Expleering the unique history and literary life. Were going to show you several stops to our visit of tacoma, washington. The western terms of the Northern Pacific railroad. The area is in the southern section of puget sound, which is sort of Washington State and the pacific northwests great inland water. And when the Transcontinental Railway came, there was talk of one day being able to expand puget sound. But really wasnt an undertaking anybody was prepared to do. During the depression federal programmed like the building of the grand coolly dam and stuff, there were big job creating works projects happening in the pacific northwest. And in the mid1930s there began be to talk of creating a bridge over puget sound to reach from tacoma to the Kitsap Peninsula. Tacoma narrows bridge was open in 1940 after two years of construction. The tacoma narrows is a bit of a wind tunnel and people working on the deck began to notice movement and almost like airplane wing lift in the bridge. So unl
Noon to 3 00 p. M. Eastern on book tv on cspan2. Hi, im john farrell, a producer on our cities tour team. This year we visited 24 cities exploring their unique history and literary life. Right now were going to show you several stops from our visit to that coma, washington, a city chosen as the western terminus of the Northern Pacific railroad. The area were standing in right now is in the southern section of puget sound which is the sort of Washington State and the pacific northwest. Its kind of great inland water. When the Transcontinental Railroad aim, there was talk of one day being able to span puget sound but it really wasnt an undertaking anybody was prepared to do. During the depression, northeasterly policemans like the building of the grand cooley dam and stuff, there were big job creating public works projects happening in the pacific northwest. And in the mid1930s, there began to be talk about creating a bridge over puget sound to reach from tacoma to the Kitsap Peninsula.
Hi, im john feral. This year we visited 24 cities expleering the unique history and literary life. Were going to show you several stops to our visit of tacoma, washington. The western terms of the Northern Pacific railroad. The area is in the southern section of puget sound, which is sort of Washington State and the pacific northwests great inland water. And when the Transcontinental Railway came, there was talk of one day being able to expand puget sound. But really wasnt an undertaking anybody was prepared to do. During the depression federal programmed like the building of the grand coolly dam and stuff, there were big job creating works projects happening in the pacific northwest. And in the mid1930s there began be to talk of creating a bridge over puget sound to reach from tacoma to the Kitsap Peninsula. Tacoma narrows bridge was open in 1940 after two years of construction. The tacoma narrows is a bit of a wind tunnel and people working on the deck began to notice movement and al
Late last night. And does not to bet saturday morning livermore 54 announced 56 living house in oakland. By the afternoon a lot of cloud cover dealing with will pull back and were talking about a significant warming trend inland. Hi 94 livermore. Expects many 70s along the east bay shoreline and upper 60s for downtown San Francisco. Temperatures will continue to warm as we head into sunday monday picking up a portion of the forecasts come up a sudden 15. top story this morning eight families without their homes this morning all happened after for alarm fire ripped through a neighborhood and slot accounting. Neighbors coming out and take a look at the damage this morning when a Fire District also out here on the scene you can hear the wind is whipping to the background in seasonless moldering areas there wind pushing some of those embers concern for fire officials and those numbers could ignite some of the surrounding drybrush there will remain here on the scene for most of the morning.
Lester holt. Good evening. Jaylen fryberg is not the kid anyone thought would snap. He was popular and on the surface the problems in his life were not the sort weve come to associate with mass school shootings. Still, the social media trail he leaves behind paints a teenager who may have been frustrated with some of those close to him. But even that may not fully explain why he apparently opened fire on his classmates in a marysville, Washington School cafeteria yesterday killing one and setting four others to hospitals with severe wounds before taking his own life. Today, authorities and eyewitnesses offered new details about the shooting at Marysville Pilchuck high school and what may have led to it. As we also learn more about the young victims, some of whom are fighting for their lives tonight. Nbcs joe fryer is in marysville, washington for us with more now. Reporter good evening, lester. Many students returned to school today retrieving items left behind when they fled. Tonight,