Studies and Popular Culture have spun clouds of myth around the violent collection collision of native americans and the ongoing, irrepressible, unstoppable western march of the new american nation. It has fallen to historian Peter Cozzens to set the world straight. Is a goodis weeping read. Amazon has declared it to be one of 2016. P books the story of standing bear, the chief who rode out of his village to talk with the soldiers who had come to completely surround it. He is Holding Forth the piece metal he had been given a short time before by president lincoln in washington. Standing bear was shot dead in his saddle by a trooper. Also the telling of custers attack on the village in the washy to valley. This was years before little bighorn. Custer split his troops to attack on a cold winter night. Riding beside custer was a captain named lewis hamilton, the grandson of alexander hamilton. He was shot in the chest and died on the spot. These stories, however compelling, telling the st
Homeless shelter to create shelters in each ward. In fact, following the vote, some on twitter says the mayor yelled obscenities at the council chairman. D. C. Bureau chief sam ford joins us to tell us what happened. Sam . Sam we in fact checked with the mayors press secretary to ask if it happened. He said he was not there. But he would not deny it happened. The emotions are high on this thing. Im at second and kstreet in northwest washington. This site was not on mayor bowsers original list. When the counsel held the first vote today it was council held the first vote it was. Mendalson said he had the votes and he did. The first read the Council Passed without registered objection a bill to alter the mayors plan for a smaller, neighborhood city shelters to replace d. C. General. By 2018. We will take substantial money because we will own the site rather than leasing the council plan says it will save 160 million over the mayors proposal and he cited public hearings. And objections as
Its just one of many theyll face this year. We have to make sure were continuously staying alert. Its not just this fire. Its not just clayton fire last week, its fire after fire after fire. Its a month of this to continue. Here is a look at the blue cut fire, smoke is rising if the canyons there. Six firefighters this morning, west of cajon pass had to shelter in place. Two suffered minor injuries but theyre back on the front lines fighting the fire. Right now, 83,000 people are affected by the orders. You can get updates on abc7news. Com. Cal fire stopped progress of a brush fire in morgan hill this afternoon. Here is a picture we took. The fire was 100 acres and nearby golfers were asked to shelter in place. Sky 7 was over a brush fire that broke out before 4 00 p. M. In the Guadalupe Park area in san jose, burning west of highway 87. Crews were able to put it out quickly. There is no word yet on how it started or if anyone was hurt. And firefighters have gotten the upper hand on th
And firefighters describe it as an imminent threat to public safety. Kristin zee is here with the latest on this. Reporter the fire is mind boggling, in one day, charring an area as big as San Francisco. People are evacuated, schools shut down, roads are shut down and communities threatened. Governor brownish yued a state of emergency for San Bernardino county. Winds gusting up to 40 Miles Per Hour and humidity, low. We watched as crews worked on creating fire breaks. Firefighting helicopters gathered water in tandem. Cal fire says as bad as this is, its just one of many theyll face this year. We have to make sure were continuously staying alert. Its not just this fire. Its not just clayton fire last week, its fire after fire after fire. Its a month of this to continue. Here is a look at the blue cut fire, smoke is rising if the canyons there. Six firefighters this morning, west of cajon pass had to shelter in place. Two suffered minor injuries but theyre back on the front lines fighti
Unfounded but not before the airport was shut down for three hours, and two terminals were, to put it politely, delayed. I had this kind of image in my mind of someone coming with guns. Reporter both the mayor and commissioner praised the response but admitted travelers and airport staff deserved better. We have to make sure we in situation like this. The response was satisfactory from our perspective but the confusion was around the fact that it need to be thankful for this, a false alarm that we can learn from. Reporter passengers told us the Communications Breakdown was inexcusable. Once it was known that it was a false alarm, they could have made an announcement about it to e are committed to improving communications capability, to provide appropriate and accurate guidance in these types of fast changing situations without endangering the public. End quote. There are lessons in all of this, said the governor. The Port Authority needs to learn them. Live tonight in Lower Manhattan,