Know before you go. A title that just did not sing for some reason. [laughter] i want to thank our longsuffering panelists for bearing with me as i arrived at a workable concept and title. I didave a clear idea have a clear idea what i wanted the symposium to be. A blend of wellknown beakers. Blended with excellent lesserknown speakers who you should want to know well and will want to know well and have them speak about their Exciting New Research and their contributions to civil war scholarship. I stumbled on a title and a 2020. Sing the year way of providing hindsight and insight into the study of the civil war. With that concept in mind, i want to introduce our first speaker who was an obvious choice to lead off this conference. The davis has been one of most prominent and accomplished civil war scholars for several generations. He started as a boy, i think. If i recall correctly, his were civil war book, a biography of John C Breckenridge he rode as a college student. Of four award
I did have a clear idea of what i wanted the symposium to be. A blend of wellknown speakers. Blended with excellent lesserknown speakers who you should want to know well and will want to know well and have them speak about their Exciting New Research and their contributions to civil war scholarship. I stumbled on a title and a gimmick using the year 2020. As a way of providing hindsight and insight into the study of the civil war. With that concept in mind, i want to introduce our first speaker who was an obvious choice to lead off this conference. Jack davis has been one of the most prominent and accomplished civil war scholars for several generations. He started as a boy, i think. If i recall correctly, his first civil war book, a biography of John C Breckenridge he wrote as a college student. He won the first of four awards. You will find a partial list of titles of his civil war books in your program. Jack was also a longtime editor of civil war times illustrated. And editor of the
Two sides to every story. We spoke to the family but we also asked to interview the District Attorney and police and they said the footage should speak for itself. Show me your hands today right now. Reporter in much of the body camera video, several officers plead with him to obey their commands. But he refuses, running and threatening to shoot himself. You can barely make it out. But investigators say the suspect comes towards an officer who first tries to use a taser on him before using his gun. I saw the video, it is a murder. That was murder. What i saw. Reporter richard somers, says police failed them that they. And never shouldve went that far. We called them three times that they. We wanted to get him help. Reporter according to the District Attorneys report, she believed her son was on drugs and wanted to kill himself. The suspect convinces police to leave three different times in one day. On the fourth call for service, Jeannie Montes threatens to shoot police. He had officer
Two sides to every story. We spoke to the family but we also asked to interview the District Attorney and police and they said the footage should speak for itself. Show me your hands today right now. Reporter in much of the body camera video, several officers plead with him to obey their commands. But he refuses, running and threatening to shoot himself. You can barely make it out. But investigators say the suspect comes towards an officer who first tries to use a taser on him before using his gun. I saw the video, it is a murder. That was murder. What i saw. Reporter richard somers, says police failed them that they. And never shouldve went that far. We called them three times that they. We wanted to get him help. Reporter according to the District Attorneys report, she believed her son was on drugs and wanted to kill himself. The suspect convinces police to leave three different times in one day. On the fourth call for service, Jeannie Montes threatens to shoot police. He had officer
I believe with all my heart she would have been a terrific president. Reporter former pennsylvania governor ed rendell is upset not only because Hillary Clinton wont be president but that his beloved pennsylvania, is now a red state that helped donald trump win the white house. Totally disinterested in learning anything about what goes on. He has made no effort to learn about Foreign Affairs or the military. Reporter rendell just doesnt professionally necessity clintons they are close friend and have been for years. He believes campaign staffers, knew Hillary Clinton was in trouble when vermont a liberal state went her way but with lower numbers then expected. As soon as i saw that figure i turn to the people i was watching with and i said were in trouble. Reporter rendell was one of the main drivers to bring Democratic National convention in philadelphia. He did. He is expect to deliver a pennsylvania victory for clinton. Exactly the opposite happened. I think it is a red state today