[ applause ] good evening. Welcome to tonights great lives presentation. I would like first to thank the Program Sponsor for their generous support not this year but for several years now. Its this kind of Corporate Support along with that from so many of you as individuals that enables the great lives series to thrive. I would like to ask our good friends to please stand so we can acknowledge them. Where are you . I know you are there. [ applause ] also, special group with us tonight that i would like to acknowledge. Thats the simpson circle. That is a group composed of former Mary Washington members. They are here tonight. We would like to have them stand so we can acknowledge them. I see you out there. [ applause ] in introducing tonights speaker, dr. Joanne freeman, would you like to mention at the outset that one of her most commendable qualifications is that she received her ph. D from the university. Thats right. Uva, right. In any case, not long after receiving that degree she
Tonight that i would like to acknowledge and that the the simpson circle and that is a group composed of former Mary Washington b. O. V. Members and theyre here tonight and wed like to have them stand so we could acknowledge them. [ applause ] in introducing tonights speaker, dr. Joann freeman, would you like to mention at the outset that one of her most commendable qualifications is that she received her ph. D from the university. Thats right. Uva, right. In any case, not long after receiving that degree she was recognized already as one of the nations top young historians. She subsequently has achieved widespread recognition as a scholar of the revolutionary American History. Shes the author of numerous articles in those subjects which include the journal including the william and mary journal and the yale law journal among others. Shes written oped pieces for the New York Times and has appeared in numerous documentaries on pbs and the History Channel and on radio programs for npr an
[ applause ] in introducing tonight speaker, dr. Joanne freeman, i would like to mention at the outset that one of her most commendable qualifications is that she received her ph. D. From the university. Thats right, uva. [laughter] in any case, not long after receiving that degree, she was recognized already as one of the nations top young historians. She subsequently has achieved widespread recognition as a scholar of the revolutionary and Early National periods of American History. She is the author of numerous articles on those subjects which will appear in print in proper academic journals including the william and mary quarterly, the journal of policy history and the yale law journal among others. She has written oped pieces for the New York Times and appeared in numerous documentaries on pbs, the History Channel and radio programs like npr and the bbc. You may have seen her in the past week on the History Channel series on george washington. She has written several books, includ
Domestic violence and an active criminal restraining order. In addition, the suspect had a history of mental illness. Reporter kpix 5 has learned the suspect is this man, mirza tatlic. Police say officers outside the home tried to talk him into surrendering but when he appeared at a window and pointed the gun at officers, a Police Sharpshooter opened fire killing him. The mother was later found dead and the 13yearold was not physically harmed. Again, dealing with someone who is mentally ill, who had choices and he didnt give the family choices, he didnt give my officer a choice. Reporter those Police Dispatch tapes also detail how the killer was apparently using the cell phone of the 13year old brother to call the ex girlfriend perhaps knowing that she would not pick up if she knew it was him but would pick up the phone if she thought her little brother was calling. Allen, you can only imagine the anguish went other side of that phone last night. Absolutely. Absolutely. All right, len,
Below will form and that will give us a breezy and windy pattern for the next couple of days. A big cool down today and tomorrow. Up north, a lot of 50s and a few upper 40s. Cloudy skies. The system will give us cloud cover and their may be a few breaks later but more likely it will be a cloudy, breezy and windy day. The low will take a track toward Southern California. We will be dryer by sunday. 50s, 60s, maybe a 70 or to. A big change compared to 48 hours ago. Although the newsroom is a little slower to change. And you are saying . Its a little warm for me. Not everyone agrees. Its kind of like you are in the car and your wife once it a little hotter and you want a cooler. Lets go out and take a look at the commute. The traffic is moving along well on 580 westbound as you drive through. It is going to be a nice commute. No major problems on the altamont pass. The traffic is looking good. No major problems, by the way, on 880 or the east bay commute. We are also looking at 880 new or