Baxter here with us today the author of in pursuit of jefferson traveling through europe with the most perplexing founding father. Joining us today from fairfax, virginia where he lives with his wife and children and in his words. They lived quite a peaceful life there before deciding to follow thomass jeffersons travel advice across europe, so he is going to tell you a little bit more about the book and we are so thrilled to have him here derek baxter everybody. Great. Well, thank you. Thank you scuppernong and and cspan. Thank you everybody for watching. So. So yes, this book is about its about me following jeffersons travels across europe and its really it was a chance to learn about a different side of jefferson that we dont often hear about we all know about the younger jefferson who wrote the declaration of independence at the age of 33, and we probably know something about jefferson as an older man when he was president , but this gave me a chance to explore this different side
But the situation is causing a bit of acer. A bit of a stire. Police say this is definitively related to gang situation, gang related activity, a growing problem in this area and Fairfax Police making the announcement at 11 00 today, saying it was based on a tip that officers were digging in this section of foundrk, he remains were late last night with the search starting tuesday and went all day wednesday and thursday. Last night is when the findings the place. We do not know if the remains are men or women or how long the bodies had been inside the park. Police not sure whether or not the murders took place in the park or somewhere else. Some of the many questions still to be answered. This creates fear in the entire community. We need to enjoy our community and we will arrest the suspect responsible for this. And put a lid on t police and Prince Williams County Police have made 16 arrests in the past two weeks. They are related to two separate murders, this is Gang Activity relatede
Oakley. Da. Reporter yeah, kenny and michelle. Lightning strikes hitting quite a few locations here in the east bay. We know of at least two locations here in oakley. This is one of those right here, ohara park middle school. It either struck the school or near the school. But enough to to, um, shake some of the classrooms as we understand. In fact, the Fire Department came out here to respond to the location here. I have, uhm, parents and a child here. Jayden is an 8th grader at the middle school. We understand that the Fire Department came here, so what was it like, what did you hear . I just heard a big loud boom. I thought it was an explosion at first. But then we were told it was lightning hit. Reporter yeah. And mom, nicole, tell us why you decided to come here to pick up your kid. I know quite a few parents did today. Um, well, he had texted me and said that he was a little nervous. It happened it struck about 5, 6 times, im told. Reporter thank you. Yeah, so, um, this group, um
In 1975, gerald ford signed it into law with the metric act. Then when i turned 12, the board was killed. I have scattered memories and remember this blue plastic ruler that are measures on it and we were not spode supposed to do anything else. I have this activity box and this was even boring for me. It was by the person who did the Great Society with super lbj. And he did another one that was, i think, super ted and super bob and teddy which was the kennedy boys as batman and robin. We had a black and white view from the maze section where it is metric man racing again bad man who was racing in Miles Per Hour which is something on the tenure of the whole metric argument back then. Getting to what Stewart Brand was talking about and he really was one of the main guys who was a huge road block. He was obsessed with body measures. I did not do this chart by the way. We know the foot. That is the most obvious. I grew up in the horse business and my father had a horse farm and it is easy
With richard brookhiser, Senior Editor of National Review at the New York Historical society. Everyone felt they knew her. And they did pretty much because she laid her life out for everybody to see. And she told us about what life was like in suburbia for women in the 1960s through the 1990s. And one of the wonderful things about her, you know, she wrote mainly humor, and it was schumer that was accessible to everyone. Because it was humor that happens to everyones lives but they might not recognize it until they saw it written on the page or in a newspaper column. Because funny things happen to us all the time, but we have to be out on the look out for them come and she was the one that focused our attention on the funny things that happen in the family, things that at the moment seem like craziness and driving you nuts, but when you look back at them you think that was really funny. So thats a real gift. Thats a literary gift. The life and times of erma bombeck this weekend as a boo