Complicated and controversial building of a memorial to president James Garfield on the u. S. Capitol grounds. Well hear from Matthew Gilmore who edits a washington, d. C. History blog. Those of you probably know matt by name, if not in person. He runs a blog, the matthew b. Gilmore press blog and also hes an author of the column of the intowner. If you follow d. C. History, hes been integrally involved. Anything history in d. C. Oh, you also run the d. C. History list. Thank you for that on behalf of the city. Today hes going to talk about James Garfield, his death and efforts to commemorate his life and death here in washington, d. C. I wont say too much more about it. I dont want to steal his steam. Please join me in welcoming matt. [ applause ] thank you very much. The story im going to tell might be ripped from todays or recent headlines. There was a president ial memorial delayed for years caught up in congressional infighting. Legislation pending. A powerful lobby behind the mem
The east canyon fire in southern colorado is 0 contained with a red flag warning for critical fire conditions. Its burned 2,800 acres and firefighters are trying to keep it from spreading south. It was sparked by lightning. We turn, now, to a new development in the investigation into the Helicopter Crash in calabasas, california, back in january that killed kobe bryant. A new report is shedding new light on the events leading up to that deadly crash. Heres abcs adrienne bankert. Reporter the new report on the crash that killed kobe bryant, his 13yearold daughter gianna, and seven others, including their pilot, who in their final moments told air Traffic Control they were climbing to 4,000 feet. But in reality, they were falling, according to the ntsb, evidence that the veteran pilot may have been disoriented in the fog. This and other details part of more than 1,000 pages of communications now made public, including Text Messages sent from the pilot, zobayan, one of bryants preferred p
Comrades, first 10 against three, then 15, 20, the number of attackers explains bogira at that moment stopped counting, especially when a pistol flashed in front of my face, he fired, but i managed to find the letter, it hit me, but he was aiming straight at my head, to be honest, i looked at my finger, immediately at the finger, how he pressed and i jumped back, amkhargiraev explains, the strength was clearly unequal, but then some man appeared and distracted the aggressive crowd with himself. The intercessor suffered the most, receiving several stab wounds. Bogeraev and his comrades quickly grabbed him, got into the car and took him to the hospital. Now we are ready to thank the stranger. I want to say thank you to this guy, who came up, we dont know him at all. If not him, then the boys, we wont exist anymore, to be honest. Amkhad baigiraev himself, a hero of the north military district, a member of the Chechen Special forces in moscow, came on leave, and with his friends could not
Its also deep here, guys, how they jump here, well, im ready, youre ready, everyone is ready , im jumping, diving, yes, of course, the exposition, who would doubt it, ugh, well, more than half of the territory of this region is occupied by impassable forests and swamps, and some are sure that evil spirits can still be found there, and its impossible to simply count how many mystical stories are associated with the most famous city of these places, i i continue my journey through st. Petersburg and the leningrad region, and this is the life of my own. Move it towards you with your left hand. If i were born in st. Petersburg, i would probably know all the local legends about ghosts, oh, how many things i see, everything so scary or a rhinoceros. They say that their nose brings good luck, just 3 hours of my life, and the rhino is ready. I could also work in armeta in the present to see the past. For example, this fresco was called venus tying a sandal, Something Like a sandal somehow its
Of strangers form a human chain saving swimmers trapped in a rip current. Dozens of Good Samaritans pulling them ashore. The heroes whose quick thinking saved lives. And we do say good morning, america, on this hump day. What day is it . How about that image . I almost said hump day. Hump day. How about that image. All those people quick thinking to save a family trapped by that rip current. I mean, what quick thinking it was and you know what, they did. All of them got out safely. So incredible. Such a powerful image of selflessness working together and they are all heroes. Well hear from them later in the show. But we will begin with that breaking news out of washington. President trump is defending his son don junior after the release of those emails. Theres been a lot of smoke about the trump teams willingness to work with the russians to defeat Hillary Clinton. These emails, the first flames. They are now the subject of intense interest from four separate investigations, including