Director of speechwriting for president bill clinton, overseeing production of domestic policy speeches. Over a career spanning 40 years he has written for nasa administrator Charles Bowden as well as top executives at ibm, columbia university, time warner, the list goes on. He is a graduate from Morgan State University and is adjunct professor at hofstra university. Our next panelist, sarah hurwitz, served in the white house from 200920 17, first as a speechwriter for president obama before becoming had speechwriter for first Lady Michelle obama. Previously she served as chief speechwriter for Hillary Clinton during her 2008 president ial campaign. She is a graduate of Harvard College and harvard law school, and has an upcoming book about judaism coming out in september. And John Mcconnell served more than 10 years in the white house staff under two administrations. He was a senior speechwriter for president and was responsible for the president s address to the joint session of congr
This is about 30 minutes. Frances cleveland was a celebrity first later unlike any before her. And the mass production of her image to sell a bride of goods by the consumer industry angered her and her husband, president Grover Cleveland. To help us understand the sensation sweeping the country we begin our story inside 1600 pennsylvania avenue. For the first and only time in our countries history. Watching Frances Cleveland into instant celebrity. This is the modern white house. It is the same basic layout as it would have been on june 2. When president Grover Cleveland and his bride to be came down what was then about large staircase to the family quarters at the west end of this corridor. They would have proceeded on the hallway, the music started up at the east side behind us here where the United States marine band was assembled. The famous John Philip Sousa played the wedding march as the happy couple came down the hallway. They would have passed through these doors, these very s
In the courtroom, they are fighting to save their careers and lives. The last image i wanted to bring to your attention is a. There was a book fair in chicago 10 years ago. Those are wonderful things to go to. For historical research, you can get some great finds. There was, wrapped up in plastic, front page copy of the sinking, july 25. There was a wonderful cartoon that to me, after all the years of research, brings it in chilling fashion to life. The cartoonists blaming greed for the shipwreck. This is a pretty good representation. This has actually shipped the tipped the ship the wrong way. But, the point is well made. That brings to a close the image portion of the presentation. I would be happy to take some questions. We have some books. Some questions . I was in chicago for a few days and took an agricultural tour of the smell river. It is in the middle of chicago. Smale river. It is in the middle of chicago. I get on my boat in south michigan. You were very close. You were at m
So, my soninlaw ran upstairs and here at the attic upstairs a motor had caught fire and i guess that started the whole thing. It started out as a little tiny fire. Reporter the fire starter out as two alarms but quickly grew to four alarms. They tried putting it out with a fire extinguisher. They tried putting it out with that. And then they came out and said everybody out, everybody out and then that was it. Reporter it was over an hour before firefighters were finally able to bring the fire under control. I guess the buildings done now. I mean, weve been there for 98 years for crying out loud. Reporter really . Yeah. It was a great post. Reporter over 100 firefighters were involved in fighting this fire. One firefighter suffered minor injuries. Obviously its too early right now to know what caused the fire. But witnesses say it seemed to have started in a motor up in the attic. The fire marshal is investigating. Were live here in frankford, im dann cuellar, channel6 action news. Rick
Angered places. Im tom mustin. For many sites in colorado, those questions will remain unanswered forever, their purpose lost to the pages of history. Keeping those stories alive is the work of Historic Preservationists. Each year, Colorado Preservation Incorporated assembles a list of Historic Sites that are threatened by time, neglect, or development. The site where we are today was added to the list back in 2001. Its camp amache, one of 10 japanese resettlement camps built by the u. S. Government during wwii to house japaneseamericans. The attention brought to camp amache by the endangered places program has allowed preservationists to begin rebuilding some of the structures that once stood here on their concrete foundations. Belying the often controversial topic of japanese internment to be told to future generations. The first site on this years list takes us back to less controversial times. A time when gold beckoned thousands from the plains to the harsh mountain communities. Mo