Exactly, 24 hours ago, we reported, that councilman marion berry was out of the hospital after another held scare, and we got used had to him bounding back and, moments after we reported the news, he collapsed and died. And sam ford has a look at a remarkable career, that included scandal, and couple backs. This city is better off because of my leadership. They once called him dcs mayor for life. He dominated the citys attention, as no other figure. He moved from memphis. And he had been a civil rights activist, college kids who sat in at lunch counters to protest policies and, who refused, to serve blacks. Thats it, since 1960 giving to the public and, civil rights movement, and arrested, a dozen time. After the assassin nation of king, berry emerged here as a activist, running a selfhelp program. The reaction and, try to figure out how to get some power. He was next elected to city council and, an incident in, 1977, rocketed him to prominence, a ral ever radical group, took over and
Witness. Afterk kln accounting his famil history and political resume today Defense Attorneys turned pretty quickly to the issue of star scientific. Asked defense attorney henry azbell, was there anything you did that was unusual for star scientific. My administration did nothing for them other than give them access to government. Prosecutors see it differently of course. They have charged the mcdonnellss with corruption charges for accepting gifts and loans in exchange for helping him with its company and new product. Another thing we heard from the defense early on in testimony today, the fact that the first couples marriage was so troubled that they could not have plotted together. The former governor recalled had moment the day after he was first elected governor he woke up ready to return phone calls but he said the first lady was not happy. He said quote she was yelling at me about something. I clearly exhibited some of the stress of what lay ahead for her in her new role as firs
There. It was actually from that window over there that they had to rescue a man. Im told he is perfectly fine but its fortunate because i talked to a Business Owner who said on a normal day, there would be several dozen people up there. Thats not the case today. Heres the video today that we arrived on the scene a while ago. This started around 1 15 and the trucks got here in two minutes and they found a lot of smoke once they got on the scene. Again, they believe this fire may have started in the kitchen of the district two bar and restaurant but theyre not sure at this point. Thats still under investigation. We asked the fire chief what this means for the restaurant and the other businesses around here. Heres what he had to say. Yes theyre going to remain closed at this time. Its under investigation and theres a lot of water damage inside and we had to open up a lot of the ceiling to check for further extensions. Back out here live youre looking into an open window into the district
Taxpayers thats the most p effective way to do it. Vice president harris. There is a onemonthold babe on the bus. The governors of texas and florida say they are willing to use taxpayer money for the buses and even flights. Texas has spent 12 million on transportation costs. Today a hurricane warning was issued for puerto rico as Tropical Storm fiona powers up. Its blamed for at least one death in the friench caribbean island of guadalupe. Mike, what is the latest . Reporter good evening. Speaking of guadalupe, they had over 16. 5 inches. Fee on a, its better organized on the satellite loop tonight and it will strengthen tonight and tomorrow. It is settnding the worst of th weather to the u. S. And virgin islands. The biggest threat up to a footrain or more in the mountains and hillsides with the steep terrain, flash flooding, mudslides and road closures very likely. Wind gusts 60 to 70 miles an hour will knock out power. Noon today for fiona hit over 100,000 homes without power. There
The daytoday of the Fenty Campaign and that was the current mayor the time and he was the main opponent of vincent gray who was chairman at the time. So it covered the normal campaign. I was interested in watching fentys downfall. Everyone saw it coming. And it was my job. Shortly after gray took office, i heard from the gentleman suleimon brown, who had run for mayor. He had a job in the administration, which was odd. The next thing you knew, he was fired. Then he was calling and saying do you want to talk . Next thing you knew, he disclosed serious corruption about being paid during the campaign to disparage fenty on the campaign trail. Then there is a federal investigation where they learned that there was something much bigger going on which they called the Shadow Campaign. And that was a parallel operation to the Gray Campaign that was done in secret that was not reported, and it was 650,000. Which is nothing to sneeze at. Allegedly, Jeffrey Thompson was the sole funder. You have