His mansion in Richmond Virginia , now referred to as the white house of the confederacy. The residence was saved from demolition, and since 1988 has been retorts since death to its wartime appearance. These two flags are replicas of the first and Second National flags of the confederacy. Flag,s the First National called the stars and bars, march 18 61 adopted as the National Flag of the confederacy. That is before the war started. When the war did start, they use this on the battlefield, but that proved to be ready confusing on a battlefield with smoke, fire, and other confusion. It looked like the United States flag. After the first big battle of the war, they stop using this on the battlefield. However, they kept it as the National Flag for almost two ofe years, and in the wake the failure of this one on the battlefield, they came up with other designs for battlefield use. May 1863, they completely did away with this one, and they came up with this one to replace it. This is the Sec
Victims, the survivors and attackers. Seven terrorists are dead. How many others might have been involved . The death toll is staggering. At least 129 people killed, more than 350 injured, many of them critically. Among the victims, an American Design student who was out enjoying a friday night on the town. Isis says it carried out the attacks striking six locations. France is vowing to destroy those behind this rampage. We have team coverage. We start with news 4s david ushery. I know its the Early Morning hours there. Im sure not many slept too well. Reporter they surely didnt. Just after 5 00 in the morning and just out of camera range, a young woman is staring at burning candles sobbing. We talked to many young people with tears in their eyes. A cop was here on a visit. We saw people leaning on each other in grief, holding each other up. Tonight, they are being sustained from people around the world. Such a simple, serene gesture. Bloodied and vowed from evil minds. Two students to
Because of course if the government were targeting a particular known u. S. Person for surveillance for criminal prosecution purposes it would need a warrant. Heres how that looks in practice. The government certifies to the fisa court would have no interest in any particular known u. S. Person, clicks the data, then run searches on the data using the names phone numbers and email accounts of particular note u. S. Persons. This is called backdoor searches. The nsa and the set a data privately to thousand of these in 2013. According to the privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board the fbi does these routinely. Routinely searches databases containing section seven to data when it investigates americans or even performs assessments which means no factual basis. Warrantless surveillance, warrantless foreign Intelligence Surveillance have absolute become a domestic Law Enforcement tool. I do give anything to add or if you youre seeing this is concerned youre seeing a similar cases as well
All around you. Yet amid all the tumult and change, there is one thing that wont change and that is character of our men and women who wear the uniform. This is your generations moment. Your mission is necessary and it is noble. The weapons you use will be more powerful and precise than those available to annapolis graduates who came before you, and you will face enemies they never imagined. But what will make your success possible is the same thing that made their success possible the courage and honor and personal integrity that you learned at this academy. Were going to give you the tools youll need to prevail in todays war on terror, and the capabilities youll need to protect us against the dangers that may yet emerge. Now the task is in your hands, and that means it is in the best of hands. Thank you for your courageous decision to serve. Bring honor to the uniform security to our country, and peace to the world. And congratulations to every member of the class of 2005. May god bl
President obama gave the commencement address at the u. S. Coast Guard Academy this past wednesday. On American History tv, we are looking at president ial commencement addresses from a decade ago. You can watch george w. Bushs 2005 address at the Naval Academy tonight at 9 30 p. M. Eastern on cspan3. Each week, american artifacts takes viewers to museums and Historic Sites around the country. On april 9, 1865, general robert e lee met ulysses s. Grant in the village of appomattox courthouse and surrendered his army of Northern Virginia, effectively ending the civil war. Next, we visit the museum of the confederacy in appomattox to see items related to the surrender. We also toured the museum, looking at the wars aftermath. Welcome to the museum of the confederacy appomattox. I am the site director here. For museum has been open for almost three years now. We are an extension of the museum that was originally founded in 1890, opened in 1896 in richmond. We house a lot of the artifacts