army copy like the ones used at fredericksburg. ninety-one were designed in chattanooga.nyone else? just second. >> being a burnside supporter, the question is it didn't need saving at knoxville because he kind of held his own and my other question is the famous exchange between grand and thomas and orchard when grant turns to thomas and says who ordered those men up the hill andd thomas turns into says modify so thomas did relay for the limited offensive demonstration to the fourth corpsor commander and they tried to communicate that to the division commanders but before that order filtered down below, the signal for the advance was given and the brigade and regimental commanders never learned about that limited assault. you are correct the situation wasn't as dire as some would say they were making it out to be but in the reflection of his greatest strength that is recognizing he is the implement to achieve national policy. grant understood lincoln's concern about easteg tennessee d regardless of the actual conditions, lincoln wasri worrid about knoxville and therefore

if you were a single female teacher in the late 1920s in america here in virginia and here in fredericksburgand you have the audacity over the course of the year to get married : at the end of the year your superintendent almost always been, would force you to resign from your job at the school because it was believed by these men and woman couldn't ohandle the rigors of teaching our children only to go home to raise her own so women are denied access to jobs and basic rights and the night of basic things. the late 1920s when my story begins, there is a major tragedy in washington d.c., the roof collapsed under a heavy weight of the blizzard snowfall and it was national news, real calamity, many people died including a young boy and the boy's mother wished to sue the company for negligence and she likely would have one they denied her that right. only a father had the right to sue the wrongful death of the minor child. the boy's father was already dead meaning the mother in question had no question, no child and no recourse. women planes in 1920s face similar challenges. the presidential ele

in other words, virginia from fredericksburg, virginia, up to northern virginia. the population is growing, and some of that population is refugee population. but i don't think the refugee population is the primary driver of the population group. what's primarily driving it is urban, ization and, and the search for corporate jobs and the successful search for corporate jobs like amazon, h, q 2 up in northern virginia. and, and, and in effect the, the, the state government is trying to attract all of this economic activity, which they've successfully done. and that is driving population growth. so at least in, in my surroundings, in virginia, there is population growth, but i don't think it's the refugees. i think there may be 5 to 10 percent of the total that the 80, the 80 to 90 percent of the total is coming from other parts of the united states, which aren't doing very well. and relatively speaking. now another point about the idea that they're causing population growth in making life worse for the um, the host community. i would offer a calendar of vision. and

you can go down down to old town, fredericksburg. you can see the humeruser medical apothecary shop. it's still there. he was a very famous doctor during the revolutionary war with the continental army personal friend of president, washington. patent patton wants to go to west point in the worst possible way. but he has dyslexia. and it's not until age 16 that he can read and write so before going to west point. what does he do? he goes to vmi to prep for a year. and when he walks into the tailor shop at vmi to be fitted for his uniform the taylor says oh mr. patton, i fitted your father. here's my log book and you have the exact same measurements of your father. and you say your grandfather went? to vmi. i'll get his measurements. they're the exact same as yours in your fathers this reinforces george patton's belief in reincarnation. he goes to west point. but he has a little bit of trouble that first year so he has to repeat it his plea beer. so he ends up graduating in 1909. in 1909 this fine looking young gentleman in the lower c

in other words, virginia uh, from fredericksburg, virginia, up to northern virginia. the population is growing, and some of that population is a refugee population. but i don't think the refugee population is the primary driver of the population group was primarily driving it is urban, ization and, and the search for corporate jobs and the successful search for corporate jobs like amazon, h, q 2 up in northern virginia. and, and, and in effect the, the, the state government is trying to attract all of this economic activity, which they've successfully done. and that is driving population growth. so at least in, in my surroundings, in virginia, there is population growth, but i don't think it's the refugees. i think there may be 5 to 10 percent of the total that the 80, the 80 to 90 percent of the total is coming from other parts of the united states, which aren't doing very well. and relatively speaking. now another point about the idea that they're causing population growth in making life worse for the host community. i would offer a calendar of vision. and that is t

of course is little upsetting a little depressing and disappointing i was coming here to fredericksburg city i've been before and do really enjoy it and i was goingng to be in this empty room. i said to my wife yesterday before i got on the plane, should i even bring nice shoes? should i even plan to wear pants up there? it's fortunate really for all of us that my wife told me yes. [laughter] so it's really great to bee he. i'm going to be speaking tonight about my book. and i'm really excited to finally share with you. but before we get into that i wanted to start with a confession of sorts. and that is i don't really like to fly. i don't like turbulence. i do not like the little sounds a plane makes for inexplicable reasons in the middle of a flight and they really don't like takee off. that moment where you're barreling down the runway so fast that i should take off into theou air you can feel the weigt of the air in the plane on your chest as you move further and further away the ground. i really do not like that feeling at all. i do like to travel for pleasure in normal times. and

in other words, virginia uh, from fredericksburg, virginia, up to northern virginia. the population is growing, and some of that population is a refugee population. but i don't think the refugee population is the primary driver of the population grew. what's primarily driving it is urban, ization and, and the search for corporate jobs and the successful search for corporate jobs like amazon, h, q 2 up in northern virginia. and, and, and in effect the, the, the state government is trying to attract all of this economic activity, which they've successfully done. and that is driving population growth. so at least in, in my surroundings, in virginia, there is population growth, but i don't think it's the refugees. i think there may be 5 to 10 percent of the total that the 80, the 80 to 90 percent of the total is coming from other parts of the united states, which aren't doing very well. and relatively speaking. now another point about the idea that they're causing population growth and making life worse for the host community, i would offer a calendar of vision. and that

. >> all right, here's louise in fredericksburg, virginia on the republican line. >> well, i give it to you. you've -- old bogeyman, you know? the john birch society and all, and all, and all. and i want to ask you something. when you were a young person, aren't you searching for direction? aren't you searching for what you truly believe in? this man is a godsend to the world. he is a good man, he's an intelligent man, he is a man with wisdom, and all i can see is this is a hit a job on somebody that is black. your anti-black, your anti-black and white marriage, you, it is you. you are projecting you want to clarence thomas. >> all right louise, we will give michael kirk the chance to respond. >> this is the enemy of the people counterattack. i just spent six months of my life, i don't know how much time you've spent out there, ma'am, with all due respect. you've got an absolute right to your opinion, but i think we, with an open mind, -- >> we are leaving this program on justice clarence thomas here, but you can watch it in its entirety if you go to our website, c-span.org. we are g

the war the armies would fight a battle that would last two or three days at chancellorsville, fredericksburg or wherever. and then they'd pull apart. and they'd sit sometimes for months actually by the time the spring 1864 campaign opens, i think it's been some ten months since gettysburg, which was the last big battle. and of course, those resting periods, the armies were all able to refit and but it was hard to make any progress. so grant decided he was going to change all of that. battles were to start and to keep going. he was thinking in terms campaigns, not of individual battles or fights. that's going to play a big part when we take a look at cold harbor. the second thing that that he realizes is, is that obviously the armies in the eastern theater, in the western theater have worked sort of independently. he said they were like a bulky mule team. they were never coordinated. he was going to change. armies east and west would move together basically against the confederacy. the confederates couldn't shift forces from one theater to the other. it's going to change the way the war was b

you were a single female teacher in the late 1920s in america here in virginia, perhaps even fredericksburg and you have the audacity to decide over the course of the school year to get married, at the end of the year the local school board oral superintendent almost always been, would force you to resign from your job because it was believed by these men a woman couldn't handle the rigors of teaching our children all day only to go home and raise her own. women are denied access to jobs, denied basic rights and denied other basic things, to. the late 1920s when my story began, there was a major tragedy in washington d.c., a collapse under the weight of a blizzard snowfall and it was national news, real calamity, many people died including a young boy and the boy's mother sued the company for negligence but it was denied that right. only a father had the right to sue for wrongful death of a minor child and this boy's father was already dead meaning the mother in question had no husband, no child. women hoping to fly planes in 1920s face similar challenges in the presidential election of 192

host: ok, let's go to helga in fredericksburg, virginia on the democrats line.aller: thank you for taking my call. i see you're committed to the right to life. if this is the national right to life, his life life at all aspects, how come you are not fighting to protect the life of the living. there are children being killed. there are measures that could be passed to protect children. if you believe in the right to life you should fight for all life, not only the life of the unborn. children are being killed. there are measures that could be taken to protect children born to single women. others believe you should form a committee to protect all living children. thank you. guest: i think he would find that the pro-life movement works to protect unborn children really values all human life. we can't solve all of the world's problem, all of the country's problems. i would certainly hope and expect that there are organizations that get involved in other aspects of saving and protecting human life. one of our board members is involved in human trafficking, trying to

thing called the atlantic gateway which is a new spur of 18 miles so when you're leaving up from fredericksburg, now the train, the freight cars can move off into this 18-mile spur, and amtrak can whiz on by and get you up to do your business so you can make more money, you can spend more money in virginia. that's why virginia's for lovers. >> and glenn youngkin, youngkin -- >> yeah, let's all move to virginia, folks. get out of those other places. >> so that's mobility. i was just thinking governor youngkin must love you -- >> yeah, he gets to cut my ribbons. at the end of the day, it's about what's doing right for the citizens. >> we were at dinner, it's an off the dinner -- record dinner, we had the ceo of boston consulting group, and we were talking about energy and permitting reform and how do you get the equilibrium right between new renewable energy and the reality that 80% of american needs are still tied in others. i was just really fascinated by your comment that night particularly given placement of some some of the energy needs around ports. you said, look, you've got to deal with r