And at the base of capitol hill, speakers included in the world designer frank perry, former secretary of state, senator pat roberts and president eisenhowers grandchildren david in susan eisenhower. Exploring the american story. Watch it on cspan 3. This year marks the 150th anniversary of the ramification of the 14th amendment to the u. S. Constitution. Up next on American History tv, climbs in University History professor oval vernon why was essential to ratify after the abolition of slavery. This is hosted by the u. S. Capital Historical Society is 45 minutes. Now with great pleasure, i get to introduce our first speaker oval Vernon Burton, who holds the judge math jay perry distinguished chair. In history panafrican studies sociology anthropology and computer science. If you think its weird but i do baseball, vernon does it all. Hes actual one man university. At Clemson University in South Carolina. Hes also the director of the clients Cyber Institute in addition to that, he recei
Ladies and gentle blue, happy birthday. I am jeffrey rosen, president of the National Constitution center and we have an important responsibility on bill of rights day, the National Chart of the Constitution Center to inspire people around the world. Before doing that, here we go. We are going to recite not only the first part but the entire congressional charter and i know you can do it. The National Constitution center is the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u. S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis. And the purpose of our charter, in order to increase understanding of the constitution among the american people. That is what we are going to do today. On december 15, 1791, the bill of rights was ratified. The first 10 amendments which are now known as the bill of rights have become iconic of american liberty throughout the globe but as we learned today in a fascinating series of discussions the bill of rights is not always the bill
Upper 70s by 11 00 or near 80. It wont be raining all the time, so have the umbrella handy. A look at your drive time forecast next weather and traffic on the 1s at 5 11. Melissa, what subpoenais happening on the roads right now . No problems northbound or southbound right now. For all the folks on the road this early morning. Beltway at indian head highway rolling along nicely. No major problems now that were in the 5 00 hour. That road work has wrapped up and gotten out of the way. 66 and 95 overall no major issues as well. Live picture 95 at 123 gordon boulevard, northbound and southbound rolling along nicely. See you at 5 11. 5 01. Breaking news d. C. Police are on the scene of a shooting not far from h street in northeast. We got an update from police. Megan mcgrath is live now. What have you learned . Reporter well, we have confirmed that this is now a murder scene. That one person is dead as a result of shots fired in the 900 block of third street. Look behind me, you can see th
Stock exchange. It was a tough day, deirdre. The dow was down 128 points, the s p down 12, the nasdaq down 48 points. Longest losing streak basically all year in. And testing the moving day average closing at 12 im sorry 2067. So really watch that s p breaks before that selling here in the pickup in the future sessions. To the investor taking a cue from china, the shanghai index if he will 8. 5 overnight, china couldnt support a stock market, not without a Ripple Effect around the world. We saw oil prices come down because of that and the Energy Sectors were the weakest in the session today. A lot of household names with exposure to china. Apple share is down 1. 3 . Yum1. 3 . And each have Significant Properties there so we saw shares in those companies down as well. You look at some of the energy losers. Again, energy among some of the weakest sectors in energy. Down 3. 3 as a whole. Youve got a new low for phillips, that was 2. 7 decline. So this is where we are right now. Earnings w