Topics into the context of a broader American History. I will start off by introducing our panel then, everyone will give Opening Statements and then we will start the conversation. So, sitting right next to me is an assistant professor of history at purdue university. He holds a phd in colonial history from Johns Hopkins and is author of captives of history, prisoners of war and the American Revolution that will be released this fall at the university of pennsylvania. In addition to his book, hes published articles in the journal of the early republic the journal of military history in the new england quarterly. Hes currently at work on a project that is provisionally titled, patrick henrys war, the struggle for empire in the revolutionary west. Kelly Carter Jackson is a 19 century historian in the department of african ascites at wellesley college. Her book out from the university of pennsylvania was exclusively focused during antebellum activist. Shes coauthor and featured in the Hi
Looking like a war zone this morning. More violent storms on the way. Stupid human tricks. Guys, weve just made it to the top. This is incredible. Two teens to the top of the Golden Gate Bridge and then dangle by their fingertips. The shocking video part of a dangerous new trend that could land two would be and foolish daredevils behind bars. And extra credit. High School Students in the criminal Technology Class agree to be pepper sprayed by their teacher. Quickly regretting it. [ screaming ] the realize life lesson that may have gotten a little too real. Today, wednesday may 17th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Morning. I would have had to have done pretty poorly on my last the test to get that kind of extra credit. I think thats pushing it a bit far for an a. Well have more on that later. Well go to washington for our top story. The bomb shell memo by then fbi director james comey claim
Season for tornadoes as cold air returns to the midwest and we had eight touch down in iowa today and from what weve been able to tell so far that is the largest outbreak for the state of iowa. Weve got some video of the actual storms tonight and here you can see one in Grundy County. This was taken by a friend of mine, storm chaser Kevin Walters and you can see the storm system as it moved county, now youre looking at parkersburg. Theres two funnels there. The one on the left produced a tornado. Most of the activity regarding tornadoes was in butler and grundy counties where there were at least six reports of tornado touch downs there. The rain has moved out of eastern iowa. No more thunderstorms to be concerned about. A front has passed on through here and thatll Start Building colder and colder air as we go through the next several days. Theres a little bit of snow in the slight tip of the state. Tomorrow we dont expect much in the way of weather. Temperatures in the middle 30s, but
Sitting at the desk. Mark, thank you very much. Welcome to our Severe Weather alert continuing coverage this afternoon, Tornado Warning for cedar and jones c county until 6 15. Thats what we have in our area right now. Otherwise very heavy rainfall in parts of the kwwl viewing area. Goodvening. Thanks for staying with us. If you are not by the tv right now, we are streaming on kwwl. Com with updates constantly, with Severe Weather happening right now. We are going to send it back to storm track chief meteorologist, who continues to track this all day long. Yeah. Howers and understormrm looking at this yesterday. As a potential for Severe Weather. We have had strong wind, had some very heavy rain across the region. Severe weathther to the northeast, Tornado Warning for jones county now cancelled. Still dealing with Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in our southern counties here, into the quad cities. Othing for cedar rapids, iowa city, waterloo, large metros, drr not dry, but no risk of any
All students in iowa. Yet as low as this may be, the 10 percent was substantially higher than missouri, illinois, nebraska and wisconsin and the same level as minnesota. We often talk about Graduation Rates in iowa and achievement gaps and those do hold in iowa. 90 for all students and 74 for African American students, according to the report. Whats also worth noting is how iowa measures student achievement. The iowa assessment test a paper test where students fill in bubbles is in its last year as the state will switch to the smarter balanced assessment for next year thats an online test. Leaders say the new test will allow for variation if a student performs well, the questions get more difficult. My full report is on kcrg. Com. Beth. Republican president ial candidate donald trump met with supporters in des moines. This was his first iowa stop comments on keeping muslims from entering the country. Speaking at the state fairgrounds, trump said the u. S. Needs to help with the migrati