Park. My name is ranger smith and ill be with you this afternoon for the second of our mid winter talks, this one specifically on james at appomattox. Yet is famous quote of not of theborn the battle wilderness, 1864. He reports back to richmond and suggests he is ready to come back from active duty but that at least with the army of northern virginia, lee might want a more vigorous person. Is mostly recovering from his wounds. He will never recover the use of his right arm. Of the bullet exiting his throat he cannot speak above a whisper. Lee is having none of that. On october 17, he orders long street to return and resume command of the first army of northern virginia. And all of the confederate defenses north of the james river. Fromstreet has everything bermuda 100 toward sycamore harmony. Heatley will take charge of the defenses run petersburg. Lee will take charge of the defenses around petersburg. By march 29, the siege of petersburg has been going on since june of 1864 and lees
Dispatcher, in fact, just about 1015 minutes ago, and we are seeing issues in the weaverville area right now. A tree is down upper flat creek road near calloway road and the salem church road area near the mars hill highway. So issues reported there. So far, no accidents reported in the asheville area here. But, again, you you want to take it slow on your morning commute. Standing water is an issue on many of these, especially floodprone areas. We are seeing the wind picking up here a little bit in asheville, but we are seeing Even Stronger winds leading to some Power Outages in cherokee and macon county. Duke Energy Reporting more than 1300 customers in each of the counties are without power right now. So, we are seeing issues across our area as a result of the weather. Now, lets check in with jack Jaclyn Deaugustino for a look at the other issues. Jaclyn thanks, lauren, we are getting reports of debris in the roadway all over Haywood County. There is not one specific area, this is ac
The middle of road but now they are saying it is a driver who was ejected from the vehicle. Both sides of highway one are closed. This is at the devils slide tunnel so if you are going from Half Moon Bay to San Francisco take 92 to 280. No word on when this will be opened. Sue . Thanks, matt. Good morning to all of you at 6 00. I am regular. I am natasha zouves, but, now, over to sue. Good morning, everyone, it is very, very dark and hard to see but all lanes remain blocked on devils slide south of the tunnel. They were saying they hoped to have it on by 6 30. We will see in that holds true. We will follow it. Can you not get through. 92 to 280 is the best alternate. I am seeing slow traffic headed in the southbound direction. You will not get through. You may as we will head over to 280 or 92 to save time. We will follow this and more in a few minutes. Good morning, everyone, the big story is how calm it we have 12 Miles Per Hour wind in fairfield and Golden Gate Bridge show winds onl
Viewers in the United States and right around the world. Im isa soares. Cnn newsroom begins right now. A very good morning to you. Now, the u. S. House of representatives voted monday to increase covid stimulus checks to 2,000 for millions of americans. The democrat controlled house sei seized on president Donald Trumps demand for larger direct payments and that pushed republicans to decide between their loyalty to the president or their concern over the bills cost. Stimulus checks are expected to begin going out later this week. The house also voted to override the president s veto of a sweeping defense spending bill. Both the stimulus and defense bills head to the republican led senate. Thats putting the party in a tough spot with the president. Phil mattingly explains from capitol hill. Reporter it was just two votes on the house floor but also two specific demonstrations of where donald trump sits right now in the Republican Party. You dont want to read too much into a vote to over
Hello and welcome to our viewers in the United States and right around the world. Im paula newton, live, from cnn center in atlanta where its 2 00 a. M. , on the east coast. 11 00 p. M. , out west. I want to thank everyone for joining us. Now, two big votes in the u. S. House of representatives are sending both support and a stinging rebuke to the u. S. President. Lawmakers from both parties voted, monday, to override President Trumps veto of a sweeping, defense bill. They also voted, by smaller margins, to increase the covidrelief checks, from 600, to 2,000. A move supported by the president. Now, those issues, now go to the senate, where President Trumps republican allies will have some tough decisions to make. Stimulus checks from the 900 billion coronavirusrelief package are expected, now, to start going out, this week. Now, this is all happening, as the u. S. Faces its highest number of covidhospital admissions, yet. More than 121,000 people, at this hour, in hospital with covid.