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Veterans began . This actually started which stems from a documentary i did on the mississippi delta chinese. And i needed to find the right hook to tell the story of the Chinese Americans in the mississippi delta. Chinese American History is not sexy, so it took me almost 20 years to find the right way to tell this story, compelling enough to bring it a full audience. And i had the good fortune of meeting doctor Gwendolyn Gong who did a tremendous amount of research on the veterans, Service Personnel from mississippi delta. And from there, we discussed and talked about how to create a three part series that aired on pbs on the chinese and mississippi delta, and that got me interested in the world war ii veterans. So, honor and duty is really a compendium th ....
Story covered around the worlds this morning. Good morning, everyone, welcome to early start. Im dave briggs. Im christine romans. It is thursday, august 17th, 4 00 a. M. In the east. 11 00 a. M. In jerusalem, 9 00 a. M. In london. Welcome to all. First, the widening fallout from President Trumps defense of white supremacist protesters in charlottesville. Some of the president s advisers concede all the pushback is hurting chances to advance an agenda once the president returns to washington next week. Within his own party, a growing number of republicans are forced to decide whether to stand by this president. Many gop lawmakers appear to believe deserting the president now could only harm their political fortunes, but others are going public, calling out the president by name. Senator Lindsey Graham says his words radio dwight, not words are dividing, not healing saying, < ....
An attempted burglary was thwarted in Peachtree City over the weekend and a suspect is in custody. According to reports, police responded on the evening of Oct. 22 to a […] ....
Senator cory booker will introduce a bill to have them removed from the capitol building. more from ryan nobles inside the capitol. reporter: every state in the union is given the opportunity to honor two of its most famous residents with a statue here at the u.s. capitol. many are on display here at statuary hall. nine states have decided to honor someone with a tie to the confederacy. among them, jefferson davis, former president of the confederate states of america from mississippi. right below statuary hall in the crypt is a statue honoring perhaps the most confederate general and the same general at the center of the controversy in charlottesville, robert elie of video. each state gets to pick which person is represented at the capitol in states like mississippi and south carolina, choosing to honor figures with direct connections to the confederacy. it s not without controversy like this statue honoring confederate general kirby smith from florida. and congresswoman debbie wags ....