American history textbook, but if you dig a little bit deeper, theres an incredible history just beneath the surface. Lindsay, also a White House Historical association historian and new in the role there. Were going to spend some time with both of you learning about your work and also about the association. So im going to ask you to give the elevator speech about the association itself, how it got started and what its mission is. Sure, so the association was founded by Jacqueline Kennedy to preserve and protect the history of the white house and then share that history with the American People more broadly. And since then, weve worked on that mission to try and cultivate the white house, the first floor especially, as sort of a museum for the people to tell the story of the white house and the story of the nation and to try and make it a little bit more accessible for visitors that come through. Why the first floor specifically . Sure. So the first floor is often referred to as the st
Department. They tell me they now believe that this fire started on the second levl above the sleeping quarters. Also today, families have been giving dna samples to help identify the victims. And we have been watching, norah, as the fbi has been carting away evidence gathered at the scene. Norah . So tough to hear those details. Jonathan vigliatti, thank you. Chaos and confusion at the airport in new jersey. A flight attend apt at Alaska Airlines became suspicious of two men last night, and sounded an alarm telling everyone to evacuate. The men were later questioned by police and released without charges. No one was hurt in the race for the exits. Alaska airlines is investigating this false alarm. Federal Law Enforcement sources confirm that the gunman in last weekends mass shooting in west texas purchased his ar15style rifle in a private sale. Now, the search for the seller is underway. Sources say 36yearold seth ator had previously failed a federal background check because ileopl de
Investigation. From sidekick to the spotlight, threetime emmy winner Valerie Harper passes away after a long battle with cancer. Well have a look back at her career and her courageous fight. And looking for financial aid, not for students but for many of our nations colleges. Hearing the growing number of schools closing their doors and why this morning with a look at todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. We dont necessarily know the exact contours of this storm, but we know its a serious storm, and we know it has a chance to really have a significant impact. The u. S. Prepares for Hurricane Dorian . The storm, its stronger. A very classiclooking hurricane, a clearly defined eye. Clearly a category 4 hurricane. This storm turned behemoth. The man who assassinated Robert Kennedy has been stabbed in prison. He was attacked by a fellow prisoner, stabbed in the neck. Hes hospitalized in critical condition. Tyler scaggs, the report says he had alcohol, oxycodone. We lost a friend and
They stand for coming out here on this lovely saturday evening. We are very pleased to have steve waldon to talk about his new book. Sacred liberty. It is about religious freedom and what steve calls in the subtitle, americas long, bloodied and ongoing struggle for that freedom. These days we tend to think of a religious freedom as a basic fundamental principle of our democracy and one we take very much for granted. But our countrys history as they recount in a fascinating history is filled with examples of religious prosecution. In just the opening pages of his book, he recall stories of ministers brutalizing baptist ministers around the time of the resolution, the American Revolution and later catholics and jews from holding office, the banning of native american spiritual practices, attempts to exterminate women and much more. All of which underscores and despite the First Amendment, the struggle to ensure religious freedom in the United States has indeed been challenging and compet
alba was trying to diffuse the situation before he killed the attacker. al van bragg now faces demands to drop the charges against him. he was attacked by somebody who is bigger than him, larger than him, what alvin bragg is doing is a tragedy. visitors of thomas jefferson calling out bias. they made it a one-sided point of view, a visitor wrote in online review, even my 11-year-old daughter noticed the bias. steve: good morning, miami flo rida, right now 78 degrees. you are going for a high of 91. it s a beautiful start to this, the 11th day of the seventh month. that s right. it s 7/11 day. free slurpees coast to coast at 7-eleven. she is back from vacation. ainsley: i had best vacation. i had taken by daughter on annual vacation we do every summer. watching the news. brian: are you really doing that. ainsley: get the headlines so i can talk about what i missed over the week. steve: what did i miss? ainsley: i think i missed the best thing that fox