This was the first of a twopart program, you can view this and all other american artifacts programs at her website, cspan. Org history. Each week American History tvs american artifacts visits museums and historic places. Up next we take you inside thes house wing of the u. S. Capital to learn about the history of women in congress. And second of a twoFarar Elliott program we continue the story beginning in the 1940s with republican congresswomen Clare Boothe Luce. Im Farar Elliott curateor for the house of representatives, which means i take care of the artwork and objects that document the houses rich heritage. Im Matthew Wasniewski and historian at the house. And my job is to collect biographical information on members, to gather data and historic lists, and to con dpdu oral histories. We reference questions in our office that come from on the hill and off the hill. And we try to tell the story of the house, which is this very big, very Old Institution in a way in which people can
Learn about the history of women in congress. Of a second of a two part program we begin the story beginning in the 19 with Republican Congress one woman claire recluse. On the curator for the house of representatives. That means i take a care of a lot of the artifacts, artwork objects that document the houses rich heritage. And that was a risky on the horse historian of the house and my job is to collect biographical information on members, to gather data, and historicless, to conduct oral histories. We answer reference questions in our office that come from on the hill and off the hill. We try to tell the story of the house which is very big Old Institution in a way that people can connect with it at a human level. So we do that through telling biographical stories or clips from oral histories that give people kind of a human sense. A very large institution. Today, we thought we try to do that with you about telling you about the history of women in congress which is the history that
To end, all this killing and, you know. We n world. Reporter this is the first officer involved shooting since chief scott took over the departments. In march police were hailed for their efforts to subdue a woman during a standoff without the use of force. The loss of life is tragic and it doesnt matter how it happened. Its tragic. So, these things, we try to avoid them as much as we can, but we do have an obligation to protect the public. Nobody wants to see anybodys life taken, ever. Reporter meanwhile, Market Street remains closed right now between fifth and 6th avoid thi. As you can see behind me, police are still working this area and the chiefelling us that he t really wants to do a very thorough investigation on this one. Im live in san ene Lyanne Melendez, abc7 news. Investigators claim a man with two knives charge the at an officer before being shot to death. Happened moments after Police Answered a call involving an altercation of a 28yearold man and his father on frazier dr
mark thanks will. We will check back through out darya now to our top story this morning. The heat hitting the bay area. mark we have Team Coverage as temperatures are expected to hit the 90s in many areas again today. Lets start with James Fletcher and your neighborhood forecast. James . james were looking for another hot day today and this will be the final day of our mini heat wave. Lets go outside and check out our 4zone camera network. Its clear and mild this morning with temperatures in the mid 60s and 70s for most locations. Your daypart forecast calls for temperatures to warm to the low 70s by mid morning. By noon well expect mid 80s inland and by the bay. Later in the afternoon well reach our peak temperatures for today, ranging from the low 70s at the coast to the mid 80s along the bay shoreline and low 90s for the inland valleys. Temps will begin to cool starting on thursday and continue to fall as we head into the weekend. There is a slight chance of light sprinkles on sund
Involved as well, ken, to give outside opinions. But some people say you need a completely independent investigation. But it will probably take longer than most counties with you its resolved in a couple of months. In San Francisco it can take over a year. In cases like this often times witnesses come forward and things can get interesting. In San Francisco, phil matier, kpix 5. Back to you guys. Thank you. We are learning more about another officerinvolved shooting this one happening in san jose. Police say two officers were responding to a family disturbance call last night on Mount Frazier drive in East San Jose when they arrived, they say a man with two knives charged at one of the officers. He was actually armed with two knives. One in his right hand that he had raised over his head and one in his left hand and they are described as kitchen knives. The individual during the attack got about three to four feet from the officer. The officer was able to retreat in time, draw his fire