Report, 600,000 homes and businesses in the state were without power. The president declared a state of emergency in florida, georgia and the carolinas. More than 2 Million People in those states are under evacuation orders. More than 22,000 have moved into florida shelters. Major airports in south florida have now reopened, but thousands of flight have been canceled. Rose we turn now to the second president ial debate which takes place in st. Louis sunday night. We begin with James Fallows of the atlantic magazine. The point of the article is that these debates, through history, theyve always had more theyve mattered more in the images they convey than actually the words people exchange, and this is likely to be more that way than ever before, the clintontrump contrast, because there never before has been such a stark opposition. Rose amy chozick of the New York Times and bob costa of the washington post. Donald trump based on my reporting continues to talk about online polls when hes
The 19th century mansion situated on the hill above president john f. Kennedys grave in Arlington National cemetery. Today, it is the most visited historic home in the National Park service system, which is marking its centennial this year. Arlington house will close at the end of 2016 for a yearlong restoration made possible by a 12. 35 million gift from philanthropist David Rubenstein. Mr. Penrod im a Park Service Ranger here at the robert e. Lee memorial. I have been here many years. I sometimes do i have spent more than robert house ban e. Lee did. It was his home for about 30 years. Arlington house is perhaps the most unique place in the entire National Park service. Perhaps in regards to Historic Houses, one of the most in the entire country. What we have here is a place that truly represents the entire history of this country. From its earliest founding with the original colonists who came to virginia and america in the early 1600s, through the revolutionary period, leaders of t
In places like indianapolis, chicago. They were described in the same derogatory way as poor blacks who were living in the city. That is part of our history that we dont talk about. We dont ruin want to face of to how important class is. Tonight at 8 00 on q a. Artifactsek american take you to museum and is stored places to learn what artifacts reveal about American History. Next, National Park Service Ranger Matthew Penrod leads a tour of arlington house, the robert e. Lee memorial. Today it is the most visited his stork home and the National Park service system, which is marking its centennial this year. Arlington house will close at the end of 2016 for a yearlong restoration made possible by a 12. 35 million gift from berlin the best David Rubenstein full interest David Rubenstein. Mr. Penrod im a Park Service Ranger here it the robert e. Lee memorial. I have been here many years. I sometimes joke is more time in this house then robert e. Lee did. It was his home for about 30 years.
Obviously, as mentioned earlier, all parks have a website and theyd more than welcome an inquiry from you in terms of what their acquisition needs or their interests might be. And im positive that you will get a response in a timely fashion. A special program tonight on the anniversary of the Parks Service, produced by American History tv, part of the cspan family of television content. And were delighted to introduce you to what we do here at American History tv. You can find us all weekend, every weekend, with visits to historic sites, lectures in history, tours of battlefields, all firstperson history and nothing else really quite like it on television. We hope if you like it tonight youll find American History tv on cspan3 on the weekends and also on the web. As we close out here tonight, i really want to thank your colleagues here at arlington house for the hospitality in allowing us to bring this equipment in and move the furniture around. Whats the closing thought you want to le
The end of 2016 for a yearlong restoration made possible by a 12. 35 million gift from philanthropist David Rubenstein. I am a Park Service Ranger here. ve been here many years i sometimes joked that i have spent more time in this house than robert e lee did. Although it was his home for 30 years. Arlington house is perhaps the most unique place in the entire National Park service. Regards to, in Historic Houses, one of the most in the entire country because, what we have here is a place that truly represents the entire history of this country, from its earliest founding, the original colonists came to virginia and america in the early 1600s through the of theionary kpt American Revolution, signers of the declaration of independence that represented here by the family who still own this house. And it was a plantation, a working plantation. Ways oneenting in many of the uglier aspects of American History and that is slavery. It played a crucial war in the american civil war, home of gen