It was designed to display the bill of rights, and it opened in 1936. Only the bill of rights occupied the case. We had to wait until 1952 to bring all three founding documents together. The story of how the declaration and constitution came to the archives is the one we never tire of hearing. Now i would like to introduce jessie krantz, historian of the National Archives. She became the first historian in 2013. She was previously with [indiscernible] with the center for legislative archives and has been with the agency since 1999. Please welcome jessie krantz. [applause] jessie thank you, david. I am very happy that steve could be with us today during American Archives month to talk about his new book american treasures. It shows not only the important record created by other federal agencies but also the record that we as a National Archive has created ourselves. In writing his book, he discusses several different sets of records, but the nearest and dearest to my heart is that recor
September 11th. Im paul joncich. Christianne Klein and im Christianne Klein. Over the next hour. Youll hear stories from all walks of life here in the valley. And across the nation. About how the events of this day 15 years ago affected people in different ways. paul joncich first we want to take you live to a local memorial. At the palm northwest mortuary. 8 news now reporter nia wong is there where they have a healing field lit up this morning. nia wong across this field not for the men on the battlefield but for the innocent lives pulled into the battle of terror here on our own soil. And on this day of remembrance. If you take the time to stop and reflect here. Youll see 2996 flags carefully arranged here at the palm northwest mortuary. One planted to honor each of those innocent victims who lost acting as symbols of hope and healing for everyone who comes. Volunteers placed these flags here yesterday morning. For the healing fields inaugural service. The silent auction continues t
Lost that day. President obama was on hand during a wreath laying ceremony at the pentagon. There. He reminded our country that we must stand together against terror groups. Like isis president barack obama they will never be able to defeat a nation as great and as strong as america, so instead they try to terrorize in the hopes that they can stoke enough fear that we turn on each other so we change who we are and how we live. And thats why it is so important today that we reaffirm our character as a nation. People drawn from every corner of the world, e Sharie Johnson in pennsylvania. A ceremony was held in observance of those on board us flight 93. Youll remember those passengers stormed the cockpit to prevent the hijackers from completing their mission. Bringing the flight down in a pennsylvania field. At the site of the crash. Bells were rung in on board were read aloud. Sharie Johnson on board one of the planes that was hijacked 15 years ago. A Palo Verde High School teacher. Her
Mauricio Marin its been two days since johnson junior high was first put on lockdown because of a mercury contamination scare. nashawn carlson 7th grader they told me to lift up my hands like this they made me turn around lift up the back of my foot to make sure i didnt step in it. Mauricio Marin nashawn carlson is one of more than 12hundred students who had to get screened and decontaminated. His mother is upset about how the School District handled the situation. Veronica Hill upset parent they took his socks, they took his packpack so i told him to take a picture everything he had on just in case thw Mauricio Marin superintendent Pat Skorkowsky admits there is room for improvement. Pat Skorkowsky ccsd superintendent weve done a good job of getting things together. Can we do things better we can always do things better in any of these situations. Mauricio Marin questions still remain about where the student playing with the substance got the mercury from. And the epa says we may neve