wine, this fortified wine from madeira. never do i believe, he said, that there existed a city more thoroughly devoted to ba ccaus, the roman god of drink. dr. alexander hamilton, who is a scotsman traveling in north america, he observed that among new yorkers a man could not have a more sociable quality or endowment than to be able to pour down seas of liquor and remain unconquered while others sunk under the table. this is how you proved yourself in new york. new york city officials issued 365 tavern licenses between march 1771 and march 1772. a ratio of one tavern for about every 13 adult white men. new york had around double the number of drinking establishments per person than did the other large colonial american cities. so it really is in many ways more of a drinking town than the other big cities in north america and by big cities we're not talking very large. new york city has about 25,000 people at this time. new york city was unlike boston or philadelphia in other ways. unfettered by the cultural predominance of

>> i went to madeira. >> right out here in the suburbs of washington. >> yes. >> and you went to brownniversity? >> yes, i went to brown. >> did anyone at madeira or at brown teach you anything about the vietnam war? >> at brown, yes. i took a course on vietnam. so there was a course really dedicated to vietnam, which i took. but this story was not part of that curriculum. so i did not know this story. >> so many people today say that no one ever teaches them about the vietnam war. and there isn't a lot taught. but why isn't there a lot taught, in your opinion? and what are the lessons of vietnam? before we get into that, we're going to show some excerpts from the film. >> right. well, i would say there are many lessons about vietnam. in terms of what i feel like i've learned in making this film is -- and having a deeper appreciation for getting out of a war after having made this film, that i feel that there were very few options available by april 29, 1975, or even in early april when it became pretty clear that the country was going to fall. and, you know, we were trying to get cong

he lives in court madeira. 6-year-old son has just completed a 3-year regimen of chemotherapy to treat his leukemia. the boy is now in remission. but this father spent -- he's really very concerned about this. his son cannot be vaccinated because of this medical condition. they're waiting for his immune system to build back up so that he can be vaccinated. in the meantime at his school reed elementary in tiburon, their personal belief exemption rate actually went up slightly this year. it's now 7%. so he worked with the school to try and make sure that all the kids in his classroom would be vaccinated. but he said he was at a back to school night at his -- a community event at his daughter's school where the -- people raised the issue of peanuts, that peanut allergies, don't bring peanuts to school because people have allergies and they could die. and he raised his hand and said in the interest of health and safety of our children can we have the assurance that all the kids at our school are immunized. and peop

epps the mayor of corte madeira the own other of a well-known ice cream a reserve police officer, he was first on the scene and recounted what simon told him. >> protect my wife. i feared for my life. what was i supposed to do? >> reporter: dr. simon's lawyer tells me the d.a. has helped his case and that he will argue when the hearing continues tomorrow. simon feared for his life and fired his gun in self-defense. i will be there and tell if you this case does go to trial. >> thanks very much. >>> well abc7 news has learned new information about a police shooting in san francisco last night that seems to support claims that the victim wanted to be killed by officers. this is a letter apparently written by 32-year-old matthew hoffman explaining what he was planning to do. abc7 news reporter vic lee was the first to report on the contents of the letter earlier today. it begins with "dear sfwers, you did nothing wrong. "hoffman tells the officers please don't blame yourself. the man wrote to his father and friends about financial troubles and failed relationships. san francisco police

epps the mayor of corte madeira the own other of a well-known ice cream a reserve police officer, he was first on the scene and recounted what simon told him. >> protect my wife. i feared for my life. what was i supposed to do? >> reporter: dr. simon's lawyer tells me the d.a. has helped his case and that he will argue when the hearing continues tomorrow. simon feared for his life and fired his gun in self-defense. i will be there and tell if you this case does go to trial. >> thanks very much. >>> well abc7 news has learned new information about a police shooting in san francisco last night that seems to support claims that the victim wanted to be killed by officers. this is a letter apparently written by 32-year-old matthew hoffman explaining what he was planning to do. abc7 news reporter vic lee was the first to report on the contents of the letter earlier today. it begins with "dear sfwers, you did nothing wrong. "hoffman tells the officers please don't blame yourself. the man wrote to his father and friends about financial troubles and failed relationships. san francisco police

other baggage was bedding, sheets, silver cups and spoons, madeira and port wine for the gentlemen, twokegs of rum for the frontier folk they would encounter, all manner of cooking equipment, assorted spices, extra horseshoes and washington's fishing gear. the party's outbound route followed the potomac river. let me get a map to sort of show that. yes, followed the potomac river in a westerly direction from mt. vernon to the cumberland river. and then leaving the river took a more northerly tack across the allegheny mountains towards broad oks braddocks in pittsburgh. the potomac, which cuts through a parallel series of low ridges before turning south at cumberland, marks the boundary between virginia and maryland. on this trip washington favored the virginia side where he seasoned scattered tracts that he leased to farmers. trotting on his great horse at a gait of five miles per day, he reached cumberland on the tenth day. open for settlement prior to the revolution, the potomac valley below cumberland had become a integral part of the eastern states by 1784. many of its settlers had

. >> pam: a quarter madeira doctor who wrote rage related attempted voluntary manslaughter case was dismissed earlier this month. today i marin county grand jury indicted 71 year- old >>:james simon on charges of assault with a deadly weapon and negligent discharge of a firearm related to the same incident. >> pam: side and, as and 70 year-old tirana resident william all sense and were driving recklessly in corte madera road last july. after driving into his crotch simon got a gun from his home, and fired three shots at all sent the two of which hit him in the abdomen. >> pam: a new incident involving a possible ebola patient who has been admitted to a sacramento hospital. that announcement came just two hours after the uc-davis medical center said a patient there tested negative for the disease. the new patient is being tested at kaiser permanente a south sacramento hospital. that location is one of eight in the state designated to treat the virus. kaiser says the patient is considered low risk and is being evaluated out of an abundance of caution. >> pam: to renew cases of measles in the ba

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