President joe biden just touched down making remarks at a September 11th Remembrance at the Military Base in anchorage. Well bring the remarks to you as soon as they get under way. The Memorials Today A Reminder of the moment of National Unity that took place in the aftermath of the brutes September 11th attacks. As the attacks revealed humanitys capacity for pure evil. The ability to inflict almost unspeakable horrors on other humans. What happens after 9 11 reveals best of humanity. Never forget the images, allhands on deck effort and the National Effort to support First Responders and victims and all their families and the pledge to never forget. The attacks also fundamentally changed washington, d. C. For a moment. Officials of both parties along with former officials of both parties were in Public Office at the time of the attacks attended events today to mark that. It is an echo of how americans were, for a while, able to set aside all differences, political and otherwise. And ju
[music] okay. Welcome, everybody. My name is doug bradburn, on the founding director of the National Library for the study of George Washington at the beautiful mount vernon and delighted to welcome you again for a wonderful evening of conversation and history, and i also like to welcome the cspan audience out there who is recording us this evening. Great to have you back in the library. These evening book talks are special for a variety of reasons, because we get to bring exciting new historians to the eager community here, but also because its sponsored by ford, which has been a great donor to mount vernon for many, many years. As you ail know, mountain vernon ladys association does not take any government money. A completely private institution based on philanthropy and based on people coming to the estate so we depend on groups like the ford family and evidence to Mortar Company who supported mount vernon since henry ford gave the first fire engine to the estate to keep the mansion
Welcome everybody. I am the founding director for the study of George Washington and we are delighted to welcome you again with some conversation and history also the cspan audience recording us this evening it is great to have you back in the library. For the evening book talks are special for a variety of reasons to bring exciting stories to the community but also it is sponsored by ford who has been a great donor over many years. We do not take any government moneyhi completely private based on philanthropy so we depend on groups like the ford family and Ford Motor Company the first fire engine to keep the house from burning to the groundnd so with that ongoing challenge through the Fire Suppression efforts i would like to welcome you all out here but also to mention Upcoming Library programs the annual Martha Washington lecture to discuss 18th century women that is a fantastic conversation led by the senior curator the first of the three lectures coming up with Benjamin Franklin in
1 12 1 25president trump1 26 1 32brendon oneal lead inthe man who carried out the deadliest shooting in modern American History had an arsenal of weapons in his Las Vegas Hotel room and his home vicki as we learn vicki vicki as we learn more about what happened in las vegas we are hearing stories from bay area survivors. Many of whom just arrived back. Kron 4s j. R. Stone is following the story and spoke with a woman from the north bay about her experience. j. R. yes, ive talked with several survivors tonight from the bay area. One said that at one point she hid in a porta potty with another woman as a way to try and take cover. You can see the woman im talking about in the small box on your screen. Her name is katie cheetham. She is from novato and went to the three day Music Festival mainly to see Country Singer jason aldean. She was in this crowd. When gunshots ran out she and her girlfriend origionally thought they were firecrackers. Then quickly realized that was not the case. Eve
And as we get into this bathroom, there is a girl who is just shot in the head. Dozens died including jenny parks a mother of two who was a california kindergarten teacher. Sonny melton a registered nurse from tennessee died protecting his wife. Also killed Rachael Parker a records technician for a California Police department. Captain tim hageman Manhattan Beach police dept. she was a true professional and just a truly nice person. The gunman killed himself. He was a retired accountant who according to his brother wasnt violent. Eric paddock gunmans brother he was a wealthy guy and he liked to play video poker. He went on cruises. The gunmans father was a convicted bank robber and at one point spent time on the fbis most wanted list. But the shooter wasnt known to Law Enforcement. Investigators say he had weapons stashed in his hotel room and his house. Now police are trying to determine why the gunman went on a murderous rampage. President trump it was an act of pure evil. President