The firstplace winners and we will wrap things up in about 1. 5 hours with the number one grand prize studentc cspans studentm contest. Students at milan high school. Their documentary on Autonomous Vehicles is entitled live and let drive. Take a look. There are approximately 16 million auto accidents in the United States every year, costing the economy over 250 billion. Traffic accidents accounted for the deaths of over 38,000 citizens in 2016. This is a problem selfdriving cars can fix. 94 of traffic accidents are caused by human error. This explains the push of Companies Like gm, ford, and mercedesbenz toward Autonomous Vehicle technology. But, how do they work . And lightar act as the eyes of the vehicle. They easily identify things like stoplights and pedestrians. But, they have problem with things like weather and depth. They send out electro magnetic waves to measure reflection. To surround the vehicle and to determine if theres anything in the vehicles have. Lightar systems are
National spy museum. The first two weeks centered on fairly wellknown personalities. Ben franklin is of course ben franklin. Next week well take a look at the most infamous spy in u. S. History, Benedict Arnold. The relative obscurity of the man well hear about today is what will make this morning so interesting. He is someone we should know more about. His impact on World History is well known for historians, but historians are just now beginning to piece his life together, to find out new information, to understand his impact on the revolution, and to figure out how he fits among the great heroes and villains of american intelligence history. So kate gruber will help us understand who this enigmatic man is. Shes been the curator at jamestownyorktown museum since 2015. Between 2009 and 2013, she worked at the Colonial Williamsburg foundation where she assisted with the research of the foundations electronic field trip series. Although shes a public historian and museum professional in
Continues to be one of his top priorities. We want to know what that term drain the swamp. Means to you. How do you define it . What do you think is the best way to go about draining it . Phone lines are open this morning for you to call in on the washington journal. Democrats, 2027488000 is your number. Republicans, 2027488001 is your number. Independents can call in at 2027488002. You can also catch up with us social media, on twitter, cspanwj. On facebook, facebook. Com cspan. Were asking about this term drain the swamp, want to hear your thoughts on what it means to you. For more on what the Trump Administration has been doing to try to drain the swamp, lets bring in a lobbying reporter with the Washington Post, joins us now by phone. Katherine, good morning to you. Guest good morning. Host a recent headline from the Washington Post, dromp is showing how tough it is to drain the swamp. He knows that this is open to interpretation of what that term means. Lets start there. How does
Mitigation constraints, from Law Enforcement perspective this affect needed training and equipment for bomb teams essential opportunity to train and purchase equipment needed for adequate response, this was a critical component to the polls nightclub, in 2015, a need to purchase a tactical robot for our swat teams and refurbish one of the aging regional bomb robot, due to lack of funding these projects were not funded. Finally, for the last years we have seen funding through Grant Programs to conduct swift assisted victim extraction or training for the region. The critical training teaches Law Enforcement and fire Service Necessary to save lives, and fire personnel will stage a safe difference from the scene until Law Enforcement declares it is clear even though Law Enforcement is confident they captured and contained or killed suspects. This course is designed to teach lawenforcement officers and the Fire Department the tactics necessary to enter a semisecure area which will reduce ti
Tonights other big story a yellow weather alert for tomorrow. Just in time for your july 4th weekend. Lets get to meteorologist. Tracking some storms and i guess they are not going anywhere. Looks like they are going to be most likely tomorrow afternoon and evening. More concerns as we head toward the 4th itself. A bunch of storms near chicago moving in toward michigan. They are going to come together tomorrow. Today we had High Pressure in control. A beautiful morning but some temperatures in the low to mid 50s. It was delightful. Wont be nearly as delightful tomorrow morning as humidity has crept up and then in the afternoon that threat for the showers and storms. Upper 80s. If you cant join us, if you havent already download the weather app. Watch our newscast live anyw, im going to come back in a few minute toss take a look at that july 4th forecast. Tonight in Prince George county the man wanted in a triple homicide is behind bars. This is friends of the victims gathered to pay tr