the most important is the passing of the freedman's bureau bill. this is a federal government agency. the southerners said this was the federal government overreaching. federal government agency. the official name is bureau of refugees, freedmen and abandoned lands. it's a federal government agency oversee the transition from slavery to freedom in the south. it was not just to protect the rights of free people, but also giving food, shelter, sometimes opening hospitals and schools, even to southern whites. but it was portrayed as an awful overreach of the federal government that was only helping black people. actually, they were doing a lot of things. they ended up being identified mainly with the free people. what does this picture show you? a contemporary illustration of the bureau. it has two views of the freedman's bureau. what does this tell you? here is a man in a uniform, he could be a bureau agent or with the union army. what does this tell you about role of the bureau in the postcivil war south. ryan -- sorry, tasha. go ahead. student: it

it has two views of the freedman's bureau. what does this tell you? here is a man in a uniform, he could be a bureau agent or with the union army. a person they relied on. what does this tell you about the role of the bureau in the postcivil war south. ryan -- sorry, tasha. i will let tasha go first because she has not spoken yet. go ahead. student: it was trying to halt the division between the blacks and the whites, keep the peace for the most part. there was no other federal agency and johnson was not doing the job. prof. sinha: absolutely. a very good point. johnson had not yet been elected, but yes, this is the idea that the bureau would act as an arbiter between southern whites and black people demanding their rights. it would be an impartial agency, but it was not viewed that way. for black people, it became an alternate source of authority. if your former master or local state authorities abused you, whipped and -- you, and there were hundreds of incidents of people, complaints, people and children being whipped. you could appeal to the bureau

abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman is live in fairfax with details. wayne? >> reporter: unless you've shopped in marin county, you may not know they do not sell recreational cannabis. take a look. ♪ >> reporter: fairfax, california is about the last place a person might expect to find a cultural rift. but now a few are playing the blues because times are changing. >> people have been smoking marijuana here for as long as i can remember. and i've got a good memory. >> with the passage of proposition 64 which legalized can wis, there's division in the air. 77% of fairfax voted in favor. why, they ask, has the town council delayed establishing a new policy? >> philosophically, i'm saying follow the will of the voters, city council. i mean, i don't know how you ignore a number that big. >> reporter: yesterday, lou tremain submitted a petition allowing growth, manufacture and recreational sales of cannabis within fairfax limits, and it would also benefit the first licensed medical dispensary in the nation. >> the ordinance adopts prop 64 as the law in fairfax. we

an international event, and wayne freedman is getting a good sense of what it's all about. >> reporterell us you have not lived until you've consumed a beer while wearing horns on your head, and drinking from one. what did that come out of? >> from an ox. >> reporter: if you seek the subtle nuances of international relations, at&t park would be a good place to visit. who is that? >> i'm sorry, i don't know. >> reporter: here come the international rugby sevens fans. we would love to be able to show you up close how the rugby sevens world cup changed the layout of this historic baseball stadium, but due to contractual restrictions the aerial sky 7 view will have to do. >> there's no planning, we just hit each other. >> reporter: and then you go to counseling? >> then we go to the pub. >> reporter: or what passes for one in america where they say our beer is weak, even when consumed from one of those ox horns. they do kind of like our garlic fries, but our sausages, barely worth discussing. >> a special south african sausage. >> reporter: do they have that here? >> no. >> we do have saus

abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman back on the fire lines for us tonight. wayne, the size of this thing is astounding. >> reporter: oh, it's big. you drive from one end to the other. it takes quite a long time. we're talking more than an hour from one end to the other. it's interesting because if you believe in battlefield analogies, you also know an army is only as good as the backup. we asked about logistics today. it led us here. you know that tattered feeling, spend time in the wilderness battling flames, smoke, fatigue, do it 24 hours straight and then take a break in the yolo county fairgrounds, a relative lap of luxury. >> they need a place to shower and sleep. they have to have food, proper nutrition, medical care at times. >> hence the tents and the food and all the signs directing men and women to what they need after working on the fire lines. >> we're probably not going to be home much. >> mike from marin county, height as well be from oakland or anywhere at this point. >> you get to see parts of the state you'd probably never go to otherwise. >

the freedman's bureau was meant to help them.n a few areas, they confiscated the estates and chop them up into land parcels. this is where the phrase 48 acres and a mule came from. they also tried to set up schools. brian: you have a great cast of characters in your book. "impeached." who were his friends, who were his enemies? david: his friends were democrats and southerners. seward had been a prominent republican leader, but threw in with him early. it is a complicated story about secretary of state seward. he had been seen as a great abolitionist leader. he turned to be the helpmate of this president. his adversaries, the most compelling i found was a congressman. fascinating guy. he had been born with a club foot, and had had to overcome that at a time when being disabled was a real mark. you were thought to have the mark of the devil on you. he was incredibly smart, tough, and totally devoted to the causes of underdogs. we tend to think of people devoted to underdogs as namby pamby, softhearted people. people were afraid of

in san francisco, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >> you have the accent? no, you do. >> i know, right?ough sport. >>> today is the >>> crypto currency may be more than a hot trendy investment. it could become part of everyday life. >> it seems like it. 7 on your side's michael finney looks into a future that is already here. >> do you even know what it is? >> articles. >> you're correct. of reach, something that ency we leave for big investors. the folks we talk with said that is changing. jeff flowers teaches chemistry at the college of san mateo. he is also in the forefront of economic innovation. >> hi. can i get two canollis and maybe a tiramisu. >> he paid for his pasties at diand's in san mateo with a debit card loaded with bitcoin. jeff also did the same thing when he bought a cup of coffee. >> i was able to buy using a bit pay debit card. >> bit pay was founded in 2011. >> we launched a debit card that allows you to with a couple of taps on your phone convert bitcoin into a dollar balance that is spendable anywhere visa is accepted. >> steven parrish says bit pay users spend an

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. >> well, tonight they are reunited, and wayne freedman has the video of the reunion you'll see only for a moment. do me a favor. just park in the parking lot and come on up to the third floor. >> for retired officer val kerwin, the retiring he planned should never have gone like this. >> the last couple days, there was unknown. >> val is the man whose story went viral last weekend when his double retirement with barrow, his partner and explosives sniffing dog did not go according to plan. paperwork never went through. until he did, barrow still belonged to the tsa. instead of taking barrow home on the day of his retirement, officer kerwin had to surrender him. >> as far as i know i'm the handler, i feed him, i walk him. i even bathe him. >> so today in the basement of the san francisco police officer's association, val kerwin waited along with another retired police dog of his. >> gilby. >> your brother is on his way, yes, yet. >> now the moment of reunion. >> hey, bar, hey barrow, hi you, buddy! how you doing? how you? >> the problem traced back to one omitted signature back in san

let's get right to wayne freedman live in santa rosa. wayne?california cities. they have money problems. their costs and their taxes are not keeping track. now add the element of a major disaster. a fire storm that takes on a whole new element. on a seemingly perfect day in santa rosa, not a care in the world for visitors nor a storm cloud on the horizon. and yet -- >> has santa rosa ever faced anything like this before? >> never, no, no city has. >> reporter: that is the mayor in a meeting of city department heads today where stress from last year's fire storm has home to roost on the city budget. they need to cut $14.5 million. almost 10%. the reserve fund is severely depleted. >> i don't think we should be hurting the economy in order to build atoday. >> reporter: santa rosa spent $5 million on the fire in just its first month and now it has more issues,

wayne freedman and live outside the stadium capturing the international flavor. >> reporter: it's exciting, which is to be expected when you have 40 teams from 28 countries, they call it rugby sevens, you have seven-player teams playing seven-minute halve,s, and it's all over. that's what we hear anyway. they say it's an international experience. if you seek the subtle nuances of international relations, at&t park might be a good place to visit this weekend. but don't be surprised when conversations expose inconceivable cultural gaps. >> who is l lee mays, say hello international rugby sevens fans. >> what position did willie mays play? >> first. >> we would love to be able to show you up close how layout of this already historic baseball stadium, but due to contractual restrictions this aerial sky 7 view will have to do. as to what's going on down there -- >> there's no planning, we just hit each other. >> reporter: and then you go to counseling? >> no, then we go to the pub. >> forward passes for one in america where they say our beer is weak, even when consumed from an ox horn, as for o

. >> abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman explains how. >> larkfield estates, another neighborhood of the north bay fire zone with too many homeless mailboxes and charred memories. >> it's armageddon, right? >> today it became a venue for a press conference with fire victims. a heads up to the california state legislature and publicly owned utilities, saying their advertisementing about limits liabilities after wildfires seems insensitive. >> i think it's horrid. if i was a state legislator, i wouldn't even allow to have this discussion right now. >> pg&e has already primed investors to expect billions of dollars in liabilities following power lines that sparked fires last october, and there may be more. the state's inverse condemnation laws do not protect pg&e or utilities. they want the change that. >> if we reform inversion condemnation, it does not absolve pg&e from accountability. wildfire victims, anyone who was be a tougher ldfire can still legal test. fire victims and local officials describe the attempts to change liability laws as a closed door move. how can the legislature make

in san francisco, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >>> should be a lot of fun. thanks for joining us.tarts now. >>> traffic is extremely congested. >> breaking news in the north bay, 101 has just reopened, moments ago after a tanker crashed into a building. there is a report of an explosion also. popular surfer with terrible injuries, an outpouring of help for a family that needs it. >>> fire night in yosemite, flames spreading tonight. >>> the push to split california into three states, the billionaire's big plan suffered a big setback. >>> outrage builds over mgm's claim to sue victims. a bay area woman who was there is shocked. >>> the breaking news is happening in santa rosa right now where highway 101 just reopened after a hazardous materials incident on kaiser permanente's north campus. we have gotten a lot more information about what happened there. >> this incident involved this truck holding oxygen. highway oking at a sky 7 101 now. and also old redwood highway alongside, also open in both directions. i should tell you one person is injured. that is new information. it is not

in san francisco, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >> go get a tattoo?no, i'm good. >> well we are asking whether you are superstitious in tonight's live poll. >> voting is open at abc7news.com/vote. you can see some of the responses there. 82% of the people voting say they are not. and you don't even have to register, log in or sign up to vote. >> please, we'd love to hear from. you just a small tattoo? >> channel 7. >> that's what we would insist on. >> right. >>> all right. time to turn our attention to the weather because it's finally the weekend. >> it is. meteorologist sandhya patel is here. it's going to be a little toasty. >> we're going to be seeing the temperatures climbing into the mid 90s, especially ininland, as we head towards next week, dan and am map. this upcoming weekend we're back to what we should be seeing this time of year, which is no monsoon flow. showing you the fog. a stable atmosphere now as we take a look here. it was unstable this morning. had the pitter-patter of raindrops across some parts of the bay area. an isolated thund

abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman is live in fairfax. >> reporter: they're asking why not fairfax. fairfax was, after all, home to the first licensed medical dispensary in the united states. but the people who filed this petition say they're getting pushback from the town council that is taking its time to craft a policy. ♪ >> reporter: hang around fairfax and you'll catch the ve of a wh yisn bang still echoes, a last bastion of for some in this community where 77% voted in favor, change has not happened fast enough. >> philosophically, follow the will of the voters, city council. how do you ignore a number that big? >> reporter: yesterday, a petition was presented to the town council asking for a ballot measure allowing growth, manufacture and recreational sales of cannabis within fairfax limits. it would limit the first licensed medical dispensary in the nation. >> the ordinance adopts 64 as the law in fairfax. we want the same thing everybody else has. >> reporter: if approved it would allow the owner to sell the first recreational cannabis. without that, her business may go und

then in 1978 when the ban was banished, joseph freedman became the first black mormon to be ordained,ent still fresh in his mind. >> i felt like angels were all around us. >> reporter: today, of the more than 6 million mormons in the united states, less than 2% are black. >> i grew up in the mormon church. >> reporter: deshone williams says blacks have yet to break through to the highest ranks of leadership. inclusion and racial insensitivity still a struggle. >> have i thought about leaving? sure. absolutely. but my relationship with god is what has me staying. >> reporter: the mormon church is set on a course of unprecedented expansion, denouncing white supremacy and forging an alliance with the naacp. >> most in the church, including its senior leadership, have concentrated on the opportunities of the future rather than the disappointments ofhe redemption from its racist past, this be a turning point for the mormon church. steve patterson, nbc news, salt lake city. >>> coming up, justin bieber back in the headlines tonight. the announcement that is leaving some fans sorry. >>> a fa

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in san francisco, wade freedman, abc 7 news. >> rugby is so fun. excited it's here in town. >> this is a little less fun. nude bike rides are sort of common in the bay area. but that's not what is happening here. it's not an organized thing at least. >> a viewer snapped this photo on north bay highway 101 in san jose. you are not seeing this incorrectly. that is a naked man on a bike on a highway. the viewer who sent it to us asked correctly who is this man? and the highway patrol is trying to find that out. >> why would you do that? >> pretty warm yesterday. san jose. just get a little breeze going. >> chaffing. like a lot of questions. >> bicycles on the highway not a good idea. >> never. no, i can't imagine. >> naked on a bicycle usually not a good idea. >> even worse. >> put them together. >> just two wrongs. >> if you want to bike later today you could. it's going to be warm in a lot of spots. visibility this morning, see live doppler 7 once again the coast and north bay are hardest hit spots with the fog, typical issues on a july summer morni

live in yolo county, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >>> changing wind conditions are contributing to the growth of the county fire. sandy pacel is telling us what the winds are doing. >> they're shifting once again, take a look, out of the east/southeast. it's 91 degrees, relative humidity 26%. since this morning the winds have switched direction from the southeast to the north/northeast to the east/southeast. it's really been fluctuating. letting up a bit at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, and we are expecting cooler conditions. still a bit of smoke hanging on from the walnut creek camera. take a look at what firefighters are up against. although we get a bit of a break from that warm to hot weather tomorrow near county fire, it is going to heat up into the triple digits as we head towards sunday, monday and tuesday. so drier conditions are expected for those firefighters in that area. kristen? >>> governor brown wants to fast track legislation to create new wildfire protections, a proposed bill would require greater prevention measures from utilities and force them to shut down local grid

live in santa rosa, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >> wayne, thank you. >>> disturbing new details coming to light about the man suspected of being the ride share rapist. orlando lazo picked up drunken women, drove them to remote areas and attacked them. >> reporter: prosecutors say the defendant picked up the victims from a number of nightclubs and bars in san francisco, and allegedly held them against their will. the suspect is claiming his innocence, but these documents outline a pattern of intimidation and a warning tonight some of the details are graphic. four victims, over five years, orlando vilchez lazo of san mateo posed as a ride share driver who lured intoxicated women into his vehicle and drove them to remote areas to carry out his attacks. >> rape is one of the most violent crimes, we have four victims in this case. >> reporter: with family in the gallery, he appeared in court. >> he has pled not. he's maintained his innocence. and the constitution entitles him to the presumption of innocence and to his day in court. >> reporter: the first alleged attack dates back to novembe

when the ban was freedman became the first black mormon to be inor, a moment still fresh in his mind.lt like -- >> reporter: today of the more than 6 million mormons in the united states less than two e rcent are black. >> i grew up in rmon church. >> reporter: deshoneilliams sa blacks have yet to break through to the highestks r of leadership. >> have i thought about leaving? sure. absolutely. but m relationship withod is what has me staying. >> reporter: the mormon church is set on a course of unprecedented expansion, denouncing whiteupremacy and forging an alliance with the naacp. >> most come the church have concentrated on the opportunities of the future rather than the disappointments of the past. >> reporter: while most agree there is long road ahead for redemption from i rist past, this may be a turning point for the mormon church. steve patterson, nbc news, salt lake city. >>> coming up, justin bieber back in the headlines, the announcement that is leaving some fans sorry. you're turning onto the street when you barely clip a passing car. minor accident - no big deal, right?

american league team of the twenty eighteen all-star game winners featuring the record home runs freedman was named most valuable player i don't know i think i think it's fun like competing going to the. best man wins i mean they can empty your tank and hit homers tonight. at this event is probably the best thing imaginable just to have that kind of emotion that comes with a homerun especially when the big boys hit men especially when the astros hear now that the midseason fun is over the regular season will resume and tuesday when the st louis cardinals already the chicago cubs peter stammered al-jazeera. the mother of her brazilian footballer who competed at the world cup has been freed after being kidnapped outside her home last angela friday is the mother of taste son who was in the brazilian squad in russia security cameras caught the moment she was lured to her gates by a man who was delivering flowers and then bundled into a car brazilian place located the gang's hideout within hours and made four arrests . oldest major tournament the open gets underway in scotland on thursday in o

in san francisco, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >> show me a dog reunion and i am a happy girl. >> i love a hound. so cute. >> all right, happening today, richmond will be holding its annual independence day celebration. it takes place at marina bay park and draws thousands of people. things get started at 5:30 leading up to the fireworks at 9:15. the festival is free. it features food and live music. if you're going, be prepared to deal with heavy traffic along the waterfront. >> it's been about a year since taco bell started hosting weddings at its cantina restaurant in las vegas. now they're giving their fans more to celebrate. they're launching their own line of wedding accessories. that's right, if you need a garter or a bow tie or maybe a champagne glass, well, just go to the company's website. the chapel inside the las vegas cantina has hosted 60 marriages so far. >> so, who's getting married next and gets one of those from me? >> yeah. >> i don't know, mike. >> who is the lucky person? >> who is the lucky person? >> to be completely honest, i would not mind -- i love a crunchy tac

. >> abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman explains how. >> larkfield estates, another neighborhood of theay fire zone with too many homeless mailboxes and charred memories. >> it's armageddon, right? >> today it became a venue for a press conference with fire victims. a heads up to the california state legislature and publicly owned utilities, saying their advertisementing about limits liabilities after wildfires seems insensitive. >> i think it's horrid. if i was a state legislator, i wouldn't even allow to have this discussion right now. >> pg&e has already primed investors to expect billions of dollars in liabilities following power lines that sparked fires last october, and there may be more. the state's inverse condemnation laws do not protect pg&e or utilities. they want the change that. >> if we reform inversion condemnation, it does not

we thank you for our ambassador, david freedman.receive the nations of the world. let the word go forth from jerusalem today that israel lives, shouted from the housetops that israel lives. that every islamic terrorist hear this message, israel lives. but if you heard in the halls of the united nations israel lives. at echo down the marble halls of the presidential palace in iran israel lives. let it be known to all men that israel lives because, he, the chief of israel, neither slumbers nor sleeps. as king david prayed 3000 years ago we pray for the peace of jerusalem and all its inhabitants. let the name of the lord be glorified today. the defender of israel today, tomorrow and forever is here. we all shout hallelujah. amen. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the founder and chairman of christians united for israel, pastor john. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. we gather here tonight to celebrate our 13th annual christians united for israel summit and 70 years of miracles for the state of israel. from the rebirt

the last thing has to do with what tom freedman wrote for "the new york times". quote, there is overwhelming evidence that our president for the first time in our history is deliberately or through gross negligence or because of his own twisted personality engaged in treasonous behavior, behavior that violating his oath of office to preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states. trump vacated that oath today and republicans can no longer run and hide from that fact. every single republican hlawmakr would be and should be asked on the election trail, are you with trump and putin, or are you with the cia, fbi and nsa? well, because a number of people voiced that same sentiment today, that what we witnessed somehow violated the oath that all of our presidents swear to, here now a reminder of the words our presidents repeat with their hands on the bible. >> please raise your right hand and repeat after me. i, donald j. trump, do sol mly swear that i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states. >> the office of president o

abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman is with firefighters with more for us at 5:00. >>> in san jose, mattler tweeted this image of firefighters battling a grass fire as fireworks exploded nearby. this fire was quickly put out. >>> six people are displaced, one woman injured and a dog killed in a house fire in east oakland. it happened early this morning on hayes street. katie udes has the story. >>> firefighter raced to this house fire early in the morning. >> we hit a second alarm, which doubles our units on scene. we had reports of people trapped. >> reporter: i spoke with a woman who lives inside the whoem. she was one of the first to see the fire and believes it started in the front of the house. >> they heard popping and issues and realized there was a fire. >> reporter: a 21-year-old woman suffered facial burns, but is said to be doing okay. two people lived in the lower unit and four people lived in the second story of the duplex. they were shaken and eager to see the woman in the hospital. a dog also died. we're told a fourth of july party was held on the block. but it's unclear i

live in yolo county, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >>> the county fire is growing quickly, doubling ine since yesterday. >> abc 7 news anchor kristen vee joins us now with a visual of how much land is burning. >> the county fire is over 70,000 acres. it stretched in guinda to napa county. if this fire were berning in the bay area, it would basically cover from the north, san francisco, all the way down, daly city, and stopping at about san mateo right there. think about how vast that area is. the county fire is about twice the size of san francisco and still growing. let's get a feel for the size of the pawnee fire in lake county. next to the indian valley reservoir. on your left you can see it's much smaller, having scorched under 15,000 acres. look at the right, if this were burning in the bay area, it would cover not even all of san francisco, just the red parts right there. so maybe less than half of the city, a lot smaller fire. also want to show you the immense smoke from these fires. you can clearly see it from the satellite image from the national weather service. fortunatelily,

was he against the 'siedmans bureau -- freedman bureau? david: it was meant to assist both freemen in the south. that is where the devastation was. people have been driven from their homes. certainly, ex slaves who were now free. they were supposedly on their , and they have usually no more than the close on their backs, no education, no tools, no weapons. they had to find their way. man's bureau was meant to help them. in a few areas, they confiscated estates and chop them up into land parcels. this is where the phrase 48 acres and a mule came from. they also tried to set up schools. brian: you have a great cast of characters in your book. who were his friends, who were his enemies? david: his friends or democrats and southerners. -- were democrats and southerners. abouta complicated story seward.y of state adversaries, the most compelling i found was a congressman. he had been born with a club foot, and had had to overcome that at a time when being disabled was a real mark. you were thought to have the mark of the devil on you. he was in

not over wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >>> in lake county, cal fire expects full containment of the pawnee fire by saturday. all evacuations are now lifted. the fire has burned 15,000 cakers and destroyed more than 20 buildings since it broke out a week and a half ago. right now it's 90% contained. >>> the rash of summer fires is taking its toll on firefighters in the north bay, and there could be a second round ahead. bill viera is a senior fire kpa captain. the sporadic rains we had made more grass to burn. >> grasses are like flash fuels. what we've got to worry about later in the season is when the trees, the larger fuels dry out. >> marin county fire is recommending now is the opportunity to cut back grass and shrub erie around their homes. and they're asking residents to celebrate without fireworks. >>> a trip to the dog trainer turned into a nice mare. >> my dog will never be the same. >> one dog killed a second seriously injured. >>> a protester climbs the statue of liberty to protest i.c.e. the latest on that protest and one right here in the bay area. >>> with all this bad air re

. >> here is wayne freedman. >> reporter: he's been to this place before, he'll do it again.y crab of pleasant hill, not exactly a household name. but that's about to change. >> it's a little surreal. >> reporter: a state that makes more sense after a visit to gary's backyard studio where his photographic archive includes 50,000 pictures, not counting the rejects. you've entered the world of a natural landscape photographer. >> something that resonates with a part of us deep inside that likes to think of big, wild, dramatic, but at the same time inviting. >> reporter: like this for instance from death valley, it's just become a best seller for gary thanks to the united states postal service. >> the series of stamps is based on the theme of america the beautiful. they printed 20 of them when gary submitted he was hoping they'd buy one. instead they took seven. >> to have seven is beyond mind blowing. >> reporter: many of the seven photos come from this region, grizzly peak, edna valley. the man who makes a living selling large scale prints has best sellers at less than one inc

again i'm going to put to you the question that thomas freedman suggests that every member of congress get asked and it's this, are you with trump and putin? or are you with the cia, fbi and nsa? >> well, that's a very biased way to ask it. i get it. i don't think there is a trump and putin and then the cia. i think trump, president trump, was wrong yesterday in a major way and i think it was a very embarrassing press conference. that said, i stand with our intelligence agencies. i put that out on my twitter feed yesterday that i think it's a disservice to call out the credibility and especially a disservice in front of the chief enemy of the united states that again in syria bombs innocent children and hospitals. that's something we need to continue to remember. >> this is no small thing. i honor your service in u.s. wars over the last 20 years. you served overseas, our men and women in the intelligence communities are serving our country as well. put yourself in their shoes. the president stood there side by side with vladimir putin. i'm hearing all these things from our intelligence

we're about an hour behind schedule let's bring in george freedman, strategyford founder and chairmanly days here, this morning at least, but your reflections on what we have seen so far today >> it occurs to me that president trump is continuing this tradition, president obama preparing to do a meeting with president putin. historically we have tried to have some kind of relationship with russia, although it's contentious. because it's very much in our interest, we want china and russia to remain historic rivals as they have been. and we want to have a good relationship with russia and a good relationship with china and hopefully they continue come together because they would be a tremendous force if they did president trump wants to take the measure of the man one-on-one, i think. >> given what you just said, michelle, what did you think of president trump and his preview remarks, what did you think about his remarks about xi jinping? >> i think that president trump very much sees xi jinping and vladimir putin as people who are very much focused on what their national interests are,

it was also the site of the freedmans university, the western university, the first black university in kansas. the quindarotown site's on the -- quindaro townsite's on the national register of historic places and has been designated as part of the national underground railroad network to freedom. the early residents assisted fugitive slapes escaping across the missouri -- slaves escaping across the missouri river to freedom. they have long sought elevated status and recognition for the site. h.r. 5613 designates quindaro townsite as a national commemorative site. this establishes the townsite as an affiliated area of the national park system and it authorizes the secretary of interior to offer technical assistance and support to quindaro. i want to compliment my colleague for bringing this matter to the attention of the congress and for the work he's done to assure that the site receives national recognition. i urge adoption of the measure and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the chair recognizes the gentlelad