what sets it apart? guest: one is just the beauty, the building and the magnificence of the marble statue, the largest marble monument portrait in the united states, then and now. what further has set it apart is the use of this space i am sitting on all the way to the steps as a platform for the discussion of grievances, for the aspirations for a more perfect union, for what reagan called unfinished what lincoln called unfinished work. it has evolved into the setting for demonstrations, gatherings, meetings, concerts that all point to completing that unfinished business of his. host: describe where you are and for those who haven t been there, with the should know. guest: i am sitting about 50, 40 feet from the reflecting pool on the far end of the monument. and of course the memorial is behind me up 87 steps, i think i have that right. finished in 19 and they waited for it to settle on the soft ground before it settled for it to settle before they had the dedication. 10
what sets it apart? guest: one is just the beauty, the building and the magnificence of the marble statue, the largest marble monument portrait in the united states, then and now. what further has set it apart is the use of this space i am sitting on all the way to the steps as a platform for the discussion of grievances, for the aspirations for a more perfect union, for what reagan called unfinished what lincoln called unfinished work. it has evolved into the setting for demonstrations, gatherings, meetings, concerts that all point to completing that unfinished business of his. host: describe where you are and for those who haven t been there, with the should know. guest: i am sitting about 50, 40 feet from the reflecting pool on the far end of the monument. and of course the memorial is behind me up 87 steps, i think i have that right. finished in 19 and they waited for it to settle on the soft ground before it settled for it to settle before they had the dedication. 10
hear three really excellent talks on that theme tonight. each speaker is gonna speak for about 15 minutes so felly short presentations and that s gonna leave us plenty of time for questions and discussion at the end and you can type your questions into the q&a box at any time throughout the evening and we will respond to those later after all. he talks have taken place. so we re looking forward to hearing your questions and feedback very much. that s part of the excitement for us going into this evening. our first speaker tonight is going to be dr. caroline wood newhall, and she s very well known around here because she works as the postdoctoral fellow at the virginia center for civil war studies here at virginia tech before that. she earned her phd at unc chapel hill. she s working on a book about black pow w experiences in the confederacy. and by the way, she gave a terrific talk on that topic last fall soon after she arrived in blacksburg, which is now available at the you
all to virginia tech s annual civil war weekend. my name is paul quigley. i m director of the virginia center for civil war studies. it was my job one of my jobs to split these nine talks into three different sessions one for each week and the theme the kind of sub theme i came up with for this week is manpower and horsepower, which sounds kind of weird. that was the best way i could come up with the separate these topics out, but you re gonna hear three really excellent talks on that theme tonight. each speaker is gonna speak for about 15 minutes so felly short presentations and that s gonna leave us plenty of time for questions and discussion at the end and you can type your questions into the q&a box at any time throughout the evening and we will respond to those later after all. he talks have taken place. so we re looking forward to hearing your questions and feedback very much. that s part of the excitement for us going into this evening. our first speaker tonight is go
Infant as tornados rip through the heartland. We have oklahomas kevin stitt here. Ainsley talk about seeing double, 11 sets of twins set to graduate from one Pennsylvania High School. They will join us ahead. Steve this hour, final hour of Fox And Friends and remember, mornings are better with friends brian fox weather alert, severe storms in the south and midwest, tornados ripped through texas yesterday. 120 tornados in six states and people were killed, including an inbe fant in oklahoma. 100 others are hurt. Check in with janice dean with the fox weather forecast. Janice a lot of folks are waking up to nothing. Severe Weather Report stretching 16 different states, 137 tornado reports, woin1 172. Twisters, ef3 and might go higher than that, you see homes completely levelled. Storm priksz area put out an area they think Severe Weather is going to happen and this is the bullseye. Look how accurate this was. We can give you an area and it is up to you to Pay Attention to wa watches and