The cspan cities tour travels the country exploring the american story as we c takec booktv and American History tv on the road with the support of local Cable Television provider we visited 24 cities in the last year and over the next two hours we will looknd at highlights frm some of these stops we began our special feature in milwaukee. So this is a photograph of the lynching that occurred august 7, 1930 in marion, indiana. James cameron to a 16 was supposed be the third person hanging from the tree but he survived the lynching. His friends, abe and tommy, were killed that day by a mob estimate between ten ten and 10 angry whites. Often misidentified as 1000 lynching. It it was a northcentral indiana when the lynching took place. So y we ended up writing a book that he called a time of he actually started to write those when he was in jail awaiting his trial and then when he is finally convicted and sent to prison he finished writing the book. James cameron was born in wisconsin in
Corruption. With sport Rugby World Cup champion south africa are currently on a victory parade through Port Elizabeth the hard count of captaincy are crazy more about stay with us. Thank you very much for joining us bolivias Opposition Leader carlos says president evo morales should not be allowed to stand for reelection his announcement came shortly after murat has reversed himself and agreed to new elections a report cited irregularities in last months poll accusations murat is rigged the vote count to secure a 4th term in office triggered protests across the country now as he made the announcement bolivias president call for an immediate end to the violence. Was in existence ri will have a new National Election that will allow the believe in people to democratically elected representatives brothers and sisters in the media and the people who believe it after making this decision i want to call on everybody to reduce the tension. We all have a duty to pacify believe im calling for re
A little but the heart of the town of counted. And less than an hour polls will close in spains 2nd general election this year acting Prime Minister pedre sanchez called for the vote after failing to form a governing Coalition Following the april poll spain has been without a stable government since 2015 and this is the 4th vote held in as many years the leftist but demos party has vowed to help sanchez a socialist form a coalition the vote has been overshadowed by the rise of the far right vox party and the unrest in catalonia we have correspondents covering this election in a moment we speak with Hoda Abdelhamid she is in the catalan regional capital barcelona 1st go to jonah hall in madrid and jonah as you are saying this is the 2nd vote. Take place this year and that the 4th in 4 years voters must be feeling somewhat fatigued but whats turnout been like today. What we await final figures on turnout its like to be slightly lower than it was in april thats what the indicators are sho
Heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Reporter maryland congresswoman Elijah Cummings has passed away. Cummings was 68 years old. The nation loses a tighten of civil rights. There are those who seek to dominate our nation by dividing us. I remind you that our diversity is not our problem, our diversity is our promise. Reporter democrats stormed out of the white house meeting on syria. They accused President Trump of having a meltdown. We have to pray for his health. This is a serious meltdown. Reporter democratic and republican lawmakers in the house voted to condemn President Trumps withdrawal in northern syria. I view the situation to be very the United States strategically brilliant. A nasty noreaster packing drenching downpours and raging winds flooded streets and knocked out power to tens of thousands. Its been crazy. Like noahs ark. Reporter General Motors and the uaw reached a proposed tentative agreement. Could this end the monthlong strike. Reporter a utah trooper
Historical Association Since we were founded in 1961 by first Lady Jacqueline kennedy, he was her vision at the young age of 31 to create an organization that would provide nontax payer funding to maintain the museums standard of the house, which had been somewhat neglected through presencys leading up to the kennedys. Although the association has developed an expanded over the past 60 years the mission established by mrs. Kennedy. Still guides our work and our offerings. Earlier this month the association celebrated our 60th anniversary with the gala at the temple of dendor in the sackler wing of the metropolitan museum of art in new york. The evening featured powerful and poignant remarks from first lady of the United States dr. Jill biden ambassador caroline kennedy, David Rubinstein chairman of our board fred ryan and vice chair john rogers and al roker served as the master of ceremonies for the evening. We had performances from the gray coat fife and drug corps metropolitan opera.