Museum of the Civil War Soldier located near petersburg, virginia. He previously served as the first president of the association for the preservation of civil war sites from 1990 to 1994, an early version of what today we know as the American Battlefield trust. Hes also spent time as a historian including local fredericksburg in spotsylvania. Hes also served in other capacities. Dedicated researcher, a prolific writer, he has published more than 20 works on the civil war, on stonewall jackson, st. Petersburg, virginia, 1861 to 1865, and my favorite, the final battles of the petersburg campaign. His latest book, a campaign of giant is certainly a mustread a campaign of giants is certainly a must read for all civil war enthusiasts. I was fortunate enough to have an opportunity to do the maps for buck. I said, you know what . Youre doing good work and he gave me an opportunity to showcase that so that im most grateful. Will is certainly a historian that we all look up to but hes not just
Temperatures starting to climb, hottest places around morgan hill and santa rosa. 70s into San Francisco and hoekd. The item to watch will be increasing north wind, heading in tonight as the red flag warning starts in the north bay hills above a thousand feet. At 8 00 tonight, gusty winds, dry conditions, something to watch, as we head into sunday. And by the way, sunday, even hotter weather for the valley. So a closer look at that in the forecast coming up in 15 minutes. Even hotter. We will see you in 15 minutes, rob. Thanks. This warmup rob was just talking about has Fire Departments ramping um. A red flag warning starts tonight, for the north bay hills, as rob mentioned. Marin county fire is bringing in extra crews with more equipment. Firefighters tell us that dry fuel and these warm winds can be a devastating combination. We know that this weather, you know, given the right conditions, fires can get way out of our control. Marin fire also has extra eyes up high, dispatchers used
Midnight a female driver driving alone in a volkswagen drove the wrongway on northbound 101. Were told she hit a taxi with a driver and two passengers. That taxi was a ford escape. In as a result of this crash. One passenger in the taxi was ejected from the taxi. The taxi driver was in his late 50s or 60s. No updates on the ages of the other three people who died in the crash. We are being told there was luggage on the freeway. Were not sure exactly where these folks were coming from. The one and two lanes of the 101 north will be reopened in the next 45 minutes. Thats what chp tells us. You have traffic over to the right being diverted, our cars are diverted to the third street exit. A messy scene following this the overcrossing on petes shot is the third street overcrossing. The four people who died in the crash, the coroner looked like it was on scene for the investigation. The folks getting off will get over to the bay shore area. There are a lot of surface streets but no great dir
Thank you all for joining us today for this important hearing. Ranking member kavanaugh and i think all of the witnesses for joining us today, as well. Including our witnesses and from ohio and pennsylvania. We look forward to the testimony of each one of you. As you know, last month news broke about an environmental disaster caused by Norfolk Southern train to ram it near East Palestine, ohio. Less than a mile from the pennsylvania border. Less than a trained around it in the subsequent hazardous relief and led to the controlled burn and the evacuation of some 2000 people. This tragic incident is a reminder of the importance of following the golden rule in treating other people the way that we would like to be treated if they todays hearing is an opportunity to put ourselves in the shoes of those impacted by this disaster. Examining the Immediate Response, and to ensure long term accountability for the cleanup efforts. It is our responsibility in congress to answer, one, what went wro