the brutal war envisioned by william sherman is nearing its end, and his path of destruction paves the way for america s healing. i carry a message from general grant. general lee has surrendered the army of northern virginia! [ cheers ] lee s surrender at appomattox is considered by many to be the official end of the civil war. though several rebel armies continued fighting in the west, for his role in the conflict, many in the south will vilify william tecumseh sherman as a monster and a terrorist, but it cannot be denied that his war tactics helped bring a speedy surrender, likely saving tens of thousands of lives. in many ways, the civil war is a rebirth of our nation. the america that emerges in 1865 is different economically,
the brutal war envisioned by william sherman is nearing its end, and his path of destruction paves the way for america s healing. i carry a message from general grant. general lee has surrendered the army of northern virginia! [ cheers ] lee s surrender at appomattox is considered by many to be the official end of the civil war. though several rebel armies continued fighting in the west, for his role in the conflict, many in the south will vilify william tecumseh sherman as a monster and a terrorist, but it cannot be denied that his war tactics helped bring a speedy surrender, likely saving tens of thousands of lives. in many ways, the civil war is a rebirth of our nation. the america that emerges in 1865 is different economically,
there is a shortfall in human capacity. now even with a shortage of manpower al-assad insists his army is capable of defeating rebel armies. more than 200,000 people have been killed since the syrian war began back in 2011. one of the world s holiest places became the site of clashes on sunday. the violence broke out at the al-aqsa mosque also known in judaism as the temple mount. police say young palestinians barricaded themselves in the mosque and clashes spread down into the narrow alley ways of jerusalem s old city, it all began when ultra nationalist jews went to the al ak sa complex escorted by police. bobbi kristina brown, the
leak. this is very risky stuff. to talk about the united states involvement in a situation that could blow up in everybody s face. i don t think this is a leak coming out of washington. my guess it is coming out from overseas. patti ann: is it dangerous as well? they actually locate the secret command center in southern turkey? right. everyone knows there is rebel force. i have seen pictures of rebel armies. let s remember for a minute who are the rebels? we don t know. we know syria and assad are bad guys. they re murdering their own people, woman and children. this is not like george washington leading the american revolutionary army. these are group of tribes. some of them are al qaeda. some are muslim brotherhood. some are well-meaning prodemocracy liberals. we re not sure. the hesitation of any kind of arming the rebels, where are the arms going? would they go ultimately to al qaeda? ultimately to be used against us and our allies in the region? that s why we have to know
a bit but first his report on what the small christian community in the country hopes from the pontiff visit. the church courtyard to yang gone are bursting at the seams this week hundreds of thousands of believers have flocked from all four corners of the country wanting to see the pope and many of them are young. to resupply and i was part of a catholic youth group from pitchin state in the north of me and mark. a region that s been plagued by a war between the military and ethnic rebel armies one third of the population there is christian. for teresa and most of the others in the group it s their first ever trip to the big city so they re eager to set out and explore. most of all they want to experience the pope. they hope to return home with the