Toward winchester white coast. Cord cedarville. The potential of hail too until 4 00 p. M. Hail it could be large. We could see gusts of 50 miles per hour. Some heavy rain and lightning. I think well hold on to this possibility until perhaps 6 00 p. M. This evening. Another look at the radar. Well continue to jump in should any new warnings be issued. Thank you. Now to a tragic story weve been following all day. A district firefighter dies after racing to help people in a high rise fire. D. C. Lost a hero today. Lieutenant kevin mcrae a 24year veteran. Lieutenant kevin mcrae was one of the first firefighters to make it up to the ninth floor of the burning building on seventh street downtown. Chris gordon joins us live where he caught up with the people who frantically ran down to get out. Reporter heres the latest from seventh street. You see emergency equipment still blocking the roadway. The building is closed. People are out. D. C. Fire investigators are trying to determine the caus
Took the lives of 700,000 americans, north and south and when we think about this civil war it is typically with the sense of the divisive relationship between north and south and the violence that captured the nation well before the war began. Men from the north and men from the south became a angry and angrier, challenging one another with words and with guns over the issue of slavery and washington d. C. Has long served as the epicenter of that discussion. When we think of the coming of the civil war almost common picture is of the caning of Charles Sumner, an anti slavery senator from massachusetts by South Carolina congressman Preston Brooks on the floor of the senate in 1856. I will talk about this in a minute but tonight i want to talk about how the picture of washington as violent and divisive is misleading. Instead, the real key to understanding washington in the mid19th century is to recognize that in many ways it operated more like a social fraternity, hence the name washing
Has an effect on your social life. This is what i go. People ask what i do for a hobby. This is what i do. Its a hobby and its work and i Rachel Sheldon reports on the political atmosphere in washington, d. C. , in the 1840s and 1850. The author reports that the impacted legislative writing and left lawmakers ill prepared for session. This is about half an hour. [inaudible] [inaudible conversations] so, first i want to thank you for coming. Its great to see some familiar faces and others and its great to be at one of my favorite bookstores. Ive been coming here for a long time. I appreciate the invitation. Its really appropriate for us to talk about the role of washington, d. C. , here in capital in the midst of the sectors subsequential of the civil war. It commemorates 150 years of the civil war. Which lasted four bloody years and captured the lives of more than 700,000 americans north and south. And when we think about the civil war, its typically with a sense of devicive relationsh
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Rachel shelden are writes on the political atmosphere in washington d. C. In the 1840s and 1850s. The author reports that the personal relationships forged by many the politicians of the day impact a legislative writing and left lawmakers prepared for succession. This is about half an hour. First i want to thank all of you for coming. Its great to see some familiar faces and some others and its great to be at one of my favorite oak stores. Ive been coming here for a long time so i appreciate the invitation. It is really appropriate for us to talk about the role of washington d. C. Here at the capital amidst a sesta lucas centennial sesquicentennial. The sesquicentennial commemorates 100 years of the civil war and capture the lives of more than 700,000 americans north and south. And when we think about the civil war, its typically with a sense of the divisive relationship between north and south and the violence they captured the nation well before the war began. Men from the north and