american history and culture curator rex ellis. good evening. my name is beth kelly. i m the vice president of the education research and historical interpretation division. it s my honor to offer you a warm and personal welcome. the word welcome has a great deal of meaning for colonial williamsburg. we have been welcoming guests to come and learn about our 18th century community since 1932. 40 years ago, the foundation recognized we were only telling half of the story. and so, with determination and courage and perseverance, programming was designed by our panelists tonight so that we could tell the whole story of our 18th century community. blending social history with public history to tell the african american story had never been done before, and quite literally, they were making history. this is the first of three panelists discussions we will have this year, and i would welcome you to come back on july 5th, where we will look at current programming that focuses on af
the word welcome has a great deal of meaning we have been welcoming guests to come and learn about our 18th century community since 19 8:30 2:40 years ago, the foundation recognized we were only telling half of the story. and so, with determination and courage and perseverance, programming was designed by our panelists tonight so that we could tell the whole story of our 18th century community. blending social history with public history to tell the african american story had never been done before, and quite literally, they were making history. this is the first of three panelists discussions we will have this year, and i would welcome you to come back on july 5th, where we will look at current programming that focuses on african american stories, and also on october 18th, where we will be focusing on the future. our panelist that discussion will be helping us to think about how we continue to tell the story. as mitchell said, it s all of our story. i know our panelists well
anyone joining us at 8:00 a.m., president biden briefed on this tr tragic bridge collapse, francis scott key bridge outside baltimore port. brian: it collapsad after a cargo ship crashed into it. lawrence: seven people in the water. steve: griff jenkins joins us live from the scene. we were just talking to ckurt curt the cyber guy about this. any car that went up, they will know who went into the water at the time of the crash and are undoubtedly looking up plate numbers. griff: that is for sure, steve. we are six hours into this, two press frns cans one by baltimore city officials and the one here. we are north of the collapsed bridge. you can see more of the damage there. it is a very camera-easy pass cover area because this is a major passage in the northeast corridor for traffic. the traffic is being redirected. there are three ways to pass through baltimore and through the harbor, it has been shut down. it is all hands on deck to the search and rescue to find out
to send messages right to your phone. there are three types of alerts: amber alerts, imminent danger alerts, and presidential alerts used only during national emergencies. it kind of surprised quite a few people because it definitely has a distinct tone it to. this officer with the clp says this is the first ever staid wide use of the system at a time when more people have smart phones that can receive the alerts. so being able to broadcast an amber alert on your cell phone, we are reaching millions more people. so the information is out there immediately. the system ised a ministered by the federal emergency management agency which is working to educate people so the startle factor will be a bit lower in the future. many mobile devices will now bring you wireless emergency alerts. real time information directly from local sources you know and trust. reporter: now, if you do not wish to receive amber alerts or weather alerts, you can opt out, but as for the presid
dubois: good evening, scott is on assignment, i m maurice dubois. the united states took both offensive and defensive action today in response to the worldwide terror threat. that threat had already caused the state department to put out an alert for americans traveling overseas and shut down 19 u.s. embassies and consulates from east africa across the middle east and in bangladesh through saturday. today the u.s. began evacuating non-essential american personnel from the embassy in yemen and fired a drone at suspected al qaeda terrorists in that country. homeland security correspondent bob orr has details tonight. bob? reporter: maurice, while the threat remains vague tonight, u.s. officials insist the danger has not passed. intelligence analysts increasingly now believe the most likely target of an al qaeda strike is inside yemen. an air force c-17 flew into the capital city of sanaa today to evacuate dozens of u.s. workers from the american embassy. staffers, including