Back in 1788, this was how everyone shared Important News of the day like whether or not to ratify the new constitution. Luckily, with me today i have steve of the american historical bill chrystal and we will have Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton tells about exactly why we should or should not have a bill of rights. Just to set a little context , in 1788 we have successfully revolted from england. We are trying to form a new nation and we have the articles of confederation, which unfortunately are not working very well. We have a government, but it is tenuous and we think what we really need to do is to create a new constitution that will bring us all together. The question is should this constitution be ratified . Is it good enough . Mr. Hamilton, i hear you have some very strong opinions about this . There is a rumor you might have been writing under the name in some newspapers. Could you tell me about why we should or should not sign on to this new constitution . Mr. Hamilto
Good morning. I am an educator here at the museum. We are a museum in washington, d. C. , and we are here to celebrate the 225th anniversary of the bill of rights. Behind me you can see a printing press. Back in 1788, this was how everyone shared Important News of the day like whether or not to ratify the new constitution. Luckily, with me today i have steve of the american historical theater and bill chrystal and we will have Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton tell us about exactly why we should or should not have a bill of rights. Just to set a little context , in 1788 we have successfully revolted from england. We are trying to form a new nation and we have the articles of confederation, which unfortunately are not working very well. We have a government, but it is tenuous and we think what we really need to do is to create a new constitution that will bring us all together. The question is, should this new constitution be ratified . Is it good enough . Mr. Hamilton, i hear you
Sheriffs office utilizes to take care of that facility. So they were doing work, hit a pipe carrying natural gas. Im sure you know about the fire and explosion we had in san bruno a couple years ago. Much has been made about the pg e shutoff valve. From a firefighters perspective, pete, can you tell us, was it shut off quickly . Did it take a while . Tell us about that. The last report, it was still going to take approximately two hours for them to shut it down. Yeah, obviously we know about san bruno. Luckily for us, this was an area isolated from any homes. The fire was still going with the tractor nearby working in the area, which caught on fire as well. That fire started a grass fire. So at this point, weve surrounded the grass fire, contained it to the area that burned and now were letting the gas line burn until officials can shut down the line. Just to be clear, the gas is still flowing right now . As of last report, yes, it is still flowing, but they are working diligently to g