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Applause welcome good evening. I am rob fisher, the director of st. Johns church. I am thrilled that our friends at the White House Historical association asked us to provide space for tonights conversation. Stewart asked if i would share a little bit about the history of this very historic room that you are sitting in tonight and so i will share with you that this church was completed in 1816. The architect was Benjamin Henri literal. Not only did he design this church but he was working on reb...

[ applause ] in introducing tonight speaker, dr. Joanne freeman, i would like to mention at the outset that one of her most commendable qualifications is that she received her ph. D. From the university. Thats right, uva. [laughter] in any case, not long after receiving that degree, she was recognized already as one of the nations top young historians. She subsequently has achieved widespread recognition as a scholar of the revolutionary and Early National periods of American History. She is the...

Tell the story of our country in a way that sells short our natural greatness nor whitewash is our national sins, live questions in our politics, in may be an unusual way and this book is intended to speak to that moment. Never a better time to hear from bill about his sense of how to approach these questions. Wilfred mcclay is a national treasure, he is a teacher, holds the blankenship chair in oklahoma and admired and beloved by students past and present and one of the writers of American Hist...

Live where you live, this is abc 7 news. Bullet tear through this mercedes tonight. The latest shooting on an east bay freeway. It sends the driver to the hospital and chp on the hunt for the shooter. Im eric thomas. Thanks for joining us. The shooting happened in concord around 5 00. The victims car was rolling down 282 near the solano off ram. Abc 7 News Reporter melanie is live in concord with details. Reporter eric, the victims injuries are nonlife threatening. The gas station is fairly dark...

Mike nicco bringing us quiet days. A little less tomorrow and the storm door opens and will stay open starting wednesday. We have fog to deal with. Santa rosa, fairfield and the san ramon valley, the fog is going to move to the east as we go throughout the morning. The flags on the Ferry Building show that. It is dleclear around the bay a San Francisco. Black ice is possible through the san ramon valley. Sunshine this afternoon. How is the commute or lack thereof . Lack thereof is accurate, yeah...

Westbound 24, blocking the right lane near the caldecott tunnel. Heads up here. Not a lot of slowing going on this morning. It is light out there. Just a couple of places to be aware. Also, some flooding still in lanes on highway 37 in nevada. Well check on that in a new minutes. List of Congressional Democrats who will not be attending this weeks president ial inauguration is continuing to grow. Including several from here in the bay area. That is not stopping some local donald Trump Supporters...

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Math help, wait till you see who came to the rescue. Nightly news begins right now. Good evening. Against the recent wave of antise mmitic crimes and threats across the country. President trump offered his most direct language on the issue in clear terms denouncing the recent pattern of antise m antisemitic remarks as materialabterrible. Tonight a major Civil Rights Group says mr. Trump still has not gone far enough. White house correspondent Hallie Jackson has details. Reporter in st. Louis, ro...

Live from the kgotv broadcast center, this is abc7 news. Now at 11 00, the rain makes a come back. Live doppler 7hd is tracking the first storm to soak the bay area in more than two weeks. Tonight the wet weather is not over yet. Good evening. Im dan ashley. And im ama daetz. Check out the sky way approaching the bay bridge. It made driving difficult for drivers out of the city. The storm that is hit us is bringing heavy winds and the gusts reached 76 miles an hour. And here is a live picture fr...

Live from the kgotv broadcast center, this is abc7 news. Now at 11 00, the rain makes a come back. Live doppler 7hd is tracking the first storm to soak the bay area in more than two weeks. Tonight the wet weather is not over yet. Good evening. Im dan ashley. And im ama daetz. Check out the sky way approaching the bay bridge. It made driving difficult for drivers out of the city. The storm that is hit us is bringing heavy winds and the gusts reached 76 miles an hour. And here is a live picture fr...