you go to ford or general motors and you want them to exhibit expo 74. there is a town not that well known. we call it spokane, rhymes with can. at the time, most people say spo-kane, but it's spokane. the river falls would be spectacular. like any western river fed by mountains and a snowmelt from mountains, the spokane river is most spectacular in the spring when the water is running. at one point, they had industrialists from detroit, ford and general motors, and representatives higher up of those companies. they wanted to persuade them that this would be a good place for a world's fair. the trouble was, it was august or september and the water had gone down to just a trickle going to the falls. there are several up river dams and naturally, the power company was interested in seeing this fair happen and they arranged to cut off the flow of the river entirely for a period of time while king cole and others in spokane had lunch at a restaurant overlooking the side of the falls. only the carefully set them down to where they would not be looking at the

quite a few of the records from expo 74 are here. what we are looking at right now of whaty large map, one was called birdseye maps, ironically before people went up in airplanes. they had these maps that put you in your imagination of the the city and they were very carefully worked out to show the buildings. what you can see here is the , onane river flowing from my right would be the east, idaho, flowing into spokane. this is 1890. you can see mills along the across number of bridges it. no railroad trestles, the railroads would come later. right across this part of the river. this is basically the region where this whole story takes place. so bear in mind, that in 1960 say, this is what spokane looks like. the river is essentially forgotten. very ugly, urban, cluttered cap. at one point, the clutter was progress. we have trains coming in, hooray , we have mills and they are making us a lot of money. but a variety of things happened that made that change. one of them was the inspector of the shopping center. a big shopping center

training and weapons expo. the expo promotes itself as intense training for intense times.t always met with protests. it was forced out of oakland in 2014. the following year urban shield came under fire when a vendor sold "black rifles matter" t- shirts. this year people shopped for firearms and facial recognition tools. and the alameda county sheriff's department says they were preparing first responders to serve the bay area in case of disaster. >> when the police say they are helping people and they are protecting people, i wonder what communities are actually referring to. >> reporter: these say they are arming far right groups called the oath keepers. they did have a booth at this year's expo earlr this month. the southern poverty law center describes the oath keepers as one of the largest radical answer the government groups in the u.s. today. so the protestors are planning to attend this task force meeting at 9 a.m. and then they will determine the next step for the expo. whether or not they will continue to have it here or not. live in oakland, neda iranpour, kpix

they a booth at this year's expo.outhern poverty law center says they are one of the largest radical anti-government groups in the u.s. today. again, the meeting for the task force is set to start at 9 a.m. it is their final one before they determine what to do about the future of urban shield and those protestors do plan to make their voices heard. live in oakland, neda iranpour, kpix 5. >>> facebook's ceo mark zuckerberg admits russians placed ads on the social network in the runup to the 2016 presidential election. the menlo park company's own internal investigation found more than 3,000 election- related ads costing more than $100,000 paid for by a russian company with links to the kremlin. facebook said that the vast majority of ads didn't have any reference to the presidential election or anything else. but it appears to focuses on amplifying divisive social and political messages. last week facebook gave the ad information to special counsel robert mueller and this week to the senate. >> they continue to work w

monuments to watch you, the citizens of spokane and -- a state of washington, in putting on expo 74.this was a very awkward time for president nixon. watergate inquiry scandal had been going on for well over a year at this point. had recently, the tapes been discovered, which put the nail in his coffin in terms of ending his residence. but that was opening day. fair them to win -- them that went on. it's still a rule that a world fair runs for six months normally. during that time, about 5 million people came to see the world fair, which is not a large number in terms of, something like the huge shanghai world fair of 2010, where i believe 80 million people came. if you take the population of million, and the population of spokane at about 200,000, a much higher proportion of people came to the spokane fair. so, a small fair, but in its way, tremendously successful. all of this of course is good goes, 43 years ago. a lot of capital since then. the park has been developed year-by-year. initially -- it took about two years to get the buildings out and put grass. it's mainly now these i

but for five days in march this year this beach paradise played host to india's defense expo. and. today india is the largest importer of arms in the world and has pledged to spend two hundred fifty billion dollars over the next decade to modernize its military hoping to cash. in companies from across the globe have flocked to the defense expo in the hopes of selling that to the indian government. my name is my. eye. at the forefront of india's military expansion is the devil up into four feet of nuclear submarines which will be powered by enriched uranium and capable of firing thermonuclear weapons each one over a thousand times more powerful than the devices detonated over hiroshima and nagasaki joining world war two. but in order to power in on this fleet india will need a large stockpile of sufficiently enriched uranium. according to a recent investigation by foreign policy magazine a new top secret facility is under construction in the south indian district of china kerry and it is here that many believe the highly enriched uranium needed to fulfil india's military ambitions w

. >> so anyway, so you must really want to go to this bird expo. >> i do. >> biggest birds expo taking place starting friday. what? >> have you ever seen a snowy owl. only about that big. >> no. >> yes. >> well, you can see one. >> who? >> you will see one this weekend, thanks, mik mike and alex, we'll fit you are your brain with some activity. i want to introduce you, snowy owl out in audubon, over the philadelphia expo center. owed end, he was hooting, so cute, great hounders owl. hi, carry, can you tell me, you'll be having whole demonstrate with the birds of pray, and while they're cute birds of pray. >> exactly, you saw the cute screach owl. he is a little more magestic, yes, at the american birding expo, this weekend, it is friday through sunday, and there are things for everyone, families included, and i'll be there at 2:00 doing a bird at pray demonstration. >> (owl hooting). >> how cute is that? so the neatest, audubon from pennsylvania, name for him, or audubon center, there so people who love birds come here, they flock. >> they do. >> to our area. and if they come this week

quite a few of the records from expo 74 are here.are looking at a very large map that was, it was one of what was called the versailles maps -- the bird's eye maps. before they went up and airplanes, they had these maps that put you into the imagination of the city. they are carefully worked out to show you the buildings. seet you can't see is -- can is the spokane river flowing ,rom on my eased, idaho -- east idaho, then coming into spokane. you can see the city, the number of bridges across it. the railroads came in later. this one line that would be a series of road rail -- right across this part of the river. this was basically the region where this whole story takes place. in 1960 this is what spokane looked like. the river is essentially forgotten. very ugly, urban clutter downtown. at one point, the clutter was progress. we have trained coming in -- trains coming in. mills are making us a lot of money. but a variety of things happened. one of them was the specter of the shopping center. and a big shopping center went up north

but for five days in march this year this beach paradise played host to india's defense expo. india is the largest importer of arms in the world and has pledged to spend two hundred fifty billion dollars over the next decade to modernize its military hoping to cash in on seniors and companies from across the globe have flocked to the defense expo in the hopes of selling that to the indian government. my name is my. eye. at the forefront of india's military expansion is the devil up into four feet of nuclear submarines which will be powered by enriched uranium and capable of firing thermonuclear weapons each one over a thousand times more powerful than the devices detonated over hiroshima and nagasaki joining world war two. but in order to power in on this fleet india will need a large stockpile of sufficiently enriched uranium. according to a recent investigation by foreign policy magazine a new top secret facility is under construction in the south indian district of china kerry and it is here that many believe the highly enriched uranium needed to fulfill india's military am

consciousness around the world about environmentalism, and it became the theme, the of session of expo 74. >> we will visit the childhood home of bing crosby. c-span the city tour in spokane, washington saturday at 7:30 p.m. eastern. the c-span cities tour, working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> next, david davis british secretary of state for exiting the european union. he talks about the future of brexit and u.s.-u.k. trade relations. this is an hour. an hour. >> well, what a behaved crowd. i'm the executive vice president of commerce.hamber of the u.s. chamber of ommerce ap u.k. business counsel, we're delighted to host he u.s. secretary of state david differences. applause! round of is ow secretary davis, this your first visit back to back.gton, so welcome it's an interesting times on atlantic, we he have interest ng and complex .hallenge coming ow that you're off a interesting round of gorks parts which weer look forward to hearing from you. crowd there are a lot of business leaders. i want to recognize one from the u.n. who has .one a tremend

that expo is today here at 4:00 in dublin, the same time protesters gather calling for an end to thisd of urban shield training. i pulled up prior exercises. in 2013 there was a simulated passenger train crash focused on mass casualties. simulated explosive terror attack, how agencies deal with donations. in 2015 a coordinated terrorist attack, a simulated one, focused on training for mass transportation and evacuation. last year the earthquake exercise tested the regional distribution of goods and this is on shelter. i did post a poll in my twitter feed asking whether you want your local police department to participate in exercises like urban shield. about a quarter of you say, yes, in the name of emergency preparedness. about half of you say no because it leads to officers acting more like soldiers and about a quarter of you say it should really be up to individual police departments to decide. now in the last week the trump administration overturned some obama-era rules saying that -- making it easier to acquire surplus military goods that is likely going to fuel the conversation

in japan town, you will find the sumo wrestling expo.north bay, local bruise will be -- beer bruise will be featured. in sports, the niners are on the road. that is your we can watch. >>> no matter what flavor of ice cream, the museum of ice cream in san francisco might be the place for you. >>> it's extended its run through february with additional tickets on sale. is a pop up museum on grant avenue. the whole museum is dedicated ice cream. it features a pop rocks cave as well is a gummy garden. there is a cotton county -- candy room. our reporter found this is the museum's most popular exhibit. >> this is our signature, we've had it in new york and los angeles. this is like made for instagram. you can swim around. >> it's incredible. it's amazing. >>> the museum features at least eight different ice cream and candy tastings. tickets are only available on the museum of ice cream's website. kind of like charlie and the chocolate factory. >> that is so good. that is my favorite ice cream. my mother was a rocky road find.>> strawberry mayb

eastern, american history tv features the story of expo 74, 1 of the first environmentally themed world fairs. >> spoke again is the small -- spokane is the smallest city in the world to ever host a world fair, but it was the first fair to use the environment as a wase, and i believe 1972 the very first earth day, and it was a great consciousness around environmentalism , and it became the theme and obsession of expo 74. announcer: we will also visit the childhood home of being crosby. c-span cities tour in spokane, washington. the c-span cities tour, working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. for the next hour, an american history tv

they say the expo promotes the military sation of police and is dangerous under the trump administration. >>> equifax, exposed the personal information of 1,123 million americans, the information includes names, birth dates, social security and more, they asked people to see if they're affected and -- there appeared to be a catch, anyone who signs up for the service cannot sue equifax. the company said the class action waiver does not apply to this situation. head to our website nbc 7.com and click on 7 on your side to learn more. >> from former president to form fer mayors, the first baptist church held them all, the reverend and civil rights activist celebrates. >> heavy weights praised the man. >> thank you for embody eeg the most of america. >> all men are united in their appreciation of dr. amos brown. >> embrace many individuals who have labd labored with me on common core values of piece, justice, love, and the development of all human kind. >> founded in 1852, the church has seen a lot of change, it will receive historical status. >> he's in there speaking the truth to power, sta

there's everything from a sumo expo to various art and wine.s well as a lot of music festivals as well. we have all the details of this weekend's watch. >>> it's the weekend, and a great time to head to local beaches for the 2017 california coastal cleanup day. opportunities to help out from the north bay all the way to monterey. in the south bay, celebrate mexican independence day at the 2017 festival at guadalupe park. or head to beckett park for the 10th annual chuck art festival. you can play with music, dance, and others. >> the luna -- saturday and sunday downtown is a lafayette art, wine and music festival. looking to adopt a pet? hurricane harvey dogs and cats will be up for adoption. these animals are all owners surrendered for harvey and need to be cleared to make more space. the event will feature a highflying flash dogs and canine demos. it's going on saturday, and sunday at alameda county fairgrounds. in richmond, enjoy live music of the spirit and soul festival with an outdoor bazaar showcasing local restaurant. >>>the red bull cl

eastern, american history tv features the story of expo '74.lly themed world fairs. >> spokane was at the time the smallest city in the world ever to host a world's fair. but it was the first environmental world fair. the first fair he used the environment as a theme. it followed close -- i believe it's 1972 was earth day, the very first earth day. there's a great consciousness around the world about environmentalism. it became the theme and arguably the obsession of expo '74. >> also visit the childhood home of spokane native bing crosby. saturday at 7:30 p.m. eastern on c-span 2's book tv. and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on "american history tv" on c-span 3. the c-span cities tour. working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. c-span. where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. that is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider.

but it also has a weapons expo. >> whoo!pons that are prompting a protest today at the alameda county government center in oakland. organizers say they are also taking a stand against president trump's intent to lift restrictions to the transfer of military equipment to police departments. >>> donald trump, jr.'s meeting with the senate judiciary committee left some senators wanting more answers. the questioning centered around a june 2016 meeting with a russian lawyer. donald trump maintained his statement that nothing came of it even though he changed his story several times on why he agreed to meet. according to cnn, trump told the committee he did not tell his father about the meeting at trump tower. lawmakers say they have more questions. >> it raised more questions than it answered. there were huge gaping holes of information that we need to fill and we are determined to fill it by having him come back under oath in public. at least i will urge that it be done by subpoena if necessary. >> california senator dianne fein

it became the theme, arguably the obsession of expo '74. >> we will also visit the childhood home of bing crosby. announcer: today at 7:30 p.m. on c-span's 2 book tv. and on c-span 3. working with cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. lectures: tonight on in history, virginia, what university professor emily raymond teaches a class on the 1973 film, soiling green -- soylent green. here is a preview. window intos us a what was happening in the 1970's. it was easy for audiences to relate to what was happening because they had seen similar images, or had dealt with similar problems in their daily life. albeit in tamer fashion, but for example, the shortages. here is a scene from the movie where people are waiting in line to get their water canisters filled. you have to wait in line and hope they still have some by the time you get there. and same thing with the gas stations all across the country. where there were shortages, gas was divvied out in small rations, or you might be able to go to the gas station if you had an even license plate on one day, but then if you

they say the expo promotes the military sation of police and is dangerous under the trump administrationuifax, exposed the personal information of 1,123 million americans, the information includes names, birth dates, social security and more, they asked people to see if they're affected and -- there appeared to be a catch, anyone who signs up for the service cannot sue equifax. the company said the class action waiver does not apply to this situation. head to our website nbc 7.com and click on 7 on your side to learn more. >> from former president to form fer mayors, the first baptist church held them all, the reverend and civil rights activist celebrates. >> heavy weights praised the the man. >> thank you for embody eeg the most of america. >> all men are united in their appreciation of dr. amos brown. >> embrace many individuals who have labd labored with me on common core values of piece, justice, love, and the development of all human kind. >> founded in 1852, the church has seen a lot of change, it will receive historical status. >> he's in there speaking the truth to power, standin

part of the story put the most interesting one has was very close with martin venter corn who is the expos of folks walk in and he was working closely with miller who is now the c.e.o. of folks walking and despite the fact that the prosecutors say that they are not under investigation of course this story shows that the you know interest of the prosecutors is getting more and more up on the ladder in the direction of the top ranking officials some very interesting inside there from con ed booth and our correspondent in frankfurt thank you the whole emissions affair has revealed how far behind germany is in electrum ability it's still clinging to the diesel engine as if it's life depended on it and yet a cause a catching on elsewhere not as fast as some would hope china's just put off a sales quota for electric vehicles instead of next year it will come into effect from twenty nineteen china's cities are choking in smog. protective masks do little to ward off the respiratory illnesses caused by heavily polluted air so far official measures to curb pollution have failed to make a difference.

one of the very helpful things 74, thatne was expo was the 1974 world's fair. we were the smallest community ever to have the fair. it was a tremendous undertaking. spokane'she city of worst crime-ridden place, i know it because i worked there as a policeman, they cleaned it up and made it a wonderful park. it helped the community quite a bit, because from that point on, a lot of people from the world over came to spokane and saul what look like, saw the potential, and i think spokane really blossomed after expo 74. i would say you can learn from spokane's early history to what it is today. it is a population of people that want to a compass things, they want to stay in tune with things that are modern, but it is a city of beauty. -- lookthat people behind me, see the river and falls? things constantly evolve for the better. all in all, talking about spokane, it is a beautiful place and i guess it would be called washington's is kept secret. mymy great-grandfather and rant father, he was a boy at the time, were recruited from virginia to come on a train up to r

for a return appearance as an additional bonus offers will be signing the books downstairs on the expo floor. beginning with a panel discussion of j.f. kennedy's birth. said to talk about the recent books on this fascinating 35th president and family and campaign and role of the civil-rights effort. so before we get started a special things to wells fargo was generally sponsor the history and biography stage the regional president would like to say a few words for pro. >> with the operation here in the capital region it is my pleasure to be here all seven years my family and i have relocated to the greater washington market almost seven years ago and this is the very first event i have the pleasure of attending publicly so it has been a real pleasure to be a part of the festival seven years. we're extremely proud to be a charter sponsor of the national book festival and also on the stage '07 years to celebrate the wonderful work the library of congress does because well fargo has an active role across the country for quite some time so in the greater washington market last year team me

and it was a great consciousness around environmentalism , and it became the theme and obsession of expo 74. announcer: we will also visit the childhood home of being crosby. c-span cities tour in spokane, washington. the c-span cities tour, working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. for the next hour, an .merican history tv exclusive our cities tour visits tacoma, washington, to learn more about its unique history and literary life. for six years, we have traveled to u.s. cities, bringing the literary scene and historic sites to our viewers. you can read more at c-span.org/citiestour. years before the arrival of the transcontinental railroad, tacoma was not dissimilar from most of the other small communities around puget sound, and really in the pacific northwest. the population presence was predominantly native american. by the end of the 19th century, coming over the oregon trail and some by sea, small little villages really of europeans had theved, that mostly along shoreline, and that was because the primary purpose here for people settling was cutting

so find expo center at oaks beginning monday september 18th with consigneer drop off. first public sale day is thursday, accepts 21st. again we have put all of the details on this sale and others on six abc.com. i'm nydia han for channel six, "action news". >>> much more to come on "action news" tonight, president trump, molds his next move in healing the north korea's latest missle and, nuclear test. >>> jamie apody returns with more of the eagles close loss in kansas city and plane crash takes the life of nasa car, star, that and much more when "action news" comes right back >>> here are big stories we are following for you on "action news" tonight. president trump talks about the possible options regarding south korea and north korea after north korea's latest missle test. >>> authorities in st. louis brace for a third day of protests, after the acquittal of the former police officer in the death of the black man. >>> former atlantic city cop battles back after he was nearly killed. >>> now to the details, north korea was on president trump's a gend today. he talked

. >> on sunday, american history tv features the story of expo 74. >> spokane was at the time one of the smallest cities in the world to ever host a world's fair. it was the first environmental world's fair to use environment as a theme. 1972 was the very first earth day. there was a great consciousness around the world about environmentalism, and it became the theme, the of session of expo 74. >> we will visit the childhood home of bing crosby. c-span the city tour in spokane, washington saturday at 7:30 p.m. eastern. the c-span cities tour, working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >>

if the nats take 2-3 from atlanta starting tonight they would be the fastest nationals expos team to reach 90 wins. since the dodgers have lost 11 straight games, which is hard to believe, the nats could try to catch l.a. for the top seed, but as dusty baker explains making sure his players get the right amount of rest is also a priority. dusty: pitchers and players rust out before they wear out. you have to -- it's a fine line. i mean, you want them healthy. i mean, you want them not up on your adrenalin in the game. >> moving on redskins wide receiver is finally healthy after being limited to two games last season with achilles injuries. it appears head coach jay gruden is taking a it off love approach. he was not targeted at all by kirk cousin during sunday's loss to the eagles. >> the more reps he'll get. i know that will happen. gosh is a great receiver. now a mat of putting day in and day out consistently. stacking days together. he'll get plenty of catches by the time the year is up. >> finally the mystics will play the minnesota lynx in the semifinals all starting tonight. >>

in one case, they say harris expos exposed himself to a woman. he's charged with unlawful sexual contact, sexual harassment and indecent exposure. >>> a man died trying to save his wife from a fire. he didn't realize she had already escaped the flames. that fire started just before midnight last night on west 36th street. family members tell us the victim monroe got out first. but couldn't find his wife. he went back trying to find her. he didn't make it back out. his wife was treated first-degree r joufor injuries he suffered sumping from the roof. >> family and friends pay final respect to coach. villa nova campus the site for the funeral services. many former players showed up to pay respects. he passed last month after a long battle with cancer. he will most be remembered for coaching the wildcats to the 1985 national championship. current nova coach and protege chokes back tears during the ceremony. >> every one of us who was blessed to be a part of his family, see a hole in our souls that can only be matched by the loss of a parent. that's

why they say they don't want the weapons and training expo here in town. oh, you brought butch. yeah! (butch growls at man) he's looking at me right now, isn't he? yup. (butch barks at man) butch is like an old soul that just hates my guts. (laughs) (vo) you can never have too many faithful companions. introducing the all-new crosstrek. love is out there. find it in a subaru crosstrek. michelle griego. and i'm kenny choi. let's start with a live look outside... gr >>goorod odgomorning, i'm kenny choi. let's start with a live look outside on this friday morning. we are smiling, look at that. traffic not looking too bad on 880 in oakland on the right and on the left we have a shot of levi's stadium in santa clara, the site of the 49ers game last night. they came up just a little bit short. >> hm. >> it was a really good game. fantastic football game. not necessarily the two best teams in the nfl. maybe not even the top 20. but it was a good game. >> i think the best part of the game was towards the end. >> yeah. >> when they started to show some character and had a really good com

protests every year when the law enforcement training and weapons expo known as urban shield comes to town. ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: activists want alameda county to stop hosting it. >> urban shield is militarized policing. >> reporter: the alameda county sheriff's department says this year's conference is preparing first responders to serve bay area communities in case of disaster. this year we're focused on disaster preparedness. the bay area is susceptible to a major earthquake event. the annual convention was forced out of oakland in 2014. the following year urban shield came under scrutiny when these shirts were sold at the convention. >> when the police say they're helping people and protecting people i wonder what community they're actually referring to. >> reporter: pictures taken at the convention show officers shopping for high powered rifles and facial recognition tools. the kind of technology protesters say authorities simply don't need. tonight they held their own community safety fair complete with fire safety training and self-defense classes. programs they say could us

. -- you'll find the fishing expo on sunday and in the north bay taste delicious brews and enjoy live craft beer festival. 23 n. bay breweries will be showcasing their specialties. the giants, raiders and quakes are at home for their weekend games. >>> all right, plenty to do as always, and it sounds like the weekend will be pretty nice. let's chicken on cell with traffic at this point -- let's check in on sal. >> 580 westbound as you drive from tracy into the area here, it's been nice, no major issues driving through, and that commute continues to look very nice all the way up to the livermore area. this is a look at interstate 880, north and southbound also looking good in the east bay and so far so good at the bay bridge toll plaza. if you are driving, we are hoping this will be a nice, easy friday commute. it's 4:47 and let's bring in steve with today's forecast. >>> it's a cool, cool pattern, the coolest we've seen in a while with just a little changes here. yesterday's high in downtown sacramento only reached 79 degrees. this is the first time since june 12, 94 days ago, that th

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to get out there and it's at the dulles expo center. children six to 12, three dollars, children under five free. >> deal. >> perfect thing. >> okay. thank you so much courtney and dave. >> thanks for having us. >> thank you so much for having us. >> we'll be right back. >> ♪ >> welcome back. check out these pictures of a very unusual police ride along. it's a raccoon everybody. the raccoon jumped onto the front of a colorado police car while the officer was behind the wheel. the officer was responding to a call when out of nowhere this raccoon attached itself to the windshield. he snapped these photos before the raccoon climbed off and went on its way. isn't that hilarious? okay. >>> meanwhile an honest mistake from a little girl in d.c. has turned into a dream serenity williams wanted a hamster so she wrote a letter to what she thought was petco. it was mailed to pepco the power company. instead of dismissing the letter pepco responded by giving her a hamster. don't you love that. the whole thing is just really cool. serenity and her

eastern, american history tv features the story of expo 74, one of the first environmentally themed worlds fairs. >> spokane at the time was one of the mallest cities in the world ever to host a worlds fair. but it was the first fair that used the environment as a theme. and it followed close by i believe it was 1972, the very first earth day. and there's a great consciousness around the world about environmentalism. and it became the theme and arguably the obsession of expo 74. >> c-span's cities tour in spokane, washington saturday at 7:00 p.m. eastern. and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on c-span 3. working with our capable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >>> and now university of georgia professor scott nesbit teaches a class on historic preservation and the debate over several cultural heritage sites. such as the tearing down of confederate

so to do a very difficult job to walk that line through the expos eight with the thought and practice of the of pampers from the lens of the grass-roots movement. you can follow on twitter and a professor at williams college. [applause] afternoon. it is good to be here in baltimore i drove down last night from new york with those that the black panther party only the things they imagine them doing. so to challenge that perception with the new historical figures that were central to a changing that was interesting. this is where they think they're read everything and oftentimes you don't realize is a result of that propaganda intertwined and the substances that they're there their education so nearsighted to be part of that project so to engage with interesting and transformative dialogue. why did i write the book? with the undergraduate student and leaving brooklyn new york i simply realized it was a conservative type of environment with a social movement to give me the opportunity that is part of the black panther party. with those internationalist organization the way day liberated

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eastern, american history tv features the story of expo 74, one of the first environmentally themed worlds fairs. >> spokane at the time was one of the mallest cities in the world ever to host a worlds fair. but it was the first fair that used the environment as a theme. and it followed close by i believe it was 1972, the very first earth day. and there's a great consciousness around the world about environmentalism. and it became the theme and arguably the obsession of expo 74. >> c-span's cities tour in spokane, washington saturday at 7:00 p.m. eastern. and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on c-span 3. working with our capable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >>> and now university of georgia professor scott nesbit teaches a class on historic preservation and the debate over several cultural heritage sites. such as the tearing down of confederate monuments. his class is about an hour. >>> so this is as you guys know the university of georgia at the brand new digital humanities lab. i'm scott nesbit and this class is

they released the expo yesterday coming down nearly two backs, 1% lower at 158 on apple.ney, the release of "star wars" episode nine delayed, but i'm told this is really important. jj abrahams has been signed on to direct the film. abrams. i'm sorry. big news in some circles, but not this one. check target. advance to hire 100,000 workers for the holiday pay that's a big number. the stock is up to .5%. back to the news you heard first hereon "varney & company." senator schumer and farmers weaker nancy pelosi right dinner with president trump tonight. chad bergen, fox news senior capitol hill producer. this is an interesting new to reach out, is the neck? >> yes, the president seems to be extending the hand across the aisle. he met with bipartisan senators last night on tax reform. tax reform. he is the problem solvers caucus and a group of moderate republicans and democrats are meeting this afternoon in policy and schumer coming for dinner tonight. i was told a couple moments ago this is an effort to talk about deadlines and the agenda. they have the end of september. als

eastern, american history tv features the history of expo 74, 1 of the most -- first and by mentally themed world affairs. >> spokane was the smallest city in the world to ever host a world fair. but it was the first environmental world fair, to use the environment as the theme. if followed close on 1972 was the very first birthday. it was a great consciousness around the world about environmental is him -- environmentalism. >> we will also visit the childhood home of spokane native bing crosby. tour today from 7:30 p.m. on book tv. the c-span cities tour. working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities around the country. labor day weekend on american history tv on c-span 3. at 8:00 p.m. eastern, tonight, fears about overpopulation. >> some of the issues talked about our pesticides was a big one. pollution was a big one. nonrenewable resources. things like oil and gasoline. but the super big one, the thing that really overshadow that first earth day was the prospect of global famine due to overpopulation of the earth. >> sunday on the presidency, the friendship between preside

something for those ofs us who may not be up for that kind of competition, a health h and fitness expon to the public friday and saturday at yards park. a few bonuses, prince george's county fair begins thursday and then saturday adams morgan day and the tacoma park folk festival takes place. a the lot going on around town. a lot still to come on fox5 local news, stay with us after the break.

it's happening at the greater philadelphia expo center in oaks. it begins tomorrow september 18 with consignor drop off. the first public sale day is september 21. we have all the details on this sale and others at 6abc.com. >> all right, when "action news" continues an update of our top stories. >> plus a final look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast in just a moment. >> recapping our top stories on "action news," a 20-year-old woman has died after falling 20 feet off a bridge overpass in the city's juniata section. it happened around 3:00 a.m. on the 4500 block of caster avenue. police are questioning friends the victim was with at the time. >>> classes in the methacton school district may be canceled following on yoga negotiations with the teachers -- with on going negotiations with the teachers union. >>> the jewish federation of philadelphia and habitat for humanity have teamed up to help senior citizens throughout the city to help with crucial home repairs that homeowners would not be able to to do on their own. >> last check of

milestones such as the expo 2020 and the introduction of vat will play a key role in boosting the equity7 is said to be worse than last year as the low all price environment continues to drag on the sector. joining us now is head of research. just to begin with, and one of focus on the vat. you are actually forecasting something interesting. that vat will eventually be a positive for the property sector, which might be considered counterintuitive by some people. we all more of that oil prices have had a major drag on economic growth across the region. the imf has been urging gulf states to introduce fiscal reforms for a number of ways to diversify away from oil. they have finally took in that step for vat. we see the introduction is positive for the economy. we see that as a step in the right direction. diversifying their income strings away from oil. it is going to prove beneficial to the economy as a whole. tracy: still a short-term hit to property in the near term. faisal: it is one of the downside risks we have to the market. less of a risk to residential property. beestors or buyers

the largest zombie and horror and sci-fi convention in the world taking place at the philadelphia expohis weekend. it includes excusive panels and celebrity guests. tickets $55 today, or $45 sunday or pay 90 bucks and go both days. it ends at 6:00 p.m. tonight and 5:00 p.m. tomorrow night. >>> all you dog lovers stretch out your paws in south philadelphia on sunday, puppy yoga at 1100 social benefits the philadelphia animal welfare society. adoptable dogs will be at the byom bring your own mat event. puppy yoga is free and all parents get a compliment beverage. the hour-long class begins tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m., have fun. to join you so nothing gets in your way. because no matter where it is you're going, or whatever stage of life you're in. we believe that when it comes to health. you don't join us. we join you. president donald trump took aim at critics of his administration's response to the hurricane relief effort in puerto rico. comments from the white house next on "action news" saturday at 9:00. >>> but first, outside we go to meteorologist chris sowers with the exclusive

the largest horror sci-fi convention in the world takes place at the greater philadelphia expo center. this should be fun. walker stalker con includes panels and celebrity guests. tickets $55 today, and had a dollars today or 90 bucks for two days. >>> all you doll -- dog lovers, stretch out your paws, puppy yoga, benefits the animal welfare society. adoptable dogs will be at the byom. bring your own matt eventful weekend all participants about a complimentary beverage, what kind. we'll see you after the break. honey, what are you doing? watching a cow...? what's it doing? impressions start your day with the new hash brown scramble bowl from chick-fil-a. everyone, 7:25 a.m., saturday morning, the month of september coming to an end. what a whacky month this has been. it started out on the cooler side, the first two weeks we were in the 60s and 70s for the highs. temperatures were cooler than where they should have been. then we got into the warm stretch of weather from the 14th on, 15 straight days temperatures were above seasonal averages. now we're seeing the cooler weather return.

>> there at reptile expos that i may or may not go to those. greg: thank you.ank you to the studio audience. nenenenenenenenenenene. see you soon. >> eric: have a goodnight. >> julie: president trump preparing to welcome world leaders to the u.s. next week for his very first appearance at the u.n. general assembly. i'm julie banderas and this is the fox report. it's a huge meeting for the u.s. commander-in-chief and there will be tough issues to tackle with the growing north korea threat likely topping the agenda. this as the leader of the rogue nation says his country is getting close to its goal of achieving million terry equilibrium with the united states. his comments coming just one day after north korea fired another missile over japan. it was in fact the country's longest ever test flight of a ballistic missile. the world now watching to see how the u.s. and its allies will react. kristin fisher has more from