it was designed by the swedish engineer john erickson who designed this vessel with two guns. its contemporaries had as many as 40 guns or more, but it had two guns protected in a heavily armed turret that could rotate 360 degrees. for the first time in history it separated the navigation from the ship from the firing of the weapons, and this changed everything. and on march 9, 151 years ago tomorrow, the monitor met on the field of battle the css virginia and for four hours these two ships slugged it out, pretty much to a draw. but what changed that day was the course that naval warfare would take in every navy in the world. the north's entire strategy was based on the war between the states on victim will choke the south economically. it was an economic strategy to keep the south from bringing in supplies that were necessary for the war effort, and just as important to keep them from shipping cotton which was its primary revenue stream. by choking mobile bay, charleston, and preventing the south and getting the things in in and out, the belief was the south would eventually

erickson. welcome, all. republicans in a full-on i caught up with john kasich yesterday.here was this big "new york times" story, mitt romney apparently trying to convince kasich to get out. >> nobody's asked me to drop out. you know, it wouldn't matter to me anyway. i really don't want to get into private conversations with people, but that never happened in terms of mitt trying to tell me, you know, what i need to do with my career. that's not what it was about. and i've had a number of conversations with him and a lot of e-mail exchanges. and we just have to leave it there. at the end of the day, each of these candidates should be able to win their own home state. i'm going to win ohio. if i don't win ohio, ball game over. >> charlie, this is the issue. there isn't anybody to rally around. kasich's not ready to drop out. rubio won't drop out for cruz. cruz won't drop out for rubio. trump is these things. >> expectations don't matter. after tuesday, is donald trump on a trajectory to get the delegates, yes or no. and for all these other guys, you know, it's can they kee

erickson speeds in and scores. bruins go on to win as chara puts in a bulls eye. bruins face the red wings tomorrow afternoon. >> kentucky coach john calipari proving you can get ejected in less time than this takes to make a three minute egg. he is is tossed like a salad that needed to be restrained. two quick technicals over a noncall loses it. he did not speak to the media after the game which the wildcats won in a blowout over south carolina. >> bill murray still a highlight of the pebble beach pro-am. signs a man's bald head here but he now has a bald head with a forgery on it. justin timberlake playing. mark wahlberg the 30 footer for eagle. a lot better than "entourage" the movie. and as for the pros, phil mickelson a four time winner gets his weight on the right side and nails the chip-in. a two stroke lead through 54 holes. a lot happening in the worlds sports. i am done talking about it. reid: thanks. pam: thank you. reid: mark wahlberg a good shot there. pam: watching the thermometer there. mike: it is cold out there and tomorrow morning record lows. we get to 10 in the afterintoen. mostly rain on tuesday and high temper

we have myself, drew gench and casey erickson as members of the polk county central committee from this precinct. we also have cindy pederson, elizabeth krimmings, john lacy, erin and debra fish as delegates for the clinton campaign. we have -- casey e rickson, ja na rud -- >> carol does that sound right? do those names sound like your delegates? >> debra fish is on the platform committee. casey erickson is on the platform committee. jana rud is on the platform committee and lilian browning on the platform committee. alternate delegates, we have benjamin fee for clinton, carol baty for sanders, charlie brown for sanders, mary frymouth helt for clinton. julie flemming for clinton. chris tin anderson for clinton ann disher for clinton, ben hump fri for clinton, erin ding us for clinton, can i have a motion to ratify that slate? do i have a second? >> carol, if you have any alternates. >> all in favor say aye. >> aye! >> all opposed say nay. excellent. we have ratified the slate. are we now ready to adjourn? >> yes. >> thank you very much everybody for all your service and your help. i appreciate you for sticking around to the bitter end. thank you for

erickson. to care" the war on faith, family and your freedom to believe. welcome all. all right. republicans in a full-on panic. i caught up with john kasich yesterday. there was this big "new york times" story, mitt romney apparently trying to convince kasich to get out. here's how governor kasich responded to that news. >> nobody's asked me to drop out. it wouldn't matter to me anyway. i don't really want to get into private conversations with people, but that never happened in terms of mitt trying to tell me what i need to do with my career. that's not what it was about. and i've had a number of conversations with him and a lot of e-mail exchanges. you just have to leave it there. but at the end of the day each of these candidates should be able to win their own home state. i'm going to win ohio, but if i don't win ohio, you know, ball game over. >> charlie, this is the issue. there isn't anybody to rally around kasich's not ready to drop out, cruz won't drop out for rubio, rubio won't drop out for cruz and donald trump's going to walk away with this >> chuck, at this point it's a momentum -- i mean, none of that matters. expectations don't matter