applause welcome good evening. I am rob fisher, the director of st. Johns church. I am thrilled that our friends at the White House Historical association asked us to provide space for tonights conversation. Stewart asked if i would share a little bit about the history of this very historic room that you are sitting in tonight and so i will share with you that this church was completed in 1816. The architect was Benjamin Henri literal. Not only did he design this church but he was working on rebuilding the white house after it was destroyed in the war of 1812. In 1818 in 1818, he built what is now the home of the historical association. You see a similar entrance. It was built as a green cross and was an even four sides. In 1822, they expanded the Church Building to make room for more seating. We do not know who the architect was who did that expansion and built the bell power belltower. Tragically, he had already died at that time, in new orleans. There might be some historians in the
[ applause ] in introducing tonight speaker, dr. Joanne freeman, i would like to mention at the outset that one of her most commendable qualifications is that she received her ph. D. From the university. Thats right, uva. [laughter] in any case, not long after receiving that degree, she was recognized already as one of the nations top young historians. She subsequently has achieved widespread recognition as a scholar of the revolutionary and Early National periods of American History. She is the author of numerous articles on those subjects which will appear in print in proper academic journals including the william and mary quarterly, the journal of policy history and the yale law journal among others. She has written oped pieces for the New York Times and appeared in numerous documentaries on pbs, the History Channel and radio programs like npr and the bbc. You may have seen her in the past week on the History Channel series on george washington. She has written several books, includ
Tell the story of our country in a way that sells short our natural greatness nor whitewash is our national sins, live questions in our politics, in may be an unusual way and this book is intended to speak to that moment. Never a better time to hear from bill about his sense of how to approach these questions. Wilfred mcclay is a national treasure, he is a teacher, holds the blankenship chair in oklahoma and admired and beloved by students past and present and one of the writers of American History. His book the masterless self in society in modern america was judged the best book in American Intellectual history the year was published by the organization of american historians. And students guide to us history, figures in the carpet, finding the human person in the american past and why place matters, geography, identity and civic life in modern america. He has been active in the service of his country, bill served for 11 years in the National Council of humanities which is the Adviso
Live where you live, this is abc 7 news. Bullet tear through this mercedes tonight. The latest shooting on an east bay freeway. It sends the driver to the hospital and chp on the hunt for the shooter. Im eric thomas. Thanks for joining us. The shooting happened in concord around 5 00. The victims car was rolling down 282 near the solano off ram. Abc 7 News Reporter melanie is live in concord with details. Reporter eric, the victims injuries are nonlife threatening. The gas station is fairly dark, but it was an active scene about four hours this evening. Look at this sid yo. You can see this black mercedes. This is the vehicle that chp officers say a victim and his passenger were in. According to the chp, there were several bullet holes along the side of that vehicle. Chp is not certain exactly how far from this gas station on state route 242 the vehicle was shot. Thats information the driver and his passenger may be able to answer. The driver who was shot drove the car here to this val
Mike nicco bringing us quiet days. A little less tomorrow and the storm door opens and will stay open starting wednesday. We have fog to deal with. Santa rosa, fairfield and the san ramon valley, the fog is going to move to the east as we go throughout the morning. The flags on the Ferry Building show that. It is dleclear around the bay a San Francisco. Black ice is possible through the san ramon valley. Sunshine this afternoon. How is the commute or lack thereof . Lack thereof is accurate, yeah. Light out there this morning. Lets look at the east shore freeway. Westbound 80 from Golden Gate Fields to San Francisco, 15 minute drive. No problems there. No delays at the bay bridge toll plaza. Look at the richmondsan rafael bridge. One car driving through the tolls. Well come back and look, there is some flooding on highway 37. Well check that out in the next report. Sue, thank you. The list of Congressional Democrats who will not be attending this weeks president ial inauguration is cont