it was built, designed in 1770 by robert smith.ow, robert smith was perhaps the first proto architect in america. he was raised in scotland, may have apprenticed under the adams brothers. he came to philadelphia in the 1760's and immediately was "the" man for a major building. he designed this building, of course, which he was a member of the company, and he was their choice to design the building. but he also designed the great philadelphia prison, and numerous buildings. steeple of christchurch, st. peter's church, almost all the large-scale structures seen, probably consulted on pennsylvania hospital and so on. smith was an interesting character. as i say, he was a hammer and saw type carpenter but he also was a designer. and this building, which is unusual -- there is not another one just like it in philadelphia, with the four equal facades, is built of what's called flemish bond, the combination of a stretcher part of the brick and the narrow part of the brick -- they were left in the klin until they became a ceramic like serv

of his academic career, professor wilson served for four years as the founding director of the robert h. smith in international studies virginia. i recall with some nostalgia visiting with professor wilson and his wife, sharon, at the home they rented in -- near monticello, because it has the birdseye view of jefferson's original home. following dr. wilson's return to knox college after the tenure in charlottesville, he organized the lincoln studies center. and i interrupted that, the plan they had for a series of publications, because as serving as the curator for the library of congress where i have been two years, i was given a grant -- the library was given a grant, the promise of $1 million to digitize president lincoln's presidential papers. and knowing the diligence with which both rod and professor wilson did their research and academic writings, i asked them if they would take on the project, digitizing newspapers. they did so, and i think it through them off course for about three years, but they were very racist about it and did a marvelous job. and -- gracious about it, and did a m

smith was a passenger in a car that smashed into an unmarked police cruiser in san francisco. there's a lot more to the story. michelle roberts spoke with smith as he was leaving police headquarters this afternoon. michelle? >> reporter: he says he wasn't in the car at the time of the accident. in fact, he says he was only at the police station to visit a friend who was detained. the accident happened in this area as a police car was it turning into this parking garage behind me. would you like to make any comment to fans? suspended oakland raiders linebacker aldon smith walked out of the san fran san fran police station this afternoon about five hours after sources say he was detained for public intoxication. >> i was talking to a friend who is locked up in there. that's what i wept to do. if i did something, i would be in jail right now. >> reporter: around 8:30 this morning police say a 25-year-old woman driving an suv with two passengers inside hit an unmarked police car turning into the police headquarters parking lot. two of the officers suffered nonlife threatening injuries and were taken to the hospital. this afternoo

joining me now is liz smith a democratic strategist and robert train yum and former bush senior adviserks for joining us. liz, you know new york well and you know bhara well and his business dealings in this area looking into wall street, deblasio, the mayor of new york city and other high profile cases. what do you make of his firing? do you think this was politically motivated? >> of course. it was -- look, let's establish up front that the president is common for the president to sort of shuttle out the past administration's political appointees, but the way that this was done was certainly unconventional and especially after donald trump and preet bhara that he was going to stay on as u.s. attorney and he has earned of the title the most feared in u.s. politics for a reason. couple years ago i'm going to go after the three men in the room, the speaker of the house and the governor so he's someone that really struck a bipartisan tone and earned respect from both sides of the aisle because he was equally opportunity in who he went out both democrats and republicans and really was seen

new 49ers defensive coordinator robert saleh and smith worked together three seasons in seattle. the usa is getting ready for the world baseball classic. today they had an exhibiton game against minnesota. the two giants playing for the usa are brandon crawford and buster posey. in the third... posey grounds into a force out. in the fourth... crawford lines out to center. both finshed 0-2 twins win the game 3-2 on a sac fly on a sac flythe game 3-2 twins win finshed 0-2 twins win the game 3-2 on a sac fly it's just a date. i can stay. i'm good. i won't be late hey mom. yeah. no kissing on the first date, alright? life doesn't always stick to a plan, but with our investment expertise we'll help you handle what's next. financial guidance while you're mastering life. from chase. so you can. tonight at 10 why you going so fast, oh please don't, i don't want my wife to see (you don't want your wife seeing it)a pedestrian and bicycle safety crackdown in mountain view seemed to have one common theme. i'll explain in the next edition of people behaving badly ((steve))marvel..agents of sh

new 49ers defensive coordinator robert saleh and smith worked together three seasons in seattle.the giants faced purto rico from the desert. jeff samardzija was on the mound for san francisco... former giant angel pagan grounds out. samardzija pitched 3.1 innings had a pair of strikeouts... allowed four hits and a run. giants win a chris marrero 2-run walk off homer. final: 6-5 giants one of the (steve) thanks gary.. here's what's next... coming upwhy you going so fast, oh please don't, i don't want my wife to see (you don't want your wife seeing it)a pedestrian and bicycle safety crackdown in mountain view seemed to have one common theme. i'll explain in the next edition of people behaving badly ((catherine))when pedestrians get caught -- they claim the countdown timer is confusing when bicyclists get caught -- they claim the intersection is designed wrong ((steve))and when drivers get caught they claim the light was bad but stanley roberts has found one common theme while tagging along with mountain view police.. this is my earlier one this is to make sure that i'm like 10 minu

smith. as a raider for the last two seasons, he recorded 185 tackles and had four sacks in 30 games. new 49ers defensive coordinator robertrg. kron 4's averi harper is at the scene and has the details on what happened. and... a man is attacked on the freeway and the whole thing is caught on tape. a look at what happened. also... police are looking for two men who robbed a mother at gunpoint while her baby was in the backseat of her car. what police say they then did just after the robbery. we need to be ready for whatever weather may come our way. my name's scott strenfel and i'm a meteorologist at pg&e. we make sure that our crews as well as our customers are prepared to how weather may impact their energy. so every single day we're monitoring the weather, and when storm events arise our forecast get crews out ahead of the storm to minimize any outages. during storm season we want our customers to be ready and stay safe. learn how you can be prepared at pge.com/beprepared. together, we're building a better california. ( averi ) this morning on the kron 4 morning news we are following breaking news out of the east bay. a

roberts . and it's weird, his last name is smith. he's never had any heat in his career.itting right next to me, comedian dave smith. okay, let's start the show. ♪ >> tom: is it too late to cancel hawaii's statehood? on wednesday, a federal judge in hawaii threw a wrench into president trump's effort to make america safe again. >> a judge has just blocked our executive order for travel and refugees coming into our country from certain countries. >> tom: as the news broke, trump supporters began canceling trips to the island paradise. in a new hashtag was born. one woman tweeted "boycott hawaii, i was taking my kids and grandkids to hawaii, we just canceled. go hawaii." another wrote "just wish my vacation plans, heading east instead. key west, florida, here we come close go. and "i guess we won't go back there this summer since hawaii supports terrace over americans close go. hawaiians are taking the boycott in stride, one tweeted "yes, please cancel your trips, we won't miss your racist and colonial attitudes." harsh. note and "nobody wanted you trashing the beaches and

. ♪ ♪ >> tom: coming up tomorrow on the next "red eye," dave smith, herzog, louis jay gomez and sam robertsin of youth when you can have a fountain of ranch? in what many would describe as the greatest invention of all time, hidden valley has developed a ranch fountain. it's a four tiered spectacle of creamy dressing cascading down its sides. inviting you to coat your finger foods with its deliciousness. $100 will get you the glorious fountain, as well as a year's worth supply of hidden valley ranch. although if you are the kind of person that needs a ranch fountain, 12 bottles will probably not last you the whole year. the fountain is sure to make an excellent addition to your pantry of once used appliances, alongside your bread machine and cotton candy maker. kristin, what do you think of this? do you like ranch dressing? >> i think this is gross and i would never buy it, but i am so happy this exists. this is a quintessential america, we like everything bigger and better and you know what, if they think we are gross, they can kick kiss our . america. >> i love this from a business perspe

robert irwin. rag'n'bone man! [ cheers and applause ] chad smith, my man! seth meyers." thank you for watching. have a great night. i hope to see you tomorrow. bye-bye, everybody! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> fred: from 30 rockefeller plaza in new york, it's "late night," with seth meyers. tonight, allison williams. comedians, paul scheer and rob huebel. author, paul beatty. featuring the 8g band with andres forero. [ cheers and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, seth meyers. >> seth: good evening. i'm seth meyers, this is "late night." how is everybody doing tonight? [ cheers and applause ]

smith, bbc news, edinburgh. in a moment, we'll speak to the economistjournalist and broadcaster anne mcelvoy. joining me now from our westminster studio is the plaid cymru mp, liz saville robertsh forjoining me this evening. to what extent is there a conversation now in wales that it should examine its future in terms of independence? well, without a shadow of a doubt, this is the time we should be discussing this, just as the prime minister, theresa may talks about forging a new relationship with europe and the rest of the world, surely now is the time also for a discussion to be happening between these four nations and forging a new relationship amongst ourselves. is that about a sense of nationalism 7 amongst ourselves. is that about a sense of nationalism? or are there ha rd facts sense of nationalism? or are there hard facts backing that up? of course, there are hard facts backing that up. we have devolution, our own assembly in wales. we need to work out a working relationship between westminster and the assemblies and parliaments of wales, scotland and northern ireland. that is a partnership of equals. now you've said that wales currently sells more goods to the europea

here today, sandra smith, meghan mccain, lisa boothe, and today's #oneluckyguy, old honest bob. we welcome back to the couch, robert beckel. >> robert: i'm doing fine. i haven't been here for a while, it's good to see you. i will say, this white couch -- a colored couch would be much nicer. a few more plants or something like that, but that's all right. >> harris: we were all watching the hearing, let's get to that. >> meghan: sorry don't have enough plants in here for you. >> harris: we knew today would be a marathon day of questioning for judge gorsuch and we are not even at the midway point of the session. it's expected to last ten hours or more so we can understand what it took a quick break. president trump's choice for the supreme court is getting a real grilling from democrats. but not before judge b16 laid out the case with his own judicial independence, even from the president who nominated him. >> tell us whether you have any trouble ruling against the president who appointed you. >> that's a soft ball, mr. chairman. i have no difficulty ruling against or for any party other than based on what the law and

roberts, nbc bay area news. >> thanks. >>> colin kaepernick is taking a stand. he will no longer kneel during the national anthem. he had his critics. kristi smith is live with more on that. >> reporter: you mention colin kaepernick and people have strong opinions about his method of protest. now comes a report saying he may stand next season but there is debate about the reason. a new mural in oakland. neighbors remember the last one to go up. >> a rock star. >> reporter: she appreciates colin kaepernick's pledge to help underserved communities and the protest for social justice by kneeling or sitting during the national anthem before a game. >> not only did he do the knee, he stood up. >> reporter: not even saw it that way and he faced criticism. according to espn, he will stand next season because he doesn't want his protest to take away from the positive change that's occurred. >> supported our young men last season by coming out, speaking, mentoring. >> bryan parker is the wide receivers coach at castlemont high school. he had this to say. >> we are supportive of him, but going to let him speak when he's ready to on the stance he's taken. >

. >> hello, everyone, i am sandra smith for the white house press secretary is briefing the press right now off-camera. we will talk to our own john robertss he is out to see if we get any new information about the president wiretapping allegations against former president obama. plus, we had our research team take a closer look at the fisa court and how one goes about obtaining a wiretap. and what are the major differences between the new travel ban and the old one? we will explain on "america's newsroom hq" in just a minute. >> jenna: president trump and labor unions finding common ground as he continues to stake out on orthodox positions on trade and infrastructure spending, unorthodox to some, but some labor leaders say they are still skeptical of the r. trump in motives after rocky his first days in office. taking a deeper look at this, our chief washington correspondent james rosen joins us with more. >> good afternoon pick by most accounts, richard nixon's reelection landslide in 1972 mark the only time a modern g.o.p. nominee has won the labor vote. if president trump is to make similar inroads, it will almost assure that private-

smith. all of this happening as hearings into russian intelligence activities on capitol hill. let's first head to john roberts joining us from washington with the very latest. john, there was clearly a lot of questioning on this "new york times" report on the two white house officials. but basically a no comment coming from the white house? >> reporter: to tell you the truth, we've been hearing these names off and on all week. that of michael ellis, deals with national security matters. then there's edward cohen watnick who works in the security council, senior intelligence person there, just 30 years old. he was brought in by lieutenant michael flynn. mcmaster. actually wanted to remove him from his position but the senior political leadership of the white house intervened to keep him in that position. sean spicer would not acknowledge either one of those names. would not confirm that they might have been involved here. sean spicer also saying that just before this briefing and the coincidence can't help but be noted here, sent a letter up to the ranking member and the chairman of both intelligence committee

smith goes to washington." the late senator robert c. byrd of west virginia described the importance of the legislative filibuster in a different way. he said, our founding fathers, and this was in his last speech, intended the senate to be a continuing body that will allows for open and unlimited debate and the protection of minority rights. senators have understood this since the senate first convened. in fact, the whole idea of the senate is not to have majority rule on legislation. throughout senate history the purpose of the legislative filibuster has been to force consensus on issues, to force there to be a group of senators on either side who have to respect one another's vie so they work together and produce 60 votes on important matters. as we did on 21st century cures, as we did on fixing no child left behind. nominations have always been treated differently from legislation. for example, under rule 14, any senator can bring legislation directly to the calendar by passing committees. there's no such power for nominations. senat

smith last year. the state will not seek the death penalty. >> the battle over delayed start times at one school continues. a little more than half of parents and students from owen j robertschool district are in favor of a shifting that's later start and a dismissal time. the district is the third in chester county to consider shifting times. if approved it would effect middle and high schools. >> the department of transportation is defending a demolition of what some called an historic landmark. this is all that is left of the house in camden county. it was gutted to make way for a major road project. they promoted with the demolition only after the house failed to meet the criteria for necessary historic association. >> in lee hawaii county you can sign up for tsa precheck at the airport this week. all you have to do is visit the tsa's website to sign up. costs $85 to enroll with precheck. you can speed through security and don't need to take off your shoes, your coat or belt. the tsa says the program was so popular in october at the airport, that it brought enrollment back this week. >> adele makes it official. the story straight ahead. plus shoe squaubl where high hee