Tom and nicole most i spoke with are in favor of light rail and the city moving forward with the memorandum of understanding. While there were some here who are passionately against it. C5 8 19 29 id love to be able to pck up up the tide and get into norfolk from here. Hampton roads transit transportation board sent this resolution to the city of Virginia Beach. Calling for the city to agree to a memorandum of understanding or mou. And submit an application to buy light rail cars. All by april 30th. Virginia beach city manager dave hansen. C31 8 34 17 committing to the purchase of the light rail vehicles at 50 50 and following through on the mou just seems logical for our city council to consider. Most residents at the open house seemed to be tracking the latest transportation board and city leaders. Noting the board and transportation secretary aubrey layne say state funding will be on the line without the mou. C5 8 20 21 i can understand the citys perspective and not wanting to commi
Traffic now. With more on how this is roads. Lets check traffic now. Backup on 64 westbound in newport news for you. Jen will have another update in about 10 minutes. But now we need to talk about the weather. Meteorologist Jeremy Wheeler in the super doppler weather 10 center. Headlines today mostly sunny. Chilly breezy. Highs will be in the low 40s. Winds north 1020mph. Tonight mostly clear. Cold. Lows will be in the upper 20s. Winds north 510mph. Friday partly sunny. Highs will be in the upper 40s to near 50. Winds south 510mph. High pressure is bulding into the region today. This will bring us lots of sunshine, but it will also create a breezy north wind. So it will be chilly. Tomorrow well develop light southerly winds with the sunshine. So we will warm up to near 50 in the afternoon. Well see a great weekend with highs in the 60s both days. Clouds will increase late sunday with a few showers possible by the evening. Moisture will push into the region next week. So there is a high
Cabinet members sign the blind pledge. She also talked about how important the soldier was to the outcome of the election. Election. N the 1864 this talk was part of a symposium hosted by the emerging civil war blog. All right, i am not going to adjust the microphone, because we spent some time getting it adjusted for meg. I apologize if i look like i am hunched over. [laughter] i hate to stereotype, but i am sure that meg looks like a mildmannered middle school math teacher. Ironically that is exactly what , she is. [laughter] as she has educated by day, by night she has been working on her degree in military history. She is just about to wrap up her masters degree. In one of the most courageous acts i have seen from anybody, basically she is reinventing herself. It has been a great adventure for her to discover the American Civil War from the perspective of a serious scholar, but also from the perspective of somebody who is loved it nearly four dearly for years. It is my pleasure to
American history on cspan3. Follow us on twitter for information on a schedule, upcoming programs, and to keep up with the latest history news. Coming up next on American History tv, meg thompson discusses the 1864 election between president Abraham Lincoln and general George Mcclellan. He claims that lincoln was so unsure about his reflection chances that he had his cabinet member sign what is known as the blind memorandum. This pledge for cooperation was link ones lincolns then unknown challenge if he lost. Also spring how important a soldier vote was. President lincoln won by the 1864 election by 21221. This 50 minute talk was part of a symposium hosted by the emerging civil war blog. All right, i am not going to adjust the microphone, because we spent some time getting it adjusted for meg. I apologize if i look like i am hunched over. [laughter] i hate to stereotype, but i am sure that meg looks like a mildmannered middle school math teacher. Ironically, that is exactly what she is