Storytelling, about how we tell the story of our countrys past. Why do we want to believe one version and not another . Maybe because it makes us feel safe at night. There is one episode of americas history that is told very differently, depending on who you are and where you live. It is the story of our civil war and what came after. The Hot Winds Of War blew across the land. Made of it, a country divided. Friend turned into foe. Brother fought against brother. It was such a long and drawn out struggle. And the feeling on both sides was so intense. Were all just romantics, lost in contemporary times you might say. Every one of us feels like we were born 125 years too late. To introduce myself, my name is rachel boynton. This is nelson walker. We are independent documentary filmmakers. Were making a film about how we tell the story of the civil war. Were filming in different schools all over virginia and were going to place this with a deep connection to this history. What made you cho
Say that weve had our one million visit to the dalia website this week in the 1617 fiscal year there were over 85,000 applicants to 1,015 units that came through our Affordable Housing system and our lottery. Thats a lot of people we still will beat new york we have to beat by hundreds and hundreds of thousands. And how do i do this. Im going Non Technology and i go back to power point. And so im going to switch gears a little bit and speak more quickly and the i just wanted give you a little reminder of the certificate of Preference Program and households that were serving and there were over 5,000 households that were displaced originally with that we have identified and we are in contact monthly every time a unit goes and comes to market with about 181 of the households and we think that there are we know there are 1,618 that are deceased and we dont know how many more are deceased but we know there are more deceased certificate of preference holders than we are aware of and we are
That we send out are Getting Better and better and were working with developers to decrease the unnecessary information on some of the materials and they were did the out reach materials so that our ser ser ser certificate of preference holders are not tuned off about sheets and sheets of words about ami and all those things that they do need to know , they need to know how much it will cost and they need to know about what the minimum income is and the rent is and i think were really making big improvements. We send out our email blast its now going to over 30,000 folks interested in rentals and over 30,000 folks interested in Home Ownership opportunities here in the city and we are really monitoring the lottery process and ways, its hard to monitor and its easier to machine ter now with the electronic now that weve come to the 21st century with our electronic lottery and our Electronic System than the circus tickets and so its really coming to prove to be fruitful as well and now whe
Flee a city. This is unsafe on the american highways for all of us. A renewed focus on how tired truckers are while driving on the nations roads. Welcome to Al Jazeera America. It is one of the most stunning election upsets in congressional history and could have ramifications for the republican leadership. It is huge. Stephanie. House majority leader icon tore was defeated by david brat in the virginia primary. The loss is more surprising when you consider cantor outspent his opponent by five to one. Brat an economics professor took 56 of the vote to cantors 44 . The loss is significant, because cantor was the number two republican in the house and the likely successor to Speaker John Boehner. For more on the political upset, Mike Viqueira joins us from washington. I it was a bolt from the blu. Not only was eric cantor expected to become the next speaker of the house, perhaps as early at next year, but this was a year that the tea party was in retreat, a series of stinging defeats thi
The last of the wind talkers turning their language into codes that helped to win world war ii. Saving daff vincy restoring a masters piece. Sergeant Bowe Bergdahls four days of freedom after five days in captivity has been a well wind of praise and controversy. Members of congress met with Security Officials for more details. Randall pinkston has the latest. Reporter a pickup truck delivered Bowe Bergdahl to a field in eastern afghanistan. Taliban fighters surrounded him. One fighter, holding what appeared to be a rocket propelled grenade launcher was on a hill top. The 28yearold Bowe Bergdahl appeared frail as he talked with fighters in his last motels of five years as a prisoner of war. As a black hawk helicopter approached, one of the taliban reportedly told Bowe Bergdahl dont come back to afghanistan. If you do, you wont make it out alive next time. The exchange took less than a minute. Three u. S. Special operations soldiers approached from the helicopter, shook hands with a tali