lee's great, great uncle, thomas lee. now, thomas lee has a distinction that no other american has, it's that he fathered two signers of a deck declaration of independence. in the great house that thomas lee built at stratford was a symbol of the great wealth that the lee family had accumulated on the potomac river. the lees truly were one of virginia's finest families. and not far from stratford hall, just a short drive away, in westmoreland county, you'll find where george washington was born. and by the time robert e. lee was born in 18 to07, of course george washington was long dead. but the lee and washington names had already been fused together. and that was because of robert e. lee's father a man named henry lighthorse harry lee. now, he was one of george washington's most trusted cavalry commanders during the revolutionary war. and that's how he earned that nickname lighthorse harry lee. but what makes harry rhee most famous -- lee most famous is what he did after the war he wrote a eulogy for his old commander.

lee's father, henry like force harry lee. white horse harry lee was one of george washington's most trusted gallery commanders during the revolutionary war and that is how he got his nickname light horse harry b. but what makes the most famous is what he did after the war. he wrote a eulogy for his old commander. he is the one who wrote the world's first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of countrymen. that was of course the words we remember george washington by today and in robert e. lee's time everybody knew his father had written those words. he couldn't quite copy george washington's example. she couldn't imitate what he knew was george washington's greatest virtue and what was that virgin? self control and self command. after the revolutionary war, harry lee entered a cycle of tragedy. ecb that almost all his land, money on land, he lost so badly he ended up in a debtor's prison eventually had to go into exile in the caribbean, left his family in the war of 1812 never saw his son robert ever again. robert e

lightfoot lee. from his mother, the family had moved to arlington at this point, away from stratford, his birthplace. from his mother, he learned of the economy, moderation, self-control courtesy, jen tilly, honor, and devotion. the fact that he was in his room was duty. he had not asked others to accompany him. he had asked only one other officer to come that did not and that was walter taylor. walter taylor had gotten married , he only been married one week. he declined to come. general lee would not ask others to share in the trial of surrender. in 1825, he would attend the united states military academy and graduate in 1829. graduate second in the class of what he thinks -- of 46. he would become a member of the elite corps of engineers and be responsible for projects and saving the waterfront in st. louis. he and mary would have seven children -- three sons, all of which would serve in the confederate army, and four daughters. in the mexican war, he would serve on general scott staff -- general

lee kuan yew: american-style? charlie: yes. lee kuan yew: no.ie: what is an american democracy? you can't have that? lee kuan yew: no, religion and race and culture are forbidden bidding and sensitive. it causes a stir and big trouble. charlie: that is the price you pay for prosperity and security? lee kuan yew: no, those are no go areas. charlie: do you wish you would have a bigger fishbowl to achieve your miracle in? this is a small island. lee kuan yew: it is very difficult to have a little piece of comfort. charlie: what is it that makes you this strategic thinker, that people come to for advice? lee kuan yew: i do not believe people come to me to seek advice, they come to me to bounce ideas and test them out. charlie: but what is it you have? lee kuan yew: experience. i'm 88. i have lived long. and i have not forgotten my mistakes. ♪ >> live from new york city, welcome to bloomberg west. cory johnson is at the facebook annual developers conference. first, want to give you a check of the bloomberg top headlines. stocks sold off for the third

urging southerners to model their behavior on that of lee she wrote in 1866 that lee had not stooped his grandly proud head one hairs breath as he surrendered to grant. she said, an honorable enemy should not desire. it is idle to attempt or force them to say they were wrong, for they were right. it will surprise you to know that from the start, this view of things, this emphasis on confederate righteousness and the illegitimacy of the yankee victory, this was resoundingly rejected by grant and his inner circle, and the vast majority of union soldiers and civilians. it was precisely an admission of wrongdoing and a change of heart that grant sought from his foes. appomattox was not designed to exonerate confederates, but to assess repentance. he believed he could be versatile precisely because he rendered lee powerless and his cause discredited. it was right over wrong. lee's rhetoric of restoration held no charm for the union general. restoration connoted a turning back of the clock. grant's eyes were fixed firmly on the future. he would not consider the rolling back. repudiation of

they are under general lee's son rooney lee. roberts is under him. and they do that wheel and drive the federals off that ridge. the federals they met up on that ridge, including this fellow here. a young sergeant rose, who takes a pistol ball in the groin. he was with the second new york mounted rifles. they leave behind sergeant mcintyre of the first maine cavalry, who was killed, as is captain edward cooper of the circuit or how calvary. and there are many others left up on the ridge. these other men i was able to find photos of your under one that came to us this year is this fellow. during the advance on the ridge he is 24 years old john -- of the fourth virginia infantry. he is struck down during this advance. when i look at it and think about it i say, my god, what this man went through. looking at his service record. he enlisted in the rockbridge artillery in 1861. he gets transferred to the fourth virginia infantry. he is captured at the battle of second mednax. he is exchanged. he is wounded. he is wounded again at courthouse. he has a fing

lee.out how singapore will move forward, another person tweeting that the city will have to reinvent itself. but of course this year is the 50th birthday of singapore so people are expected to celebrate over a four-day weekend so people have been saying they will be looking forward to the that without lee kuan yew that will be a challenge -- but without lee kuan yew that will be a challenge. lee kuan yew faced criticism during his tenure, also talking about that and singapore 50, celebrations, and how it will be without mr. lee there. that is a look at what was trending today. back to you. rishaad: let's tell you what we have after the right. looking at nissan, facing a new investigation into faulty airbags. we do over to tokyo and get the latest. ♪ -- go over to tokyo and get the latest ♪. but the look at our top stories. ordinary people are paying respect to singapore's founding father. a week of national mourning has been declared. yew adent obama called lee true giant. asian stocks sta

lee: my name is lee hellyer. my question is similar to the first in the sense of paralleling trench warfare from the civil war's perspective, to the first world war, specifically december, 1914. there was a secret weapon that the germans had in 1914, and that was the tenenbaum, and it was the silent night. are there any stories of fraternization, specifically a temporary truce in that december, 1864 period where the troops decided well, let's be friends for christmas eve? tracy: it was not just december of 1864. it is all through the siege of petersburg. these armies are, of the name -- of the same nationality, language, religion. there is no barrier between the union and confederate army other than some of them live up north, and some of them lived down south. instantly, because there is no language barrier, for the most part, the trenches are set, then in front of the trenches are closer soldiers. the eyes and ears of the army are literally no further than me to the back of the room from here. with that, you ha

lee kuan yew. i know that we all feel the same way, but even as we mourn his passing, let us honor our present. let us dedicate ourselves as one people to build on his foundation and build on his ideals and keep singapore exceptional and successful for many years to come. >> reporter: singapore's current prime minister and the son of lee kuan yew paying tribute as so many others are today. of course, lee kuan yew was a charismatic figure but also a controversial one. he ruled singapore with an iron fist. >> reporter: iron willed sharp tongued, and quit-witted, lee kuan yew was a towering political figure in post-colonial asia and a great nation builder. he made the creation and survival of singapore a personal project. as its prime minister for 31 years and as an influential adviser and commentator right up to his death. he was bourn into a fourth generation chinese family, in what was then the british colony of singapore. he lived through the japanese occupation in world war ii at one point narrow

that is typical of lee kuan yew. his famous words were, even when you are about to lower him into the grave, if something is going wrong, he will get up. lee kuan yew said he spent his life building cigna poor -- singapore. the first prime minister, and for many, his name is synonymous with the development of this government. lee kuan yew's is called singapore's founding father. he was the first prime minister, leading it through political and financial uncertainty as it emerged from british rule to independence in 1965. rule, his three decade the country became one of the world's biggest economic successes with a simple guiding philosophy. >> of want to make sure that we command confidence. confidence brings investment and talent. with investment and talent, you will prosper. haslinda: a lawyer by training, lee kuan yew emphasizing pro-business policies. he moved businesses out of slums, molding them into an educated workforce, driving the nation to become a regional business hub and one of the world's largest forei

despite a ruthless style of politics lee was no independence leader. singapore became independent against its will kicked out of malaysia in 1965 against a backdrop of racial tension. at the time a fearful lee contemplateed a bleak future. >> people connected by geography, economics and ties of kinship. >> sentiment gave way to pragmatism. he was unflinching in his determination to bring prosperity to his new country. under his leadership singapore was transformed from a tiny impoverished island with no natural resource noose a high- high-tech metropolis. but lee's leadership also had a darker side. political opponents often found themselves in court. some would end up bankrupt. freedom was micromanaged along with the economy. thingsbans against things like chewing gum just recently relaxed. now his oldest son is prime minister. even after stepping down lee kept working in an annex of the public office. through it all he was un unrepentant. >> if i ran a western-style democracy and took a straw poll, we would have come to grief. >> while freedoms from

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lee transformed the small port city into a major financial and trade center. he'll be laid to rest in a state funeral on sunday >>> the normally stable libyan city of misrata has seen violence in recent weeks with fighters linked to i.s.i.l. the u.n. special envoy to libya says peace talks between the two rival governments will continue between ongoing fighting between the country. >> the u.n. special envoy to yemen told an emergency session of the council that it's on the edge of the civil war. houthi rebels gained control of the airport and other parts of tiaz which is yemen's third largest city. >> right wing parties won the last seats in france's elections. the nicolas sarkozy party is leading in the first round. the far right national front is it in second place. their leader is hoping to build on that momentum for a presidential bid in 2017. neave barker reports from paris. >> consolidating his political comeback. ex-president sar cosy ump's party edged ahead, weakening the national fronts hopes of a win. >> i confirm that it's local or national with the

lee. >> j.c. lee and janice had divorced because lee started dating a friend of their daughter's. >> we thought that j.c. lee may have been jealous of janice recently marrying bruce dodson. >> maybe he wanted to get back at janice. >> we couldn't link j.c. lee to the dodson murder scene, and we couldn't link janice dodson to the ex-husband's camp three-quarters of a mile away. >> also suspicious, janice had purchased three life insurance policies on bruce shortly before his death. >> she stood to gain almost $500,000, so a lot of motive. >> and after the funeral, janice's behavior was bizarre, to say the least. >> one of his last requests was to be cremated and to have his ashes scattered in leadville, colorado. janice had taken bruce's ashes and as they approached leadville, she dumped them on the side of the road. >> and janice told investigators she was going to her cousin's home in east texas to grieve. but investigators discovered she was doing no such thing. >> we did a financial investigati

. >> when supervisor farrell hired chris lee he hired chris lee as his committees campaign consultant i hired him right. >> as far as i know. >> he hired him as his campaign consultant his campaign consultant channels money from another committee that has - channels money and activities supporting supervisor farrell from another committee during the course of the campaign in the amount of $190,000 that's was the fcc has found done by the committee that chris lee is coordinating essentially he's the one doing it what supervisor farrell whether he's the one responsible if the long run for the activity of the campaign consultant he can't say he didn't know what he's doing by funneling campaign contributions to my campaign in the form of others activity i didn't personally know that it that's not the law is it. >> with with all due respect your exaggerating what we found was one e-mail to the committee with a contributor west that was public he sent a second e-mail to the committee with kind of the hall of a committee and eventually give the committee the contact information for a consult

lee kuan yew. he guided singapore from colonial trading post. pinch of you to the man who built a nation. -- paying tribute to the man who built a nation. >> in morning. i'm deeply saddened to tell you mr. lee kuan yew passed away peacefully this morning at a singapore hospital. let me say a few words. the first of our founding fathers is no more. he inspired, give us courage and brought us here. he fought for our independent. this is a nation where there was none, and made us proud to be singaporeans. we won't see another man like him. too many up orients -- singaporeans and to others, lee kuan yew was singapore. it is hard to do the impossible. after he stepped down he guided with wisdom and tact. he continued to keep a watchful eye on singapore. singapore was his abiding passion. he gave of himself in full measure to singapore. as he himself put it towards the end of his life, "i have spent my life, so much of it, building up this country. there is nothing more that i need to do. at the end of t

lee kuan yew. i know we all feel the same way.as we mourn his passing, let us also honor his spirit. let us dedicate ourselves as one people to build on his foundations, strive for his ideals and keep singapore exceptional and successful for many years to come. >> reporter: right wing parties have won the most votes in france's local elbow -- elections and sarkozy and penn is hoping for a presidential debate in 2017 and we will go to jackie roland in paris but first here is lee barker's report. >> reporter: consolidating his political come back ex president nicholas sarkozy is ahead in elections weakening the hopes of a first round win. >> translator: icon confirm no agreements local or national with the leaders of this party. >> reporter: and he has turned france's political landscape on its head transforming the front from a fridge movement into one of europe's far right parties and after the win in eu elections last year they now want to gain more ground. >> translator: the goal is to demonstrate that the national front is a gr

at lee's trial the sole survivor, diane alexander, identified lee as the man who tried to kill her.a from perspiration found on ms. alexander's blouse after the attack matched lee's dna profile, forensic proof he was the perpetrator. >> this is the real deal. and now this lady has come to you and faces you and pointed you out. it was devastating. >> derrick todd lee was convicted of first-degree murder and was sentenced to death. >> the death penalty is too good for him. they should execute him a little bit at a time. i mean, to do -- you know, rape was not enough, murder was not enough. the coroner called it -- these murders, he said, are an overkill. >> some of the victims' families are angry that police relied so heavily on the eyewitness accounts of a white male in a white pickup truck and the fact that most serial killers tend to be white. >> the profile itself was, of course, wrong. it was erroneous. but it was also accepted by the task force as -- it was given the force of fact, when what it is is an educated guess. >> i think they were getting tons of tips from every directi

i don't know how many people have a river named after them in ireland but the lee river so this is our hand lee. >> (laughter). >> o insuring thank you for being the best protocol over in the city of san francisco yes (clapping.) well, everyone thank you and welcome to ore woemz the san francisco budget & finance committee our own city hall a warm welcome to you that raised the irish flag proudly (clapping.) i want to just give a personal thanks to our consul general from ireland 39 six phillip grant thank you for all you do to strengthen the economic of people ties between our city and, of course, the country of ireland we join the united irish society in kicking off the city's st. patrick's day celebration it is the one hundred and 64 mini anniversary of our celebration what a wonderful, wonderful time thank you, again to liam frost the united irish society thank you for being here (clapping) and thank you for you and certainly thank you to kevin by reason ham the past president of the society for carrying on this legacy yes (clapping.) all right. and then we're also charlotte said w

lee kuan yew. lee transformed singapore into a major trade center. ale be laid to rest on sunday. >>> the special envoy to yemen warn that yemen is on the edge of civil war. activists say that sir are a captureed airmen after their helicopter crashed in northwestern syria. >>> serious long term damage to a tourism hot spot, it's the people who live there that are beam blamed. >> the final front tear in the philippines. home to hundreds of threatened species. tens of thousands of tourists from all over the world come here for its pristine beaches. but just a few minutes from one of the main attractions this is the scene. this man has ban fisherman all his life. this has been his family home. back then, they were among the first inhabitants but they may not be living here much longer. the government says that this part of the bay is unhygienic, and the government wants them to move. >> we worry about what will happen and where we will be moved to. our livelihood is here by the sea. >> more than 4,500 families now live in the coastal airs, most of them

i think the mayor should go first so sisters and brothers san franciscans the mayor ed lee. [speaking foreign language] >> what a presentation from our golden dragon and all of our wonderful young people. i want to have a special welcome to our valley christian and our students from beijing. yeah, they came all the way over here to celebrate this wonderful event and gosh this is all about family. it's all about extended family. i want to welcome everyone here to the year of the ram celebrations. this is a kickoff. we're kicking it off. we're cleaning our area. i want to thank julie christensen for being here and supervisor mar for being here and dpw and muhammad is here and our police department our fire department, all of the agencies working together with our community based agencies to celebrate. keep everyone safe and enjoyable. we're going to hear a lot of fire crackers and you heard norman already and he is warming up and a big parade and just the warm up today but we're excited with this community flower fair. i want to give a great thank you to our chinese chamber of

these are very important because when lee surrenders, the war is not over, it is just lee surrendering the army of northern virginia. as the confederate soldiers go home they are entering other war zones, places where there are active fighting. they need proof that they have surrender and have permission to go home to protect themselves from union troops and also confederate soldiers might pick them up as deserters soviet -- so

lee was well loved by the majority. he had his distracters but when it came to his death this nation is very much a unified one. >> also, lot of respect internationally. some big names there. >> indeed yes. over 30 countries are represented here. i think the big names are certainly from the u.s. the form he president bill clinton and former secretary of state henry kissinger, leader of parliament, former foreign secretary china's vice president lee yang chow, who attended nelson mandela's funeral in south africa. indian malaysia, philippines you'll note all the big names the prime minister of south korea, the prime minister of the philippines. the asean countries. singapore is an island nation, most of its economy depends on port services and many ships from those countries would have had those interactions with singapore as one relationship that the country had. singapore is celebrating its 50th anniversary of independence. it's a very sad way to head towards that anniversary date in august. >> thank you raman. deal be

and poster of all the work with the city is doing but particular stockton street our mayor, mayor ed lee please welcome him (clapping.) thank you. >> well, you you know if mohammed had recommended all the chinese i taught him he would have said josephson we say joe son in chinatown san francisco so i'm glad mohammed thank you. the department of public works for working with the chinatown merchants and working with the chinese-american association of explicit customers the chinese chamber of commerce and all the agencies from chinese development association to the nonprofits to the leader are here and a who have come together at 24 wonderful time of the year pieces and benny were driving up washington street gosh for this day all the graft is done you you know on the corner of washington hopeful that lasts more than one day this is a time when everyone in the chinese community begins to clean up their house and get rid of the old things to get new things the year of the ram means will steadyness and success and collaboration but will be solid direction i want to present that he kind of le

muhammad was going to be lord over and lee would be one of his soldiers.>> he was so enamored with john muhammad that he would have done anything. and what muhammad was asking him to do was kill other and over again. >> lee boyd malvo. >> yes, sir. >> two years after the shooting, lee boyd malvo was convicted on two counts of capital murder. he was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. three years later, he wrote from his cell, i'm still grappling with shame, guilt, remorse, and my own healing, if that will ever be possible. as for john allen muhammad, he too was convicted of capital murder. the sentence? death by lethal injection. his own motive for the killing spree remains a mystery. >> all we know about muhammad's approach to these shootings is largely what other people have theorized because muhammad never really explained why it happened. there are theories that he was randomly shooting people in that area so that perhaps he could kill his ex-wife and then swoop in as the grieving ex-husband and take the children away and dis

the other gentleman is george washington custis lee. as i mentioned last night when lee decided to withdraw his army from notably richmond and in between bermuda hunter, men would match -- march to the courthouse and receive rations. the supplies were not there. the goes ahead and decides to spend an extra day in the area and look for surplus food items. amelia was 30 miles from richmond, most of the surplus goods had already been sent on to the threats. when generally leaves amelia, he has lost his one day lead. he moves down the railroad heading towards north carolina. he has a goal of reaching gainesville. as he moves down the line, he comes across a roadblock at a train station. union infantry has swung around on a faster route around the amelia courthouse. they cut across to the railroad. generally decides not to do battle but to begin three night marches in a row. starting from amelia until appomattox, they will march day and night until they get to appomattox. not fighting at cheaters fill they come to a resort called amelia spri

lee has done his duty, and more. it remains our duty to continue his life's work to carry the torch forward, and keep the flame burning bright. >> reporter: singapore had few resources when it was expelled from malaysia and became independent in 1965. even its water was imported. lee launched a program of nation building. he introduced tax breaks to attract investment from japan and the west. and he set about raising educational standards to ensure a well-trained workforce. he attracted foreign investments, and turned singapore into an industrial nation. japanese companies in the 1980s helped build one of asia's largest petro chemical complexes in the island nation. but lee's critics said his policies were too authoritarian. lee believed that some restrictions on human rights and freedom of speech were necessary to maintain stability. that made him a target for criticism. but he never abandoned his belief that western style democracy would not work in asia. lee hsien loong, 63 is the country's third prime minister. t

of job creation like the opening up pathways in the tech industry so welcome mayor ed lee (clapping) john thank you for that introduction and i'm glad to be here and this is great to see this is the third cohort of our folks coming through tech sf he want to go through the boat came but jonas passionate as i am i've not had to work that hard as you sit here now deck and it is a lot of passion for the building of strong neighborhoods thank you to the leadership give my best to the entire staff there because as strons as passionate in the job training for the 21st century jobs we need partners that are more experienced as you that kind of citizens of volunteerism is takes the hours and weekends and the attitude to folks that are in the community looking to see if they can gain skill sets with the new jobs and what they're doing in the clooks with tech sf starbucks a good training for people to see i have the confidence i don't have to be at the best engineering schools to get a job and we've often said the tonnage industry establishments 4 or 5 jobs in their applications or establishin

. >> thanks mayor ed lee. >> no way. >> that's correct mayor lee and everyone welcome to city hall it is once a year we see a sea of green and isn't charlotte the best dressed woman in san francisco (clapping) proud to be here today with mayor ed lee with all of you to kickoff what is high season for the irish community not only here in san francisco but around the world as our consul general told me his duty to kick in a early february and don't end until april it kicks off today with a flag raising and celebrate our irish red light come a time f in san francisco thank you. i see fathers brendon on and elected officials thank to my family mom and dad and wife and two-year-old son saying hi daddy all the time there you go thank you all for being here and thank you for being such a proud part of our irish community. >> community roaded in the history of san francisco that has been here since the mid 17th century as mr. sxhurlts mentioned our first mayor and irish mayors coming together with on the other hand farrell i'm a little bit bias but people that make san francisco what it is i

will start to come. >> ladies and gentlemen, mayor ed lee. >> (clapping.) okay. >> wow. charlotte and willie or on the they wonderful yeah. (clapping) tale of two cities and donna thank you very much so for your support we're doing this and thank you to the california historical 10esh9 and they've been wonderful we've had a great exhibit and still on the rest of the year the pal list of fine arts how's everybody are you ready for new lights well, gosh what a wonderful time in the city wildfire been taxing about the bay 4r89s and how wonderful to brought a refreshing look at the city and people from other than the world are coming to see the bay lights i'm glad that money was rates and tale of two cities thanks to you and the people the private sectors joined the public sector and really willie lewis brown and together gosh so see those numbers 1915 on the feedback ferry building is exciting my thoughts what were the innovators of that time one hundred years ago thinking about how were they moving themselves of themselves and ultimately talking to each other

it was kept 80 custer family and later given to the smithsonian did lee's -- lee's marble top table was obtained for $40 in greenbacks. this was the first time we had a federal currency it could be used anywhere. it is in the chicago historical society now. grant 's solo back chair -- swivel back chair is in the smithsonian institution. please came back chair was obtained by whitaker. that is in the smithsonian. that candlesticks that were on the table, the marble top table were obtained by brigadier general shargh. they are actually in an exhibit. the silent witness i think, is one of the more interesting pieces in the room. it was a ragdoll owned by an eight-year-old girl. it was left in the parlor. when the fed also came in the parlor they started passing among themselves. you can see it today in the parlor c exhibition, called the silent witness. the vase on the mantle remained in the mclean family. they were later given to the park. you can see them. the cell phone was kept in the mclean family. the original is in the park collection in the mclean parlor. the bookcase in the room,

good morning mayor ed lee and commissioner christensen and director mohammed and department and ladies and gentlemen on behalf of the merchant doing business on stockton street i want to thank the mayor ed lee for supporting this special event 14 device before the chinese new year allowing the merchant to use the parking area to display their merchandise this program bring more chinese live in the bay area to come to chinatown to prepare and welcome the chinese new year the last 20-year former commissioner benny yee and i have been working with the last mayor to promote china to this event with no leukemia until this mayor who understands the chinese concerns and want to have the small business in chinatown the first two year was a pilot program but today is a are permanent program in chinatown thank you, mayor ed lee thank you (clapping.) because of the chinatown subway construction that was on stockton on the corner of jackson and washington was the repair i'm pleased to report to you all the slits have been repaired last week and thank you, mayor ed lee and director (clapping.) on b