Lunch, got in his car shut the door locked it, cranked up before he pulled off someone was pounding on drivers side window, and mr. East looked and there was a very scary looking individual saying, are you p. D. East, the troublemaking newspaper man . [laughter] and with more courage than he felt, mr. East said is, yes, i am. The man said if you get out of this car, ill beat your brains out. Mr. East, said, if you want me to get out of this car, youve got to give me a lot more incentive than that. [laughter] the regard i have for the Virginia Historical society where, where i spent many, many weeks working on this book for nelson, for graham, for the wonderful work here thats all the incentive i needed to come. And, again, i thank you for the invitation. The book grew actually from a class i taught on great crimes. And in that class we would take a different crime every week the lindbergh kidnapping, haymarket riot the next week, then the lincoln assassination. Hands down the lincoln a
Armor to some firefighters who are still working out that policy. Reporting live in upper marlboro, scott broom, wusa 9. And the first date for darrell lumkin has not been set. He made no plea on weapons charges that came down today. New information on the amber alert that spanned two states and ended with the rescue of a 6weekold baby and the arrest of her mother. This dramatic video is captured only on 9. They contacted police, when they learned the location of the mother and child from a source. Now, questions about this story have lit up our wusa 9 facebook page, including this comment here from christy, who writes, this is awful. Im confused. As to why her baby would have been taken away from her. There are no stories that they would have even involved. Andrea mccarren is live with an update. Reporter we know that baby girl is safe tonight and in foster care. But it is extremely difficult, why she was taken from her mother. Or why police consider the 6 weekold in extreme danger. W
The race between Hillary Clinton and bernie sanders. And alex isenstadt, how candidates plan to win nevada. Live at 7 00 a. M. Eastern tomorrow morning. Join the discussion. Coming up next on the civil war, author and historian james sw swanson compares the assassinations of Abraham Lincoln and john f. Kennedy. Highlights the differences, backgrounds of the assassins and state of the country at the time. He also talks about the experience and reactions of the two widows. The Lincoln Forum hosted this talk. It just over an hour. Im harold holzer, vice chairman of the Lincoln Forum. Welcome to Lincoln Forum 20, the 20th anniversary of our great organization. Its time now to welcome our evening speaker. Its always interesting to find the reasons, the inspiration, that make a lincoln student into a lincoln scholar. What makes inspiration . What creates it . In the case of, say, george h. Cohan, we know he was born on the fourth of july, Yankee Doodle dandy, born on the fourth of july and b
Jill Lepore reviews “Manhunt,” a new television miniseries produced by AppleTV+, adapted from “Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer,” by James L. Swanson.