Tonight we are delighted to have derek beck presented the war before independence 1775. Derek has always had a passion for military history which inspired him to start his career in the u. S. Air force, he has served as an officer on active duty and science roles and in space operations. In 2005 he earned a master of science degree at m. I. T. Where he also fell in love with bostons revolutionary past. To more fully pursue writing, he later transitioned to the air force reserves, though he still remains quite active, presently holding the rank of major. Dereks first book igniting the American Revolution, 1773 to 1775 received an Honorable Mention here at the Fraunces Tavern museum book award in april. Dereks second book, the sequel, the war before independence and that was released in may. I would now like to welcome derek to the lectern. [ applause ] thank you all for coming. Its an honor to be here at the Fraunces Tavern. Its exciting to give a historic lecture at a historic site. I
Into our area on becomes a bit unsettled friday, High Pressure takes control again. Settling our Weather Police in Virginia Beach are trying to figure out boy. It happened around 9 last night on wimbledon way. Thats near intersection of lynnhaven parkway and holland road. Police say they found a 14yearold boy who had been stabbed. He went to the hospital and should recover. Investigators havent released any information about suspects. Police dispatchers in hampton say their officers are also investigating a stabbing. This one happened around 8 30 last night on gloucester street about a block off victoria boulevard. Dispatchers say the victim was not badly hurt. New this morning we can show you the mug shot of a william mary researcher facing child pornography charges. This is 46yearold Michael Wilson hes a Research Biologist at the college. And lives in with four felony counts of possessing child porn. Campus Police Arrested him on friday afternoon. School Officials Say hes been at the
This is the cbs morning news for friday, november 22nd, 2013. Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Well, the senate has changed the way it does business. Senate democrats approved a historic rules change that all but ends the use of a filibuster to delay most president ial nominations. President obama welcomed the shift, but republicans are crying foul and warned that dangerous precedent has been set. Susan mcginnis is in washington with the details. Susan, good morning. Annemarie, good morning. This rule change is so controversial its known in washington as the nuclear option. It basically removes the ability of the Minority Party to block most president ial nominations. Now, democrats say republicans have used the filibuster to in a campaign of obstruction against president obama. Republicans say democrats have a hidden agenda. The ayes are 52, the nays are 48. With all but three of their members agreeing to the change, democrats have effectively killed the filibust
Mandatory evacuations are in place up north in napa because of a wildfire thats threatening 20 homes in the canyon area. Hundreds of firefighters have the fire 25 contained right now now. Fire started around 9 30 last night with the strong winds that quickly grew to hundreds of acres. Red cross has sed set up a shelter to help the folks. Fire started near soma canyon road. Also shady oaks drive, ridge drive and chimney rock road. The fire is visible from silverado trail. We have a crew on the scene. Were going to bring you a live report coming up. The high winds killed a man in oakland. Joe vazquez reports a motorcyclist died on austin street when a large tree branch fell on him. We heard like a loud bang from the house. When we came out, then we saw when the paramedics showed up and pretty much the paramedics told us to stay away from the area. According to witnesses, the branch fell from way up there, and you can see how it came right down in this yard, and now it is parallel to the
Senate democrats vote the nuclear option, they vote filibusters but it comes with a warning. My friends on the other side of the aisle, youll regret this. Youll regret it a lot sooner than you think. Phonefriendly skies. The government imposes new rules to let you use your cell phone during air flight. Apparently official. President kennedy died at 1 00 p. M. Central standard time. And on the 50th anniversary of the assassination of john f. Kennedy, a witness to the tragedy shares her story. I was the last film of the limousine before he got shot. Captioning funded by cbs this is the cbs morning news for friday, november 22nd, 2013. Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Well, the senate has changed the way it does business. Senate democrats approved a historic rules change that all but ends the use of a filibuster to end most president nominations. President obama welcomed the shift but republicans are ward s precedent has been set. Susan mcginnis is in washington with