New this morning a pedestrian is recovering after being hit by a car in cedar rapids on sunday. It happened at first avenue and Second Street southeast at around 2thirty yesterday afternoon. The woman hit is expected to be okay the driver has been charged with failing to yield at a crosswalk. Still developing this morning authorities are now trying to figure out what caused a tour bus to plow into a killing 13 people and injuring more than 30. 30. The deadly crash happened near palm springs california the bus was returning home to los angeles from a casino. The Highway Patrol says the bus was moving so fast that First Responders had to use ladders to search for victims because the door was unusable. That bus is halfway into that trailer. Thats only half of the bus youre seeing. Thats road. Federal records show the company in charge of the bus only owned one single bus and only had one driver. That driver was killed in the crash. Despite recent flooding that damaged damaging many towns
Cedar rapids is on the decline. There is one trend that has Cedar Rapids Police shaking their heads. Connecting with the crime dora miller with the message people are trying to send, dora. Reporter you think your car is safe and free from harm, parked in your street and the drive way, the fastest way to become the victim is to give easy access to a criminal, awe though thefts happen because car keys were left in the car, not stolen something were dangerous was taken from it. We found out this year there had been 18 firearms stolen frocarses, 2 were ak47s. Between 2014 and 2015, there were more than 20 guns stolen, just this year were quickly approaching that figure, the police chief says it came down iowa nights too far. Again, a firearm is a lethal weapon, its by no means similar to a laptop computer or cell phone or other items that are frequently stolen from vehicles, its a deadly we weapon. Moral of the story police ask the public to lock their doors and dont leave valuables in the
Inbound Memorial Bridge headed to the branch of ohio drive. That activity just cleared we are hearing from the unit on scene. For the rail riders on the orange, blue and silver line, residual delays in both directions due to track repair s that were unscheduled at new market. And staying on top of an alligator attack in orlando. The alligator apparently dragged the 2yearold into the lake. Two marine units have looked all night. This happened near a Disney Resort in an area reportedly off limits to swimming. We expect an update from the sheriff coming up at 6 30. Stay tuned for that. Back to you guys. Molette, thank you. The Chinese Embassy in d. C. Is trying to track down family members after a bus filled with chinese nationals crashed along parkway. At least one person on board the bus died and many others were injuried during yesterdays crash. Kristin wright is live in fairfax where those with the most serious injuries are being treated. Kristin . Reporter right. And the reality is w
Goldman sachs in 2007 interesting timing to run the markets desk and became president of the new york fed in 2009. In that role he served as vice , chair of the open market committee, the policymaking committee of the event. John taylor is the Marion Robert professor of economic at stanford and many other things at stanford. Among other things he was a , member of the Council Economic advisers in the First Bush Administration and under secretary of treasury for International Affairs under the second Bush Administration. John taylor is known as being the creator of the taylor rule. Although i am told he did not put at the name on it, somebody else did. It is a simple rule of thumb that talks about how far inflation is how far the economy is from full employment. John developed the taylor rule in 1993 when Alan Greenspan was chairman of the fed. Alan greenspan was either incapable or unwilling to describe his approach to the rest of the world. What made john so amazing was he seemed to c
The war of 1812, and Henry Kissinger on international affairs. For more information about this weekends 48 Hour Television schedule, visit us online at booktv. Org. You are watching booktv. Starting now, Todd Brewster recounts when president clinton announced his plans to free the slaves in july at of 1862 and the signing of the emancipation proclamation january 1, 1863. The author reports that contrary to popular belief lincoln struggled with his decision and spent a great deal of time crafting the document as he battled selfdoubt and depression. This is about one hour. Hello and welcome. I am sure that todd will be happy to sign them after the talk as well. Ive like to let you know about a new book on robert ely coming out as well and cspan is also here tonight filming for their booktv program. And so id like to welcome a member of the history and faculty at the United States military academy at west point. A longtime journalist who has worked as an editor at time life and is a produ