heavy rain from northern virginia, i thought i might start this out where to go or three guys are together. [laughter] fortunately that is not the case. one thing historians learn and all of his need to remember is that you have to keep checking your assumptions. if your assumptions are incorrect, they lead you to some very wrong conclusions. to illustrate that by the following story, which i hope you will find somewhat somewhat although risible as well. conceive unable to children and chose a surrogate father. on the day the father was to arrive, he said to his wife, i am off and the man will be here soon. baby photographer ring the doorbell, hoping to make a sale. hello, ma am no need to explain, said mrs. smith. understand. oh, really? he said, babies are my specialty. blushing, she said, where do we start? he said, leave it to me. i usually try two in the bathroom, maybe one in the living room [laughter] we try several positions and i shoot from several angles, i am s
start this out to a biblical quote where two or three are gathered together and so on. unfortunately, that is not the case. that historians learn that we need to remember is that you have to checking your assumptions. if your assumptions are incorrect, it can lead you to some very wrong conclusions. i would like to illustrate that by the following story, which i hope you will find somewhat well , rivaled as ribald as well. the smiths decided to use a surrogate father to start their family. on the data proxy father was to arrive, mr. smith kissed her goodbye and half an hour later by chance a baby photographer happened by, hoping to make a sale. good morning, ma am, i have come to no need to explain, said mr. smith, s mrs. smith, i have been spiking your. did you know that my specialty was a babies? that is what my husband and i hope. after a moment she asked where do we start? me, id leave it to usually try to in the bathtub, three and the couch, and in the living room w
nothing this this room can change. to my left down the block is the colorado river. this is an important site in the city s history. this is where waterloo was. it was a cluster of cabin occupied by four or five familieses including j. carol. i m standing at the spot where the cabin was. this is where mirabella mar was when he and the rest got word of a big buffalo herd in the vicinity. they jumped on the horses congress avenue wasn t the avenue. it was a muddy ravine then that led north to the hill where the capitol sits. the men galloped on the horse s. they stuffed their belts full of pistols and rode into the midst of the buffalo firing and shouting. lamar at 8th and congress shot this enormous buffalo. from there he went to the top of the hill to where the capitol is. he told everybody this should be the seat of a future empire. watch our oh eventses from austin saturday at noon eastern on c are-span 2 s book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on
deliver west point to the british offers insights. he talks about british and american participants after the plot was uncovered. this was hosted by colonial williamsburg. it s about an hour. thanks so much for that warm welcome. i m really pleased to see as many people in the audience tonight when i was driving down from northern virginia through heavy rain it might be a biblical quote but fortunately that s not the case. you have to keep checking your assumptions. if your assumptions are incorrect it can lead you to some very wrong conclusions. i would like to illustrate that by the following story which i hope you will find somewhat humorous, although somewhat ribald as well. here s the story. the smiths were unable to conceive children and decided to use a surrogate father to start their family. on the day the proxy father was to arrive, mr. smith kissed his wife good-bye, said, well, i m off nowment the man will be here soon. half an hour later, just by chance, a baby
a limo completely engulfed in flames at the 1600 fairgrounds drive. black smoke shooting up into the air. lots of smoke. this happened just after 10:30 this morning. the driver did make it out alive. he says the engine was on fire when he raised the hood. he tried to put it out with a fire extinguisher but the flames were too intense. the devastating california drought is prompting water agencies to get creative as they promote conservation. kpix 5 s anne makovec explains how residents are being encouraged to let their lawns go brown this summer. anne. reporter: we are seeing a lot more dry brown lawns like the one you see here behind me in alameda. water officials hope this is a new trend catching on. we like the desert like. reporter: linda s lawn is so dry that even some of her cacti are dying. her other water saving move turning off her fountain. it was hard. that sound is so pretty. reporter: she is serious about saving water after a recent trip. we were in