Host a good wednesday morning to you. This story on new Major Economic sanctions leading the headlines. Eu imposed tough new sanctions on russia. Over to the New York Times, the headline sanctions pile up, russian alarm grows over putin tactics. From the Financial Times this morning, the headline u. S. Turns screws on russia. That story notes russian powers presented a united front when the eu and u. S. Agreed to the toughest sanctions against russia since the end of the cold war. The eu announcement intended to cripple the russian economy and convince the kremlin to abandon its actions. Finally, there is the front page of usa today sanctions hit russia, where it hurts. That story noting while previous sanctions were focused on specific businesses and individuals, the new set is designed to hit major pillars of the russian economy, including oil and bass and arms sales. The story notes that earlier sanctions were more symbolic and were short of the bare minimum the eu had to do, accord
Under the command of general early nearly invaded washington, d. C. Next, marc leepson takes us on a tour of battlefields to tell the story of the battle of monocacy, where the confederates were delayed by union forces in their approach to the capital, and the battle of fort stevens, where general early probed the defenses of the heavily fortified city before deciding to turn back. , the Bigger Picture of what the war. This was just after the bloodiest six weeks of the civil war. The battle of the wilderness. The spotsylvania courthouse. Union casualties, about 40,000. There was war especially in the north. But general grant was in charge now and had been in charge since february and was determined that this was his grand plan to end the war. After wilderness, he had petersburg surrounded. His idea, his plan was to choke robert e lee and force them to come out and fight what he thought would be the battle that would end the war. We knew this as well. Lee came up with a plan of his own
Battle of fort stevens, where general early probed the defenses of the heavily fortified city before deciding to turn back. After will list wilderness, you had petersburg surrounded. His idea, his plan was to choke robert e lee and force them to come out and fight what he thought would be the battle that would end the war. We knew this as well. Lee came up with a plan of his own witches he took an entire and he took them outside the defenses of washington on a bold plan, a fourpart plan that he hoped would mess up general grants grand plan to end the war. The first plan with the kick the forces out of the shenandoah valley. Lees biggest problem was supplied, including food and most of the food came from the shenandoah valley. These forces under general hunter had taken over just about the entire shenandoah valley. The second part of the plan was to threaten washington, d. C. The third part of the plan was the free confederate prisoners at the lookout prison camp was which was on the ve
They found inside a dharred cabin near big bear. But they have not confirmed it yet. Until that happens, police will continue to provide security for some of the officers and families who dorner threatened to kill. The weeklong search for dorner ended with an intense fourhour shootout at the cabin. We right right in the center of the action here. Then, a single gunshot came from inside the cabin. And it went up in flames. It is not clear how the fire started. Tourists and residents here in this Mountain Town say they are waiting for the human remains in that cabin to be officially identified. But many here say they already feel relieved. Very glad that hes taken care of. Because he was killing people. Reporter dorner is accused of killing four people and injuring at least two others since last week. In angeles oaks, california, teresa garcia, wjz Eyewitness News. In an online manifesto, dorner said his killing spree was revenge for being fired from the lapd. Back here, we could be in f
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