Us, a little about history in the park service. So since he retired dr. Pitcaithley teaches at new mexico state university. He teaches public history and Civil War History. He had a book that came out this week, the u. S. Constitution and secession, a documentary anthology of slavery and White Supremacy. So it is my distinct pleasure and honor to introduce you to dr. Dwight pitcaithley. Nick promised he wasnt going to include the rock star part, but best laid plans. Thank you for coming tonight. Thanks to nick for that wonderful introduction, thanks to the grant site for hosting this event. Im going to talk for about 25 or 30 minutes and then turn it over to you so you can talk about whatever you want to talk about, and we hope that during my time ive been provocative enough that we can have a conversation that goes on for another 30 or 45 minutes. Robert penn warren, who many of you know threetime Pulitzer Prize winner, wrote in 1961 at the centennial of the war that the civil war is
A lawyer for President Trumps former National Security adviser, john bolton, hinting he could reveal neverbeforeheard details about ukraine. As the impeachment investigation prepares for the public hearings next week, were live at the white house. All that, plus vaping breakthrough. The cdc announces it may have pinpointed what is causing all those vapingrelated illnesses and dozens of deaths. Health scare. A wheel of fortune taping stopped after pat sajak was rushed to the hospital for an emergency. And rocking around the Christmas Tree. The spruce arriving here at Rockefeller Center this morning for the whole world to enjoy. And you wont believe how it got its start. Today, saturday, november 9th, 2019. From nbc news, this is today, with sheinelle jones, Peter Alexander and dylan dreyer, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hello and welcome to today. Thanks for joining us on this saturday morning. Its cold outside. With the tree coming to town, a little cheer coming here. Its t
Move in, in the afternoon and evening. Any storms we do see could be severe. Ooking at the radar right now, its fizzled out and just turning into light rain in southern marand. Right there we actually saw lightning, heavy rain. That was a thunderstorm bubbling up this early in the game. Kind ofag setting the st for what were going to see later in the day. Temperatures right now already on a race to the high. 87 in the ditrict. 88 in gaithersburg. All the way up to ederick, really hot. Were going to the low 90s this afternoon. Its going to be a hot and humid soupy kind of day. Shows and stormsagain really beginning after 2 00 p. M. More widespread. For your fourth of july outlook, the morning iexercs, if youre waking up now, getting ready to hit the pavement, it is muggy out there. Barbecue parties, be able to moveindoors. Fireworks, some of us, not everyone, but some of us will be impacted. Well talk more about the rain chances and ill take it hour by hour. Thanks, somara. Developing t
Here for some time, because we just hear how extraordinary it is. This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. The Voting Rights march from selma thealabama, today marked the Martin Luther king holiday without mentioning president elect donald trump or his own declaration, the soontobe 45th president was illegitimate. Stand up. Speak up. When you see something that is not right and not fair and not justin, you have a moral obligation to do something, to Say Something and not be quiet. Reporter mr. Trump lashed out at lewis on twitter over the weekend, accusing him of ignoring his atlanta Congressional District and being all about talk, talk, talk, no action. Today mr. Trump met with dr. Kings son, Martin Luther king iii at trump tower. I would say john lewis has demonstrated that hes action. As i said, things get said on both sides in the heat of emotion. Reporter bernice king, dr. Kings daughter, was more blunt. If god can do it during my daddys time, god can do it in this time. He
Was greeted by emergency vehicles when it landed tonight in tennessee. Strong winds take down trees and block traffic. Doug is tracking a big change in our weather to start your weekend. News4 at 11 00 starts now. Good evening. Tonight, a 57yearold man is behind bars in d. C. He stands accused of groping scores of women on our city streets. Now the challenge is keeping him from doing it again. Police tell us hes been arrested 70 times. Jackie bensen talked to the head of d. C. s Sex Crimes Unit about this case in an interview youll only see on news4. Reporter the long list of people outraged by this includes the police. The image released by d. C. Police january 12th shows a man described as a possible suspect as he would have looked walking away from a shocked and disgusted female has just been groped against her will. It was one of three similar crimes in the logan circle area in 24 hours. They arrested the michael hill yard on january 14th. They quickly learned he had a lengthy crim