was not ideal because in 1890s he had the professionalization -- per -- he decided to to the american southwest. he tested sites around the territory and flagstaff had very dark skies and at a high elevation at 7000 feet the higher elevation the less air and distortion because air is like a swimming pool. when you open your eyes everything is fuzzy because the water is spending the light and air does the same thing. the more air you look through the more distorted the stars. the higher you go you have dark skies and it is a great location pick drive around -- and when you drive around you see the telescope at 30 feet tall like a big birthday cake on top of the hill. he decided to set up here in 1894 and in 1896 the telescope with the 24 inch diameter 32 foot long refracting telescope. the lens is used instead of the mirror to collect the light. it was used in mexico for a year and brought back here in 1897 and has been here ever since. this is a classic instrument. the classic history of the first evidence of extending nature of the universe collected using instruments on the telescope. pluto w

so what he decided to do was go to the american southwest. he sent an assistant out here, andrew douglas, to map sites around the territory, and they chose flagstaff. skies,ff has very dark and was at a higher elevation, 7008. the higher elevation -- 7000 feet. the higher the elevation, the less air you have to look through. the air is like a swimming pool. everything is kind of fuzzy because the water is bending that light -- air does the same thing. so the more air you look through the more distorted stars are going to look through. igher are h elevations, the dark side, great location. up on mars hill, where lowell observatory is located, you see the dome of the telescope standing 40 feet tall, like a birthday cake -- 400 feet tall, like a birthday cake on the hill. in 1894,d to set up and had this telescope built, a 24 inch diameter, 32 foot refracting telescope. that means it uses lenses instead of mirrors to collect the light. he built this in 1896 and it was used in mexico for about one year, then brought back here in 1897 and has been

airlines including delta, american, southwest and jetblue are waiving change fees at airports that coulde in the path of hurricane florence. that means passengers will be able to change their travel without paying extra charges which usually can run $200 or more. delta is also capping fares for flights from some affected cities. american is extending change fee waivers for travelers flying to or from more than a dozen airports in the caribbean ahead of hurricane isaac. >>> and the $5 footlong may soon disappear for good at subway restaurants. the ceo of the chain tells "usa today" starting this month franchisees will decide whether to keep the iconic sub on the menu. many weren't happy because they don't make as much profit from the discounted sandwich. subway's restaurants are 100% franchise owned. back to you. >> as a college student i can't tell you how many times that $5 foot long fed me. >> it was a pretty clever campaign. >> it really was. >> thank you very much. >>> coming up here on "today in the bay," another nice morning ahead here. >> we're going to see temperatures staying co

what's going to happen to the american southwest? are they going to lose their snowfall? in that sense, there's not a whole lot of rorobustness betwen the model l simulatitions yet, so they give different answers in different regions, and so we don't have a good handle, i think, on how rainfall, for example, is going to change in a warming climate. and that's really i think one of the key things that we need to better understand is where is the water going to be? because a lot of regions depend very strongly, for example, on the glacier, to feed the city and provide all the water for a city like santiago, chile, for example, and so better understanding on how precipitation is going to change and snowfall is going to change is one of the key things that we need to understand. we do s see that ifif you run point-t-litigationon scenariosos and youou reduce the amouount of greeeenhouse ga, tthat you cacan actuallyly brine ice backck. you can n stabilizee amount t of ice lososs. if we we to reducuce our greeeenhouse ga, it's not going to be this runaway effect. we can stop som

around the american southwest, the rating, trading, plundering economy is a helpful metric for gauging economic activities in the pre-reservation west. we can all imagine any post-reservation west when the u.s. army has won the civil war, there are no longer major adversaries confronting the american nationstate from 1865 until the spanish-american war of 1890 weight. an entire generation of u.s. military leaders will seek engagement and recognition in western american military campaigns or stations. -trainedthem are yale army officers like william henry pratt, william tecumseh sherman. the rival of the u.s. army at the time of the aftermath of the establishment of reservations, like the one in colorado, is ratified by the senate through a tricky process. these are the kind of structuring political, sovereignl, legal, mechanisms that yield those forms of autonomous, strategic goals that tribes have been trying to obtain for decades. people will not know this because it is not in your colorado history books, but he goes to washington four times throughout the second half of his career.

those carriers include delta, american, southwest, spirit and united. >>> authorities in marin county have lifted all evacuations as crews are making progress on the wildfire. the irving fire began monday evening. the fire department says it has burned 152 acres and is 45% contain. there are no reports of injuries and the cause of the fire is under investigation. utility crews are working to restore power to about a dozen homes. because of the wildfire, smoke and air-quality advisories have been extended. the bay area air-quality management district does not expect pollution levels to surpass federal health centers and there is no spare the air alert being issued today. >>> in just a few hours a driver suspected of killing a chp officer will appear before a judge. sean walker faces two felony counts of vehicular manslaughter. police are he was behind the wheel of a truck when he hit and killed the officer during a traffic stop. it happened on interstate 80 and fairfield last month. it also killed another man. >>> in the wake of a recent case, the district attorney's office has launche

you can see in the american southwest and the american west that aren't states yet, but americans are moving westward. they start in the northeast, and this country has a long history of diffusion, moving west in search of land, jobs, better life. well, when americans move west, there becomes a huge issue that if these territories are going --of all -- to evil all the to evolve into statehood one day, will they be slave or free? that is the burning question of the hour, will these territories be slave or free? what did the people in the south say about these new territories? slave or free? what did the people in the north say? we have this inherent tension right away. southerners want them to be slaved and northerners want them to be free. what does lincoln advocate? >> that those new territories would be free states. but that would not encroach on the existing states that do accept slavery. >> so the free free soilers, but -- let slavery be where it is. don't touch slavery in the south. let it stay. if the country moves west and these territories become states one day, what is the fr

united, delta, american, southwest, are offering travel waiver waivers. go do that now.or airports in the storm's trajectory. president trump approving a state of emergency declaration ahead of the landfall. cnn's martin savidge has more. >> reporter: good morning, dave and christine. the mandatory evacuation goes into effect in a short while along the beach here. no real sign of the storm, but when you look at the water. the waves are rolling in here and the locals say that is not how they typically come in. that is suggesting something is lurking over the horizon here. the people enjoying it the most is the surfers as they go out to ride. there was an emergency meeting last night in the community. they were using strong language. saying this storm coming this way and it is expected to come this way is perhaps the strongest they have ever seen here. it certainly is the strongest they felt since 1954 and hurricane hazel. let's show what you they fear may happen. it is the storm surge. everyone knows about that. the water pushed ahead of the storm that comes ashore. see t

we've had about 100 canceled flights with american. southwest discontinued flights out of our airport. our airport is open and operating. we haven't had to shelter people at the airport. they're able at tto get on thei flight. >> mayor, thank you. continue to stay safe. there are flight cancellations out of charlotte, but it's still operating. that is a major hub for american airlines. michelle grossman is standing by with a weather update. >> we see the radar lit up with color. the slow moving storm will continue to move very slowly. down to two miles an hour. all this rain continuing to move on shore. where you see the darker colors that's indicating the heaviest rain. i stopped the clock because i wanted to show you something else. we'll continue to deal with heavy rain for 24 hours before it starts to weaken sunday. this pink line is a tornado watch box. we have lots of thunderstorms to the south and either. we have the potential for more tornados today. they would be short lived. let's look at the latest on florence. this came in at 8:00. 5

so far no changes by american. southwests not charge for checked bags. >>> feel like you're paying too much in state taxes? a california lawmaker thinks you are. a revenue report from the state department of finance shows california collected almost $900 million more than projected in july and august. $725 million came from personal income tax revenue. republican senator ted gaines says that money should be returned to taxpayers. >> we had this huge surplus the last budget year and even year-to-date on the current budget. we are talking about billions and billions of dollars that in my view would be better spent by the taxpayer. they're really overpaying for their taxes. >> the state department of finance advises against any major tax decisions based on short-term revenue performance and lawmakers rejected a bill by gaines last session that would have returned the surplus funds to taxpayers. >>> bruised and blemished. doesn't look so hot. but damaged produce can taste just fine. >> next, meet a san francisco chef who is out

american, delta, southwest, jet blue are waiving change fees on those that could be in flence's path.ravellers can rebook their flights between now and the 19th of this month. travellers flying to south carolina, north carolina, and virginia can rebook their flights within 14 days of their original flit date ato additional charge. >> all right. it is a foggy morning ouide. a couple of hit and miss showers out there. that's t case f much of the day today.ur temper today will be starting in the 60s and 70s. we'll end up close to 80 degrees for a high today. but a couple of passing showers means take your umbrella. the 10ay forecast coming up. >> why pay more for metro? why some of the busiest days on the rails could soon bece the >>> we are tracking hurricane florence as it moves closer to the east coast. chuck and sheena are updating us as new advisories come in. that's coming up in few minutes. >> we're paying tributes to the victims of the september 11th attack. here at news 4 we spotted american flags around town as we honor the lives lost on this day 17 years ago. these are hanging

. >> reporter: airlines including american and southwest have started letting passengers change travel plans that take them into the hurricane's path. even the military isn't taking any chances. the naval fleet at the norfolk naval base is moving about 30 ships to sea, out of the storm's path. anne-marie? >> laura podesta here in new york. thank you, laura. >>> meteorologist garth kemp of our los angeles station kcbs is following hurricane florence. >> good morning, everyone, we continue to track florence, still a very strong cat 4 cane now at 1,000 miles off cape fear. 400 miles north carolina south/southeast of bermuda. during the day it's going to pass between bermuda, and this bad boy's going to be working between the bahamas, as well. this is the projected path. don't get caught up in the cone here because this still could shift. we're looking for around thursday. we're not seeing much shearing going on yet, but we're seeing some eyewall replacement. that's what we're going to keep an eye on. that could weaken it a bit before it gets into the carolinas areas. right now, we're wait

american, delta, southwest and united are among the major carriers that have waived fees for those travelinghrough the southeast. so far, more than 1,000 flights have been delayed and nearly 800 cancelled. >>> and the maker of budweiser has halted some beer production in order to help those who could be affected by florence. >> anheuser-busch has stopped making beer at its brewery in georgia and started preparing cans of clean water. that did it as well in harvey, you'll recall. the american red cross helped the company to help out so the brewery is cranking out 300,000 cans of water that will be shipped to communities in north and south carolina. >> anheuser-busch says its brewery in ft. collins, colorado is also prepared to can emergency water if necessary. >> don't worry. they're still producing some beer all over the country. >>> if you really want to know how bad a hurricane or natural disaster is expected to be, look to waffle house. there is actually something called the waffle house index and fema swears by it. if a waffle house is closed because there is a disaster, it is bad. that'

for hurricane florence, airlines are getting out ahead of this form and many of them, like american and southwest waivers to passengers. >> nwe know these evacuations ae huge, but what else can you tell us about that process? >> reporter: a million people are now under mandatory evacuations across three north and south carolina as well as virginia. pretty much the entire coastline, all eight counties, are under mandatory evacuation. nearly 200 health facilities are being evacuated. this is a major exodous. in south carolina, they're ving all four lanes of one highway go one direction. they're reminding people this is serious and leave if you're asked to leave. make sure that if the areas where you are able to stay, to stay. get your sandbags out there and to get everything you need in order to prepare for your family. kristen and dan? >>> now your accuweather forecast with spencer christian. >> let's take another look at hurricane florence. can't emphasize enough how massive and potentially dangerous this storm is. a category 4 hurricane, winds at 140 miles per hour and growing. and if'9" st it s

so what he decided to do was go to the american southwest. he sent an assistant out here, andrew douglas. he tested sites around around the territory, and they chose flagstaff. flagstaff had very dark skies, and was at a higher elevation, 7000 feet. the higher the elevation, the less air you have to look through. and the less distortion you get, because air is like a swimming pool. when you open your eyes in a swimming pool, everything is kind of fuzzy because the water is bending that light -- air does the same thing. so the more air you are looking through, the more distorted stars are going to look through. -- going to look. so there is higher elevation, dark skies here, a great location. in flagstaff, you can look up on mars hill, where lowell observatory is located, you see the dome of the telescope standing 40 feet tall, like a big birthday cake on the top of the hill. so lowell decided to set up in in 1896 had this telescope built, a 24 inch diameter, 32 foot refracting telescope. refracting telescope means it uses lenses instead of mi

. >> reporter: airlines, including american and southwest, have started letting passengers change travel plans and take them into the hurricanes a path. >>> mary is tracking the hurricane in the weather center here. >>> this is still a powerful storm. you can see that we still have live pictures of south carolina. what is going on along the coast. all eyes are on the carolina coast there from south carolina, north carolina, under a hurricane and storm surge watch. because of hurricane florence. but drop down to maximum sustained winds. about 130 miles per hour. it is still a category for storm. still, a monster storm here. it is moving west-northwest at 15 miles per hour. gusts up to 165 miles per hour there. take a look at the projected path. it does look like a category 4 storm with direct landfall there. that will be by friday morning at 2 am. maximum sustained winds at 130 miles per hour. what we're looking at is flooding. up to 15 inches of rainfall by saturday. that will be for north carolina and south carolina. will talk about our weather here at home, coming up. >>> right now, so

for hurricane florence, airlines are getting out ahead of the storm and many of them like american and southwest offering travel waivers for passengers. maggie rulli, abc news, new york. >> maggie, thanks very much. >>> let's bring in "abc 7 news" weather anchor spencer christian from a closer look at the storm's track to date. spencer. >> as maggie pointed out in her report, it is a category four hurricane, a massive storm and potentially a catastrophic one. maximum sustained winds in florence right now 140 miles per hour. it is on a west/northwest track that if it stays on will take it right into coastal north carolina by midday thursday, still as a category four storm. it may be even stronger when it makes land fall than it is right now. it is expected to cross central north carolina after making landfall and then move up into the northwestern part of the state as a tropical storm. but it could produce devastating floods and, of course, other damage from wind with this kind of force. we will keep watching it for you. >> spencer, thanks so much. >>> let me point out it is easy to tra the storm

american airlines, southwest waiving fees that usually cost as much as $200.ifference of fares so fliers can alter travel plans accordingly. given the path of hurricane florence, 2 23 airplanes will likely be impacted two major airline hubs. delta atlanta hub and american charlotte hub. usually a connecting point for many flights. those not traveling and boarding up their homes this is helping lift some shares like home supply companies like home depot and lowe's very busy hurricane season and power being impacted so home generator supply general rack and beacon seeing higher spending during this time. insurance companies travelers, all state are falling today with high end real estate insured chub and that's expected with damage and travel delay claims as a result of hurricane florence spinning closer to the southeast coast line. issuing a warning to the norfolk virginia hub as well. telling all abled warships and submarines to basically sail away before hurricane florence makes landfall. back to you. >> neil: no chances with that wise advice. former fema dir

seen texas employers like american airlines, southwest airlines, at&t, giving bonuses and pay raises.r 401(k) and your savings will be on the ballot. as we have seen, the pensions of millions of texans going up. simplenderstands a very formula. when you cut taxes, when you simplify the tax code, when you lift the burden on small business, it is good for texas. it expands jobs. it expands opportunity. there is a fundamental choice in this election. a choice between we are seeing nationally, socialists. like bernie sanders, and indeed, congressman beto o'rourke advocating for those same policies. full on socialized medicine which by the way, they called all.are for medicare, you paid into it your whole life. you are counting on it for your health care what they are proposing is putting every single person in this country including illegal aliens, everyone in this country in the medicare without paying for it. that would bankrupt medicare. there is a choice for this country. there are also states that implement the policies congressman o'rourke supported high taxes, high regulations, ope

more on mycon just ahead what's working today check out the airlines, american, delta, southwest, allmore than 4% melissa? >> i'm melissa lee we begin with breaking news out of d.c eamon javers is at the white house with the latest. >> that is right "the new york times" posted a new story, here's the essence of the reporting from the "new york times" they are suggesting that the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein discussed with officials back in 2017 the possibility of wearing a wire to record president trump and get a sense of what was going on inside the administration and rosenstein discussed the possibility with other officials of recruiting senior administration officials for an effort to invoke the 25th amendment to be used under the constitution to remove the president of the united states it appears from the "new york times" reporting that neither of these things actually happened these were discussions that were considered and according to the "times" did not go forward "the new york times" posted a statement from rod rosenstein -- remember rosenstein is the official lead

i reached out to delta, american airlines, united southwest, they pointed to airlines for america that support this is bill. here is what they're saying. we support the federal government's role determining what seat size is safe as required by this bill and federal aviation administration recently affirmed all u.s. carriers meet or exceed federal safety standards regarding seat size and faa approved seat configurations before they go into service. now all of this is because the bill up for debate that would approve more funding for the faa that is set to expire on september 30th would actually put requirements say, hey, you can't continue to put the squeeze on passengers. there has to be a minimum requirement of space, not only seat size but the space between each row. that is one of additions in this bill. there is a lot of other things they're cracking down on. service animals is one of them. that is a issue pretty hot over the past year people try to bring a variety of animals on board. they will crack down on people bringing pets on board that really aren't service animals. also a

american airlines, jetblue and southwest are giving customers who had tickets for flights going into the path of hurricane florence the chance to rebook without any extra fees. most airlines are making the exception for customers traveling september 13 through the 16th. >>> the time is 6:18. let's go to sal castaneda for check of the roads. >>> traffic is moving well solve from the golden gate bridge into san francisco and yesterday we had a bus crash the complicated the commute and we don't have any problems doing that same drive. it looks good with not a lot of fog and you can see all the way across the bridge. for the bay bridge, traffic is backed up for a 10-15 minute wait and looking their own -- very normal into san francisco. you can see the freeways are off to a nice start with the window of opportunity before this gets heavy. let's bring this back to the desk. >>> the banning of flavored tobacco products? those products may be made illegal. >>> another possible meeting between donald trump and kim jong-un. hebreakfast makers, takers, step counters, outdoor explorers, faith r

y algunas aerolÍneas incluyendo american y southwest permiten que cambien sus pasajes. >>> padres des toquen a cambio de dinero. comenzÓ con el intercambio de fotografÍa Íntimas conocido como secting. >>> de todas las niÑas que pasaron sus fotos tenÍan una galerÍa y las venden a 5 pesos. las autoridades quieren erradicar la practica, con platicas estudiantes y maestros y padres para estar mÁs vigilantes. >>> conocer las redes soflts, el lenguaje que utilizan las hijas y hijos en redes soles. conozcan los youtuber mÁs famosos que ellos ven. >>> esta tendencia quieren erradicarla lo antes posible, como el llamado sexting que se hace por dinero. >>> los padres segÚn autoridades son la primera lÍnea de defensa. >>> lo principal, yo creo que es el afecto que uno le da a ellas, para que no sientan ese desapego hacia sus propios valores. >>> y es que el sexting o tocamientos por dinero puede ser nuestro monstruo del tamaÑo de un telÉfono celular. >>> cambiamos de tema, seguimos en ese paÍs, el exfutbolista diego armando maradona asumiÓ el puesto de entrenador de dorados de culiacÁn. el arge

. >>> american jetblue and southwest are giving customers that have tickets for flights traveling into the opportunity to rebook without any added fees. most airlines are making the exception traveling between september 13th and the 16th. >>> it is say rough commute out there. >>> i had this look on my face like yuck. the commute is not good. let's talk about some of these things. look at highway 4. i'll tell you what happened here. highway 4 westbound is slow. eastbound highway 4 is slow where it normally isn't because of a crash, actually two we had a crash eastbound 4 and there was a fire truck in the lanes. someone did not notice the emergency vehicles and ran right into the back of a fire truck. the two right lanes closed and there are injuries in that crash. so this thing has turned into a terrible commute eastbound where the people are not expecting it. this is a look at the map area. you can see how slow the area is. i'm sure you'll get a lot of people that will say this is the worst commute we have had in weeks out here for this area. let's talk about the freeway. we had ear

cheryl: eat -- effect of the storm he american airlines southwest allowing commerce to rebook ticketsproaching about east coast a monster storm category four right now maximum extended winds 130 miles per hour, southwest is also issuing vouchers to will the aer flights, more than 550 flights have been canceled from today through friday nationwide because of this storm, southwest says its traffic up 1.3% lastly month from last year hawaiian airlines reporting its august traffic up 7.6% we had a record travel. oil prices higher this morning as east coast braces for hurricane florence right now we are up -- little more than 1%, 6996 a barrel potential disruptions in supply contributing gains more than one million people ordered to evacuate about 1.5 million two oil pipelines through carolinas might be affected if damages from this hurricane, opec sees demand for 2019 angle of the oil story cartel issuing a warning on the economy. >> new hampshire one step away from state's first black representative from a crowdeded field to win top gop primary had backing of rudy giuliani. democratic pr

southwest. it's also a buffett name and he cut back on american and united and added to delta and southwest, soays something as well. you've got one of the greatest investors in the world as well as warren buffett, i'm talking about you, steph, involved in southwest. they're going out to the last week of september and buying calls that are just in the money. they're the 60 strike calls, scott. 4700 of those were bought today. that will move closer towards the stock because of the fact that it's just in the money, so that's interesting and the stock was just a little lower than it is right now but that was pretty aggressive now i've got something that you that's incredibly aggressive and i know somebody on the desk there is going to be very excited about this, josh brown amd. we're seeing some unbelievable paper today on amd it started, the stock was trading around 26.40 there has been some analysts out there talking about this foundational shift for amd and this really started back in may with lisa sue of 2015 and how amd was going to transform themselves well, we've seen some of this already.

american evanston thanks for joining us we begin this hour with news from saul's very in southwest england police there have cordoned off parts of the city center after two people became ill at a restaurant chain culprits so the news spread quickly across social media this woman is this is from a woman who says she was near the couple at the time of the incident. she wrote feeling a little apprehensive saul's very leaps to action again when two russians are taken ill and press is showing the same symptoms as before and we were sitting next to them now under police supervision waiting for a medical team to give us the clear. now the restaurant in question this evening is a few hundred meters away from another eatery called the sea this is where former russian agents are against cripple and his daughter yulia were poisoned in march. it w. correspondent dear good moscow is covering this unfolding story for us and she joins us now from london hello to you barrett what more can you tell us about this latest incident solsbury well it's still something that the police haven't really released very

southwest. tour of c-span's city flagstaff, arizona today at 7:00 book tvon c-span two's and sunday on american history tv on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. c-span where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme , and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. peter: so, louis rossetto, when did you found "wired" magazine? louis: my partner, jane metcalfe and i started "wired" project in 1991 and launched into the american market in january of 1993 as bill clinton was taking over as president of the united states. notably, al gore was talking about the information super highway. it was a generational change that was occurring on the political level and for -- on the larger scale on the cultural or technological level there was a massive revolution going on.

. >> it's only moving west/southwest at three american.n this storm so it's for all intense and purposes stationary. >>> power is out to more than a half million homes and businesses. >> the category one hurricane is dumping three inches 60 rain an hour and some areas. overall totals now reaches 30 inches. that's an atlantic beach. some places may see 40 inches of rain. >> high tide comes in about 45 minutes. about 12,000 people are in shelters. more than a million people were forced to evacuate their homes. >> let's go over to garrett haake in new bern, north carolina. that town got a lot of flooding. the storm surge hit it hard. it's a race against time. high tide upon us and we see those national guards people out there trying to make a difference this morning garrett. >> it was finally light enough, the winds finally low enough and a few hours to spare where they could get back into these neighborhoods they had not been able to access overnight or in the early hours this morning. and they tried to get people out who decided to ride the

southwest florida. fort myers in florida was once the home of the american dream.he great recession. affluent, dream suburbs where more than 40% of properties were repossessed. everything in this area was totally in foreclosure. estate agent machoseph witnessed the mystery of the crash, saw the tears of people who not only lost their homes, but also their faith in the economic promise of america. that whole dream of working hard and actually reaping the benefits of working hard, i think, for me, the american dream was that. that wasn't reality. the dream would have been i would have been retired ten years ago. not so many americans own property any more, a child's chance of earning more than their parents has plunged from 90% after the war to just 50%. and as lynn williams and her daughter emma will tell you, the children of the financial crisis are finding it harder to leave home. i have twojobs, plus an internship, and i'm probably getting about four to six hours of sleep. maybe three. maybe three, some nights. it depends on, like, when i get off of work. and you

and the fact is we've seen the americans talk very tough quite recentlyjust before it really major syrian government offensive down in the southwestxpect any great american interference this time. having said that, just in the last two hours, —— last few hours, we've seen the white house say that if there was to be any use of chemical weapons and an attack on idlib, then there would be a very swift retaliation and we've seen the americans and the west strike at the syrian government in the aftermath of suspected chemical weapons attacks before. this is jalaluddin haqqani, the founder of haqqani militant network, one of the most feared insurgent groups in afghanistan. he had close links to al-qaeda and the taliban and the taliban say he's dead. a statement... but they are no details on where or when he died. given the rumours that have been circulated for years, about whether he is alive or dead, your guess may be as good as mine. on the things we can more sure about here's shoaib sharifi in kabul. he was one of the most powerful and feared affiliates of insurgency in afghanistan. and a man who has spent more than half a century fi

attention from the plight of the poor, so he goes to places like andissippi, the southwest meets up with mexican american activists, farmworkers, poor whites, as well, and he is going to have a whole caravan of a multiracial caravan that will come to d.c. in the summer for this poor people's campaign. i 1968, he is talking about guaranteed income. there were many americans across political lines talking about a guaranteed income on the way to fight and end poverty and joblessness once and for all. some people talked about employment and the works progress administration that went beyond the new deal, but when king goes to memphis, he uses it as the first beachhead in this larger battle for social justice. and by 1968, he is going to be vilified for talking about poor people, a guaranteed income, and for saying that he is going to bring this nonviolent army to washington, d.c., even though king is always, always articulating a philosophy of nonviolence, journalists and politicians are going to criticize him and say he is trying to bring violence to washington, d.c., went obvious trying to do is force the

underwriters on buses and take them on tours of southwest atlanta so they could see with their own eyes these large homes owned by wealthy african—americansan application crosses their desk with an african—american buyer making a million wanting to buy a $2 million house. they are just resistant to that being a possible reality. which brings me talk about barack obama and whether or not, it's almost a decade since we knew he was going to be the us president, and how did you view his election? the great thing about his election is that it showed us what was possible and it also opened the doors to the unfinished conversations that we still needed to have at the time and are only now having, so it wasn't until after... everything we see now with trump actually started under obama in terms of the alt right and the militias... under obama's administration, the militias grew 1,000% across the nation. people started stockpiling assault rifles and there is this general anxiety of fear that he might in some way retaliate for this perceived historical injustice that people of colour had experienced in the country. all of this anxiety is mixed up w

the weather system could trigger floods and landslides and the southwest japan has already endured extreme weather this year. now the american football player whose protests against racial inequality led to dozens of his fellow players needling during the u.s. national anthem has been signed to fountain latest marketing campaign called a cap and a canal and the deal was this photo on twitter it could put him among marquees highest paid athletes despite have not having the team. but those are the headlines on al-jazeera do stay with slavery roots slavery's new from t. is coming up next thank you very much for watching. this is the story of a world whose territories were forged by the slave trade a world where violence subjugation and profit imposed that roots the slave system created the greatest accumulation of wealth the world had ever seen up to that moment to. its seven hundred ninety the slave trade was at a climax more than one hundred thousand captives were deported every year. at the extremes of human domination even in slavery we find there is always resistance there is always tension and there's always struggle at t

southwest. watch c-span city tours today and sunday at 2 p.m. eastern on american history tv on the c-span3 working with our cable affiliates, as we explore america. this labor day weekend, american history tv on a c-span3 has three days of featured programming starting tonight at eight eastern with lectures in history. as colorado state university pueblo professor matt harris discusses the anti-slavery movement before the civil war. sunday on oral histories, our women in congress series continues with barbara can only. been at 8 p.m., we look at the to 20 george washington and alexander hamilton and the historical accuracy of "hamilton" the musical. and at 8 p.m., the white house historical associations summit. watch american history tv this labor day weekend on c-span3. in the 1960's, martin luther king jr. often visited the jackson family home in selma, alabama three had in the 1960's, martin luther king jr. often visited the jackson family home in selma, alabama. it was there he planned the civil rights march and watched president johnson urge congress to pass

into the historic period, and this is the fauna of the american west that the earliest explorers, the spanish explorers coming up from the southwest and later, coming out of eastern america, people like lewis and clarke and john c fremont encountered. what i want to convey to you guys about this -- a couple of big elemental points about this remarkable fauna, that at the time, in the 19 century, was thought of as one of the great marvels of the world. it was one of the great beast year is known anywhere -- s known anywhere on the globe. and while we tend to think of the country east of the rockies as flyover country, or if it is drive-through country, you do it at night so you do not have to experience the great plains -- in the 18th and 19th centuries, the great plains was where all the action was. when we think about the old west , those of us who were going to 's ranchll koch tomorrow, that portrayal will be of the great plains west. the great plains, if you think about it, was where the cattle drives were, where a bunch of lewis and clark's famous explorations and encounters with animals like grizzly bears and it innumerable h

southwest. watch c-span's city tour of flagstaff, arizona today at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span twos book tv and sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on americanhistory tv on c-span3, working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. >> this labor day weekend, american history tv on c-span3 has three days of featured programming starting tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern with lectures in history as matt harris discusses the anti-slavery movement before the civil war. sunday at 10:00 a.m. on oral histories, our women in congress history continues with barbara can l.a.. at 8:00 p.m. on the presidency, a look at the relationship between george washington and alexander hamilton and the historical accuracy of "hamilton, the musical." and the white house association's presidential site summit. watch american history tv on c-span3. the white house did not release a presidential address this weekend. in this week's mr craddick address, ahead of labor day, ohio senator sherrod brown talks about efforts to raise wages and benefits were american workers. senator brown: i'm sherrod brown, senator from ohio, and don't you dare call our state the rust bel

southwest. >> flagstaff arizona. saturday at 7 pm eastern. on c-span to book tv. on sunday, american history tv on c-span three. working with a single affiliate as we explore america. >>> this year marks the centennial of u.s. participation in world war i. next on american artifacts, and the first of a two-part program, we visit the library of congress and learn about an exhibit on the great war. this is about 45 minutes. >>> my name is ryan reft i am and historian of the library of congress. i would like to welcome you to the excess -- exhibition of world war i. what you have here is a map, a couple of maps to give you a sense of the totality of world war i interrupted in 1914 and then america looks on, saving money with the allies. and is not until 1917 do we enter in april. you can see here the declaration of war was requested by woodrow wilson and given on april 6. would like to take you to the first section of the exhibit, the war. the idea here is to demonstrate the kind of argument that americans were having as the wars raging in europe and what we are doing in terms of billing the military and rendering

american and european models bring this into the carolinas. there's time for it to change but people should start thinking about it. >> up next, the warning for southwest passengers who flew on four different flights out of texas. we have jimmy. >> hey, guys. nick jonas ismy gueste'soing to. it's a great show. stay tuned. >> and happening now an alleged prescription drug dealer off the streets in milpitas. he was arrested last thursday. the police found 15,000 bucks worth of xanax in his house and car. the fight by some residentso keep the chainsaws away! plus- what wildfire victims can do to make their voices heard and possibly lead to better laws statewide. monday morning- from 4:30 to 7. the f-b-i is offering a $10k reward for an arson at a planned parenthood in . >>> the fbi is offering a $10,000 reward for an arsonist at a planned parent hood. someone started a fire at the watsonville planned parent hood. you can see it burned the side of the building. you can't see the suspect's face, police think you could recognize him based on mannerisms. flights out of texas may have been exposed to measles. the passenger was on two flights in and out of dall

talking 11.6 million people who have been apprehended at our southwest border since america was under attack. we lost almost 3,000 americansokay? that is a security problem. and we might have some wall and i understand we have some fencing but we have, like, 170 miles along the laredo sector alone that is completely open. people can walk across or swim across. that is the problem. >> i'm glad you want to make this a constructive conversation conversation, laura. you just had 3,000 u.s. citizens lost their lives on 9/11. there were at least 400 non-u.s. citizens, 90 countries law citizens on my day. >> laura: exactly. >> not just u.s. citizens. it goes to show you that the multiculturalism, the diversity was also a target, under attack by terrorists on that day. that is why they chose new york city, that is why they chose -- >> laura: let's get to the wall. let's focus this conversation. jason, i got to go to you. we got to move this forward. the line for a bit more of an open borders crowd is a wall is unnecessary superfluous, you were on the ground every day, in san antonio now, on the ground every day, your border agents