American history tv. Next, steven hood, the author of john bell could the rise, fall, and resurrection of a confederate general. Generals weof love to hate. You can watch all of this coverage by visiting our website at www. Cspan. Org history. Join us tomorrow at 9 00 a. M. Eastern for more of the symposium. [crowd noise] im just getting it right to the introduction of our next speaker, who had an odyssey to get here but he is here happily. M. Hood is a distant relative of confederate general john bell put. He is the author of John Bell Hood the rise, fall, and resurrection of a confederate general. And also, the lost papers of confederate general John Bell Hood. President of the Confederate Museum in new orleans. Without further do, sam. [applause] sam hello, and thank you. You mentioned my odyssey. My wife and i moved to myrtle beach, south carolina, five days ago. And if you think it is bad when the Airlines Lose your luggage, we werent able to move into the so we arere buying livin
Not quite as cool this morning. Low to mid50s. Well hang around 60 at the coast. 62 to 64 at noon. Some sprinkles will start at 7 00. Here is sue with the accident. On highway 37. Ill get to that in a bit. Fog is in the area. To san rafael, no fog here, southbound 101 past the civic center and up towards central san rafael moving at the limit. We hope it stays that way. Bumper to bumper, moving but still lots of cars out for the early morning. At the top of the screen on past the berkeley curve and into the mcarthur. No metering lights on yet. That deadly terror attack in new york city, attorney general Jeff Sessions scheduled to visit the big apple today. He will talk about defending National Security in the wake of the attack. Prosecutors say this photo is the suspect, Sayfullo Saipov at the new jersey home depot where he rented a truck on the day of the attack, use it had to mow down pedestrians nearly 20 blocks on a bike lane. Eight people were killed. According to the criminal com
Efforts made in the u. S. To adopt a similar model of voting on the weekends rather than on a tuesday. We want to hear from you in the first hour what you think about that, changing the voting election day from tuesday to the weekend. You may support it, opposed it, you can tell us why. Democrats, 2027488000. Epublicans, 2027488001. Nd independents, 2027488002 you can also post on our facebook page. And the boston globe from yesterday, a column taking a look at the French Election, but also the idea of the weekend voting and participation that took place. The writer says although turnout was lower than usual, it was well above u. S. Elections, fueling the longrunning debate whether American Election should be held on the weekend and effort to make it easier and more convenient. Voting sundays are always a popular day, you can feel it when you walk the streets. That was a harvard professor talking about the French Election, adding that there is a republican ceremony taking place, you se
One woman in her 50s did open her door at which point the police say the suspect forced his way inside. Physically and sexually assaulting the woman. The man was surprised to see police car arrive on scene so quickly. Our detectives are continuing to work leads. We have not identified the suspect at this point. We need the publics assistance. I wont open the door to anybody now. We consider the neighborhood safe. So the fact that something happened right next door is scary. Police say the atrium and the other buildings in area from increased security. The victim has been released from the hospital. She is recovering from the significant physical injuries. Live in arlington, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. Larry thank you for that. The man accused of killing two engaged doctors in boston pleaded not guilty in court teixeira made a plea from the hospital room. He made his way to b the doctors pentagonhouse and killed them. They are not sure why he did it but they are not ruling out that it was
And spread to all three floors of this building. The smoke alarms appeared to be working and the People Living in all 12 units were able to make it out. We protect the exposure around the fire building. Also, the smoke detectors went on and its great for residents to make sure and homeowners also that the smoke detectors work due to working smoke detectors, um, everyone gets out safely. Reporter the preliminary cause now possibly an electric blanket that started fire on the first floor. We know that two people were injured in the fire due to smoke inhalation. They were not sent to the hospital and will be okay. Back out here live now in oakland, beo vista closed and will be for hours. Anne makovec, kpix 5. It might not look bad this morning but local Law Enforcement is warning the entire bay area that a river of rain is headed our way. Its a once in every five to 25 year storm. And as it moves in and settled over Northern California expect to see scenes like this from the coast all the