In this complex we have notable residents such as ruth vader ginsbering, bob and elizabeth dole, plusego domingo because of its vicinity to the kennedy center, and it opened in 1967. In 1967 a famous architect decided to mixup washington, d. C. As this stately federal architecture and do something called avantegarde. And it started by making no right angles and hugging the curvature of the potomac, and it was very jetssonslike. And that started it. And with great media midcentury history is becoming cool again. So we had this fundamental challenge. Do we embrace this as a theme park and embrace this scandal . Do we relive its original heyday . It was 1967, five years young when this scandal happened. But what people dont realize is Ronald Reagan had lavish birthday parties here. Like the invention of the first Michelin Chef so people are nodding. So theres a lot of nostalgia here. Theres so many generations i see. And what we noticed once we opened is people started saying last time i
Construction from overnight is cleared and were starting off with a clean sate there and into downtown tampa looking great. Five minutes to get from here to the Howard Franklin bridge. And we have exclusive dramatic video right now wanted moments before a deadly crash in east tampa and this is a video that youre watching here. It was posted to snapchat and taken from inside the car that caused mlk wednesday night. At one point, the video shows the driver going more than 70 miles over the speed limit, pablo cortez. Reporter good morning to you. That is 70 over the speed limit. The speed limit in this area, 45 miles an hour and do the math. 115 miles an hour there and that was posted to snapchat. And since we posted the video to social media, more than this is video taken from inside the car driven by pablo cortez and taken by his passenger as they drove along an open stretch of mlk on wednesday night. And then, the video was posted to snapchat. And that is just 9 machines before cortez
So far authorities have been tightlipped. The spi is investigating this case. Today a Virginia Police officer shot and killed on her very first day on the job was laid to rest. Officer ashley guindom was one of three officers shot responding to a Domestic Violence call. The other two officers are expected to survive, but look at that huge outpouring for her and her family. This was the scene outside the home where officer guindon was shot and killed. Inside the accused gunmans wife was found dead. Her name was christina hamilton and she grew up in charleston, South Carolina. She still has family there today. Wbtv anchor their reaction new on primetime. Not my baby. Reporter 80yearold lee howard cant hold back his emotions when talking about his granddaughter. Community of Berkeley County has heard the horrible news about crystal hamilton. They say hamiltons husband, ronald, shot her dead in their home during an argument. Known by family and friends as krissy shoe grew up here. After th
America but the book he has come to discuss today and why i am sure you are all here is stokely a life which was described in the New York Times review as an insightful, highly engaging affluent biography of Stokely Carmichael, the man widely seen as heir apparent in the black leadership hierarchy to Martin Luther king jr. And malcolm x following their assassination. At the reporting committee, stokely started as a believer in nonviolence, led him to concentrate his thinking on the notion of black selfdefense. Carmichael was a complex figure and that complexity was captured wonderfully in this definitive biography, stokely a life. You can never be disappointed with a book when you have chapter titles like the chocolate and fred astaire. Arestoring, activist, popular Peniel Joseph is historian activist, popular , radio commentator on subjects like Race Relations and civil rights, politics, democracy, a nice shoe collection. Give a warm welcome to Peniel Joseph. [applause] thank you for
Friends and intimates and developed a level of selfreliance that increased over the course of a life time and career. Elenor said he had no real confidants. Not me either. A speech writer for fdr was a very asstute observer of rogues roosevelt and wrote the classic bioography of roosevelt and hopkins. That is a bible in fdr history. He got to know roosevelt well. He said he has a thickly forestly interior. He didnt want anyone to penetrate that force to see what was going on inside. We was probably the most solitary president we have ever had. This is the contradiction that is fdr and wife Frances Perkins was such a complicated man and theres no episode in his presidency or his life which underscore is this duality more than this type does. Four days before the Chicago Convention opened on july 11th, 1940, Franklin Roosevelt called Felix Frankfurter down from the Supreme Court. They had a two hour session in the oval study adjacent to the president s bedroom on the second floor of the