You have to take it altogether i tried to be transparent erin fair. Direct with the honest truth. James comey stands his ground on capitol hill testifying of why he was shown the door and what it had to do with russia. Is the earth round. One group says no way. Theyre taking alternative science to the highway letting billboards posing the question could the earth actually be flat. And what started as a warning ended with gun shots. What made Police Officers open fire on a man riding a dirt bike in north philadelphia. According to police that dirt bike ride her a gun and things quickly escalated. Im ukee washington. Im jessica dean. Hof hof is live at the scene on whitaker avenue with more tonight, alex. Ukee, jessica, what we learned from police is that this man shot and killed by an officer was armed with a semiautomatic weapon and he displayed that weapon after the officer ordered him not to. What we also learned theres surveillance that captured part of this event and that provided
Could the earth actually be flat. And what started as a warning ended with gun shots. What made Police Officers open fire on a man riding a dirt bike in north philadelphia. According to police that dirt bike ride her a gun and things quickly escalated. Im ukee washington. Im jessica dean. Hof hof is live at the scene on whitaker avenue with more tonight, alex. Ukee, jessica, what we learned from police is that this man shot and killed by an officer was armed with a semiautomatic weapon and he displayed that weapon after the officer ordered him not to. What we also learned theres surveillance that captured part of this event and that provided commissioner richard ross with initial concern over how it was handled. Cries of distress rang out from the intersection of whitaker and east hunting park avenue where police say around 6 40 p. M. A man was shot and killed by Philadelphia Police officer. It began with officer would was transporting witnesses to the special victims unit who pulled o
Courtmartial proceeding. She was working as a nurse in South Carolina and the Court Transcript allows us to hear her in her own words. After the war, she received the pension as a widow of a union veteran, nelson davis who had served as a private in the 8 United States colored infantry. Years after she died, tubman petitioned congress for additional benefits for her own service outlined in her affidavit as nurse and cook in hospitals and commander of several men, eight or nine, as scouts dpurg the late war. Congress received numerous documents and letters supporting tubmans claim and they, along with her affidavit are here in the records of the niets house of representatives. Tubmans pentagon was increased to 20 for her service as a nurse. Tonight, a distinguished panel will discus the life enlegacy of Harriet Tubman and ongoing presentation efforts of her birthplace. Ms. Ross is feeling in for robert f. Parker listed in our program but unable to be with. Dr. Jones is the University Ar
The father knew and his ancestors were first from the island. Either as islanders. Leonard returned. And the conspirators of the union club. When a that had been placed. The first ocean. In a dramatic race. Covered and skipped the first flight of 90,000. 1871, in 1873 having been presented with the prince of wells in 1873, jennie and mother were invited at the invitation of Queen Victoria posessed son on the ship, hms on the 12th of august, 140 years ago. What is remarkable is we have the invitation still both that jenny and lord randolph kept. Jenny was 19. Randolph, 24. He arrived from the royal yacht steps to get onboard the ship to see jenny and her sister talking with a merry group of people. Both were dressed, adorned by fresh flowers. Randolph arranged an influction. Though he suffered headaches while dancing, something that carries on in the family, he asked jenny to dance of which he was unsure of the steps. Afterwards they sat out and talked and talked sipping champagne. Rand
Authors every weekend. Book tv, television for serious readers. Good evening, thanks for attending tonights bookmark with Mark Zwonitzer, author of the statesman and the storyteller. Facilitating tonights discussion is a friend and former education director, you will notice a camera in the back of the room. Tonights program is being filmed by cspan. We will be offering a q a at the end. Please, if you want to ask a question wait for the microphone to come to you. You want to be heard as well as scene. Finally on the way out, if you could please pick up a listing of our Upcoming Events and information on the Mark Twain Commemorative Coin Program we encourage you to take a look at those opportunities. Thank you for coming tonight. Double thank you if you are a twain house member. With that i turn it over to begin the program. Thank you. Thank you. Its my pleasure to introduce our author, Mark Zwonitzer who wrote the statesman and the storyteller, john hay, mark twain and the rise of amer