Jonathan pliska, and author of the awardwinning White House Historical association publication, a garden for the a history of the white house grounds. Jonathan will be signing copies of this book later in the day during the reception in the gift shop. You will have an opportunity to meet with him, and talk about how great his presentation was. [laughter] please join me in welcoming jonathan pliska. [applause] yes, hello, i am jonathan pliska. I am absolutely honored to be speaking at this wonderful garden symposium. I would like to thank the White House Historical association, oak spring, and all the other sponsors for having me here today for hosting the event. As well as that splendid reception last evening at the u. S. Botanical garden. Thank you all for attending. I am going to give you the overview of the first 100 years or so of the white house grounds. Focusing on the various uses of the landscape, as well as its physical development, and to squeeze us all in in a little under 3
applause welcome good evening. I am rob fisher, the director of st. Johns church. I am thrilled that our friends at the White House Historical association asked us to provide space for tonights conversation. Stewart asked if i would share a little bit about the history of this very historic room that you are sitting in tonight and so i will share with you that this church was completed in 1816. The architect was Benjamin Henri literal. Not only did he design this church but he was working on rebuilding the white house after it was destroyed in the war of 1812. In 1818 in 1818, he built what is now the home of the historical association. You see a similar entrance. It was built as a green cross and was an even four sides. In 1822, they expanded the Church Building to make room for more seating. We do not know who the architect was who did that expansion and built the bell power belltower. Tragically, he had already died at that time, in new orleans. There might be some historians in the
Mrs. Clinton testified a new glitch which forces her to reexplain why she lost the election. It wasnt a Perfect Campaign in is no such thing. But i was on the way to winning until a combination of jim comeys letter on october 28, and russian wikileaks raised doubts in the mind of people who were inclined to vote for me but got scared off. Kennedy here is james comey before the Senate Judiciary committee. What they could see from the meta data there is were thousands of secretary clintons emails on that device, qulawg they thought might be the missing email s from the her first three months as secretary of state. We never found any emails from her first three months. She was using a verizon blackberry then. Thats important. Because if there was evidence she was acting with bad intent, thats where it would be. Kennedy maybe if you could have stayed upright without fueling health conspiracy theories or referring to undecided voters as a basket of deplorables, you would have won them, too.
Mrs. Clinton testified a new glitch which forces her to reexplain why she lost the election. It wasnt a Perfect Campaign in is no such thing. But i was on the way to winning until a combination of jim comeys letter on october 28, and russian wikileaks raised doubts in the mind of people who were inclined to vote for me but got scared off. Kennedy here is james comey before the Senate Judiciary committee. What they could see from the meta data there is were thousands of secretary clintons emails on that device, qulawg they thought might be the missing email s from the her first three months as secretary of state. We never found any emails from her first three months. She was using a verizon blackberry then. Thats important. Because if there was evidence she was acting with bad intent, thats where it would be. Kennedy maybe if you could have stayed upright without fueling health conspiracy theories or referring to undecided voters as a basket of deplorables, you would have won them, too.
The shootings. The sheriff says uber is cooperating with authorities because dalton was picking up passengers in between the shootings. 45yearold jason dalton was arraigned in court today Via Video Conference and charged with killing six people and injuring two others. Are you Jason Brian Dalton . Reporter dalton, a driver for uber, is accused of going on a shooting rampage saturday night while he was working in kalamazoo. He randomly picked his victims, one outside an apartment complex. Then a father and son at a car dealership. After that, five people in a restaurant parking lot. Adding to this chilling crime, Authorities Say dalton continued picking up passengers. This couple, who wanted to remain anonymous mentioned the shootings to dalton during their ride. Not the shooter, are you . He said, no. I said are you sure . And he said no. Im just really tired. Looking back, it was a weird way to respond. Reporter another passenger said he called police to report dalton an hour before t