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
you. we have got a lot more coming, up everybody. you are watching msnbc, or second hour starts right now. starts right now hey everybody, i m yasmin vossoughian. if you re just joining, us welcome. if you are sticking with, us we are so thankful for that. collision course, the president in the air right now, flying back to washington and right into a debt ceiling showdown with speaker mccarthy. the two men sit to meet tomorrow sometime, to try to resolve the gulf of differences between them as they face a deadline. it could lead to the unimaginable default by the united states of america. my assessment is that the odds of reaching june 15th will be unable to pay all of our bills. it s quite low. based on what i ve offered, i would be blameless. on the politics of, it no one would be blameless. it seems as though he wants to default more than he wants a deal. speaker mccarthy is allowing himself in the entire nation to be held hostage by the biden republicans. just by
Answers as her daughter disappears with the High School Soccer coach. Every time i turn around something reminds me of her. And her father blames himself. And Carol Burnett. Shes celebrating an anniversary of her groundbreaking variety show with a special on s bcbs this sunday. Now for a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. The gop scrambles to pass the tax reform. It costs twice as much as it generates in revenue. The magical, quote, fantasy is over. The white house plans to force Rex Tillerson out. When they no longer serve congress theyre no longer needed in the capacity theyre in. President trump blasted the jurys decision. John conyers is asked to resign following controversy. The first Holiday Season of the Trump Presidency is officially under way. President trump lit the National Christmas tree. All that all the way for a touchdown. Dallas, 38 washington 14. And all that matters wow. Beautiful shot. Tiger woods making a comeback for a fifth time. Three shots off
Investigation. And researchers say muscle building may help you live longer but can you do that in just nine minutes a day . Dr. Jordan metzel will be in studio 57 with his new workout. But we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. Everything went dark and stuff started flying around. Speem were screaming. I just grabbed on to the chair in front of me for tear life. The train was traveling at 80 Miles Per Hour in a 30mileperhour zone. Its actually a miracle considering when you look atz it it could have been much worse. The worlds Busiest Airport is slowly getting back on track. Travelers just desperate to get out of atlanta. Republicans may be just hours away from approving the tax overhaul. The house is expected to vote today followed by the senate. The president outlines the trump doctrine. Unveiling his National Security strategy. We face rival powers, russia and china that seek to influence values and wealth. North korea was behind the virus
A philadelphia man is struck and killed by lightening while vacationing in florida. But the big story is on action news is clearing skies, following overnight storms that brought heavy rains and flooding to parts of south jersey. Were taking a live look at penns landing for our sky 6 camera. Peaks of sunshine through the clouds late today and tomorrow looking better. Meteorologist cecily tynan in for melissa magee, shes live at the action news big board with the full details. Its noise to see peaks of sunshine out there after a very gloomy cool windy and damn saturday. The actual storm system is offshore. Were getting winds a shifting out of the north pulling down drier airs and helping clouds break, theres one thin line of showers starting to break up and stretches across route across middletown, sinking to the south, this is dying as it does, but like ive been say, this was a storm that you all about location. Areas north of philadelphia, barely got a drop of rain, but look at this e