Wow, along with these television companies, support c span2 as a public service. I want to welcome you to the 2023 american benefiel trust annual conference here in frankly, tennessee. We really appreciate you all coming out of being a part of this event. The next speaker is going to talk specifically about the battle here at franklin, which is one of the most famous, or infamous, battles of the American Civil War that took place in november 1864. Many of you will travel out to franklin to check out the battlefield site the next couple of days. We will have great historians, as well as aaron jacobson, part of the battle of franklin trust. He wants the carter house, which was the epicenter of the battle at franklin. We are excited to get you out to the battlefield. We know some of you are out here for the first time. We have done a lot of work with our partners out here. To hit that 56,000 acre mark, we had to do a lot of work in places like franklin, nashville, and beyond. The next spe
This is the cbs evening news. Mason good evening. Im anthony mason. Five weeks later the power is still out in most of puerto rico, and now lightbulbs are going off in the heads of members of congress. Theyre calling for an investigation of the deal that awarded a big contract to a tiny company to get the power back on. The company happens to be headquartered in the hometown of a member of the trump cabinet. Julianna goldman is looking into this. Reporter its been more than aman since Hurricane Maria ravaged puerto rico, leaving its power grid in shambles. Today 75 of the island is still without power and lawmakers in both parties are asking why a Small Montana company was granted a 300 million nobid contract to help rebuild transmission and distribution lines. My biggest concern is we dont have enough information as to the process that went through that. Reporter republican congressman rob bishop chairs the House Committee that oversees puerto rico. The Government Power Company known
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Morning to you, clear skies, cool this morning. 62 degrees as you head out the door. And winds are very calm. One to 5 Miles Per Hour so barely a breeze. This afternoon, plenty of sunshine and 90 degrees is what to expect for san jose. The winds may pick up. The east winds about 5 to 10 Miles Per Hour. We are tracking a new crash and this could slow you down if you travel westbound 4 towards 242 right where this accident is. Its blocking a lane and we see speeds slowing down right around 40 Miles Per Hour. Heres a live look. This is highway 4 as you approach the port chicago highway. Heading westbound, its 16 minutes for drivers between loveridge and 680. Once you get past that crash, youre good to go in the green. 580 dealing with the usual slowdowns. 26 minutes between 205 and 680. That is a check of your traffic. Right now, in san jose, police are looking for these men wanted in a string of Violent Crimes that includes a deadly shooting. Kpix 5s Jessica Flores is live in san jose on
Today he would wont break any records. So theres that. Temperatures are a couple of degrees cooler than yesterday. So heres a look at what you can expect. About 15 degrees above average is what were going to experience. That hot, dry air is back all because of those offshore winds. So we really need the onshore winds to return. Heres our satelliteradar showing you the Clear Conditions barely any cloud coverage out there, just way off in the water. Thats all the clouds that are being allowed to come on in. Temperaturewise, here we are in the mid to upper 50s for livermore, concord at the moment, San Francisco 64 degrees. So its a nice morning. Well tell you how hot it will be coming up. We are tracking an accident involving a couple of vehicles definitely slowing things down for drivers heading along the eastshore freeway. This is westbound 80 near san pablo avenue and it has at least one lane blocked possibly two. Traffic backing up towards highway 4. So its about a little over 20 minu