Elliott about the history of africanamericans in dmong the 19th century and a sea of artifacts from the house collection. The story of how africanamericans come to congress in the 19th century is not one a lot of people are familiar with. We actually have 22 africanamericans serve between 1870 and 1901. 20 in the house. 2 in the senate. Largely a house story. And it has to do with the role of congress during the civil war, and in the decade after. During the civil war there were a group of radicals in congress, radicals, because they believed in the equality of africanamericans, and wanted to create a society in the south after the war that was a multiracial society. These were radicals in the house, like thaddeus stephens, who was chairman of the ways and Means Committee and a very powerful leader. Also people like henry winter davis. Washburn. In the Senate People like Charles Sumner and Benjamin Wade and they really drove the agenda and pushed the Lincoln Administration to not only
Not a single word from the president since the mueller news. So whats we had that strategy . Nikki haley jumps in on the Mueller Report. What she said and how it shook the twitterverse. Thats next. But new today, the attorney general expected to reveal as early as this afternoon top conclusions from the Mueller Report, so heres what we know at this hour. The department of justice will send muellers top findings via email to congressional leaders and the media. Yesterday, a. G. William barr discussed with Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein what specific information to divulge. House democrats are requesting that all evidence gathered by mueller be preserved. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is insisting all briefings congress receives on muellers findings be unclassified so that they can speak openly about it. Congressional democrats held a Conference Call yesterday. They are steadfast in requesting the entire Mueller Report be released so the evidence could assist other investigations su
The demille i tarized zone in north korea. President trump was the first u. S. President to step on north korean soil. It was the first time theyve heard kim jonguns voice speaking korean. The voice you will hear is the translator. Good to see you again. I never expected to meet you at this place. [ inaudible ] youll be the first u. S. President to cross. You can hear the cameras clicking at that moment as the president crossed over that demarcation line four hours ago taking a step into north korean territory and returned to the south side with kim at his side. After the photoop and a few shouted questions from journalists, President Trump is opening yet another door to another possible summit with kim. Invite him right now to the white house. The leaders then retreated behind closed doos for almost an hour of talk. When they came out, President Trump escorted him to the demarcation line. Tow today the president declared the meeting was a success and played down north koreas recent we
Yesterday. They used some helicopter to pluck 12 people and 2 pets to safety. And overtopping levees near m t murtle grove and Plaquemines Parish stranded some who disobeyed evacuation orders. We decided to stay and we knew there was a possibility of losing all our utilities. I have four dogs and one cat, which is very hard to leave. Trees and power lines were down in new orleans, but the city was mostly spared from taking a direct hit. Got more reason to celebrate there on the streets of the big easy. Staying dry in that parade there. Lets bring in meteorologist bill karins. Bill, whats the latest on this storm . The bottom line thats it shifted further west overnight than was expected. We always knew thered be one narrow band of heavy rain. We was thinking that would be near the baton rouge area overnight. Instead, thats been a little further west, so the troubles been more toward lafayette, louisiana, who is in this bright yellow band right here. They just picked up an inch of rain