This is fox 5 local news at 10 00. Right now at 10 00,s a 911 system meltdown in the district. For more than an hour, callers were unable to reach the emergency dispatch center. And tonight, fox 5 has learned officer radios went down too. Leaving those officers on the streets cut off from communication. Could it happen again . And disturbing threatening emails into students at virginia tech. How the school is reacting. More cases of hepatitis are surfacing in our area after a popular smoothie chain was linked to the illness, fox 5 news at 10 00 starts now. Welcome, apparently from what were being tolding all it took was the flip of a switch and the entire 911 system shutdown in the district. Im tony perkins. Im shawn yancy. Early saturday, a Maintenance Worker the system. He was trying to turn off an alarm indicating a water leak in the building but flip to do the wrong switch we begin with sarah simmons, we understand that the 911 backup plan also did not work. Reporter startling when
Of African American history and culture. We will have live coverage during the course of the morning here on cspan. It is saturday, september 24. Congress returns on monday with a looming deadline. Lawmakers have until the end of the week to pass what is known as a continuing resolution or cr to keep the governmentfunded after october 1. Democrats in both the house and senate demanding money for flint, michigan in the agreement. They deal with issues surrounding lead in their water. We will have live coverage on cspan, the senate on cspan 2. We begin on this saturday morning with the state of Race Relations in america. This has the nation prepares to open the africanamerican museum on the mall and washington, d. C. Headlines in charlotte indicating another night of some unrest. What do you think as we look at this time lapse photography of the building of this museum . Our lines are open at 202 7488000 for democrats. Republicans, 202 7488001. If you are an independent, 202 7488002. Com
Chose to commemorate as history with a plaque were the unmemorable speeches of two powerful men. Think, explains why this museum is so necessary. Because that same object tellsed, put in context, us so much more. Americans, we rightfully pass on the tale of the giants who built this country, who led armies into battle, who waged seminal debates in the halls of congress and corridors of power. But too often, we ignored or millionse stories of who millions of others built this nation just as surely, whose humble eloquence, whose callused hands, whose steady drive helped to create industries, build the arsenals of democracy. Museumthis national helps to tell a richer and full her story fuller story of who we are. It helps us better understand president buthe also the slaves. Industrialists but also the keeper of the status quo, it also be activist seeking to overthrow that status quo. ,he teacher or the cook alongside the statesman. Story,knowing this other we better understand ourselves
It is tremendously significant to show the contributions not just for africanamericans but all americans to show this is indeed our country and we contributed to it just as as much as anybody else if not more. How do you see the museum fitting into the larger story line with the passage of the civil right and the first africanamerican president is opening the museum. Does the museum itself have a larger role in history . I cannot continue to think of the 44th president of the United States and for example when he was first sworn in or first won the primary even it was on the eve of the march on washington. When he was sworn in it was right after the birthday of dr. Martin luther king. Now before he leaves office, after serving eight years as the president of the United States, this magnificent, museum is opening. When children look at the grand opening of the museum they will see the picture of the first africanamerican president of the United States. I think of it not only in the cont
Welcome to inside story. Im ray suarez. The million man march was a moment when america had to stop for a second, take a look at that symbolic stage for so many movements, the National Mall and consider the state of the black american man. Some families came in three and four generations. Somber soulsearching alternated with cheers and praise. Hundreds of thousands then left heading to buses trains airports with pride in the success of the day. A reported sense of renewed purpose and commitment. Now 20 years later, black men throng the Nations Capital once again. This time it was called, justice or else. Whats changed for better and worse . Did that title with its ominous or else income what had gone on for many these men for black america in general since 1995 . Henry lewis gates famously wrote of 20 ways of looking at a black man. Diane eastabrook chose one, over the numbers since the million man march. In the two decades since the million man march on washington, things have changed