Brotherhood the american combat soldier in world war ii. I will now introduce my friend, my colleague, keith snyder, the chief historian at Antietam National battlefield. He was very much the architect behind the series, and hes a phenomenal partner for shepherd and has done wonders things for the civil war center. Without further ado, keith. [applause] keith thank you, jim. We really value this partnership we have with Shepherd University. This is a great venue, bright partners to work with. Thank you for your partnership, we really appreciate it. I also want to thank our partner, eastern national. They are the folks that have they have the store that i hope you visit. We are here as part of our ongoing commemoration of the 150th of the Antietam National cemetery. Our theme is remembering the fallen, the service and sacrifice of the american soldier. The story is much broader than just the story of antietam, it is broader than maryland, it is broader than the civil war. It is the stor
Were in mexico where a group of women have come up with a unique way to fight Sexual Harassment. The u. N. Is questioning the legality of an agreement that would see refugees and migrants in europe sent back to turkey. The Refugee Agency says it is concerned about whether safeguards will be in place to protect people. They reached a tentative agreement that will see all refugees and migrants arriving in greece sent back, and for each refugees returned a syrian in turkey would be resettled in europe. In that leaves 34,000 trapped in greece as they try to reach e. U. Countries. Many are in a refugee camp where Health Workers say 70 of the children are sick. Our diplomatic editor has the latest now from the United Nations in geneva. Reporter the unhcr are saying they were not privy or party in any way to this plan, and they are seeking urgent clarification from the European Union. They say on first reading, though, they are very concerned. They gave a News Conference here at the headquart
I am claudine wong. I am in for mike mibach. It was gorgeous when i stepped outside, rosemary. We are with fog this morning, you can see over union scare and it is patchy fog and crossed over into the east bay. We will be left with sunny conditions and temperatures just as warm as yesterday. Look at the satellite. We have it again and into the east bay. But i expect early clearing. And this is very disorganized as you can see here. It will stay with us and be relatively week. Fairfield right now 13 miles an hour. We will be a little bit stronger for the afternoon. Temperatures are going to be nice, mild to warm tee pending on where you are at. 61 in walnut creek and low 60s in oakland and cool start for you in napa. And certain, 58 in san jose. Get a load of the numbers. And 79 in hayward. Another warm one. Upper 80s. Mostly sunny and mild along the coast. 69 today in had pacifica. As we get into the holiday. Temperatures will continue to climb. We will have the extended forecast comin
And we begin this hour with our special series on chinas National Peoples congress. The people of china are facing many changes, including slowing Economic Growth. President xi jinping is asking them not to worry too much about these developments describing them as the new normal. Xi is also proposing new policies to tackle various issues. On thursday chinas National Peoples congress will open to discuss the direction of the countrys policies in the upcoming year. Newsline will bring you details of the event in our threeday series. Chinas top political advisory body has started its annual meeting ahead of the National Peoples congress. Its chairman pledged to continue the current crackdown on corruption. The National Committee of the chinese peoples political Consultative Conference convened in the great hall of the people in beijing on tuesday. Its membership includes representatives of groups other than the communist party. President xi and other Party Leaders attended the opening se
Tennessee state universitys center for historic preservation. It is my pleasure to welcome and introduce our session moderator, dr. Todd groce. Dr. Groce is the president and ceo of the georgia Historical Society. He has 25 Years Experience as an educator and administrator. He has raised 52,000 for Educational Programs and endowment. Born in virginia but more importantly, raised in tennessee, he graduated with honors in history from the university of memphis and earned an ma from the university of tennessee. While in graduate school, he taught American History at the university of tennessee and maryville college. In 1990, he began his career in public history. He served five years in knoxville as the executive director of the east Tennessee Historical society and taking it to the next level through the development of a regional history museum. In 1994, he was named the executive director of the georgia Historical Society. In 2006, he was elected their 43rd president. Dr. Groce understa