Right now at 6, the former off duty bay area pilot accused of trying to cut off the engines of Alaska Airlines jet midflight between Washington State and francisco has pleaded not guilty to 83 counts of seconddegree attempted murder. Good evening, everybody. Im vicki liviakis. Im ken wayne. Were learning more tonight about what went on during those tense minutes sunday aboard that flight. Prosecutors say 44 yearold Alaska Airlines pilot Joseph Emerson was sitting in the jump seat behind the pilot in the cockpit when he began pulling at the handles of the planes, Fire Suppression system, which if he had been successful, would have cut off the fuel to the planes engines. Prosecutors say he has admitted to doing that. Now faces both state and federal charges conference. Dan kerman joins us now live in the newsroom with the details on this. You know, the big question has been, how could someone like this do Something Like this . Court documents tell a story of a depressed man in crisis gri
A lot of people who are here basically, it has been very peaceful so far. We have saw we saw a few police cars right behind the group as they were going, but there wasnt any disruption. We didnt see any incidents involving these protesters and the stores. We do understand right now theyre having a bit of a dance right at the stage area, and then we understand that there are going to be speakers here a little bit later on. But certainly this is one of many protests. We were just down at west oakland bart, where there was another group that was protesting there, about 100 people. So this is something which here theyre saying its going to continue, probably at least for the next hour or so, and they are planning and hoping that they can get their message out to the public. And, jenna, when you say theres going to be speakers there, do you think theyre going to address more about labor here in the united states, or will those speakers be talking more specifically about the war in gaza . We
Say that they are speaking out for peace and against some of the violence and civilian deaths in gaza. They said they are answering the call by palestinian workers for peace and more aid to palestinians. We did speak with one of the organizers. Here is what she had to say about the palestinian General Federation of labor unions called on labor unions worldwide to suspend their may day, demanding a cease fire and lifting up the voices of palestinian workers. That are clear. And back here live at Frank Ogawa Plaza, you can see a tent there. They said that they also wanted this to be a moment to really bring people together. They had information about community services, information about how people could help. There was the freedom flotilla that was here talking about their efforts in the past couple weeks to get humanitarian aid to gaza. Many of them said that they do not harbor any resentment against the people of israel. They are really trying to do this in order to stop some of the v
Paper. Theyre going to show up one day and hand that to me, im positive. [laughter] jefferson was in charge as he was away, and he was moving from a smaller property to the bigger house in 1799. [inaudible] [laughter] that is a good point. I will go home and do that. Thank you very much. [applause] youre watching American History tv. Follow us on twitter for our schedule and to give up on the latest history news. Cspan, where history unfolds daily. In 1970 nine, cspan was created as a Public Service by americas Cable Television companies. It is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. Next on American History tv, cr gives highlights the achievements of several africanamerican women of the civil war. , focusing on individuals he says have been overlooked. Stories of black women who worked as soldiers and spies as well as women who were abolitionist on the underground railroad. This hourlong event took place at the africanamerican civil or thatrial and it was organized b
Visit ironworks in richmond that served as the main artillery manufacturer for the confederacy during the civil war. It was an iron foundry that operated on the bank the james river from 1837 to 1957. Its greatest claim to fame was the chief armor, to the confederacy during the civil war producing a large majority of the cannons used by the confederacy. Richmond had a lot of infrastructure that no longer exists from battlefield hospitals to the battlefield themselves. Fewironworks is one of the remaining structures that existed before the civil war, played a. His history dates to the 1800s and southeastern wales in the united kingdom. There was an ironworks that was the main supplier of iron for the British Industrial revolution era when richmond businessman wanted to begin an ironworks here they contacted engineers and millwrights to come over here and design their mills and ironworks here. Francis dean, who started tredegar, had a good amount of imagination but not a good businessman