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road north, the ecw book on the gettysburg campaign, coauthor of an immediately coming out book on ohio and antietam. and also the co-editor of the emerging civil war tenth anniversary series that has just recently come out, one on gettysburg, another on tele-houma and vicksburg. with not too much else to say, i want to introduce dan welch, who will talk about the man we love to hate, john pope. so, here is dan welch, the man with not enough free time. [applause] good evening everyone. one of the things i ve not shared with a lot of you is my absolute love of the southern rock band leonard skin heard. i ve been very fortunate to me some of the plane crash survivors and meet those who perished in the raves of october 1977. one of the stories i ve heard is that as lynyrd skynyrd was getting popular and their fame was rising, a lot of the acts that they would open four would go to the tour manager and say, don t let them close with free bird, we can t talk that. [l ....
hello there. we start in the us, where the federal reserve has signalled the era of ultra cheap money is coming to an end sooner and faster than anyone was expecting. the world s most powerful central bank says it will stop pumping money into the bond market next march and may raise interest rates three times next year, with further rises to come. the us economy has recovered strongly from the pandemic and for the fed the big worry now is soaring inflation, which has hit a ao year high. samira hussain reports from new york. to know one s great surprise, fedi chairjerome powell is now saying that inflation is a problem he probably needs to address. now, the chair of america s central bank had already said back in november that we could no longer really describe inflation as transitory. while now, in this latest press conference after the fed policy meeting, mr powell was a great pains to admit that actually risks to persistent inflation have increased. persistent inflation ....
also tonight. the bank of england raises interest rates for the first time in more than three years, amid warnings inflation could hit 6% by april. honestly, i can t remember, actually. and coming up on the bbc news channel. another bad day at the ashes for england. good evening, and welcome to the bbc news at six. the number of new covid infections across the uk hasjumped again to a new record more than 88,000 cases in the past 2a hours 10,000 more than yesterday. as the 0micron wave accelerates, the uk s chief medical adviser, professor chris whitty, has told mps that he expects the peak to come incredibly fast but subside more quickly than previous variants because of the boosterjabs. more than 745,000 people had their booster yesterday a new record as the long queues continue. here s our medical editor fergus walsh. what do you want for christmas? for millions it is a booster. these people in newcastle today were prepared to wait for hours or a covid vacci ....
businesses who need it in my immediate to make sure that that money gets to those businesses as quickly as possible. the omicron wave has prompted france to shut its borders to most british travellers from saturday halting christmas holidays and other news, the bank of england raises interest rates for the first time in more than three years amid warnings of inflation could hit 6% by april. and more people are signing up to learn sign language since the actress appeared on strictly come dancing who is deaf. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the number of new covid infections across the uk hasjumped again to a new record more than 88 thousand cases in the past 2a hours 10 thousand more than yesterday. as the omicron wave accelerates, the uk s chief medical adviser, professor chris whitty, told mps that he expects the peak to come incredibly fast but subside more quickly than previous variants because of the boosterjabs. more than 745,000 people ....
their loved ones. i ve been looking for her since 10:30 tonight. please help me. president biden offers federal support. this is one of those times when we aren t democrats or republicans. it sounds like hyperbole, but it s real. we re all americans. we stand together as the united states. i say to all the victims, you re in our prayers. emergency crews searching for survivors. it doesn t happen in your town until it happens in your town. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. i m pamela brown in mayfield, kentucky, the epicenter of the deadliest december day for tornados on record. 70 people are feared dead. and this is what remains of the candle factory in town, leveled by a tornado. some 40 people were rescued from this wreckageage but dozens remain missing. in all, more than 30 tornados raked across six states. cnn metrologists say one single track twister may have ripped a 250-mile swath of damage from arkansas to kentucky. that would be a record. wind ....