Appomattox effectively ending the civil war. This hourlong talk was part of a symposium hosted by the emerging civil war blog. There is something to the saying the best for last. Of the many books we have talked about and the authors we have talked about, i have never seen a more solid piece of writing come across my desk then i did when this first rap of the dawn of victory appeared in my inbox. We develop a manuscript and chris will work on history and when edward sent me the donna victory it was pristine. Ive never said that about a manuscript before. Remember, i get paid to help deconstruct peoples writing. Ive never seen a piece of writing more magnificent and believable. A story that is often overlooked. Forget about petersburg. It is so overlooked and so underrated and edward does such a magnificent job doing justice to an incredible phase of the civil war. Literally, the make it or break it point. It is the breaking point that leads to the end. Without further a do, i would lik
Public. With Hillary Clintons camp desperate to bring Bernie Sanders supporters into the fold in advance of the convention, the decision was made she had to go. Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Hello, south florida reporter she announced her resignation a day after introducing clinton and her new running mate in miami. In a statement this afternoon, she said, the best way for me to accomplish these goals is to step down as party chair at the end of the convention. A handful of the 20,000 hacked emails showed her aides musing about how to blunt Bernie Sanders momentum earlier this year. In one the dncs chief Financial Officer wrote, for kentucky and west virginia, can we get someone to ask his belief . Does he believe in a god . He had skated on saying he has a jewish heritage. I think i read hes an atheist. Nobody has apologized to me. Reporter sanders has long argued the dnc, which was supposed to be neutral in the primaries, had its thumb on the scale for clinton. Debbie Wasserman Schultz s
Temperatures maybe feeling like 105 especially on monday for dnc. Monday could be the worst of the factoring in humidity. We will get through it. Hot typical humid weekend, you know how to stay cool, stay indoors, hit the pool, hit the shore. Humidity could be worse this time of the year. We are getting a break tomorrow from the humidity but still hot talking about mid to 90 degrees, for the temperatures. Seventyseven, right now in philadelphia right now, light breeze at seven miles an hour, and feels like 79, row 70s in allentown. Mid 70s in reading. We have warm start already to our saturday, doylestown checks in at 73 degrees. Seventyfive in quakertown. The excessive heat warning in red philadelphia surrounding suburbs that will go in effect at 11 00 this morning and areas in orange, south jersey, central and southern delaware is under a heat advisory. Worst of the heat in the city no advisories a at this point to the north and west up toward the Lehigh Valley but there is a excessi
This is a special captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Reporting tonight from the Democratic National convention in philadelphia. Pelley and theres breaking news here tonight, and not the kind that Hillary Clinton wants. A new email scandal. This time at the Democratic National committee. And it has cost the chairman of the dnc her job. Florida congresswoman Debbie Wasserman schultz announced that she is stepping down at the end of this convention. Nancy cordes begins our coverage. Nancy . Reporter scott, Wasserman Schultz was already a lightning rod for Bernie Sanders supporters even before these hacked emails were made public. And so now with democratic officials desperate to bring those officials into the fold and union fie the party in advance of the convention, the decision was made that she had to go. Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Hello, south florida reporter Wasserman Schultz announced her resignation just one day after introducing clinton and
First, the speculation is over tonight. Hillary clinton picked virginia senator tim kaine as her running mate. The Presumptive Democratic nominee for president took to social media to make her announcement. Im ukee washington. Im nicole brewer. Jessica dean is on assignment. Clinton is said to introduce her running mate at a Campaign Rally tomorrow in miami. Did any of you watch that convention in cleveland . During a rally at the Florida State fair grounds, Hillary Clinton kept the crowd giving deciding to tweet her president ial pick. She wrote im thrilled to announce and i running mate tim kaine. Of she also said this text message which reads, im thrilled to tell you this first, ive chosen tim kaine as my running mate. Welcome him to our team. The 58yearold virginia senator who also served as Lieutenant Governor and governor of that state is a bilingual father of three but claims hes not very interesting. Im boring but thats the fastest demographic in this country. Reporter in an in