The book. You have a question . Obviously casualties at the highest levels. It does seem again and again that they lost critical players. Nobody to replace them. At the beginning of the war was their training can malcolm. The kind of had that system. Regimental commanders moved up to brigade. They just kept promoting people. Some really good commanders emerged. For example, on the confederate side john gordon became commanded one of lease. He was a warrior. Some people have a military bill that had emerged. There were a lot of failures. People came in from the regular army with some rank. They just were not up to it. There was a real sorting process confederates really felt by the end of the war the attrition of their officers more than union. That was their great advantage at the beginning of the war. They had better leaders. By the end those people, many of them are gone. And so lee took, as i was saying, more and more. [inaudible conversations] oh, i am sorry. Kind of a silly questi
Live pictures from the in washington dc were reour continuing our live coverage celebrating the 50th anniversary of the march on washington. Have a new panel on the Civil Rights Movement hosted by the w. K. Kellogg foundation. We will be joined by marc morial who is the president of the National Urban league. Good morning. Saying goodr morning in a way that i would hear, and with that sort of energy. Thank you all. This is such a joy to be here in this historic week about to celebrate our history and to envision and move forward toward creating the future that we all want, and certainly the future that our children deserve. Christopher, the Vice President of the Program Strategy at the w. K. Kellogg foundation. You on like to welcome behalf of our staff and our over theon all nation. Solidarity behind this idea that no light can live forever, and we must heal for our childrens sake. When mr. Kellogg built the foundation he said do what you will with the money, so long as it benefits th
The duke of cambridge has revealed how becoming a father brought back the painful emotions he felt after his mothers death. Now, on bbc new, the travel show. On this weeks travel show, your guide to the future of flying once the lockdown is over. Hello and welcome to an almost deserted sta nsted airport just outside london. We are here to find out what the airlines and airports are planning to do to keep us safe when we do start thinking about foreign holidays again. Also, coming up this week we meet the new york cabbie who has continued working throughout the lockdown. We head to cambodia to see the temple complex and tourist hotspot at angkor wat, totally deserted. And we discover some of historys greatest minds thought that the very best way to travel was to stay at home. Here at stansted, there are normally 500 flights coming in and out every day. Today, there are only nine. But flight numbers from the uk could be slowly picking up again. British airways and ryanair have recently a
Legislation. As the lockdown in england starts to be relaxed with the government setting out further plans to ease some of the restrictions, more people will be using public transport and returning to work. So in this environment, what are the risks of being infected with coronavirus . Our science editor David Shukman has been looking at the latest research. As people think about getting back to work, going out to do more shopping again and travelling on public transport, what are the risks of becoming infected 7 this animation simulates the inside of a train carriage. Marked in red, it shows someone whos got the virus, maybe without realising, and how, when they talk, they could release it all over a fellow passenger. A grim thought, but some Scientists Say the droplets containing the virus are very easily spread. If you are just breathing, talking, then obviously, the droplets dont travel as far, but they could travel far enough to infect your friend whos sitting opposite you, chatti
The Channel Island of guernsey has become the first part of the British Isles to remove nearly all its lockdown restrictions, after reporting no new cases of covid 19 for over three weeks. Robert hall has more. In a guernsey garden, eight week old Charlie Flood is meeting his widerfamily. Until now, his grandparents have only had glimpses of him at a distance. Today, the family can hold charlie and hug each other for the First Time Since lockdown began. Were so fortunate because in england, they cant do that. It must be so, so difficult for them. Were just really, really lucky. It feels absolutely amazing. It has been a long time coming. And it feels so nice i cant put him down on the 16th of may, guernsey moved into phase three of the lockdown exit plan. Guernsey families and friends can meet up under what is called a bubble system, gradually widening their contacts. Guernseys success against covid i9 is down to a community effort. Social distancing, combined with testing and tracing,