Five employees of this community newspaper. The Capital Gazette is the local paper of record in annapolis. It is one of the oldest tcontinuously published in newspapers in the United States. It traces its roots to the maryland gazette which began publishing in 1727 and the capital which was founded in 1884. Two years later the senseless loss of life remains so personal to so many people in annapolis and around the state. You need to understand that the Capital Gazette is as much a part of the fabric of annapolis as a State Government that it covers better than anyone in the business. Today it still carries out the Mission Better than anyone else with an added priority of covering nonviolence that continues to plague this countrt and efforts to reduce gun violence as it increase public safety. As i did two years ago i want to take a moment to mourn those we lost and to thank the First Responders who appeared from the scene literally 60 seconds after the 911 call. On this day two years a
Admiral carl schultz, u. S. Coast guard. Very good to have you here. Lieutenant general jeffrey rockwell, good to have you with us. General norman lewis, don of joint forces staff college. General carl robinson, air force, done of the Dwight D Eisenhower school. Rear admiral larry jackson, director for center of joint strategic logistics. Rear admiral Michael Brown is with us this evening. Susan eisenhower, we cannot forget miss Priscilla Roberts and ambassador walter stadler. I am sure there are many of you i have not mentioned. It is a pleasure to have you with us. As you know, the National Defense university is the worlds premier institute for studies in National Defense and International Security strategy. At the National Defense university foundation, we are focused on two things. Ensuring we train and educate our Security Leaders to prevent conflict when possible and wi n decisively when necessary. Tonights event is bringing together the foremost thought leaders in National Secur
27 four month after giving birth to her second child. Attributed her Failing Health to the trauma of racial injustice. Racism kills. Amy we will look at a remarkable investigation by propublica on how hospitals are failing black mothers. Bottom line is in the United States we have some of the highest rates of Maternal Death in the industrialized world. This is driven by the high rate of black mothers. Like mothers are three to four times more likely to die in childbirth, and this is something we should all be talking about. Amy we will discuss how the fallout of Police Violence is killing black women like erica garner. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President donald trump hardened his position on immigration wednesday, a day after he appeared to support a widereaching deal on immigration that could grant millions of undocumented people a pathway to citizenship. During a meeting with congressional lea
No one saw him shoot the gun, prosecution argued he had with with him and fired in direction of steinle, bullet ricochetted and struck the 32yearold in the back. Seconds later he threw the gun in the bay. Prosecution argued to get rid of the evidence while defense said he wanted the gun to stop firing. He was homeless, quickly walked away. Found near the pier. Police gathered gunshot residue to prove he was gunman. Theres no evidence proving that he had stolen the gun, his attorney told the jury his client had picked up. 40 handgun under the chair where he was sitting, under a cloth. Didnt know he was handling a firearm when it went off. Talking about a gun with history of accidental discharges. No safety on it. Its marketed that way. They make a model with safety, this is not the one. Reporter first on the stand was steinles father, Holding Back Tears describing the confusion around him when holding his daughter. Steinle died later in the hospital. Park ranger whose gun was stolen is
The federal government to the stock market is shut down. In the calm before the storm. An eerie silence in times square with mass transit across new york city halted. Ahead of the hurricane. Not just mass transit, bus, light rail, amtrak on the east coast, airlines, the city is for all intents and purposes shut down. Nothing, nothing going on. The scope of the storm is just incredible. Forecasters expect High Altitude wind to whip through every state east of the mississippi. And as people prepare now to go days without power, well have the best advice for coping with the storm and also, staying safe in the aftermath. Weep were discussing that. Thats the worst part. Losing power. You want to take a shower. You want to eat. You want to get out of the house you cant. Trapped. The worst part for so many. Cant charge your iphone. What will you do . Little break from sandy. Well run down the best nfl action of the week. And see how we are doing with our picks and how you are doing with yours