And address are added to the list of animals of vulnerable to extinction. Their numbers in the wild have fallen by 40 in the last 30 years. He will tell you what is behind the disappearing animal. I am brent goff. Tonight, there is a ceasefire in aleppo. The Russian Foreign minister says the syrian army has stopped active military operations in the eastern part of the city to let the civilians evacuated. He also said russian and u. S. Military experts will meet in geneva on saturday to discuss the situation in syrias secondlargest city. Rebels in eastern aleppo have suffered a wave of defeat, thousands of civilians remain trapped tonight. Our next report is from a. R. D. Reporter they want to get out of the hell that is eastern aleppo. Only a few relatively safe routes lead to the city. The syrian army has led a Bombing Campaign to force opposition and rebel groups out of their strongholds. The assad regime has allowed us to report from here. We can move around relatively freely. In th
Otherwise. When should a president go to the site of a disaster and what should his or her role be when there. Our phone lines are open. A special line for Louisiana Residents this morning. 202 7488003. You can also catch up with us on media on facebook, its facebook. Com cspan. Cspanwj. Er, its were talking about the president s visit yesterday, but your thoughts on the role of a president in time of disaster. Headlinese of the stemming from the louisiana visit yesterday. Obama meets with louisiana flood victims. It shows he hasnt forgotten us is the headline there of the front page of usa today this morning. Headline. Obama sees firsthand, louisianas devastation. And theres a picture of president obama walking with a family to tour their flood ravaged home. Washington times, obama tours baton rouge flood damage, not worried about tardiness, or criticism. And thats what were focusing on this morning. Timingticism about the of the president s visit. A role politics played in the timing
New orleans. Well explore the u. S. S. Tang submarine experience. And well take your question for historians joining us from new orleans throughout the day. World war ii 70 years later live from the National World War Ii Museum beginning here at 11 00 a. M. Eastern here on cspan 3. This monday, on cspans new series landmark cases, but 1830 the Mississippi River around new orleans had become a breeding ground for cholera and yellow fever, partly due to slaughter houses in the area dumping their byproducts in the river. The other houses took them to court. Follow the slaughter house cases of 1873. Were joined by paul clement and michael ross, author of the book justice of shattered dreams, to help tell the history of this time period in the south, the personal stories of the butchers, as well as the attorneys and Supreme Court justices involved in this decision. Be sure to join the conversation as we take your calls, tweets, and Facebook Comments using the hash tag landmark cases. Live m
Andersonville. And at the end of the war, w he ended up, i dont know how he got to washington, and died, ane is buried at arlington, and i just wondered what happened to the, at the end of the war to he the prisoners there. Have ma well, he might have been like some of the, again, some of the soldiers that i study. He might have made his way, you know, he might well have gone on to a place that camp parole and might have been in a hospital. There were army hospitals, e military hospitals. There was one in fairfax, impr virginia. Have been in one of those hospitals due to his endo imprisonment, no doubt, and he died and ended up in arlington. that would be my suspicion. And that was the end of his, the end of his story. Lesley gordon, what would yoe say would be the legacy of andersonville . Well, i think andersonville, and some of the things i was just speaking to. Esn i think andersonville, it of doesnt fit with the larger heroic narrative of so many civil war battlefields, of qu gett
Good afternoon, catch sump s. Live to the Andersonville National Historic Site and cemetery for the next three hours taking your phone calls and watching a commemorative funeral for the 13,000 prisoners of war who died here in 1864 and 186 35 our guest eric leonard, the former andersonville chief of interpretation and Leslie Gordon, university of akron history professor. We are opening up phone lines to so you join in. If you want to give us a call and ask questions, 202. 7488900 in the eastern and central time zones. In the mountain and pacific, 2027488901. If you want to send us a tweet, you can do so cspanhistory. Facebook. Com cspan history. Thank you for joining us this afternoon. Its my pleasure to be here. Lets start with what is andersonville for someone who does not know. Not aware of an dersonvilles significance, where does it fall . Its important to start with this idea that military prisons and prisoners of war are not part often are left out of the mainstream telling of th