the city. the american city plunging into darkness. traffic lights out. workers trapped. and the window washers stranded. authorities call it a, quote, "catastrophic" failure. >>> the fbi moves in tonight. the teacher accused of abducting his student, a 15-year-old girl, he's now in federal custody. our team with new details from inside the cabin. >>> the terror attack. we have new video captured in the middle of the attack. and the americans who were right there on the champs elysees. >>> the new video emerging tonight. the retired librarian accidentally shot and killed during a police training exercise. >>> the new study on diet stroke, and dementia. >>> and breaking news on the case of the highway shooter. nine shootings, several dead. >>> good evening. it's great to have you with us on a friday night. we begin with the massive blackout, crippling an american city for hours. power knocked out, workers trapped. hospitals quick to move to backup power. traffic during rush hour coming to a halt. a major fire in a substation, a massive failure. window washers trapped on the

the car looks amazing! >>> thanks for watching >>> tonight, several developing stories as we come on the city. the americanarkness. traffic lights out. workers trapped. and the window washers stranded. authorities call it a, quote, "catastrophic" failure. >>> the fbi moves in tonight. the teacher accused of abducting his student, a 15-year-old girl, he's now in federal custody. our team with new details from inside the cabin. >>> the terror attack. we have new video captured in the middle of the attack. and the americans who were right there on the champs elysees. >>> the new video emerging tonight. the retired librarian accidentally shot and killed during a police training exercise. >>> the new

it is the checks and balances in the american city.e functioning incredibly well and he hasn't as an opposition from some of thejudges, he has also had opposition from congress, not least of all his own party. this is his own party, saying, hang on. so when it comes to all of this cut, i'm not sure he will get it through congress. let us finish with one other story. a comb. hs2 trains bulk up other story. a comb. hs2 trains bulk upfor other story. a comb. hs2 trains bulk up for the bulking. —— a comb. people are getting more fat. broader? taller and bigger. so they need to have bigger seats. this is hsz need to have bigger seats. this is hs2 so it gives me a great opportunity to say that i think hs2 isa opportunity to say that i think hs2 is a dreadful white elephant and there should be banned forthwith! that will make it more expensive! i think it's a waste of money and i think it's a waste of money and i think it's a waste of money and i think it will further increase the pulling power of london in the uk economy because it isjust an

the city. the american city plunging into darkness. traffic lights out. workers trapped. washers stranded. authorities call it a, quote, "catastrophic" failure. >>> the fbi moves in tonight. the teacher accused of abducting his student, a 15-year-old girl, he's now in federal custody. our team with new details from inside the cabin. >>> the terror attack. we have new video captured in the middle of the attack. and the americans who were right there on the champs elysees. >>> the new video emerging tonight. the retired librarian accidentally shot and killed during a police training exercise. >>> the new

. >>> the major american city, on the hunt tonight for this wrong-way driver, asking for your help. she escaped police. their crackdown to protect other drivers. >>> and the breaking headline as we come on. at the white house, two firings involving the secret service tonight after an intruder went unnoticed for more than 15 minutes. >>> good evening, and it's great to have you with us here on a thursday night. >>> and we begin tonight with the u.s. dropping that massive bomb on afghanistan. the pentagon saying they were targeting isis. president trump late today saying he gave total authorization. but we have learned that the bomb was brought to afghanistan while president obama was still in the white house. a conventional bomb this size has never been used in combat by the u.s. before. it comes just one week after the missile strike on syria. and we begin tonight with abc's chief foreign correspondent terry moran. >> reporter: the behemoth bomb found its target in the rocky terrain of eastern afghanistan. the u.s. military unleashing a mighty show of force against isis. >> we targe

the next day. stick with zyrtec® and muddle no more®. >>> tonight, several developing stories as we come on the city. the americannging into darkness. traffic lights out. workers trapped. and the window washers stranded. authorities call it a, quote, "catastrophic" failure. >>> the fbi moves in tonight. the teacher accused of abducting his student, a 15-year-old girl, he's now in federal custody. our team with new details from inside the cabin. >>> the terror attack. we have new video captured in the middle of the attack. and the americans who were right there on the champs elysees. >>> the new video emerging tonight. the retired librarian accidentally shot and killed during a police training exercise. >>> the new

we have state legislators saying we'll replace the funds to the american cities. elected officials pay the bill through prosecution. charles: you remember general flynn. he says he has a story to tell. but some people want that story to stay buried. charles: there is plenty of intrigue to go around. there is a witch hunt of historic proportions. an evil dictator to smear our newly elected president. but he wants protection. president trump supported general flynn's stunning offer to testify on trump's ties to russia in exchange for immunity. but right now no one is biting. jim, i'll start with you. you have been on top of this. and you have been adamant there is something there. today there was a piece in county journal" saying there are five things we go. there are dozen of document that trump floated around that were not related to russia. reports that were masks, but they were written in such a way that you would know who they were. the ultimate conclusion is devin nunes note the obama administration spied on donald trump official and his transition team. >> and

the american city paralyzed, subways, elevators, plunging into darkness. traffic lights out. workers trapped. hospitals on backup generators. and the window washers stranded. authorities call it a, quote, "catastrophic" failure. >>> the fbi moves in tonight. the teacher accused of abducting his student, a 15-year-old girl, he's now in federal custody. our team with new details from inside the cabin. >>> the terror attack. we have new video captured in the middle of the attack. and the americans who were right there on the champs elysees. >>> the new video emerging tonight. the retired librarian accidentally shot and killed during a police training exercise. >>> the new study on diet soda, stroke, and dementia. what researchers say about your risk. >>> and breaking news

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but tonight the 7million residents of dallas have proof that a hack attack can mean city-size trouble, as steve patterson reports what happened there is raising the alarm for a lot of american cities and towns. [ sirens ] >> reporter: it sounded like an air raid over dallas. >> that is not a drill. >> reporter: on friday night, all 156 of the city's emergency sirens screaming in unison into the early hours of saturday morning. >> they say alarms are coming from all over dallas. >> reporter: the cause, not a storm but a cyberattack, creating fear and confusion, clogging 911 for hours. more than 4,000 calls. the culprit unknown. >> this is like finding, you know, a needle in a haystack. >> reporter: the incident comes after years of warnings from the cyber security community about the danger hacking can cause to vital infrastructure. homeland security statistics pinpoint nearly 300 attacks reported on critical systems in 2015 alone. >> certainly those parts of our infrastructure that is readily accessible is vulnerable to these attacks. >> reporter: texas is one of the five most hacked states according to the tech firm digital guardian. second only to california, where in san

the museum of the american revolution debuts next wednesday on south third street in old city. "action news" reporter sarah bloomquist got a preview today. this is what she found. >> reporter: the museum of the american revolution opened to the public april 19th at third and chestnut in old city. and we got the full tour ahead of time. the museum tells the story of the founding of our nation, a story that played out right here in philadelphia. >> if you think of the revolution as a tapestry, you know, all the yarns crossite here in this neighborhood. >> reporter: the displays ask questions of the visitors such as, how did regular citizens become revolutionaries? those questions are answered with artifacts, artwork, life-size depictions, and interactive exhibits. >> they will see 16,000 square feet of core exhibition objects, witness objects from the american revolution. they can stand under a re-creation of the boston liberty tree. they can stand in the middle of the battle of brandywine. >> reporter: one showpiece general george washington's actual tent on display for the first

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the laws were targeted frankly low-level street dealers from the african-american community in cities. >> professor michelle alexander "the new jim called crow" and suggested that the incarcerated, e particularly african-americans, to so high that it seemed suggest that some kind of unfair in rimination was going on our criminal justice system. in this minorities country are still racial minorities. their percentage of representation in the general society and compare that with percentage of their representation in the prison population, it's always substantially higher. of a judge, oint you're always trying to apply the law. our hat's our job and responsibility. we can't just change the law, not follow the simply because of a particular occurs. udy that now, that doesn't mean that we can't consider the need to sentences that are fair. >> mandatory minimum sentencing when congress passed the put a t of 1951 which mandatory sentence on a first-time candidate's offense. the reform act was passed in 1984, which was continued to increase the sentencing. call y had what you mandatory minim

the ranks as a paramedic and a firefighter. she was one of two dozen promotiopromotions today also pg department history is paramedic captain crystal yates. she became the city's first african-american female paramedic services chief. ♪ >>> it's hank. the city is redoing south american street. skinny one block long but it is historic. is it worth the seven hadn't dread to us san they'll spend on it my take is depends on who you are and where you live. >> most important the city will put up sick hundred thousand dollars you better jump on it because you don't know when the chance the next city will get my morning. >> hard to logic with tom mc feeley logic. when the city wants to renovate your street let them do their thing. >> that's what convinces me. if they don't do it it will go to another street. not that there aren't streets that are worthy. >> reporter: there are. we'll get to that. but first, 700 grand for one block? it turns out the not that simple. in a statement the city roar schlear with mow bout disses in ordinary repave and one on an historic street like american. first of all all these pavers have come and and be reset sub base will be redone as well. the curbing, the

but we are using drone 6 to help tell the story of today's opening of the museum of the american revolution in old city. it was an expansive celebration today encompassing franklin square and the museum at third and chestnut. katherine scott has the full story. with the cut of the ribbon the museum of the american revolution was officially opened with historical flair and pleasanty of showmanship with the -- tom wolf, were one of many speakers emphasizing the performance of this museum to the city and country. >> america was an idea, the idea that people could governor themselves. this museum will provide great insight into the sacrifices made on the other hand to make the ideas that were first discussed in independence hall a reality. >> the celebration includes several stops and started in the morning in washington square, a tribute at the tomb of the unknown soldier of the revolution -- from there the crowd moved to independence hall before the grand finale at the museum. and the collection and 118,000 square foot museum include several thousand objects that span the revolutiony era. >> it tells the

announcer: are c-span cities tour takes american history tv on the road to feature the history of cities across america. here is a recent program. >> we are standing at a place that holds profound significance for the indigenous people here in this part of what we now call butte county. asy regard this very place whereinicular vocation their cosmology, the creator had human beings emerge into the world. it is also alumni glenn, as far as california state university chico is concerned. with the discovery of gold not to source out from here -- not too far south from here and the inability to keep that secret, the news quickly spread. the ratio of settlers to native shift,began to radically whereas prior to the gold rush, there would have been somewhere on the order of under 5000 settlers in all of california. by 1855, that would have skyrocketed to above 40,000 settlers. fraught.ions were not for every group at every moment, but there was a profound sense of racism towards native people. wasgeneral epithet used subhuman, quasi-city at -- quasi-sentient because they didn't have the technolo

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could well through the windows if we were just eight or nine stories high gear and is part of the american city with that logistics' force because it would have been obvious with of lights on. so we're talking about blackout curtains the danger is different most were arab-american the have a national trauma and a professional trauma because they are arab-american there was a more personal trauma for them given the nature of the attack i did not make speeches ever just walk around and put my hand on there's shoulder. the agency turned on a dime. and then we began to shift we are going over here. we will focus on this target and a very short period of time that have beat -- been a great value you think why did you do that september 7th? the answer was candidly because we had a variety of priorities and things that were competing for our attention. the icbm worse still there now under russian control. but immediately that tuesday morning i distorted to move chips i had no permission one of the great new initiatives was stellar wind that is a cool name for operation cynic and means nothing. [laught

city staff travel to chico to learn more about its history. learn more about chico and other stops on the tour at c-span.org/city tour. you are watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. blue -- an blue on insider story of good cops the formerd cops -- chief of the nypd internal affairs bureau talks about his book with the former nypd officer and author of "once a the" >> i spent 41 years in nypd. i saw acts of courage, bravery, integrity, but there is always a small number of cop that keep you up at night. and ia precinct commander knew a person or two that he didn't trust and the officers did not trust him or her either. the commanding officers on board and we would meet with them on a regular basis. i would ask questions like who in your command are you concerned about? who keeps you up at night? "afterwards" tonight on c-span2's book tv. >> on april 2, 1917, jeannette rankin of montana was sworn in as the first woman elected to the u.s. congress. here's a brief look at her life and career. the story of women in congress begins with jeanette rankin who's elected to the house in 1916 from montana. she's elected to th

>> the laws were targeted, frankly, low-level street dealers and mainly from the african-american community, and inner cities. professor michelle alexander wrote a book called "the new jim and suggested that the number of people incarcerated, particularly african-americans, was so high that it seems to suggest that some kind of unfair discrimination was going on in our criminal justice system. >> racial minorities in this country are still racial minorities. if you look at their percentage representation in the general society in -- and compare that to the percentage of their reputation -- their representation in the prison. relation, it is higher. >> you are trying to apply the law as a judge. that is our job and our responsibility. so we can't just change the law, or not follow the law, simply because of a particular social study that occurs. that doesn't mean that we can't consider the need to impose sentences that are fair. -- mandatory minimum sentencing started in 1951, which put a mandatory sentence on a first-time candidate. back was repealed in 1970. the sentencing reform act was passed in 1980 four

the british were winning on the battlefield taking american cities. elong to their husbands, that when you got skin in the game you stay in the game, but you don't get a win unless you play in the game. so she can, the sentiments of an american woman, newspapers up and down the coast. she called on the women of the country to make sacrifices for the army which to defend our lives, our possessions and our liberty. now, had only been an american woman for ten years, she came here married to joseph reed, by 1780 was the president or the governor of pennsylvania. you might like to be governor. you know, it's a nice title. and it was -- she rode home to england saying i cannot say america was agreeable. soon she became an absolutely hardened patriot, as early as october of 1775. when war came and her husband joined george washington's forces. ester and her four little children found themselves refugees running from place to place to escape the british. her former countrymen and disease was rampant. the men came home just long enough. but with all of that ha

the crawl spaces. and the city currently has a master agreement with tenant and american messaging systems. and ucsf has a master service agreement with spoke. and the city's uses it's paging services through american messaging systems and ucsfhich is as you know, the general hospitals and the city's partner at the hospital and the campus. uses spoke for the paging services. the master agreement with the city with american messaging system being renegotiated as we speak, and the master agreement with spoke, currently is a month to month ucsf spoke since 2004 and, renegotiating the master agreements. okay? >> thank you. >> real quick, supervisor tang has a question. >> i just wanted to understand, and i know that we are two different agencies but partnering. and of course, you know, ucsf, also has different locations, and so i'm just trying to understand the different messages systems and if it is the equipment and basically, or the structure supports all of those in the efficient way or is one better than the other? >> the spoke system is used by the others in the campuses and the american m

the american countryside and with it, a sense of connection to american history. it is also led many whites to confuse rural and national identities. the rural by estimation is american and white. the cityo those same people is largely an immigrant world and black. the power of sharp and the celtic south model endures. we live in an era of demographic anxiety. they have given rise to isolationism and insurgent political movements on the right and the left. the concerns have led many to retreat into the celtic interpretations of america and appalachians past. for some, history and traditions are exclusive and the american past is primarily the domain of white americans. is a dynamic region that gives us another way to look at appalachia and its place in the american story. the reality of social and cultural formation is far more complex than the anglo centric model first constructed by sharp and emulated by subsequent scholars. this offers an inclusive way through which we can understand and enjoy the richness of all of our appalachian heritage. again, these are bands that emerged in the wake of the black banjo conference in boone, north carolina. it was designed as a way to reconnect af

the museum of the american revolution opened in old city with historical flair. joe biden spoke about the revolutionary ideas behind the struggle for american independence. >> the country could be governed by its people. all of its people. its wealthy people. it's poor people. it's people who could read, couldn't read. today's opening coincided with a 242nd anniversary of the first battle of the revolutionary war, the shot heard around the world. >> mayor jim kenney accepted the golden door award from the hebrew society tonight. the mayor committed to philadelphia's status as a sanctuary city and said the city will be a safe place for the immigrants of the world. >> til still to come, the messae aaron hernandez wrote on his head before his suicide. >> and th >> the lung association reports how many of us are breathing bad area and where our area falls on the list. >> there is a system pushing showers our way. we'll have a big warm up over the next two days, but it doesn't last for the weekend. >> ducis rogers has the phillies looking for two in a row against the m

the crawl spaces. and the city currently has a master agreement with tenant and american messaging systems. and ucsf has a master service agreement with spoke. and the city's uses it's paging services through american messaging systems and ucsf which is as you know, the general hospitals and the city's partner at the hospital and the campus. uses spoke for the paging services. the master agreement with the city with american messaging system being renegotiated as we speak, and the master agreement with spoke, currently is a month to month ucsf spoke since 2004 and, renegotiating the master agreements. okay? >> thank you. >> real quick, supervisor tang has a question. >> i just wanted to understand, and i know that we are two different agencies but partnering. and of course, you know, ucsf, also has different locations, and so i'm just trying to understand the different messages systems and if it is the equipment and basically, or the structure supports all of those in the efficient way or is one better than the other? >> the spoke system is used by the others in the campuses and the american

the crawl spaces. and the city currently has a master agreement with tenant and american messaging systems. and ucsf has a master service agreement with spoke. and the city's uses it's paging services through american messaging systems and ucsf which is as you know, the general hospitals and the city's partner at the hospital and the campus. uses spoke for the paging services. the master agreement with the city with american messaging system being renegotiated as we speak, and the master agreement with spoke, currently is a month to month ucsf spoke since 2004 and, renegotiating the master agreements. okay? >> thank you. >> real quick, supervisor tang has a question. >> i just wanted to understand, and i know that we are two different agencies but partnering. and of course, you know, ucsf, also has different locations, and so i'm just trying to understand the different messages systems and if it is the equipment and basically, or the structure supports all of those in the efficient way or is one better than the other? >> the spoke system is used by the others in the campuses and the american

the country. today's americans are middle class whether city or suburb. there are not modern suburbs like we think of yet, so strictly urban at this time. the urban middle class are nowhere near as big, not a majority, decidedly a minority. they are growing in numbers, but they are very small. that means had the same time you are worried about falling into poverty and aspiring to be wealthy, you are looking at a city around you with lots of poor and working-class people. they are everywhere. there is of them. this is the upside. today, you can stretch only so far. if you are middle-class 1870's or 1880's, you can do more with your money. because there are many poor people with need and help. it is not unusual for middle-class families to take servants into their homes, bring in a woman to help cook, clean, run the house, so forth. typically an immigrant, but not always. there are for to having a small middle-class with a lot of people if you are middle-class. there is a reminder there is a lot of poverty, and you can start to take on as a small middle-clas

the week. >>> some church leaders want san francisco mayor to declare a state of emergency to keep black residents from being pushed out of the city. the african-american population of the city is now below 6%. they say housing is a big factor. the group cites a traditional black senior housing facility that's less than 15% african-american. >> if were just a matter of economics, other groups would not be able to make it here. but it's only black people who are being pushed out. >> the faith leaders also want the mayor to ramp up its gang task force in the bay view areas and address the high rate of black students suspended from school. >>> some believe it's propaganda on public buses. the transit agency may be changing course. >>> the gray whale trapped in debris. officials are hoping someone will spot it so they can send he help. >>> we're tracking a storm system bringing rain and storm winds. >>> the new i this weekend at bass pro shops earn double rewards points on select gear from the best brands. like redhead men's gray's creek henleys. for under $13. save 20% on a bass pro aluminum fish fryer. merrell men's trailwik waterproof hikers for under $

the city. abc 7 news was at third baptist church as they pointed out the african-american population of the city is now below 6%. they say housing is a big factor. the group cites a traditionally black senior housing facility that is now less than 15% african-american. >> if it were just a matter of economics, other groups would not be able to make it here. but it's only black people who are being pushed out. >> the leaders also want the mayor to ramp up the gang task force in the bay view and ingles side areas and address the high rate of black students suspended from school. >> well, some call it propaganda on public buses. up next the media, the message and the agency may be changing course about its ad campaigns. >> tech workers from the city to the south bay. there is talk this evening of a bay area brain drain. >> i'm abc 7 meteorologist live doppler 7 tracking a spring storm. hour by hour look at what you'll need your rain gear coming up. >> using the blast from the past to target the future. the lineup is unveiled. >> and the best cars of 2017. >>> san francisco has decided to make a maj

centennial commission is the host of the program for the national world war i museum and memorial in kansas city, missouri. all weekend long american history tv is joining our comcast cable partners to showcase the history of.chico, california to learn more about the city ies on the current tour, go to c-span.org/citiestour. up, it was hard because during the 1980's, as you know historically, a lot of folks did not know about the hmong people. people would ask me what nationality, what race i am. when i would tell them hmong, they would be a blank face. what is that? what country are you from? i would tell them thailand. they would say, oh, wait you are thai. no, not really but close. having to explain that all the kid, it was a lot. it just made me feel like it was different because nobody knew about me. wasdy knew what hmong because there is no hmongland. i felt ashamed of being hmong because i didn't want to have to explain and do a history lesson every time i told somebody i was hmong. when people would say your name sounds like chinese or hawaiian, i would just go along with that. yeah, sure, i am. that way i didn't have to do

the book signing. thank you, so much. >> this year, c-span's touring cities across the country, exploring american history. next a look at our visit to charlottesville, virginia. jefferson is the founder of uva. he worked for many years to develop a system of education in virginia. uva was his last great project, which he did it after he left the white house. he designed the buildings and the curriculum. he served as the first chair of the board of visitors. he was intimately involved as you will see in a lot of details about building the buildings. pretty much everything you can think of. his vision is called an academic village. if you look at his plans for the university, at the time a lot of universities consisted of one very big building where classes were held, and there were dormitory rooms. jefferson's idea was to make a village out of it, with students living near the professors, and classes being given in the professors homes. there was constant interaction of students and faculty. plus, it is in charlottesville the 1820's. it was a very small town, a village really. if you think about these amaz