This hourlong event was part of the lincoln forums annual symposium in gettysburg, pennsylvania. Part of the lincoln forums annual similar symposium in gettysburg, pennsylvania. Thank you for having me. Its a pleasure to be here again. Our first thank you for having me. Its a pleasure to be here again. Our first speaker this morning robert wilson, the author of a new wellreceived book on Matthew Brady. Mr. Wilson has written for many prominent newspapers and journals and held editorial posts at many of those same institutions. Hes currently editor of the american scholar. Hes written two previous books as well as a certain somewhere writers on the place they remember. Hell be talking about mathew brady today. Brady is an interesting character. Weve all looked at dozens, probably hundreds of bradys photographs. I suspect many of you join me mathew brady, the man himself, who took much of these photographs. And consequently shaped so much of what we understand about the war. He not only
Fog. Maybe a patchy fog for the coast but not a lot. Great barbeque weather and even in downtown San Francisco. 74degrees is the high today. 90 in san raphael and 87 in san jose and the bay will get to 74 degrees. A lot of 70s for the coast and even a couple of low 80s. Here is the baseball forecast. A lot of folks are heading to the oakland as taking on the mariners. The first pitch 105 and starting in the sunny skies and then a breeze northwest 10 to 20 Miles Per Hour but a nice afternoon. You will want a hat. E with george. Is anybody out there this morning . Not at all. It is good news for those of you that will be out driving around today. Remember, 101 during midday, likely to see heavier than likely traffic through San Francisco. Even late saturday evening. There was a backup on 101 northbound which is quite unusual. Thats because of the closure at the 280 extension and expected to reopen for tomorrow morning. For those of you driving around the bay. No backup at the bay bridge
This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im stephanie sy. For the First Time Since the death of Michael Brown last summer voters in ferguson, missouri are getting a stay in their government. Three seats are up for grabs. Currently only one of the Six City Council members is african american. Randall tell us what is at stake. Reporter this comes after a scathing report by the department of justice, finding widespread bias. Todays vote could have a major impact on the damage. There are 3 ward streets that are open. In ward 1, ward 2, and then the third. Both candidates are black. There is one member who is not running for reelection. So no matter what happens today, the council is guarantee to get at least one more african american. How much has racial tension been a part of the election conversation. Well the Race Relations in ferguson took a spotlight after the unarmed black man was killed by a police officer. That lead to months of protests a riot and allegations that fergu