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7:00 this evening. we are, indeed, under an hi for th wton area and even south of us still in the slight risk. t s rolling in here overnight. 60s to 70, plan on a sizzler outsidtoday. dry commute in and dry roads likeli oftormy wetter on that evening jack taylor, no rain for the mornin right in though. perfect, thank you f that. it s gift and i will unwrap it. 66 on the beltway, heavy traffic rollin towards whington boulev left side of the roadway needs 66 outside the beltway, new issue on 32 westbound near debris on the roadway. one ve went off the roadwa westbo travel lane is free. jack, thank you. back to breaking news. a adly crash on the beltway in largo. an off duty princeor ge s meghan mcgrath has moe. rep well, good morning. bringi up live pictures of the locati it happened. officedavon mckenzie was h drivin motorcycle on the beltwa struck by a office mckenzie was just 24 he was assigd to the bureau of patrol march 2017. now a statement put out by the famil ....
marella. she is now on administrative leave while the shooting is under investigation. public school teachers in oakland are hours away from going on strike. the district offered a last- minute 7% raise that was rejected. teachers are asking for a 12% raise over three years. a college freshman from sunnyvale accused of creating an app to sell drugs. it offered cocaine, ecstasy and mushrooms even allowed customers to make special requests. the high cost of living in the bay area making it harder for college students to find housing. at san jose state it is so bad, students are asking for the university to take a drastic step. students asking for a place where they can sleep in their cars. reporter: this homeless crisis really affecting students at san jose state because they are competing with just about everyone else to find housing, which is getting more and more expensive. students have a list of demands for the university. they are asking for money, bids an ....
university level. i think high school needs to be more equitable and benefit all students regardless of zip code, race, social-economic status and i think we need to find a way to make college more affordable. i am a medical major. to me, the most important issue 1 high am a junior at audubon university. i think one of the most important issues in this year s candidacy is education. i think fostering it from a young age is very important and there are discrepancies between the two candidates that we need to expand upon. what his from the road, on c-span. the smithsonian national museum of african american history and culture opened its doors to the public for the first time today. speakers included president obama, former president george w. bush, and founding museum director lonnie bunch. this is american history tv, only on c-span3. [applause] please welcome the 43rd president of the united states, george w. bush and former first lady, laura bush. [applause] l ....
he brought 60,000 guest, the union army. sherman had previously been to savannah and lost savannah. there was no burning, looting or destruction. savannah was spared. sherman just left savannah about four months later with those 60,000 troops. a significant amount of marriages occurred between savannah women and northern officers. so we come up past the american civil war through the reconstruction period ending in 1876. by the 1920 s cotton had failed because of overgrowth and lack of fertlization and in gave the weevil and savannah was back to being poor. lady aster said savannah was a beautiful lady with a dirty face. by the 40s and 50s the old houses in downtown savannah were worth more dead than alive just to get the bricks to build new houses. one city planner said savannah was so poor she was not able to destroy herself unquote. progress did make some hideous inroads in putting highways through one part of the old town and a street through three of the pressu ....
the founders are. in 1954, come to the rescue was the historic preservation society who had enough when the old city market was destroyed and they built an incredibly hideous looking parking lot. so, they band together and formeded what some called it hysterical save savannah foundation. literally seven old ladies, some in tennis shoes, went around throwing their bodies in front of the wrecking ball to stop the progress and a revolving fund started to buy a house for $5,000, restore it to what it was and sell it for $25,000 or something. you got $20,000 and you do it and do it until at some point savannah now has the largest restored historic district in america which is quite an accomplishment. what has been done since 1954 is an accomplishment. and i will not name any of those seven little old ladies. they are not twittering old lady. they have clout and it showed. historic savannah is sometimes nogs meaning north of gaston street. my wife and i live on gaston street. ....