Story about five boys kidnapped in the north and smuggled into slavery in the south. Toir daring attempt to try bring their captors to justice is being published by Simon Schuster in october. Thank you once again for joining us this evening and please welcome me in joining dr. Rick bell. [applause] bell thanks to heather, thanks to cspan for covering this. Those of you who might have been to the smithsonian before wont be surprised to hear my strange accent, which is not exactly a maryland natives accent. I was born and raised in england , yet find myself teaching about the American Revolution as part of my job, which is a blessing and a curse in an undergraduate classroom, to teach with an accent like this. I am very proud of where i grew up. I often carry in my back pocket a giant british flag [laughter] dr. Bell which i might drape around the scenery for cspan to drink in. But i was also naturalized as a u. S. Citizen a couple of years ago, something i am incredibly proud of, so it
Might be smart to think and plan a workaround. Thisuld get harrier as the morning goes along. Melissa, what else is happening around he . Three issues on the beltway and two on 270. Inner loop after connecticut avenue where justin was is a major mess for a lot of people. A we a lot of other issues too. Also this one the other s uationouter loop after New Hampshire avenue is shut down so that entire closure right now, because of a crash on investigati take a look at 270. Ride is shut down. Overturned tractortrailer and fuel spill there so that wcl se some delays even as youre heading southbound, people looking in the northbound lanes and wondering what is going on. Oe cleanup could take sometime. Here is anothere. Good morning, chuck. Good morning, melissa. Four thing you need to know about the weather. A wet start this morning and shower are likely to linger into the afternoon. So much cooler. A Little Christmas in july present almost. Sunshine back tomorrow and hang around the rest of
Crash n. Investigatio single vehicle with entrapment. They have shut everything done. The person was transported. After you get past the one in New Hampshire a downed tree crowding right lne and causing delays there. 270 northbound before 109 ride blocked there. Overturned tractortrailer and fuel spill off to the right and not so worried because its northbound but t southbound traffic will be impacted by this as folks look over at the response. It willake a while to get that out of theway as well. Good morning, chuck. Fogood morning, melissa. Lots of cloud outside. For better or worse, we have a high chance for rain during the morning commute today and this batch. Rain across far southrg west viia is pointed in our direction. Its out ahd of this cold ont which will finally bring an end not only to the rain later today but ento the heatan humidity we have been dealing with around here the last two weeks. Nothing all th heavy on the ready this morning and last of heavy rain in northern p
For the most part here. You want to take it sl and perhaps fine another way to get this re you are going morning, right, melissa . Absolutely. A lot of different problems you have possess maybe take your favorite alternate here to get around everything. Another shot, another vantge point where justin is this morning. Inner loop at connecticut avenue and youre just getting by in one lane. A long time before that gets cleared up. Twomile backup and looks ling rain movihrough and not help things at all. Top of the beltway, outer loopw at nempshire avenue where megan fj is wiitzgerald is ther. We e getting by one ride of the road. Meagan, how are things looking at this point . This is a crash investigation. Reporter part of theood news this morning it does look like traffic is just now starting to me along the westbound lane of ther outeop before University Avenue because according to Maryland State Police, the backup is miles. Now to give you an idea of whatt happened ou here. We got chop
Tonight we have learned those ice rains the president has been promising are already happening here in the bay area. We are in oakland where the fear of raids is mixed with defiance. Reporter tonight Immigration Attorneys confirmed multiple raids have already happened across 2 counties and tonight groups are bracing for another wave of raids this weekend the starter works with undocumented students at his nonprofit, he tried to convince him of his students to talk to us tonight but they were too scared. We hear that there are raids coming to the bay and not knowing if youre going to be okay or if your family is going to be separated is deeply dramatic for our community. Reporter tonight immigrant communities are preparing for a slew of ice sweeps in 10 cities across the country. In sananciscisevg prtersesponded shutting down a. Rs, in a statement ice was firm, all of those in violation of the immigration laws might be subject to immigration arrest, detention and removal by final order