Found during last month. No system wise shutdown is expected, but some service could be delayed if major problems are in fact found. Lets play ball. Today is the home opener for the nats. First pitch against the hmarlin 4 05 if the weather holds out. It will be a packed house down there and that means you have to plan ahead if youre going to the game. I live in this neighborhood. All the construction around the ballpark, it will make it tough to walk and drive. Ddot urging you to use metro. Bike stations are also located near the park. We have you covered this morning. Eun yang will be live at the ballpark in about a half an hour. And speaking of the ballpark the weather, your four things to know this thursday morning with meteorologist chuck bel. Youre heading out the door are some 15 to 30 degrees warmer than we were at the same time yesterday. So it may not be mild out, but it certainly is nowhere near as cold and were all happy about that. But number one thing you need to know, gra
History of the black panther party, and groundwork local black history struggles in america. Dr. Morris is a board member of women have options, ohios statewide Abortion Fund and has worked with the Fanny Lou Hamer National Institute on citizenship and democracy at Jackson State University since 2005. Dr. Tiyi morris. Jon hale is assistant professor of history in South Carolina. His research focuses on the history of student and teacher activism, grass roots Educational Programs and segregated high schools during the Civil Rights Movement. His manuscript, the Freedom Schools, is currently under contract with Columbia University press, forthcoming in april 2016. He is coed to have of the freedom coed to have of the Freedom School newspapers which was just released from the University Press of mississippi. His research has also been published in history and education journals including publications in the journal of africanAmerican History, the history of education quarterly, South Carol
Ll, good morning, reena. John. Emwazi. He was unmasked finally in a series of leaked news reports early in the winter of this year after presiding over the video beheading of a number of u. S. , british, japanese aid workers and journalists. Theyve been track him for quite a long time. And thentelligence agencies of the u. U. Finally zeroed in on hiss location. And gotthe green light to attack him with a drone strike in raqqah, syria. As he was exiting the vehicle, a drone missile hit the vehicle he was in. And as one official said to me, evaporated. And on the impact, leaving his car in flames. Okay, so james, were getting that from one official. But will the u. S. Ever have 100 confirmation that he is dead . And how will they possibly try to confirm this . Well, they may not ever 1010, but they can come close, because ey will be looking theyll be l ltening to the chatterf isis operatives, as well as social media and other chatter, cell phones of people in the vicinity of the strike w
Strike the necks of your people. Reporter earlier this year his true identity was revealed to be Mohamed Emwazi seen here wearing an american baseball cap, the son of kuwaiti parents who emigrated to the united kingdom. Even as a schoolboy in london, emwazi was spotted by teachers as having a violent streak. One teacher told the bbc that at the age of 1 1 he was put in anger management t trapy. Wed find that hed get very angry and worked u and it would take him a long time to calm himself down. Reporter flaunting his role as executioner once he joined isis with his piercing eyes and gravelly voice, emwazi became one of the worlds most wanted men. Brian ross, abc news, new york. And the vehicle that emwazi was in burst into flames and one official said essentially evaporated. And brian mentioned o of the hostages believed to have been killed by jihadi john, american james foley. Foleys family has been highly critical of the administrations efforts to rescue hostages. From our brian ross
His real name, Mohamed Emwazi. Hes a masked executioner seen on video beheaeang hostages. The cia has been tracking emwazi for more than a year. He was killed in a drone strike in the syrian city of raqqah, an isis stronghold and though the pentagon has not confirmed his death, sources tell abc news it was a 100 direct hit. Abcs brian ross has been tracking the story overnight. Reporter the world first came to know jihadi john a little over a year ago when he appeared i ithis video wearing a black mask holding a knife and threatening the life of american journalist james foley. His voice was disguised, bute could not hide his british accent. You have plotted against us and gone far out of your way to find reasons to interfere in our affairs. Reporter one after another he presided over the murders of foley, american steven sotloff, peter kassig, plus two britons and two japanese hostages. Our knife will continue to strike the necks of your people. Reporter earlier this year his true ide