Bit into the civil war and after. The things i want to try and do is think about the ways that native history and the development of the west were directly connected to the civil war and reconstruction even though we dont always think of those things as related to one another. I think we kind of separate westward expansion and the civil war from one another but what the people who lived through that, i dont think they would have separated it. Get intoing to try to that mindset today. When we think about the term reconstruction, we usually use it to describe a series of policies and developments in the and 1877. Een 1863 these were policies that were designed to integrate free slaves into a mainstream thelation and readmit states back into the union. Welcome, everyone. [inaudible] free people themselves took an active role in reconstruction. Former slaves took an active role in the reconstruction process but there are Big Questions. This is just at the end of the civil war and their Big
We are a cape girardo along the Mighty Mississippi in the fire boats. We are on the mississippi. Monster monday became part of terrible tuesday. We didnt land here until about two hours ago. So we have taken too many hits with the punchy stick. It should make for a fun show. I thought that happened yesterday. Al, we will check in with you in a bit. The republicans running for president. Gearing up for the debate showdown in milwaukee tonight and all eight on the main stage have things to prove to voters. We have this covered with nbcs peter alexander. Peter, good morning to you. Reporter savannah, good morning. You said it with eight candidates on the main stage. Four on the undercard and three on the sidelines all together. We expect to hear more from the candidates. Among the biggest questions, donald trump and how does jeb bush handle the pressure . And for the republicans, poses another test. Ben carson facing scrutiny over his life story. Will carsons rivals or the tonight . His c
Along the Mighty Mississippi. Thats a big river. Al, where are you . We are a cape girardo along the Mighty Mississippi in the fire boats. We are on the mississippi. Monster monday became part of terrible tuesday. We didnt land here until about two hours ago. So we have taken too many hits with the punchy stick. It should make for a fun show. I thought that happened yesterday. Al, we will check in with you in a bit. The republicans running for president. Gearing up for the debate showdown in milwaukee tonight and all eight on the main stage have things to prove to voters. We have this covered with nbcs Peter Alexander. Peter, good morning to you. Reporter savannah, good morning. You said it with eight candidates on the main stage. Four on the undercard and three on the sidelines all together. We expect to hear more from the candidates. Among the biggest questions, will ben carson need to fend off donald trump and how does jeb bush handle the pressure . And for the republicans, poses an
School in the hand of the juvenile who it doesnt belong to anyway is potential for disaster. Reporter School Officials ordered a brief lock down at Martin Luther king high cool shortly after it opened, concerned that this student might be enrolled there and headed for class. The alert lifted after he was detained at the fernrock train station. We had had to lock down Martin Luther king school because we had a juvenile alleged to have been in possession of a firearm. Reporter within hours of the arrest these detectives found the missing semiautomatic. Only cbs3 Eyewitness News cameras were there as gun in the plane brown bag, was brought into headquarters. A real relief knowing that gun is off the treat and out of the hand of juvenile. Real big relief. Reporter captain jones says it toss ant peer that the suspect who face serious criminal charges, used the gun in any crimes, or brought it into any schools. Used to be a time kid would fist fight and it would be done. Now kid are getting
Headers to be limited and in some cases banned. This morning when the rules take effect and what they may mean for your kids. And road warrior. Al tackles 13 states in one day on his quest to hit all 50 in a week. Hes made it to the Mighty Mississippi, and its pushing ahead to the Halfway Point, tuesday, november 10, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Its a tuesday morning. Al has gone through 22 states, trains, planes, automobiles and covered wagons apparently. And were talking boats now. Along the Mighty Mississippi, but thats a big river. Al, exactly where are you . We are at cape gerardo, matt, here along the Mighty Mississippi in one of the fire boats, so we are on the mississippi, and monster monday became part of terrible tuesday because we didnt land here until about until about two hours ago, so weve taken one too many hits with the punchy stick b