An Urbandale Police officer shot and killed a suspect after responding to a drug call at a hotel this morning. Officers were called to the holiday inn at 4800 merle hay road just after four this morning. On arrival, police encountered three people in the hotel lobby. Thats when officers say one of the suspects pulled out gun and started shooting at them. Police returned fire. Killing the shooter. Two women took off, but were caught a short time later and are now in custody. Urbandale police are planning to hold a News Conference on the officer involved shooting. Check back for more information on this developing story throughout the morning. A brief standoff ended without injury in the drake neighborhood. Police responded to call of a man firing shots in the Air University around seven last night. The suspect then walked into the nearby platinum kutz barber shop. Officers talked him out of the building and took him into custody. 45 year old Reginald Douglas of des moines is in the polk
This also happened during the vice presidency. When congress was needed, the Vice President would go back to where he lived. Especially during the summer, they would usually lead in the spring and come back in the fall. It was a seasonal thing. Although he did overdo it a little bit during this time. It was not unusual for the president to be away. These were very trying and tent tempestuous years for a brand new nation. Can you give us a sense of the history, what was happening during the adams administration, key policy issues . The major problems were international. You had a political tiffs. You had the creation of Political Parties. We had problems with the french, the british. American Political Parties were divided, profrench, pro british. One of the problems john had was keeping the country out of war. He was successful. I think that is probably the thing that he should be most recognized for during the period. I also find it ironic that he is one of president who kept us out o
Live at 7 00 eastern tomorrow night here on sees and. ,eason two of first ladies influence and image, began monday begins monday, and. Mber 9, with a second all this month, we are showing encore presentations of season one each weeknight at this time, 9 00 a. M. Eastern. Programs on every first lady tom barbara washington Abigail Adams. Tonight, Abigail Adams area adams. Abigail would grow to be the equal of john adams as confidante and dearest friend. She has really revealed herself as, yes, an 18thcentury woman, but her concerns sound very modern to us today. John and Abigail Adams have become so prominent in the minds of americans because of this collection of papers. The story of Abigail Adams and the revolutionary war is the story of sacrifice, of commitment to country. Abigail rose to the occasion. Abigail was adamantly opposed to slavery. She was quite a behindthe scenes dynamo. She warned her husband, you cannot rule without including what women want and what women have to cont
Alien and sedition act. What is the view of those both of them on this . Some people thought we were about to be overrun by french revolutionaries and the a were influencing people in america. There were rumors that cities would be burned. It was terrorism they were anticipating. For example, the opposition party, the Democratic Republican Party was very enthusiastic about the french and some of the ideals of the french revolution. Jefferson in particular. This is where they begin to go in different directions. Also, some of the press is very vehement in their criticism of the administration. So they muzzled the press and said that this is probably the thing that john adams is most criticized for. Abigail, i believe, supported john. Abigail was even more vehement during i think she is even more conservative than john during that time. The upshot of this, the people who were breaking the alien and sedition acts you could be jailed. It was said that the press made things up. He had no st
She rose to the occasion. She was opposed to slavery. She was quiet behindthe scenes spread sheet you cannot rule without including what women want. The backdrop to the occupancy of the white house is one of political personal tragedy. She is worried about her husband and offenses against slander. She is concerned about her children, their upbringing, their education. She could hold her own with anybody. She was her husbands equal. Born in 1744, at the dell smith married john adams at age 19. They had five children together, including a future president. Ahead of her time in many ways she pence this to our has been during the american revolution. All history at every age exhibits instances of patriotic fervor to the most heroic. Good evening and welcome to first ladys. We will be learning more about Abigail Adams. The second first lady of the United States. We have two guests. Bringing their ridings to those public. The author of numerous books. Jim taylor is the editorin chief of the