Coming up next on booktv encore booknotes from january 2000. Arthur herman discusses his book Joseph Mccarthy. Professor herman reassesses cart these legacy and argues the senator from wisconsin was justified in arguing there was a real communist threat inside the u. S. Government. This is about an hour. Cspan arthur herman, author of Joseph Mccarthy, why do you think we needed to reexamine the life and legacy of americas mosthated senator . Guest well, there are a couple of reasons. One is that we now know a lot more about the times and the context in which mccarthy had his political career and built his career of notoriety. We also know a lot more about joe mccarthy, the man, and about his own life. And what i wanted to do was to really put it together in a book that would give people a broad introduction, both to the period, but also to joe mccarthy, the man; to understand who he was, why he has the kind of tremendous rereputation and notoriety that he does and to understand where t
In tamerlans takedown, and taken off the streets once and for all. Sergeant john mcclellan, officer joseph reynolds, officer magill colen, officer michael comic, and of course, chief devo. Gentlemen, would you please stand and be recognized. [applause] the chair now recognizes the acting Ranking Member, ms. Sanchez. I thank the chairman for holding todays hearing, and i also extend my condolences to the families of the four People Killed during last weeks shooting at fort hood. Additional prayers are with the 60 people injured during that shooting. I do want to recognize the First Responder community and medical personnel for their incredible response to the shooting. As of today, the joint Terrorism Task force does not consider the shooting an act of terrorism. However, the investigation is ongoing. I am going to read into the record comments from our Ranking Member, mr. Thompson. Incidents like last weeks shooting and last years Boston Marathon bombing, we are reminded of the importa
In six games. See these red eyes . Late night liz has traffic. We have some red traffic sensors popping up, as well. Unfortunately we have a Traffic Alert now out in petaluma, slightly different location than we initially told you. The roads are closed at lakeville highway 116 closed by stage gulch. There was some downed power lines and caused from an earlier accident causing a small brush fire. 101 is a good alternate. Ace train 1 behind schedule after letting Freight Train traffic go through, about 20 minutes late so put a dent in your morning commute. Ace train 3 is on time. Bart systemwide reporting no delays. Well take you outside now and show you a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. Obviously the middle lanes, the fastrak ones are still good to go this morning. Its because they have not activated the metering lights yet at 6 01. So they likely will here any minute but in the meantime avoid a big backup for now. And right now, westbound 580 is our only really slow spot. Maybe
Night in an east bay neighborhood. Several people are recovering from a dog attack. Kpix 5s cate caugiran is in antioch with the attack that forced officers to shoot one of the dogs. Cate. Reporter michelle, police are still trying to determine the breed of the dogs. Some neighbors say they look like pit bulls or pit mixes. Let me tell you what we know so far. We know a man was walking his two dogs on larkspur drive southeast of bellflower before 9 00 last night. He was getting off the trail. He and his two dogs were bit by two other loose dogs. As that was going on, three neighbors heard the ruckus and went out side to check it out and they were bitten, too. Antioch Police Arrived on the scene quickly and the two dogs were still there. The dogs charged at the officers and the officers were forced to fire upon the dogs killing one, one of the dogs ran away while still on the scene another dog came back. We were able to capture that dog, as well. I heard people screaming and there was l
Ama good evening. Im ama daetz. At least 230 people died in a nightclub near brazil and at least 200 more were injured. For some it brings back memories to a similar tragedy here in the u. S. A decade ago. Heres the latest. Reporter youre looking at the desperate effort to save lives as a saturday night party turned into a National Tragedy at the club in southern brazil. Young men swung axes axes and sledgehammers, trying to hack out escape outs with hundreds fighting for their lives. The club, was packed with college partygoers when members of the band on stage lit flares and set the ceiling on fire. Flames and smoke outraced the terrified crowd which jammed the exits in a mad dash to escape. The club became a death trap. One survivor said it was complete panic. Hundreds were killed. Most reportedly from asphyxiation. Firefighters and ambulance crews did what they could, treating some of the more than 200 injured at the scene. Others were taken to the hospital. By daylight, griefstric