Items, his diary, even his famous glasses found overseas. See who stole them from yoko ono and how they were recovered. And the big news overnight about prince harry and his american girlfriend, Meghan Markle. A good wednesday morning. We begin with breaking news overseas. A u. S. Navy plane has crashed in the pacific. This all happening in the last few moments. We know now there were 11 people and at this hour search and rescue operations are under way in the philippine sea. Eight recovered all in good condition. The navy says in a statement the transport plane was on its way to the uss ronald reagan. The names of the crew and passengers are being withheld pending notification of their families. So, this is from the Pacific Fleet which has been involved in two deadly accidents in the last five months, the most recent in august when the uss john mccain collided with an oil tanker near singapore. Ten sailors were killed in that accident. Were going to bring you more details on todays cr
Running out of ways to say goodbye, everybody. So have a good day and well see you on the next all new rtm. Harvey on this 12th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. A federal emergency has been declared in five louisiana parrishes. All schools and offices are closed in new orleans and the surrounding area where ten inches of rain is still in the forecast. Lets find out what Tropical Storm harvey is expected to do society. Accuweathers paul william has the latest on the forecast. Paul, good morning. Good morning, kendis, diane. Were expecting the heaviest rainfall not only moving to the houston area, the parish of louisiana, as well as lafayette, new orleans. We have some projections, we cosee up to eight inches of rain in portions of louisiana and closer to the area. Heres the reason why. Harvey is going to slowly walk its way right along the eastern portions of texas and eventually slide into the Mississippi Valley region but that will take until saturday. Coming up, well get a look at o
Erwin griswold was surely one of the most remarkable lawyers of the last century, distinguishing himself in many ways during his 65year legal career. Among other things, he was a renowned expert in tax law. He was a professor for a long time. He was the dean of the Harvard Law School for 21 years and he was the solicitor general in an unprecedented and on succeeded on succeeded phenomena and of being appointed by Lyndon Johnson a democrat, and being kept on for several years in the Richard Nixon administration, which we will hear about tonight. He was also the Historical Societys first chairman. Following his term as closer journal, solicitor general the dean or just dean as we called him to his face joined in 1974. When i joined in 1985, i had the pleasure to work with them on a number of cases. Nothing significant. Commercial disputes, pro bono criminal appeals. But i was quite taken with the fact that that had no effect on the level of enthusiasm, interests, and just effort into whi
Erwin griswold was surely one of the most remarkable lawyers of the last century, distinguishing himself in many ways during his 65year legal career. Among other things, he was a renowned expert in tax law. He was a professor for a long time. He was the dean of the Harvard Law School for 21 years and he was the solicitor general in an unprecedented and on succeeded on succeeded phenomena and of being appointed by Lyndon Johnson a democrat, and being kept on for several years in the Richard Nixon administration, which we will hear about tonight. He was also the Historical Societys first chairman. Following his term as closer journal, solicitor general the dean or just dean as we called him to his face joined in 1974. When i joined in 1985, i had the pleasure to work with them on a number of cases. Nothing significant. Commercial disputes, pro bono criminal appeals. But i was quite taken with the fact that that had no effect on the level of enthusiasm, interests, and just effort into whi
Follow us on twitter on cspan history. And to keep up with the latest history news. President Richard Nixon had the opportunity to fill for seats on the u. S. Supreme court. American history tv, author Kevin Mcmahon discusses the strategy behind next and Supreme Court appointments and the influence he had on the court. His challenge to judicial liberalism and its political consequences. Justice Antonin Scalia makes introductory remarks. Good evening. My name is don air. I am a lawyer in washington and the chairman of the Supreme Court Historical Societys publication committee. I was honored to serve on the Selection Committee for the griswold prize and i am pleased to welcome you to the 2015 Erwin Griswold prize lecture. I have to ask everyone to make sure your cell phones, smart phones, tablets are turned off. They tell me if you do not do that the sound system may not function right, among other things. Erwin griswold was surely one of the most remarkable lawyers of the last century,