And we will be talking politics. Will you be doing it during this thanksgiving holiday . All coming up on washington journal. You can send us a tweet. Good morning. We begin with afghanistan. American troops on the ground in what has become americas longest war. Joining us live is brig. Gen. William graham. Thank you for being with us on this holiday. Thanks for having us. Happy thanksgiving to you and all your viewers. Host he is joining us via skype. So there is a little bit of a delay. Lets begin with what is americas longest war. From your standpoint what are some of the Biggest Challenges on the ground . Guest in just a minute and we will get that out of the way. This is my second tour in afghanistan and what i will noisywith you as another helicopter flies past is that there is optimism here with the Afghan People. The new u. S. Policy and its our nato allies is playing well with afghanistan. There is true optimism here. By someed here today amazing american patriots. You guys ha
Next go break have the opportunity to speak to members of the European Parliament about the issues faced by some of the mind victims. I would now like to hand over to and make break and we did the research into the german archives and we came up with astonishing information which would be shock us and made us realize what had happened and i want to just make street comments about this investigation we did into the criminal trial the first thing we discovered there was secret negotiations between going intel and the German Federal government whilst the trial was taking place secondly the German Federal presence at the time. Granted into torchwood couldnt tell a contribution in return for the trial being terminated despite the fact that the Prosecution Office in zero five or so you want and he must not do this this is illegal the net result of this the third point which is the most important for the four countries here is that all the evidence was suppress. The European Parliament again
Civil war. Historians discuss how africanamericans remember and interpret the civil war. This is an hourlong event. We are here for our fourth and final panel to discuss africanamerican opinions on the war. We want to begin with a discussion of the scope and significant. Maybe you want to get us started. The u. S. Color troops are more than anyone imagined. Massachusetts had three state registrants. There are over 140 of various kinds. They are a significant military force. What is interesting that i think in the beginning of the war none of the white northerners would have imagined you had black northern soldiers. They turned many patriotic northern freemen away. It is only the process of the war. The high death count, the sickness, and the fact that it did not go well. It prompted people to think about arming africanamericans. The emancipation proclamation was authorized. You had over 180,000 troops, which on one hand, people always say there were 2 Million Union troops, but they cam
The virginia sesquicentennial organized this hourlong event. Welcome back everyone. We are here in our fourth and final panel. I am joined by fitzhugh brundage, barbara gannon, and Thavolia Glymph we want to begin with a discussion of the scope and significance of the service in the u. S. Army of African American troops. Barbara, maybe want to get us started. Prof. Gannon u. S. Colored troops are more than anyone ever imagined. The u. S. Colored troops are federal volunteer units, theres over 140 of them of various times. They were a significant military force. Its interesting, at the beginning of the war, none of the white northerners would have ever imagined you would have had black northern soldiers. In fact, they turned many, many patriotic northern free men away. Its only the process of the war, the high discounts, sickness, and the fact that it didnt go well, that prompted people to really think about arming African Americans. The emancipation proclamation was authorized. You had
To even see the firefighters who did the work. Im gratified that they came and stopped it. Reporter he was one of the lucky ones. While fire crews managed to stop the flames at some doorsteps, the very nextdoor neighbor often lost everything. Destruction here was widespread. All the houses around me are all burned to the ground. Reporter but not every house. My grandma just died. This house was hers. And i i just kept asking her to protect it. And it stopped right there. And we are so blessed. We are literally by the skin of our teeth, we have a home. Reporter in napa county, wilson walker, kpix 5. [ music ] good to hear a little piece of good news. Its 4 31. There was also a frantic effort in Sonoma County to save horses in the fire zone. Coming up, a group of animal lovers who came together to help. And were live between santa rosa and glen ellen both areas getting hit hard by these wildfires that are continuing to burn. [ music ] wildfires broke out in wine country. And theyre alrea