And technical journals are the endall, but will has received four showdown for stars, they are from journals and magazines across this prestigious literary world. Star reviews from publishers weekly, kirkus review, the Library Journal and booked list. The atlantic magazine said it best, will hagood has rehabilitated Thurgood Marshall with showdown. Hagoods decision to focus on marshalls confirmation hearing proves ingenuous. We at the Lincoln Theater conducted well as our first inductee into our walk of fame. Boy, were we smart. Will also did our first fundraiser for the lincoln with the publication of the sammy davis junior book. Patrick laszewski in the library, we met, i cant remember at the office about four or five years ago, i do recall. But, i think what the library has done in addition to this one city, one book and bring the Community Together is extraordinary. Will and i were talking about family members who traditionally have not read and each of us gave our brother a copy o
Each week, American History tv brings you Archival Context toprovide todays issues. Next, from 1967, california governor Ronald Reagan speaks to an audience of 10,000 at a fundraising dinner in des moines, iowa. Rake and became nixons chief rival for the republican nomination. Finished third in the delegate count behind nelson rockefeller. Are. N here we andhave all been so kind remembered the things to make me feel good, which makes me feel good. You have forgotten that when i was here before, i was a democrat. Speaking of the democrats, they had a dinner in washington last week. At 1000 a plate, the press reported that the president mingled. He wasnt mingling, he was counting. Able toever been understand how they can run a dinner at a profit. And the country at such a loss. The democrats denied that they use any pressure in getting people to buy the tickets. They just told them it was a new kind of payroll savings, buy a ticket to save your place on the payroll. [applause] that would
We will not stop until we find that person. They are reassuring the public that the Transit System is safe. Reporter julie, the west oakland system is the busiest. The homicide that took place inside the station. It was on a train headed for San Francisco and a passenger was shot dead saturday. The police will not say if the shooting was caught on surveillance cameras. There are cameras elsewhere in the station. One source tells me there is good video of the suspect. The police chief says that they will not say which video theyre looking at. Looking at our own video, we are looking at the surrounding businesses videos in order to identify who the suspect is. Reporter the suspect approached the victim. He fired too he fired two shots. He left the scene. The Coroners Office says that theyre working to identify the victim. I heard three bangs. Reporter the witness who asked us not to show her described are chaotic scene. It was a nightmare coming to life. People were running for safety. I
His conciliatory speech and man. We talked about this. I always feel that will iowa kind of delivers a surprise sometimes. Right . The rest of america or maybe i should say new york and d. C. Thinking one way. It is a nightmare at times for the pollsters. One upset on one side and the other too close to call. Hillary clinton was once considered to be a shooin and ended up in a deadlock with vermont senator Bernie Sanders. Despite his wide and steady lead donald trump ended up finishing in second place behind ted cruz. Marco rubio is casting a stronger than expected finish in a close third place as a victory. Lets get our coverage started right now with abcs brandi hitt who ises in des moines at this Early Morning hour. Brandi did, good rning. Reporter good morning. Oh, what an eveningere in iowa, ririt . As you just mentioned abc news will win the republican caucuses. And one of the reasons . The iowa gop is reporting recordbreaking voter turnout. High turnout making for high drama in
A derailment and fire near cleveland forces hundreds of residents from their homes. Investigators in the village of brewster say two cars left the tracks. They think a tanker full of butane may have sparked the fire. Those living nearby were told to go to the local high school until the air was safe. The president ial hopefuls may have trouble leaving iowa behind them. Its already snowing there as we mentioned. Major winter storm moves into the midwest including strong winds and travel may be difficult. With more, heres abcs clayton sandell. Reporter the storm now ki angim at iowa, already in colorado, another day of icy roads. Spinouts and crashes. Airlines canceled more than 500 flights through denver. Near truckee, california, interstate 80 shut down. In Southern California, powerful winds are bringing down huge trees. A giant oak killing that woman in san diego. Underneath and i just, yeah. My stomach just dropped. Reporter and a tv news crew from our san diego abc affiliate, kgtv,