our first speaker tonight keith snyder. he has worked for the national park service for 33 years it four national parks. harpers ferry national historic park, the national mall in memorial parks, monastic s national battlefield, and anti to no battlefield where he currently holds the position of visitor services. keith received his undergraduate degree in 1984 and park administration with the concentration in american history from shepard university. his masters degree in strategic studies was earned the united states army war college in 2003. he has also served in the air force and air national guard for 40 years, and recently retired as a colonel with 167th their left wing. he lives in martin s bird, west virginia with his wife cindy. please welcome our first speaker as he talks about the battle of antietam from the perspective of the soldiers who experienced it firsthand. (applause) thank, you kevin. it is great to be with you. i certainly had a very enjoyable drive down
cranes brought in earlier today. they re working on disassembling everything. in a race against the clock a major effort under way to clear a 60 ton crane. that over turned in san jose. bang bang. it was so loud. she lives a mile away and was woken up by the crash. i lived here 19 years. i have never seen this. never before. never. 6:00 this morning the crane traveling west opt highway swerved to avoid traffic. lost control and landed in the eastbound lane. it s a miracle nobody got hurt. we were able to get traffic shut down and stopped. quickly on the eastbound sound. and start moving the vehicles that became stuck in the area here. the crane crash caused another collision moments later between a shuttle bus and pickup truck. the drivers suffered minor injuries. be patient. we are working as quickly as welcome. a large number of personnel. what s the hold up and why is it taking so long to clear the scene? result of the crash, 100 gallons of fuel and oil spi
next on the civil war, keith snyder from the antietam national battlefield shares personal accounts of soldiers who fought in the battle of 2.tietam on september 17, 186 through letters and diary entries mr. schneider gives an inside look at the fears, anxieties and private thoughts of the men who fought on what is still the bloodiest single day in american history. the mosby heritage area association hosted this 50 minute event. [applause] our first speaker tonight will be keith snyder. i m not as tall as giles. keith has worked for the national park service for 33 years. the national mall and memorial antietam national battlefield where he currently holds the position of chief of resource education and visitor services. keith received his undergraduate degree in 1984 and park administration with a concentration in american history from shepherd university . wasasters tdegree earned of the united states army war college. keith has served in the air force in the air natio
house as house speaker john boehner s plan fails with just ten days until the fiscal cliff deadline. markets trading lower on that news. arcelar and skanska trading down. the mayan calendar counts down to that cataclysmic conclusion. announcer: you re watching worldwide exchange, bringing you business news from around the globe. let s take a look at how markets are trading. stoxx europe 600 is down about .6% this morning, this after word that house speaker john boehner s plan b didn t come to a vote last night. he couldn t get them in place apparently. we ll have plenty more on the impact of that on the program. not much here, we see decliners well outpacing advancers. the ftse mib in italy down .6%. the ibex down .4%. the dax selling off .5% lower than yesterday. same goes for the ft. if it is, down .8%. 5909. how quickly we ve gone from talking about 6,000 to talking about 5,900. the german bund rallying. same goes for the uk. we re seeing a rotation into safety, out