Of history and comparative american studies at oberlin college. We are glad to claim her as one of our own, receiving her ph. D. From uv. She will speak on i wore the uniform of blue making the case for africanamerican enlistment. I have the very difficult task of going after gary. I would like to thank you for inviting me and for will for for all of my traveling snafus and being so gracious. And to thank liz, whos my former adviser, and Gary Gallagher, whos also a dear mentor of mine, for not only having me here at the conference but also for years and years of mentoring that dont seem to end. Im going to talk about im going to begin with the battle that gary does not think is important. Because it is in North Carolina. To be fair, i dont think many people think that the battle of new bern is incredibly important or significant, so i dont think hes alone. Nor am i arguing that the western theater is more important than the eastern theater. I just want to throw my hands up and say that
Its here. Its absolutely here. Reporter high winds and heavy rain. Hurricane matthew is batters floridas coast. Were already seeing the impacts, and its a monster. Again, our number one priority is protecting every life in the state. Reporter but the worst hasnt hit just yet. The tomorrow is expected to pound the area with high surf and spawn tornadoes. This storm will kill you. Reporter 2 Million People in matthews path have been told to get out of way. Its th since super storm sandy in 2012. It could destroy homes and cut power to millions, possibly for days, and First Responders may not be there to help. This is really a serious storm. We have in every way tried to prepare as much as possible to keep you safe as possible. Reporter and to that end here in florida theyre doing what they can to keep people safe. Theyve opened 130 shelters across the state. Problem accommodating people, urging people if they dont have a safe place to be they need to make it to the shelters to stay safe.
People. Candace sweat is in the news room, and we heard from pena himself today . Yes he was quite choked up after the verdict, calling the decisions he made that night awful, and the consequences gruesome. This case is about a 20year old man who got drunk and despite the best efforts of his friends, killed three people and injure aid 9yearold girl. Report mention words sentencing the man to up to 15 years in prison. Prior to the judges final words, the jury delivered a verdict, finding him guilty on three counts of manslaughter. He drove the wrong way down interstate 85 after a night of drinking killing three people, he expressed remorse for his actions. Not a day goes by where im not reminded of my decisions and my gruesome consequences. I wish it would have been me that died. Im the only one deserving of this heart break and misery. Reporter he also faced charges of seconddegree murder, but was found not guilty. The trial was taxing for both family, and many families, and many over.
I know you mentioned that you think the people are gone now. I mean, humanity is really wanting precision and a congressman in that government. And so otherwise we do face a huge rebound in coming. Arguably we already are seeing it. Its an excellent question that is quite the paradox which is to be sent down into any group of voters and asked them what the number one problem in washington, they dont get anything done. Nothing gets done. Totally dysfunctional. They do not think logically. We rationalize about everything we do. Oh, i can have another cookie, i think i walked like 20,000 steps today. Whatever whatever you want to rationalize you can. Thats how i think we are becoming more frustrated with the process than ever and as molly pointed out, we are more polarized than ever at the same time. So that piece of it, and this desire to always be on the winning side, compromise is losing, i think it is seen not just in washington and the way the world works these days. I dont want this
I know you mentioned that you think the people are gone now. I mean, humanity is really wanting precision and a congressman in that government. And so otherwise we do face a huge rebound in coming. Arguably we already are seeing it. Its an excellent question that is quite the paradox which is to be sent down into any group of voters and asked them what the number one problem in washington, they dont get anything done. Nothing gets done. Totally dysfunctional. They do not think logically. We rationalize about everything we do. Oh, i can have another cookie, i think i walked like 20,000 steps today. Whatever whatever you want to rationalize you can. Thats how i think we are becoming more frustrated with the process than ever and as molly pointed out, we are more polarized than ever at the same time. So that piece of it, and this desire to always be on the winning side, compromise is losing, i think it is seen not just in washington and the way the world works these days. I dont want this