Apocalyptic weekend for all of us here in asheville, North Carolina. There is almost no gas, there is almost no Cell Service, there is limited power, there is limited food. Bill one person speaking on behalf of so many. Dire situation western part of North Carolina. Catastrophic Storm Damage making it near impossible for crews to deliver the Food And Water to those who desperately need it. A big Story Day three, working on day four. Good morning. Im bill hemmer, good morning to you. Dana im Dana Perino and this is americas newsroom. The storm is gigantic and nearly 100 people are now confirmed dead from Hurricane Helene. 36 are in North Carolina. The Storm Fact out roads and bridges leaving entire counties underwater. Officials describing the damage as biblical. Bill the crews are working to restore power. They have a long way to go. 2 Million people across the southeast. Also trying to bring back Cell Service and internet leaving families In The Dark and whether or not their Loved One
Texas to learn more about its unique history and literary life. For nine years, weve traveled to u. S. Cities, bringing the book scene to our viewers. Watch more of our visits at cspan. Org. Amarillo is in the center of the texas panhandle. We affectionately call ourselves the capital city of the texas panhandle. We are approaching 200,000 people in this next census area census. Thats a marker for us. Its one of the most unique things, travel around and talk to other mayors, our superpower here in the city of amarillo is that we think regionally. While we do have geographic boundaries that define how many people live inside our city, we truly dont think that way. We think regionally. We think of world communities that belong to us. We are their city. Right now, we are standing in the historic depot. Its significant because when you think about building the entire city of amarillo, the materials for building our city came through this depot. They arrived by rail right here. Our city has
Rural communities that belong to us, and we we are their city. Right now were standing in the historic santa fe depot. When you think about building the entire city of amarillo, the materials for building our city came through this depot. They arrived by rail right here, and so our city has grown, and we started as a farming, agricultural town. But now we are an urban center for the texas panhandle of 500,000 people. So none of that could have happened without this location being right here by the rail and so much of our industry and even just our materials to live daytoday lives came right here. Of course, the depot say vacant. Were not using it for a train station. We dont have Passenger Service in our city anymore, but we are still a significant hub for bnss, and its important in the coast to coast travel of marketing goods by rail, were still an important part of that. And the reason amarillo was such a key point in the railroad was, yes with, the cattle industry. We traded cattle
Worked together and so that close knit family situation structure and people knowing people. Neighbors doing for one another. Really taking a village to raise the children. I hope that was very important. The first black man was Jerry Calloway and he was brought here by his employer. The only africanamerican establishing himself with a white family here in amarillo. The second person that came was matthew bones hooks. And matthew bones hooks was a cowboy. He was broncbuster and cowboy. Throughout the panhandle through the various ranchers, he worked with the x it branch, one of the Founding Fathers of this area since there were no blacks here except for him and jerry, he faced some discrimination. But because he was working with prominent ranch holders, ranch owners, he fit in very well and was fed very well. And in the establishment here, it was his conversations with another founding father of this area about helping to establish a community, a black community. Separate and in part f
In the constant loyalty. In the boston massacre, historian looks at the personal conflicts that led to the revolutionary war. The housing crisis in San Francisco and how the rest of the country can avoid the same thing in golden tickets. In dark powers, New York Times financial editor, david takes a critical look at the International Banking giant and its dealings with donald trump. Look for these titles and bookstores this coming week and watched any of the authors in the near future on petitti on cspan2. Later in about 40 minutes the history of africanamericans in amarillo. We began our special feature with the cities of mayor. Amarillo is in the center of the texas panhandle. We affectionately call ourselves the capital city of the texas panhandle. We are approaching 200,000 people in this next census will cross the 200,000 mark so thats a mile marker for us but its one of the most unique things about amarillo and as a travel rent and talk to others i think our superpower in the cit