Legislative body. She spoke about slavery and womens rights before the Massachusetts State Legislature in 1838. An event honoring her and looking at women in politics. From boston, this is just over two hours. Welcome, everyone. I will be your evening moderator. We are here tonight to explore how women become political. We will look at the past and the present and consider the future, too. There will be some remarks and a panel. Regretfully, senator Elizabeth Warren is not able to join us because she needs to be in washington. Someone has to work. She is there to work in the senate. [applause] however, she has made a short video for us that we will share in place of the remarks she would have given. Now, during the evening we invite you to tweet and send your questions at womenpoli2013. Also a reminder. Silence your cell phones right now. Everybody moving to silence the cell phones . Good. And for those who could not attend tonight, the good news is that the event is being taped by the
students at the memorial service today. we will hear more from them at 6:00 including one student from our area who has spearheaded the memorial fund that has already raised $75,000 since friday. the family of the man police say shot officer crouse offer their condolences. the also requested privacy. investigators have yet to determine a motive for the attack. will have more on the funeral at 6:00. to read these stories and more on the investigation, go to wjla.com. authorities are investigating a multi-vehicle crash that left one person trapped. rescue workers pulled the person out of a passenger car. it happened before 3:00 this afternoon when a cement truck and the passenger car collided. all traffic is being diverted from the area. we have a crew heading to the scene. we will update you as new information comes in. we have more breaking news from nearby reston. a man was shot around 4:15. there is no word on the victim s condition. a helicopter is on standby to tr