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You can see in realtime happening the police cars here stopped traffic on 101 northbound because they are trying to clear a very bad accident that happened. It seems as though they are trying to tackle this. Looks like there is a lane blocked. Theyve got all lanes stop and go. There is a car fire that started a grass fire off to the shoulder. This could be a huge issue. Well continue to track it as we get going this morning. Steph curry on fire. Warriors were down early but never out. They becam...

Between Hillary Clinton and bernie sanders. The state caucus today. Within the past hour weve learned Hillary Clinton has come out on top with nearly 70 of precincts reporting its 52 for clinton, 48 for sanders. Today was the first test of the candidates appeal to minority voters. The bottom more than 25 latino. Immigration reform is a major concern here. I wanted people to come out of shadows under comprehensive immigration reform. I want them to register. I want them to be on a path to citizen...

This is booktv on cspan2. [inaudible conversations] good evening. Good evening. Welcome to politics and prose at busboys and poets in brooklyn. Thank you all for coming out this evening. Politics prose is very pleased to join busboys and poets in bringing authors and events to brooklyn. Now, if you would, please silence your mobile phones. After the event well have question and answers. Books can be purchased at our register on the way out the door. You can have them signed by this at this table...

Pennsylvania avenue between the white house and the capitol. We will develop a vision for this iconic street which is home to so Many National treasures, including this building. I want to send a thanks to the National Parks service and recognize peter may. He is a fellow ncpc commissioner but his day job is associate director for lands, resources, and planning. Fort totten, fort reno, fort dupont. Locals may recognize these names as parks, neighborhoods, even metro stations but many are surpris...

Who writes his memoir 40 years after the fact, writes it in a flowery 19th century flowery style. When wallace says they arrived here in the morning and lit their camp fires, hell Say Something like, you know, the ste ste steely ska gave way to the orange sun and which was great. You have to balance what wallace says in his memoir with his telegrams from the battlefield. His after reaction report two weeks later because wallace had a way of making himself sound really good. And, you know, he did...

An interesting historical note is that one of the properties that has become four circles parts. We will begin to study the near and long term needs for pennsylvania avenue between the white house and the capital. We will develop a new vision for this iconic street, which is home to so Many National treasures, including this bui building, the National Archives. I want to extend a special thanks to the National Park service which is the steward for four circle parks and especially peter may. He i...

Fort stephens. The first time in 150 years a canon will be fired in a d. C. Fort. Youve got to come out and share with that. As i mentioned on sunday, well have the Memorial Program at the Battleground National Cemetery where we will pay respect to the 38 soldiers who are buried there and the others who have given their sacrifice for this country. We didnt have a lot of time but i do encourage you all to tell your friends about it. Visit us on our website at www dot nps. Gov. Again, thank you al...

You can read faster than i can talk so i wont read the slides. I want you to see beautiful places i love. They are history and parks and recreation and National Resources and frankly the lungs of the city are largely these forts and the parks. So there we start. As frank said the city was unprotected down below. This is Fort Washington. If you havent been there, you should go. Its quite different from the forts that were built during the civil war. After bull run, lincoln knew the city was vulne...

Im 75 years of age folks. I remember things differently than when i was fighting or Something Like that at 20, 18, or what have you so the veterans may have been mistaken but they wanted to mark that spot and they got the stone out of the water reed area Cameron Creek and put that bar relief and thats their monument to the remembrance of lincoln on enemy fire. We dont know that the Justice Supreme Court really uttered one of those immortal words, get that damn fool down. The records suggest ther...

Directed the American Heritage Rivers Initiative at the White House Council on environmental quality. Today miss newman will discuss the post war impact on the forts, on the surrounding neighborhoods in washington and their evolution into parks. And kim elder. Miss elder is the National Parks Services Program manager for civil war defenses of washington. She is responsible for the management, the Oversight Program development of 16 for 16 of the remaining forts and batteries opened and operated ...