Josiah ladies and gentlemen, my name is josiah bunting. I am with the friends of the National World war ii memorial. It is a wonderful privilege and pleasure to welcome all of you here this morning at a time in our National History which we must always commemorate with great feeling. My mission this morning is to introduce our introducer [laughter] josiah if you will give me just one moment George Marshall , who was head of the army in the Second World War, had a friendship through the mails with douglas freeman. Freeman was recognized then, and probably still is, as our foremost historian of the civil war. He wrote a great biography of general washington and general lee and of course lees lieutenants. Rick atkinson, who it is my pleasure to introduce, is the foremost historian of the Second World War, and his stature among us whominds of those of write or read history is approximately the same as that as douglas freeman, for those of you who are civil war students. He is a member of t
Attacks in paris is dead. A french Prosecutor Says authorities found his body in an apartment raided yesterday morning. 129 people died in the four coordinated attacks last friday. Abcs Marci Gonzalez has the latest from paris. His body so riddled with bullets and shrapnel . Inve stigators could only identify him by his fingerprints. The socalled mastermind of the attack here that killed 129 people Abdelhamid Abaaoud . Kille d during this dramatic seige in the suburbs of paris yesterday. Nat raid abaaoud was a petty criminal, police say was also behind other isis plots including the attempted attack on a parisbound train earlier this year. French authorities thought the 27yearold was in syria theyre now looking into how he was able to sneak across borders into france to lead this terror cell . That investigators say was planning another attack. Presser it is urgent for europe to should come together organized to defend itself from terrorist threat . This morning more raids in Belgium P
By firing the police superintendent, garry mccarthy. The city, plagued by gun violence and distrust of the police, wasocked last week by a video of the shooting of a black teenager by a white officer. Release of that video after a yearlong delay led to a series of protests. Dean r rnolds is in chicago. Reporter with murderous Gang Violence on the rise in chicago once again and with Public Confidence in the citys police collalaing, mayor rahm anuel decided it was time for a change at the top of the force. Public trust in the leadership of the department has been shaken and eroded. This morning i formally asked for his resignation. Reporter this appeared to be the last straw for garry mccarthys four and a half year tenure. Dash cam video showing a white chicago cop shootingg a black teenager 16 times. The death of Laquan Mcdonald the video finally released last week undercut the Police Account that officer jason van dykes life was in danger when he opened fire. Van dyke has since been ch
There with us and what will be the most unscripted hour of the entire congressional campaign, if you have heard the expression two heads are better than one, how about three heads . We will question our candidates as is visa rodriguez, news director at the npr affiliate. Charisse davis has represented Amanda Atkins says no, she is the republican candidate in this race, you have 60 seconds to give us a sense of how you are running this race. We have to understand that you have done it for two years, what have you actually done for us over the last two years, what can we expect the next two years . Thank you so much, thank you to the moderators, everyone who came together to make this debate happen. For folks that do not know my mom raised me and my brothers, i worked my way as a First Generation College student from Johnson County Community College to cornell got the chance to serve in the white house. We kansans Work Together to self test problems, like getting really for my family whe
Chris Cuomo asks the tough questions to newsmakers in Washington and around the world. In the russia probe. S your head is nodding. Do you adopt the same position . Absolutely. The question here as mentioned was the nature of his communications with the Russian Hackers. This indictment against the 12 officers mentioned. This was more about passing statement. There could be more behind it that these Russian Hackers were in contact with the person reported to be roger stone in terms of soliciting feedback and that roger stone boasted he had contact with wikileaks alleged in this indictment coordinated with the russian hacker. This is a big problem for roger stone if he helped them in any way he could be a part of that. One thing i do want to note
an agreement to the objective of the bigger enterprise. In this case to hack into these emails and use it and to do one overt act in furtherance of that. You dont have to know everything about the conspiracy or be a part of everything. You can b