President Kamala Harris to speak together at a Labor Day Rally in the key Battleground State of Pennsylvania President stepping up his new role as a top Paris Campaign surrogate also this hour, israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowing hamas will pay a heavy we price after the bodies of six hostages were recovered In Gaza. And hes asking for forgiveness amid huge protests over his failure to secure a hostage release deal. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. Wolf blitzer is off today. Im Alex Marquardt and youre in the Situation Room we begin with the race for the White House we begin with the race for the White House as Labor Day, marks, the unofficial kickoff to the final sprint to Election Day. Were standing by for Kamala Harris to make her pitch to Working Class Voters in pittsburgh with a high profile assist from president Joe Biden, cnns kayla tausche. She is on the ground for us and joins us now, kayla, pennsylvania is a mustwin for K
A special Labor Day edition. Enjoy the 5 00 p. M. Hour, ari. I was going to say, nicolle, it doesnt feel right being here 5 00 to 6 00. Doesnt feel right. But at least i got to see you. Yeah, have a great show. Its a great time. I was happy to come in early. Youre now here early. Its great to get to see more of you. Absolutely. And have a great rest of the Labor Day with you and yours. Welcome to the beat, everyone. Im ari melber. It is Labor Day but theres a lot going on in the world, on the campaign. The news doesnt stop. I can tell you Vice President harris is on the campaign trail. You see here the preparation with President Biden. Theyll be campaigning on this Labor Day holiday. We can also show you them arriving. This was moments ago. So were going to bring this event to you here in this 5 00 p. M. Eastern hour. As i mentioned, theres kamala i should say with the president. But i mentioned with my colleague Nicolle Wallace were here in the 5 00 p. M. Hour. Were going to bring you
He graduated from west point in 1844 commissioned into the first u. S. Jeb stewart drove his oum. He had ambition and there were tests coming if for him in the next weeks to see if he might be able to, umm, past those tests and seek more of the command, promotion, and fame he might have been seeking. And, finally, we come to the officer in the center, james brown stewart. Better known as jeb stewart. Hes the guy who kind of instigates and will carry it out. Quick overview on his life up to that point. He was born on february 6th, 1833. He attempted to enlist in the u. S. Military but was told he was too young. He spent two years at emory and henry college. In 1850 he received his appointment. During stewarts time there, robert e. Lee arrived in 1852 and served as the military academys superintendent. At the same time fitz lee arrived. Stewart was honored for his cavalry skill during his time at west point. He graduated 13th in a class of 46. He served in the u. S. Regular meant in texa
Us in person and online. Before i introduce our next speaker a shout out to folks who made today possible. Our technical director chris white, thank you so much for your work behind the camera, chris. Thank you to our symposium coordinators kevin pollack and dan welch. Unfortunately, because of the covid pandemic we had to postpone this years inperson symposium and all the work kevin and dan did to get ready for that weve postponed to next year. Tickets are available at this time but theyre the ones who stepped up to help make todays virtual symposium possible. Thank you for your work. I would like to introduce our next speaker, sarah kay bierle, the managing editor of emerging civil war, the one working behindthescenes to keep the blog up and going and make sure that all that free content is coming to you every day. Her work is absolutely invaluable to our organization. Sarah is the author of the emerging civil war series call out the cadet from the emerging civil war series, the batt
Thank you to our symposium coordinators kevin pollack and dan welch. Unfortunately, because of the covid pandemic we had to postpone this years inperson symposium and all the work kevin and dan did to get ready for that weve postponed to next year. Tickets are available at this time but theyre the ones who stepped up to help make todays virtual symposium possible. Thank you for your work. I would like to introduce our next speaker, sarah kay bierle, the managing editor of emerging civil war, the one working behindthescenes to keep the blog up and going and make sure that all that free content is coming to you every day. Her work is absolutely invaluable to our organization. Sarah is the author of the emerging civil war series call out the cadet from the emerging civil war series, the battle of new market. She is also at work on the gallant pelham and will present some of her Research Associated with that book today. Sarah kay bierle. Well, good morning, good afternoon, or good evening.