Damien shields as you will find out, is an engaging young scholar. He is an archaeologist i trade. He is an historian by emotion and he gets the way you have to do all of those things. Lets not just have the false divide between archaeology and history, and pretend that objects and place dont matter. It is just some words on a piece of paper. It is all evidence of how history unfolded and impact on us today. Yesterday was a great pleasure of mine. I picked up mr. Shields. We went over. He did a seminar for my graduate students. He dazzled everyone. We went over to Stones River National battlefield and i managed to not lose him totally. We got over to franklin just in time. It was dusk. The perfect time to take a man who has studied Patrick Cleburne so often. All of this means we a unique opportunity to have a perspective and learn from a perspective that sometimes we dont take in here in tennessee. We have civil war historians aplenty. Sometimes you can shake a tree and a bunch will ho
The roads are still very slick and slushy. The state of emergency declared in alabama, georgia, North Carolina. Hes been named as Mohammed Emwazi. The man discussed in commits attacks on american soil including president obamas life. This is real. This is a concern about the lone wolf. Hes under scrutiny for too much spending. Its about whos paying for it. If the Congress Thing doesnt work out, check it out. You would obviously make an awesome travel channel host. They have warned that local leaders could faye prison time. Youll soon be able to scarf down your cup after you finish your coffee. All that ma john na at the british awards took quite a tumble on stage. You could own a piece of rob ford history on ebay including rob ford sized pants. And all that matters this is going get solved because at some point theres going to be a president rodriguez or a president chin. On cbs this morning. Lindsay lohan. The judge threw out Community Hours she claim and tacked 125 hours on top of th
Possibly longer for areas off to the east. Take a look at the white house from our michael son weather camera. Looking a little snowy out there. Kind after snow globe. We are going to see the visibilities drop. So a lot of people not on the roads. Thats good. Were getting the roads cleaned up for you. And within the next couple of hours, if you head out for work or your commute, we are going to see some slick spots, especially on the side roads. The treated roads seem to be doing okay. 31 degrees though. Here comes the snow. Are we seeing it really come down. Notice the areas in blue. Well zoom in in just a moment. I want to bring your attention back off to 81, the back edge ever the storm so we know its not going to be lasting for too much longer. Were talking mid to late morning. Then after lunch time things look be looking a lot better as far as weather conditions. Well still have issues on the side roads especially. Later on tonight anything left over will freeze. Here we go with l
They make of this activity. Earnings looked pretty good this morning. Kind of mixed. Retail sales figures for december okay. Decent. Not horrible, but okay. And we had a lot of fed speak as well today. Charles plaser saying it is clear that the fed is tapering and is going to do away with quantitative easing but theyre in no hurry to raise Interest Rates. And a couple big interviews coming up on the show. Wells fargo among the banks kicking off a flurry of financial earnings this week. That company beating estimates. Mortgage loans fell to levels not seen in five years. How much of a worry is that . Well ask tim sloan in just a bit. Look forward to that. And tesla has been a huge winner an reporting much better an expected Fourth Quarter sales numbers, but buckle up. Weve got ceo elon musk coming along to tell us about those record numbers as well as the automakers do you use the word . Recall . Upgrade. Its never easy with elon musk. According to the federal trade commission, its a re
And are closing in on oil refinery, thousands of miles from wall street the impact here in the u. S. It clear. Stocks have been plunging and the price of oil surging. As more regions of iraq fall into the hands of insurgents there are calls for the u. S. To intervene in the crisis as fears that the uprising could spread beyond iraqs borders. Three years after american troops have pulled out of iraq government officials in baghdad now are asking the u. S. For assistance in containing the rebels. But president obama has made no commitments and says he is looking at all options. I dont rule out anything. Because we do have a stake in making sure that these jihadists are not getting a permanent foothold in either iraq or syria. Meanwhile, the violence is heightening worries about the supply of oil and a spike in energy prices. Lets look at the closing prices today, Brent Oil Futures climbed to 113 a barrel today. The cost of west took crude jumped more than 2, hitting the highest price of