He he received his ph. D. From brown university, and hell be discussing most recent book, half american the epic story of africanamericans fighting in World War Two at home and abroad. Now to, join this this conversation this discussion is dr. Marcus cox marcus is a fellow with the jenny craig institute. And is also currently the dean of Fayetteville State University right outside beautiful fort north carolina. Oh the. Previously many of you know him from town here where hes associate dean of graduate studies xavier and a graduate ph. D. From northwestern an and an expert on africanamerican military history. And so its great to have these two amazing scholars and comrades on the stage with us today. And with that, marcus, ill turn it over to you. And sir, you much. Thank you so much. Thank you everybody for being here. Thank you, mike. And everyone, this is a great opportunity to learn a little bit more about whats happening in the United States and in particular what africanamericans.
From dr. Matthew dumont. Matt is prolific author and historian of history and civil rights and the Sherman Fairchild distinguished professor history at dartmouth. He he received his ph. D. From brown university, and hell be discussing most recent book, half american the epic story of africanamericans fighting in World War Two at home and abroad. Now to, join this this conversation this discussion is dr. Marcus cox marcus is a fellow with the jenny craig institute. And is also currently the dean of Fayetteville State University right outside beautiful fort north carolina. Oh the. Previously many of you know him from town here where hes associate dean of graduate studies xavier and a graduate ph. D. From northwestern an and an expert on africanamerican military history. And so its great to have these two amazing scholars and comrades on the stage with us today. And with that, marcus, ill turn it over to you. And sir, you much. Thank you so much. Thank you everybody for being here. Thank
Eyewitness news. Hurricane hermine gaining strength and heading for the florida coast. The latest on the path. And when we might begin feeling the impact here in North Carolina. Our state already bracing for impact from hermine. A look at the emergency preparations now underway. And. The issue pitting the Durham Rescue Mission against the city it serves. Eyewitness news starts right now. Hurricane hermine getting stronger. slamming the gulf coast of florida. And heading right for North Carolina. The category one hurricane making landfall laster tonight. And then itll move up toward us. Governor mccrory declaring a state of emergency. And getting briefed by emergency officials. mandatory evacuations are underway for visitors on Steve Daniels and im tisha powell. This hurricane is the first to hit florida in more than a decade. Chief meteorologist Chris Hohmann in the first alert raleigh storm center. Chris what are the latest models showing . Hermine is a minimal hurricane with winds of
Minutes. We are in a neighborhood near a creek prone to flooding due to heavy rains how they are embracing for the storm. Conditions are deteriorating arizona the storms move closer. The Sunshine State is seeing pounding rain, strong storm surge and flooding. Causing damage across that state tonight. We will have a live report ahead at 10 30. We begin our coverage with mike maze tracking hermine in the Hurricane Center mike what is the latest. The storm as expected intensified. The top winds are at 80 miles an hour. Lets start with the storm. It is about 40 miles southeast. You can see the pink showing up those are tornado warnings. There is a potential for tornadoes with this. In the last hour automated it will cross over tallahassee and perry and getting up in southern georgia. That will happen overnight and it will spread the heavy rains and the strong gusty winds and the potential for tornadoes as well. Here are the latest numbers for the Hurricane Center that just came in. 80 mile
Right now at right now at ten, we are tracking hurricane hermine as it nears landfall at this hour. See how the bay area is coping with all the heavy rain and flooding. Our crews are all over the bay area for you tonight as places on flooded streets and the approaching high tide. Not worth it. Dont try. Stay inside. Wait it out. Anchor high water in parts of Pinellas County floods cars and makes some rds impassable. We were going tell you about the other big conorrn f this area tonight. Announcer youre watching fox 13 and the 10 00 news starts now. Good evening. Welcome tonight im mark wilson. Im kelly ring. Were of course tracking lets get over to paul for the very latest. I know some of you this morning were waking up looking at the radar saying it looks like this line is going to stay out in the water and not bother us all that much. By noon it began to move to the coastline. Then it gradually moved inland and really got going, producering heavy rain and squalls around tampa bay. Wi