The District Attorneys race and, when we might get a final election results. Kpix 5 news at 7 starts now with a look at Treasure Island, the lights are on now, but that was not the case, last night or earlier today. The evening im ken bastida. I veronica de la cruz, Andrea Barber asked the utility agency, why cant they keep the lights on . What did they say . Reporter well, they say its because of old infrastructure passed down from the navy that they dont actually own. A fix is coming for people who live and work here it is not coming soon enough. Supposed be back two hours ago. Reporter 11 Power Outages in a single year are wearing the patients thinner than the thin near the 50yearold power lies that are supposed to keep the lights on. . Our office is supposed to have generators. All this morning were working off the generators but now the power is out and, going back to civilization. Reporter those who call ti home, the grocery bill cost of spoiled food is adding up it is sitting in
this is a film about storytelling. about how we tell the story of our country s past. why do we want to believe one version and not another? maybe because it makes us feel safe at night. there is one episode of america s history that is told very differently depending on who you are and where you live. it is the story of our civil war and what came after. the winds of war blew across the land, made of it a country divided. friend turned into foe. brother fought against brother. it was such a long and drawn-out struggle, and the feeling on both sides was so intense. we re all just romantics, lost in contemporary times, you might say. every one of us feels we was born 125 years too late. to introduce myself, my name is rachel boynton. this is nelson walker. hi. we are independent documentary filmmakers. we re making a film about how we tell the story of the civil war. we re filming in lots of different schools, and we re going places with a deep connection to this
Nat turner, a troublesome property. It is my honor to introduce to you kenneth greenberg. [applause] mr. Greenberg well, its a great, great pleasure to be here. When i left boston this morning it was snowing. My plane had to be deiced, but i arrived in paradise. This is a lovely place. I have never been to the campus before, and you have absolutely gorgeous campus. The town is wonderful as well. My hosts have been extremely gracious, and my subject matter is about one of the most difficult subject in American History. There is controversy every step of the way and battles every step of the way in terms of all the people who have tried to natbout net turner turner. First, im going to sort of tell you about my own history with turner andut nat turner. About nat it covers a fair amount of territory. Then i want to just zero in on a few areas in more detail. Let me begin by describing a couple things. , when i was in graduate school, i first encountered nat turner because we had assigned i
Slaves to resist their masters. He also talks about the consequences of the rebellion or other slaves in the south. This event was part of the university of Mary Washingtons great lives lecture series. [applause] good evening. Im the associate director of great lives and i am pleased to service your host and emcee along with courtney over here helping this evening with q a. Im pleas to bring your attention tonight to our sponsor, the dovetail Cultural Resource group. Theme join me in thanking for their support. Tonights lecture is on net turner, a nat controversial and sometimes very difficult figure to deal with but we are in good hands tonight, i promise it. Kenneth greenberg is a distinguished professor of history at suffolk university. The author of masters and statesman, the political culture of american slavery. And are you ready for this one . Duels,nd slavery, lies, ases, masks, dressing as woman, gives, strangers, humanitarianism, death, slave rebellion, baseball, hunting and
To cloud, fog in some spots but that will dissipate and we will see sunshine today. Sixtyfive is the current temperature at the airport. Northeast wind at 5 miles an hour. That wind direction will be huge in our forecast this weekend. It stays out of the east. Temperatures wont get too hot, still warm with the sun but pleasant with lower humidity. Sixtyfive again at the airport in wilmington and philadelphia, 50s still in the coolest suburbs to the north, 57 degrees in quakertown. Storm scan three is quiet rather than cloudiness this morning giving way to mostly sunny skies, in threat of rain, still muggy right now but as we head in the afternoon notice a big drop in humidity that will stay with us throughout the entire weekend. Temperatures where they should be for philadelphia this time of the year. 86 degrees. Nice breeze off the ocean at the shore, sunshine in the upper 70s, poconos in good shape also in the upper 70s. The dont get used to it because it is late june. We will bring