now it's a national monument. the washington monument doesn't fit into any of those. it can be anything less like the victorian values when it was built. they really believe that more is more. the more ornaments you have the better. washington monument has no ornament at all. it's very on washington like. i decided i would write a book about it. you alluded to a few reasons why talk about the odd man out in the book. it struck me that i know nothing about the washington monument. it's probably a structure you should know a little something about. after reading your book, it seems like you went into the many problems it took to build the monument. before we get to that what is the monuments origin. how did our country decide on a washington monument of any kind? >> it started out in 1783 when the revolutionary war was over but we hadn't signed the treaty of peace with britain. congress passed a bill authorizing the direction of a monument to george washington, huge equestrian monument with a huge huge base and everything else. that was the easy part. in 1783, the unite

national monuments can do it. the roosevelt, 48 hours before he left the white house in 1909 saved mount olympus national monument in washington state so big ones can get done in the last year of a president. >> host: what do you think of the renaming of mount mckinley? >> guest: it is no real history to william mckinley. he was kind of the -- assassination, native american -- that particular case is more appropriate. i prefer the native american names, but also a little less thrilled when they named places after people like sonny bono national wildlife refuge or sometimes we use these, rather have them saved and have somebody's name on them than not say that all. >> host: john from oregon, you are on with douglas brinkley. >> caller: fascinating discussion. i look forward to purchasing the book. my question is what your opinion would be about the lens of the indigenous first nation's people, what we referred to as reservations and surrounding lands and how that can be protected in a manner similar to it national

monument in 1836. he won the competition for it, for doing so. but in that competition he beat out other people, and the competition, and they were people who were unhappy about his wedding. mills at the time was running high. he had just secured the patent office, which he also designed, and he also had secured the addition to the treasury, which destroys pennsylvania avenue, and he was not so much responsible for that as perhaps the story is it was andrew jackson who put his cane into the road and said, this is where the dam building is going to be. and that is supposedly the story. well, let's take a look at what mills had created in the washington monument. it was an enormous, tall obelisk, much taller than the present one of 555. i think it went up to over 700 feet, surrounded by this colonnade which would have inside statues of american graves. now, this is one of the stories that i think doesi think does not speak well for anybody in washington, except for one person, thank goodness. to begin wi

[laughter] >> you can see that sari stomp of a monument. but 1884 but even at the very end to negotiate a deal thought it was only isolated it was exceedingly expensive to get. it was as expensive as a goal the 1.and napoleon the third had had dinner party one night they had dealt the aluminum silverware the rest had to do with the gold but they thought that would be classy to do. very erotically that process the next year was invented that is why aluminum would really smell of the place as they had hydroelectric power today this metal that was more viable bin golden was always a terrific conductor so the engineer was frugal. not cheap yes, sir. treasury department if it was okay to pay coffee when they were 500 feet up and the treasury said okay go ahead. only guy in the country that could make a pinnacle it and it cost more than expected, $260 and before they put it up the guy who made it had in philadelphia since it up to tiffany's then for $0.25 you to step over it to say you were over the top of the washington monument. [laughter] >> i

this is a star wars monument. talk about lost causes. anyway, she is handing the wreath from darkness to defeat and because in many ways, when battle of shiloh ends and he has been killed, his image is right below the monument when he turns over command, they're going to win a major victory here and the next morning, as night rises from the darkness, grant's armies and the reinforcement would come in and sweep the confederates off the field. confederate soldiers are embodied on both sides of the monument themselves representing the southern soldiers who participated in the battle. what's interesting is there's leather on one side showing the amount of casualties that have been inflicted by the battle. we have embodiment of soldiers on both sides. we have and infantryman holding the confederate flag. on the right side we have the head bowed of one particular officer in submission because he wasn't able to secure the battle of the confederacy. and a man who looked very frustrated because he had been involved in the war. these monuments the

tom: and monumental battle will soon be settled. in sports, term of time for local high school and college baseball teams. anita: get out the raingear. possibly if you lakes as we continue this thursday night. >> you're watching wavy news 10 anita: a decision on the region's trash load. tom: right now the company takes company repower south has put a strong bid. it plans to build a facility in chesapeake and turned trash into collets. contracts differ by $20 a ton. there is a third option. it was a portsmouth and residents even more money. >> if you are in the low 40's or mid-40's, it is still $15 a ton cheaper. you will looking in the neighborhood of $1.6 million to $2 million a year savings. anita: the board meets tomorrow at 9:30 in the morning. tom: next, should they say or should they go? who should decide. major battle on confederate >> you're watching wavy news 10 at 6:00. anita: a live look at super doppler 10 as we track what could be an interesting night. ashley is headed our way in a couple minutes. a battle over a remova

the washington monument being one. national park service s let's roll some video, at about 280 feet up is when 10-20 people on the elevator had to get down. 25 people were on the observation deck. and all of them had to walk down. now moments ago, we talked to a family from new york. they're in town, they wanted to see the monument. let's hear what they have to say. >> we're at the top looking around, saw the great views and just as we were starting to get in line for the elevator, we saw the park service ranger kind of running around. counting up who was there and let us know that the elevator was stuck. so we were going to have to walk down all the way. >> what was going through your mind, how far did you have to walk down? >> we had to walk down about 500 feet. we have three kids. they were kind of determined and did it, were great. we're just happy to get out of there as quickly as we're able to. >> now a lot of folks here in d.c., such as myself, may take the monument for granted. but there are people from around

maybe this is a "star wars" monument. talk about lost causes. anyway, she is handing the wreath from darkness to defeat because in many ways, when the battle of shilo ends, and johnson has been killed, his image is right below the monument, when he turns over command to beauregard, who is very confident at the end of the first day they are going to win a major victory here and the next morning, as light rises from the darkness, grant's armies, the reinforcements have come in and sweep the confederates off the field. the confederate soldiers are embodied on both sides of the monument themselves representing the southern soldiers who participated in the battle, but what's interesting is there's 11 on one side and one less on the other side showing the amount of casualties that have been inflicted by the battle itself. then we also have embodiments of soldiers on both sides, on the left side we have an infantry man holding a confederate flag and defiant artillery man next to his side. on the right side we have the head bowed of one particular soldi

a great monument, a huge monument, the best monument. as designed the original plan would've been the tallest structure in the world. the problem here was that they couldn't get the supplies of marble nor the money to pay for said marble together in any kind of organized fashion. they would build a little bit and then you have to stop, raise more money, and biltmore, stop and raise more money. for years and years and years the washington monument was a big stump in the middle of the capital city where you saw not the greatest of george washington reflected in ideas and symbols but is a little cows, pigs and sheep's hundred and -- sheep grazing at the foot of this unfinished marble. it said something like a portrait of george washington in the white house can see that the stump as it sits in the middle of the city and took almost the a tear in his eyes forming, which is just a beautiful thing. in july 1850 they held a fundraiser to try to kick start things yet again and the guest of honor at this fundraiser was the sitting president zacha

this is a star wars monument, maybe. she is handing the wreath from darkness to defeat because and many ways, when the battle of when he turns command over to beauregard, the end of the first day. the next morning, as light rises from the darkness, the reinforcements have come in and sweep the confederates off the field. the confederate soldiers are embodied on both sides of the monument representing the southern soldiers who participated in the battle. what is interesting is that there are 11 on one side and one less on the other. showing the number of casualties. we also have embodiments of soldiers on both sides. on the left side, and infantry man is holding a confederate slack. an artillery man is on his side. on the other side, we have the head bowed of one officer because he was not able to secure the victory. and a cavalry man who looks. frustrated. monuments, these embodiments of confederate soldiers and officers and the interpretation of the war itself become the main focal point for southerners in the postwar t

city officials say no specific monuments are up for demolition. but the students say they want to create a public dialogue about not turning a blind eye to monument removals - no matter the context. s/cornelia dodge/grad student :06 "the big message is opening a dialogue to talk about historic preservation, confederate monuments, and erasing history." s/erin ward/grad student :08 "so we were hoping that this would bring did." were removable and there s/cornelia dodge/grad confederate monuments, and erasing history." attention to it in a police say the markings were removable and there "erasing history" to continue to spread their message. the navy is celebrating the addition of a new submarine. the virginia-class submarine uss washington was christened at the newport news shipyard this morning. it took more than a year for the submarine to be completed. nearly 4-thousand shipbuilders took part in the construction process. we're following a time saver traffic update for you this evening. traffic is moving a lot smoother along interstate 264 in norf

city officials say no specific monuments are up for demolition. but the students say they want to create a public dialogue about not turning a blind eye to monument removals - no matter the context. s/cornelia dodge/grad student :06 "the big message is opening a dialogue to talk about historic preservation, confederate monuments, and erasing history." s/erin ward/grad student :08 "so we were hoping police say the markings were removable and there was no damage to the monument. students say they have created social media accounts titled "erasing history" to continue to spread their message. the attorney for former taliban prisoner, army sergeant bowe bergdahl, wants to meet with donald trump. on the campaign trail, trump has been calling bergdahl a traitor. bergdahl was held captive for five years before his release in 20-14 -- the u-s released five taliban prisoners in return. but bergdahl is now facing desertion charges... for leaving his unit in afghanistan before his capture. bergdahl's attorney sent a letter to trump today (saturday), saying h

a law passed in 1998 already bans local governments from removing war monuments. but the sponsor of the new bill changed the language slightly. it would make it clear that war memorials are protected no matter when they were built. b. frank earnest - virginia divison sons of confederate veterans c0012 - 4150 when you start taking down monuments to our history, then you're just changing the complete history and there's no stopping it 4155 portsmouth councilman dr. mark whitaker -- who thinks the monument symbolizes racism -- says localities should be allowed to make decisions on their fate. the high school state basketball playoffs begin tomorrow, we'll check in with a local team that has never been there before. march madness begins at christopher newport. and a big game for of the bay next on the norfolk state at home against hampton university--hampton already clinched the top seed in next week's meac tournament. the spartans playing for the second seed. i'm bruce rader the battle of the bay, a sold out crowd at norfolk state. already the regular season champs,

the best monument. as designed, the original plan would have been the tallest structure in the world. the problem here was that they could not get the supplies of marble, nor the money to pay for some marble together in any kind of organized fashion. they will buildwere built a little bit here and there and then stop and raise more money, build more, stop and raise more money. for years and years the washington monument was a big stop in the middle of the capitol city where you saw not the greatness of george washington reflected and ideas and symbols but cows, pigs, and sheep grazing at the foot of this unfinished marble. said something like the portrait of george washington in the white house can see the stump is a supplemental of the city. the sitting president zachary taylor. they warn people not to consumeconsumers things because there were diseases. less than a week later he was dead. we tried to honor one dead president and ended up creating another. now if you have ever been to the washington mo

that a monument designation is not necessary.and he flatly does not believe assurances from environmentalists that ranching and farming wouldn't be impacted. >> we're pretty scared. >> but come call that fear mongering. >> it's really taking care of the last great unprotected area in the america. >> a political and social drama playing out on a grand stage in the middle of nowhere. >> a >> alan schauffler joins me now. that is beautiful country. you mention there had were other protections already in place. what kind of protections are you talking about here? >> a lot of that country is covered by the wild and scenic rivers act. so there are prohibitions on, for instance, cattle being anywhere in many of those river canyons rim to rim. so that's one type of protection. also much of that country is under wilderness study area designations, a precursor to being federal wilderness area. so there are restrictions on uses under that study designation as well. so there are some things in place environmentalists would like to see much m

liz hamilton hopes it doesn't cool political support for monument decision. designation. >> while skinner wonders a president late in his second term doesn't care about political impact. >> if they can postpone this until after november they can ride through election and the president can sign it in. >> he argues that ranching practices have changed over the years and that federal protections are already in place. that a monument designation isn't necessary and he flatly doesn't believe assurances from loams that ranching wouldn't be be impacted. >> there's no trust anymore. >> but liz hamilton calls it fear hmong mongering. mongering. >> the last great unprotected area. >> a political and social drama playing out on a grand stage in the middle of nowhere. now, other types of protection for that area short of national monument designation would require congressional approval and funding. but the president can make that a national monument with the stroke of his pen. paul. >> beautiful country. allen schauffler, thank you. >>> a conversation with david johanse

while the bill protects all war monuments - it specifically states that confederate monuments may not be replaced the bill now heads to governor mcauliffe )s desk. no word yet on whether or not he will pass the bill. live in the control room, merris badcock, news channel 3. covenant day school in matthews, north carolina was forced to close down after nearly 50 teachers and staff members got sick. health department officials say faculty members became ill with norovirus-like symptoms including nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. reports say about 70 staff members ate lunch from jersey mike )s friday. so far no students have gotten sick. the waiting on test results to know exactly what the made faculty ill. super tuesday has come and gone and the republican and democratic candidates are gearing up for a fight to the finish. dianne gallagher has trail. hillary clinton/ d presidential tuesday!but today is and as super as tuesday was... it didn t really decide anything, at least not yet. question : do you feel like the presumptive nominee at this point? donald trump/r presidential candidate :

broke down for fifth time since the monument reopened in 2014.here were a total of 19 people inside of the elevator when it stopped today. another 23 people were on the observation level of the monument. no witness was injured during the evacuation, but the washington monument is now closed while the necessary repairs are made. > this is video property last time the monument was forced to close, it was february 20 of this year. in this case, a contractor working inside the monument accidentally damaged the elevator control box. there's no word on today's incident did. > donald trump says he's advised his campaign manager not to settle the misdemeanor battery charges filed against him today. corey lieu do you ski is accused of grabbing a female reporter's arm during a campaign stop in florida earlier this month. police filed the charges after seeing surveillance video that appears to show lieu do you ski reaching his hand towards the reporter. speaking from his plane today, trump told reporters that he's standing by his campaign manager and he las

it would protect all war monuments, no matter when they were built. the norfolk school board is giving an elementary school building back to the city. board members voted unanimously to turn over oakwood elementary school, off central business park spokeswoman says the city requested the property because it has a buyer. a city spokersperson would only say, the city is talking with a private company about expanding its business. if the deal goes through, the company would tear the school down. the students who go to oakwood would move to richard bowling elementary, a few miles away. this morning, we have new information about which local sports authority stores are closing. this after the company filed for bankruptcy. the store on coliseum drive in hampton, the one at janaf in norfolk, and the one near lynnhaven mall in virginia beach are among the 140 across the country that are shuttering. sports authority used to be the largest sporting goods retailer in the country. crews are still ripping down the old norfolk courthouse. nats of demolition we show

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a law passed in 1998 already bans local governments from removing war monuments. but the sponsor of the new bill changed the language slightly. it would make it clear that war memorials are protected no matter when they were b. frank earnest - monuments to our history, then you're just changing the complete history and there's no stopping it 4155 portsmouth councilman dr. mark whitaker -- who thinks the monument symbolizes racism -- says localities should be allowed to make decisions on their fate. the high school state basketball playoffs begin tomorrow. and round two of the battle of the bay between hampton university and norfolk state. that's with the meac tournament with the meac tournament opening at scope on monday, the confrence wraped up it's regular season with one of it's most popular games. between norfolk state and hampton university. and the sportswrap was there. i'm bruce rader and welcome to the sportswrap live on this thursday night. hampton university, the regular season meac champions on the road against norfolk state--the spartans looking to ups

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governments from removing war monuments. but the sponsor of the new bill changed the language slightly. it would make it clear that the monuments are protected regardless of when they were built. portsmouth councilman dr. mark whitaker -- who thinks the monument symbolizes racism -- says localities should be allowed to make decisions on what to do with them. b. frank earnest - virginia divison sons of protects every american monument, back to the algonquin war of 1622 the bill's sponsor - republic delegate charles poindexter said a judge in a recent court case said the existing virginia law protects only monuments built after 1998. again, this bill would prevent local governments from moving them no matter how old they are. live in portsmouth, erin kelly, 10 on your side. three people are in custody for a brazen gun caught on camera. at least 7 other suspects are still on the run. take a look at the unbelievable video of about 10 people breaking into the store tuesday. you can see a a truck pull up to the store. the men then

but some clearly don't want the monument here. it's not just the grafitti. >> some residents have written on the internet, we don't want a wailing wall outside our window. in other words, you jews, go somewhere elsewhere. they've paid a fortune to live here. it's the most expensive quarter in paris. and then they build a wailing wall there. just imagine. reporter: tens of thousands of jews have left france in recent years, many moving to israel or the united states. jewish life in paris is increasingly restricted to a few streets in the city's famous jewish quarter, the marais. clara halter also lives here, though she can no longer leave her apartment. the wall for peace was her crowning achievement. the designs have pride of place in her home. >> this monument is a symbol for peace. the calligraphy is very beautiful and it's touching. i can't understand why people can't see that. reporter: we go back to the wall for peace and ask, where's the outcry? is this monument important to anyone? >> it stands for france, for peace. even i

national monuments can do it.the roosevelt, 48 hours before he left the white house in 1909 saved mount olympus national monument in washington state so big ones can get done in the last year of a president. >> host: what do you think of the renaming of mount mckinley? >> guest: it is no real history to william mckinley. he was kind of the -- assassination, native american -- that particular case is more appropriate. i prefer the native american names, but also a little less thrilled when they named places after people like sonny bono national wildlife refuge or sometimes we use these, rather have them saved and have somebody's name on them than not say that all. >> host: john from oregon, you are on with douglas brinkley. >> caller: fascinating discussion. i look forward to purchasing the book. my question is what your opinion would be about the lens of the indigenous first nation's people, what we referred to as reservations and surrounding lands and how that can be protected in a manner similar to it national p

the building of the monument will break a 25 year moratorium on the statue. many people feel a monument honoring african-americans is long overdue. >>> a sad ending to a custody hearing for a girl that has dragged out over years. coming up, we'll hear who will >> >>> we have breaking news. isis, as you probably heard is claiming responsibility for bombings in brussels today that killed 31 people and injured 136 others. >> we have word now this is a picture, it looks like a picture from a security camera of three men believed to be this is coming from brussels investigators who are working on piecing this together. you can see those three men believed to be responsible for the coordinated bombings. >> we are getting information that one american servicemen and his family were among the injured. and three mormon missionaries from utah were seriously wounded in the attack. >> the airport, we just learned, will be closed through gets underway. it is set to reopen thursday. fluid. the prime minister called this a black moment for their country. >> those look like

standing as a historic monument to the civil rights act of 1964, this vacant motel matters.ma is right. these stories of activism and achievement echo in the struggles for social justice we see today. ferguson, baltimore, chicago youth. latino americans, lgbt communities come and women can learn from these national treasures to use their voices for a positive change in the community. if we help ensure these stories are preserved. alongside the ag gaston motel is the sweet album in district in a land tech, once known as the richest negro street in america. todd said "they say philadelphia is the capital of boxing and joe frazier's gym is the white house. the african house is considered one of the finest examples of a creole landscape in america and the house is an exceptionally rare example of african building condition and crack the chip. from the mountain view club in arizona to the last surviving boyhood residents of malcolm x. , weoston, one of a handful are saving indelible places from the past. some elusive, others printed indelibly on the brain. then there are architec

a big debate in portsmouth is over the confederate monument. this morning, governor terry mcauliffe is reviewing a bill that could impact on monuments across virginia. house bill 587 passed the house and senate this week. portsmouth mayor kenny wright, who opposes the monument in olde town, says he's asked the governor to veto the bill. bans local governments from removing war monuments, but the sponsor of the new bill changed the language slightly. it would protect all war monuments, no matter when they were built. the norfolk school board is giving an elementary school building back to the city. board members voted oakwood elementary school, off central business park spokeswoman says the city requested the property because it has a buyer. a city spokersperson would only say, the city is talking with a private company about expanding its business. if the deal goes through, the company would tear the school down. the students who go to oakwood would move to richard bowling elementary, a few miles away. this morning, we have new information abou

jay: washington monument is closed. elevator stopped at the 280 mark. there were people stuck on the elevator and they have gotten down. 25 people on the observation deck. i will walk to the listen family that were a family of five. you were among the 25 stuck all the way at the top at the observation deck. what happened? >> we were enjoying the v we went downstairs to the floor where you catch the elevator on the way down. we saw a ranger going around a few times doesn'ting up. alerted us that the elevator was stuck. that you would have to walk down. jay: what was it like? you didn't have a stroller. you have a 1-1/2-year-old. >> we expect elevators. a once in a lifetime experience going down. the kids were able to see different stones that were inside. it was okay. jay: there have been a couple of times in the last year with an issue of the elevator. did you have any issues going? >> no. no thought of issues on the way down. glad it's just an envator issue. jay: thank you. an eventful experience for them on the trip. electrical repair crews are there

we lawmakers pass a bill protecting civil war monuments across the commonwealth but will the governor signed both frontrunners win big on super tuesday putting them even closer to their party's nomination but the rest of the field isn't clearing the way for them just yet that the race remains divided donald's path to the nomination is much more likely and terra firma after a year in space astronaut scott kelly is back on earth it's a hot button topic across the south confederate monuments now governor mcauliffe must decide the future of virginia's confederate memorial state lawmakers passed a bill that would prevent any war memorial from being moved or removed. now it's up to the governor to sign this bill into law or veto it christine is a ticklish reaction from one city leader in hampton roads one guys you contested topic especially in portsmouth where city leaders have taken up the topic several times today in a text message portsmouth mayor kenny wright said he wants the governor to veto this legislation confederate monuments put in the same category as war memorials lawmakers in

friends developed plans to build a two and monument in downtown spring field. mary was furious, and her son robert was also furious. in june of 1865, she wrote illinois governor richard oglesby, this is what she wrote to the government illinois. i feel that it is due to candor and fairness that i should notify your monument association that unless i receive within 10 days an official assurance that the monument will be erected over the tomb in oak ridge cemetery, in accordance with my often expressed wishes, i will use my consent to the request of a national monument association in washington, d.c., and have the sacred remains deposited in the vault prepared for president washington, under the dome of the national capital as early a period as is practical. she put her poker face on and dared the association to call her bluff. in order to convince her to change her mind, a delegation from springfield travel to chicago, where mary had settled with her son. mary refused to see them, even in the end, she won the battle. and think goodness. because oak ridge cemeter

it's referring to washington's monument. the sort of obelisk in the center of the monumental sort of master plan of the core of washington. the pyramid at the top. it's an inversion of that pyramid. and it's exactly the same angel as that pyramid. so, visually they come into alignment, almost like two sort of planetary bodies. but also it's referring to a yoruba sculpture, which was about the column, the capitol columns of shrine houses. in a way i'm sort of speaking about an ancestral memory of something, and a contemporary memory of something. >> you said the spirit behind the design was praise. how do you design praise? >> praise is about a kind of understanding the nature of form, and the way in which form kind of makes us understand things that are upwardly uplifting, or things that make us inward. and i think form does do that. and i think we looked at thousands of images of people in the state of happiness, or state of praise. and ironically their hands were up in a v shape most of the time. or, their hands were halfw

maybe this is a "star wars" monument. talk about lost causes.nyway, she is handing the wreath from darkness to defeat because in many ways, when the battle of shilo ends, and johnson has been killed, his image is right below the monument, when he turns over command to beauregard, who is very confident at the end of the first day they are going to win a major victory here and the next morning, as light rises from the darkness, grant's armies, the reinforcements have come in and sweep the confederates off the field. the confederate soldiers are embodied on both sides of the monument themselves representing the southern soldiers who participated in the battle, but what's interesting is there's 11 on one side and one less on the other side showing the amount of casualties that have been inflicted by the battle itself. then we also have embodiments of soldiers on both sides, on the left side we have an infantry man holding a confederate flag and defiant artillery man next to his side. on the right side we have the head bowed of one particular soldier

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a big debate in portsmouth is over the confederate monument. this morning, governor terry mcauliffe is reviewing a bill that could impact on monuments across virginia. house bill 587 passed the week. portsmouth mayor kenny wright, who opposes the monument in olde town, says he's asked the governor to veto the bill. a law from 1998 already bans local governments from removing war monuments, but the sponsor of the new bill changed the language slightly. it would protect all war monuments, no matter when they were built. the norfolk school board is giving an elementary school building back to the city. board members voted unanimously to turn over oakwood elementary school, off central business park drive. a school spokeswoman says the city requested the property because it has a buyer. a city spokersperson would only say, the city is talking with a private company about expanding its business. if the deal goes through, the company would tear the school down. the students who go to oakwood would move to richard bowling elementary, a few miles away.

stopped new orleans from moving confederate monuments. along with the court challenge, the city is facing another problem with moving the monuments. the contractor first select by the city backed identity of the job after receiving death threats. >>> 2016 is shaping up to be one of the most dangerous years on record for chicago. just today nine people were wounded in four separate shootings. more than 400 people have been shot in the city so far this year, that's twice as many as last year at this time. many young black men find themselves trapped in a world of guns, gangs and little economic opportunity. al jazeera's diane estabrook takingtakes us to a neighborhooe residents are trying to stop that. >> reporter: 22-year-old jamal thinks he has a way out of poverty. he boards a bus, then a cross-town train, the hour long commute takes him downtown to a minimum wage job at the bowling alley and restaurant. that is a long way to go for a job. >> uh-huh but you know determination, that's what i have you know. >> is it worth it? >> yes, it's

now the washington monument is back in business. the elevator broke down yesterday to trap visitors there for close to an hour. today, though, some of those who lined up for the ride up said they were nervous but they were determined to go for it. stephen tschida went out there and he went with them. >> all the tickets. >> open, on timed and the visitors lined up early for the ride to the top. >> fewer than 24 hour after the elevator came to an abrupt halt at 240 feet up. trapping close to two dozen visitors. the elevator took off again and the tour to the peak commenced. >> today is the structure. >> some of those two decided to go for it acknowledged they had some concerns. >> he said it took an hour when they were stuck in the elevator and going down. >> some people acknowledged they were nervous about riding up in the elevator. once they got up here they say it was worth it. >> i'm glad i'm up here. it's fantastic. >> they linger over the views which stretch for miles. but eventually those who went up had to come down. now the s

this was not an explicitly religious monument. one of the motivations behind the heritage destruction that we have seen in iraq and syria was to generate revenues through the selling of antiquities. it's illegal in international law. this would not be an issue if people were not there buying these things. in my opinion people who are buying illegal antiquities should be prevented from doing so, prosecuted if need be. these people are funding a bloody war, and the insurgency that we see in syria and iraq at the moment. >> the u.n. is pushing for more aid to be delivered recollects while hostilities remain in place. >> several towns and villages are cuts off and desparately need understood and other supplies. >> reporter: this town - it is one of syria's devastated errors. the 250,000 population moved away. days before it started last month, people that saved behind lived under this. and this. leaving behind a town in ruins and destroyed. >> syrians took a break, they used everything on us, barrels, rockets, everything. >> nothing w

a tomb and monument in downtown springfield. mary was furious and her son robert was furious, and mary was intent on exercising her right as lincoln's widow. i feel it is due to candor and fairness that i should notify your monument association that unless i receive within ten days an official assurance that the monument will be erected over the tomb in oak ridge cemetery in accordance with my wishes, i shall yield my request to the national monument association in washington, d.c. and have the sacred remains deposited in the vault prepared for president washington under the dome of the national capital as early a period as is practical. she dared the association to call her bluff. in order to convince her to change her mind, a delegation from springfield traveled to chicago where mary had settled with her sons. mary refused to see them even though they were at the door. she refused to change her mind. she was resolute. and in the end, she won the battle. number ten, mary lincoln lived for seven years as an ex-pat in europe. in

they changed his monument. "we've got the other names on the monument of his children, we should put essie mae on it." you know how they say that if it is written in stone, they can't change it? that's not true. they changed all the time -- they change stone all the time. i talked to the guy that changed the strom thurmond memorial. you take granite dust and pound it into a fine powder and mix it with crazy glue, so when it hardens, it is harder than stone itself. they pounded into where the letters are carved, just above the surface of the stone. they sanded smooth and carve over the filled area. that was the trick. at her name on the bottom in the space there, it says "father of four children." they changed "four" to "five." if you look at that powder really, really fine, finer than baby powder, it is close to chipping. that five got chipped, and the "v" is squiggly. the sanding opened the stone to air. it has a rust color, and the whole thing is there. you can see a kind of scar on the monument. the stone is