical of these businesstype letters, and i think it also demonstrates marys remarkably clear mind at a time when her son robert and many others believed she was severely mental unstable. I like this letter because it illustrates marys Mental Health and intellect and it reveals her care and concern for family members back home and it demonstrates that even in her Twilight Years in a location far removed from home, she retained her passion and interest in american politics. The pension paper accompanied by your note with instructions have been received. I return the paper to you signed by the proper authorities, mr. Musgrave is the consul connected with the american consulate. I observe by my daily paper of par
Television, on cspan, are real people. When we saw president obama, perhaps the thing that most stood out to me is he had bags under his eyes. Hes a real person dealing with real things. Sunday night on q a type High School Students from around the country talk with us about their experiences in the week long government and leadership program, plus their plans for the future. The students met with members of the executive, judicial, and legislative branchs of the government, plus military and media representatives. Washington post journalist mr. Jonathan capehart came to talk to us, and i really loved the insight he gave us of kind of being the outside source reporting back to us and the electorate about whats going on in our government. Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the most inspirational people we have met this week. I want to be in the Legal Profession or possible a senator. I understand the need for bipartisanship at times, but i think it is important that politics go to washington with a
Several times one of the victims broke down in tears as he faced the gunman, the former Police Officer who shot him six times. Ill have the remnants of this event until the day i die. Reporter anger, pain, frustration. He has not been the same since he sat in the car with his friend two years ago. The men just finished a hockey game and were stopped at a red light at sixth and lincoln when then nypd Police Officer Brendon Cronin who finished training and had been drinking walked up to the car, firing 14 shots, six riddled josephs body. Robert was not hit. I can still remember the sound of the gunshots and the glass breaking. You know, joe screaming next to me. Reporter before learning his sentence, cronin who often looked down and showed no emotion apologized to his wife, his family and the two strangers to express and offer the most heart felt apology. Im so very sorry. His apology is no way accepted by me. Reporter just empty words for these two victim who is say the former Police Of