Im jamie colby here in port orange, florida, just south of daytona beach. Im here to meet a retiree who had a curious relic hidden among the rafters of her home in West Virginia. When her grandson finds it, hes convinced its a valuable piece of history. My name is betty bland. For more than a century, a strange inheritance collected dust in the attic. My husband and i thought it was worthless, until our grandson john surprised us all. Im john buell. I knew my greatgreatgrandfather was a Famous Artist renowned for his epic murals of texas battles. I had no idea id end up solving a mystery surrounding one of them. I meet betty and john at the family home, where they explain that the benefactor in this strange inheritance tale is born in belfast, ireland, in 1836. His name is Harry Mcardle. As a child, harrys a whiz with a paintbrush or sketch pad. Would we describe him as a prodigy . I mean, probably. He was a very prolific painter. As a teenager, he immigrates to america and attends the
In port orange, florida, just south of daytona beach. Im here to meet a retiree who had a curious relic hidden among the rafters of her home in West Virginia. When her grandson finds it, hes convinced its a valuable piece of history. My name is betty bland. For more than a century, a strange inheritance collected dust in the attic. My husband and i thought it was worthless, until our grandson john surprised us all. Im john buell. I knew my greatgreatgrandfather was a Famous Artist renowned for his epic murals of texas battles. I had no idea id end up solving a mystery surrounding one of them. I meet betty and john at the family home, where they explain that the benefactor in this strange inheritance tale is born in belfast, ireland, in 1836. His name is Harry Mcardle. As a child, harrys a whiz with a paintbrush or sketch pad. Would we describe him as a prodigy . I mean, probably. He was a very prolific painter. As a teenager, he immigrates to america and attends the Maryland Institute
Dr. Anthony fauci testifying on we will continue to check in capitol hill that a coronavirus with you about isais. Vaccine could be months away. Maria larosa, thank you. This hurricane is the last we feel cautiously optimistic that we will have a vaccine by thing that florida residents the end of this year, and as we need right now as that state deals with a massive coronavirus go into 2021. But amid the good news, trouble as well. That 600 federal unemployment outbreak as well. Psa benefit expiring at midnight sam brock is in miami beach this with congress and the president far from a deal. Morning. Reporter good morning. The wind out here picking up a little bit, calmness on miami breaking news. Beach ahead of isais. Tiktok ban. But these conditions could look President Trump announcing very different in just a few overnight he plans to stop the hours. State officials telling people social media app from operating to have up to seven days worth in the u. S. As early as today. Of food
Burning statewide. And the Toronto Raptors defense of their nba title officially begins this afternoon. They are among eight teams playing on the opening day of the pandemicdelayed playoffs in orlando. Those are some of the top stories on this monday, august 17th. Thank you so much for joining us on this monday. Happy to have will reeve here, as well. Glad to be here. We begin the half hour with the Postal Service crisis in a dramatic move by House Speaker nancy pelosi. She is calling for the house to get back to work. Critics say those costcutting delivery of mail, medical prescriptions and paychecks and they could have a huge impact in november. Abcs got more. Reporter the battle over mailin ballots in the u. S. Postal service intensifying. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, cutting the august recess short to deal with the unfolding crisis. We have to do everything that we can to get rid of the new postmaster general who is a Campaign Contributor for trump trying to undermine the Postal Ser
The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. On bbc news. For viewers in the u. K. And around the world. The u. K. Prime ministers top aide, Dominic Cummings, insists he will not resign and defends driving hundreds of kilometers during the height of the lockdown. I have offered to resign. Anchor President Trump commemorates fallen veterans in the usa, but he has been criticized for his behavior over the weekend. U. K. Government s announced it begin to reopen venues in june as lon as efforts to contain coronavirus continue. And spain said it will lift its orders, lifting the two week coronavirus criteria denying foreign travelers on july 1. Welcome to the program, good to have you with us. If you are here in the u. K. , there is one story everyone has been talking about all weekend. Thats Boris Johnsons chief aide, Dominic Cummings, taking a 4