to make it even more confusing, they have a new cold harbor and old cold harbor. but basically it is just a collection of buildings strategically placed between where grant was and needed to go. >> [inaudible] >> yes, sir. you can drive through because some of them in the bethesda charts are right on 360. we don't want any more casualties at the battle of bethesda. some of it has been turned. places like the church at the dates all the way back to the 1760s i want to say. one of them is the shelton house and in more peaceful times patrick henry married sarah shelton in the parlor and so it has been turned over in 1997, but it took a few years to get a house in shape but yes is walking towards stuff. so you can drive it or if you want to get out and walk but it can get you either way. he mac. >> thank you very much for coming. [applause] former speechwriter and advisor for president clinton talks talks with the history of chinese americans and the experiences of his own family members in the united states. he spoke of the world at the world affa

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it's through the lens of cold harbor we tend to view grant in cold harbor cast a long shadow over ulysses s. grant. perhaps what makes the day all the more devastating is that there was so much hope in the union high command for success for the assault. even today we can approach situations with the utmost optimism to see our expectations to really -- to end this is what happened to grant at cold harbor. it would succeed based upon the rationalization and a thorough analysis of the events swirling around him. over the course of the last week grant had become convinced return to their superiors in washington that his army was left. the federals scored resounding victories at the creek. it added to his optimism. and that optimism the initial success on june 1 is probably what led grant to launch the assault today's later. he would he was famously writing his memoir i've always regret it if the last assault at cold harbor was ever made. at cold harbor no advantage was gained to calm the date the heavy loss that we sustained. the statement along with the casual estimates on june 3 continued t

and a cold harbor, too. so i think that was what the west learn to it became not a war of maneuvering more, but of just a static situation. that's what it became. >> last week when i was traveling in northern virginia -- [inaudible] why do we americans celebrate the civil war, unlike any other country? we are all basically -- [inaudible] >> what was the question? >> the question was, why the people in this country, are fascinated and even celebrate the civil war, while people in other countries don't do that so much. and i don't know. i would say the answer would be maybe there was one civil war for us all that there ever was. you look at the population of the country at that time, which was something like 22 million in the north, 11 million in the south, counting the slaves. relatively small population, and the number of casualties, i mean, killed, wounded, maimed coming out of that, it just left an indelible impression. the fighting was offered just so terrible. so i think that's probably, those are the re

this program is next on booktv. >> there is a sense of doom, cold harbor. in the battle for the first time with my dad making our way along the park road thrown around to federate entrenchments that there was a certain sense of foreboding. it still persists today 150 years later we see the images after the war for the battlefield on the hurricane that the heavens and we read the words such as thomas hyde in the army of the potomac.

so much a place where ships come in and to make it even more confusing they have a new and older cold harbor but basically it's just a collection of buildings strategically placed between where grant was and needed to go. >> the book features a two or on the end part you can drive through some of the sites unfortunately charge right on three c. we don't want any more casualties and to some of some of it has helped with the land that dates all the way back to the 1760s and then one of them turned over recently and in more peaceful times in the the parlor so they turned it over in 1997 but they took a few years to get the house but the goal is to get you either way. >> thank you very much. [applause] talks about the publishing history the manuscript that was banned in the soviet union because of its critical depiction of the 1917 revolution was smuggled out of the country in 1956 and published widely around the world. the cia recognized the value of the book published the language version and smuggled back into the soviet union where it was sold on the black market and became an underground hi

he is not cold harbor. he comes up with a brilliant idea. this is a brilliant idea based on something he tried out in the early phases of the vicksburg campaign. cavalry raid. he will launch with the idea of creating so much chaos and havoc it will distract attention away and allow his army to steal a march. this is what grant did with ryerson during the early vicksburg campaign. one of the lessons he has learned is he has allowed sheridan to go off on a raid. i mean to address that. back to todd's tavern. is engagedavalry with fitz lee before they drive him off. when george gordon meade arrives at todd's tavern he finds the and theirommanders, troops with their horses on saddled making letters and coffee. where to be no found so they do what soldiers do. gets frustrated. he issues orders directly to the commanders. by the same time they arrive sheridan shows up and he gives conflicting orders. it is a mess. meade's gets someone to tent and ends up engaging in a titanic row with george gordon meade. the in mind, he didn't have nickname the g

grant comes up with an idea because he's been himmed in at cold harbor. he comes up with a brilliant idea. this is a brilliant idea that's actually based on something that he tried out in the early phases of the vicks burg campaign. he's going to launch a calvary raid with the idea creating so much chaos and havoc that will allow his army to steal a march. now he's going to do it with two divisions. one of the lessons he's learned is he's allowed sheridan to go off on a raid. i do need to address that riefry for a minute. back to may 7, 1864. the union cal varies engage with fitz lee almost all day before finally they drive him off. when thare dan arrives -- george gordon arrives at todd's tavern, he finds the two commanders and their troops with their horses on saddle making coffee, writing letters, doing what soldiers do when they have spare time. why? sheridan is nowhere to be found and they have no orders. hey do what soldiers do. he issues orders directly to the two division commanders. about the same time these orders arrive sheridan shows up and he

battle battles at cold harbor lock the battles ogether on confusingthe landscapes mired in blood, day in and day out, with mounting casualty lists and no end in sight. there are plenty of acts of bravery to react on both sides and the rank and file largery remain committed to their respective causes, but 150 years later, it is difficult to find meaning in the midst of such blood letting. and then there is the petersburg campaign. for most people, the nine-month campaign can be reduced to a few photographs of miles of earthworks filled with begrimed veteran soldiers doing their best to stay out of the view of snipers and awaiting the next order to charge in what for many are still a series of nameless battles that stretch to early april 1865. the one exception to this admittedly narrow view of the campaign is the battle of the crater. the city 150 years ago on july 30, 1864. i suspect that for many visitors, the 150th anniversary of the petersburg campaign will begin and end with this commemoration. but there are any number of aspects of this battle that are worth recalling from the ch

during mid to late afternoon and second chance comes later this evening when that cold front reaches our area. national harborack over the woodrow wilson bridge, partly sunny sky. more sunshine over reston town center. clouds coming our way for late this afternoon and rain chances are on the up and. you we're looking for a high today of 94 with strong potentially severe storms possible. keep a weather eye on the sky. we'll be here to keep you posted. college football, richmond spiders taking on virginia. temperatures up near 90 degrees. another great game coming your way, salisbury eagles taking on newport news. steamy temperatures with risk of showers or a thunderstorm there and more college football including south carolina and of course the boomer sooner forecast. see you in a few. >>> right now police are looking for two men who held up a store at gunpoint in the district. we got the surveillance video. take a look if you can. you can see the two men walk into the shore on sherman avenue near euclid in the columbiaing heights neighborhood. this is back in august. if you recognize the men please call d.c.

cold air coming in. and i'm a little scared because pearl harbor was just bombed, and we could be next. i'm hanging in strong, and, tavis, you and i are both too old to be drafted. we're going to sit this one out. >> which is ok by me. >> it's ok by me too. >> the inspiration for your stuff comes from multiple places? >> yeah. there's the famous story, my mother was murdered when i was 10. unsolved crime got me hooked on l.a.'s social past, l.a.'s criminal past. it's remained an unsolved crime. there's that. my early ravenous pit bull like love of reading. what did i want when i grew up? i wanted to implement that thing i loved best, reading. big books, crime books, l.a. books, mysteries, social histories. and now i'm -- i get to rewrite history, and thouno one gets hu. >> let me close on this note. how does a guy who loves l.a. as much as you do get comfortable continuously showing the ugly side of this city? >> it's over. we're different now. we're better now in many ways. and i didn't commit any of these crimes. i didn't bomb pearl harbor. i didn't call the wanabi family. i didn't in

have theke borders challenge of the icy cold conditions when they went head-to-head in the harbor reekedmped, flipped around, and had some pretty spectacular wipeouts. skill does not get much better than this. some skillful moves demonstrating the art of the trick shots. up next, what about netflix? ♪ >> welcome back to "the pulse." i am manus cranny. here are the top headlines today. pro-russian separatists are trading accusations over the biggest outbreaks of hostilities since the truce was signed. airportman said donetsk was shelve all day yesterday while the army obeyed the cease-fire. separatist authorities dispute that claim. nato countries have begun military exercises in ukraine. francois hollande's government faces a vote of confidence. a failure would plunge them into elections. the approval rating is hovering at around 13%, which is the lowest since the current constitution was put in place. hisu.k. prime minister made final plea to scottish voters, urging them not to leave the u.k.. change as ato voters opt to vote no. >> all of the arguments can be reduced to a single fact.

harbor of the potomac. a beautiful afternoon. a few fair weather clouds. rain ahead of the cold front but the showers have shifted north and west. kind of parallel to the northeast. there is a lot of cloud cover our west. there is not a lot of energy to support the showers. i think they will continue to move northeast. isolated shower chance in the forecast, mainly west of town tonight. mostly cloudy with more areas of hatch a dash of patty, dense fog. morerough morgantown -- areas of patchy, dense fog. these numbers. 58 in detroit. 55 at chicago o'hare. lots of mid to upper 80's in the south and west. this warm air will not make it to our area. we are going to be seasonable in the mid-70's for the next few days. way their is coming our first weekend of october. a little fog and easterly flow may give us an isolated shower in the morning. the next big weather event is the friday night cold front. i think the chances of rain are pretty significant. overnight, 56-60 two degrees. tomorrow, after fog and an isolated shower, partly cloudy, pleasant in the afternoon, in the mid-70's.

cold medicine. shut your mouth and sleep right. breathe right. >>> a close encounter with a great whale in california's marina del rey harbor.t's probably a juvenile. but they're not sure what it's up to. this time of year, gray whales migrate north. it's been hugging the coast, going south. it doesn't seem to be in distress, though. maybe just lost or curious or waiting for the iphone 6. >> as is everyone out there. right? >>> now, a look at the morning road conditions. there could be troubles with the commute from north texas, to the midwest, with dark skies, wet roads, flooding. a wet morning on i-10 and i-95 in florida. also, slippery conditions in that snow zone, in montana and wyoming. >> if you're flying, airport delays are possible in chicago, detroit and minneapolis. >>> new details this morning about what may have gone wrong during joan rivers' surgery at a manhattan clinic. >> sources are telling "the new york daily news," that a doctor who arrived at the clinic with rivers, performed an unplanned throat biopsy that cut off her air supply. "the daily news," said rivers signed off on a procedure to see why her voic

avalon and stone harbor you're seeing clear skies right now. as we go farther to the west this is a coldnt we'll see showers and thunderstorms lined up along that front and temperatures that are really starting to drop off, what frontal systems do they shift our winds, you can see where the front is, you can ski where the winds are converging or coming together out ahead of it they are out of the southwest which is a warm wind. behind it they are out of the northwest which is a cool breeze, you can clearly to see what it's doing to the temperatures, 71 degrees ahead of the fronts in des moines, 46 in was -- casper. and 56 in rapid city. future tracker 6 in our neck. woods timing out sun and clouds. this moisture will stay off the coast, looks like you'll be dry down the shore. tomorrow morning there will be clouds, patchy fog, there could mist along the coast. by afternoon we'll break for lots of sunshine and tomorrow afternoon looks like a really nice time frame perfect for the eagles game. tomorrow evening that same front that i just showed you out west that approaches pretty rapidly t

harbors a long-standing hatred towards law enforcement. authorities say frein belongs to a military simulation group where members assume the role of cold war era soldiers from eastern european countries. >> in his frent frame of mind, frein appears to have assumed that role in real life. >> reporter: investigators say frein on the run since friday night recently changed his hair style in preparation for the shootings of corporal bryan dixon and trooper alex douglas. he now wears it shaved on both sides and long on top, wider that a mohawk. >> in the event you're listening to this broadcast on a portable radio while cowering in some cool, damp hiding place, i want you to know one thing, eric, we are coming for you. >> reporter: hundreds of officers have joined the search. frein's family told investigators two guns are missing from the home including an ak-47. >> we have a suspect in this case who is antigovernment. he is a hunter, he is a woods man and he is alleged to be a survival iftd. that is a deadly cocktail. >>> local schools are closed and frein's face is on flyers all over town as a community lives in fear. >> especially when closi

harbor ace longstanding hatred towards law enforcement. authorities say frein belongs to a military simulation group where members assume the role of cold war> in his current frame of mind, frein appears to have assumed that role in real life. >> reporter: investigators say frein on the run since friday night recently changed his hairstyle in preparation for the shootings of corporal bryon dickson and trooper alex douglass. he now wears it shaved on both sides and long on top, wider than a mohawk. >> in the event you are listening to this broadcast on a portable radio while cowherring in a cool, damp hiding place. i want you to know one thing, eric, we are coming for you. >> reporter: hundreds of officers joined the search. frein's family told investigators two guns are missing from the home, including an ak-47. >> we have a suspect in this case who is anti-government. he is a hunter. he is a woodsman, and he is alleged to be a survivalist. that is a deadly cocktail. >> reporter: local schools are closed and frein's face is on flyers all over town as a community lives in fear. >> especially closing the store, i make sure that i have my weap