Us from history books as the great compromiser. During his 49year political career, clay served as secretary of state, speaker of the house, and as a u. S. Senator. And he was a contender, making sure president ial bids including the election of 1824. 1832 against Andrew Jackson, and 1844, when he ran against james k. Polk. Tonight we are on location at ashland. Henry clays home in lexington, kentucky. For the next 90 minutes, we will explore the life and legacy of this man. Unsuccessful in his long quest for the white house, yet having an outsized influence on American History. We are in henry clays parlor. Let me introduce you to jim klotter, 25 years now as kentucky state historian. Jim thanks for being with us. Glad to be here. Why henry clay . Why is he relevant to americans living in our time . Think a couple of counts. First of all, his famous counts, i would rather be right than be president , still speaks to us. Its a clarion call to people across whatever were during. Whether
And now the contenders. Our series on key political figures who ran for president and lost, but who nevertheless changed political history. Tonight we feature former House Speaker henry clay of kentucky, known as the great compromiser. The program was recorded at clays ashland estate in lexington, kentucky, its about 90 minutes. This is an encore presentation of cspans original 14week series which first aired in 2011. This is a portrait of kentuckys henry clay, known to us in our history books as the great compromiser. During his 49year political career clay served as secretary of state, speaker of the house and as a u. S. Senator and he was a contender, making five president ial bids, including the election of 1824, 1832 against Andrew Jackson, and 1844 when he ran against james k. Polk. Tonight we are on location at ashland, henry clays home in lexington, kentucky and for the next 90 minutes we will explore the life and legacy of this man. Unsuccessful in his long quest for the white
You can count on us. Get the connectivity your business needs. Call today. Comcast business. Now at 11 00, warm weather and the upcoming Holiday Weekend have bay area cities worried about big crowds. I think were going to see a bunch of people come down to try to celebrate the holiday. Tonight different cities are taking different approaches to keep people from gathering. Its going to be flat out hot in parts of the bay area by memorial day. Im tracking the details coming up in the forecast. Starting tomorrow, Retail Stores across Santa Clara County can open for Curbside Pickup, but many shop owners are wondering what thats actually going to do for sales. And a truck plunges into a bay area lake. Why one person inside the vehicle made it to shore and then turned back only to disappear. Now at 11 00 and streaming on cbsn bay area a looming memorial day crackdown. Good evening, im ken bastida. And im elizabeth cook. Kpix 5s Andrea Nakano is at lake merritt in oakland tonight where extra
Keep people from gathering. Its going to be flat out hot in parts of the bay area by memorial day. Im tracking the details coming up in the forecast. Starting tomorrow, Retail Stores across Santa Clara County can open for Curbside Pickup, but many shop owners are wondering what thats actually going to do for sales. And a truck plunges into a bay area lake. Why one person inside the vehicle made it to shore and then turned back only to disappear. Now at 11 00 and streaming on cbsn bay area a looming memorial day crackdown. Good evening, im ken bastida. And im elizabeth cook. Kpix 5s Andrea Nakano is at lake merritt in oakland tonight where extra patrols will make sure people are keeping their distance. Reporter the lake will not be closed, but the parking lots around the lake will be blocked off to the public. Also, city park ambassadors will be here to remind people of the social distancing guidelines. The lake is one of the premier venues for that. And so i think were going to see a b
First day of 2020. Announcer now, news to build a better bay area, from abc7. A little girl dropping off a handwritten note outside a starbucks where a man was killed. He died trying to stop a thief who stole his laptop. As a Community Grieves over what was a senseless death. Good evening. Oakland police tonight say two that case. Thanks for joining us. Im larry beil . I am kristen sze. This happened in oaklands month claire district. Laura anthony is live in montclair tonight with new developments for us. Laura . Hi kristen. Oakland police say this investigation is ongoing so there could be more arrests in adesignation to the two announced today. In the meantime we talked with witnesses who will remember this new year in a way they could never have imagined. It just all happened so fast. He was really fast. He was really drav. Reporter julie and her young daughter were sitting next to a young man working on his laptop at a oakland starbucks when there was a sudden kmoigs commotion. Th