An honor and pleasure to have you here for us to begin a series of conversations that we hope will be a blessing to many. For thisthi evening is to create a cap conversation about the lee jackson windows and the larger issues of race and the legacy of slavery and our nation. Know the recent history of events regarding these windows, i invite you to read about that history in the information we provided for you within your program on tonights conversation. This is the first in an ongoing series of conversations over the next two years intended to foster conversation and a deeper understanding. While the leadership of the cathedral made the decision to remove the confederate battle flags from these windows, the larger question of whether the windows should stay in the sanctuary or be moved to a different location was intentionally left open for a period of two years so we might engage in conversation and education around the difficult issues of race and our history and our present life t
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Is my pleasure to introduce it is my pleasure to introduce our friend lee white. He has been with the park Service Since 2000. Lee hasiterally say spent his whole life on the battlefield because he was born in a hospital that sits on the battlefield grounds. This is a man who is deeply rooted in that part. He also has a passion for parks that reach that reach beyond the boundaries of his daily work life. He is finishing up work on a book for the emerging civil war series. Earlier this afternoon, davis talked about the rise of John Bell Hood and we will talk about the beginning of the fall of that very same army. What is and gentlemen, mr. Lee white ladies and gentlemen, mr. Lee white. [applause] white i have a special connection there and it is one ie reasons why i did tell that story. Familiar with general patrick labor. My first really big civil war biography was on patrick labor and. Claybourne. His story inset franklin. I have been interested in it one of the top experiences of my
About a third of fallujah is secure. Charlie dagata has been covering the battle. Reporter iraqi gunners fired towards isis machine gun positions near the heart of the city. The militants retaliated with mortars as a column of iraqi humvees inched forwards as residents still trapped inside fallujah scrambled to get out. Tank commander, abdullah al shambra told us the isis tactic of hiding among civilians slowed his progress. It is hard to thread the needle with a tank. I cant kill the children. I cant kill the old womens. You know, all of them, like my father, my grandfather, my sisters. Reporter advancing soldiers face what one commander called a spiders web of home made bombs. And nests of snipers. One bullet tore through the leg of soldier hider mowein abbas who seemed more anid noyed he h to stop fighting. The soldier walked into a boobytrapped house, a bomb went off. He didnt make it. Reporter these Iraqi Special forces just finished 17 days of intense urban warfare. What was the
This is your skin. This is your skin in the sun. The sun ages your skin and can cause skin cancer. Trump has the criticized muslims for not reporting other muslims who might be plotting attacks like the one in orlando. Mohammad malik says today he did warn the fbi about the nightclub shooter omar mateen. Today, malik told his story to our david begnaud. The fact this person was a muslim and a muslim from my community and someone i knew, very disturbing. Reporter Mohammad Malik met omar mateen, 10 years ago and attended the same mosque in fort pierce, florida, south of orlando. Most of our conversations were religious based, nothing radical, homophobic or hate related. Reporter another man who attended the same mosque, he was influenced by the radical islamic cleric, anwar alalwaki. And became the first known american suicide bomber in syria. Do you believe there was a connection between omar mateen and abu salah who became the suicide bomber . Many people will not believe this and are