general bragg's troops consisting of general robert f. hoax division from the army of northern virginia, and the remnants of the army of tennessee troops, who average north carolina at this point. say what you will about bragg at least he ate timid. -- ain't timid. he launches an attack on forces a few miles east of kinston on march 8 and succeeds in routing a portion of cox's forces, capturing 800 federals and one canon. things look pretty good for the confederates on the first day but then the second day cox brings up reinforcement. the federals dig in. bragg attempts an attack on the tense, but he's repulsed. receiving words that cox is receiving still more reinforcements, bragg decides to fall back towards goldsboro ending the battle of lysis forks. in the meantime, sherman plots the course of his army group from fayetteville. goldsboro is his objective, but he wants to keep johnston guessing as to what his objective is. he's going to send the left wing under slocum northward on the old raleigh stage road, as if he's heading towards t

general bragg's troops consisting of general robert f. hoax division from the army of northern virginia, and the remnants of the army of tennessee troops, who average north carolina at this point. say what you will about bragg at least he ate timid. -- ain't timid. he launches an attack on forces a few miles east of kinston on march 8 and succeeds in routing a portion of cox's forces, capturing 800 federals and one canon. things look pretty good for the confederates on the first day but then the second day cox brings up reinforcement. the federals dig in. bragg attempts an attack on the tense, but he's repulsed. receiving words that cox is receiving still more reinforcements, bragg decides to fall back towards goldsboro ending the battle of lysis forks. in the meantime, sherman plots the course of his army group from fayetteville. goldsboro is his objective, but he wants to keep johnston guessing as to what his objective is. he's going to send the left wing under slocum northward on the old raleigh stage road, as if he's heading towards t

say what you will about bragg, at least he ain't timid. he launches an a> h on cox's forces a few miles east of kingstone on march 8th and succeeds in rounding a portion of cox's forests. and in the process, capturing 800 federals and one cannon. things looked good for the confederates on the first day, then the second day, he brings up reinforcements, the federals dig in bragg attempts an attack on the tenth, but he's repulsed. receiving word that cox is still receiving more reinforcements, bragg decides to fall back towards goldsboro ending the battle. now in the meantime sherman plots the course of his army group from fayetteville, goldsboro is his objective, but keep in mind, he wants to keep johnston guessing as to what his objective is. so he's going to send the left wing northward on the old raleigh stage road as if he's heading towards the north carolina state capital. they'll be marching in marching order, all unnecessary wagons will be with the right wing under howard. they'll be taking direct roads to goldsboro. and the idea is

i would think fort bragg, fort hood, that is open to anyone on this panel. edward ayers it is very similar to what you are talking about -- it is naming major bases on the assumption that, i imagine, although i have heard critical things about one of my favorite military figures. nobody likes him with that exception. some of these bases are not considered very desirable places. but for the most part, you would say it is an honor to have a military-based -- military base named for you. >> there could be an ironic element to this, too, because fort bragg in north carolina and fort polk louisiana, those aren't exactly pallet of confederate issues. they could be considered some of the best fence the union had. [laughter] edward ayers: and they have been a but of jokes for anybody around the table. [laughter] >> thank you for exposing the shallowness. [laughter] [applause] co-chair varon: we talked a little bit about this team of punishment and the lincoln conspirators. one of the questions has asked i think this is properly for elizabeth, what trout does henry w

bragg. it's not a heavy rainfall, but something is better than nothing. in terms of the bay area possibly a few spotty showers here beginning by 10:30 tonight and maybe heavier pocks down here and near san francisco. but we'll begin to see some of the heaviest rainfall as we head into the early overnight hours. we're going to track the full timeline on these anticipated totes and what could be a bull's-eye expected right across the south bay and how much we'll pick up. >> okay. i like the sound of that. thanks jeff. you can follow the storm on our nbc bay area app. you'll find the forecast and the weather in our neighborhood.iphone and android devices. >>> a bold claim. the family says sfpd's explanation of their son's death simply isn't true. nbc bay area's mark matthews joins us from the scene. they're in san francisco. mark they want to take this to the federal level, right? >> they do. we're at the 2400 block of folsom where the shooting occurred on february 26th. this morning the family through an attorney revealed details of an autopsy report appear

i would think fort bragg, fort hood, that is open to anyone on this panel. edward ayers it is very similar to what you are talking about -- it is naming major bases on the assumption that, i imagine, although i have heard critical things about one of my favorite military figures. nobody likes him with that exception. some of these bases are not considered very desirable places. but for the most part, you would say it is an honor to have a military-based -- military base named for you. >> there could be an ironic element to this, too, because fort bragg in north carolina and fort polk louisiana, those aren't exactly pallet of confederate issues. they could be considered some of the best fence the union had. [laughter] edward ayers: and they have been a but of jokes for anybody around the table. [laughter] >> thank you for exposing the shallowness. [laughter] [applause] co-chair varon: we talked a little bit about this team of punishment and the lincoln conspirators. one of the questions has asked i think this is properly for elizabeth, what trout does henry w

the 25-foot long male orca was found saturday morning on a state park beach north of fort bragg. researchers say the well had eaten and become tabled up in a crackpot. the crab pot did not contribute to the well's death. they well's death. they hope to examine every part of the carcass and then reassembled the skeleton for display in fort bragg. they say they will learn, it will help with conservation efforts. >>> let's go over to our meteorologist now. when's the last time you saw an orca? i don't ever never seen pictures like that. >> we saw the back of the in the old days in the 30s and 40s, but i've never seen an orca off san francisco at this point. orca is, that's unusual. for us, it's been gloomy weather up there. were talking about this live camera shot. this is walnut creek now if you're familiar with that area by briones park there. look at the wind blowing in a tree. fog and low clouds. what a day, right? it's been clear for a short time in lafayette, and walnut creek today. but as the fog rolled back in the temperatures today they tried to rebound and do something sig

the male orca was found yesterday morning about three miles north of fort bragg. whale had lines from a crab pot. a 49-foot whale was found beached last tuesday near pacifica. >>> a skipper is on the atlantic ocean at this hour trying to win one of the most coveted records in sailing. raynote is the captain of the lending club two seen here sailing in europe. the boat stands chance of beating the current record which was set 15 years ago by the late steve faucet. >>> fish tank and a a bay wine bar suffered a catastrophic failure last night caught on tape by a security camera. this security camera is from the lost wine. the saltwater aquarium seems to just bust open. owner jason diavares says 100- gallons of water ended up on the floor along with seven fish. four did survive. customers loved the tank but he's not sure if he can afford to replace it. >>> a dog in denver with a paralyzing disease is happily running around again all thanks to a very generous gift. >> it has made all the difference in the world. >> reporter: check out sammy so cute. rolling around in a

we have heard a lot about asked in bragg -- braxton bragg. it is not him. it is alexander stevens, the vice president of the confederacy. why does edmund wilson? hold him up? because wilson saw him as one of the great spokespeople for an anti-leviathan worldview. someone was shouting against big government and bureaucracy. edmund wilson rights is truly glowing portrait of alexander stevens. at no point does he print the fact that alexander stevens said that slavery was the cornerstone of the confederacy. if you look at the sesquicentennial at no point could you have gone through most of the major events associated with the sesquicentennial, certainly none in virginia as part of this commission, and not been reminded the centrality of slavery for the civil war and the centrality of experience for african-americans. that is a measure of enormous transformation in the way that we make sense of the civil war of african-americans' participation in it. i have not heard of anyone in recent years who has held up alexander stevens as someone was answers to contempor

a safety first trip for this young pup after deputies found it wandering down highway 1 near fort bragg last weekend. since the animal was a healthy weight, they were told to return it straight to the ocean so they gave it a little lift. cute. >>> mystery solved. tonight, you will meet the san jose woman whose thank you note touched police in two states. ♪ ♪ the beautiful sound of customers making the most of their united flight. power, wi-fi and streaming entertainment. that's... seize the journey friendly. >> police in denver tracked down a bay area woman named lauren to say thank you for leaving a note on their squad car. >> it reads dear officer, i'm from san jose. and we lost an asset to an amazing team last week. thank you for risking your life everyday for my safety. she is referring to san jose officer michael johnson who was shot and killed back in march. >> with everything that happened with officer johnson, i just, you know, wanted other people to know other officers to know, just that they are appreciated and someone is thinking about them. >> lauren has been surprised by al

and very, very windy conditions and rain has already moved onshore well to our north around the fort bragg area and as you can see there's more developing offshore and this is a system that will bring showers to the bay area overnight and let's get down to the winds gusting and fairfield and 35 in novato. that 93 in san carlos is not human error and it's the mechanical -- and it's an error. as you get the picture. it's gusty ail over the bay area. so over the next six hours this will be the pattern and we'll see the area of rain that is now to the north and northwest pushing into the north bay by about 9:00 10:00 tonight and the wet weather begins then and the showers will move through during the overnight hours and this is the first forecast, as we look down toward ocean beach and we'll see showers arriving late continued and lingering showers early tomorrow morning and check this out, partly cloudy and breezy and dry by tomorrow afternoon and our weekend gets off to a wet start it's going to be a sunnier dryer finish and more on that later. larry and ama? >> spencer, we'll check back wit

. >>> rescuers say a grown up of five men diving in casper cove just south of fort bragg got caught in rough waters yesterday afternoon. rescuers were able to pull two men to safety. the bodies of two other men were also recovered at that time. the fifth man who was seen struggling in the waves disappeared from sight. rescuers found his body 3.5 hours later. the men are said to be from the bay area and east coast. there was speculation they may have been inexperienced divers. >>> more than 30,000 pg&e customers in san francisco who lost their power last night now have it back. the outage started just after 11:00 and spread across eight neighborhoods. nearly 35,000 customers in all were effected. it took crews about 20 minutes to restore the electricity and at about the same time san francisco's 16th and mission bart station lost power. that had to shut down for ten minutes but it's unclear if the outages are related. >>> crews continue to work around the clock to restore a creek in oakland after that massive cement spill several days ago. over the weekend crews used vacuum trucks to su

. >>> a young sea lion found wandering down highway 1 near fort bragg returned to the ocean today. >> the sea lion was found on the road early sunday by deputies. authorities say it had actually been rehabilitated in sausalito in the past. and they figured that out from the tag found on its flipper. authorities said because it was still a healthy weight, it did not need treatment and they could release it back it the ocean. >>> bird lovers can check out the falcon chicks on the city hall today in san jose. one is keeping a watchful eye over the nest. it's falcon nesting season and they aring banded to track them -- they're banded to track them. you can watch them online. it's addicting! >> they keep coming back year after year down there. >>> time for weather. and golly, we actually saw the sun today. >> i don't know how i follow the animal stories because i love fernando and claire right there. you know? just watching them all day long. but let's take a flight around the reporting stations right now. we have -- that's kathy munch brand-new to our network. we have over 100 weather wat

. >>> up the coast in mendocino county, this killer whale washed up on the beach north of fort braggsearchers did a necropsy. they say the whale was healthy. so far, they haven't been able to figure out what killed it. >>> tonight, denver police are trying to track down a bay area woman named lauren who left a thank you note on a squad car. it says in part, dear officer, i'm from san jose. we lost an asset to an amazing team last week. thank you for risking your life everyday for my safety. you are important. and i am super thankful for you. she is referring to officer michael johnson who was shot and killed back in march. denver police were so touched by this note, they asked san jose police to help them track down lauren so they could personally thank her. >> wow. what a great tribute. >> that is awesome. >> absolutely. >> nice to see kindness in strangers. >> we need more of it. >> absolutely. >>> had a lot of cloud cover out there. chilly in san francisco. it spread. it spread all the way inland. concord well below average. not many spots even hit 70 degrees today which is rare t

they may 2011 about 55-60 of the women are chosen after 100 hours of hell as it was called on fort bragg and these women were then spent of their chosen in march or may trained in june and july and deployed by august. they were seeing the kind of combat that fewer than 5% of nice if military see. some of these rangers alongside whom are women, that actually served with where people come if you added up the number one seed in an outcome talking three or four years straight. so you could imagine some of of the skepticism that created the window to take people who have a different training cycle competitive selection process and by the way they are female. but what surprised me about so much of what i learned was that battle hardened soldiers like these guys can find is if it is meant alongside many considered it the biggest privilege of their career to go and serve alongside. but actually welcomed the women were coming. maybe not initially but certainly by the end because as they said as long as they delivered each night, as long as they paid the rent we wanted about there. some rangers sa

the lion was found over the weekend near fort bragg.horities say it was healthy and didn't need treatment. >> buckle up for safety. >> but once the sea lion is 8 it can ride in the front seat. it's in the addendum to the drivers handbook. [ laughter ] >>> what a difference an onshore flow makes. >> it was. >> our weather is so sensitive. all we did is turn down fan from high to medium. still have the onshore flow. it made a world of difference! you got sunshine today, san francisco. it was five to twelve degrees milder. certainly not going to call it warm. livermore 70. san francisco sunny but still 57. so the ocean influence is still prevalent. the deal is the onshore flow is not as strong and the sun did it its thing and got us into the 60s and 70s with sunshine. san bruno 61. checking in with our weather watchers, the count is up to 120. we love each and every one of them sending in weather information on a daily basis. robert sullivan, zenning in 72 in redwood city, west wind at 5 miles per hour. it's not just the immediate bay area

this killer whale washed up on the beach north of fort bragg saturday and died. researchers did a necropsy on it, as well. they say the whale was healthy. so far, they haven't been able to figure out what might have killed it. >>> 4:52. coming up on this wednesday morning, they have been packing heat for decades. now there's a new push to get s 4:55. concord 71 degrees, the average high. slow burnoff at the coast today in the upper 50s. otherwise some sunshine along the peninsula, 60s there. low 70s. good morning, san jose! your forecast high is 72 degrees. east of the bay, a southwest breeze at 15 miles per hour as temperatures top off in the low 70s. a few upper 60s around suisun bay. good morning, stinson beach. your high temperature with no sunshine in the upper 50s. 70 in novato. and cloverdale today tops off with a daytime high of 74 degrees. >>> thank you, roberta. >>> mta won its fight to keep armed guards. last night the san francisco board of supervisors voted to allow the trains it agency to employ armed private security guards to protect muni employee

bragg. and these women were then spent -- they were chosen in march or may trained in june and july and deployed by august. they were seeing the kind of combat that fewer that 5% of the military sees. men on their 10th 11th and 12th deployment. and some of these rangers alongside whom the women that served were people who had -- if you added up the number of months, talking about three and four years straight. so you could imagine some of the skepticism that greeted them when they have to take people out with a different training cycle. a different selection process, and, by the way, they're female. but what surprised me about so much of what i learned was that battle hardened soldiers like these guys, finest, fittest men alongside many considered it the biggest privilege of their career to go and serve alongside. they actually welcomed the women that were coming. maybe not initially but certainly by the end. because as they said as long as they delivered each night. as long as they paid the

killed and more than 360 injured in that attack >>mark: the demand answers and the death of frank bragginjury while in police custody officials said they do not know how he suffered the injury the was no signs of visible from the six officers involved in the arrests have been suspended the have not been forced to give statements. as part will take a man put him in handcuffs and then want to hurt him that is not acceptable to keep doing this is no reason no justification for some other thing is being done we want to see justice for people with the killed by police what to see justice for freddie great who brutally murdered. >>mark: they hope to finish the investigation by may 1st and turn it over to the state attorney's office >>darya: a bay into tobacco push from of a city of san francisco unanimously of voting to ban chewing tobacco that includes at&t park of the giants' manager said they dealt with the addiction to drop his career and he won't even let his two sons neared if the measure passes every team that plays at at&t park of have to follow those rules a lot of fog and traffic wa

parts in fort bragg and mendecino county as well.we're going to hold on to a few possibilities of storms. storms. but for the main events that will be approaching our region in a few days. rainfall will develop in the evening hours. heavy rainfall and tuesday that cold system drops in. so with that the chance of some thunderstorms. now first thing tomorrow morning, partly to mostly cloudy skies. temperatures in the cool side in the upper 30s to the mid-40s for your monday morning. also, the a's home opener tomorrow evening at 7:15. there's still a chance of showers there could be a few scattered showers. i'm thinking the main rain ban moves in closer to the game time. we'll have to keep an eye on that radar leading up to the first pitch. the chance of a shower on your monday night forecast. the cold system to our north and west and it'll be approaching into our area. with that heavy rain, the possibility of some thunderstorms and the cold nature of our system. and there's the expected rainfall range with about a half an inch to an in

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there has been pretty good rain from fort bragg north. monday night and tuesday. snow down to 3500 feet and a possibility of thunderstorms and hail for us tuesday afternoon. the wind machines are cranked up. if you think these lows are cold, wait until wednesday morning and thursday morning. 30s to the north. teens up in the mountains. to 20s. 29 tahoe. truckee is at 12. big changes tonight. that is when the winter storm kicks in. it's just point arena north. this system will slow down a little bit. once it arrives it will be very dynamic. we first get the front. pretty good jet stream coming into the back end of that. and there in lies the forecast for the possible thunderstorms. rainfall about a half an inch to an inch and a half. should cover it from top to bottom. sierra nevada there will be very good snowfall. over two feet. this is the best looking system they have had in a long, long time. if they can get the snow there and get enough dynamics and moisture there, we could get snow down to 3500 feet. again it will be tuesday morning. timing again there could

scanning loop you can see any sign of rainfall is still well off to the north near eureka also fort braggs well. i think we'll have to wait until 10:00 to 11:00 tonight to see significant rainfall begin to develop in marin and san jose counties and it's overnight when we're sleeping that that rainfall will pick up in intensity. so how much is left as we start off tomorrow morning? not a whole lot, but most likely the lingering rain here for the south bay, and also through the santa cruz mountains as well. you can see by 6:00 a.m. we might actually be dry in the north bay, so you might wake up there saying what storm? take a look at the ground it's going to be wet. as we head out later in the morning, we'll gradually begin to clear out. as far as tomorrow's highs goes, everybody is expecting 60-degree temperatures in the bay area. what if you're heading to the sierra? what kind of conditions can you expect? it all burned out at 2,500 feet. as we look further up the sierra you can see the heaviest rainfall colfax at 2500 feet and we'll start to see a change over to snow once we hit 5,000 fe

deputies pa rollingtrolling highway 1 noticed it just south of bragg. the animal was friendly and deputies say healthy. the pup climbed into the patrol car. deputies returned it to the ocean. just another day on the job. >> he looks like he's smiling in the picture too. so cute! >>> meteorologist christina loren is here with our forecast. you have been a very good friend to all of our little people. it is take your kids to work day, and they have spent a lot of time wondering about what you do in the weather department. so thank you! >>> of course. very very cute kids. and smart kids here as well today. you know what? they really like the interactive weather wall. it's hard not to. we used to be on a green screen. i couldn't wear green in those days. because of a giant ipad looking wall, everything has changed. 61 in livermore. 59 and still pretty cool outside right now. temperatures are going to warm up now that the sun has broken through the thick blanket of clouds and becoming sunnier between 12:00 and 2:00. all the clouds will be out of here. the wi

the rifles go back to the south, -- gary: bragg took been to kentucky. -- took them to kentucky. john: kentucky becomes more confederate after the war. in missouri, despite all of the absolute horror that many of the citizens face, once clayborn is chased out of the state and the confederate government is formed in texas, missouri remains loyal. gary: we've talked about how individuals fit into the different themes. i would like to talk about how important to figure u.s. grant was in terms of a union formulation of the war. what is he represent -- what does he represent people of -- two people of the united states? >> i can take that question. gary: take it. [laughter] john: i have tracked his career throughout the war. what is remarkable to me -- u.s. grant, the top union general of the war, the most successful general of the war by far for lincoln. the one who ended up in the east directing all the u.s. army's, however, when he seemed to symbolize -- one of the things if you want to talk about the architects of the union cause, and look at the military, grant to me and the peop

light rain in mendocino county, fort bragg, ukiah showers, napa, sonoma county, you are next. it will rain later on this evening. it's not just the rain. we have had elevated winds ahead of the front. we'll elevated winds as that front moves through. let's stop futurecast. tonight 3:00 in the morning we'll see 30-mile-per-hour gusts in places like fairfield and concord and half moon bay. and after that wind relaxes a bit tomorrow, the winds will get elevated once again tomorrow evening. so even when the rain leaves, the winds will stay blustery throughout your saturday. we'll talk about the timing of the rain coming up in main weather because the typing could not be more perfect. we -- the timing could not be more perfect we need the rain but we might not want to wash out of a weekend. that's coming up in 10 minutes. >>> thank you. a winter weather advisory tonight for the sierra. a live look right now from our tahoe cam. conditions are expected to get worse overnight. bay area drivers heading up to donner summit today were getting prepared. >> it could be dangerous. so be pre

bragg had the most complaints 160, ft.ood in texas had the second highest total with more than 140. in all, there were seven wtus with at least 71 complaints about leadership, including ft. bliss in el paso where the army has already admitted there were serious problems beyond the shadow of a doubt. in san diego, the balboa wtu had 12 complaints about commanders. in august, a soldier there reported his squad leader was disrespecting him and starting a fight over boxing gloves. at ft. irwin near barstow 43 complaints including one that says that the unit is dysfunctional and causing more stress to soldiers than helping. last fall we heard that it rarely happens. >> i don't believe this is pervasive. >> you believe these are isolated cases? >> i absolutely believe that. >> reporter: that was after nbc dallas uncovered hundreds of complaints from injured soldiers in texas. in a statement, the army command that reviews the complaints nationwide tells us the u.s. army medical command remains -- substandard care to all soldiers.

for bracket is -- fort bragg is. we actually won every precinct within fort bragg which i think speaks a little bit to how much certain parties might claim dominion over the military, but people really just want to be listened to. we were able to talk to folks on base and get their votes. host: did you feel -- he came out as gay in 2008. was that an issue at all in your race? guest: it is really hard to measure that. i think i get inoculated from that simply because i have that celebrity part. for me, the bigger challenge seem to be overcoming the fact that people saw me as a singer. overcoming the fact that people saw me from "american idol" and didn't know i was qualified. i'm sure it has something to do with it. the fourth circuit court struck down north carolina's gay marriage ban about three weeks before the election which sort of said -- change the tone a little bit. it made people a little upset about that. it was really something that people addressed to me face-to-face. host: here's a call from new york. thi

bragg army base in north carolina. >> it was american soldiers serving as military police at abu gharibtook these pictures. >> reporter: a year later, after the abu ghraib prison scandal broke, the justice department indicted passaro for assault. >> this morning, a grand jury in raleigh, north carolina has indicted a contractor working on behalf of the central intelligence agency for brutally assaulting an afghan detainee. >> reporter: passaro maintained that he and others on the frontline of the war on terror were given the implied authority to use force when necessary. >> after 9/11, president bush got on national television, and said, "not only are we going to go after the terrorists, but we're going to go after those that harbor the terrorists. and we will do so under any-or with any means necessary." in other words, all the rules and regulations no longer applied. >> reporter: but witnesses testified that passaro was explosive, and acting far outside of c.i.a. rules in his zeal to break wali down. and there was no conclusive evidence presented that wali was a terrorist at trial. >>

bragg. the animal was friendly and they say very healthy. the pup eventually just climbed into the patrol car and the deputies returned it to the ocean. >> is he wearing a seat belt? >> yes. >> of course. >>> coming up next, five months in the making. why today could be the day that loretta lynch finally gets confirmed as u.s. attorney jern. general. general. >>> welcome back. it is 5:25. five months after being nominated by president obama it appears attorney general nominee loretta lynch will finally be confirmed today. u.s. senate is holding a procedure vote this morning. a final vote could take place by tend end of the day. senate republican leaders had been holding off on putting lynch's nomination up for a vote until a human trafficking bill was completed. that measure passed yesterday. lynch would replace eric holder who announced last september he plans to step down. >>> okay. expect an ultra patriotic day at the white house as president obama honors the new england patriots in a longstanding tradition the winners of super bowl xlix

allen sanderson pledge said one new at the university of texas in 1990 claimed he was severely beaten braggd pants leg on fire. he said frat brother jonathan have participated so very and hat and four others were charged with hazing. that received probation but were never criminally convicted are illegal insider daren't provoke a on the ramifications of hazing in today's climate. hal also recently completed rehab has now responded to requests for comment. also on sunday cbs 60 minutes is the ninth year since the ducal cross rates scandal grip the nation. that case was dismissed and accused players exonerating. but it was their coach who lost his job and reputation in the rush to judgment. >> reporter: would have a lot more of this story tonight at 7 and the insider for kron 4 news of louis aguirre back to catherine >> catherine heenan: entertainment tonight air this 730 you watch all the celebrity news here on kron 4 followed by tom and david tonight and then that will be followed by kron 4 news 8. >> stanley roberts: coming up i defensing and texting san mateo county's answer input distrac

for bracket is -- fort bragg is.actually won every precinct within fort bragg which i think speaks a little bit to how much certain parties might claim dominion over the military, but people really just want to be listened to. we were able to talk to folks on base and get their votes. host: did you feel -- he came out as gay in 2008. was that an issue at all in your race? guest: it is really hard to measure that. i think i get inoculated from that simply because i have that celebrity part. for me, the bigger challenge seem to be overcoming the fact that people saw me as a singer. overcoming the fact that people saw me from "american idol" and didn't know i was qualified. i'm sure it has something to do with it. the fourth circuit court struck down north carolina's gay marriage ban about three weeks before the election which sort of said -- change the tone a little bit. it made people a little upset about that. it was really something that people addressed to me face-to-face. host: here's a call from new york. this is

deputies patrolling highway 1 noticed it just south of fort bragg.on will she join the "full house" spinoff. then the prolific kevin pollack is here and seann william scott from a role that's a long way from stiffler. all that and m coming up now. >> from nbc news this is today's take with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today." it's thursday morning, april 23rd 2015. a beautiful if a bit chilly morning here in new york city. a lot of weather across this country. al tamron. >> i'm trying to buy tamron some time. >> yes, we did. >> tamron and i caught wind of it. >> it's a whole butcher's table of all of this barbecue from around the world. >> just from america. >> just the u.s. >> but they're from london. >> they're from london and so they're going to be traveling, these guys are going to be traveling around trying to find the best foods and #lostandhungry. >> that's a great name. >> that's how i feel every morning. >> lost and hungry. >> everybody wakes up that way. >>

and about 55 or 60 and 20 of them went to ranger regimen to 100 hours of hell to be selected at fort bragglute ashley white. tell us her story. she was lost? >> she was a part of this all star team of women. you had one on a fourth star deployment. one a bronze valor winner, one a best west point track star and ashley white who was really the heart and soul of the team this 5' 3," kent state grow-op. incredible marriage, lived in ohio. she said what can i do to serve the country? when they said we need women out there. she said, sign me up. shelves one of those people that never needed to tell you what she can do. she showed you what she could do and was capable of. >> one of the things you hear on capitol hill, when it comes to women's roles in combat, it's concerned how their male colleagues will perceive them. as you were reporting this out, did you feel there was a shift at all with these women if combat? >> i think it's a question of proving themselves. every single one of these women said i want no special treatment. they were in gym three times a day. they were absolutely the most f