population was to establish and protect a network of continuous oyster sanctuaries throughout chesapeake bay. in 2010, departments set aside 24% of the bay's good oyster grounds to be permanently protected from harvesting. >> well, the sanctuaries i'm not in favor of them because they took 25% of our bottom away from us, but it was 75% of the most productive bottom that we had. so, i mean, it really put an impact onto the commercial fishery. i believe that we could achieve a better effect while having a managed reserve. and they could be opened up when you have new market, like just before thanksgiving for your thanksgiving orders, and for christmas for your christmas orders. and that would really help the industry. >> because they do get opened for harvest periodically, you're not going to have the development of the 3 dimensional reefs that you would get over time in a permanent sanctuary where that vertical growth of oysters is allowed to build upon itself over time and provide that 3 dimensional habitat. but everything's a compromise, i think you need to mix in a consideration for the fi

the susquehanna river feeds into the chesapeake bay.actually the largest freshwater source of water that goes into the chesapeake bay. they are one in the same. so that's why there's so much concern on pennsylvania because the susquehanna river is located in both new york and pennsylvania. (reflective piano music) [narrator] private consulting foresters and public service foresters work together with landowners on shared forest stewardship goals. [andrea ferich] this is a quaking aspen tree and with this organic method, we use this...mat. it is a great weed suppression mat. and this quaking aspen is very quick growing and it connects all of the root systems of the trees and shrubs of everything that grows. as this quaking aspen grows, when it becomes mature, if we cut it down, it will send up 600 to 800 baby aspens all around. so, this an early successional method. quaking aspens are one of my favorite for really transitioning the soil from agricultural land into a forest. [andrea] this is an island that's 12 feet wide and 40 feet long.

and because of all of these major rivers that flowed into the chesapeake bay, which, of course, would flow into the atlantic ocean and how these rivers and these creeks and and, of course, the bay played a major role in helping people to escape from slavery, because as they were escaping aboard ships. now the ships sometime would take them simply across the river. like if you go into the kentucky, tennessee area, going across the ohio river to ohio some. so you had to flee by land to a certain point. and then after that, you would flee aboard ships. one of the i think significa and parts of the film, harriet, about harriet tubman, a film was released a few years ago show that harriet tubman, not only fled on foot, but she fled across water and. she fled aboard ships that were operated by men, african-american men were seamen aboard the and they called them blackjacks. and these men were operating schooners, prima traveling, transporting goods from point to the other. and that brings to another point i wanted to mention, and that is the predominance of african-american men in the

the chesapeake bay, amphibia operations are the single most difficult to undertake in war. still and and he was undertaking this on a scale never before attempted the 10,000 men that went down to mexico, veracruz in 1846 to begin the mexico campaign was unprecedented. this is ten times larger than. so it's a difficult thing and mcclellan wanted to do was use his brains use his cleverness to avoid the cash that would inevitably result from a formal a frontal and and for his wanting to do that we should him. but there are problems with mcclellan craig. craig, you're absolutely right about. terry williams. i was in baton rouge last week going through the two harry williams papers because really interested in this this, this idea of, lincoln, as our greatest commander in and mcclellan is complete idiot. and i think it's sort of it's it finally gels with harry williams i think he gets it from from previous historians. a couple other points i'll just throw in really quickly. glenn was talking grant's assertion in the memoirs that he received carte blanche from lincoln. he does sa

even before the sun comes up, storms will rumble into the afternoon farther south toward the chesapeake bayuld be some travel delays. folks around d.c. meantime, this afternoon, it is scorching out there. accuweather realfeel temperatures today 110 to 120 around the lower mississippi valley. heat related illnesses will be on the rise. and we're also watching a cooldown in the northeast kind of wet this weekend at the beaches. i'm accuweather meteorologist kevin corcoran. >> coming up the parking garage collapse in the midwest also ahead new video in the case of a murdered microsoft executive. >> his ex-wife arrested in front of their kids and later, the kiss on the lips seen around the world. >> what's happening now to that soccer executive after his controversial world cup celebration when you were diagnosed with cancer. i know this has allowed you to see how hard life can be, but always realize it's full of opportunities to make someone's day better. there's been so much kindness surrounding you, starlight who made you smile even on your toughest days. never forget those who loved you so

i mean there was wonderful scholarship on the chesapeake bay but that was a merely southern extension so there was a particular focus on early american history that excluded large parts of the south in addition we think back it's not really until the 1970s that it starts to be a large body of scholarship with women, black women indigenous women white women in the american south. prior to 1970 the major scholarly works talked about women and the scholarship on black southerners exploded in depth. we know so much more about than we did just 50 years ago so i think it's's not just the missin of southerners has changed with but the richness when you talk about all the people who we now call southerners that's been transformed over the last 50 years. >> what we think of this southern so many ofs us understand talking about the religious traditions that comes out at new orleans i talk about, you talk about jazz and we talk about cooking and its relationship to the traditions of food and feeding oneself an understanding that part of the south means a lot of the things we think of better inte

there is a wonderful scholarship on chesapeake bay but that was a southern extension.re is a particular focus on early american history that excluded large parts of the south. in addition we think back is not to the 1970s there starts to be a large body of scholarships on black women, indigenous women, white women and the american south. prior to 1970 you can count on two hands probably these scholarly works that talk about women. and then the scholarship on black southerners exploded in depth. we know so much more about slavery than they did just 50 years ago. i think it's not just the definition of southerners has changed bute the richness with which we can talk about all of the people who we now call southerners has been transformed over the last 50 years. >> what we think of as southern, so many of those things you talk about the sort of religious traditions that comes out of new orleans. you talk about jazz, i talk about blues. we talk about cooking and its relationship to african traditions of food. an understanding that part of the south means that a lot of thin

right on chesapeake bay. some southerners are similar, but washington's too far south. it's too dangerous and it's very unhealthy city to because of toxic water. in six. so but baltimore's also very because he's got to get out of a train or that the cars are from the engines and pulled by horses very through the streets of baltimore until they can connect to another locomotive about a mile away. so as the car is being pulled at the speed of a horse, that's when he was most vulnerable. and but but no one saw him. and he made it through. he arrived at about six in the morning in the train station very near the capitol. and so that that, i think, was the most exciting all the days. thank you for question. we have one there and one here. thank you. your presentation found very interesting that on a trip from going way north in the north and drove down south. the inauguration was in march and virginia and seceded into april. but obviously virginia was totally left out of the trip. that was an easy way to go. we go clarksburg on the b.a. in washington or harrisburg. now so, s

reporter: a 15-mile choppy boat ride from maryland's shore past a shipwreck there's a refuge in the chesapeake baye to smith island layer cake, a vibrant crabbing tradition, and more recently a swarm of home buyers. >> it's been over 30 homes in two years. >> reporter: smith island's jack of all trades realtor laura evans says she's never seen anything like it. >> so this is one of the listings i just recently received. >> reporter: it's on the market for about $160,000, up 28% from the last time it sold 17 years ago. compared to the mainland, it's a bargain for those seeking a slower lifestyle. >> the attraction is people who want to escape. >> reporter: scientists project global warming will plunge smith island almost entirely under water with just one foot of sea level rise by 2050. new home buyers on the island, though, will tell you there is something special about smith island that makes them want to stay. >> i've never had neighbors like it, people who just open their arms to welcome us here. >> reporter: paul and samantha bought a fixer-upper in march. they say rising sea levels are a comm

i mean, there was wonderful scholarship, the chesapeake bay, but that was really the kind of southern extension if somebody so there there was a particular focus on early american history that excluded large parts of the south in addition, we think back that it's not really until the 1970s that there starts to be a large body of scholars on women black women, women, white women in the american south prior to 1970, you could count on two hands perhaps, but probably the major scholarly works that talked about women. and then the on black southerners has just exploded in depth. we know so much more slavery than we did just 50 years ago. so i thinkthe definition of sous has changed, but the richness with which we can talk about all of the who we now call southerners has been transformed over the last years just and what we think of as southern. so many those things, understanding the african roots of you talk about the gullah and the geechee that we talk about the the sort of religious traditions and stuff like that that's in that comes out of new orleans. i talk about you talk about jazz

now we move you down across parts of the chesapeake, annapolis. i wouldn't be on the bayway across the eastern shore and parts of georgia, south carolina and north carolina. those are the areas we're still watching for severe weather. we know there are 900,000 homes and businesses already without power right now. and the wind is just getting to some of the most populated areas, wolf. this is going to be a night where more than a million, possibly 2 million customers by the morning hours will be without electricity. >> awful situation indeed. chad, thank you very much for that update. and this note to our viewers. coming up on "erin burnett outfront" right after "the situation room," former trump white house lawyer ty cobb breaks down the latest on trump's legal issues. that's coming up right at the top of the hour. >>> just ahead here in "the situation room," kim jong un's latest propaganda effort is giving the world a rare peek at north korea's weapons facilities, amid tensions with the west. calculates your car'e and gives you a real offer in seconds we'll come to you p