Grazing his head, leaving only a minor wound, requiring a couple of stitches. Well, another fraction on of an inch, it would have caught him right in the eye or certainly in the head and his injuries would have been far more severe if not fatal. Reporter police say 29 yearold david ellis a career criminal opened fire on the of his eras he approached on the street to investigate a report of gunshots in the area. Bullets punk touring the wounded officers van, lodging in the car tire, even peering this pharmacy window shattering a lottery machine. Ellis seen in this viewer video laying on the street, fatally wounded when officers returned fire, as frightened neighbors hid in their homes. My first instinct was to grab my daughter because her bed is right by the window so my first instinct was to just grab her and pull her to the ground. Reporter records show ellis, despite a history of eight arrests, walk free in september of 2013, granted parole, after serving half of a four to ten year s
American history tv is featuring cspans original series, first ladies, influence and image on sundays for the rest of the year. Cspan produced a series with cooperation with the White House Historical series and questions , from cspan viewers, we tell the story of first ladies. This is about 90 minutes. She was not happy that her husband had been elected president. She was not looking forward to being first lady. The problem was of course that he died only one month into his presidency and she never made it to washington. In 1836, when john tyler resigned from the United States senate he and his wife letitia and their family moved here to williamsburg. Its right here that Letitia Tyler suffered her stroke in 1839, john tyler learned that he was elected as Vice President to William Henry harrison and its also here in the spring of 1841 where he was informed that he became 10th president of the United States and that Letitia Tyler learned that she became the first lady. She has another t
President. She was not looking forward to being first lady. The problem was of course that he died only one month into his presidency and she never made it to washington. In 1836, when john tyler resigned from the United States senate he and his wife letitia and their family moved here to williamsburg. Its right here that Letitia Tyler suffered her stroke in 1839, john tyler learned that he was elected as Vice President to William Henry harrison and its also here in the spring of 1841 where he was informed that he became 10th president of the United States and that Letitia Tyler learned that she became the first lady. She has another terrible stroke and dies and her husband goes into great mourning. And then he meets Julia Gardiner who is this another young lovely in her 20s. Julie, i think of as the madonna, you know, of first ladies. [laughter] she loved publicity. She had actually posed as a model at a time when that was maybe, say, frowned upon but all accounts was bewitching. Juli
William henry harrison. In the spring of 1841 he was informed to became the 10th president of the United States. Leticia tyler learned that she became the first lady. She has another terrible stroke and her husband goes into great morning. Mourning. And then he meets another young lovely in her 20s. Julia was the madonna of first ladies. She loved publicity. She had posed as a model at a time when that was frowned upon. By all accounts was bewitching. Petunia was flourished. She had almost 90 slaves. Julia was loving and supportive him tremendously and everything that she did. Untimely deaths, a secret marriage, and outside personalities are part of the stories of the three women featured in our program tonight. As the political system grapples with the first time a Vice President steps into the office of the presidency, and sectional differences continue to grow in the country. Good evening, and welcome to first tonight, the election of 1840, ringing William Henry harrison and to offi
Withdrawing from ferguson. They had been called in on monday to help secure the Law Enforcement command center down the road from where im standing. As the military heads out of town, missouri senator Claire Mccaskill announced today shell hold a Senate Hearing on the militarization of the police next month. A response to those shocking images of officers in Armored Vehicles pointing long guns at citizens in the early days of the protests. While the unrest over the shooting of mike brown seems to be calming down, supporters for his killer, officer Darren Wilson are organizing. Yesterday a prowilson rally in st. Louis was attended by only 100 according to one report, but now the support Darren Wilson Facebook Page has over 50,000 likes. Go fund me page to raise money for his legal fees has raised more than 150,000 in just 3 days. After people started turning their porch lights blue in a show of support for the Missouri Police officer, according to yahoo news, one supporter reported an a