Have you send them to hashtag Literary Lawn Party or hashtag ms book festival. I would like to introduce you to the sponsor of our session today. Our sponsor today is humanities council, Mister Stewart rockoff is the director. [applause] thank you very much. Im here to do two things. One is to say the session is sponsored with the National Endowment for the humanities as part of their race initiative. And then pamela junior, was previously the director of the Smith Robertson museum down the street and several months ago, the director of the mississippi civil rights museum. Which will be open to the public and to the people of mississippi, december 9th, who better . Pamela. Thank you so much. I am a big fan of these folks. What i decided to do is ask individual questions than a general question. Very good. I will introduce everybody, Charles W Eagles and i was told your students would be in here. The university of mississippi since 1983, his books include outside agitator, the Civil Rig
Ballard yesterday around noon. He had been on the force for more than eight years. He was just 32 years old. We begin tim furlong, who is learning more about this fallen trooper. Ballard had years on the force. You see his hat is on the hood there. Im told this trooper when he saw something unusual, he checked it out to make sure things were okay. That was what he was doing yesterday when he was killed. Governor carney asking for prayers for another family and Law Enforcement agency now coping with a tragedy. The actions of steven yesterday exemplified the dedication that he brought to the citizens of delaware. We spoke with the commander here. Heavy a good cop who specialized in dui entorsment. In the year and a half since he was transferred here, he had a significant can impact and will be missed. His troopers wont let this tragedy from protecting the citizens they serve. We may be out of sorts for a little while, but well be there for them and thats whats important. Reporter ballard
The antiturkish government protesters are upset because they say are the government is at war with the kurds. In front of the turkish ambassadors residence, people are supporting him, they have their phones ready, flags for turkey and the United States and many of them are waiting. If you plan on driving on massachusetts avenue leading to sheridan circle, avoid the area. There are several road closures and traffic leading into those road closures. Shomari stone, news4. Shomari, thank you. More breaking news, this time at the white house, as another person is arrested for trying to jump the fence. It happened just a few hours ago on the north side of the white house. The secret service said the person jumped the bike rack in front of the bigger fence. That person was quickly taken into custody. Tourists and others in front of the white house were moved from the area. Tonight an investiga boy was able to get his hands on a loaded gun, which he then used to kill himself. This happened yes
Family in person other than in the courtroom for a year and a half. The prosecution says he smothered him because he was interfering in a relationship with his 17yearold girlfriend but there was no evidence, to dna or video to tie him to the crime. They cannot prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt. Very well intentioned people disagree on this but 12 people could not say guilty. Brendon creatos family refused to speak to the media and prosecutors made it clear that creato is not out of the woods. The Prosecutors Office intends to retry the case and we thank the jury for their time and is of. Back live now looking at a Memorial Bench for brendon creato in cooper river park. The judge said a date of july 5th for a new trial. The jurors were taken out and surrounded by sheriffs officers. David creato will seek a bail reduction. Live in haddon township, nora muchanic, channel 6 action news. Thank you. Of course we have continuing coverage of the david creato case, on the 6 abc app. Ther
As they could at the time until the professionals rolled in. No homes had to be evacuated, but im told the Wildlife Center of Silicon Valley was evacuated when the fires first broke out but it only lasted about ten minutes when crews realized they were going to get a handle on this pretty quickly. The Wildlife Center building was not damaged. Back out here lives, crews, as i said, getting a handle on this fire that made for a very scary afternoon for the homeowners here. Live in san jose, katy marzullo, abc 7 news. Nearby four separate fires burned at least 85 acres this afternoon. Firefighters attacked the flames from the ground and the air. Sky 7 was overhead that blaze earlier. Crews quickly brought the fires under control in about two hours. This map shows you the location of the fire zone along Mount Hamilton road near grant lake. The area burned had been targeted for a vegetation clearing to reduce fire danger this summer. Heres a live look at the area that burned. You can see la