National correspondent, our guest today is correspondent for the st. Louis postdispatch and the author of emperor union the aftermath of the battle of gettysburg. We welcome our guest and Live Audience today as well as cspan tv. In his new book, chuck explores one of gettysburgs most famous stories, that of a father, a journalist searching for his older son in the haze of battle. We will also touch on the journalism practices of the day, Battlefield Medicine and the overarching cost of the ultimate sacrifice for the full measure. The famous documentarian and press called mentor ken burns set of imperfect union, chuck raasch has written an important important book, one that contains an aerial view of the greatest battle ever fought in north america. Chuck was one of the five original longform writers at usa today when it began in 1982, served as a correspondent forget thatnews nervous and a graduate of south Dakota University legally completed as journalism at stanford is a proud member
Thats right. You know, it sound like were not going to have one of those big ones here in the mountains. Im told that the little problems can become big problems later on when the heavier rains arrive. The so the time to act on this Erosion Control and other mitigation efforts here in the fire zone is right now. Lets take a look. Be. This soil is now a mixture of ash, and vegetation. Add a little rain and there is nothing to hold that soil in place. Look at this. The landscape for long stretches on either side and other mountains roads are burned clean. Even a moderate amount of rain could cause problems here. Part of this fire burned very intensely and there are potential risks to infrastructure, homes and roads, bridges,ets. Reporter they are already at work on what it calls suppression repair. They are focuses on focusing on disturbed areas which can trigger a mud slide, threatening lives increasing the potential for one disaster on top of another. Now, without any surface protectio
In perpetuating, according to the federal government, mistreatment and murder. At that camp. And he was one of the first individuals in the modern era to be tried for war crimes. And henry wirz trial in the fall of 1865 actually set the precedent for more recent war crimes trials. Most notably the nuremberg trials of nazi perpetrators after world war ii, the american or the allied prosecutors who were preparing for those prosecutions in nuremberg thrir studied the wirz trial and particularly his defense. So that they could prepare for what they anticipated the nazi defense would be. And actually called it the wirz defense. Which was basically, you know, i was only following orders. Thats the typical defense. And they use henry wirz trial to help prepare for that in 1945. So this is a really important moment. Not only in american legal history but also in world legal history. And were going to be thinking about the prirsen at andersonville itself and what led conditions there to be so h
I cannot handle it anymore, elizabeth. The hot weather is too much. Especially because it is cumulative. The effects of heat are cumulative. The more days you are exposed to extreme heat the more likely you are to succumb to heat related illnesses. Our sky cam is looking nice. A few clouds developed may help to hold our temperatures down for a little while but not forever. Like bill said we are looking for 94 for the high this afternoon. 72 in durham, 74 in Holly Springs, 75 it carried, 75 in rocky mount and wilson, 72 in roxborough and 77 in fayetteville. Mid to upper 70s and 89 at lunchtime. Thats two or 3 degrees cooler than yesterday and it keeps us just barely. Still hot and sticky. Will still feel like 100104. So far so good. There is the American Tobacco campus. The freeway looks fine to an 85 and i 40 and so directions looking fine to northern durham and as you leave chapel hill and eastbound its a smoother ride to 55 all the way to rtp. The rest of the triangle still nice and