but the sensors believe that floyd gibbons is killed. shot through the eye. he's badly wounded. they don't know he's actually alive but they believe he's dead. they go, okay, we'll let floyd's report go through which identifies the marine corps.. all of a sudden, the papers all read that the marine corps. helped save france and paris. of course, it's the army, as well. it creates a sensation. it goes viral and what happens is bellawood instead of just a local attack takes on nation significance. the germans see the papers. they rush their best units into bellawood to try to crush the marine corps.. over the course of three weeks, there's very, very heavy fighting and casualties. ultimately the marine corps. and the army prevail at bellawood and the 49th company continues to advance and they fight, you know, in a place which is saturning point in world war i where the allies go on the counter attack or the counter offensive and able to turn the tide and battle there. and the germans -- the war is changing. it's changing nature of the war. the 49th fights through. another battle w

our final speaker for today is paige gibbons backus. we've been talking a lot today about the war in the east. but we can't forget about the aftermath of battle as well. and one of the most compelling portions about civil war history and the civil war story. paige is a historian. she's the social media manager for "emerging civil war" and she's here today to talk about the carnage in the medical field of the civil war. >> thank you, so much, chris for having me, and thank you for listening in and watching these videos and joining us for the virtual "emerging civil war" symposium for history at home. today what i'm going to be talking to you about, i'm going to be talking about the life -- the fight for the life and death in the aftermath of these battles over the american civil war. and we've heard a lot of talks today about different battles, we learned about prison camps, learned about raids, and the aftermath of the battle and in the years and days and months following was in a sense a whole other war in itself. it was a fight for li

our final speaker for the day is paige gibbons backus. we have been talking about the war in the east, but we can't forget about the aftermath of battle as well. one of the most compelling portions about civil war history and the civil war story. page is a public historian with prince william county, virginia. she is here today to talk about the carnage in the medical field of the civil war. >>> thank you, chris, for having me and thank you all for listening in and watching these videos and joining us for the virtual ssymposium. so i'm going to talk to you about the fight for life and death in the aftermath of these battles. we have heard a lot of talks today about the battles, the prison camps, and the raids. and the aftermath of the battle and in the years and days and months following was a war in itself. it was a war against bat wounds and once against dsz. one historian wrote that doctors were the unsung heros of the civil war. they were forced to practice tirelessly and the field hospitals were treating the dieing and the wounds aft

our final speak for today, is paige gibbons backus. we've been talking a lot today about the war in the east, but we can't forget about the aftermath of battle as well. and one of the most compelling portions about civil war history in a civil war story. pages of public historian with a county manchuria, she's also a social media manager for emerging civil war, and she's here today to talk about the carnage in the medical field of the civil war. >> thank you so much, chris for having me. and thank you all for listening in and watching these videos, and joining us for the virtual emerging civil war symposium. for some history at home. and so today when i'm going to be talking to me about, is i'm gonna be talking about is the life, the fight for life and death in the aftermath of these battles, over the american civil war. and we've heard a lot of talks today about different battles, we heard about prison camps, we've heard about raids, in the aftermath of the battle in the years and days and months following was, in a sense, a whole oth

engineers, surgeons, nurses all working together to create what's now called the mayo gibbon heart-lung bypass surgery. if you know anybody who has had open-heart surgery, it began with a machine like this. our first patient at mayo clinic, right over here, linda, she was a 5-year-old girl from bismarck, north dakota, she was dying of a heart defect. she had a very short time to live. her parents brought her here with no other hope. her life was saved on a machine just like this. that's her sixth birthday party a few months after her operation. she's had a wonderful life, a lovely person. i've interviewed her a number of times. it's fun. linda came back to mayo clinic on the 50th anniversary of her heart surgery. she was our guest of honor. and look what she gave us, she gave us her autograph book and her get well cards her mother had saved for her. we tell our new employees when they come here on their tour, behind every invention at mayo clinic, there's always a linda. and what's really sweet, typical -- my daughters have done this. she's got his world famous surgeon's autograph, the

. >>> next, historic site manager paige gibbon backus talks about diseases common among the soldiers. that drastically improved a soldier's chance of survival. this was part of the symposium of "the war in the east." >>> welcome to the emerging civil war. thank you for joining us online for this year's event. i want to give one final shout you to our technical director, chris white, for his help behind the camera today. so

as mentioned earlier we will not observe the gibbons rule. we will instead go in ord of seniority for questioning. alternating between minority and majority, beginning with the members of the oversight subcommittee. members attending remotely are reminded to unmute yourselves when you are recognized for your five minutes. and i'll begin by recognizing myself for questions, mr. commissioner. mr. rettig, when president trump took office former congress -- former commissioner koskanen volunteered to resign before his term ended. you stated this week that you plan to finish your term. that term ends in 2022, if i'm not mistaken. do you agree that you serve at the pleasure of the president, yes or no? >> yes. >> if mr. rettig says yes, then i want to thank the commissioner and i'm glad we agree. will you pro-offer your resignation to president-elect biden, yes or no? >> no. >> if rettig -- well, you're saying no to that particular question, right? >> correct. >> i'm asking you, mr. commissioner, to pro-offer your resignation to the incoming presid

third, we will discuss pence with our practice of observing the gibbons rule and instead go in order of seniority for questioning,al for nateing between minority -- alternating between majority and minority. i thank you all -- >> [inaudible] a quick technical issue trying to get the streaming from 1100 to show up. just so you're aware, the audio e is streaming on youtube already. so the video will be going live as well. ce we get the -- [inaible] >> i thank you all for your continued patience as we navigate these new procedures in order to continue serving our country together in this great time of need. and with that, i will now turn to the important topic of today's hearing, a conversation with the commissioner of the internal revenue service. that's why we're here. so good morning. i welcome my colleagues and our only witness. today the commissioner of the internal revenue service, mr. charles rettig, will join us, and i appreciate that personally and professnally. mr. rettig, this committee has waited a long time for you to joins, and we were looking anxiously, waiti anxiously. n

third, we will discuss pence with our practice of observing the gibbons rule and instead go in order of seniority for questioning,al for nateing between minority -- alternating between majority and minority. i thank you all -- >> [inaudible] a quick technical issue trying to get the streaming from 1100 to show up. just so you're aware, the audio e is streaming on youtube already. so the video will be going live as well. once we get the -- naudible] >> i thank you all for your continued patience as we navigate these new procedures in order to continue serving our country together in this great time of need. and with that, i will now turn to the important topic of today's hearing, a conversation with the commissioner of the internal revenue service. that's why we're here. so good morning. i welcomey colleagues and our only witness. today the commissioner of the internal revenue service, mr. charles rettig, will join us, and i appreciate that personally and prossionally. mr. rettig, this committee has waited a long time for you to join us, and we were looking anxiously, wting anxiously.

. >>> next, historic site manager paige gibbons backus talks about the state of medical knowledge at the beginning of the civil war, including surgical practices and diseases common among the soldiers. she also describes advances later in the war, such as sterilization and reconstructive surgery that improved a soldier's chance of survival. this talk was part of a symposium on the war in the east hosted by the "emerging civil war" blog. >>> with to the "emerging civil war" virtual symposium. i'm chris mackowski, editor in chief. thank you for joining us online for this year's event. i want to give a shout-out to our technical director for his help behind the camera today, making sure that today is happening for us virtual. thank you, chris. also a thank you to our

. >> next, historic site manager paige gibbons backus, talked about the state of medical knowledge atthe beginning of the civil war. including surgical practices, and diseases coming to manila soldiers. she also describes advances, later in the wall, such as sterilization in reconstruction surgery that drastically improved a soldier's chances of survival. they stop was part of the symposium on the war in the east, hosted by the emerging civil war block.

. >> thomas gibbons of "the new york times" speaking to us from kabul, afghanistan. >> thanks for havinghree weeks ago five states voted to legalize marijuana. that makes 35 states where you can legally use cannabis either medicinally or recreationally or both. but decriminalizing this drug is expunging the criminal records of millions of americans. nbc's dan lieberman has that story. >> reporter: this year's election there was a clear down-ballot winner, cannabis. measures to legalize some form of the drug won in every state where it was on the ballot. voters in arizona, montana, new jersey elected to legalize recreational marijuana while mississippi voted for legal medical marijuana. in south dakota, voters approved the drug for both medical and recreational use. that means that 15 states now along with d.c. have legalized weed for recreational use. 35 states permit medical use of the drug. the four states that just legaliz legalized fit for recreational use will more or less follow the rules from other states that allow it. adults 21 and over can possess and legally purchase cannabis.

and 30, we will dispense wh our practices of observing the gibbons role and go in order of seniority for questioning. alternating between the minority and majority beginning with members of the oversight subcommittee. i think you all. >> and troubleshooting a quick chnical issue. iust need another minute. just so you're aware that the audio is sitting on youtube already . so the video will be going lives well. once we get this on. >> thank you a for t you continued patience as we navigate these n procedures in order to sever country together ane. with that i will now turn to the important topic of today's hearing . conversation with the commissier, on the internal revenue services. that is why we are here. so good morning. i welcome my colleagues, and our only witness. today t commissioner of the internal revenue service mr. charles reddick will join us . i appreciate that personally and professionally. this committee has waited a long time for you to join us. and we are looking are waiting anxiously . nearly two years. it is astonishing that this is the first time you're appearing b

speaker, i rise today to congratulate donna gibbons upon her retirement after a long and accomplished career at baldwin e.m.c. donna's community involvement and professional accolades have led me and many others to call her the queen of the county. i do not bestow that designation lightly. i have known and worked with donna for many years, dating back to my time in the alabama state senate two decades ago. she was a force then and her love and influence in southwest alabama have only grown. she's recognized across the region for being an asset to baldwin e.m.c. and thousands of customers, as well as the community at large. i wish donna my sincerest best wishes in her retirement. and i have no doubt she will remain a fixture in the community she so humbly and ably serves. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? >> move to strike the last word and address the body for one minute and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized