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Bit into the civil war and after. The things i want to try and do is think about the ways that native history and the development of the west were directly connected to the civil war and reconstruction even though we dont always think of those things as related to one another. I think we kind of separate westward expansion and the civil war from one another but what the people who lived through that, i dont think they would have separated it. Get intoing to try to that mindset today. When we think about the term reconstruction, we usually use it to describe a series of policies and development...

This week on q a our guest is erik larson out with his book dead wake. With world war one being fought in europe, the lusitania liners sailed to liverpool, england with 2,000 passengers and crew on board. Cspan erik larson, your new book, dead wake, you start off first sentence, on the night of may 6, 1915, as his ship approach the coast of ireland, ccaptain William Thomas turner left the bridge and made his way to the first class lounge. What are you talking about . This is the night before the lusitania was torpedoed. The ship was that day, on friday the next day on friday, may 7th was going...

Noon. Not that thats a really warm temperature for this time of year but its a big rise for those low temperatures that we have during the overnight hours. Its because of clear skies, low humidity and were going to see a breeze out of the northwest keeps things comfortable. Right now its a little bit chilly. 52 in leesburg and 56 in Downtown Washington. 48 degrees right now in culpeper and manassas. Well talk more about the warm up ahead coming up in the first alert seven day but right now time for timesaver traffic. Larry . We do have an issue that just popped up maybe about two or three minu...

From pope francis historic first trip to the United States word that the u. S. Has thwarted some kind of plot targeting the pontiff. The chairman of the House Homeland Security committee made that disclosure this morning after receiving a classified secret service briefing. Garrett haake has the latest on the pope and the city as they prepare for one of his many public appearances one week from thursday. The popes sixday visit to the United States will include multiple public appearances in open settings, something Security Experts say is part of what makes him so difficult to protect and why ...

Enhanced coloring here right around the college park area, would not be surprised in college park was seeing light sleet and maybe snowflakes mixed in. Somebody in alexandria also tweeted they had seen a couple of snowflakes in that area. Its all moving south and east. Its not going to be a big deal tonight. Youll need the umbrellas as you step out. Thats really about it. The bigger deal is that its not just here. Its all over the country. One of those places really getting hit hard, denver, colorado, which is shattering records. Reynolds wolf has been there all day. Reporter well, weather cer...