Autria hot out there. Devon heat and humidity. High temperature of 92, will feel like 95. Next rain chances overnight sunday into monday. Wednesday, thursday could be close to 100. The heat index could be 105. Thursday night, keep an eye out for the weekend. Autria saturday news extras next. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] autria president obama is making history as the first u. S. Commander in chief to visit kenya. There was one subject that turned his warm welcome icy. Reporter the people of kenya lined the streets saturday to cheer for president obama as he made his way through the capital nairobi. The words from the kenyan president for the american leader. The nations first visit from a sitting u. S. President. For president obama it marks much more. President obama obviously this is personal for me. There is a reason why my name is Barack Hussein obama. My father came from th
Civil war military history is on lifesupport. Nobody cares about the civil war after the centennial. Push back. Olitely so in largeon i do part is because of the emerging civil war. And all that it is done in a remarkable space of five or six years. I hope this weekend can be a celebration of those efforts. The rugged spine of marylands South Mountain. Outnumbered soldiers saw to to stem the tide of federal offenses. If successful it would defeat and already divided confederate lee and finish off robert e s first invasion of the north. And three mountain passes almost unrivaled interest city. At least in this point of the war. Union and confederate troops struggled over difficult terrain and at close range. Veterans theyome aimed at flashes of anything. In the years after the war, writers eagerly portrayed South Mountain as a confederate monopoly. You can at least begin to apprehend the analogy. Anyone whouestion visits that field asks is how can anyone have battled these thely vertica
He went on to the George Patton museum, which got him involved with world war ii. He has written a couple of fantastic books, one on. Though and one of the stones river and the tullahoma campaign. Though one even per and one on the stones riverryville and the tullahoma campaigns. It was overshadowed by gettysburg and vicksburg. He is here today to talk little about stones river, that sets out tullahoma. That will wrap up 1862 and literally bring us into 1863 with one of the most great defenses of the civil war. Chris kolakowski. Its great to see everyone here today. I have a tough job. We follow those two. Im going to move with some of lack to you and keep ourselves on point. I want to talk about the battle of stones river. I refer to it as stones river. War. A great defense of the unpacking why this battle matters. Youve got a lot more than i thought. Sense of the ground, things like that. The first two days of 1863, just outside of tennessee. Actually smack dab in the center of tenne
That lament goes Something Like this. Young people are not interested in the civil war anymore. Civil war military history is on lifesupport. Nobody cares about the civil war after the sesquicentennial. Every time i hear that i have to politely push back. And the reason i do so in large part is because of the emerging civil war. It is a great honor and privilege for me to be here to support your work to support emerging civil war and all it has done in a remarkable space of five or six years. Truly incredible. I hope this weekend can be a real celebration of those efforts. First, a copy spine of marylands South Mountain. Sunday, september 14, 1862. Woefully outnumbered soldiers saw to stem the tide of a federal offensive. If successful it would defeat an already divided Confederate Army and curtailed and finish off robert e. Lees first invasion of the north. And three mountain passes almost unrivaled in its ferocity at , least in this point of the war, ensued. Breathless union and conf
Hundred homes in oklahoma. This pickup spinning out of control on the highway. And now a new round of severe storms taking aim at the midwest. Good morning, america. A very busy wednesday. Well get to those tornadoes in just a moment. But first that report about the president and james comey. Robin, we have had a week of stunning stories from the white house. This is the motion serious one yet. What weve learned in the last 24 hours means that the course of trumps presidency will turn on his coming public showdown with james comey. The big question, did President Trump try to block the fbis russia investigation, commit an impeachment offense . We know he made contemptuous notes with the president , that dinner in january when the president reportedly asked him if he was under investigation. Requested a pledge of personal after asking his Vice President and attorney general to leave the room brought up the fbi investigation of his fired National Security adviser Michael Flynn. I hope yo