Get it done. Good to have you with us, what is today, monday. Oh, my goodness. Speaking of madness, march madness this weather will be madness tomorrow. We have a noreaster coming our way and those are storms that produc a lot of snow for us because of moisture they draw, you dont care why you just want to know how much. That is right. Will we have school tomorrow. That is a big one, bobs on it. I will say i doubt it. We have a six out of 10 for today, and heres what is going on for tomorrow. We have winter storm warnings already in effect for tomorrow , we are expecting some locatioe will get a foot or more especially north and west of philadelphia. So some mixing with sleet and rain that makes some predictions tricky and wind 40 to 50 miles an hour with higher gusts. For today we have a cold air, in place and waiting for the precipitation, wind chills in the teens, bus stop buddy, his ears are covered up so he is doing okay at the bus stop today but temperatures, 22 and feels like 16
Cabinet members sign the blind pledge. She also talked about how important the soldier was to the outcome of the election. Election. N the 1864 this talk was part of a symposium hosted by the emerging civil war blog. All right, i am not going to adjust the microphone, because we spent some time getting it adjusted for meg. I apologize if i look like i am hunched over. [laughter] i hate to stereotype, but i am sure that meg looks like a mildmannered middle school math teacher. Ironically that is exactly what , she is. [laughter] as she has educated by day, by night she has been working on her degree in military history. She is just about to wrap up her masters degree. In one of the most courageous acts i have seen from anybody, basically she is reinventing herself. It has been a great adventure for her to discover the American Civil War from the perspective of a serious scholar, but also from the perspective of somebody who is loved it nearly four dearly for years. It is my pleasure to
American history on cspan3. Follow us on twitter for information on a schedule, upcoming programs, and to keep up with the latest history news. Coming up next on American History tv, meg thompson discusses the 1864 election between president Abraham Lincoln and general George Mcclellan. He claims that lincoln was so unsure about his reflection chances that he had his cabinet member sign what is known as the blind memorandum. This pledge for cooperation was link ones lincolns then unknown challenge if he lost. Also spring how important a soldier vote was. President lincoln won by the 1864 election by 21221. This 50 minute talk was part of a symposium hosted by the emerging civil war blog. All right, i am not going to adjust the microphone, because we spent some time getting it adjusted for meg. I apologize if i look like i am hunched over. [laughter] i hate to stereotype, but i am sure that meg looks like a mildmannered middle school math teacher. Ironically, that is exactly what she is
Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Im matt lauer. Im Savannah Guthrie along side Natalie Morales and al roker that just dropped a bomb on us. You say you have amazing video later. Amazing video. Of the aurora borealis. Youll want to stay tuned for this. Hell show you next week. Lets start with the top story. The suspicious packages that led to tense moments at the Jacksonville International airport. Kerry sanders is there for us this morning. What happened. Well it is now confirmed by the Jacksonville Sheriffs Office that one man is in custody. He has been arrested. Police say the zelko told the security checkpoint that, quote, ive got a bomb here. That setoff a response that landed him in custody. For unknown reasons, another man in the security line ran. He is manuel rivera. He was chased to the parking garage where he was arrested. The two men we
Theres been a terrible accident involving a church bus on tennessees i41. The bus filled with seniors crashed into a semi and an suv. At least eight are dead tonight. More than a dozen injured. We have a late report from nbcs tom costello. Reporter on i40 near the i81 split in northeastern tennessee, smoke, fire, and miles of backup. State troopers say a church bus blew a tire and crossed the median, slamming into a tractortrailer and Sport Utility vehicle. It was a loud boom. It sounded like an explosion. I was several miles away. Reporter at least eight people are known dead including six Senior Citizens on the church bus that had come from a jubilee gathering returning home to statesville, north carolina. People along i40 say they have seen a lot of crashes lately. In the last six months theres been quite a number of 18wheeler accidents in this area. Reporter after a series of horrific bus crashes in recent years involving dozens of fatalities is department of transportation began c