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And this month with congress on the summer recess, the cities tour is on cspan each day at 6 00 p. M. Today we tour the literary life of waco, texas, with the book about gospel music from the civil war to the civil rights movement. The story of the 1917 lynching of a black 17yearold and the history of the first africanamericans in the space program. Today at 6 00 p. M. Eastern time. A hearing now on new technologies to improper the safety and efficiency of the nations Transportation Systems. Off...

Even how we hail a cab. We have opportunities to dramatically reduce Public Safety, address infrastructure problems in creative new ways. The federal government can be a key player in helping to advance and utilize the developing technologies. Lets take a look at safety. While trafficrelated fatalities injuries continue to decline, over 30,000 people each year still die on our highways. We continue to see trains that derail too frequently. Putting enormous burdens on our first responders. In the...

Tomorrow, it could feel even hotter. Good morning, 4 30. This is nbc 10 news today. Im tracy davidson. Im chris cato. Tell us more about this hotness. Were in the middle of a heat wave but hopefully relief is not too far off in the future. Give us the good news, meteorologist bill henley. It will be a bit hotter today. A clear view, looking at philadelphia and 75 degrees right now. There are some spots in the 60s but solidly in the 70s for roxborough and northeast philadelphia at the airport in ...

Things out and find your way. Many of those for you here i must focus my attention on things by doctor my health. Each day i had to carefully monitor and manage my blood glucose level, which isnt easy since exercise, diet and many other factors have an impact. Despite the serious challenges i have many reasons to be grateful. Fatefully, i was diagnosed with a t1 d after frederick branning discovered insulin. Thankfully, i was diagnosed with the wendy after insulin pumps and continuous glucose mo...

Downtown houston. Before the flooding, here is what it looks like now, and after the flooding. Same shot. More than 6 Million People live in the metro area. And essentially now paralyzed from this historic flooding. Help from the bay area on their way. We told you about this last night. This is the menlo park search and rescue team. The team took five vehicles, boats and ten drones. Teams fr tea teams from oakland and santa rosa. Some animals will be made available for adoption. There is also a ...

There has been and will be historic flooding. There have been Mass Evacuations and several deaths. Tens of thousands are without power in houston. The nations fourth largest city, well, its at a standstill. And the heart of the Nations Energy infrastructure is impacted. We have reports up and down the gulf coast. In Corpus Christi near where harvey made landfall, galveston, of course, but we begin with Contessa Brewer in houston. Reporter houston is dealing with persistent flooding and relentles...

We set up a twitter feed at cjreform. Thats cjreform. So youre welcomed to post any comments you have during the forum. So the United States has one of the highest incarceration rates in the world. Our prisons are overcrowded and there are Racial Disparities and convictions and disparities in convictions and sentencing. We need to develop alternatives to the existing policies. Today were going to be discussing criminal Justice Reform and how to approach that issue. To help us think about this bj...

This forum on criminal Justice Reform were webcasting live. We will be archiving the video for this event so you will have an opportunity to view it later. We welcome any questions or comments you have while we set at cjreform,eed so you are welcome to post any comments you have. Our prisons are overcrowded and there are Racial Disparities in sentencing. We need to develop alternatives to existing policies. Today we will be discussing criminal Justice Reform and how to approach that issue. To he...

[applause] i just realized i dont know if we get a sound check. Its so good to see everyone here. I love doing book events because weve got to keep books alive. I want to thank the Simons Foundation for supporting all of our initiatives here when we do live in the present date for private events that are science themed or inspired and its with their support we are able to do these. So a shout out to science. [applause] i want to mention before i introduce the guest of for the amateur Astronomers...

Astronomers at harvard and here is dana hello and welcome. [applause] i just realized i dont know if we get a sound check. Its so good to see everyone here. I love doing book events because weve got to keep books alive. I want to thank the Simons Foundation for supporting all of our initiatives here when we do live in the present date for private events that are science themed or inspired and its with their support we are able to do these. So a shout out to science. [applause] i want to mention ...