he doesn't celebrated because the union army got away and he felt he had to destroy the union army. i think there is a good argument to be made for his point of view that time wasn't necessarily on his side >> there were some comments and towards the end of the war there's a dictator and not position and may be -- >> in fact, it was published in newspapers at the time. newspapers openly said recently george washington was essentially a dictator at the end of the revolutionary war. what we need right now is robert e. lee to take that authority. lee himself was never interested in now. he felt he could barely do what he had to do to oversee the army of northern virginia. how can you possibly take responsibility for everything else? he does end up except in the title of general chief of all the confederate forces, which make his job all the much harder. you might think again he celebrates this great honor. he doesn't see it that way. he sees it as a burden and not something to celebrate. it's a sign of how desperate the times were they people were saying things like that. >> how can yo

he doesn't celebrate it because the union army got away and he felt he had to destroy the union army. and there is -- i think there is a good arguement to be made for his point of view that time wasn't necessarily on his side. >> i came across an interesting comment in jones' -- toward the end of the war, there's a -- [inaudible] -- katrina -- crown lee as caesar and maybe win this thing. >> it was published in newspapers at the time. newspapers openly said, basically, george washington was essentially a dictator at the end of the revolutionary war. what we need right now is robert e. lee to take that authority. now lee him was never interested in that. he felt that he could barely do what he had to do to oversee the army of northern virginia. how could he possibly take responsibility for everything else? that said he does end up accepting the title of general in chief of al the confederate forces, which just makes his job all the much harder and you might thing he celebrates this as a great honor, but he sees it as a burden and not something to celebrate because, again, it's a sign o

he feels he has to destroy the union army. if you go back to chancellorsville, i mentioned this earlier, and you look at robert e. lee attitude after the battle of chancellorsville, he is furious furious at joseph hooker, manages to escape a lot of competitors think that poker's final position was a pretty strong position and robert e. lee is planned to order a frontal assault against that position but hooker withdrawals that night. and so in some sense poker makes the greatest mistake of his life by retreating antistate robert e. lee for making a mistake you'll make it pickett's charge. >> didn't lee ever write down what he thought of arming the slaves? >> he did. he was asked that question directly. he did say that he thought at this point it was better to begin to enlist african-americans and fight. he thought that would include emancipation as part of the do because people people would not find a list of the emancipation. basically it's better to have them fight with us if we're going, if they're going to be fighting again

he doesn't celebrate it because the union army got away and he felt he had to destroy the union army. and there is -- i think there is a good arguement to be made for his point of view that time wasn't necessarily on his side. >> i came across an interesting comment in jones' -- toward the end of the war, there's a -- [inaudible] -- katrina -- crown lee as caesar and maybe win this thing. >> it was published in newspapers at the time. newspapers openly said, basically, george washington was essentially a dictator at the end of the revolutionary war. what we need right now is robert e. lee to take that authority. now lee him was never interested in that. he felt that he could barely do what he had to do to oversee the army of northern virginia. how could he possibly take responsibility for everything else? that said he does end up accepting the title of general in chief of al the confederate forces, which just makes his job all the much harder and you might thing he celebrates this as a great honor, but he sees it as a burden and not something to celebrate because, again, it's a sign o

he says will you leave the main union army to crush secession? and as lee remembered the store, blair tried in every way to convince robert e. lee to say yes. he said blair said to lee the country looks to you quote as a representative of the washington family to save the union george washington forged it and that was far from an exaggeration because year after all was the son of george washington's most famous eulogists and the son-in-law of george washington's adopted child. and so now only one word separator robert e. lee from the pinnacle of his profession, from commendable will be the largest american army ever raised, from glory perhaps that no american since george washington had known. and what did robert e. lee's lee say? well, he said he opposed secession come and he did oppose secession. he thought secession was illegal. and equally significantly he thought george washington would have oppose secession. that was no given at the time because people on both sides of this conflict claimed george washington for their own secessionists said

letter resigning from the union army and his wife called the decision to resign this the first struggle of his life. >> we can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. each year the chief of staff of the air force assembles a list of books he recommends for service men and women. here is the 2015 list. to begin norwegian air force colonel john olson ignores the -- tell the lives of 12 men who shaped the history of their contract in air commanders. next on the list is no place to hide, the story of retired air force neurosurgeon w. lee warren this the 120 days working in a tent hospital in iraq. insiderssecurity and cyberwar p.w. singer and alan friedman trace the development and future implications of cyberwar verbage the executive director of the institute for the analysis of global security examines how culture can impact relations between western military sand non-western allies in the year bacon and bullets. in the 2015 air force reading list is team of rivals by doris kerns goodwin which explores president lincoln's relationships with members of his cabinet. in the boys

union george washington had forged. anyone who takes the journey that i just described must wrestle with an unavoidable question. how did an army officer so opposed to george washington's legacy go to war against what we today consider george washington's greatest legacy the union. it was this question that ultimately true me to robert e. lee story and it's that tragic knowledge that history could have turned out so much differently. because on the eve of the civil war leaders on both sides of the potomac in richmond and in washington sought lee's services for high command. both knew about his -- with george washington i was common knowledge and both had tremendous significance. they also knew that when the failed scot who at the time was the ranking general in the u.s. army that lee was the best soldier he had ever seen in the field. robert e. lee certainly looked like a fine soldier. he stood just under 6 feet tall. he had powerful broad shoulders. he had a barrel chest. he had perfect posture. everybody who saw him said some version of the same thing that man looks every inch the soldier. so in april 1861 abraham lincoln ask

reverend turner joined his recruits when he became the first black union army chaplain. union bethel ame church was the scene of several historic event in 1862, 1863, and 1864. in 1862, a white clergymen described as the commissioner of immigration convened a meeting of prominent black men. the topic was the proposal to transport free blacks and the formerly enslaved out of the united states. at the meeting, five men were selected to meet with the president. although none of the men were union baptist members, the union bethel members -- union bethel members, the return on the day of the meeting and walked from the church to the white house. you can find details of the meeting in the digitized lincoln papers at the university of michigan. after slavery was abolished in the district of columbia, thousands of blacks came into the city, mainly from virginia and maryland. most of them were destitute and in dire need of food and clothing and shelter. in october of 1862, reverend james handy helped form the union relief association. the association was one of many organizations

could she pass the medical examination and fool the doctors in order to become a private for the union army? it's a good question, and, you know doctors across the country were told to conduct thorough medical examinations, but they all flouted these rules. they had quotas to fill, bodies to get out there as quickly as possible, so they conducted these rather cursory medical exams. they really only helped if you had powder cartridges, if you had enough fingers to pull the trigger and feet to march. that was pretty much it. so the doctor passes emma into the army, and she takes on the name private frank thompson, and she starts living among her comrades. and you might ask, well, how did they not detect she was a woman? after all, they're sleeping in the same tents etc., and how did they not, you know, discern that a woman was among them? and i came to the conclusion, i should say that emma was one of about 400 women for both north and south who disguised themselves as men and fought in the union or confederate armies. and i came to the conclusion that most of them got away with this because

so at fort sims -- now it's out there on the tip of mustang island -- so this large army then of union soldiers wound up actually capturing, taking fort sims and capturing the entire garrison including captain william maltby. what happened to william and the other prisoners were taken, and they were sent to new orleans. by this time jasper, because of the seriousness of his wounds and all, had been -- he had been appointed commandant of the vicksburg garrison. and when he found out that his brother william was down in new orleans, he immediately arranged that william be brought up to vicksburg to be his ward. so i can only imagine, we can only imagine the, you know, the emotion involved in the two brothers, one in the blue uniform of the brigadier general, and the other in the gray uniform of the confederate captain. in fact, that's where my book begins, because this is such a stirring emotional incident that i wanted to brick it to the -- bring it to the attention of the readers right from the start. and that meant for the next several months before he was finally exchanged william, c

columbia, south carolina surrender to the union army under general william tecumseh sherman. recently a panel that historians discuss the fall and recovery. that is tonight on the civil war at 6:00 p.m. eastern time here on american history tv. >> this year, c-span's touring cities across the country exploring american history. a look at our recent visit to greensboro, north carolina. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend. >> today we are at the greensboro historical museum in an exhibit called the murphy confederate long arms collection and this collection was actually originally loaned to the museum, and then bequeathed to the museum upon dr. murphy's death in 2003. john and isabel murphy was a particular collector inveterate long arms. he was born in washington, d.c. and attended school in virginia. he was a southerner. he then enrolled in the navy. he served as a doctor for 20 years before retiring and assembled what is an outstanding collection, one of its kind of confederate long arms, and by that i mean rifles, was it, shotguns, and carbines

the union army had more than twice as many troops, over 100,000 men, well fed, beautifully equipped, it's very well armed. this man is sitting on boxes and boxes of flour. this overwhelming army had failed to dislodge lee and his men from his decision. they have conducted this trench warfare ever since. this is a union picket line opposite this confederate fort that was across no man's land from fort hell which was called fort damnation. the area in between was known as no man's land as it often is today but also known as hell and damnation. this photograph, you can see the men standing in the background. you can see them standing there in contact. that is the difference between the union and confederate lines. this photograph was taken after the war or at least during the truce. this is a typical unnion picket post. the role of the pickets was twofold, really. one was to absorb an attack if one occurred and act as a human tripwire, basically set off the return fire which would alert the rest of the army. the second role was to kill the other side's pickets. they were that close to ea

union george washington had forged. anyone who takes a journey that i've just described must wrestle with an unavoidable question. how did an army officer so associated with george washington's legacy go to war against what we today consider george washington's greatest legacy, the union? it was this question that ultimately drew me to robert e. lee story and that tragic tension in the knowledge that history could have turned out so much differently because on the eve of the civil war leaders on both sides of the potomac in richmond and in washington saw these services for high command they both knew about his connections to george washington. that was common knowledge in both the tremendous significance on them. they also knew that winfield scott who at the time was the ranking general of the u.s. army that lee was the best soldier he had ever seen. robert e. lee certainly looked like a fine soldier. he stood just under 6 feet tall. he had powerful broad shoulders. he had a barrel chest. he had perfect posture. everybody who saw him set some version of the same thing, that man looks every inch a soldier. so in april 1861 an emi

it is already the mascot of the union army. here is the first sheet music published.e is a new york reporter is paul robeson singing. [fife and drums] >> ♪ glory, glory hallelujah glory, glory hallelujah glory, glory hallelujah his truth goes marching on john brown's body lies a moldering in the grave john brown's body lies a moldering in the grave john brown's body lies a moldering in the grave his soul goes marching on glory, glory hallelujah glory, glory hallelujah ♪ >> one of the many people who knew john brown's body actually had known john brown. samuel gridley howe was one of the secret six conspirators helping to fund the raid at harpers ferry. his wife, julia ward howe had invited john brown for coffee. she knew brown and loved the song. samuel gridley howe in 1861 becomes one of the heads of the sanitary commission. julia goes with samuel gridley to washington, d.c. julia ward howe is now remembered only for "the battle hymn of the republic," but she was impeccably educated. she comes from new york city from one of the elite banking families. in the 1850's,

african-american wood choppers cut down thousands of achers in birk to provide much-needed timber to the union's army and engineers. >>> anyone stepping outside tonight is definitely going to have to bundle up. >> so the winds are moving in. dangerously cold air. that's going to move in around midnight. what we're focused on right now is the snow showers. heading out foent, know you could deal with snow producing slick spots across the area. it's also going to lower that visibility if you're out driving. the snow is gone though by 9:00 p.m. tomorrow it's all about the cold air and the winds, because of that the weather is going to have a high impact on your sunday. not just a little cold. dangerously cold. during the morning hours. avoid being outside, if you can, and the winds will be so strong pretty sure bet we will see at least some spotty power outages across the area. here are the latest weather alerts. windchill warning. this is going into effect late tonight and it's going to run through noontime tomorrow. the windchill warning will be for the count kniss gray. you could see windchills as low

on february 17 1865, they surrendered to the union army under sherman. the university of south carolina recently hosted a panel of historians who discuss colombian distraction, fall, and recovery. that is tonight on the civil war at 6 p.m. eastern time on american history tv. >> up next on "american history tv," they dedicate a statue at the u.s. capital of barry goldwater, often called the father of modern american conservatism. they reflected on his five terms as a u.s. senator from arizona. his presidential nomination, influence on ronald reagan, and affinity for photography. this is about 40 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our honored guest arizona secretary of state member of the united states house of representatives, a member of the united states senate, and the speaker of the united states house of representatives. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the speaker of the united states house of representatives, the honorable john boehner. >> ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon and welcome to statuary hall. this place was once the c

but we know that the union army burned atlanta. who burned columbia? sherman and his fiendish hell hounds sherman and his demons wrote a poet, sherman and his army of villains, wrote grace brown elmore. what did sherman say in reply to these charges? in his official report, sherman blamed confederate general wade hampton. as he explains, hampton had ordered that all cotton should be moved into the streets and fired, to prevent us from making use of it. the bales were cut open, free from the ropes and backing and tufts of cotton were blown about in the wind, so as to resemble a snowstorm, and these piles were burning. as night fell, and wind picked up, the fire spread beyond the efforts of soldiers to control them. sherman argued, union soldiers deserve praise for saving so much of the city and caring for the newly homeless. furthermore, sherman went on, and this -- i think is the root of so much anger and resentment -- and without hesitation, he wrote, i charge general wade hampton with having burned his own city of columbia, not with malicious intent

he was hired to do secret service work for the union army, and his first mission was to conduct a stakeout on confederate spy rose greenhelm. allen pinkerton and two of his best men go to rose's home on lafayette square. rose always liked to say, by the way, her home was quote, within rifle range of the white house. [laughter] and allen pinkerton has to get up stand on two of his detectives' shoulders just to peek in her window, and what does he see, but rose sitting there on the couch with a traitorous union captain, and they're looking over maps and fortifications and papers that clearly have information about the war and about union plans. and pinkerton is furious. pinkerton declares rose public enemy number one and decides he's going to make it his mission in life to get rose which makes for some interesting cat and mouse activity as the war goes on. and this was also another entering part about women's roles in the civil war -- interesting part about women's roles in the civil war. women had always been victims of war, they were never perpetrators, and loyalty was the prime attribute

visit ncicap.org] >>>> columbia south carolina surrender to the union army. the university of south carolina recently hosted a panel of historians discussed columbia's destruction, fall, and recovery. as well as how those events of it are mentored by the city and history. that's tonight on "the civil war," at 6:00 p.m. eastern time on c-span tv. >> of next, the national -- up next, the national portrait gallery talks about immature pictures of george washington. -- amit sure -- amature portraits of george washington. mount vernon hosted this 50 minute event. >> good afternoon. my name is elizabeth stock known to many people here as betty. together with my husband stanley scott, i am in enthusiast for george washington of many varieties, including portraiture. we have collected all of our adult lives as were several members of our families, before us, and they acquired a number of survey drawings, medallions coins, rare books, and metals, as well as documents on the subject of george washington and his time. we have been active supporters of mount vernon for s

including wood choppers who cut down thousands of acres of trees in burke to provide timber to the union's army and engineers. >>> it was a special day for 14 lucky couples. d.c. superior court opened its doors yesterday for a special round of weddings. this is the first time the marriage bureau opened its doors on a saturday making it possible for lucky couples to say i do on valentine's day. 14 couples were married on february 14th. >> the staff came up with this idea and volunteered to come in on a saturday morning that they didn't have to do and perform the weddings and help couples get their licenses, so it's great. >> the court's director of family court presided over the ceremonies. they were able to get it all done all the weddings in about an hour. >> wow, that's impressive. >> not bad. >> it appears this is a popular date. on social media yesterday a lot of people in my feed posting anniversary pictures as well. >> it's easy to remember right? you don't forget that one. >>> time is 9:26. strong winds are causing quite the mess across the region. take a look at the damage across the di

something that not everyone understands about the proclamation, and enlisting the black soldiers in the union army. it was with this proclamation that the war to preserve the union became a revolutionary struggle for the abolishment of slavery. we cannot discuss this period in our history without talking about slavery, however painful it may be to some, and we cannot examine its outcomes without acknowledging our colored troops that fought for freedom, and we are going to do both of those in this final session. i applaud dr. west and his team, who have put this together to put the session on this program because it is very relevant. i am going to introduce both of the people you see on your panel. i'm going to go ahead and do their bios, and then they are going to speak to you individually, and then we will open it back up for questions. first, nicole moore is a public historian, museum professional, blogger, consultants, and interpreter of slave life. she holds a bachelors in psychology and a masters in history, with a concentration in public history from the university of north carolina at charl

had served 25 years with the us army, but in april 1861, he turned down an offer to command the union armygned his commission, and accepted the command of the military and naval forces of virginia. all this and more can be found in the new book, "the man who would not be washington: robert e. lee's civil war and his decision that changed american history" by jonathan horn, who served as speechwriter and special assistant to former president george w. bush. jonathan horn, welcome to the newshour. welcome to the "newshour". >> thanks for having me. >> woodruff: you grew up in the area around washington. is that where this interest in robert e. lee came from? >> exactly. if you blow up on the potomac river, you have so much of robert e. lee and george washington's history around you. robert e. lee was born in westmoreland county down river from washington and so was washington, robert e. lee grew up in alexandria, virginia, near george washington's mount vernon plantation, and robert e. lee married his wife at arlington house, the great pillared mansion, now a similar tear, but back then a me

at fort simms, now on the tip of the island so this large army than, of union soldiers, want up capturingng for its sins and capturing the entire garrison including captain william maltby. what happens to william and the other prisoners were taken and was sent to new orleans. by this time jasper because of the seriousness of his wounds and all, had been appointed commandant of the vicksburg garrison and we found out his brother william was in new orleans, immediately arranged william be brought up to vicksburg i can only imagine, imagine the emotion involved in two brothers, one in a blue uniform of brigadier-general in the other in the gray uniform of confederate captain and that is where my book begins. this is a stirring emotional incident i wanted to bring to the attention of the readers write from the start and that meant for the next several months before he was finally exchange, william, captain william maltby, a confederate states army spending time in vicksburg must have been very interesting, the conversation and i am sure the older brother tried to get his younger brother to ta

on february 17 1865, they surrendered to the union army under sherman. the university of south carolina recently hosted a panel of historians who discuss colombian distraction, fall, and recovery. that is tonight on the civil war at 6 p.m. eastern time on american history tv. >> up next on "american history tv," they dedicate a statue at the u.s. capital of barry goldwater, often called the father

visit ncicap.org] >>>> columbia south carolina surrender to the union army. the university of south carolina recently hosted a panel of historians discussed columbia's destruction, fall, and recovery. as well as how those events of it are mentored by the city and history. that's tonight on "the civil war," at 6:00 p.m. eastern time on c-span tv. >> of next, the national -- up next, the national portrait gallery talks about immature pictures of george washington. -- amit sure -- amatur

citizens executive committee of atlantic city new jersey offering the civil war army nurses of the union army -- honoring the civil war army nurses. i'm not sure the occasion was but they have current photos and little biographies of some of the women who serve. one of the things in special collections we really want to try to collect books that might not be put out by major publishers. so here's a selection of biographies and autobiographies including the first women's army auxiliary corps, which in world war ii when we are fighting suddenly decides nurses maybe we should have women just for the duration of world war ii to be part. >> general george marshall. >> conservation of manpower is a matter of first importance. women's army auxiliary corps was organized a meeting this need by releasing soldiers of noncombat duty. these women are to take of the jobs of soldiers behind the lines and here at home. >> so these women wanted to remember, you know, their history was an being collected and they just want to tell their stories. so this is from women in world war ii in the army. he was an army

capital the washington aqueduct, the capital of some -- dome acted as quartermaster general of the union army, created arlington national cemetery and later is where the national buildings hovers of us. can he went to europe on vacation you'll get plantings end landscaping and it impressed him and he came up with ideas that came up with a report and send it to congress. the tech the ideas to a heart inserted alexander shepard once he was granted total power in the '70s to execute the plans to improve the water supply in the parks and everything else. the district of columbia became a territory three to 74. during this time shepard was all-powerful from the vice chair of public works that he could handle public patronage or other favors and then he was sexually governor of the territory. he was the right-hand man of ulysses s. grant. but he knew the political courage and it was shifting said he tried to accomplish as much says he could in a few short years and we imagine the city within the course of three years which is incredible. because in the former 70 years was not affected at all. unfor

most of ukraine's military equipment -- some of it dates back to the soviet union even. the armyhas suffered a number of alarming reversals. president obama has yet to decide, but there is growing pressure inside washington for him to do so. >> all right, thank you so much for that look today. if you want to get a closer look at any of the papers that offer was talkingúça ) headquarter company, the royal gibr

who was in overall charge of the freedman's bureau oliver otis hower, former major general in the union army, and a man of exact ly the kind of devout faith and morality that lucas was talking about as being part of lincoln's ideal of what has to guide the country and yet andrew johnson, as a president, and the democratic opposition that sidney was talking about, really succeeded in emasculating the freedman's bureau, and in the end, sinking it so that what could have been a major transitional agency really is prevented from serving that purpose in american life. >> beautiful answer. lucas morel was there any thought regarding colonization to send, to send the freed slaves to other areas of the u.s. territories similar to andrew jackson's movement of people to oklahoma from north carolina? >> not that i know of. lincoln has two things to do with lincoln and colonization. yes, it's true, lincoln was a long-standing proponent of colonization because he thought that whites would not be willing to free blacks and then coexist with the blacks. he thought it was the next best thing. there was no g

including wood choppers who cut down thousands of acres of trees in burke to provide timber to the union's armynd engineers. >>> it was a special day for 14 lucky couples. d.c. courts opened up the doors for a special round of valentine's day weddings. >> getting married on valentine's day that's a surefire way to never forget your anniversary. >> we're gathered here today to join to this couple in legal honorable state of matrimony. >> reporter: it will be a wedding anniversary easy to remember. >> take thee tiffany. >> take thee tiffany. >> reporter: this young smiling witness looking on with excitement. >> with this ring i thee wed. >> reporter: the d.c. superior court's marriage bureau opening its doors for a special saturday session. >> the staff came up with this idea and volunteered to come in of their own free will of a saturday morning that they didn't have to do and perform the weddings and help couples get their licenses. uz)m÷ great. >> i now pronounce you legally married. >> whoo hoo! >> reporter: back to mohammed and tiffany. >> i now pronounce you legally married. you may kiss yo

daniel friedman was one of the patriots who was awarded the special incentive for serving in the union armye claimed land -- another veteran robert anderson was a former slave who earned his freedom in the union army and in 1870 he became the first freed african-american homesteader. as we gather here today in lincoln r. capital state named for one of her greatest american presidents who helps shape the destiny of our great state we continue to welcome people who value freedom and to search for a better life. we welcome people from all around the world who have come to study at our great universities are working our businesses are on our farms and ranches. and as our forefathers did a century and a half ago we continue to honor the veterans, the men and women who have sacrificed and served our country. [applause] [applause] we have a great state, a beautiful state filled with opportunities. the missouri river to the sandhills to the pine ridge. nebraska is what america is supposed to be. [applause] and the strength of our state lies within our people. nebraskans are engaging their community

but he is the man who took on the unions and the armies of the left. he can win over an audience even if he can't speak like ted cruz. i would agree with that. not everything is going to be about attacking unions and slashing budgets. that's the easy stuff. how is he on foreign policy? >> you talk about big, bold fresh ideas. what's your big, bold fresh idea in syria? >> i go back to the red line. >> let's not go back. let's go forward. >> we need to take the fight to isis and any other radical islamist around the world. we need leadership that says clearly not only among the united states and among our allies we're going to take action. >> you don't think 2,000 air strikes is taking it to isis in syria and iraq? >> i think it is a mistake. >> what does that mean? i don't know what aggressive strategy means. if we are bombing and we have done 2,000 air strikes, what does that mean in foreign policy? >> we need to look at other methods and we have to be prepared to put boots on the ground if that's what it takes. >> u.s. boots on the ground in syria syri

he was hired to do secret service work for the union army, and his first mission was to conduct a stakeout on confederate spy rose greenhelm. allen pinkerton and two of his best men go to rose's home on lafayette square. rose always liked to say, by the way, her home was quote, within rifle range of the white house. [laughter] and allen pinkerton has to get up stand on two of his detectives' shoulders just to peek in her window, and what does he see, but rose sitting there on the couch with a traitorous union captain, and they're looking over maps and fortifications and papers that clearly have information about the war and about union plans. and pinkerton is furious. pinkerton declares rose public enemy number one and decides he's going to make it his mission in life to get rose which makes for some interesting cat and mouse activity as the war goes on. and this was also another entering part about women's roles in the civil war -- interesting part about women's roles in the civil war. women had always been victims of war, they were never perpetrators, and loyalty was the prime attribute

then in 1940s, i just mentioned that when they rationed the soviet union was approaching from the east, the army and they were at within a few days of liberating our concentration camp where the germens decided they will not promise and they took the towns end girls and we were cited on a march known as the death march because people were dying and someone could not keep up with between 20, 30 kilometers a day, we could not keep up they were shot by the germans. so we were on the death march for over three months and by the time the war ended, there was about all the towns end girls, maybe 150 survived. so this is my story and what i would like to also mention a little bit about germany, about my situation as a holocaust survivor, it's interesting how much you know about the germination. before the second world war, germany was the most cultural and techologically advanced nation in the world. amazing. it was just amazing. and you would say that's where the culture came from all the technology, and that they could result to such violence, it was beyond anybody's belief. they planned it systemati

you won't find much senator at all in the european union for arming ukranian army. ukraine is not part of nato and the concern among europeans giving weapons to ukraine would simply escalate the fighting. it would lead to a really full-blown proxy war but on the other hand gregg, proponents of arming ukraine's military say that if they don't do that if ukraine doesn't get better weaponry, then russia will simply seize more of its territory, thereby really creating more facts on the ground. there is really significant diplomatic move on today with germany's chancellor angela merkel an france's president francois hollande going to moscow for talks with russian president vladmir putin. putin presented the west with a plan of sorts and apparently america kill and -- merkel and hollande are bringing it back with their own provisions. skeptics say there was a cease-fire deal back in september that has not been adhered to so another proposal is not too excited to get about. secretary of state john kerry met in the ukrainian capital kiev with president poroshenko reiteratin

army colonel. and we are joined in seattle by jennifer shaw, deputy director of the american civil liberties union of washington state, and a member of the community police commission in seattle. she wrote a letter urging the justice department to launch an investigation into the fatal police shooting of antonio zambrano-montes in pasco, saying the local police probe was needlessly focusing on his activities prior to the incident. welcome both of you to democracy now! but go directly to pasco. felix vargas, explain what happened and the fact there so much a video of this. it was during rush hour? >> yes, it was and crowded intersection in downtown pasco. a gentleman is seen throwing

. >> army, navy, air force -- >> navy. >> what union, special forces. >> personal forces watch years. >> i was in special forces. >> that is robert mcdonald talking to homeless veteran during a segment on the cbs evening news last month. mcdonald is an army veteran but he never served with special forces. president obama says he doesn't expect to slip up to affect his work cleaning up the scandal plagued va. >>> a twitter tussle with some penn state students has earned esp inform keith oberman a suspension. >> he tweeted an article about students raising more than $13 million to fight pediatric cans sr. during dance marathon to oberman whose been critical of penn state following the jerry sandusky scandal. oberman replied quote pitiful. oberman apologized. said he was referring to penn state students in general and not the fundraising effort. he was suspended for the rest of the week. >>> flu shots and other vaccines can save lives. but if a shot isn't given the right way it could leave you with debilitating shoulder and arm pain. are you more likely to have problem depending on where

army, a member of the plaster union and business representative for teamsters local 350 as secretary treasure. he also served as the teamster joint council secretary treasure for a number of years. he was the president of the national teamsters hispanic caucus and the california spanish teamsters and the welfare trust for the bay area teamsters and teamsters retirement plan. he's been recognized by so many organizations, by congress, by the state legislature, and by the city of san francisco because he was such a great human bean -- being and on a personal level bob was a laborer that i got to know really well when i got involved in politics years ago. he was just a solid person and one of those leaders that really politics can be so hard sometimes as we all know and he was one of those people that was so straight forward and sincere and just a great person. late last year in october or november, i called him and he e didn't return my call which is very not like bob. he's usually one of those people that calls you back within an hour. so i was able to learn that he was very sick and

she was a scout and a spy for the union army, she was active in the women's women's suffrage movement after the civil war and served aging african-americans by running a emto for the analled in auburn, new york. in 1903 she bequeathed the tubman home to the african episcopal zion church where this stands to this day. just this month i was i able to attend a meeting of the a.n.e. zion church where we honored frederick douglas and harriet tubman. the church was an important part of harriet tubman's life and was involved in the forefront of both the abolition and the civil rights movement. she was a dedicated member of the church and actively supported the construction of the thompson a.m.e. church in new york where she was laid in state after her death p. harriet tubman died in auburn in 1913 and she is buried in the fort hill cemetery. many of the structures remain intact and in relatively good condition. for the past seven years i have championed legislation to establish the creation of the harriet tubman historical parks in maryland and new york. the creation of these parks has been