these three armies altogether under sherman's command, 100,000 union men, would drive out of chattanooga and aim towards the crucial rail hub of atlanta, and seek to wear down eggleston johnson's confederate army of tennessee. also in the west, nathaniel prentice banks, grant hoped, would march east out of his headquarters in portland toward mobile, alabama and capture mobile. then, ideally linkup somewhere in the hinterlands of georgia with william tecumseh sherman. in the east, ulysses s. grant called upon the services of the burly general benjamin franklin butler. the architect of the contraband of war policy. who would lead the army up the james which included the union armies only all-black division, about 40,000 men, the army that james would crawl up its namesake river in southeastern virginia two a place south of richmond. franz sigel would lead an army up the shenandoah valley, the bread basket of the confederacy. and then, with george croke, twist the railroads and the supply and communication lines of southwestern virginia. finally, and of course this is the most important pie

james: getting the hell out of chattanooga. inamays had an interest radio, talking to people overseas. i had originally wanted to go into the military and go to west point and i had polio when i was a teenager and that left me with a gimpy leg. military, let me a me the foreign service was a substitute for it. >> how about you? where are you from? tuy-cam: i came from the central part of vietnam, it used to be the capital of vietnam. ?> what was your family doing were they working? tuy-cam: my father was working for the government. my mother took care of all this. >> were you in school? tuy-cam: i was in school, the school for girls. >> to do know what you wanted to do with your life? where you still learning at the time? tuy-cam: during the time of the still working was for the u.s. government. >> we will get back to that in a minute. i want to talk about the escalation of vietnam. what were your opinions of the vietnam war as it began? james: we didn't know much about even the united states and the state department as a law ,

>> originally from chattanooga, tennessee. joined the foreign service right out of auburn. >> what inspired you? >> getting the hell out of chattanooga. i always had some interest in overseas activities. was one radio inspiration, talking to folks overseas. i originally, really wanted to go to the military and go to west point but i had polio as a teenager and it left me with a gimpy leg so they would not let me into the military. >> how about you? what was your life like growing up? >> i came from hanoi, the capital of vietnam. doing? your family doing? was your >> my father was in for the government and my mother took care of all of us. >> were you in school? yes, a school for all girls. >> did you know what you wanted to do with your life? st learning? >> during the time of the workingwar, i was still for the u.s. government. in the early 60's, what were your opinions of the vietnam war as a group? -- as it grew? >> we do not know much about it. even in the state department, i buted in december of 1962, it was not a big top

david hunter comes out before chattanooga. another spy.nt, a little shrewder than for,e give them credit decides he is going to absorb the spy, make him my own, make him my advocate. that is something mcclellan could not have done, would not have thought of. yes? >> just a quick question. do you think you could do a similar study or something with the other side, save the confederate side, maybe between lee and -- save davis and lee? brooks: yes and people have. studies to date have descended many times into personality and character studies of people who badly me there be. -- badly needed therapy. maybe a story and should not write about the civil war it all, but professional psychologists should be in charge of it. we reduce these relationships to purely personality conflicts, and then we go on oprah or dr. -- dr. phil. to see the journal article that says "mcclellan: problem child or deep-seated sociopath." this guys were human. the real problem is when you overcome the personalities that irritate each other, and anyone in a marriage kn

the national weather service put out that yellow zone, hot springs, memphis, chattanooga, these storms could develop after the heat of the day and run all night long. now tomorrow, this is an area we carefully have to watch. dodge city, wichita, this could be very strong winds and yes, a few tornadoes. but the winds could be in excess of 90 miles per hour. that could be a very damaging area of storms tomorrow, whit. >> tens of millions of people in the zone. sam, thanks so much. appreciate it. >>> meantime, now to that deadly wrong-way crash in south carolina. the state lawmaker who just made headlines in a big congressional primary win with president trump's support, severe injured, she was a passenger in that wreck. abc's erielle reshef with the latest. >> savannah highway traffic accident, entrapment. >> reporter: congressional candidate katie arrington traveling to hilton head on a dark highway overnight. her friend jacqueline goff at the wheel when their vehicle was struck by a e wrong way. that driver, 69-year-old helen white, died at the scene. arrington and goff rushed to the h

grant's army and used to break and thee of chattanooga famous battles of lookout mountain and missionary ridge. at the end of january in the first week of february 1865, a reverse troop movement was used, this time the 20th core was transferred back from tennessee in the dead of winter through the mountains, again using the rail all the way to washington, added to grant's army, the final richmond and the ultimate surrender of lee's army at appomattox. >> review this and other american artifact that her /history.c-span.org which of on our next town to the top of the page or use the search engine to or topics that interest you. >> we are back live now from lunch for more of the gettysburg college civil war institute annual summer conference. our coverage continues till about 4:30 p.m. today and we will be live again all day tomorrow, starting at 9:00 a.m. eastern. up next, michael berger of gettysburg college talks about dwight eisenhower and his connections to gettysburg. where he was stationed for training during world war i and later retired after his presidency. you are watching americ

these troops were then added to grant's army and used to break and thee of chattanooga famous battles of lookout mountain and missionary ridge. at the end of january in the first week of february 1865, a reverse troop movement was used, this time the 20th core was transferred back from tennessee in the dead of winter through the mountains, again using the rail all the way to washington, added to grant's army, the final richmond and the ultimate surrender of lee's army at appomattox. >> review this and other american artifact that her /history.c-span.org which of on our next town to the top of the page or use the search engine to or topics that interest you. >> we are back live now from lunch for more of the gettysburg college civil war institute annual summer conference. our coverage continues till about 4:30 p.m. today and we will be live again all day tomorrow, starting at 9:00 a.m. eastern. up next, michael berger of gettysburg college talks about dwight eisenhower and his connections to gettysburg. where he was stationed for training during world war i and later retired after his

chattanooga also but their population is about 177,000. >> is there any chan of awst? >>speaker: i am sure there is many in a project like this, it's a big expensive capital project so those kinds of projects are fraught with risk. i think the most important thing if the public/private partnership is pursued the protections that are built into the project to ensure that the city doesn't end up with some unforeseen cost. there could be delay. the private partners could go bankrupt and not be able to complete the project and unforeseen expenses can pop up in any capital project. i am sure the attorneys working on the project swel as well as e project team would work through those issues. >>speaker: in your opinion, what other questions should i be asking? what are the details that i should be paying attention to? what h i >>speaker: i think you have asked a lot of good qi w hp today are a lot of important topic. if this network is built, here is a risk, what if no one wanted to lease from it, i think that is highly unlikely personally, but how manyld t be and is there a

capability to expand and contract, similar to work that is being done at the electrical power body at chattanooga with the oak ridge national lab so there are some specific things that puerto rico is uniquely poised to integrate. i have been working with the ceo and we have been working, my team has been working with h.u.d. to help define the guidance document with the supplemental funding that congress provided all to ensure at, you know, these type of technologies, the microgrids, d. e.r.es, really do get in, and one of the things that congressman, is very interesting and you're very familiar with the green bank, one of the things we talked about is a critical infrastructure bank in puerto rico and the possibility of that to enable those 2,000-plus locations that we previously identified through the installation of generation to come up with unique ways to basically island themselves and provide the capabilities for public health and safety that they do. >> thank you for that i know foe. i think it -- thank you for that info. i think it also speaks to the innotion investments and cutting resear

grids that have the ability to contract similar to work being done at the electric power board in chattanooga with the national labs. so we think there are things that we think puerto rico is poised integrate. i've been working with the ceo, and i've been working my team has been working with hud to help define the guidance document with the supplemental funding that congress provided. all to ensure that these type of technologies, the micro grids, ders really do get in. and one of the things that congressman is very interesting, and you are very familiar with the greenback, one of the things we've talked about is critical fra bank in puerto rico and the possibility of that to enable those 2,000 plus locations that we previously identified fied through the installation of generation to come up with unique ways to basically ione themselves and provide the capabilities for public health and safety they do. >> naung for that info. i think it speaks to the wisdom of not cutting research and innovation. we are on the cutting edge. we are innovation economy. and we don't go backwards. we need to go

on every coast in recent days four storm systems coming through the region again pretty wet also chattanooga. some showers malia's like to be launching draw thirty seven in bamako rising to search you know in june friday as we head into southern portions of africa but the conditions here are looking drawn following holidays of twenty four into. afghanistan has her own studio and you both resources and. why are they so poor the measure. when trying to form a government. the toxin when essentially nowhere the more we would close down the more they push back we knew it was coming into question was do we sit back and wait for do we surprised them with a preemptive strike on the bottom. phonology zero. we know the culture we know the problems that affect this part of the world very very well and that is something that we're trying to take to the rest of the world we have gone to places and reported on a story that it might take an international network for months to be able to do it united nations before and after going on tired old. challenging the voices were challenging companies who are going

hero, a boyl war kernel of the civil war, 17 , perry still, stones river, chattanooga, franklin. badly.ounded extremely he will walk for the rest of his .ife with a limp as well as the charge up ofsionary ridge in november 1860 three when arthur macarthur takes the flag and plants it on the ridge. what is the lesson from that? armycked the confederate out of tennessee into georgia, this bold action. mentor from 1912, .914 is leonard wood he was with teddy roosevelt's rough riders at san juan hill, ended the war campaign on cuba, bold action. macarthur is under frederick funston, he is arthur macarthur's -- his dad's best friend. he basically ended the filipino threat by going on this bold action. he ended the insurrection as far as it was concerned right then. peers, as's well as teddy roosevelt. teddy roosevelt was the most famous person at the turn-of-the-century, secretary of the navy, a guy who had gone out west, the panama canal, great white fleet, speak softly and carry a big stick. teddy roosevelt is a guy who thinks war is a good thing. that's the way you prove yourself a

idea we can't charge them enough money to pay for a real public internet system like the one and chattanooga, is silly. we can do this and we need to do it soon. >> clerk: thank you. next speaker. >> think you chair cohen. my name is mike mccarthy. for the past years i've worked on project technology and expanding broadband internet -- broadband internet and san francisco. i'd like to talk briefly at s.f. city opening up, and my opinion, turning to a sales pitch with its board members. at&t and comcast. they are great companies and do a lot for the community. that is coplete true. but d san francisco, they are like bud and bud light. those are our choices. it is important for us to be aware of that. for those of us who remember dsl way back when, and the nineties, you can choose from ten or 12 different dsl providers. a whole long list of providers. that was an open access network. it was an open access network over at&t's copper wires. and 2,004, some telecom combat happened and that was cut off. what we are seeing here is the exact same thing. but instead of at&t's copper wire, the city an

some vw models but they are down in chattanooga and in mexico. this would have an impact on the high-end. perhaps not kidding his base -- hitting his base. you have a commerce department investigation going on, the same one used to justify the steel and aluminum tariffs. the suggestion at this point is that there is no look into narrowing which country we would limit the investigation to in terms of which auto imports are posing a risk to the u.s. goes thenvestigation way the steel and aluminum investigation went, where everybody is subject to tariffs, that would hit trump's base where you would see widespread increasing prices and challenging the detroit automakers that make a substantial number of vehicles all over the place, mexico, canada. ford is bringing vehicles from india and has plans to bring them from china. they: is the reason president says he is doing this is because he wants more automakers to build in the united states, but i was surprised to hear that bmw is the u.s. top auto exporter. how much is being built in the united states

the one i mentioned earlier on chattanooga, it was two flats. i don't know what they did, but you could have put an adu behind the garage. i don't know how you can be more proactive to do that when projects come in, don't come in, but i want to focus on what i think is a loophole. or could be a loophole. and you experienced it. and that is 653 28th street. that building should not have been demolished. it was 45,000 over the number at the time. and the numbers hadn't been adjusted. that's why i went to the board of appeals with it and lost there. but i don't think that when this whole thing was proposed, i don't think that you should allow an adu -- or justify a demolition to put an adu in. because you're going to demolish everything that is rh 1 in the city to put a 1200 square foot adu in and the one you approved is 1400, it's too big, maybe i should have it reduced 200 square feet. that's fine, as long as they're totally new and they're not causing the demolition of sound housing that really should be considered affordable, like that thing up

this open house on chattanooga. it's not really a demolition, but it's sort of a demolition. it's a merger of units. they're asking 7.65000. that's a mortgage of $36,000 a month. something has to be done. i go in there. it was two units, but the agent tells me that, oh, you open this wall and you can connect them up. they're selling it as a single-family home. with all the things that i've shown you over the last four years, during that four-year time, the zoning administrator, mr. sanchez, has raised the numerical calculation for the rh-1. he's raised it three times. that's in the email i sent you. you haven't raised it. i'm asking you to follow 317-b2d, which i attached, so the letter and four pages after that, to please consider doing that to deal with the democalcs. he's raised it three times. 1.5 to 1.6 to 1.9, to allow demolitions in rh-1 administrative approval. you have the ability to do that. i really hope that you will consider doing it and i really hope that you will consider doing it the three times like he did it, making up for it, catching up to the four years.

we have volkswagen plant in chattanooga, tennessee, a mercedes-benz plant in alabama and bmw in south carolina, electrolux, sweden appliance manufacturer, has a giant plant in tennessee. they were planning a $250 million reinvestment into that plant. go back to march. trump announces steel tariffs on a thursday. electrolux comes out on friday, let than 24 hours later, saying we're putting on hold this $250 million investment. i mean, this is not just policy hurting the american people. forget about the fact that these tariffs and this economic policy could be a disaster for the global economy. it's a disaster for the economy of trump country, trump voters. >> why do they buy into the narrative then? >> well, that's the mystery, isn't it? i mean, it's -- it's a cultiocc personality. >> doesn't make sense. >> there was always the argument to be made republican voters especially in rural areas are voting against their own best interests. >> yes. >> but so many times you maybe have to connect. it's obtuse argument. you have to connect point "a" to "b" to "c." >> he announces the tariffs o

james: originally in chattanooga, tennessee. grew up in north alabama. went to school at auburn. joined the foreign service right out of auburn. i always had an interest in ham radio, talking to people overseas. i had originally wanted to go into the military and go to west point or annapolis but i had polio when i was a teenager and that left me with a gimpy leg. they wouldn't let me in the military. maybe the foreign service was something to substitute for it and get me out seeing the world and having some adventure. >> how about you? where are you from? what was your life growing like? tuy-cam: came from hanoi. i came from the central part of vietnam, it used to be the capital of vietnam. what was your family doing? were they working? >> tuy-cam: my father was working for the government. my mother took care of all us. were you in school? >> tuy-cam: yes, i was in school, the school for girls. donghokn. to do know what you wanted to do with your life? >> where you still learning at the time? of the vietnam war? tuy-cam: during the time of the vietnam war, i was still working fo

he joins us from chattanooga this morning. senator, do you believe the u.s. was committing a human rights violation by separating migrant families? >> well, margaret, it obviously is not something that is realistic. it's not something that appreciates these young children, and certainly was done in a ready, fire, aim way, obviously. there was no preparation for it. i can't imagine any american's heart not going out to these families, knowing these children are being separated, and then where they're going. so i'm glad the administration took the steps they took. that's led to another crisis, if you will, because of the 20-day rule that exists. and so, you know, the administration obviously made a large mistake. i know that some in the white house want to use the immigration issue as a -- as a force to activate the base for elections, but obviously the president realized that was a mistake. and now it's up to us in congress to work with them to come up with a longer-term solution. >> well, on that solution you're supporting legislation that would essentially a

to expand and contract similar to some work that's being done at the electrical power board in chattanooga with the oak ridge national lab. so there are a number of specific things we think puerto rico is uniquely poised to be able to integrate. we've been -- i've been working with walt and my team has been working with hud to help define the guidance document with the supplemental funding that congress provided all to ensure that, you know, these types of technologies, microgrids, d.e. d.e.r.'s really do get in. one of the things very interesting -- you're familiar with the green bank. we've talked about a critical infrastructure bank in puerto rico and the possibility of that to enable those 2,000 plus locations that we previously identified through the installation of generation to come up with unique ways to basically island themselves and create the capabilities of public safety that they do. >> thank you for that info. i think it speaks to the wisdom of that cutting research and investments. we are on the cutting edge. we're an innovation nation. >> i recognize the gentleman from vir

that is just a wrapp from the chattanooga times free press. after that pardon last week, we want to hear from you about president trump and the pardon power. ray is in chicago. ahead. caller: good morning. you know what gets me is that , when they get on the otheride, that is the law, the president has the power to pardon anybody he wants to. about the boxer, listen, he son't being fairly judged, president trump pardoned him. why does that other guy say it was racist? it was racist at the time. it is not racist now. host: how would you feel about president trump pardoning someone involved in the russia investigation or if a case is brought against him tomorrow, if he pardons himself? law,r: if it is within the the law is the law. if you don't like it, change it. it that a you, why is month ago i ask you, i said andthing about david duke them both being racists, and then you asked me was i a fan of david duke? of course i'm not. i am the mexican-american. i thought in being on. why would you ask me a question like that? you did not know i am me

. >> chattanooga, cleveland, ohio m per hour! ♪ s >> iummertime on the plaza!ack to the plaza is packed this morning. e biggest crowd yet, you think? >> it was down the block as i turned the corner this morning. fos were her early. >> look right bind us. >> yeah, everywhere. >> it's incredible. >> we just had our first official day of summer yesterday, right, and what a beer way to kick it off? >> yeah. we will get to the music in the next half hour. let's start with your news at 8:00. the president telling congress to wait until fall for the immigration policy. peter alexander at the white house for us. >> reporter: it's new and significant. president trump has repeatedly called on congres to solve the legal immigration this morning is giving up until after the tweeting lection within the last hour that republicans should stop wasti their time, acknowledging they do not have enough votes to suppt his hard line approach, a move that only complicates the effort to end the white house and confusion at the border. this morning washington is struggling to come to g

. >> chattanooga, tennessee. >> cleveland, ohio. >> miami, florida. >> to see 5 seconds of summer. >>and ready to go. welcome back to "today." the plaza is packed this morning. >> i wonder if it's our biggest yet. do you think? >> it was down the block as i turned the corner this morning. folks are here early and often. >> look right behind us. >> oh, yeah. >> they're everywhere. >> it's incredible. this is going to be a great concert. we had our f >>> what better way to kick it off. >> awesome sauce. >> it is awesome. we're going to get to music in the next half hour. let's start with news at 8:00. this morning president telling congress to wait until fall to confront the chaos over u.s. immigration policy. want to get to the latest on this. nbc national correspondent peter alexander at the white house for us. peter, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning to you. new this morning and significant. president trump who repeatedly called on congress to solve this problem with illegal immigration this morning is giving up at least until after the midterm elections. tweeting within t

>> chattanooga, yeah. >> it's been great. those jobs are here today because people like carroll campbell in south carolina had a vision, and i've got to ask the question. so many people in that audience cheering for trump, including the governor of south carolina who was the head of the republican party when carroll campbell was governor of south carolina. that i know better. >> do they? >> they know better. >> do you think the crowd knows better? i don't. >> they know. no, those guys -- they can show it again. the guys in the back are going, wait a second, wait a second. we're against germany? because germany has been flooding billions and billion and billions and billions of dollars into the south carolina economy over the past 30 years. >> i mean i was struck by the number that he threw out, that the european union is costing us. i doubt that number. >> you know what? he just makes up numbers as we know. it's just like he tried to get the department of hhs, order them to do a study to see how much revenue refugees made and

central africa where some really big storm systems are across more western parts of africa into chattanoogapushing towards mali so in across west africa will see some heavy showers across ghana may not fair to partly lagos nigeria may also see some dry weather conditions most of them portions of the continent are looking draw in fine and should be a fine day the highs of just fifteen. so whether it's sponsored by. seven million in this case. each one is still the. one to be seen. to be. the monster the. baby's skull. with the human. on. top stories for you so far this half hour ethiopia's new prime minister says a few people are dead after a blast at a rally he was addressing have been talking to tens of thousands of supporters in the. square. the u.s. has indefinitely suspended some military exercises with south korea weeks after donald trump's meeting with the north korean leader kim jong il and however president trump has extended sanctions against pyongyang saying it's still posed an extraordinary threat. people in the southern syrian province of there are fleeing towards the border wit