a good blacksmith has a real good pair of tongs. this lever is operating a pair of bellows in the back of the forge, and you can see the gray leather bag going up and down, that is filling up with a air and the air comes out of the top of the forge into the fire pits. then the forge is also -- you will notice it says "forge l." it would be attached to an artillery battery, battery l. here are drawers for storage. drawer number three has all of our metal. different sizes, different shapes. drawer number one has all of our tools andin it, and our gloves, our files, our chisels. and then drawer number two would really have our tongs in it. i do have some modern day things here. first aid kit, etc. that would be where we would store our tongs, some of the tools to put an back of the anvil to shape the metal. on the back of the forge is this box, and this would ride up here . in here, we have about 250 pounds of coal. we are very self-sufficient. all in all this weighs about 2000 pounds and it would be pulled by -- and 6 mules. i will go

john baronich: blacksmiths would do a lot of their work at night. basically so we could see the color of the metal. the sun is starting to come up so i half to be careful. i could burn up my piece of metal. there we go. a nice orange color. behind you. now, rounding my corners on here and bringing this metal to a point, and then in a minute, i will show you how to bend the point over, and what i'm working on is what i call the pigtail. you can see you would round this off so if you were to hang your hat or coat, it would not rip. it also is kind of decorative. kind of looks pretty with that pigtail in the back, and gives you a place to put your things when you are eating, too. these are some of the items we would make. now i have this to a point. i will heat it back up and roll it. it's always good to have a good apprentice. keep pumping. >> tell us about your wagon. how did you determine the size? and design? john baronich: i was a metal and wood shop teacher for number of years, and being a reenactor, we needed a forge for our artillery group. i w

when we stopped by, the blacksmith was just starting a fire.

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amanzi was once a blacksmith.but for the time being, they have left their previous jobs, their previous lives and now volunteer to run toward when everyone else is running from. [ speaking foreign language] we're traveling along a border between turkey and syria. they've just gotten a call and we wanted to see exactly what they do. this is all part of an intense training to become even better and even faster. there is concern that there may be another bomb or attack coming so they've asked for all the tliethslights to be turned off so they aren't targets. the white hats tell us this video is of a barrel bomb being herded by the syrian government. as you can see, they can be wildly inaccurate. as you hear they're incredibly vicious. >> a barrel bomb dropping on your house is like a 7.6 magnitude earthquake several times a day. >> they are filled with wire nails, anything else that can brutefully maim brutally maim and kill. now they're worried about another new enemy. chlorine gas. they were able to save this child

he hopes to find work in italy as a blacksmith. the number of migrants expected arrive in italy will probably increase every month until late autumn. as the numbers go up, it is expected that among ordinary italians, the milk of human kindness could go sour. from behind the fence, residents watch as the latest migrants disembark. some political parties in italy are calling for a crackdown on immigration. a teacher isn't opposed to immigration, but acknowledges it is a sensitive issue. >> translator: at this moment of crisis in italy. it is a way to get support from part of population against immigration. for now, the milk of human kindness is plain to see. ben wedeman, cnn, italy. >> now, errol, when you go back to before, when the eu ministers are looking at the possibility of military action against the ships that bring the migrants to europe, what's important is to realize at the moment increasingly the smugglers are not using ships at all. they're using rubber dinghies with the weakest possible motors, they essentially assign j

yes, i may be a blacksmith and you a seamstress but then what? oh, all right. we're playing this game. and the next day as we hear more and more and more i'm tired of waiting for freedom. why can't we take it? all right. you go. we'll stay here. so you're asking me to leave everything that i know and everything that i hold dear because i don't want to wait. these are some of the decisions that enslaved african-americans faced. let's face it. freedom is great. it is what you want. but at what cost? do you leave behind your family? do you leave behind your friends? do you leave behind everything that you know? or do you wait for emancipation which is also fantastic? the only thing about emancipation is you have to understand, when these millions of african-americans were freed they were freed but they had no home, no clothing, no food no shelter, no job. it was just you are free, but i'm free to do what? so do i go into the unknown with legal freedom or do i take my freedom, take my skills and make life happen for myself? it's hard to fully understand in modern i

he hopes to find work in italy as a blacksmith. the number of migrants expected arrive in italy will probably increase every month until late autumn. as the numbers go up, it is expected that among ordinary italians, the milk of human kindness could go sour. from behind the fence, residents watch as the latest migrants disembark. some political parties in italy are calling for a crackdown on immigration. a teacher isn't opposed to immigration, but acknowledges it is a sensitive issue. >> translator: at this moment of christmas crisis in italy. it is a way to get support from part of population against immigration. for now, the milk of human kindness is plain to see. ben wiederman, cnn, italy. >> nearly two dozen cuban migrants are now in custody after they were rescued off the mexican coast in two separate incidents. mexico's navy took in two raflts sunday. one with ten migrants on board and another with 13 migrants. authorities are coordinating their return to cuba. >>> thousand of macedonians want their prime minister out of offi

zu was once a blacksmith and birmingham abraham was a barber.s one is supposed to get married next week but for the time being, they have left their previous jobs and their previous lives and now volunteer to run toward, when everyone else is running from. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> reporter: we are traveling along the border between turkey and syria and we are with the white helmets. they have just gotten a call and we wanted to see exactly what they do. this is all part of an intense training to become even better, even faster. all of a sudden, this area filled with smoke. there is concern there may be another bomb or another attack coming on so they have asked for all of the lights to be turned off. they don't want to be a target themselves but you can see just how challenging that makes their job. the concern is that. the white helmets tell us this video is of a barrel bomb being hurdled from a chopper by the syrian government. as you see, they could be wildly inaccurate. as you hear, they are incredibly vicious. >> a barrel bomb dr

this man was once a blacksmith. this man a detective.or the time being they've left their previous jobs their previous lives and now volunteer to run toward when everyone else is running from. we're traveling along the border between turkey and syria with the white helmets. they just got a call and we want to see what they do. this is part of intense training to become even better even faster. all of a sudden this area filled with smoke. there's concern that there may be another bomb or attack coming so they asked for all lights to be turned off. they don't want to be a target themselves. you can see how challenging that makes their job. the concern is that. the white helmets tell us this video is of a barrel bomb being hurdled from a chopper by the syrian government. as you see, they can be wildly inaccurate as you hear they are incredibly vicious. >> a barrel bomb dropping on your house is like a 7.6 magnitude earthquake 50 times a day. >> these bombs are so malignant, full of explosives rebar, wire nails, anything else that can brutal

. >> we have a full railing on this end with the door which was handmade by a blacksmith, which was really interesting to see. on the other end, we do not have the full set railing because that is the end they used to roll the coffin in out of the doorway. david: the trucks are brought up to modern specifications. they are all steel frame. back in the day, they would have been woodframe. they would have had a dual frame gauge that would have derailed every time they went through a switch. that was not a good id after the war, they built everything to standard gauge which was mr. lincoln's idea. he signed a rule that the railroads would be standard gauge. he wanted to tie the east and west together. he wanted to tie california to the union. he signed the transcontinental railroad act also, so he did a lot of things for this country that people do not realize. >> the real significance is we really just want to re-create history. it is a once-in-a-lifetime project. we want to educate people, especially the youngest generation on how people traveled back then. lincoln was a magnificent man. he

. >> we have a full railing on this end with the door which was handmade by a blacksmith, which was really interesting to see. on the other end, we do not have the full set railing because that is the end they used to roll the coffin in out of the doorway. david: the trucks are brought up to modern specifications. they are all steel frame. back in the day, they would have been woodframe. they would have had a dual frame gauge that would have derailed every time they went through a switch. that was not a good idea and they fell out of favor quickly. after the war, they built everything to standard gauge which was mr. lincoln's idea. he signed a rule that the railroads would be standard gauge. he wanted to tie the east and west together. he wanted to tie california to the union. he signed the transcontinental railroad act also, so he did a lot of things for this country that people do not realize. >> the real significance is we really just want to re-create history. it is a once-in-a-lifetime project. we want to educate people, especially the youngest generation on how people traveled back t

we have a full railing on this end, which was handmade by a blacksmith which was really interesting to see. on the other hand we don't have the full set railing, because that's what they used to roll the coffin in and out of that doorway. >> the trucks are all steel frames and back in the game they -- back in the day they would have been a wood frame truck. they would have a dual gauge wheel that would derail every time they went to a switch. it fell out of favor quickly. after the war they built everything with standard gauge. he wanted to tie the east and west together. he wanted to tie california to the union. he signed the transcontinental railroad act. he did a lot of things for this country a lot of people don't realize. them him -- >> it is a once-in-a-lifetime project. we want to educate people, especially the youngest generation. lincoln was a magnificent man. he had a great vision when he decided to sign the railroad act. we had a railroad tracks across the country and that's what made our country grow. that's what made america america. it is a 150th anniversary. it was linco

we have a full railing and this end with the door which was actually hand made by blacksmiths. which was really interesting to see. on the other end, we do not have the full set railing that's the end they used to roll the coffin in and out of that doorway. >> the trucks, they're brought up to modern specifications they're all steel frames. back in the day they would have been a wood frame truck, they would have a dual gauge wheel, which derailed every time they went through a switch. that was not a good idea and it fell out of favor quickly. besides that after the war, they built everything with standard gauge which was mr. lincoln's idea also. he signed a deal that american railroads would be standard gauge. he wanted to die the east and west together, he wanted to tie california to the union, and that was -- he signed the trans continental railroad act also. he did a lot of things for this country that people don't realize. >> the real significance is, we really want to re-create history. it's a once in a lifetime project. we want to educate people, especially the youngest g

we learned a bout a blacksmith forge. when we stopped by, the blacksmith was starting a fire. >> my name is john and i live in springville, new york. this is a replica of the traveling forges that the artillery and calvary would have with them. the basic purpose is to repair items that break, such as handles, chains, also the ferry years would use the forge to re-shoe horses. i like to tell people that the job back here is somewhere to a nascar pit crew. we were the nascar pit crews of the 1860's. working with us would be carpenters that would repair the sides of the wagons. the wheel repairs, people who would work on barrels, and also the harness makers and of course the blacksmith whose primary job was to repair items. as an educator, i think for the younger generation coming up this is the most important thing for them, getting involved in the community and getting involved in a hobby that you can learn. i've been doing this for over 10 years and every day i learn something new about the civil war. young people cannot

when we stopped by, the blacksmith was just starting a fire. fire. >> my name is john. i live in springville, new york. this is a replica of the traveling forges that the artillery and call vary would have with them. our basic purpose is to repair items that break. such as handles and chains. also the feriers would use the forge to reshoe the horses. i like to tell people that our jock back here is very similar to a nascar pit crew. we were the the nascar pit crews of the 1860s. working here with us would be carpenters that would repair the sides of the wagons. the wheels that would take care of all the cannon wheels and wagon wheels. the coopers, who are the people that would work on barrels, fixing and repairing barrels. we also have the leather workers and harness makers and then, of course, the blacksmith, whose primary job, as i said, is to repair items. being an educator i think for the younger generation coming up, it's the most important thing for them is to get involved with your community. get involved with some type of hobby that you can learn you know i've b