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
This proposed map yesterday, one a new charlotte area district. Incumbent alma adams current district would no longer include charlotte. Lawmakers have until friday to get this finalized. Investigating new possible cases of mumps in the area. Two confirmed cases but Health Officials say there are at least six other potential cases in the mecklenburg, iredell, and Cabarrus County areas. As our coleen harry reports, Health Officials are trying to determine who might have been exposed. Reporter mention mumps and in the lab, medical technicians know what to look to. On the streets, were not so clear. I never had mumps as a child. Do you know if you were vaccinate mid cant remember, that was 100 years ago. Do you have if you had mumps . Probably so, chicken pox, mumps. Officials are trying to figure out how many people may be infect the. In mecklenburg and iredell county. In the tricounty area, there are six oh cases probable or suspected. Not every person that has been suspected, diagnosed
What the proposal means if it is approved. Reporter john, i can tell you the biggest change right off the bat is a charlotte area district without an incumbent. I want you get you back to the map get you closer view of what were talking about. The map used to look different. Especially in our area. The 12th district no longer snakes through our state from 85 from charlotte to greensboro. Now the district much more charlottecentric, compact in the area. Alma adams no longer represents any part of charlotte under this map. She falls in the 13th district. Overnight she sent a statement saying for now im focused o on doing my job and continuing to represent the people of North Carolinas 12th congressional district. She will continue to look over the map and weigh her options moving forward. The deadline for lawmakers to approve the new map is on friday. That is why they are getting together in special session to make the final decisions, well reporting live, Mark Davenport, wbtv on your si
This is about the warriors. Bill and North Carolina veterans as well as their families got a special show tonight. Were going to take you out to charlotte stands for heroes and show you how its helping honor our nations finest. Good evening and thank you for joining us for fox 46 news im bill melugin. Kayla and im kayla ayres. In a story only on fox 46, a local family saying not in our backyard, but really they havent had much of a choice when it comes to dealing with the problem they say was caused by a local developer. Bill mold, sinkholes and flooding are a few of the thousands of dollars as a result. Tonight David Sentendrey joining us live in the newsroom to explain whats going on here. Fill us in. Reporter bill and kayla, this family said they spent their entire savings trying to fix something thats not their fault but has become their problem. This is the drain they built throughout the water. Reporter all the storm water is traveling through the charlotte property and into the