as fate would have it, several of clapton's laborers found sanctuary with soldiers. the sympathetic general allowed three of the women and a man whose backs wore the scars from lashings administered by the planter to dispense what wild called poet tick justice. george w. hat ton that witnessed the event did not miss the irony of the former slaves up ending the master slave relationship. the birds are swinging sweet songs he wrote while poor mr. c is crying to his servants for mercy. julia gardener tyler, john tyler's widow was so outraged by the incident she wrote to president lincoln in protest general wild was court marshalled but the ruling was eventually overturned. confederates became african brigade wearing the union blue. the proclamation called for the use of black men in stations and other places and vessels of all forts to service to the union. black men had been recruited from military service earlier but the president's authorization brought them officially into the federal courses for confederates, it was incontrovertible proof of lincoln's disregard for

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we're done. birthday to celine dion who turns 48, erick clapton is 71 and warren beatty. thanks for watching "early today." we hope you have a terrific wednesday. . >>> right now, assessing the damage from a fire that ripped several people rushed to the hospital. new information coming in overnight. >>> this morning, donald trump backing off his gop pledge while he's standing by his campaign manager. now faces a criminal charng. >>> the vote today that could change the future of times square. >>> good morning everyone. it's wednesday, more 350th. i'm darlene rodriguez. >>> i'm michael gargiulo. chris cimino is here. i was held upcoming home from vacation by the winds yesterday. >> that was a big issue. welcome back, michael. >> the winds could not keep me from coming back. >>> the temperatures in the 20s right now. northwest new jersey in particular. the cold spot 21 degrees in walpack, 26 in franklin. in poughkeepsie in the 20s city in the upper 30s. at least the wind is subsiding now.

live look i-77 clapton road, volume build, travel running along smoothly, checking drive times, gastonia, 321 to uptown, 18 minutes, 17 minute there's and green light from gastonia up to 485. christine, over to you. >> christine: wbtv has the most complete live team coverage of campaign 2016. races, you're >>> this broadcast sponsored by subaru south boulevard and subaru concord. wbtv news starts right now. >> christine: a record number of ballots cast, this morning the results are in from north carolina's primary elections. democrat hillary clinton and republican donald trump were the big winners in the presidential primary. >> we are moving closer to securing the democratic party nomination and winning this election in november. >> john: on your side with team coverage of campaign 2016, kristen miranda is in the alert center breaking down the presidential primary result in other states, mark davenport has results i inorth carolina gubernatorial primaries. >>> good morning, welcome to wbtv news this morning on this wednesday, it is march 16th, 6:00 a.m., good to have you with us, i'm jo

celine dion who turns 48, erick clapton is 71 and warren beatty. weather and sports. thank you for watching "early a th ecutive es trng tosaveis yi >>> right now at 4:30, a tragedy for a peninsula family. a tech executive dies trying to save his young daughter's life. >>> plus, beatings and accusations of a cover-up. more details from the lawsuit filed against an east bay sheriff's department. >>> and we are warming up on this wednesday. it will be another beautiful day in the bay area. city by the bay doing a little glistening this morning. today in the bay starts right now. a good wednesday morning. thank you for joining us. i'm sam brock. >> and i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia-cannon. we want to get a look at your forecast on this wednesday. here's meteorologist kari hall. >> good morning,

he has changed the game like 180 mile-an-hour maserati, off-road jeep, eric clapton special guitar. the things because they make us feel good. we don't drive the car 180 miles an hour and i can't play the guitar click clapton no matter how much i practice. marketing is not about function but how it makes customers feel. a good brand makes you feel good about yourself. trump figured out how to do that all he has to say look, look what happened. it was mainstream media, chris matthews asked me that. i'm not answering that anymore. i gave you my answer. put it in writing. let's talk about the issues. then of course he doesn't talk about the issues. he uses his code words. muslims, the wall in mexico they will build making the country great again, you will love me. i'm rich. he has changed the conversation. he needs to keep on keeping on. melissa: what did you think about lou dobbs advice he needs to get out there and actually do something, that he is talking too much and that he is tripping himself up? and that he has lost sort of what he was doing at the beginning to reach people? >>

eric clapton stopped by in the early '80s. nothing is final yet. the due diligence ends in june and college could back out of the deal. >>> it was a bond formed at birth, 30 years ago carissa thornburg was sick. she stayed in carolina's nicu for the first two full years of her life. she never left the hospital. many nurses and doctors worked on her but one face always stuck with her. and we have the reunion that's been 30 years in the making. she was invited. all new at 11. >> it does not seem fair when something so small has to fight >> if she survived it would be a minimum of 18 months in the hospital. don't ask to go home before 18 months. >> she spent her first two years inside carolina's medical center after being born with a twisted intestine. >> there was not data to know what her outcome at that time was going to be. >> she was called the miracle baby and the reason she is here today, she says her nurses and one in particular. >> i never got to come home she the nurses were my life. and nurse barbara, she was always there. >> it teams impos

the venue opened in 1973, hosted anyone who was anyone in music, eric clapton reportedly stopped by to jam in the early 80s. the venue owner says nothing is final yet. the due diligence period ends in early june and college could stillstill back out. a great place for music, intimate. minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. here is meteorologist al conklin. >> al: john, we have a handful of 30s, but mostly talking about temperatures in the 40s and 50s. 36 in boone, 35 in morganton, 43 in hickory, 50 gastonia and charlotte, and 47 right now in monroe. take you up to the mountains, king street in boone from resortcams.com, chilly in the 30s, excellent visibility, dry conditions, no issues out on the roads. we'll look for partly to mostly sunny skies in the mountains, you made it in the upper 50s yesterday, upper 60s today, we chance for any rain today. charlotte metro start near 50. up above our high yesterday, which was 68 degrees, do that by noon and 75 late this afternoon. again under partly to mostly sunny skies. as far as rain goes, we had very little during

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patty would be -- you know, if i show her the laurel canyon stuff and she shows the beatles and eric clapton, that's kind of the dessert, you know? >> it makes me feel good as we have to go here, a guy like you, a pro photographer with such rich history, you carry the point and shoot. it's the no the equipment. it's the fact that you take a picture, right? >> exactly, yeah. we said it's the 24th. that's the great american music hall. >> yeah. we have all the information, which is great, on our website. >> we have to posted on the information "behind the lens" tour on our website. look under web links at the top of our home page. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >>> coming up on "mornings on 2" "the 9", we are live with one of the featured chefs and a man behind one of sal's favorite restaurants. >> indeed. >>> it is time to check our twitter feed. we asked the question, what is your favorite rainy day activity? i think a lot of the people have said a variation of like to stay inside and watch some tv. >> i love ann huber said cook something to fill the house with good smells. >> very

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