Hi. Im jessica, and it is a pleasure to be here today with the Honors College students and the university of South Carolinas 421 course with the south made exhibiting South Carolinas industrial past. I want to start with a quote. This quote comes from a very prominent american historian. A guy named ed ayres who wrote, while the coal mines and textile mills have become a visible and memorable part of southern history, the souths largest industry has remained virtually ignored. Lumbering is often written off as if little consequence and little dramatic interest. Yet, lumbering more often than any other industry captures the full scope of economic change in the new south. Its limitations as well as its impact. And we are about i dont know, a third of the way through the semester and i think you guys are already convinced of this. But, i thought it might be interesting to share with you a little bit more about how we got to this place. So, about five or six years ago the National Park Ser
Trump ed a min strashz signals the end of the daca program. And one of the strongest hurricanes on record is barming into the area right now. Good evening thank you for joining us. Im dan ashley. Hurricane irma is about to batter the island and on its way to florida. Hes already signed disaster declarations for florida, puerto rico and the u. S. Virgin islands. Lets take a look at hurrane irma. It is a powerful storm. I do want to show you it is Holding Strong as a cat 5 hurricane very close to the islands. Right now maximum sustained winds are at 185 miles per hour. It is moving north northwest at 185 miles per hour. Holding strong as a cat fiver as it move its way across the turks and cakose thursday evening. Look at the wind pretty strong there. Saturday evening getting close to the southen florida coastline. It is sgeting ready to make another land fall as a category 4. Biggest threat is going to be the storm surge, pouring rain one to two feet, possibly more with large waves and w
You, the American People. I am your voice. Speculation growing this morning about Hillary Clintons pick to join her ticket ahead of the democrats convention. Massive lifethreatening heat wave. 25 states from california to new york on alert as temperatures top 100 degrees forcing this highway to buckle. More than 100 million americans feeling the heat. New warnings as the dangerous weather moves east. Hes out. One of the most powerful people in all of media, fox news chief roger ailes resigns after those Sexual Harassment charges. Outrage is growing over reports of a 60 million payout. We have some of what foxs top talent are saying now. There they are dollar bills and sia bringing the thrills live in central park topping charts, stunning crowds. Now swinging live on to our stage for a giant performance this morning. Look at central park this morning. How many people have come out for sia, the wigs are out. They were lining up all night long. This is the biggest crowd yet this summer fo
Week. Right now this is our life camera overlooking the east bay hills with a lot of sunshine. This is the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza getting into downtown San Francisco. A beautiful ride. Temperatures are comfortable, 57 in San Francisco. 58 oakland. 62 concorde. 60 mountain view. Coming up i will let you know what highs will be in your neighborhood. Overnight were learning new information about the gun man who killed nine people in germany. Police say there is no evidence of links to isis found in the home of the shooter. Investigators believe the 18 yearold german iranian shooter acted alone for police searched his bedroom and found evidence of research about shooting rampages. The shooting happened at a crowded Shopping Center outside of a mcdonalds yesterday. Nine people, including children, were killed. Another 27 injured. The shooter later killed himself. Today is the day of mourning in munich. Police say the security restrictions have been lifted and Public Transport
A mentor to many. She is an awardwinning filmmaker. Cofounder of the Media Arts Center and producer of many media works and publications at the museum. Her body of work reflect of both the quality and excellence. I have the Incredible Opportunity of working with karen on many projects. None more important than americas concentration camp exhibition. Karens focus was to empower the individual voices that were unknown up to that time. One of her most remarkable skills through the process was just to listen. She listened carefully, compassionately and with the critical mindset to understand better the experiences of these former inmates. She worked diligently with our designers to provide a powerful platform for these voices to be heard missing their stores accessible, compelling, and relevant to a multigeneral a multigenerational audience. Enter second the present, in the future. In typical fashion in typical ja fashion, karen is quick to deflect credit and pass it on to those who worked