Of state john kerry met with hollande this morning in paris. Youll remember just yesterday president obama said in turkey there would be an intensification in the assault on isis in the middle east. Next weeks meeting is likely to focus heavily on what that might look like. Meanwhile, French Police say they arrested 16 people in paris since saturday in relation to the attacks on friday. German police have been acting on tips all over that country. They arrested five people there today. Even as the government says they will not take part in air strikes in syria. Belgium says they believe some of the attacks were partly organized there. They will deploy up to 300 extra soldiers to secure major cities in the country. Frances ambassador is meeting with senators on capitol hill. Mitch mcconnell and harry reid are presenting the ambassador with a signed condolence book for the citizens of france. Our top diplomat, secretary of state john kerry is paying respects in france right now. Hes disc
The top. The ceo steps down and was his departure means for britains biggest retailer. Good morning and welcome to the pulse. I am guy johnson. We are going to go to our top story of the morning from the corporate landscape. After 4 decades, the ceo of tesco is leaving britains biggest retailer and handed it over to dave lewis. For more is caroline hyde. Investors are welcoming the news. We saw a ruthless Shareholder Meeting and now we know the results. At that time, it was only in the earnings season when they said give me time and asking for a more relaxation from investors. And then they realize what they called a fresh perspective. They need to dave lewis and an outsider from tesco. The first time in tescos history, the third biggest retailer in the world after walmart. 500,000 employees that have to be managed. They have changed a management. The language they use in a statement saying the chairman saying it is building on strategy and changing management. They like the experience
Damian shields is an engaging young scholar. Hes an archaeologist by trade. Hes an historian by emotion and2y he gets the way you have to do those things. Lets not decide objects and places dont matter, only the words someone wrote on a piece of oh paper. It all matters. Its all evidence of how history unfolded and its impact on us today. Yesterday was a great pleasure of mean. I picked pupup mr. Clay and we went over to Stones River National battlefield and i managed not to lose him totally in that battlefield. We kbolt over to franklin just in time it was sort of dusk. The perfect time to study a man. All of this together means we dm have a unique opportunity to have a perspective and learn from a perspective that sometimes we dont take in here in tennessee. We do have civil war historians aplenty. Sometimes you can shake a tree and a bunch fall down the. We dont get that International Perspective so often. I think we are all just blessed l < and honored to have damien among us today
Battle of franklin. He came to the United States in 1850 and later enlisted in the Confederate Army where he rose through the rank of major eventually proposing to emancipate slaves in order to enlist them in the confederate party. This is part of a series organized by the tennessee civil war sesquicentennial commission. I will use my big voice to get everyone rounded back up for the next part of the program here today. In franklin, talking about the battle of franklin, the battle of nashville, and what this final campaign that we have talked about has meant to tennessee, southern history and american history. Thanks for coming out. Because it is sort of like introducing a rock star. You have had the wellknown acts and all the front acts, and i82 have the special event with our next speaker. Damien shields is an engaging young scholar. Hes an archaeologist by trade. A historian by emotion. Actually gets the way you have to do all those things. Lets not just have the false divide betwee
Im David Carroll from chicago. Hi, david. Hi. In the last year published in the journal of the Abraham Lincoln association there has been great speculation on mary lincoln purchasing penny royal at dill lards drugstore in springfield when she was pregnant with tad who was born with a cleft palate. Penny royal is used to rid dogs of fleas or induce abortion. Do you have insight on this recent scholarship . Im sorry. I cant comment on that. My recent move and dislocation of many of my books and pieces meant that i dont have the 41 of oh mary lincoln but moving from ireland was difficult. I would say from my reading i have no evidence from her letters or otherwise that there would be any way i could comment or believe she was trying to not have a fourth child. The lincolns were besoted by their children. They were very proud and devoted that when she suffered family tragedies and the death of oh little eddie she was pregnant within a month. Indeed the idea of having two younger sons and r