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The movement here off towards the east and as we zoom in across portions of the peninsula around williamsburg a few light sprinkles picks up over towards me grew during your county across the river over to Gloucester County we got the populace more moderate rain right now for and gotten some showers moving into western parts there Mathews County continues up the Middlesex County everything pushing off towards the east and a few showers over towards the Eastern Shores of the malaysia heading out because were looking at some showers as we had here through the evening hours temperatures around si...

The pathways were upgraded, the ada improvements, of course, this extraordinary playground for our kids, the improved lighting which will make it all safer. And im glad, phil, that you mentioned the fact of this epidemic of Childhood Obesity and type 2 diabetes. You know, one in eight of us today will experience type 2 diabetes, but a generation from now that means kids here today, if we dont change course, 1 in 3, there are predictions in every californian will have diabetes by 20 50 which will completely overwhelm our already taxed health care system. So, get out and play is more than just s...

Cspan. Org history. And we would like to tell you about some of our other American History tv programs. Be with us every saturday 8 00 p. M. And 12 00 a. M. With lectures in history. Hear lectures on topics ranging from the American Revolution to the 9 11 terrorist attacks. Thats lectures in history, every saturday at 8 00 p. M. And 12 00 a. M. Eastern here on American History tv on cspan3. Up next on American History tv, history professor Lea Vandervelde talking about the Supreme Court case of 1857. Dread scott was a slave attempted to sue his owner for his familys freedom after they were mov...

Good evening. I am glad to be here with you for the first lecture in the Supreme Court Historical Societys series, this Supreme Court and the civil war revisited. The timing is just right, for this year marks the 150th anniversary of the war between the states. A bit about the society which i joined many years before i got this good job. And i remain among the legions of supporters of the societys many endeavors. Some of them dorothy mentioned. This society has been a key player in improving public understanding of the court and its role in the constitutional framework of our government. Regul...

The case than concerned its ship and cargo and the issue of freedom was derivative. A slave sues his master. Ironically, paying close attention to the stipulated facts does not bring the image into focus. It renders the image less clear. That a missouri slave would sue a new york master for freedom is baffling, to say the least. Even more perplexing is the question of how the case ever happened at all. Among the famous and famously notorious cases, the circumstances of dred scott are the least well understood. The facts are stipulated on appeal. Reading them leaves the unsettling sense that th...