A deep dive to see scientists trying to save a national treasure. Onicing coec. The histical archives. Theres a lot of hope in these boxes. A lot of ohope. This is the cbs overnight news. Good evening. Es for im elaine quijano. President trump started the day with new attacks on Elijah Cummings and his district in baltimore. The response from many others including the Baltimore Sun has been scathing. Reporter President Trump defended his twitter it tirade against Elijah Cummings saying there is nothing racist in stating plainly what most already know that hes done a dayable job for the people of his di district and baltimore itself. The president called the city a disgusting rat infest rodent mess and nobody would want to live there. This is being perceived as racesest. Do you understand why . I understand why but that doesnt mean its racist. Reporter and said they called cummings over over perceived conditions following his dressing down off the acting head of homeland security. What
Chronicling seven decades of hiw home. It is friday, july 26th, 2019. Here is todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. A black eye for the marine core. 16 marines face charges in a human smuggling and drug system. A massive arrest of u. S. Marines. The arrests took place in a public display for the entire unit to see. A deadly shooting spree. Police in los angeles arresting a man suspected of killing at least four people including his father and brother. We havent come up with a motive. Parts of europe continuing to be in the grips of a scorching heat wave, shattering records. It hitn09 i paris. My brain is actually melting. The cofounder was grilled on capitol hill as lawmakers probe the growing trend of teenage vaping. You sir are nothing but a poison and your target has been young people. North korea says the latest missile test was a warning to south korea over its plan to hold military exercises with the u. S. The derailment of about 70 train cars. This video is incredible. Lo
The south during the u. S. Civil war, that the winners would want cuba because there had been a lust for taking cuba for decades previously. This had been this effort to make cuba a state of the United States of america. So thats one idea thats sirlating in the circulates in the minds of the rulers in cuba. Another idea thats circulating is they should be in solidarity with their comrades who are slave owners in the south in order to defeat the north. But then again, as i said if the south had won, the south would be after cuba ousting the spanish. But in any case, at the end of the day they decided to open their ports to the Confederate States of america, socalled. But after the defeat of the Confederate States of america there was tremendous pressure on cuba to abolish slavery, and a bloody war e erupted to that end leading to the rise of a figure who may be known to many of you. Im speaking of antonio ma say owe. Like many of you know, he was considered to be a hero amongst black am
French revolutions. This is about one hour. Okay. Im tim marshall the provost for the new school and im delighted to welcome everyone here for this wonderful event to launch laura auricchios new book which is right here. [applause] the Marquis Lafayette reconsidered which came out this month published by knox publishers. This is a research over the course of seven years at a major part of it the tilted personal life from the inside of the passion french hero become of the American Revolution of several freshmen over several to watch the kids. Theres an intimate depiction summit towering figures of the historical period while also eliminating and explore the new role of the press and publication the politics of the time. The personal letters of marquis de lafayette which can be found in in the collection of elaborate of congress and at Cornell University provides many of the books anecdotes. And now a few words about laura. She is a specialist in 18th century french history and art and
Lot of tight security. And to give us more about that and what you can and cannot bring in here and what youre going to expect, lets go to adam tuss, scoping that out for you all day. Reporter yeah, wendy. Outside here on the street, certainly has been so far so good as far as the commute getting down here. Lets set the scene for you here. Of course, if you come down here, you cant drive down here. Youre going to find lots of road closures. Swing it over to the plaza metro station, steady all day and a lot of people have been here all day long. Claiming a spot early on the mall today paid off. Many marking their location with a blanket. The reward, a good seat. On metro, steady. Crowds funneled through. The system is running smoothly. Weve got all of our rail stations open except for smithsonian, which falls in the security zone. Everything else is running as we advertised it. Reporter the Biggest Issue so far, not on the rails or with cars, but on two wheels. Capital bike share member