up next booktv interviews rich bragg in birmingham, alabama. looking at the literary landscape of eight southeastern cities. he reports on the millworkers of the appellation should -- foothills of northern alabama. >> those people on the cover our workers from the dark age of the cotton mill in my home town. those are folks who survived the 20s 30s and 40s into the 50s in the breakup of summertime when the air was thick with flying cotton that filled their lungs with cotton fiber. they would hang out windows trying to get a breath of air. kids would ride by in cars and wagons and it would scare them to death. these were people that lost their fingers, hands and arms to the machines and were grateful that they had to work. they came down out of the mountains walking barefoot, came down with all their children in a line. and they hired men and women and babies because the children were valuable. their hands were small and they could reach into the gears and unclog them and and foul lines. >> host: what are we talking about? >> guest: 8, 9, 10. >>

redding, eureka, and fort bragg north. so we are still good.rnight tonight into early tomorrow morning the system gets its act together and drags across us. and falls apart. it will split. it will give us rain late tonight into tomorrow morning. could be a little system on friday. brushing the north bay. after that the weekend looks dry with temperatures starting to warm up a little bit. we will cool down as we get the increasing clouds. the lows are warmer. some of the fog is lifted out in the valley. rain still has a ways to go. it's inching closer. 40s and 50s on your temps. a lot of 40s here. livermore at 41. concord at 44. napa airport at 43. looking for increasing clouds today. highs in the 50s and 60s. rain is still back here. mostly cloudy. a little cooler. rain to the north. tonight into tomorrow it will be spreading south. this is not a big system. it will weaken considerably. we will get something out of it. today if you are heading off to grandma's house it will be good. cloudy with rain on thursday. maybe a few showers early. i thi

we have a lot of cloud cover. 2.5 inches around fort bragg. it's not even there yet.reasing clouds. our computer model forecast keeps most of the rain to the north tonight. finally by 4:00 today it starts to to move into the north. by 7:00 it's just moving into mendocino county. and overnight into tomorrow morning this rain will split. there will if rain tomorrow. every system that has come in has produced rain. i'm staying with it. it looks like rain tomorrow night. some of that will drive to southern california. some of it will be over us. this is not a big snow producer. higher elevations. this is a mild system. not really a cold system. friday could be passing showers. after tomorrow afternoon it looks like to me. a lot of cloud cover though. the fog is lifted. when you get the cloud cover that valley fog does not have a chance to form. maybe in the san joaquin valley. still a ways away. off the north coast. it's not even there yet. we have a ways to go. 30s and 40s. 41 livermore. 43 redwood city. santa rosa a very mild 49 for them. increasing clouds throughout th

jeffrey was also in the army, based at fort bragg like the major.e went by the name black stunt man. by now, the deputy d.a. was monitoring the investigation. >> online chat friends, chatting about the swinging life-style and that sort of thing. and david actually said you need to meet my wife joan and invited him to a swinging party. >> they all got together at a local hotel, just social that first time, no sex. >> there was a second swingers party that both the shannons and jeffrey attended, and at that party he i think as well as others did have sex with joan. but after this happened, joan and jeffrey started seeing one another. >> that was okay according to the rules they established. as long as it was just sex and nobody got romantically entangled. anyway, wilson was married with kids, and there was no indication his wife knew what he was up to on the side with joan. >> i was doing one on one, what they call when the other person is not there, but david always knew when i was with jeff, and the relationship with jeff started, it was a sexual on

. >> .net, booktv interviews rick bragg while touring birmingham, alabama as part of our cities tour of the king of the landscape of the southeastern cities. airports are not workers of the foothills foothills of north alabama. >> those people in the cover her workers from kind of the dark ages of the cottonelle in my hometown. those are folks who had survived the 20s, 30s, 40s and into the 50s when it is a brick oven and summertime, when the air was safe pick with fine cotton, that would fill their lungs with cotton favor. they would hang out the windows, trying to get a breath of air. kids would read by in cars and wagons and he is and it would scare them death. these were people that lost their thinkers, hands and arms to the machines and work for it. they had to work because they came down out of the mountains, walking barefoot, came down with other children and mine. and hired men and women in the bbs because the children were valuable. their hands were small and they could reach into the cares of the machine and unclog them. >> how long are you talking about? >> eight, nine, 10

bragg, north carolina, to take a look at all of this. it's not quite g.i. jane, but it's as close as it gets. elite special forces, training to assault compound. many are headed to afghanistan. these troops have a new weapon. for the first time, women are joining elite commando units, going on raids into compounds and even living in villages. their job? to do what the men cannot, deal directly with afghan women and children. for the first time ever on television, cnn was given access to their rigorous training. >> a bunch of strong, capable, awesome women, who can take any challenge that's thrown at us. >> captain annie kliman laughingly rejects compare sons to g.i. jane. >> we're not going to be shaving our heads any time soon. >> only half the women who apply are accept. >> these women are a cut above the rest of the army. >> even as they train here at ft. bragg, the women know there are skeptics. >> we'll definitely be prepared to pull our weight, be part of the team. >> it's training both brain and brawn. they move hundreds of pounds of weig weights, ru

it has been very tough for infrastructure to stay in place we were in fort bragg this year fishing salmon. we're getting fuel from a truck on the dock and having to drag the hose over to fill up our votes. infrastructure is important to bring in all these fleets. the ice machine, fuel, facilities, all that makes or breaks a port. there was short salmon everywhere up and down the coast. we have not seen anything like that in 10 years. we are expecting a very robust salmon season next year. we had the largest crab season in california history last year. we do not think it will be as big this year, but we think it will be a pretty good season. the herring quota was almost doubled from last year, 1,500 tons last year, 2400 this year. there is an opportunity here for this folly to start to get healthy again, and a lot more fish to come to the port of san francisco. i appreciate you giving us a hand to bring the cost of this ice down where we do not lose more than we have already lost. it gives us a chance to break even. we have got to have an ice machine in down. >> thank you. -- in town. dan

it has been very tough for infrastructure to stay in place we were in fort bragg this year fishing salmon. we're getting fuel from a truck on the dock and having to drag the hose over to fill up our votes. infrastructure is important to bring in all these fleets.

with the united states army several affairs and psychological operations command airborne in fort braggnorth carolina. i like to wish everyone in westminster, maryland a happy veterans' day. thank you for your service and everything you have done! >>> thank you! honor some of our active duty this veterans' day by donating to turkey for troops. call or just log on to wusa9.com. >>> tomorrow night the eight republicans vying for the presidential nomination will face off in yet another debate. and this time, it's in south carolina. and they'll be taking questions on what they do as commander in chief. voters in the state typically support national defense and more military spending, and now the candidates will have to sell them on their national security and foreign policies instead of issues around the struggling economy. >> so often in presidencies throughout our history the most important thing that happens is a threat from overseas. and so in this debate we're going to pour into that. >> and texas governor rick perry will also try to redeem himself after his stumble a few nights ago. w

bragg reports on the mill workers of the foothills of northern alabama. .. >> they would hang out the windows trying to get a breath of air. kids would ride by in cars and in wagons, and see it and it would scare them to death. these were people that lost their fingers, hands and arms to the machines, and we're grateful to have the work because they came down out of the mountains, walking barefoot, came down with all their children in a line. and the mill hired all of them. hired the men and women and the babies. because the children were viable. their hands were small and they could reach into the gears of the machines, unclog them. [inaudible] >> eight, nine, 10. >> can you tell me more about the town of jacksonville alabama? >> it's a great town. it's a beautiful town. i said once it's almost like someone painted it in hung it on the air. it nestles in the foothills of the appalachians, surrounded by beautiful mountains and not far from the river. issues one of the most beautiful places on earth. but the civil war wrecked the region, a lot of people there call it the rich man's war

been wearing a green beret unofficially and after the president visited their headquarters at fort bragg north carolina, in october 1961, it was authorized. kennedy later wrote: the green berets have fought over much of the world. and at least 1,000 green berets have given their lives in service to this country. you have heard of "save the whales." in a moment, we'll tell you what's being done to save the sharks. kscc1:. [ male announcer ] are you still shopping for a medicare plan? now is the time to take action. the medicare annual enrollment period ends wednesday, december 7th. call unitedhealthcare medicare solutions today. consider a medicare advantage plan. it combines your doctor and hospital coverage and may include prescription drug coverage for as low as a zero dollar monthly premium. you only have until december 7th to enroll. call unitedhealthcare today. but my nose is still runny. [ male announcer ] truth is, dayquil doesn't treat that. really? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus fights your worst cold symptoms, plus it relieves your runny nose. [ deep breath] awesome. [ ma

being permitted to any decent in any other part of the war and paul craig roberts who worked at ron bragg and said ministrations believe the purpose of the i am report is to pave the way for a long planned military strike against iran. we now have a court which doesn't really say anything there's no evidence and it is just some innuendo and washington will not spend this innuendo to try to prepare the ground as they did with the right. time for a military attack based on nothing in fact the report said there's no evidence of any diversion of any nearer to target that there's some sort of hype about them working on a trigger for a nuclear bomb but everyone knows the ranch and not. enrich uranium to the extent necessary to make a bomb baby even said they won't even enrich uranium to the stage to use for medical isotopes they're willing to have that done outside the country it's the americans who block that deal so so they've really done nothing iranians have done nothing. and the americans are continuing to try the washington course to create a pretext for a military attack on iran is part

"these women are a cut above as thee train here at ort bragg the women know there are &pskeptics.ems.it's politically elicctte women are nnt alllwed to serve in front line combat units. so these women --heavily armed-- will only go into compounds after they are secured by assauut teams. the women that are on raids they're nnt deliberately part of the direct actiin raid. they are there to help mitigate following the raid." its an effort to ease resentment afghans feel when troops raid their villages . for the women ii means offerinn help to villagers...but still, also searching afghan women for weap. weapons...its being acknowledged women can operate at this level" new recuits knowwthe danger ... thhre is no true front line.(bagpipe nats of funnral)just last month, team member 1st lt ashley white and two male soldiers were killed during what the army described as &p"combat operations" in afghanistanthe first death of a team member has made the program so sensitive no senior army special operations commander would talk to us on camera. the women did. sgt christine baldwin is just ba

steve just rushed down from fort bragg now trying to get his boat ready and crab pots ready. he's a little bit behind. they had been asking for $2.50 per pound for crab. buyers wanted to pay $2. some were offering $2.25. what we're told is that out of state fishermen from oregon and washington waitinging here with locals were united in the price negotiate yaigs decided enough was enough, breaking ranks and forcing local fishermen to go fishing, too, and to accept a compromise. $2.25. >> was it worth it? >> in the end. no. for both sides. we're both sides were kind of losers in the deal. we never got our price. and they lost thanksgiving crab. everybody suffered. >> do you think that is a fair price? >> i think whatever it took to get them moving. whatever people they were hurting is the consumer. >> well, about 150, maybe 185 boats were in the water and when can you expect crab? that is what everybody wants to know. and we lost it for thanksgiving, you'll have it in plenty of time sm. will be back here, tomorrow, lots of crab will be in stores on wednesday. live in san franci

it's not even to fort bragg or ukiah. 40s and 50s.have been going up to a south wind and also because that cloud cover is coming in. there are a few sunbrakes. let's go mostly cloudy. the front will split. that will take some of the energy away. i do expect rain to take us into thanksgiving morning. the wind picking u 50s and 60s. 50s to the north, mid 6 as to the south -- mid-60s to the south. rain moves in thursday. we kick it out late thursday/friday. a little system will clip the north bay. after that, it will be dry, mostly sunny and warmer but there will be some valerie fog. >>> former b.a.r.t. police officer, johannes mehserle, back in the public eye. we have this exclusive video from this moving as he headed back to court in a new legal battle. >>> the as hear from major league -- [ interrupted by anchor ] >>> we have a troubled intersection in east palo alto. >>> 8:2. welcome back. former b.a.r.t. police officer, johannes mehserle, is now inside a san francisco courtroom. ktvu news got this exclusive video of mehserle. that's

bragg and crescent skip. like it going to be drier storm system slowing as it approaches the coast. on the left side of the screen you see how much farther south it is digging than originally thought. that is slowing the forward progress good news if you are getting around here and the tahoe because we've delay onset of the rain and snow. right now juan degree cooler napa, everybody else the same. fairfield the fog just moved in visibility less than quarter of a mile watch out for that we are in the 40s and 50s mostly cloudy, 8:00 this morning. scattered showers possible all throughout the late morning into the afternoon hours in the north bay the rest of us have breezy conditions that will keep temperatures mild even with all the cloud cover upper 50s to low 60s at noon and again at 4:00. as we head towards 7:00 tonight rain moves into the north bay the rest of us will get it during the overnight hours and through tomorrow about noon. then it will clear and friday will be sunnier, brighter and slightly warme

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now we will produce pretty good rain say fort bragg north it isn't even there yet.peratures though they will be in the 50s and 60s today. this is not a big issue for the sierra. there is wind gusts to 30 at tahoe. they sitting at 48 degrees. 50 santa rosa. 39 fairfield with a quarter mile visibility of fog. so watch out if you are traveling five or out to the valley 99. our system again will inch closer toward us. it will be here late tonight into tomorrow morning. rain northward. we have a ways to go. increasing clouds. 60s for almost anybody. low to mid. i did go 59, 58 up toward san rafael, napa and santa rosa. too much cloud cover. rain moves in tomorrow. it's gone by thursday night. friday should be clearing out and weekend dry, warmer. fog will be an issue. >>> at & t faces new hurdles as it tries to buy t-mobile. the chairman is recommending the $39 billion deal be sent to a judge. he says the deal could lead to higher prices and less competition. the hearing would take place after an antitrust challenge is resolved early next year. >>> consumers barely incre

fredericksburg, you've got a crash on route 3 eastbound at bragg road.olice are on the scene. 66 travelers, slow enough through manassas, centreville getting from fair oaks toward vienna. inside the beltway, little more volume heading into falls church. all lanes open for those folks just sliding under the hov rolls. northbound 95 loaded up in dale city. most of the way through woodbridge and into springfield. again with no accidents reported in your path. northbound 395 through landmark into shirlington then getting to the 14th street bridge. your next check of timesaver traffic is coming up at 6:46. andrea, back to you. >>> thank you, beverly. >>> we continue it follow breaking news out of new york city. police are clearing out the occupy protestors there. >> jessica doyle is tracking the story, live in our satellite center. what's the latest, jess? >> very dramatic changes in the state of the occupy wall street protest this morning. in a surprise move earlier this morning, a wave of more than a thousand police officers moved into the encampment were p

we will see upstream toward fort bragg there and moving parts of lake county. that will give us light rain. 40s and 50s on the temps. they will stay right there for most of the morning until we get going. we won't warm up that much. there is a lot of cold air and cloud cover. snow forecast windy up in tahoe and truckee. not a lot of snow with this stuff. snow will start off 5,000 and head down as we head into the weekend and also tonight. much cooler off and on rain picks up later on. mostly cloudy cool and breezy. 50s low to mid and upper. 57 walnut creek. 60 milpitas. that will be about it. some of these will be mid 50s to upper 50s. cool and breezy on saturday after rain this evening. we'll go cloudy with rain. it does look dry monday and tuesday. >>> san francisco based yelp is going public. they want to raise as much as $100 million in an initial public offering. the company is not disclosing how many shares it will offer or what price they are looking at. it was founded in 2004. it has yet to turn a profit but the company is said to be valued at $1.5 bill

if you have to travel anywhere i would say north of fort bragg, it will be very, very wet. 30s and 40ss. if it wasn't in for the higher dew points these temperatures would be cooler than that. airport at 37. this stretches all the way out there until wednesday night we are okay. it's weak high pressure building over. low clouds, fog, sun. it stays cooler but it will be a smidge warmer today. a tad warmer. thank you. i should be here all week. no, i won't i take that back. a little warmer on tuesday, wednesday. mostly cloudy. rain comes in wednesday night, thursday. thursday, yes thursday we will clear it out. friday should be all right expect for fog. the weekend will be mostly sunny and a little warmer. >>> all the major european markets are down about 2% right now. they are following the trend that started overnight in the far east. investors are cautious after officials warned of a sharp slow down in growth. the biggest growth was in taiwan. japan nikkei fell to its newest level since march of 2009 after announcing exports fell for the first time in three months. crude oil prices is

bragg, north carolina are noticing something they've never seen before, young women training for special. >> we have a bunch of strong, capable, awesome women who can take any challenge that's thrown at us. >> it's being sort of acknowledged that women can operate at this level. >> cnn was given the first look ever at this elite squad. dozens of female troops training to do what the men cannot. in conservative afghan cultures where the sexes don't mix, these women will be on the front lines, dealing directly with afghan women and children. >>> one of the most important employment reports will be released in just a few hours. the october jobs report. christine romans will explain what it means in your "morning money." we'll be back. >>> 34 minutes past the hour. one of the most important employment reports will be released in just a few hours. the october jobs report. so what can we expect and how will it impact your bottom line? for morning money news, let's head live to christine romans. she's live in new york. what will this tell us about the health of the economy? i hope something goo

. >> reporter: untreated, larry bragg says the termites can literally eat away a home. this is what's left of the cortese farms, a few machines and other remnants of the valley's agricultural past, a past that for many is now hitting close to home. >> there are no known studies linking these old orchards with the termites and the homes that now sit on top of those old orchards, but at least three different exterminators here in the now silicon valley tell me they see the evidence and they are getting more business. we're live in san jose, damian trujillo, nbc bay area news. >> a life sentence for the valeo teenager accused in last year's hoe-profile shooting of an ice cream truck driver. they were stunned by the violent act that nearly took the life of a mother of three last year. surveillance video helped lead police to the gunman who was then 13 years old, peter montenegro. he's 17 now and pled guilty to a charge of will fful attempt at murder. how did an elderly man out for an evening walk with his grandchild end up dead? police are hoping that you know. the two were

rick bragg on the day after the mill closed. and on american history tv on c-span3, stanford university history professor jonathan bass on how martin luther king jr.'s letter from a birmingham jail set the tone for the civil rights movement. also a tour of the blast furnace factory that produced iron for nearly 100 years, and tune in as the curator continues with the discussion on birmingham during the great depression. this weekend on c-span2. >>> now on booktv, ellen schultz argues that many large companies have plundered employee pension plans. she also talks about the crisis this has created. this is just under an hour. >> some years back i went out to iowa, sioux falls, to meet with a group of retired meatpackers. and i don't know what your image of retired meatpackers is, but i suspect most people think they're a pretty tough lot. so i went out to this family diner on the edge of town near a bowling alley where the guys and their wives would get together every month or so over the meatloaf special. they'd say a prayer, the

>>catherine: only half of the women who apply are accepted and even as they trained at fort bragg, the women know that there are skeptics. >> we will be ready to cool our weight in the part of the team. >>catherine: and they move hundreds of pounds of weights, run on obstacle courses and work as a team to solve problems. it is politically delicate, women are not allowed to serve in front-line combat units so these women who are heavily armed will only go into compounds after they are secured by a saltines. >> and the women-- >>catherine: is an effort to ease resentment after the troops rape their villages. for women it means an acknowledgement, but new recruits they know the danger, there is no true front line. just last month, team member first lieutenant ashley white into male soldiers were killed during with the army described as combat operations in afghanistan. this was the first death of a team member that has made the program so sensitive. no senior army special ops command would talk with us on campus. the women did, sgt christine baldwin is just back from afghanistan. >> on th

bragg, north carolina. >> somehow i don't think it will.e already involved in combat situations. you know, just technically they're not allowed to take part in certain aspects of fighting, but, i think it's only a matter of time. >> ten years of war

by northern, i mean fort bragg and redding. we'll get some. we'll have to wait until probably wednesday/nurse -- wednesday/thursday. but the low clouds are still in place from the weekend system. we can't lose those. 30s and 40s. napa just updated, 41 now. but their windchill was down to 30 this morning. a lot of cloud cover to the north of the a little bit of a break here as we get a couple of days. temperatures will try to rebound. i don't think they are going to get to average which would be 62 to 66. chilly lows, even though it's warmer, it's still above average. 56, 57, 55, san rafael. maybe a 60 redwood city. coast, bay inland, it won't matter. clouding up wednesday, wednesday night into wednesday morning. breezy, clearing out. we'll have mostly sunny and warmer. >>> it is 7:57. furlough days pea ginn today in one bay area city. they may cause a holiday hassle. >>> also a new trial involving johannes mehserle. it's about to begin in a bay area courtroom in any moment. including starbucks. it's the way to brew everyone's favorite cup in u

bragg and awarded them their destinthive green berets. >> once the president says these are my guys. a big difference having the support from the commander in chief. >> reporter: i doubt president kennedy could have imagined the use special forces were put in afghanistan. >> riding on horseback, calling in airstrikes, probably would not have been, it would have been tough for him to envision. >> reporter: as one of the first green berets into afghanistan after 9/11, mitchell road with local afghan fighters calling in airstrikes on taliban positions. they almost made it look too easy. >> i think that we were all surprised, especially i mean by december. we were installing a new afghan government. and may have created a false sense of security. i don't want to second guess our national leadership, but i think it did appear almost too easy at some point. >> reporter: we all know now it wasn't easy, either in afghanistan or iraq. special forces were also first in hunting for scud missiles in the western desert and almost certainly be last out. today there are 14,000 green berets as 30% m

eventually, they will end up at fort bragg, fort bliss, or fort hood. these are military towns.se are places that are used to the churn of troops coming in and out. there used to that. the problem is when they tried to mix with the bigger society. i've talked to many soldiers who basically, once they come down from the adrenaline high of having been in combat, everyone else seems abnormal -- the rest of us citizens. in some way, they resent the fact that they are doing all the work. the families certainly presents it. jack jacobs told me, we are so happy with the troops because we are not the troops. that's the fundamental truth in the country today. host: mark thompson, national security award winning reporter for "time" magazine has written the cover story and also on his web on "time" magazine's site. thank you for giving us a taste of this week's cover story. guest: thank you. host: we are taking calls until 7:45 eastern time. our topic this morning -- is america's military the forgotten 1%? if so, are there consequences of that? our next telephone call. independent, good mo

not much left there, it's just visiting fort bragg, so south of that there's not only cloud cover. of that is where the cold air comes in and that could give us some rounds of isolated showers or thundershowers, but more likely late tonight into tomorrow. but um notice the cold air as this system starts to work in. cold air will drop temperatures 10 to 15 degrees odd. some rain and wind develops tonight but it's mainly a cold system and snow level will go down once it gets here. it will be pretty high. temperatures in the 40s up in truckee and tahoe bus of a south win. but 3 to 6 inches of snow. more 7,000 feet. winter weather advisory starts at 5 p.m. today. and clouds cooler, some morning sun, but evening rain or showers, so 50s and 60s not the mid-70s, not the upper 70s. those are gun for a while. at least until middle of next week if then. but morning rain, late tonight into friday. then clearing friday night, saturday, with weekend in true it will be increasing clouds saturday evening. rain sunday, looks like all right on monday. >>> a morible end to a mostly peaceful occupy o

host: in "the washington times" this morning -- fort bragg, north carolina, on our line for independents. you are on "washington journal." caller: my name the comment about the european central banks and how it ties to the federal reserve, is our founders warned us about allowing bankers to print our currency. it openly and that with less freedom, liberty, and the loss of wealth of citizens because the central banks cannot balance the budget. they simply increase the amount of money. and the citizens of these nations lose their purchasing power, they lose their wells. it is a hidden tax. it is a horrible tragedy that this country fought many wars -- yet we as a people cannot understand how important it is in our history, that we can't allow bankers to print money and call it value. it is dangerous. i protest this at every moment. it is not covered in tv or the mainstream media and it is a conspiracy -- i hate to use the word that is exactly what it is. these central banks are simply evil and profit from war. that is all i have to say. host: let me get your response to this tweet we got f

and you might guess the unit they're with from fort bragg known as the 82nd airborne division.umping out of airplane, paratroopers. you see them back there, they're in very colorful uniforms. there they are. [applause] >> lord god, as we assemble here at the vietnam veterans me moirl to remember the over 58,000 names that are on this wall, lord, we join many across the nation, across the world who are taking this day to remember our veterans past and present who gave and even now offer their last measure of life for peace enenjoy as citizens of these united states. lord, our hearts swell with pride in these warriors of peace yet our lives fill with sorrow for the families who's lives were snatched by war. our hearts grieve for the warriors who's lives were radically changed by the physical, mental and emotional injuries they received. we see them overcoming these wounds. we thank you as you are the great physician. lord, may we as a nation never repeat the offenses of the past such as our veterans of vietnam experienced. i thank you that these veterans take the lead in challeng

rick bragg on the day after the mill closed.n american history tv, stanford university history professor jonathan bass on how martin luther king jr.'s letter from a birmingham jail set the tone for the civil-rights movement. a tour of the furnace is open in 1881 which produced fire for nearly 100 years. sunday at 6:00 eastern, the curator continues with a discussion on birmingham during the great depression. this weekend on c-span2 and c- span3. ""washington journal" continues. host: patrick quinn is the news director for the associated press for afghanistan and pakistan. we want to get an update on the latest on the ground in afghanistan. can you tell us what is happening? >> good evening. it is relatively quiet for afghanistan today on this thanksgiving. the taliban has carried out one major attack in the western part of the country and ambushed a nato logistics' convoy and killed seven afghan private security guards and wounded another 10 before the were driven off by the afghan security forces. there were no u.s. or foreign

pulitzer prize winner rick bragg on the day after the mill closed.c-span3, stanford university history professor jonathan bass on how martin luther king, jr.'s letter from a birmingham and gail -- jail set the tone for the civil rights movement. also, the sloss furnace produces iron for nearly 10 years. the discussion on birmingham during the great depression. this weekend on c-span2 and 3. this past july 4 in a ceremony held aboard the uss constitution in boston harbor, simon winchester became an american citizen. >> i decided that i would take all the necessary steps to become a citizen. i got one of the questions wrong. i had a friend who was also up for citizenship and i rang her and said i got one of the questions wrong. she said not the one about what color is the white house. i said that when i got, but, no, and i feel a full confessing it to you, but it was what is the american national anthem, and i blurted out "america the beautiful." the immigration officer said, cast and in my view, it should be, but it is not -- "in my view, it should be

and i know because i've traveled my state's eight military bases from fort bragg to jerry point to cample jeune to bases in iraq, afghanistan, and kuwait. i've seen up close the incredible demands placed on our military and the remarkable bravery and patriotism they exhibit each and every day. and i know because whether i'm meeting a general, a young private, 0 would-be warrior or a 90-year-old veteran traveling on one of the flights of honor that brings our world war i i veterans to d.c. to see their monuments, there are certain qualities that i always recognize in those who serve. in the armed forces and these are selflessness, personal integrity, and unhatched work ethic and unwavering courage. so, mr. president, i take it personally as a senator from north carolina, as well as a proud daughter, wife, sister of a veteran, when our military members and their families are hurting. and i take it personally with this country of ours does not live up to the promise we make to our servicemen and women. mr. president, right now our military families are unquestionably hurting. right now we

could have a seat, we have two other color guards here who have actually come all the way from fort bragg airborne division. jumping out of americans -- airplanes, paratroopers. and the first air cavalry division. you see them back there in their colorful uniforms. there they are. [applause] at this point in time, james gray, the wounded warriors team, air operations group, will lead us in prayer. >> please join me according to your faith as i pray according to mind this afternoon. lord god, as we assemble here at the vietnam veterans memorial, to remember it the over 58,000 names that adorn this wall, lord, we joined those across our nation and world taking time on this day to remember our veterans past and present, today and even now, offering their last measure of life for the freedoms we enjoy as citizens of these united states of america. lord, our hearts swell with pride in these warriors of peace, and yet they also filled with sorrow for the families whose warriors lives were snatched from our presence by war. our hearts grieve for the warriors whose lives were radically changed by