Great modern american historians. One of the things that makes him great, he really mines the resources of president ial libraries. He has come here to the carter library, gone through and found very interesting documents other people had not seen before. Hes done that at other president ial libraries. Combined with that, he has also mined the resources of archives on various evangelical organizations that have become involved in politics. In addition to that, on top of his Research Skills he is an excellent writer. I had the privilege of reading many of his books including the one thats just come out. I can tell you as much as i have followed the subjects and done my own research, there were many points i came across new information, i said, wow, that really explains whats going on. If you want to understand the difference in the United States between the 1970s and 1980s. In case you have forgotten, there were very significant differences and you wanted to know about the transition to
Election and his defeat in 1980 by mr. Reagan. Mr. Balmer spoke at the Jimmy Carter Museum in atlanta back in 2014. Welcome. Its a pleasure for me tonight to introduce randall balmer, professor of arts and sciences at dartmouth college. I have followed his career for a long time. His under graduate work was done at a school where my father was a dean and my brother joe attended that school at the same time. And randy has turned into one of our great, modern american historians. One of the things that makes him great is he really minds the resources of president ial libraries. He really mines the resources of president ial libraries. He has come to the carter library, gone through and found very interesting documents that other people had not seen before. And he has done that at other president ial libraries. Combined with that, he has also mined the resources of the archives on various evangelical organizations that have become involved in politics. And on top of his research skills, h
Reporter it feels good to have summer back with the kids back to school. Reporter we have cloud cover and showers that came through last night and they are away from us, there might be a popup shower later on, but we are expecting to start out with sunshine and maintain sun and clouds. 70 in philadelphia. 63 in allentown. 62 in reading, 66 in wilmington, 72 in cape may. Philadelphia running kind of warm this morning and still a bit humid like yesterday. Its going to be warm today, 67 degrees by. Noon, 80 degrees. 3 around 3 00 p. M. , warm and humid all the way, theres a chance of a spotty popup shower or rumble this afternoon not a big deal, but something to keep in mind. As we look at the bus stop were looking at mild conditions. In the suburbs, 63 degrees. Philadelphia sitting on or about 68 during the wait for the bus stop period partly cloudy skies and it is on the humid side. Karen, when we come back in a little bit well give you the weekend call, sticky with showers around in th
Is under investigation on the temple university. Temperatures back in the 80s, but theres a chance of popup showers. Lets kick things off with meteorologist david murphy and karen rogers. Reporter on a friday. The weather is pretty good. Reporter maybe a spotty shower. As we look at the Weather Center were not looking at any rain right now. Generally dry today, warm and humid as we step outside this morning, philadelphias number has dipped to 68 from the 70s. 63 degrees in allentown. 63 in allentown or in trenton i should say, 71 in cape may. 64 in wilmington. So comfortable enough tremplet tremplet temperaturewise this morning, but you feel the humidity to some degree. High of 83 this afternoon with a mix of sun and clouds. 81 by 5 00 p. M. 7 00 p. M. , muggy tonight. We have temperatures that be comfortable enough on the bus stop this morning partly cloudy, a little bit humid, 63 degrees in the suburbs, 68 in philadelphia through the morning bus stop pickup period. This afternoon wer
Car was pulled over old plains road. Northern Virginia Bureau chief julie carey joins us with new information just in from the investigator ss jules . Reporter investigators are still on the scene of the shootout that took place in this Shopping Center parking lot today. It was a shootout between two suspects and two armored truck security guards. The security guards won that battle but the suspects were captured later thanks in large part to an alert shopper at a nearby Grocery Store. This is where it began. The parking lot of this capital one bank. A dunbar armored truck was parked here. Two suspects approached and opened fire. But the dunbar security guards fired back. One of the suspects fired a shot at the dunbar security individuals and the guards returned fire both of them fired, and the suspect was hit several times. Reporter the dunbar truck drove across the parking lot to the Harris Teater to get away from the gunfire. The suspects jumped into a car and fled but an alert shop