the tata coma eastern railroad -- tacoma eastern railroad doesn't have its advent until 1890, and it's mostly a logging railroad, so it really did not have much of an influence on this area until john bagley takes it over in 1899 after the bankruptcy. when he has $100,000 a year in construction bonds from the milwaukee road aiding him in building the line out to the gateway, to mt. rainier national park at ashford. and with each successive development, he is attaching more and more communities of south pierce county and their saw mills to the rail line. and each one of those became a very important economic driver for not only the tacoma eastern, but for tacoma as well. and we see that in the formation of the st. paul and tacoma lumber company which was at the time that it was built the singer largest saw mill in -- single largest saw mill in north america. and-all of those logs came off the shoulders of mt. rainier national park. so with the ease of transportation, the railroad really helped to spark economic development all up and down the west coast. and that was in the form of bein

the tacoma eastern became a subsidiary of that railroad. when the milwaukee transcontinental arrived in tacoma in 1909, it then turned the tacoma easter into a subsidiary of the milwaukee road and at that point you were able to begin to catch a train in chicago and gall all the way to mount rainier national park on basically one ticket.so in 1919, 1918, december 31, 1918 the milwaukee roadabsorbed the eastern and a lot of its subsidiaries and formulated one gigantic corporation at that point . and at that point it became known solely as the milwaukee road. and passenger trains on that line were numerous. as you can imagine and actually earning a decent wage. so having the chicago milwaukee st. paul and pacific around in 1909 they had to sell for second and third best on just about everything. it put them in kind of a conundrum, economically. there was vast stretches of rail line, they had the shortest rail line between puget sound and chicago. they also had the best radiance but they didn't have very many grants lines. when you look at a st

eastern, on c-span, tonight the future of the internet. here is the white house interim chief digital officer. >> we are talking about how certain platforms provide people with information that reaffirms what they already think. yous not like facebook said are conservative, i think you are a conservative, i will keep showing you conservative content. he said, i will show you things from the people you know, and i will show you content from the pages you like, and we start clicking on those things, i will figure out whose content using to like and keep show you more of that. facebook had not done that, we would not be having this conversation because they would not have grown to the scale to which they have grown today. >> wednesday, a forum on the changing role of cities. here is the former mayor of rio de janeiro. andhe transition period, cities will play a role of fighting against this. i see it -- and the way cities can change, representative democracies, i see this as a great machine to change what is going on. >> thursday a look at th

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tacoma eastern became the way to get to mount rainier. you had direct access to the facilities at longmire, that is where membrane your national park was located and you also had easier access to paradise which is where everyone wanted to go. privately it was being sponsored by the milwaukee road. they had been secretly funding the construction bonds for the tacoma eastern railroad. tacoma eastern became a subsidiary of that railroad, when the rocky road transcontinental arrived in 1809, it turned tacoma eastern into a subsidiary of the milwaukee road. you are able to be able to catch a train in chicago and although it to mount rainier national park on one ticket. in 1919, 1918, december 31, the milwaukee road absorbed tacoma eastern and a lot of the subsidiaries and formed one gigantic corporation. at that point it became solely known as the milwaukee road. the passenger trains on that were numerous, as you can imagine, there were a lot of people during the summer months that wanted to replicate them in your national park. what is intere

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regarding forthcoming elections in eastern and central. and mr. stalin said oh, don't worry about a thing we will have free and open elections there. and, of course, po land also was the key factor in their discussions as well. and they thought on our side the west, that things were worked out things were going to be perfectly fine and if they weren't they could depend on united nations to keep the peace it didn't work out that way. did they basically divide europe amongst themselves? >> well i think it's probably -- >> much like churchill did the middle east. >> over simplification but there's a way of talking about it, and in those ways but at the same time fdr and churchill said look with regard to eastern central european, we want free and open elections so that the people can decide which way they're going to go. and so, of course, we'll do that. so you say that began the cold war? >> right. >> how did it develop? >> it developed in a short order, really within a year -- truman realized that he was not going to keep his word. that the red arm

in 2014, a fightback against the jihadists began in eastern libya.d by this man, khalifa haftar, a top man in gaddafi's army until the two men fell out in the late 1980s. haftar took charge of the self—proclaimed libyan national army and vowed to liberate benghazi from the islamist militants. it took him three years. only now are residents who fled the ganfouda neighbourhood making a tentative return. this man, abdullah, agrees to show me around. this was your house? how do you feel now when you look at it? but this whole neighbourhood has been ruined. look around. there's no way for anybody to live here now, is there? the last three years of fighting in benghazi took thousands of lives and forced tens of thousands out of their homes. this family is now rebuilding their house but some things can't be restored. mohammed's19—year—old brother was executed, beheaded, by the militants. how can you be sure that the war will not return? if we look around your neighbourhood, it is destroyed, so it seems crazy to spend so much money rebuilding here. so if i c

the sure to watch c-span's washington journal, live at seven eastern -- 7:00 eastern thursday morningin the discussion. cities tour is in spokane, washington with our comcast cable partners as we explore the city's rich history and literally seen. saturday at 7:30 p.m. eastern. -- author ofabout spokane, our early history. >> spokane was built from the money, from the mining district. they had the gold rush in 1883. that led to a silver strike. it was one of the largest producing silver areas in the state -- and the united states. a lot of mansion and big buildings are all built from the mining lanes. thehe life of one of nation's most significant environmental leaders and father of the national park system as local author james hunt talks about his book. his thousand mile walk to the gulf. probably one of the most significant environmental thinkers, leaders, he is basically the protagonist for the national park system. at 2:00 p.m. eastern, american history tv features the story of expo 74, 1 of the first environmentally themed world fares. >> spokane was one of the smallest cities i

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the big three, china southern, china eastern and airchina, are out china southern, china eastern andsoon. will events in the world cause a dent in that online? as they pressure south korea over its deployment of a missile defence system. joining me is my colleague. will the south korean tourism industry really have an impact on the bottomline of these chinese carriers? yes, it will, because it is a case of politics over profits. essentially china's big three allied is a china southern, china eastern and air china. let's take a look at a graphic illustrating the size of each. they are asia's three largest airlines in terms of their fleet size and the sheer number of passengers they carry. china southern is the largest, carrying over 70 million passengers this year as ofjuly, with over 500 veins in the f. china eastern follows with 63 million passengers. —— 500 planes in the air. finally air china, which flew 57 million people with just a fleet size of 400 planes. you can imagine, with the sheer size of these airlines, you would think they would report fairly good profits. actually the

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. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on "q and a." host: at our table this morning, randy woods, economics editor for bloomberg, to talk about the future of nafta. washington,re in renegotiations began between the united states, canada, and mexico. show our viewers what robert light hazard -- robert lighthizer had to say at the opening. robert: use of the president about nafta, which i completely share, are well known. i want to be clear that he is not interested in a mere tweaking of the provisions and a couple of updated chapters. we feel that nafta has fundamentally failed many, many americans. here are some of the examples of what i believe needs to change. need to assure that the huge trade deficits do not continue, and we have balance and reciprocity. this should be periodically reviewed. on autos andularly auto parts, must require higher nafta content and substantial u.s. content. country of origin should be verified. the provision should be included in the agreement, and be as strong as possible. the agreement should have prot

eastern part of the british isles.ut at atla ntic part of the british isles. but at atlantic weather front showed the hands late in the day with cloud and rain. the rain will be there and the low cloud along the southern counties of england and wales and northern ireland. the best thing that can be said about it, it is mild here and clear the skies further north translating into a sunny start but cool one to monday. the band of weather is seeping 70 across england and wales. the rain throughout northern ireland and increasingly across the south—west quarter of scotland. if the sun brea ks quarter of scotland. if the sun breaks in the self you could well be looking at 22—23d or so. the rain continues it owed to slowjourney for some often to the northern parts of scotland. tuesday, the rain is close. further south in the sun comes up close. further south in the sun comes up 26,27 could be close. further south in the sun comes up 26, 27 could be yours. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines... 7—year—old, julian cadman, w

eastern on c-span and c-span.org. listen live on the free c-span radio app. continues.on journal host: welcome back. yasmeen abutaleb is with us, a reuters health care reporter. we're talking about some of the administration's decisions with cost-sharing reductions. guest: thank you for having me. host: explain the these actually are. americansut 6 million get the cost sharing reduction and they help lower out-of-pocket medical expenses for low income americans. 100%ally people between and 250% for the federal poverty level and they are buying insurance on the obamacare markets. insurers -- the payments are made directly to the insurers but they can subsidize a greater portion of people's health care costs. people from premium increases and high deductibles and co-pays and that sort of thing. the administration has been paying these on a month by month basis? guest: this started under the obama administration. the house of representatives sued the obama administration saying these payments needed an appropriation from congress. the administration cannot make

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eastern on c-span two. you can follow this event at c-span.org and with the free c-span radio app. >> this might be the only government class you never take. you are going to be a loner forever, and a juror forever. i am going to give you tools that will help you. >> tuesday night at 8:00 eastern, high school teachers discuss how current events affect their lessons on history, politics and government. >> as a history component, this is a chance to learn things. their storages and begin the moment they were born -- their stories do not begin the moment they were born. if they start to realize, this doesn't start with me but what i contribute, where i am coming from, it is all a part of a bigger story. that way allowing them to take and other specters of others through social media and through video. it gives them the chance to be able to think, this is how i see the world but why do i see the world this way? maybe i expand that by taking other people's perspectives. >> tuesday at 8:00 eastern on c-span. list

we will bring that to you at 5:00 eastern. we are 15 minutes away from the start of a briefing with sarah huckabee sanders. expected to update reporters on the federal response and recovery efforts. she will also comment on the ap story that congress is gearing up for a vote on eight for victims of hurricane harvey. starts, we will have it for you live on c-span.

sunday, eastern areas of scotland, eastern england, should stay dry, with some spells of sunshine.in with some strong winds will work in from the west on sunday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. i'm mike embley. our top stories: the governor of texas warns the worst is not over from the devastation triggered by tropical storm harvey. there will be ongoing challenges both during the time that rain continues to fall as well as for approximately four days to a week to come. president trump says talking to north korea is not the answer. so what comes next in this international standoff? the brother of the manchester bomber is to go on trial in libya in connection with the attack in may which killed 22 people. and 20 years on from the death of their mother, princes william and harry make a poignant appearance at a memorial garden dedicated to diana.

particularly in southern and eastern areas. then given there isa and eastern areas.feel warm. cloudy to start but not feel warm. cloudy to start but not wet. bright rather than sunny. not too bad temperature wise. sunday brings that ridge of high pressure so brings that ridge of high pressure so no more than the odd shower, the exception rather than the rule. like winds and feeling warm in son. hello, i'm philippa thomas, this is 0utside source. our top story comes yet again from washington. donald trump has said that statements on north korea perhaps haven't been tough enough — and that the country should be very, very nervous if it does anything to the united states. we are back to 100% by our military, we are backed by everybody. this is the north korean state broadcaster explaining in detail how the country proposes to launch missiles near the us territory of guam — in a matter of days. whether or not that's actually possible — north korea certainly has the world's attention — we'll bring you reaction from guam, south korea, and the united states. we'll be live i

the cbi eastern europe will be a help to the economy. the (b!e are not happy about today‘s figures provided if you have pretty full employment like we‘ve got you will always have some problems getting people. part of this is a weight problem, the wages are relatively low and he would get british people applying. —— a weight problem. the problem with getting large number of people coming in from eastern europe it has made it difficult to recruit british—born people. we are looking at pictures now of fruit picking, agricultural work, that is a key sector that brings in people every summer in particular from other countries? but how many times have we heard from farmers safe they cannot get indigenous in this people to apply for thejob ‘s? indigenous in this people to apply for the job ‘s? i indigenous in this people to apply for thejob ‘s? i have heard cou ntless for thejob ‘s? i have heard countless agricultural sector people say that that they can‘t get the application. the wages are low, the work as hard and is not attractive for british people

eastern on sunday morning.oin the discussion. ♪ return to ournow live coverage of the emerging civil war symposium in spotsylvania, virginia. the symposium should be getting started shortly. the final speaker today is ryan quint, the author of "determined to stand and fight." talk will focus on the union general, lew wallace's defensive stand. [chatter] >> two-minute warning, ladies and gentlemen. announcer: you are watching live coverage of the emerging civil war symposium. the final speaker, ryan quint, is scheduled to begin shortly. to share with us spot on the programming, you can connect with us on twitter at c-span history and on facebook at facebook.com/c-spanhistory. this is american history tv, only on c-span3. folks, if we could ask you to take your seats, please. folks, if i could ask you to take your seats, we will get ready for our last speaker of the day. those of us who are from the great state of maine -- those of us who are from maine know a comedian by the name of tim sample. tim has this grea

eastern on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. tour takes cities book tv and american history tv to tacoma, washington, as we explore its rich history and literary culture. located on the puget sound, 60 miles northwest of mount rainier, tacoma was chosen in the 19th century as the western terminus of the northern pacific railroad. saturday at noon eastern on book tv, we will talk to local authors in the city, including the author of "god in captivity ," and she will share the history of faith-based programs in prisons and the role religion plays in the u.s. prison system. >> prison fellowship ministries a big organization. the person who started it worked in the nixon white house. he went to prison and then became born again. they were running an entire wing in an iowa state prison, and there were the same issues. you get a better tv in your cell, access to parole in this way, so the separation of church and state sued them, and they had to repay the state of iowa. there was an argument that they are nonpartisan, that they are fa

eastern. coming up later today at 5:00 a.m., vice president pence has a withbreaking in texas other trump administration cabinet members touring storm and flooding damage. we will have that live here on c-span starting at five: p.m. eastern. right now, former texas governor rick perry's comments to reporters as he flew with the vice president. rick perry: the president is coming back saturday. >> meeting with victims -- >> no, my recommendation is somebody from the administration goes back on a relatively regular basis for some time into the future. i live there. you may not know i am in a place where recovery is going on. the president wanted to go early. he wanted to go monday. be where wanted to there were citizens being affected. he was advised the better place for you to go is to corpus or san antonio or austin, where no search and resources would be pulled away from what they are doing. that has always been good advice. and literallywent and figuratively waved the flag to the american ci

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eastern. networkational action is holding a walk for justice in the nation's capital today to mark the anniversary of the 1963 march on washington. leaders will march from the martin luther king junior memorial to the justice department. you can watch live starting at 12:30 p.m. eastern here on c-span. later tonight, a look at the anniversary of the detroit riots which took place in 1957, resulting in -- 1967 detroit riots. >> the word i have sort of come uprising.e is i think it captures all of the things that were going on that week. going onngs have been for decades in detroit to sue press african-american people, destroying african-american communities. backlashpoint was pushed specifically against police brutality. you also had lots of other kinds of pushback. the people who were in the streets looting stores were pushing back against the economic oppression taking place. pushing back against housing discrimination. captures allally of that. another thing that is true is that language has

migrants coming from the eastern part of europe.he majority chose to stay in poland. there are also migrants. i don't know why they are coming from the middle east and north africa, why they are supposed to be better evaluated, that are taking care of, by the institutions in europe than migrants coming from, also touched by war, ukraine. so we are the country which is open for migration, but we disagree with the mechanics of taking decisions about migrants and refugees. so basically, poland does not want to take any migrants and refugees from the middle east and africa, and the criticism there is that because poland is a very much in this country, with only 0.4% of your population made up of foreigners. over 90% are roman catholic. cedar one was a migrants. i will give you an example of what the deputy prime minister said last year. —— so not very many migrants. he said people would be blown up. is that what people don't like about poland? these ideas exist in the polish population. more than 75% of polls do not want to accept this

it was common in these big eastern kentucky appellation families. reach was may be broader than a lot of people's grandparents were. she was the person made sure that i had a safe and stable home when my mom can provide it. she made sure ahead exposure to life lessons and people i needed to have exposure to so i didn't completely fall through the cracks. she had 19 handguns for today. she cussed up a storm, she was this a very powerful and perceptive figure and made sure that i had again, exposure to the things i needed to have exposure to so i can have a good life on about grandpa? she was grandma's husband and because of the drinking they are separated and it live in the same house, they never got divorced, they just and believe in it. so really, we just went through the revolving door of maternal partners. there was the one man in our life that we could depend on. when he died i stood up and said he was the best father anyone could ask for. for me and my sister he was the person who played that role in our lives. he fixed up a car or provided us

china eastern posted a surge in, while china southern slumped.tory in beijing. take us through the numbers. shanghai-based china eastern posting an increase, up 34% for the first half. china southern, a different picture, profits falling 11%. china eastern saying what they want to do now is focus on pushing up passenger yields. they say they would do that by adding more corporate clients and more direct ticket sales. and addedf capacity flights, they will be focused domestically on the top tier cities here. to beger yields tend higher. china southern sticking to its plan to expand internationally, focused on north america, is where ith expects international traffic to pick up 15%. we do have a chart showing chart -- 7941 is that i should say 730 eight, the revenues for the big three state-owned airlines. we are expecting china air results later this afternoon as well. rishaad: why are we seeing a pullback in overseas expansion by these airlines? all about capacity versus yield. in the last few years generally and broadly the airlines have been fo

eastern with the washington journal live at nasa's godard space. at noon eastern we join nasa tv as they provide live views of the eclipse shadow passing over north america. and at 4:00 p.m. eastern, viewer reaction to this rare solar eclipse over the continental united states. live, all-day cov solar eclipse starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >>> now author ralph peters on the human side of several civil war leaders including confederate generals robert e. lee, stonewall jackson. he looks at the impact of their personalities, background and families on their leadership. this talk was hosted by longwood university in virginia and the national historical park. it's just over an hour. >> our next speaker is lieutenant ralph peters. and mr. peters is author of a series of civil war lobbies, with some for sale out in the lobby. prior to writing that series understand a pen name, owen perry, wrote six books covering the war. he's wrinl numerous works on strategy and security, more recent military topics. he's a highly regarded journalist. he's currently wit

eastern on reel america, the 1944 u.s. office of war film "why we fi t fight: the battle of china". >> three facts must never be forgotten. china is history. china is land. china is people. >> on sunday at 11:30 a.m. eastern, political economy professor and author robert wright on alexander hamilton's views of the national debt. >> hamilton advised the creation of an energetic efficient government, one that did one thing well for as little money as possible. and that one thing was to protect americans' lives, liberty and property from tyrants, foreign and domestic. >> then at 7:00 p.m. eastern, new jersey residents and activists discuss the 1967 newark rebellion. >> there were 268 reports of sniper fire. zero snipers were ever found. >> zero? >> no evidence of any snipers. no gun shells other than the police gun shells. no footprints, no fingerprints, nothing was found. and yet 26 people were killed, one policeman, one fireman, the rest citizens, all by the three police forces that were operating. >> american history tv al

out there at the moment, they will become increasingly confined to northern england, southern and easternder, eventually pushing off into the north sea by the end of the night, at the same time, could see rumbles of thunder. overnight rain has cleared in the channel islands, still optimistic that the rain across the south—east corner has cleared, eastern kent, by the time we get away. starting the day with sunshine, a few showers, western scotland, northern ireland, most persistent rain lingering across shetland through much of the morning before it clears into the afternoon. overall, story of sunshine and showers, most likely to see showers at times, scotland, northern ireland, northern england, southern england, one or two showers, many will avoid them, even if you do see them, only a small portion of your day. in the sunshine, very pleasant, temperature 24, 20 5 degrees, sunshine, very pleasant, temperature 24,20 5 degrees, high teams, low 20s. ridge of high pressure building to ta ke 20s. ridge of high pressure building to take us into wednesday, will creep in from the west and if you

eastern areas will start off wednesday dry, and some parts of eastern scotland, eastern england willing its way eastwards, and some of that could be heavy across southern parts of england later on wednesday afternoon. now, for thursday, we're back to where we started. again, it's a mixture of sunshine and showers. 0ur area of low pressure still with us, sitting across scotland at this stage. a fairly cool, fresh feel in blustery winds, and for the end of the week, you guessed it, again that mixture of sunshine and showers. fairly cool and fresh, particularly in the north—west. hello, this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. ‘you're fired' — more upheaval at the white house, as yet another senior official is sacked. 0utspoken communications chief anthony scaramucci gets the axe, just 11 days after being appointed, after a foul—mouthed rant to reporters. good morning, it is tuesday one august. also this morning: tackling terror online. the home secretary tells the world's biggest internet companies they must do more to fight the spread of extremism. we are asking them

live coverage of 3:30 eastern. coming up tonight on c-span two, mike pence and housing and urban development secretary ben carson will be offered remarks at the annual national conservative student conference at 7:20 eastern. i was hoping to get transportation in 2001. my background was in trade and transportation. i was a transportation banker for number of years for both .ity core and bank of america i had worked for transportation companies, so my background was actually in transportation, so it is nice to be able to return to a field which i had worked previously. it is nice to be able to be back in a department that unfamiliar. watch our interview with elaine chao, secretary of transportation in the trump administration, tonight at 8:00 eastern. this weekend, massachusetts congressman richard neal, the top democrat on the ways and on the prospect for overhauling the u.s. tax code. he is our guest on "newsmakers." energy and natural resources committee yesterday held a hearing on how technology can be used to r

eastern on c-span and c-span.org. listen live on the c-span radio app, and saturday, we look at preparations for the first solar eclipse of the united states in the last 100 years. plus, mars exploration and more purity beginning at noon eastern on c-span. >> this week, trade officials from the united states, mexico and canada are meeting in washington, d c two submit proposals for -- in washington, d.c. to submit proposals for renegotiating nafta. is 25 minutes. at our table this morning, randy woods, economics editor for bloomberg, to talk about the future of nafta. washington,re in renegotiations began between the united states, canada, and mexico. show our viewers what robert light hazard -- robert lighthizer had to say at the opening. robert: use of the president about nafta, which i completely share, are well known. i want to be clear that he is not interested in a mere tweaking of the provisions and a couple of updated chapters. we feel that nafta has fundamentally failed many, many americans. here are some of

eastern here on c-span. netive coverage of the roots nation 2017 coverage thursday and friday on c-span. q&a about elections happening this year, and a look at the 2018 midterm landscape. friday, at 1:00 p.m. eastern, a discussion on standing up for working families and embracing progressive values. at 2:30 p.m. eastern, a look at how to win back progressive power through organizing. at 4:00 p.m. eastern, developing vision statements for the types of society progressives want to see. join us for live coverage of the netroots nation conference. robctor and filmmaker reiner was joined by david frum, a columnist and former speechwriter for each -- for george w. bush, talking about what they see as russia's strategy to undermine american democracy, including efforts to --erfere with the 20 17th 2016 presidential election. richard: those of you who are of my age -- and i see a couple out there -- rob: those of you out there who are of my age, and i see a couple of you out there, you will remember in the 1950's we

sunday, eastern areas of scotland, eastern england should stay dry, with some spells of sunshine.y night, but then cloud and rain with some strong winds working in from the west on sunday. i'm babita sharma with bbc world news. our top story: after north korea's latest missile test, president trump has warned that the time for talking is over. president trump appears to have dismissed the prospect of a diplomatic solution to the current missile crisis. although his defence secretary, james mattis, later said diplomacy was still possible. the governor of texas says the us state has not yet seen the worst of the flooding triggered by tropical storm harvey. greg abbott says 1a more counties has been included in the disaster zone. tributes are being paid to sir david tang. the hong kong born businessman sir david tang who has died at the age of 63. he rose to prominence through his shanghai tang fashion chain, and was well—known as a charity fundraiser and friend of celebrities. that's all from me for now. stay with bbc news. and the top story here in the uk: the prime minister insist

>> tuesday at 8:00 eastern on c-span, c-span.org, and listen using the free c-span radio app.iving tours of gettysburg -- gettysburg battlefield for years. recently a co-author of a guide to gettysburg. american history to be joined as to when the city of the -- the story of the three-day battle during the direction of the monument. >> we are here in the north carolina state memorial. virginia would be the first former confederate states to build the state monument here at get his work in 1917. in 1927, the south carolina decided north carolina also needed a monument to gettysburg. they organize their political forces and their influence -- the state legislature. this was completed in 1929. since the most beautiful market -- north carolina so preparing there hasn't gettysburg -- lookis a north virginia -- at the monument, the five figures there. very heroic poses, very lively. she knows she will might make it across here. the big man in front, one word should come to mind, determination. his over it does it's over his right shoulder. he is horrified that this is about to happe

tomorrow, southern and eastern areas largely dry with spells of sunshine, more cloud and wales are notough northern ireland and scotland, we will see outbreaks of rain at times, nothing desperately have become. 16 in glasgow. we could see dry weather with the greatest chance of showers in northern and western areas. this is bbc news. the headlines at 7pm: net migration to the uk falls by a quarter to 246,000 a year, the lowest level for three years. it follows a surge in eu nationals leaving the uk since the brexit vote. what we a seeing is a third quarter net reduction in the net migration figures but it shows we cannot and will not be complacent about working towards that long term aim and desire that we outlined to people across the country that we want to see migration fall to sustainable levels. the number of students getting top gcse grades in maths and english has fallen slightly after the introduction of new tougher exams. a 25—year—old woman has been jailed for ten years for making a series of false accusations of rape and sexual assault. the husband of a woman who was knocked

we don't know if you will only move the rule or look at one o'clock eastern medicine not mean anything. to if you don't you want me. to the building of this train station hasn't changed much in fifteen years. it's. just. a traffic light is working. a barbershop. in the left. it's the signal is not go to eating. no kids. if we have longer in for me have you been attending this school. the national weather service in mount holly new jersey has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for sussex county in southern delaware southern kent county and central delaware calvert county in eastern maryland southern queen anne's county in northeastern maryland caroline county in eastern maryland southwestern kent county in northeastern maryland in till nine pm at seven fifty two pm severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near st michaels to near big stone beach moving southeast at fifteen miles per hour hazard sixty miles per hour wind gusts and quarter size hail source radar indicated impact minor damage to vehicles is possible expects damage to trees and power lines locations i

eastern on c-span. takes an's cities tour tv and american history tv to tacoma, washington as we explore its rich history and literary culture. located on the puget sound and 60 miles northwest of mount rainier, tacoma was chosen in the 19th century as the western terminus of the northern pacific railroad. weibely at noon eastern, traveled the city talking to local authors, including tonya erdson. she will share the history of faith-based programs in prisons and the role religion plays in the u.s. prison system. >> there is a lawsuit against risen fellowship ministry which is a big organization that has done this work. for theto prison watergate related crimes and and began to be born again. the international prison ministry, they were running an entire wing in an iowa state prison. it was the same issues. you get tv in your cell. you get access to role. americans united for the separation of church and state sued them and the organization lost. they kept making the argument that they are not partisan.

eastern, viewer reaction to the rare solar eclipse over the united states.ive all-day coverage on monday starting at 7:00 eastern on c-span and c-span.org. free on the c-span radio app. host: again the numbers -- president trump talking about both sides being responsible for charlottesville violence. president trump: what about the all that cch

the rain late to reach wales and eastern england.rts of england on thursday morning but the afternoon brightening up. sunshine for most and showers moving into the north—west. through friday and into the weekend, low pressure in charge. we will get a north—westerly wind. temperatures going down across the uk. frequent showers might mix together to give lengthy spells of rain but generally the further south and east, the brighter the weather gets but nobody is immune from getting a shower. this is bbc news. the top stories... brexit secretary, david davis, says the government wants to negotiate a temporary customs union with the eu for when the uk leaves. rail fares will go up by 3.6% injanuary — the biggest increase for four years. passenger groups say commuters will be worst hit. and i am in india, where the people are remembering partition 70 years on. the grenfell tower public inquiry will examine issues including the cause of the fire — and the actions of kensington and chelsea council. mudslides and floods in sierra leone have k

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