Explore our nations past. Cspan 3, created by americas Television Companies as a Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. Up next on american artifacts. We traveled northeastern france to trust the steps of american soldiers during the spring and early summer of 1918. But first, a portion of the 1960 u. S. Army from that describes the military situation at the time. The germans rolled across the defenses on the aim river stretching from south to russ. In a drivein relentless force that drove panic into the french region. Three days the german tide had reached the river and was less than 40 miles from paris. They move the second and third u. S. Division into the area around Chateau Thierry who helped. Both divisions the Third Division in its battle for the mines crossing, world one of the most brilliant ages. One of its is the 30th in poultry and the proud designation. The Second Division, holding the road between chateau terry and paris began pushing the ger
Lightning in the sky than we have gotten used to for this time of day. Its just coming up on 6 01 and about five seconds and the view from the top of the mark r kammer on the roof of the mark hopkins looking off towards the east. The sun is not up yet but thats going to happen in 34 minutes. It will happen at 6 35 today. Lets take a couple of other quick views. There is the best view really and as far as though he feels that they are at this point its in the 40s for many locations. Concorde, 47. Oakland, 49. San jose, 48. Its go going to be one of the cooler feeling mornings you had so far this season. There is a bit of his reported out of oakland. Daytime highs are not budging. We are going right back up into the mid80s again if you are inland, 84 the bay. 72 for the coast. Just to leave you with three takeaways on this forecast, we are staying above average temperaturewise for today. And you can see that they are on the top line. Theres a beach hazard at the coast. We will talk about
One of many views this morning that are showing you just how nice its looking out there. And a look at wind speeds across the bay area is also showing you that we are off to a calm start and actually will be off to a pretty calm finish to this is 04 00pm youre seeing right beside me and that some calm winds across the bay temperatures have been a little chillier than weve got used to them lately we are looking at mostly 40s and 50s but focus on some of those north bay areas and we do have 30s right now in petaluma nevado santa rosa, as well as fairfield checking in at a cool 37 degrees right now so maybe that extra layer will do you a little bit good as you step outside this wednesday. Rob all right. Thank you john checking in on the traffic pretty busy on some of our bridges if you need to get into San Francisco. We have a full house at the bay bridge toll plaza. Theres your line yes, its long at the back the on west grand 12 minutes and growing into San Francisco. But we dont have an
About and that is interpretation at Little Round Top. Joshua lawrence chamberlain. Why did we choose this topic . I think i pushed it. Last fall, chris took my civil war class out to Little Round Top. Notid an incredible job just telling us about what butened at Little Round Top he did an insightful job of helping my students understand the construction of historical narratives. Focusing on chamberlain and the different accounts from Joshua Chamberlain. Way ford up a different my students to understand. I want to do a quick plug. Is aould note chris Gettysburg College alum. 2006. While at gettysburg, i believe is when you started to do some volunteer work for the park . No. My first year at the college, i worked at [indiscernible] i got an internship at the park, that was my First National park experience. I fell in love with it and i have been fortunate to be able to make a career out of it. Its a wonderful journey. I wish i was a student now. The program does Amazing Things across th
Power lines lurking overhead, a recipe for disaster. Were on top of the hill here. I feel fortunate i live next door to a firehouse. So i dont think theyll let that burn down. Reporter pg e says the Fire Prevention shutoffs will be phased into 13 different blackouts across Northern California affecting tens of thousands of customers in 24 counties. We expect for these to be smaller by a third and thats thanks to equipment that we have been installing that helps make these more focused and targeted. Its ridiculous. Its almost like saying oh, theres bricks down here. Somebody could trip on it. Lets outlaw bricks, you know. Reporter thats the concern, that power lines could spark some of the fires. Well, we have been alerted to the situation by phone calls and texts. Reporter so that is the plan for pg e to affect the fewest amount of people possible during this latest round. Pg e saying anything else about the latest shutoffs, how its going to affect other customers . Reporter yeah, they