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artists have depicted george washington, including the famous portraits. want to welcome you all to the august lunchtime lecture series at u.s. capital historical society. i want to end the series with something instructive, of course frothyo, not light and but something a little less mysterious. by that i made, there is going to be a lot of visuals and i figure visual intelligence is something we can all play a little bit of a claim to. for those of you who need the more traditional scaffolding, like an outline come you could start off by a few pages of that and that is with a works cited page is all about. those of you to respond to competitiveness, have a couple door prizes a look about at the end so people can answer a couple questions that might occur during the talk, but mostly this is going to be visuals and we are just going to , works ofwo centuries art, mostly paintings, stump statuary of george washington i should say at little bit about myself. they say i ....
cold front then moved through the area with afternoon flurries, and slowly dropping temps. this morning is partly cloudy, windy and chilly with lows in the lower 20s along the lake, and teens inland. wind chills will be near 10 all morning, and in the teens all day with highs near 30, a brisk wind, and some sun. tonight is mostly cloudy and cold with lows in the teens and wind chills in the single digits. haen happening today - the man accused of hitting and killing a man and his daughter heads to court this morning.levi ruohonen is facing three charges relating to that fatal accident in caledonia on black friday.the crash killed kevin dalley and his nine year old daughter emily.according to a criminal complaint rownin told police he started drinking at a hockey game that morning after working a third before driving home. we re waiting to hear the condition of a driver that had to be rescued from a car last night in grafton. fire officials say two cars were involved i ....
next encore booknotes. jill krementz was a guest on booknotes in 1997 to talk about her book the writer s desk a collection of authors and photos photos. c-span: jill krementz, photographer, you have a book out called the writer s desk. what s it all about? guest: it s a collection of my photographs over it period of 30 years of writers and i photographed over 1500 rider so of course it s not all the writers. my favorite pictures of a lot of the writers at their desks but they are all writers that there had desks or near their desks or behind their desks. somewhere there s a desk in the picture. literally or figuratively. c-span: why did you pick this for the covert? guest: i suppose because it s one of my favorite photographs. i think it s pretty recognizable now so people would know it was my book and because i think that it is a picture about a writer. it s a picture about a writers place and i think you feel looking at that picture that of course this is whe ....
and, cosmic close up. 25 years of stirring images from the hubble telescope. protecting the american people, but at what price? we re asking that question tonight after the deaths of two hostages in a u.s. drone strike in pakistan where hundreds of other innocent men women and children have been killed. from these unmanned military missions president obama says a review is underway. that is one step. but what about answers and accountability? after admitting a drone strike mistakenly killed two hostages, president obama assured the nation of his confidence in the system. the united states is the most professional most capable most cutting edge intelligence community in the world. the president addressed intelligence staffers just one day after apologizing for the deaths in january of an american and italian hostage in a u.s. drone strike. the strike was aimed at al qaeda fighters along the afghanistan pakistan border. the work you provide is vital for me being abl ....
wake is held for freddie gray the young man that died in custody. how far have we come? it s amazing. ruby bridges sharing her views in a battle against racism. japan s prime minister arriving in the u.s. for a visit. in the week ahead we look at the changing american-japanese alliance. a race against time. hungry. no drinking water sending hope and supplies. rapid response rapid rescues and relief response to the situation in nepal is our primary mission and the fear of more devastating aftershocks. we have been coming in and out of the house all evening due to aftershocks as well together the latest on the earthquake in nepal. tonight the death toll is climbing. more than 2500 and growing. many expect the number to rise as search crews reach remote areas. the disaster prompting an international response. the priority is disease. in places like kathmandu, where people are forced outside, living in tents. the quake s epicentre was 50 miles from nepal ....