why. this is bikini the room of an agent underwater volcano in the marshall islands with its necklace of $23.00 islands bikini is a place of beauty and silence and menace more. closely where the emerald. suddenly folds into a vase black hole this is the crater of one of the greatest manmade explosions the hydrogen bomb they call profit. if a private an entire island and poisoned almost everything and everyone. has a plane flew low we seem to touch it s deathly void. the marshall islands lie in the vast pacific ocean between the united states and asia captured from the japanese in world war 2 they have long been america s strategic secret its stepping stone to asia and china. 7 hips take position 3 miles topic you need to stop are the shattering impact of the tomic. warships was assembled in bikini look. in order to blow them to bits. the decks of the 73 test ships anchored in bikini lagoon are steamed up the bridge activity and this product bamidele program designed to furnis
first electric cars, now electric lorries. a battery powered truck is launched in california. the makers say it can go 500 miles on a single charge. good morning. our commuting time is getting longer and we are travelling further than ever to get to work. why, and what does it mean for passengers? i am at one of the country s busiest train stations to find out. in sport, england s women need 20/20 vision. it s crunch time down under, and if they lose this morning s 20 over match, the ashes will be back in the hands of australia. concern for sea life prompts one chain of childrens‘ nurseries to ban the use of glitter. we ll discuss the thinking behind the move. and matt has the weather. good morning. a sprinkle of nature s litter this morning, frost to begin friday for many of you. lots of sunshine later on. people forecast in the next 15 minutes. the full forecast. good morning. first, our main story. police investigating the disappearance of a teenager in dorset are con
at the college of william and mary. she s written several books on the african-american history of hampton roads and is now co-authoring a history on the black community of norfolk. many of you know cassandra from the 2010 virginia civil war sus question centennial conference, held at norfolk state on slavery and the civil war. the tough stuff of american history and memory. she was the director of that conference. i first met cassandra at a conference in 2006 at ft. monroe. it was interesting, that conference was co-hosted by the museum of the confederacy and the united states army. i think it was the first time that those two were ever allies in an effort. [ laughter ] and she gave a brilliant presentation about how the concept of fleeing slaves coming into union lines came to be known as contraband of war. she is now a member of our historians advisory committee. she s helping us create the exhibits for the new civil war museum. this is cassandra s first time to address an
okay. ladies and gentlemen, our next speaker is cassandra newby-alexander. cassandra is a professor of history and director of the joseph jenkins roberts center for african diaspora. she earned her ph.d. in history at the college of william and mary. she s written several books on the african-american history of hampton roads and is now co-authoring a history on the black community of norfolk. many of you know cassandra from the 2010 virginia civil war sus question centennial conference, held at norfolk state on slavery and the civil war. the tough stuff of american history and memory. she was the director of that conference. i first met cassandra at a conference in 2006 at ft. monroe. it was interesting, that conference was co-hosted by the museum of the confederacy and the united states army. i think it was the first time that those two were ever allies in an effort. [ laughter ] and she gave a brilliant presentation about how the concept of fleeing slaves coming into union
freedmen, who came to be called and discusses their service in the union army and the challenges they faced in the aftermath of the war. this is just under 40 minutes. okay. ladies and gentlemen, our next speaker is cassandra newby-alexander. cassandra is a professor of history and director of the joseph jenkins roberts center for african diaspora. she earned her ph.d. in history at the college of william and mary. she s written several books on the african-american history of hampton roads and is now co-authoring a history on the black community of norfolk. many of you know cassandra from the 2010 virginia civil war sus question centennial conference, held at norfolk state on slavery and the civil war. the tough stuff of american history and memory. she was the director of that conference. i first met cassandra at a conference in 2006 at ft. monroe. it was interesting, that conference was co-hosted by the museum of the confederacy and the united states army. i think it was