Programmers. ,. A historian he has worked as a historian for the National Park service and Fredericksburg National Military Park. My eyes decided to water at an awkward moment. [laughter] sorry, chris. [laughter] he is also a historian for at National Park service Fredericksburg National Military Park where he gives stores at major battlefield. Major battlefields. Chris has authored or coauthored a dozen books on the civil war and his articles have appeared in all the major civil war magazines. He serves on the board of directors for the virginia trust. Welcomingn me in Chris Mackowski. [applause] im going to move through here. Thank you, sarah. [laughter] in november of 1879, mark twain was asked to give a speech at the reunion of the army in honor of ulysses as grant. A was the 15th speaker on long list of people offering accolades. He called it the perilous distinction. He said he was the last speaker on the list, and honor no person has ever sought. [laughter] you are going to see
, honing their skills at each one. And there are positions, but hmm, every fighter must possess all types of weapons that are in our unit, how to cope with anxiety for families whose closest ones are fighting at the front, special booklets with advice on how to act, who to call if the soldier does not get in touch for many days or another stressful situation has occurred, which gives peace of mind, prepared by the ministry of defense , the most important tips are detailed, there are telephone numbers of all hotlines for all cases that may arise while the soldier defends the country , get such a family booklet defenders can be obtained at the Territorial Assembly centers or electronically on the website of the ministry of defense. Lets simplify it, lets make it more comfortable and calmer for our defenders families, who here are looking forward not only to victory, but also to all their loved ones alive and unharmed. Russia does not stop artillery and missile strikes on civilian objects
Families praying for a peace deal at talks in ethiopia. Syrian opposition activists have called government airstrikes on a rebelheld suburb of damascus a massacre, more than 100 people died in the main market in douma. Making it one of the bloodiest attacks by the military in syrias threeyear warm. 300 were injured. More air strikes happened as people rushed to help the wounded. Zeina khodr joins us now. We are hearing of yet more air strikes on this area this morning. Reporter yes. Accord to this syrian observatory for human rights, there were three air strikes targeting douma early this morning. There is still no word on casualties. The syrian observatory also reporting that the government targeted other areas in this region. Which is in the damascus countryside. Targeting areas. Now, this area really is a rebel strong hold. It has been a rebel strong hold for many years. And the government has not been able to recapture these territories. But over the years it has been targeting it.
Ago i started the research as a dissertation. Hes an interesting figure. I will give you a couple of brief biographical insights. Born and raised in ohio, goes to west point, not a stellar student. Hes won to merit away from being dismissed every year, actually. [laughter] his best friend at west point was Winfield Scott hancock. Hes 32 out of a class of 52. He participates in the seminal wars and the new mexican wars. He sees himself being this career military person and making a life in the military. He finds himself as a Lieutenant Colonel in the War Department. If you have read the book, you know i tried to sidestep the claim that he was responsible for starting the american civil war. Was sent on a secret mission to talk to Robert Anderson about the prospect of what might happen if South Carolina decided to secede. You have to understand, floyd, the war secretary, has given bewell no instructions and he spent three days in trust and harbor with Robert Anderson and after the first
In the traffic center. Oops. Heres a small area of some backup here, westbound near bailey, a couple of cars got into it and now were seeing about a 10 to 7minute delay behind the extent in the pittsburgh bay area. We have an accident, 880 near mallory with slowing here. Two or three vehicles involved. They have been pushed off to the shoulder here. These are some looky loos head big the scene. Well check with your mass transit options too. Thank you, sue. Complete chaos, thats how you could describe part of Donald Trumps latest rally in the bay area. It wasnt the rally itself. It was the aftermath. Protesters began peacefully but look what happened when it ended. People were leaving the San Jose Convention center and then the tone really changed. San jose police tried to surround a large number of protestering who stuck around after the event and then things turned violent between protesters and supporters. Even trump. Someone was punched in the ear. They were hitting on me and spitti