Our first speaker this morning comes to us from the macarthur memorial in a norfolk, virginia. When i was there visiting this spring. It was my first opportunity to get it down and visit. He said the only thing that is equitable for the type of thing he is overseeing would be a president ial library. That stunned me a little bit. That is a significant thing. If you think about what Douglas Macarthur did during world war ii, afterwards in korea, he really shaped the face of the pacific in a way that no one else has. That repository of documents and memorabilia and artifacts is really a significant component of the 20thcentury. Chris kolakowski is the caretaker of that. It was really quite a remarkable shift for me, as i understood what chris is up to down there. But thats his day job. By night, he is still in love with the american civil war. He got started in fredericksburg in spotsylvania. He has since gone on to perryville, where he was in charge of the battlefield out there. He has
Richmond. Robert e lees army, safety 5000 men, holding the siege line 65,000 men, holding the seas lines. Siege lines. They face the army of the potomac, and an army level headquarters of the shenandoah under philip sheridan. Years, hasor four had a target on its back. It has been a primary or a secondary objective of u. S. Forces in the Eastern Theater since the wars beginning in 1861. It has had more military resources devoted to its capture than any objective the American Forces have her try to capture up to this point in history of the country. The largest army the u. S. Has ever fielded, the army of the potomac, has its objective at richmond. The people of richmond know they have been living with a target on the back. Richmond also is a simple. Is a symbol. I want to talk about that more as we get going. Confederacy,f the also one of the most important industrial cities in the confederacy. Begins, the battle of five forks outside of petersburg, virginia from the Confederate White
Im not going to take questions right now because we need to get back inside. I wanted too give you as much information as we can. Thank you all very much. All right. There is the update that weve been waiting all after noon, grim update it is where authorities there the District Attorney from Montgomery County, risa fuhrman, confirming information we heard earlier today that bradley stone is on the run. They are still looking for him. They dont know where he is but believe that he killed his exwife and several other members of her family. Nbc 10s lu ann cahn has been awaiting that News Conference all afternoon. But this scene unfolded, as you heard, very, very early this morning. And one of those scenes in harleysville, thats where nbc 10s tim furlong is right now. And thats the scene where his exwife was found inside that apartment. Tim . Reporter yeah, jim, this is the home where nicole hill was murdered. Neighbors used the words like scary and i cchaotic. The neighborhood is a crime
Jobs. A star studded list featuring the likes of ed sheeran and coldplay call on the government to do more to protect the uks live music venues. They won the fa cup back in 2013, but now we can athletic have become the first English Football Club to go into Administration Since the coronavirus pandemic Wigan Athletic. I will be there this morning getting a reaction. Get ready for some big downpours today, especially across parts of england. And over the next few days the wind is set to get up once again. I will have all the details hereunder. Here on breakfast. 0ur our top story is that schools in england will be told to stagger break times, Group Children into bubbles and focus on core subjects when they return to the classroom in september. This is according to guidelines expected to be published by the government today. The plans are based on reducing contact rather than social distancing and will be set out by the education secretary, Gavin Williamson. 0ur education correspondent d
Pleasant hill its made its way towards concord and walnut creek. And you seem showers working toward towards that direction. The San Ramon Valley can see some what conditions. And then the north bay it had scenes hours earlier someone stations in san rafael. James we have 3107 x in the north bay. So its not accumulating to a whole lot. His allies view from san rafael. George there has been a few accidents, spinoffs. When backtracking any hotspots where we are looking at bigger than usual delay for the bay bridge. There has been installed. Vaccinated to the chp logs. Were looking at 18 drive times already. Just creeping up on 13 minutes now. And the deck is a dry. Darya brain is causing power outages. Kron 4s mike pelton is live in richmond with the latest. Mike reporter im here in richmond and you can see and dislocation the traffic lights are flashing red. In his video for earlier this morning. Once the Early Morning rain hit the lines because of spark and caused outages. They peaked