This one was particularly important to me since i am a vietnam vet and i want to war that is still so controversial, that we have the opportunity to tell the story from the records. Has there ever been any sort of expose on the vietnam war before in the past . No, it is safe to say that in the past the subject was avoided as it has been in most museums and museums across the country. It is just recently that theres a level of comfort in telling those stories. Do you think that experience of the archives being avoided is reflective of how vietnam over the 50 years has been received . It is a subject that no one talked about. It is as if it never happened. It is not often covered in a k12 history class. Stop at world war ii and touch on korea but usually never gets to it. Your exhibit, is the archives exhibit, breaks it down into a 12 chapter more episodes. Tell us the reasoning and what you hope people will learn as they go through the different stages. It is a big story that goes to th
We begin with the weather. You from the city cam where you can see how messy a morning it has been. Dreary and hazy. Lots of clouds and rain that caused low visibility and slowed down commuters. All the rain has also caused some flooding in our area. This video was tweeted out by the Loudoun County sheriffs department. It shows a road that had to be closed because of high water. The tweet reminds drivers to turn around, not drown. Lets check in with storm team 4 meteorologist lauren rickets. How much more rain will we get today, lauren . We could have heavy rain in spots. We have one for culpepper county. Well get to that. Isolated flooding around the region. Yes, it was a gray day. It still is. Some areas got a little bit of sunshine earlier this morning. You were lucky. We could get more pops of sun through this dry into the early afternoon. Another round of rain and storms are headed our way for the afternoon. Some which could be strong. Now, temperatures are in the 60s right now. W
Holy see, thank you, sir, for your time. Guest thanks for having me on. Host well bring you now to the floor of the house. Theyre about to gavel in. Well bring you gaveltogavel coverage here on cspan. The speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Gracious god we give you thanks for giving us another day. The members of this peoples house will be leaving for the memorial day recess. As they meet with their respective constituents, give them the gifts of wisdom and discernment that in their words and actions they will do justice, love with mersy, and walk humbly with you. May they also have the attentiveness that is called for to hear the concerns of those whom they represent. On this weekend especially, we remember those men and women who have given their lives in service to our country. Bless them with everlasting peace and give consolation and peace to those who mourn them. May all that is done be for yo
York times leaked photos of the Manchester Bombing scene. President trump and u. K. Prime minister theresa may meeting again this hour at the g7 conference, we are going to bring you the headlines as we get them in. Mark zuckerberg got political at the harvard speech. Hes talking free money from the government. Weve got a big show. Varney company starts right now. Charles we begin on a devastating note where a bus of Coptic Christians. Ashley at last count, 23 People Killed and wounding 25 others, a bus 140 miles south of cairo, they were headed to a monastery and attacked by eight to ten individuals dressed in army fatigues. Isis, no one has claimed responsibility, but isis has been targeting Coptic Christians several times in recent months. There was a terrible bombing or bombings at two churches in april that killed 46 people. An indication how Coptic Christians are targeted in egypt. Charles so far no hash tags from the media. Looks like a lower market. Here is market watcher jeff
Children, the sick and the poor to the top 1 . It follows in the footsteps of the trump Orion Health Care bill which gives huge tax breaks to the wealthiest few while 24 million americans off of their Health Insurance and dramatically raise premiums. This is a budget that says if you are the richest family in america, the Walton Family you , can get up to a 53 billion tax break for the repeal. Break. Lion tax at the same time it says if you are a lower income senior citizen, you will not be able to get one nutritious meal a day. You now receive it through the meals on Wheels Program or the help you just really need if you are disabled. This is a budget that says if you are the second wealthiest family in america, the Koch Brothers family, a family that is introverted hundreds that contributed many hundreds of millions of dollars into the Republican Party you may get up to a 34 billion tax break but at the same time if you are workingclass student trying to figure out how you could poss