The National Park service until his retirement in 1995. Has published many books primarily related to the western fear of war and his three volume Campaign History of vicksburg which is viewed as a classic. In 2015 legislation was introduced to award him a congressional gold medal for his contributions to Civil War Preservation and history. So his talk today is recovering the uss cairo, right. Not cairo i always his frounds from from the yazoo. Mr. Bears. Thank you so much. [ applause ] always a pleasure being down to where we are today. Down to Longwood University to talk about the raising of the cairo. Now, if you want to find out how to raise a vestal you will not do it the way we do it. When i arrive at vicksburg on a in 1966 i entered on duty at vicksburg. And after i had been there about a year the superintendent called me in, mr. Mcconhi. And say, ed, i want you to see if you can find the gun boat cairo. It was one of 7 casemented city series ironclads built by the United States
Fletcher. mark and im mark danon. Lets start the morning with a check of weather and traffic. Cooling trend starts today for most areas as onshore flow returns. The far interior valleys will remain seasonably warm through this evening. The overall trend this weekend and into next week will be a return to more seasonable temperatures along with more extensive night and morning low clouds followed by sunny afternoons. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. Traffic moving a little slow on westbound 4 james a 16yearold girl has died after falling off a cliff in San Francisco. This is video of the rescue efforts last night. It happened near the legion of honor museum at around 6 30. Fire crews say the rough terrain made it difficult to find her after she fell off a cliff at lands end. After finding her they transported her to china beach where she later died. Firefighters say they get a lot of these calls in that area this time of year because of touri
In the upper 30s to lower 40s and wind chills in the 30s by morning. Hurricane matthew. Now a category a three. Is closing in on the florida coast. The massive storm is packing real concern it could produce deadly storm surges up to eleven feet. Jay gray is in florida with the latest. nats moving along the florida coast. Matthew is. In many areas. Overwhelming. We are already starting to see the impacts and its a monster. Violent winds. Sheets of rain. And a growing surf. With the potential in some areas of a storm surge up to 11feet. I am begging you to understand. These kind of storm es want to get caught up in. nats electricity has become a luxury in the strike zone. Tensofthousands have lost power and that number is expected to grow. More than 11 million along the east coast are currently under a hurricane warning. Airports across the region are closed. Businesses boarded up. And shelters are fillingup. sot ive been in florida all my life so i know how bad it can get. And it will l
Front with heavy rain at times. There is still a chance for showers this morning, then it clears out for this afternoon. Temps this morning are in the upper 60s, and that will be the high for the day as a brisk nw wind increases to 20 mph, and drops temps into the 50s by noon. Tonight is clear and chilly with lows in the upper 30s to lower 40s and wind chills in the 30s by morning. Hurricane matthew has claimed the lives of hundreds of rise. Those riding out the storm in florida are starting to feel the full impact of the hurricane this morning. Ann is taking a closer look at some of the damage already. Between florida. The carolinas. And georgia. Roughly two mllion people were told to leave their homes. Its the largest mandatory evacuation since Superstorm Sandy in 2012. Officials are warning homes and cut power to millions possibly for days. And First Responders may not be there to help. The hurricane is threatening to reach a category 4 level this morning. What does that mean exacty
Huicane maw. The porf threaten the thet . An a dade arriis b down on florida this is a look at vero beach, florida as matthew was s . M9iro hours south anho and o ra is s our have been recorded. And take a look at this crazy vi of noaas Hurricane Hunter planes. They actually send plane flying into the hurricane so scientists can collect data on the storm to help better predict where its headed. Of course well be standing on morning d hurricane all lastest right here on live at daybreak. Thanks vince. Meteorologist brian gotter joins us now. Where is the storm at right now brian and whats the timeline as we look throughout despite clouds and scattered showers, yesterday was warm and humid with highs in the lower 70s. Tshowers developed late last evening and overnight ahead of the cold front with heavy rain at times. There is still a chance for showers this morning, then it clears out for this afternoon. Temps this morning are will be the high for the day as a brisk nw wind increase to m