Center which details the events of september 11, 2001. The memorial is the final resting place of 40 passengers and crew whose actions prevented four al qaeda hijackers from crashing United Airlines into the u. S. Capitol building. This program is just under an hour. Adam i am adam shaffer and im a park ranger at flight 93 National Memorial. We will be looking inside the Visitor Center, which was dedicated in 2015. We are standing out at the end of the flight path overlook. We are standing on the shadow of the flight path flight 93 would have been on just before impact on the ground behind me. The reason we are standing here is because this orientation for visitors is central to the design of the Visitor Center itself. The walls shield the visitors view of the landscape around us. And the enormity of the landscape. And only frames the flight path as you approach the entrance. As you are coming off the parking lot, you have to walk the flight path this plane was on just before it crashe
School Student Media program. No one is more qualified to speak on the topic then the men man on stage, Marlin Fitzwater, one of the longestserving press secretaries in history and one of three who served under two president s. Marlin got his start in journalism like some of you, as an eighth grade Sports Reporter in abilene, kansas. He went on a study journalism at kansas state. After graduation, marlin went to washington dc with dreams of landing a job at the washington post. Instead, he took a number of government positions including jobs in the department of transportation, the environment of protection agency, and the department of the treasury. In 1981, the white house beckoned and marlin was named a special assistant to president reagan and Deputy Press Secretary for domestic affairs. In 1985, he was tapped as the press secretary for george bush and two years later, he was named president ial spokesman. Subsequently, martin remained in the west wing as press secretary to preside
From nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1 a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. 23 degrees out there. That will be known as a heat wave this weekend. By sunday it could be 1 degree or 0 here in new york city. Bundle up. Lets start with breaking news after a dramatic night of negotiations those four people still occupying a Federal Building in oregon now appear to be on the verge of ending that siege. This 41day occupation could come to an end this morning with occupants saying they plan to turn themselves in peacefully following dramatic developments and behind where those are camping. Come out with your hands up. No were not. Youre going to have to kill us. Reporter tense moments as the fbi moves in on the four remaining occupiers at a wildlife refuge. Well, no, im done talking. Im done praying. Thats it. Reporter Assembly Woman just landed in portland and drove through the night hoping to negotiate a pe
Mostly sunny with highs in the upper 20s and lower 30s monday wintry mix possible with highs in the middle 30s tuesday early wintry mix then gradual clearing. Highs in the lower 40s in the upper 20s. Staying breezy friday increasing time now for your timesaver traffic report. A judge will start hearing evidence in the trial against ashley white this morning. Judge Bradley Finch made the unusual decision to grant a change of venue request. After many jurors were ruled out. The trial to another jurisdiction. The prosecution asked for a bench trial in pulaski county. Instead of a jury trial. The defense agreed. Which means judge finch will now decide whites fate. Legal experts say both sides could view this as a victory. But the lack of a jury most likely benefits the defense. Jack call Radford University if, under the law, the parents are not legally responsible, then obviously the right outcome should be that they would be acquitted, and that might be an easier judgement for a judge to
Wednesdays testimony centered largely around an suv stolen from quick after his murder. Anthony davis testified that he saw one of the suspects scrubbing that suv just days after the killing. We learned in court that items inside had fingerprints from several of the suspects. So far the prosecution has introduced around 300 pieces of evidence. Police continue investigating two incidents in danville that happened wednesday night. The first happened in the 3thousand block of Riverside Drive just before 6 30 pm. A Pittsylvania County woman says a man wearing a ski mask came up with a gun and demanded money. Police say she was grabbed before she ran away. The suspect also took off. The woman was treated at the hospital and expected to be ok. About an hour later. Officers responded to the parking lot of the Golden Corral on holt armed man in a hoodie approached two people. Demanded money and took off with cash. No word police are searching for the driver that led them on a brief chase befor