Lieutenant James Robinson was largely for godness is family new that he had a medal. But this is one of those Amazing Stories that that had been just kind of forgotten over time in the enormity of the war. And so our researchers had uncovered this i mean, you know, and i just want to kind of highlight it lieutenant James Robinson was a ford observer attached to an empty company in the 60 Third Infantry Division in the european theater of operations. On april 6 1945 during a fierce battle in southern germany lieutenant robinson rallied the troops. Led the counter attack with a 78 pound field radio on its back. So thats the thing in the in the program. Its Pretty Amazing and took command of the remnants of the empty company. The Company Commander had been killed the platoon leader was wounded. And he shouted the words that american soldiers continued to echo on battlefields today. Lets go. The company down to 19 soldiers were ordered to continue the attack against superior numbers. So ss
Monday. If youre on your way from the east bay towards orinda in that caldecott tunnel, lets take you over the peninsula. And spits pretty much the same the, as welluas san mateo from haywao foster city and vice happy monday to you. It ist moving along, though, and we did have an incident on the golden gate bridge. You can see somec flashing lights out there. We had them there minutes ago, but they had a big piece of metal debris. It was lane of the golden gate bridge, about center span. And they were trying to get that out of theren so the marine commuters couldc get in. Looks like that is pretty well clear. Although you can still see some lights out there. So if youre coming in from marin, it might take you a little extra time to get past that. Butuonce youre in, you are in. That is a look time now. Well send it back to you. Thank you. Frank well update breaking news now in San Francisco as the chp is asking for the publics help as it investigates a deadly hit and run on westbound 80
2000 union troops to proclaim that more than 250,000 enslaved black people in the state were afraid. Some local slaveowners initially ignored the directive, but granger demanded they comply with the proclamation. Why is it called juneteenth . It derives its name from combining june and 19th. That day that he issued his proclamation. Juneteenth has we are leaving this for live conversation on ending hunger and part of the in the u. S. William barber is joining other activists and advocates for a threeday summit in washington, d. C. Could this monstrous act be a necessary link in the chain of events toward the downfall of the entire system of slavery . He said what i do know is that every attempt to stop us and allow our progress only serves to intensify and embolden our agitation. This is why we this morning will take a hard look at the ugly reality of poverty death by poverty. The fourth leading cause of death, ahead of homicide. Maybe the fact that we are having to face this is, in so
This is a film about storytelling, about how we tell the story of our countrys past. Why do we want to believe one version and not another . Maybe because it makes us feel safe at night. There is one episode of americas history that is told very differently, depending on who you are and where you live. It is the story of our civil war and what came after. The Hot Winds Of War blew across the land. Made of it, a country divided. Friend turned into foe. Brother fought against brother. It was such a long and drawn out struggle. And the feeling on both sides was so intense. Were all just romantics, lost in contemporary times you might say. Every one of us feels like we were born 125 years too late. To introduce myself, my name is rachel boynton. This is nelson walker. We are independent documentary filmmakers. Were making a film about how we tell the story of the civil war. Were filming in different schools all over virginia and were going to place this with a deep connection to this histo
this is a film about storytelling, about how we tell the story of our country s past. why do we want to believe one version and not another? maybe because it makes us feel safe at night. there is one episode of america s history that is told very differently, depending on who you are and where you live. it is the story of our civil war and what came after. the hot winds of war blew across the land. made of it, a country divided. friend turned into foe. brother fought against brother. it was such a long and drawn out struggle. and the feeling on both sides was so intense. we re all just romantics, lost in contemporary times you might say. every one of us feels like we were born 125 years too late. to introduce myself, my name is rachel boynton. this is nelson walker. we are independent documentary filmmakers. we re making a film about how we tell the story of the civil war. we re filming in different schools all over virginia and we re going to place this with a deep