he ignored the fairly obvious fact that winter weather still gripped the ozark plateau. march, 1862, was not at all like march 2012. okay. finally -- vandorn was tired, and really -- seiriously unwell. he hadn't recovered yet from whatever disease, bronchitis, perhaps, that was, that was -- that was wearing him down. had he spent a few days preparing himself and his men for the ordeal had. who knows how things might have turned out. but they probably would have turned out differently. the confederate counter offensive that was intended to liberate missouri and turn the tide of the civil war in the trans-mississippi began on march 4th. the 16,000 men of the army ofpr private military force ever assembled west of the great river. vandorn had a 3 to 2 advantage in manpower, and a 4 to 3 advantage in artillery fire power. no confederate army in the civil war ever marched off to battle with greater numerical appear your tappear -- superiority. if ever there was -- itch evf e there was an open/shut case for confederate victory this was it. i bet you knew the very next word out

. >> it's a year round thing in ozark. turkey is year round. >> reporter: and turkey pays the bills. from the butterball plant, which employs 400, to the area's 76 farmers. >> reporter: here they all come. >> reporter: the state produces a third of the nation's country. >> people all over the country, you know, is going to eat these turkeys. i've got to take good care of them. >> reporter: michael walker could feed a city the size of chattanooga, tennessee, all by himself. he produces 150,000 a year. >> reporter: in this farm alone there are more than 11,000 turkeys. mike has three others like it. these hens are about six weeks old. that's halfway through the growing process. >> that is thanksgiving dinner for a family in america. >> reporter: so close to thanksgiving there's no down time at the plant. >> it's 34 days straight, about 48,000 birds a day. >> reporter: only fresh turkeys come off the line now. >> by day 26 or 27 everybody's pretty tired and dragging. >> reporter: norma yates has worked in the turkey industry

this is the ozarks treasures thrift store. you can see it is a fully involved fire. firefighters are attacking it. look at that. see that? >> that was big old flame. >> that was the wall, the back wall, collapsing. but there is also video from the west plains fire department from a helmet cam. >> you can see what they're doing here is they're taking orders to move the hoses away from the building because i think they're afraid that other walls are going to collapse and then be on top of their hoses, probably damage their hoses. >> but look at them. this is before the wall collapse, this is them going inside trying to figure out what's going on. >> more an more of these helmet cams they're putting on firefighters, it is just giving us all a greater appreciation for what these guys do. we get to see what it looks like to walk into a building on fire. >> hey! >> hey! back up! >>> ramen noodles have long been a stand-by of the college student. but they also have pretty long shelf life. you ever wonder what does that mean when it goes into your stomach then? if it can sit

the campaign would take place atop the ozark plateau in the middle of winter. the absence of railroads and rivers meant the federals would have to advance on crude frontier roads. the operative word is crude. under such circumstances the science of logistics assumed critical importance. every step forward would take the fed ralz farther and farther away from their base of supplies in ralleigh:mathematics of the process was inescapable. at some point the union army would reach the end of its logistical tether and it would simply grind to a halt. it could go no further. now precisely when and where that would happen could not be predicted. curtis prepared as best he could. fortunately for the union cause, curtis, like hallek was a first rate administrator. he stripped his army of all nonessential gear, officers, for example, were allowed to take two and only two pairs of socks. on the campaign. he made numerous other adjustments in how much wagons could carry, how much horses would be burdened with and so on and so forth the to top things off. he beat the bushes,

college of the ozarks is located in point lookout, missouri. this is about 1 hour 15 minutes. >> good afternoon, folks. quick question? [ inaudible ]. >> all right. where did i stop last time? we dropped two atomic bombs on japan, correct? august 6th, august 9th. okay. what we're going to do today is talk about the post-war world. roughly defined 1945 to 1960. we're going to try to get through the '50s today if we can. focus today is primarily on what's known as the cold war. sort of an odd term. cold war. but chronologically we're talking about roughly 1945 up through about 1989 or so. when were you guys born? you have no concept of the cold war. but this is a term that's applied, the post-world war ii period, that talks about the conflict between the united states and the soviet union. we're going to emerge from world war ii as the two great global super-powers. this is a struggle between the u.s. and ussr for global extreme si. it is a cold war, simply because we, the united states, do not come into direct military conflict with the soviet u

. ♪ >> reporter: mountain view, arkansas, a town deep in ozark country.lk melodies fill the air. for more than a century, the pickin park in the center of town has been where folks comp to celebrate this traditional music. everyone is encouraged to strum and pick. especially the kids. ♪ >> there's some real beauty in the stories and songs and the music. ♪ >> reporter: but many old-timers worry their musical legacy would be lost. >> there was a lot more influence of other types of music and everything. and so we had concerns about our music. was it dying? >> reporter: 13 years ago, danny thomas was the school superintendent when he came up with a way to keep the old-time music alive. ♪ >> reporter: he called his program "music roots." beginning in the fourth grade, all students receive free instruments and free lessons from mountain view's best musicians. ♪ >> whew-hoo! >> reporter: like shea and scott poole, who own the local music store. what do you have the most fun teaching? >> the ensemble class. >> i better hear shouting and singing and ruckus. >> wh

the real storm center out of the owe zarks -- ozarks and tennessee 10 -- and tennessee. the moisture does come in. increasing clouds, rain showers. east to northeast wind. 45 to 50 the high temperature this afternoon. southwest winds 5 noths on the open waters of the bay. i mentioned rain showers to start with. as temperatures fall this evening, some of you, especially the higher elevations in parts of carroll county, northern baltimore county, could see snow mixed in with it. our insta-weather futurecast shows by 3:00 this afternoon we start getting a chance for spotty rain shower activity. notice off to our northwest the snow mixing in with it. as we get into the evening hours, the rain-snow mix gets down to the pennsylvania line. never completely comes into the city. it just toys with us off to the northwest a little bit. there could be minor accumulations. the ground is fairly warm on the pavement. it would be hard for this to stick of any substance, except out in far western maryland where temperatures have been colder. by sunday morning, everything pulls out of the

they've had the whole saints defense on top of them. >> narrator: the final score: shiloh 47, ozark 14. >> obviously, physically, they're talented. >> ( shouts ) >> but that's a level of football that i think we can obtain. we've got to, obviously, get some guys that are physically gifted a little bit like they are. but i think our guys have the grit and the to play at that level. all right, our goal... our goal now is to host a playoff game. >> yes, sir. >> okay, that's our goal. let's... let's all... let's all jump on board, all right. pull, push, whatever you... >> the intensity and competitiveness of high school football culture will be very difficult to change. the stakes have been ratcheted up for everybody, and they were already really high. >> one, two, three! >> as far as the game goes, i think it's a good thing. as far as the health of the players, it means we have to be more responsible in making sure they have somebody watching who knows what to do if something goes wrong. >> fox 16's karoline whiteman is live at children's hospital and, karoline, what are doctors saying ab

one is developing in the south from louisiana up into the ozarks in missouri and arkansas and a front coming out of canada moving into montana and the dakotas today and once this high is out of the way, say, monday, these two things kind of converge and move in. so the rain chances will go up. the last front went through dry. this next one won't be dry. a bit on the breezy side, northwest winds 10 to 20 miles an hour. the insta-weather plus forecast shows the dry conditions through sunday but by monday, rain chances increase, different models bringing the rain in at different times on monday, some early, some late, but nonetheless, rain chances increase early next week so the seven-day forecast calls for a great weekend, highs in the 70's and dry. rain chances monday and tuesday, still in the 70's for highs and 70's continue all week long next week with dry weather once we get past the rain on tuesday and a lot of sun tomorrow afternoon for the football game in philadelphia. temperatures in the 70's. >> in this morning's woman's doctor, it's an embarrassing problem that can happen to

it will move towards little rock and up here through ozark. we'll watch out for your flash flooding today. that big plume of moisture going to the north. if you're not in the rain you're in the warmth. enjoy it on the east coast. here's the weather outside your window. areas like north carolina today maybe an isolated pop up shower or storm but the incredible warmth continues. many areas and the carolinas will be in the 80s today. areas of southern new england will be in the 70s. well certainly happy it's finally spring. that winter was brutal. >> i know wasn't it tough? >> make you feel better. >> haven't even put my sweaters away. >> i feel oily from the sunscreen i had on yesterday. >> how long will we go with this. coming up apple keeps shining. oil keeps climbing, and a new number two in burgers. your early morning business lines are straight ahead. plus we'll tell you about ashton kutchner's new out of this world plan. >> coming up bad news for the north carolina tar heels the devils and rangers duke it out. and peyton manning trades in

later this afternoon as the cold front heads into the warm air across arkansas, the ozarks all the way back to st. louis, right down the mississippi river through memphis, we'll have a chance of a few torn nad does. won't be widespread but there will be serious storms to watch in the area late this afternoon. keep an eye on that with you and your family late today. that's a look at your national forecast. now here's a look at the weather outside your window. there's the chances of thunderstorms. indianapolis, that will be very late in the day as that squall line moves your way. areas like milwaukee, the storm will linger near you. colder temperatures in the days ahead also. all of that storminess in the middle of the country. slow moving east coast. able to get it friday. >>> bill, thanks so much. >>> coming up, 14-year-old making your iphone? a new england earthquake. and an nfl coach fired. headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus the government raids the company suspected in the deadly meningitis outbreak. you're watching "early today." >>> making news right now, federal agents raided

you can see it's all spreading through the ozarks.ansas city is going to have a light coating of snow, springfield joplin, all the way up to st. louis. it's not a big snow event. our computers are saying one 1 to 3 inches. everywhere in the state of missouri and through oklahoma, these little white spots is where we could see maybe 3 or 4. that's about it. this will head to chicago later tonight with about 1 to 2 inches of snow. yesterday was brutally cold, anywhere from the great lakes to northern new england. today it's a slow warm-up after a chilly start. 35 in boston, 45 in d.c. the southeast even begins to recover. and there's your icy, messy stuff in the middle. we're pretty quiet in the intermountain west. that's a look at your forecast. now here's a look at the weather outside your window. chances of light snow in places like indianapolis. that will be lighter toward evening afrmt yas such as milwaukee, snow showers. denver, colorado, not bad. 35. and this was a winter blast, but that's it. it looks like it's heading out. vale

one area that could see rain is at the ozarks. minor problems. again, quiet even tomorrow. enjoy it. >> all quiet on the western front. bill, thank you. >>> coming up, a possible development in the search for a missing 10-year-old colorado girl, the best places to live for working moms, plus the low down on taylor swift's wedding crasher incident. so what really happened at the kennedy affair? you're watching "early today." >>> i'm lynn berry. breaking news overnight. a body has been found near denver during the search for a 10-year-old girl missing since friday. however, right now police say they are unable to connect the discovery to missing jessica ridgeway who lived seven miles away. we, of course, will keep you updated. >>> people across pakistan stood up to the taliban taking to the streets to attempt the condemned murder of a 14-year-old girl shot in the head after blogging about girls' rights. she is reported to be out of immediate danger but doctors are considering moving her to a hospital bed in islamabad. >>> the massachusetts pharmacy considered to be the source

. >> reporter: in the lake of the ozarks, a 13-year-old and her brother were election tre cuted while swimming near a prist dock. >> i don't want to go swimming at the lake of the hoe disarks. i'm scared. >> reporter: in both cases investigators aren't sure what energized the lake. it's a mystery why the boat capsized in oyster bay. >> it could be overcrowding, a mechanical situation, a wake created by another boat or a weather condition last evening that suddenly erupted. >> reporter: there was another tragedy, this time in iowa where three children drowned in the river while celebrating the 4th of july with their family. >>> 11 people, including five children were seriously hurt in a fireworks explosion. neighbors hosted it every year but something went wrong. the blast happened on the back point a neighbor believes a firework was set off and set off the others. police removed 90 boxes of fireworks from the home. three of the kids have severe burns tonight. >> any chance george zimmerman is going to bolt is going to happen now, after a judge set his bail at a million dollars and too

this is lake ozark, missouri. seven people were cruising around in a fountain speedboat when they came across an extra large wake. driver does his best to navigate it. >> wow! >> a whole group of people gets completely slams from side to side. you see the driver especially get flung to the deck of the boat. >> did anybody fall off? >> nobody fell off. five of the seven people were taken to the hospital for minor to moderate injuries. >> this was all from a wake created by another boat on the lake? >> just the way he hit the wake the angle or speed he did. it's incredible to see these people get toss around so quickly. >>f you see to the left of the driver, looks calm and peaceful. then it wasike bodythe driver j. >> they are like rag dolls. >> that girl in the purple bikini really gets the brunt of it. she hits her head on the side of the boat and her glasses go flying. >> i wonder if falling out of the boat would have been better. >>> at number nine on our countdown, a close encounter with a big, bad bull. >> whe

it happened on the lake of the ozarks in missouri.everybody on the boat was knocked off their feet. five people had to be taken to a nearby hospital and several had broken bones. >>> a massachusetts man is being hailed as a hero after saving an elderly man who drove into a pool. tom sheflo drove into the pool -- he actually dove into the pool and he pulled out an 85- year-old driver. the driver was in the chevy impala. this happened yesterday afternoon in malden, massachusetts. investigators are looking into the cause of this crash. the driver was taken to a nearby hospital but he's expected to be okay. >>> marcus is johnson is lead -- marcus johnson is leading the concert in the circle. we'll speak to this local legend when we come back. Ñ >>> we have an idea for you for a fun filled family weekend. saturday is the silver spring jazz festival. it occurs from 4:30 to 10:00 in the heart of downtown silver spring at veterans plaza. there will be something for everyone to enjoy. guess what? right now we can give you a taste of what you

stretching from england to ozark, missouri.r now because of fast eddie maher's daughter-in-law. she's currently at a safe house but we managed to arrange an interview on camera and she has quite a story. >> he would talk about it as if it was so cool that he had been here illegally. his dad is a famous bank robber as if it was something really cool to brag about. >> the mystery was nearly as old as the woman who ended it. 25-year-old jessica king. >> when i saw the picture of fast eddie maher 20 years, i knew it was him. if you ever see the man's eyes, it's him. >> fast eddie maher, the driver of an armored car on the east coast of england in january 1993. a million and a half dollars went missing and so did maher. >> 30 officers are now involved girlfriend, debra brett and their three-year-old son. >> the police have launched an international search for him. it's thought he may have gonna broad. >> this was at the wedding. >> until 19 years later when a newly married jessica king says she heard a seemingly unbelievable story f

this is on lake of the ozarks in missouri. this video was shot by lake tv. this is a fountain power boat. it hits the wake of another passing boat, and this is what happens. this video has been everywhere. it's blowing up the web. we were the first ones to bring it to you. we have new video in hd. in this hd video is never before seen footage of what happened after this incident. and we have the story behind it. "right this minute" from missouri. we have the co-owner of lake tv to tell us exactly what was going on. tell us the story behind this video. >> well, the guys in the boat were trying to get to one of the restaurants. hey we goi miles an hour. the basically hit a rogue we have a. just spun out. >> what happened after the video stopped? >> the full version will show there is a guy in the back, he was down, probably knocked out for a minute. he comes to. the driver at one point stands up. he moans. the females, surprisingly, as much as they took, the older lady is actually a mother and a daughter. the mother takes a face full of water from the side of

creating a potential for severe weather in the ozarks into tonight. well, with severe weather should be moving towards the west. areas like the central plains and the southern plains, will be, at risk of severe weather on your friday. severe thunderstorms, gusty winds. and hail are possible. now out west, things are looking more wintry. we have regot heavy rain possib. heavy snow is likely in the four corners region in colorado. in the next 24 hours. out west, showers along the western coast. and then mountain snow for the canadian rockies on your friday. temperatures are cooling down to 12 degrees in vancouver. slightly warming up to 10 degrees in winnipeg. 12 in chicago. but we'll be warming up to 22 degrees as we head into your saturday. all right. finally, let's go over to europe then. things are calming down across ice lan. however, looking quite stormy across the uk and western continent. wet, windy weather. moving towards germany and over the next 24 hours. thunderstorms in italy should be moving toward the western balkan peninsula. then light

worth, the ozarks, missouri. warm enough primarily for rain. the white is starting to show up as snow. if you're traveling in kansas this morning, that will probably be the worst of it. as far as snow accumulations go, we're talking not a big blockbuster event. one to three inches in wichita, southern indiana, southern illinois. again, a coating of snow during the day today. tonight through the new year's. and temperatures are very cold this morning, too. especially up here, negative numbers in north dakota and minnesota. a little nippy in new england, too. that's a look at your national forecast. now here's a look at weather outside your window. as far as snow accumulations, again, kansas city to st. louis, only a couple inches. maybe two at most. now, temperatures are above freezing. so we may even get the roads just wet as we go throughout the daylight hours. watch out tonight, though. as we mentioned, after we get rid of this mini snow event today, just cold. plain cold the rest of this week much of the country. >> great. i'm looking ford t

thunderstorms will pop from the ozarks to southwest texas. showers and thunderstorms will develop from the lower missouri to mississippi valley. expect scattered thunderstorms in the northeast. >>> in sports, the spurs tie a playoff record against oklahoma city in the fourth tony parker hits from the top. evens out the score against thunder. he finished with 18 points. ginobili has the tie. popping in 26. 101-98 to win game one. >>> nationals sweep braves in the atlanta. in the third, home plate kerwin danley -- i shouldn't laugh -- goes down for the count. i feel you, bud. he was hit in the groin by a pitch that bounces off the field. he stays in the game, 19-year-old bryce harper blasts his second homer in two days to help the n.l. league leading nationals down the braves 7-2. >>> check out this no hands homer red sox frazer against colorado. totally meant to do that. loses his grip on the bat and the ball goes out of the park. one of nine home runs at great american ballpark, a new record for that stadium. reds win 7-5. >>> a dramatic end

in the ozarks, heavy rain is a fence lifter. in tennessee, a gully washer.arge sandwich in pennsylvania is a hoagie. in new york, a hero. in new england -- >> grinders. >> reporter: except for parts of boston where they call it a spucky. you can wash it down with a pretty girl's station. chat they call lemonade. or grab some water at the bubbler, a water fountain for the rest of us. it's a celebration and reminder of our rich, real diversity. a country where you can eat a plate of noodles, or hit a river to go noodling. that's bare-handed cat fishing. i tried it. we all might speak differently, but we all speak american. if don't agree, you should shut yourself in the rumple camper. john berman, abc news, new york. >> that's what's making news in america this morning. >> stay with us for "good morning america." enjoy your hoagie, your soda, and your dust bunnies. have great one. stay tuned for "good morning america." take care. closed captioning by closed captioning services,inc

college of the ozarks professor discusses the origins of the cold war. the college is located in point look out, missouri. >> good afternoon folks. quick question. >> all right where did i stop last time? >> we dropped two atomic bombs on japan correct? today we are going to talk about the post world war roughly defined 1945 to 1960. we are going to try to get through the 50s today if we can. the focus today is the cold war. that is sort of an odd term. but we are talking about roughly 1945 up through 1989. when were you born? 1992. you have no concept of the cold war. this is a term that is applied to talk about the conflict between the united states and soft yet union. we are going to emerge and this post world war is a struggle. it is a cold war because we the united states do not come into direct conflict with the soviet uni union. we are going to battle them for supremacy. but never directly. this is the most important foreign policy issue in the last half of the 20th century. it encompasses all kinds of topics that we will talk about over the next

the midwest and south will be mainly clear and dry with a few thunder showers in the ozarks and lowero valley. from arkansas to northern florida. the northeast will be mostly sunny. >>> in sports, the march to the final four in new orleans is under way. who says there's no politics in baseball -- or basketball i should say. president obama took david cameron to game one last night in dayton, ohio. mississippi valley state led by 16 with five minute left. but western kentucky put on a furious charge. it was tied at 54 with 1:15 to play. the hilltoppers finally took the lead on a three-point play with 34 seconds to go and held on for a 59-58 win. earlier the president talked march madness with cbs sports. >> everybody, including these two teams, are thinking maybe i'll be the cinderella story here. that's what makes it a great tournament. >>> in the other first round game in dayton, iona started out looking like a cinderalla team leading byu at the half. but led by noah hartsog who scored 16 of the 23 points in the second half. the cougars staged an amazing comeback. the final byu 78, i

storms bringing damaging winds and large hail is heading east from the mississippi valley to the ozarks. it will be extremely hot across much of the southern plains. a warm and humid air mass sits over much of the northeast and it will be mainly dry out in the west. >>> in sports this morning, the new york yankees up against the ropes in the orioles help put them there. baltimore bombed the yankees with six homers. baltimore knocks out new york, 10-6. in july the yankees were up ten games. now they're tied for first with the orioles in the american league east. bad blood in washington, a shouting match between cubs coach and base coach bo porter cleerts benches: he's ease jekted. benches clear all over again. three more players were ejected. this was war. >>> a marathon match in the u.s. open. they slug it out for an epic four hours and 31 minutes. 6-3, 6-7 -- the spaniard is looking for a sixth title of the year and novak djokovic had an easier time against juan martin del potro. he advances to the grand slam semifinal. the nfl is mourning the loss of ravens owner art mow dell. he help

this is lake ozark. a group of seven people were cruising along in a fountain speed boat when they came across an extra large wake. the driver does his best to navigate it, but -- >> whoa! no! >> wow! >> the whole group of people just get completely slammed from side to side as they go over this large wake. you see the driver, especially, just get flung to the deck of the boat. >> did anybody fall off? >> nobody fell off. five of the seven people were taken to the hospital for minor to moderate injuries. >> and this was all from a giant wake created by another boat on this lake? >> yep, just the way he hit the wake at the speed he did or the angle he did. i'm not sure. you can't see the other point of view. >> right. >> it's incredible to see these people get tossed around so quickly. >> what's so interesting is that if you see to the left of the driver, it looks like calm and peaceful, and then it was like body-slam! the driver just went boom! >> like a ragdoll. >> that girl in the purple bikini really

on a map, the town is called z oza ozark, but by it's most famous export, it's called turkey town, usa>> turkey is year round. >> reporter: and turkey pays the bills. from the butter ball plant which employs 400, to the area's 76 farmers, who supply a third of the nation's turkeys. >> people all over the country are going to eat these turkeys so i got to take good part of them. >> reporter: in this barn alone, there are more than 11,000 turkeys and mike has three others just like it. these guys are about six weeks old. that's halfway through the growing process. >> this is thanksgiving dinner for every family in america. >> reporter: there's no down time at the plant. only fresh turkeys come off the line now. >> 26 or 27, everybody's pretty tired and dragging. >> reporter: wilma has worked in the turkey industry almost four years. >> i work there had about eight years. >> reporter: in fact it's hard to find anyone here who doesn't have a connection to it. >> my mom works at butter ball. >> reporter: in a tough economy, a product most americans buy at least once a year keeps the paychec

rain and snow showers will fall in the ozarks and the ohio valley. the southern plains will spread to the southeast. rain and mountain snow continue in the northwest and the northeast will be mostly clear. >>> in sports, the denver nuggets couldn't get it done for their home crowd. it was a big night, though, for golden state's stephon curry who scored with a pop fake and a jumper on the way to a season high. clay thompson stole the ball and slammed it home. the warriors went on to a 109-101 victory. >>> in boston, the celtics had some fun to start their game against the l.a. lakers. kevin garnet took the hoping tip and hiked it to rondo. then they got to business. including kobe bryant's one-handed alley oop jam in the third quarter. the game was tied at the end of regulation. in overtime, the lakers bynum tipped in a bryant miss for an 88-87 victory. >>> in college basketball, it was 21 ranked wisconsin at minnesota. the badgers evans got off o to a fast start with a big slam and taylor hit a three-pointer on his way to 27 for the night. the game w

thunderstorms with the strong gusty winds, also stronger storms to the north of you heading through the ozarks. a weird morning in areas of illinois. you're waking up this morning. it's cloudy, it's cool and it's light rain. we haven't had much of this this summer. temperatures will only be in the 70s for areas from chicago all the way down to indianapolis. you can see the shield of light rain heading for indianapolis. around chicago, i'd say maybe another two to three hours of light rain for your morning commute. st. louis, all the nrms have moved to your east. it looks like we're going to start pretty dry in much of the eastern seaboard and the southeast. no problems as you head out. leave your umbrella at home. nice weather pattern for areas of new england and the mid atlantic. we still have the humidity today. it broke yesterday and temperatures this morning are in the low 70s, even in the 50s in the northern plains. as you go out today, the cool air is in the great lakes. mara, it looks like we're starting our monday off with a quiet, tranquil weather pattern. i guess we'll take it. >> th