Layed with 20 tons of goods and equipped with ors, sand and tow ropes the party left from winter camp on april 21, 1811 with sails set in a favorable wind. They hoped to reach the pacific in late summer or autumn. The second passage i am reading takes place as they are going up the river from their winter camp which was about 400 miles up river from st. Louis. And as i mentioned, they were to follow the lewis and clark trail that is going up the missouri, over the rockies and down the columbia. Thaws went up the missouri, the father they went the worse the stories got about the indians at the head water. The overland leader was a young new Jersey Business man named wilson price hunt who was known as a nice guy, serious minded, conscious, and liked to lead by c concensus but he had never been in the wilderness before. Astor knew that hunt would remain loyal to astor. But astor hired a lot of other scottish fur traders, french canadian voyagers. He was looking for the best and that happe
Kenosha, wisconsin, overnight. Police are searching for a man with a long gun who apparently opened fire on protesters and agitators. Police say two people are dead this morning and one injured after a group of heavily armed vigilantes took it upon themselves to police the streets. Many videos on social media show the chaos as some of these shootings played out. [ gunfire ] [ screaming ] he just shot that guy in the stomach [ bleep ] [ bleep ] [ bleep ] [ bleep ] people are getting shot all around us people are just getting shot everywhere, guys. [ bleep ] its been three days since jacob blake was shot in the back seven times in front of his children. His family says he is paralyzed. Police have still not explained what happened or why they shot him. This morning, we have new video of the moments right before that shooting. Also breaking just moments ago, we just got word that hurricane laura is rapidly gaining strength and is now forecast to become a very powerful category 4 storm tod
Masks do not apply because they dont fit the president s mood or his political interests. Yet again the president whose oath calls on him to uphold the law ignores it. The nevada governor called this indoor rally reckless and selfish and the president s supporters insist they have every right to be there and they are not fools. If i thought i was a risk are, i wouldnt be here. Im not an idiot and neither are these people. They have enough wherewithal to realize whether or not they are putting anybody at risk, including themselves. Americans are not stupid people. More on virus just ahead. We begin this hour though with the sunday and fury in the atlantic and in the gulf now five different active some systems, Tropical Storm sally expected to become Hurricane Sally soon and then to hit the United States sometimes tomorrow. The outlook, massive disruption across louisiana, mississippi and alabama. With four months worth of rain anticipating to snarl coastal cities there. Just moments ago
Suing their savior. A man wins the lottery, and a month later, hes dead of cyanide poisoning. Were on the case. And as joe biden huddles behind closed doors on the issue of gun control, Gabby Giffords and Michael Bloomberg begin their fight against the nra. Good to be with you here on this tuesday. Im Brooke Baldwin. And i want to begin with the plane boeing says will define the future of the air travel. But for the last month or so, if youve been following this with us, the 787 dreamliner has made most of its headlines really for all these mechanical problems. Here is just the latest, just a couple of hours ago, this Japan Airline, 787, was preparing to leaf above then when it started leaking fuel. So guess what happened . Flight had to be canceled. And just yesterday morning, same airport, bostons logan airport, small fire broke out on yet another Japan Airline 787, just about 30 minutes after its arrival from tokyo. All the passengers and crew, they had already left the plane, but t
Still a few days off. We could see it out there. We knew katrina was a big one, but we had no idea what it would do to this city and this region. Back then when the storm hit, it covered an area of 90,000 square miles, 80 of this great historic city was underwater. 1. 5 Million People were affected in that storms aftermath and, worst of all, of course, more than 1,800 deaths at the hands of katrina. Things these days here are getting much better, in part thanks to a fortune, a potential pool of 16. 7 billion in federal funds includes almost 2 billion for schools here. And 90 of the new orleans neighborhoods and there are over 70 different neighborhoods in this city are back, meaning they have at least half the population having returned. We begin with how things have changed, new people, new places, some old problems and some new ones. [ cheers and applause ] here in the very place that came to symbolize the failure of the katrina response, the citys beloved saints brought it home this