We begin with a visit to nashvilles Ryman Auditorium as author david ewing talks about how the venue became a place for political rallies, civil rights events and home to Country Musics grand ole opry. Today were at the historic Ryman Auditorium in downtown nashville, tennessee. It definitely tells the history of both things it is famous for. It was built by a river boat captain who was famously converted under a tent in downtown nashville in may of 1865. After his conversion, he believed that traveling ministers should have a permanent home inside that was large enough to take the large crowds of the traveling ministers who came to town. So captain ryman built the Ryman Auditorium and it opened at first in 1892 as a tabernacle. So thats the church part of the history. The music part of the history, the Country Music part, deals with the grand ole opry which came here in 1943 after being in many different homes in nashville, and stayed here until 1974 when the new opry house was built.
Jazz, new orleans. Enjoy American History tv this week and every weekend on cspan 3. American music often reflects or impacts different points in our countrys history. Over the next 90 minutes, we will take you across the United States and through time as we explore the music of a nation. We begin with a visit to nashvilles linemen auditorium. As author dale un talks about how the venue became a place for political rallies, civil rights events and home to Country Musics great old today, we are at the historic Ryman Auditorium in downtown nashville, tennessee. It is known as the Mother Church of Country Music, which definitely tells the history of both things that it is famous for. It was built by a river boat captain who was famously converted under a tent in downtown nashville in may of 1865. After his conversion, he believed that traveling ministers should have a permanent home that was large enough to take the large crowds of the traveling ministers who came to town. Captain ryman b
A more aggressive approach today in the states fight to control the coronavirus. California is ordering some businesses to close after theyve just reopened. We begin with one decision today by the governor thats impacting two main issues. In an effort to build a better bay area, we are talking about the economy and our health. He is ordering all bars to shut down in the following counties. Take a look. Fresno, imperial, kern, kings, los angeles, san joaquin and toler. The mandate of closures are in counties that have been on the States Coronavirus watch list for more than two weeks. Governor newsom says this step is critical to limit the spread of the virus in counties that are seeing the biggest increases. Two bay area counties are e ones where the governor is recommending bar closures. Those are contra costa, santa clara, riverside, sacrament san bernardino, Santa Barbara and ventura counties. Contra costa was considering reopening bars on wednesday while bars are still closed in san
Now at 4 30, and streaming on cbsn bay area, looking live from the sales tower force camera looking south. The embarcadero is there somewhere but you can see the fog there. Good mor, anim kenny choi. Lets take a look at the forecast. Looks like we are starting pretty cool. Thats right. Happy friday to you, we made it to the end of the workweek and a Beautiful Day ahead. Here is a look at the Treasure Island camera. Weather heat lines, chilly temps and we are watching the patchy fog roll in this morning. You will see the sun. Mild, seasonal conditions. Daytime highs for the day, 66 in concord. 65 in oakland and San Francisco. Along the coast, pacific ya at 61. The weekend forecast coming up. Good morning. Taking a look at the roadways right now, so far so good. Heading out the door early,at 43 02, maybe you have an early flight to catch. No delays right now between 880 and 101. Pretty light conditions as you work your way through that westbound side. As you work your way towards the tol
Princess diana every day, but meanwhile, meghan has launched this new lifestyle blog within an hour of this event happening. More details shortly. More details shortly. Mps salaries will increase by 5. 5 in april, taking their yearly wage to over £91,000. Were asking does your local mp deserve it . Deserve it . Rishi sunak rules out a general election on may the 2nd, the same day when voters are set to go to the polls for the local elections. Elections. Russia jammed signals on an raf plane carrying defence minister grant shapps and a group of journalists, including our very own gb News Reporter ray addison. Ray addison. Youll love this. Drivers are warned to stay away from a five mile stretch of the m25 in surrey this weekend. Therell be an unprecedented closure of the motorway. Motorway. Yes. Let us know what you make of that , especially if you make of that, especially if you live near that section of the m25. Apparently the reroute away from the m25 is going to be through all the