viewers. you can watch our visits at c-span.org/citiestour. memphis tennessee is one of the most important music cities in the united states. it has always been a black and white city. it has never been a white city into which black people came. it is the end of an era. it is also a beginning. it introduces the slogan of black power, but also becomes a tool of empowerment. welcome to memphis. this southwestern tennessee city 600 thousand plays a central role in the civil rights movement and provides a window into the culture of the country. , we the next 90 minutes will learn about the city s history through its local authors. author, with our first who shares the story of the march. 1968, martin luther king jr. was assassinated here in downtown memphis, tennessee. two years earlier, king met earlier with other civil rights leaders during the meredith march. we explore the impact the march had on the future of the civil rights movement. the meredith march agains
achievable dream academy that some sixty three. mcgregor elementary on chestnut avenue also marshall early learning center that s located on twenty fourth st. again a very fluid situation we know that shots may have been fire we ve got a crew that are heading to the scene we re going to gather more details we ll bring you the very latest as soon as we get that information for now reporting modernism sandra parker thirteen is now ours said very fluid situation with the tracking for you are also tracking tropical trouble this afternoon the atlantic has been quite for awhile now but now that s all changed hurricane alex has formed and a group of islands are already on alert here are just regular tracking the storm s path this afternoon. so craig what makes so you mean this is crazy guys jeff was talking about the extra tropical system it was not truly troubles is some kind of a hybrid storm last evening we were watching this the water temperatures so cold and i talk about what m
schools went on lockdown lockdown is an achievable dream mcgregor elementary john marshall elementary and the head start program at ridley circle and sixteen street ended around one this afternoon and were told classes went on as normal due to thomas nelson community college in hampton were told to shelter at the same time the lock downs in newport news were going on. and here s why. state police pulled over a suspicious car on i sixty four near the jefferson avenue overpass a passenger were told jumped out of the car and ran across the interstate troopers still looking for that suspect jimmy lee is live near the college campus with new information and even i just got an update from city police we now know that that suspect who was on the run was actually wanted on felony warrants to this initial traffic stop actually happened a few miles down this way to the right of me when i d suspect took off running he ran across community college which is why the campus had to go into s
we talk a lot about infrastructure on this show. so let me just remind you of what the state of america s infrastructure is. if you got a grade it would be a d-plus. i m talking about our roads our bridges, rare ways, communications and more. collectively they get nothing more than a d-plus. this report card was put out in 2013 by the american society of civil engineers. arguebly they may have a dog in this hunt, but not only are we not doing enough to modernize our public infrastructure, we re barely maintaining what we have now. president obama has spent years calling for a public-private infrastructure bank that could jump start financing on big projects. the idea would be to attract billions of dollars in investment from the private sector to fund infrastructure fixes and upgrades in return investors would receive guarantees from the federal government that could serve to attract more private investors into public projects. that idea has gone nowhere and it s going nowh
vaccination fears cause a measle outbreak at disney theme parks? and we begin with the latest developments in france where police have arrested more than 50 people in the last week. it s being called a crackdown on hate speech. the arrests include a controversial muslim french comedian, du donay who condemned terrorism righting - i feel like charlie coulibaly - a reference to the man that led the attacks in a kosher deli an al qaeda group in yemen today claimed responsibility for the attacks on charlie hebdo but responsibility for the attack that followed may reach beyond al qaeda. reporter: the details emerging about the violence of terrorists last week are painting a complex picture. brutal attacks inspired by rival groups. the first last wednesday. 12 were killed at the offices of charlie hebdo , a satirical french newspaper. police identified the gunman as brothers said kouachi and cherif kouachi. they had known ties to al qaeda s branch in yemen. reports say one