but iran along with these television companies support c-span 2, as a public service. welcome to tonight s lecture on the tragic life of emmett tell. it was 1955 him, has been described as given rosa parks the strength to sit down, and martin lurking junior the courage to stand up. this is one of our great lives presentation, with the university celebration of black history month. i d like first to thank the program sponsor abs corporation for the generous support. it s this kind of support that so crucial and making the series possible as a public service to our community. our speaker this evening is university of kansas professor dave tell, author of the 2019 book titled, remembering emmett till which will be available for sale and signing in the foyer at the conclusion of tonight s program. doctor tell, who has a doctorate from penn state, has won new was around for both research and teaching. his research focuses on issue of race, memory, and the digital humanities. since
the crisis in ukraine is growing this weekend and it is getting the world s attention. the russian parliament approved vladimir putin s request for the use of force inside ukraine. this comes as a southern region of cream i can t schedules a vote to increase its independence. and for days we have seen armed men patrolling the streets there. and there were demonstration as cross the country today, some turned violent. the u.n. security council is meet to go discuss its next steps include diplomacy. the european union announced it will address the crisis on monday. let s to get to phil live in moscow. rushing a seems to be moving aggressively on cream i can t, why is it so interested in that region? reporter: john jonathan there are a number of reasons why they are interested in the region, first and foremost the base for their black sea fleet. that s a particularly important military asset russia has because it gives them access to the mediterranean by way of the black sea a
bay. palo alto looking at light showers. you see the san ramon valley is wet and heavier showers toward 101 south of petaluma and novato. definitely slick roadways out there. as we go through the morning, the activity mainly south of san francisco. it will continue to push further to the south and we will look for a few sunny breaks in afternoon but there is another system on the way to keep the second half of your weekend a little damp. details on this in a few minutes. thanks, lisa. a massive treetop he would over in marin county yesterday. came crashing down and blocked mountain view avenue. until a crew got out the chainsaw and cleared it away. the tree fell from the yard of a homeowner. he said he s glad it fell away from his home. i was sitting here and started hearing branch and that s always a bad sign. then i heard more and big branches and then there was a rooom! crews estimate it was about 200 feet tall. the storm brought very welcome news, as well. abc7 news
paradise dealershitownship afte truck and school bus collided. the accident happened here at about 8:30 this morning. a dump truck was coming through this intersection when it rolled through the stop sign just as the school bus was coming through. now, the bus, which had the special needs students on board, flipped onto its side, rolled across the street, and landed in that field behind me. now, passers by and neighbors in the area worked quickly to get those students, two of whom were restrained in wheelchairs and another two buckled in seats, they got them out of the bus. they were transported to a local hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. as for the dump truck driver, he told me he is fine but he was very smhaken. when i spoke to him he said he was too emotional to talk about what had happened. reporting from lancaster county, i m ann shannon. back to you. family and friends of the now deceased ebola patient thomas duncan are now virus-free. that includes his fia
captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. pelley: good evening, this is our western edition and we begin the broadcast in the west where that fast-moving brushfire is still burning out of control, threatening homes east of los angeles. hundreds of firefighters are trying to contain it. strong winds early in the day made that difficult. hundreds of people who live in glen dora and azusa have been ordered to evacuate. we were sent this picture of the fire bearing down on her neighbor s home. the police believe the fire was started by campers in the angeles national forest. carter evans is on the screen for us, carter? firefighters are still putting out some hot spots, scott. this is one of five homes that were destroyed. 17 more were burned and 2,000 people were forced to evacuate. this fire has been burning all day and it s now only 30% contained. the fire began just before day break. within hours it burned across more than two and a h