grant. he had read grant's memoirs, and three biographies on grant. as we start discussing it, i could tell he really had read all four of those books, because he had pertinent things to say about them. i recently was interviewed by the editor of the maritime book review section, and i asked her how she happened to pick clinton, and she said because of clinton's fascination with grant. i was deeply flattered to have a former president reviewing the book, particularly one who is really a student of american history. there are deep reflections, i think not only about grant, but in terms of the continuing echoes in our national life, of a lot of issues raised by the civil war and reconstruction. i also thought for such a celebrated figure, bill clinton, it was an amazingly modest review. he really made it about grant rather than about bill clinton. he very carefully quoted the book. i thought it was a model, not just because it was about me, but favorable, and it showed his scholarship and integrity as a student of history. host: the next book? mr. chern

grant.> ron chernow, author of u.s. grants new biography. even as they rush to publish their memoirs and cashing in on their celebrity, u.s. grant refused to trumpet his accomplishments in print. when did you decide to start that way in your book? mr. chernow: when i started working on the book i read it to -- i ran into a friend who said to me, how can you write a great biography of someone who wrote a great autobiography? that stopped me in my tracks and i thought about that comment for many days. then i realized that it actually helped to define the direction of my book because i realized that what my job was to do as a biographer was to zero in on the silences and the evasions. it is not really a biography. it is not really an autobiography. it covers the mexican war and the civil war. i ended up zeroing in on those things that grant did not want to talk about, particularly his lifelong struggle with alcoholism and his repeated his -- repeated business failures. host: i want to start out

(grant)(grant) humans love dogs more than other humans.ding to a new study from a british medical research charity. (vicki) it staged two donation campaigns-- one for do and the other for people. the donation for dogs received more money than the donation for humans. then another study from northeastern university revealed people felt more sympathy for dogs. researchers say people were a lot less distressed when adult humans were victimized compared to puppies. (grant) the queen herself has now been added to the cast of lion king... the star studded cast that has people wide-eyed tonight. (grant) queen bey has joined "the lion king."(vicki) beyonce will be a part of disney's upcoming live-action version of its beloved animated film, "the lion king"... the singer will be playing the character of nala... she'll join an all-star cast announced in february that includes donald glover as simba and james earl jones, who is reprising his role from the 19-94 animated film as mufasa. others stars in the cast including, john oliver as zazu, seth rog

(grant) it's time to put out that cigarette. tomorrow the american cancer society hosts the great american smokeout. in today's health minute -- mary moloney tells us how the smokeout aims to help people quit smoking. put down that cigarette.and join the great american smokeout.since the 1970s -- the american cancer society dedicated a day to kick the habit.i think we need a reminder to quit. i think people often have it in the back of their minds but it's really nice to get a push. according to the american cancer society -- about 36.5 million people in the u-s still smoke.but stopping can be tough.for most people, they really need to make a plan and they need support. so it's very important that they think through how they are going to quit and follow through with that.smoking is associated with at least 12 cancers.and -- according to the centers for disease control and prevention -- it kills 480 thousand people in the u-s -- every year. but experts at the cancer society say quitting -- even for one day -- helps your health.if

(grant) thanks for joining us i'm grant lodes...(vicki) and i'm vicki liviakis...as rain returns to the bay area, some places are still recovering from last winter's storms. (grant) in contra costa county, morgan territory road outside clayton has been closed since february.. after a major storm slammed the area....(vicki) that's where we find kron 4's charles clifford live for us tonight with an update on the repair effort. charles. . . morgan territory road was badly damaged by storms last winter. a landslide took out part of the road, damaged a water line and the asphalt for buckled and cracked for about a quarter of mile. people had to walk through here on foot for weeks in order to get home.since then a temporary bypass road has been set up for residents and repair work on morgan territory road beganthis past july. they are making good progress and actually hoping to pave the rebuild roadway this week as well as install guard rails.pge is also doing some final electrical work along this route, including putting in new power pol

grant, vicki. (grant) rain is hitting the bay area... as we take this live look outside at the embarcadero... joining us now is chief meteorologist brittney shipp... (vicki) lawmakers want to know what more needs to be done to protect our private and financial information. representatives from yahoo and equifax testified in dc today about how bad actors stole personal information -- and what can be done to stop them in the future. (grant) our washington correspondent jessica smith has the story. the executives in charge during two of the largest data breaches in history were in the hot seat wednesday. earlier this year, an equifax hack put more than 145 million american's identities at risk. in 2013 a yahoo breach impacted 3 billion users. sen. bill nelson: at this point, i'm wondering there's no such thing as data security. senator bill nelson asked yahoo's former ceo how the company ácould haveá protected itself. marissa mayer: even robust defenses and processes are not sufficient to protect against a state sponsored attack. jessica sm

(grant) thanks for joining us im grant lodes...(vicki) and i'm vicki liviakis.... we have confirmed that randall saito arrived at san jose international airport on sunday. his whereabouts are unknown tonight... (grant) but he is considered dangerous after his involvement in a brutal murder 38 years ago. kron 4's j.r. stone has been following the story all night and joins us live from mineta san jose international airport. j.r. what are authorities there saying? (j.r.)grant, vicki.the f.b.i was here at san jose international airport this afternoon working with security teams at the airport to get surveillance video showing randall saito when he arrived. this is 59-year old randall saito who has been in the the hawaii state hospital since 1981. authorities in hawaii say that he escaped from the facility. saito would usually walk to a rehab facility near the hospital but was required to have an escort. you can see in these photos that were just released that he did not have an escort . he took a cab to from that facility to honolulu where he chartered a flight to maui

(grant) up next...at wild boar that was getting too big in san francisco family...is living tonight. (vicki) tinsel-town is shining a little bit brighter this holiday season. (grant) that's because the hollywood chamber of commerce teamed up with the city's entertainment district to bring holiday lights back to hollywood boulevard. this ends a four year drought where the famous street lacked illuminated holiday cheer. but the city isn't just getting brand new lights to help celebrate the season. some of the glitter is permanent. 54 palm trees will be wrapped in lights that stay on all year. they will also be fitted with special lamps that can change color depending on the time of year and holiday. (vicki) "the elf on the shelf" is gearing up for its sixth appearance in the annual macy's thanksgiving day parade in new york. the christmas-time phenomenon continues to gain popularity. eleven-million copies of the book, which comes with a pixie elf doll, have been sold since it launched in 2005. and that me

(grant) (grant) the bodies of the five argentine men... during last week's attack on a new york city bike path... arrived this morning in buenos aires. escorted by thousands of police, the bodies were transported by a caravan to the men's hometown of rosario. the five argentines who died in the terrorist attack were celebrating the 30th anniversary of their high- school graduation. this was the deadliest this was the deadliest terrorist attack in new york since nine- eleven. (vicki) san francisco police are releasing new details on the murder of an 83-year old man.(grant)) he was vicously attacked at a muni station back in 20-10 .... by a group of teenagers. as kron 4's justine waldman explains...a reward is now being offered for information leading to an arrest. justine: huan chen's son says that there is not a day that goes by that he doesn't think about his father.they used to talk every day.now he along with police... hope that a 100- dollar reward will help find his killer.at 83-years old. huan chen regularly took muni to get around s

(grant) plus...hat east bay mud is doing to make sure schools in oakland have safe drinking water. (vicki) and bay area car clubs joining forces... to put an end to illegal sideshows in the south bay... how they plan on doing it... coming up next in a live report... this is the new comfort food. grown right here in california, with absolutely no antibiotics ever. a better way to grow, a better way to eat. and it starts with foster farms simply raised chicken. california grown with no antibiotics ever. <>(vicki) now at 9:30... a group of south bay car enthusiasts are taking matters into their own hands.(vicki) they say they're tired of side shows creating a bad name for them all...(grant) kron4's ali reid joins us live from san jose tonight... how do they plan on going about a change? everyone you see here are car enthusiasts.they take pride in building their vehicles, but now sideshows are making car shows hard for them.building cars is a hobby . and they say side shows take away from the reasoning b

(grant) thanks for joining us, i'm grant lodes...(vicki) and i'm vicki liviakis... that fire severly damaged one of their fences... the fire happend in an alleyway behind homes on herald avenue... tonight that's where we find kron 4's ali reid she has the latest details in a story you'll only see here on kron4...ali? live introthis latest fire was a close call. neighbors fear someone will get hurt.pkgi was really worried about my baby. we got her after 9 years of struggle and she's really precious for us.inderjeet singh , his family and neighbors are concerned about the homeless encampment behind their homes.when they closed down the jungle on story road, they went all over the city. singh says sunday night, a homeless person came banging on his door while he was feeding his newborn baby.i tried to put water on the fence but almost like 3 sections gone.this wasn't an accident. you can see someone lighting the propane on fire. within minutes, the entire fence was blazing. everyone inside had to run out and find shelter in their vehicles.we just left and stayed in the

(grant) and after the break... how police in the east bay area trying to combat a several big side-shows planned for this weekend... if you are in your home or business and you smell gas, your first step is to get out, travel to a safe distance until you can't smell the gas anymore and then call 911. the first responders will come out and they'll make it safe for you and your community. if youdon't touch it,downed keep everyone back. call 911 immediately. the fire department will respond with law enforcement and pg&e to figure out what the issue is to keep you safe and there are no hazards to the public. ♪ <>(grant) extra police will be out in full force tomorrow... to put the brakes on a planned sideshows... tonight on instagram, twitter and other social media platforms...you can find people talking about and promoting sideshows this weekend. police have noticed too...and officers from oakland's traffic division and other specialized units will be posted up... in various locations... to deter potential sideshow dr

(grant)(grant) outside.... (grant) chief meteorologist brittney ship is here with your bay area forecast. lingering showers will remain possible over the region today with another weak system dropping into the north bay overnight producing additional rainfall. drying conditions return region-wide on friday and saturday with seasonable temperatures. another system will bring rain to portions of the region sunday night into monday. scattered showers through this afternoon, mainly north of monterey bay. dry and seasonable on saturday. increasing clouds sunday ahead of the next front leading to a chance of north bay light rain later sunday into monday. drying trend tuesday with another chance of rain midweek. (landing vo) three months after their home was destroyed in a deadly fire, a south bay family has a brand new one this evening.(live in monitor) kron four's rob fladeboe joins us now live from san jose with more on how the community pulled together to turn tragedy into triumph. rob? (rob live) i'm here at the

(grant) happening now... people in the in the bernal heights neighborhood are back home tonight after a gas leak that led to an explosion --- forced more explosion --- led to an a gas leak that tonight after are back home neighborhood bernal heights the in the now... people in happening (grant) sunday. lingering into chance of rain saturday with a arrives week. next front upcoming work much of the cool nights for mostly clear and followed by seasonable days .dry and .dry and seasonable days followed by mostly clear and cool nights for much of the upcoming work week. next front arrives saturday with a chance of rain lingering into sunday. (grant) happening now... people in the in the bernal heights neighborhood are back home tonight after a gas leak that led to an explosion --- forced more them out... it happened near mission street and interstate 2-80... kron 4's gabe slate was at the scene all day... where crews are still trying to figure out what happened... (grant) happening now in the south bay... parents

(grant) thanks for joining us, i'm grant lodes...(vicki) and i'm vicki liviakis.... the water main break happened at second and harrison streets just after six this morning.... and the construction has had an impact on the evening commute. kron 4's j.r. stone is following the story and joins us live tonight in san francisco. j.r. how is traffic looking out there rght now?? (j.r.)grant vicki traffic is much better now than it was just one hour ago. that is the good news but the crews are still busy at work out here. they should be wrapping up their work in the next 30 minutes but.they will be back out here tomorrow so that means more delays are likely here at 2nd and harrison.this is what it looked like earlier this evening. for as far north as i could see.headlight s. many that i talked with waited an extra hour compared to what they normally wait. the water main break happened around 6 am this morning. water was out to nearby residences up until 5:30 this afternoon. the pipe that broke was installed in the 1930 so it is part of that aging infrastructure. the work de

(grant) that was rachel glaser reporting... (grant) after the break.. releases the trailer for the new avengers movie. (grant) we waited a long time.... but marvel has finally released the first trailer for avengers: infinity war... and the clip shows this latest suerhero movie figures to be one of marvel's biggest movies yet... infinity war unites the avengers, the guardians of the galaxy, and almost every other superhero marvel has ever put on-screen... marvel first showed off the trailer back in july at disney's d-23 expo, and again at san diego comic-con... avengers infinity wars hits the theaters on may fourth... (vicki) disney announcing today that chinese actor crystal liu will play 'mulan' in their latest live-action remake of an animation feature. they have been trying to find right star with all the skills needed to play the classic chinese action hero. and liu is quite a pick... she is no stranger to martial art... she was in

(grant) new at nine. a massage therapist is behind bars tonight convicted of committing sexual battery against a client at a spa in campbell. 28-year-old richard wayne slate was found guilty of the misdemeanor charge last month after a jury trial on three alleged batteries at two separate spas. the prosecution is asking for the maximum sentence a year in jail. slate will also be required to register as a sex offender. in march 20-16 a 32-year-old women visiting the campbell spa reported being sexually touched wihtout consent numerous times during the massage. (vicki) san jose police have arrested two men they say are responsible for a double- homicide earlier this year. raul madriz was taken into custody friday morning at the santa clara county court house. authorities say madriz was in court attending to an unrelated charge. edgar sanchez was arrested at his home in florida... also on friday morning. both were booked on murder charges. according to authorities... the pair shot three people at a taqueria

grant." and mark updegrove is the author of "the last republicans." mark i'll start with you on this question of what is your -- you call your book snoot last republicans" no. the bush family, why that title? >> because it was clear that the bush -- bushes represent a lost -- establishment republican party. right now we see a party at war with itself. still have establishment members of that party but there are insurgents who have taken over. the partynt stand for anything spiffs i can, there's no binding platform or principles it's really what standard bear, very capricious, unpredictable donald trump decides it wants to be. so in some manner the bushes, represent the end to a type of republicanism. >> dickerson: ron, why grant and was it the grant when you went into the book the same one as when you were finally done? >> you know, i have contearian, whenever i feel that the stereotype of a particular historical figure is hardened into a caricature i'm attacked to it. grant i was interested

(grant) and i'm grant lodes in for pam moore..tors and electricians work to solve the underlying problem. kron four's spencer blake is live i the city... to explain the chain of events that led to loss of utilities there. spencer? ,,, the electricity running through these luxury apartments is coming from generators tonight.the whole mess started with a water main breakand though some people are frustrated by the lack of utilities, a lot of people tell me management is handling things the right way. people who live in apartments in carmel rincon on howard street can see great views of the baybut for most of this weekthey haven't had much of a view áinside their homes. "the water, the hot water, the electricity. so yeah, it's been an interesting week." monday a water main broke, sending water into an electrical panel for the building. that day residents lost hot water, and the next day they lost power.the electrical panel had to be shut down and still has to dry out completely before it can be repaired.during the dark days, manageme

(grant) (grant) next on kron4 news at five...after thanksgiving dinner-- people are getting ready for the christmas holiday. find out what is making christmas trees more expensive this year. (grant) after thanksgiving... a lot of people will begin putting up their christmas decorations... but america is now dealing with a christmas tree shortage. (vicki) this also means trees could be more expensive this year. and some tree farm owners are worried it could put them out of business. (grant) reporter jackie crea explains how business owners are dealing with the crisis. pete elliot:"a month ago i found out i had no trees when i called my farmers. they said we don't have no trees for you."pete elliot owns tree land christmas trees.a nationwide shortage has him frantically looking for trees. pete elliot:"i've done this since i was a little kid. it's a family business. i've never not had trees going into my season."it's the same story for justin sanchez.justin sanchez, tree farm owner: "yeah, there's a pretty big shortage of trees this

(grant) the story. dry and seasonably cool weather can be (steve) happening now:reports of aggressive wild turkeys invading neighborhoods... they are blocking traffic... scratching cars, and just hanging out on top of people's roofs... kron4's hermela aregawi has the story. (grant) coming up:bart police say they've caught the man seen assaulting a rider in a now viral video.. tonight - how the transit agency is trying to make sure he áneverá rides the train again... again... the train áneverá rides make sure he is trying to transit agency the story. (grant) coming up:bart police say they've caught the man seen assaulting a rider in a now viral video.. tonight - how the transit agency is trying to make sure he áneverá rides the train again... (steve) then: new at ten: distrurbing video showing a deputy punching a homeless person repeatedly... tonight - what authorities say led up to the encounter... (grant) and next:an affluent and gated bay area neighborhood hit once again by thieves.. tonight - why inv

(grant) sideshows (grant) (grant) sideshows continue to be a big problem in the east bay.nd police are trying to figure out a way to stop them. this is video from a sideshow in oakland over the weekend. there was another one in fremont. (vicki) police say hundreds of people and cars participated in the fremont sideshow on sunday night. and a police car was damaged. (grant) kron 4's camila bernal explains what happened. nats5:48:22 none of it is legal the fremont police department said they will do everything they can to stop sideshows in their city5:48:22 they can legally drive on a roadway just like anybody else but they cannot do burnouts it's also illegal to observe a sideshowthe department says that after seeing the organization and magnitude of the sideshows that took place this weekend, they will be monitoring social media and assigning more patrols on weekend nights10:45:08 nobody wants to promote illegal activities from our standpoint now let's go back to what they've said that they are going to do and then let's go back a little further and say how many times they

(grant) (grant) (grant) new at 5... nearly one year ago the city of oakland set out to improve its fire code inspection system...after three dozen people died in the ghost ship warehouse fire. as kron4's haaziq madyun reports...today oakland city leaders help a press briefing to discuss the changes. (on cam)sotit was on december 2... when 36-people lost their lives in the ghost ship warehouse fire today oakland mayor libby schaaf assembled top officials from multiple departments including fire, police and housing to update the city's progress report on changes made to prevent the possiblity of another deadly warehouse firesot oa

all dublin (grant) (grant) new tonight at five... no explosives were found at dublin high school after a bomb threat at the school. all dublin high school events were cancelled this afternoon. students were dismissed early and urged to go home immediately. "we are looking to give the american people a giant tax cut for christmas."(vicki) the president throwing his support behind the latest republican tax plan.the christmas deadline for passage may be a little optimistic. (grant ) congressional democrats say the idea is a non=starter.we asked catherine heenan to explain how the g=o=p proposal will affect your taxes.catherine? (catherine) fewer tax brackets, fewer deductions, bigger child deductions and an increase in the alternative minimum tax. will all these changes help middle america? that depends on who's talking. "with this plan, the typical family of four will save $1,182 a year on their taxes."the republican tax program will benefit many americans by doubling the standard deduction.at the same time it eliminat

authorizing multipurpose grants. aising the limits for grants per site. and removing some funding caps in current law. and removing -- mr. speaker, the bill also allows e.p.a. to reserve as much as $1.5 million in brownfields funding each year to aies small communities, rural or disadvantaged areas. grants could be used for training, research, and technical assistance. additionally, h.r. 3017 will require the e.p.a. to consider disadvantaged areas. grants could be used for the potential for renewable energy production when ranking applications for brownfields grants to incentivize green energy projects. mr. speaker, this bill is a compromise. i would have liked to include important g for this program, but i believe this bill will improve the program and bowl stert federal government in cleaning up these sites. i spror the bill and i urge my colleagues to do the same. with that i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from illinois is recognized. mr. shimkus: thank you, mr. speaker. i'd like to yield

(grant) fema... is working on arrangements to help transport survivors of hurricane maria from storm-ravaged puerto rico... to the u-s mainland. authorities will give priority to the three-thousand people still living in shelters. many survivors who wish to temporarily relocate will likely go to new york or florida. puerto rico's governor chose the two states - both of which have large puerto rican populations. it's not clear when flights will begin. roughly 60 percent of puerto rico is still without power tonight. (grant) the california n- double-a-c-p says the national anthem is racist... and should be replaced. the group's president says the n-f-l protests prompted her to analyze the lyrics of the song. she discovered a reference to slaves in the "star spangled banner" deep in a verse that we don't typically sing. the lyric goes: "no refuge could save the hireling and slave from the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave." n-double-a-c-p officials believes that celebrates the deaths of slaves

vicki and grant?vicki) still ahead-- a bus crashes and kills 4 people... and tonight we are finding out the cause. (grant) and after the break-- barbie is becoming more inclusive. see the new doll they created in honor of an olympic athlete. hi, we're alaska airlines, and we give you more than just peanuts. we give you all sorts of amazing stuff, like european biscoff cookies. hundreds of free movies and tv shows, that you can watch for free, right on your phone. and our rewarding mileage plan that gets you to over 900 mind-expanding destinations. if you want peanuts, check out our prices. alaska airlines. that's how we fly. "supergirl" actor jeremy jordan blames chipotle for getting him sick and putting him in the hospital. the fast food restaurant says that is not true.(vicki) according to a chipotle spokesman -- they are investigating the situation. no one else that was at the restaurant has reported getting sick from the food. (grant) still, chipotle's stock dropped today. since 20-15, the restaur

(grant) now to our four zone now to our (grant) now to our four zone forecast... as we take this live look outside at the embarcadero...(vicki) joining us now is chief meteorologist brittney shipp... a cooling, moistening trend now through the weekend, with increasing clouds today, light rain showers friday mainly south of the golden gate, a frontal passage friday night into saturday mainly impacting the north bay, and a second cold frontal boundary later sunday. dry early next week with another system on the horizon late next week. (grant) it was a weekend of "free speech" rallies in san francisco and berkeley.... that turned violent back in august... and police are still looking for the attackers... we'll show you who they need help identifying tonight....(vicki) and 24-hour-fitness members listen up... find out why you may have a refund coming your way. (grant) 4 your money tonight.... if you have a membership at 24-hour fitness-- you could get some money soon.(vicki) the san ramon company is being fined one-point-two million dollars for misleading customers ab

vicki and grant? (vicki) still ahead-- amazon is making even more changes at whole foods. how they are trying to save you some money this holiday season. (grant) plus-- (grant) an indian food company in the east bay is recalling certain products because they could make you sick. (vicki) "sukhi's gourmet indian foods" is based in based in hayward. tonight they are recalling pre- packaged tikka masala products over possible listeria contamination. the products affected have a "use by" date of november 7th. (grant) the company shipped the frozen microwaveable products all over california. a sample tested positive for listeria for monday. so far-- there have been no reports of any illnesses. for more information on the recall-- go to our website at kron-4 dot com. (vicki) amazon and whole foods are serving up price cuts this holiday season. (grant) and amazon prime members will have access to even bigger deals.(vicki) whole foods is dropping prices on classic thanksgiving foods like turkey and sweet potat

vicki and grant? (grant) tonight-- new information is released surrounding the death of former star pitcher roy halladay. (vicki) coming up we'll tell you about the reports that say halladay was flying aggressively. (grant) and lawmakers are calling for action after two major data breaches affect millions of americans. details on what is being done to protect your information. (vicki) vice president mike pence is visiting the victims of the texas church shooting. and tonight-- investigators hit a road block in trying to find a motive. (vicki) taking a live look at storm-tracker-4 radar... you can see rain is falling in the bay area right now. let's check on the timing with chief meterologist brittney shipp. .light rain is forecast to develop over the north bay as early as wednesday morning and will then spread inland and southward through wednesday night. southerly winds will also increase and become gusty at times, especially in the hills/mountains wednesday afternoon into thursday morning. lingering

grant and vicki? (grant) still ahead-- outrage after a special needs student's mouth is taped during class. we'll tell you about the lawsuit that has now been filed. sfx: tinny headphone music sfx: feet shuffling life can change in an instant. be covered when it does... ...with a health plan through covered california. we offer free expert help choosing the best plan for you. and all of our plans include free preventive care. financial help is available, so check for yourself to see what savings you qualify for. for health insurance starting january 1st, enroll by december 15th. because you never know when life... ...will change. get covered today. (vicki) thanksgiving season is finally here.(grant) today -- a truck load full turkeys were dropped off at the the food bank warehouse in san francisco. if you want to donate a turkey this season... you still have time. the non profit organization is still accepting donations. (brittney) i'm chief meteorologist brittney shipp, i'll have your full bay area f

(grant) tonight a vallejo man is lucky to be alive... when a weekend hiking trip took a turn for the worse. (steve) he was exploring a vallejo trail but got a little too close to the edge. reporter shirin rajaee tells us what happened next. "i'm grateful he was spared and has no life threatening injuries."21-year-old aaron clark's mother took this picture of her son giving two thumbs up to the camera- from a bay area hospital wednesday night, thankful he's alive. "knowing how strong he is and how he endured it all, it's amazing to me."aaron was hiking the bay area trail on saturday afternoon, when he stopped to look over the edge, and slipped and fell."he fell almost vertical, for most of the 200 feet, when he came towards the bottom, tumbled multiple times."the fall knocked him out and caused serious injuries."when he awoke it was getting dark, crawled as far as he could and hunkered by a rock. stayed there for 72 hours."for 3 days- he was out on this hillside by himself in the cold and the rain- using his survival skills to stay alive.

grant wants to stop that once and for all. what he's going to do is plan one offensive under sigel, who will operate in conjunction with the other armies. so while mead and grant and lee fight in the wilderness, sigel will move up the valley. of course with the sen doha valley, the geography is a little bit weird when you're going up the valley, moving north going down the valley. sigel is moving south of the valley, and he will be defeated at the battle of newmarket, may 18, 1864, most famous for the involvement of the virginia military institute cadets who had been marched to the battlefield to take part. the reinforcements used to defeat siegal go and help robert e. lee around richmond, which would become important because sigel is replaced by this man, david hunter, black david hunter. hunter is a radical republican in the sense of the word that he does not just want to beat this out, he wants to punish the south. he is going to be given command after the defeat and now it is his objective to neutralize the shenandoah vall

grant? (anchor) time now to check on our weather... with chief meterologist brittney shipp. mainly dry and seasonable weather conditions are forecast to persist today through thursday. rain chances will then increase over the north bay and along the coastal ranges from late thursday night into friday with more widespread rainfall possible friday night into saturday as a cold front pushes through the region. a break in precipitation is possible saturday night into sunday before another frontal boundary pushes through sunday into sunday night. (vicki) a young girl is the victim of a violent assault on her high school campus in dublin. she suffered a number of injuries to her head and face(grant) the incident occurred after she overheard several male students using the n-word and asked them to stop. the student and her parents tell kron4's haaziq madyun...they want the attacker removed from campus...it's a story you will only see on kron4.

and what other grants you may request for. i believe if that is understood in the financial aid package, one, like you stated, you can make a decision what university you could go to based on how much dollthey're able to give y based on your needs. that wasn't a situation until i got to vcu, more of a better understanding because i had been in the higher education institute for a year but i understand the financial aid letter. a lot of students don't. when they see unsubsidized loans they don't understand it has interest and will cost you more to pay back on the back end. breaking it down where students can understand it would help with higher education and making it more affordable. >> thank you. >> thank you. senator warren. >> i know we're here to help more students access financial aid by simplifying fafsa. i'm happy to work with you how to do it. i honestly don't understand how we can discuss fafsa simplification as congressional republicans as we speak are ramming through a giant tax give away to billionaires and corpora

vicki and grant?rant) an early winter storm has dumped more than 2 feet of snow on the mountains around lake tahoe. this is video from the mount rose ski resort. the national weather service reports 26 inches of snow has fallen on the top of the mount rose ski resort since yesterday. and about a foot of snow was reported early today near incline village at lake tahoe. an atmospheric river remains on track to impact the region from late this evening into thursday. rainfall will increase in coverage and intensity late this afternoon and evening over the north bay with southerly winds also becoming breezy to locally gusty. this will then shift southward through the san francisco bay area overnight and into thursday morning producing locally heavy rainfall at times. rain will then push into the monterey bay region after sunrise thursday morning with lingering showers into thursday evening. dry weather returns for friday and saturday before another system potentially arrives late sunday into monday. (vicki

grant and vicki? (grant) coming up on kron4 news at 5... president trump is criticizing marshawn lynch tonight... for what he did during the national anthem. hear how raiders head coach jack del rio is responding tonight. (vicki) plus... new tonight at five. charlie rose is now being accused of sexual assault. hear the shocking allegations from several women. (grant) and a lot of people are heading out of town for the thanksgiving holiday. more on the crowded roads... after the break. taking a live look outside at the san mateo bridge right now... it is thanksgiving week... and that means a lot of people will be hitting the road. according to triple-a... nearly 51 million americans are expected to travel at least 50 miles away from home... wednesday through sunday. triple-a says that's the most since 2005. (vicki) and heading into the thanksgiving holiday... people also want to know about the weather... meteorologist brittney shipp is here with your 4zone forecast. .a weather system will bring periods of light rain to the north bay and poss

we'll see if grant and i are able to do it...(grant) plus...ar shop is helping out single mom's affected by the north bay firestorm...(vicki) after the break... the mental patient who escaped from hawaii and made it to san jose is breaking his silence from behind bars.... hear his jailhouse interview next... really? really? really? really? really? really? see zero in a whole new way. get zero down, zero deposit, zero first month's payment, and zero due at signing on select volkswagen models. now with the people first warranty. (vicki) now at 9:30... it was a story that had people around the bay area nervous to step out of their front door in the south bay... a runaway killer randal saito escaped from a mental hospital in hawaii and managed to make his way to san jose... (grant) saito was arrested in stockton yesterday... deputies tracked him down after a tip from a cab driver. (vicki) tonight he's breaking his silence and spoke to reporter kay recede from behind bars... ((pkg))(sot - randall saito) "reporter: where did you find the money to get

vicki and grant? (grant) a man is hospitalized with life- threatening injuries after he was attacked in the potrero hill neighborhood. it happened just after 1 a-m today near 16th street and san bruno avenue. the suspect and the victim had an argument that turned physical... the suspect is described only as a man in his thirties...he has not been caught. an update on the vicim's condition was not immediately available. anyone with information is encouraged to call san francisco police. (grant) a reminder to clean the lint vents in your dryer... a fire that started in a dryer left two residents displaced in san leandro. just before midnight, firefighters responded to a blaze at the duplex on san rafael street. investigators determined the fire started in a dryer then spread to the laundry and kitchen areas. one woman suffered smoke inhalation injuries, but declined transportation to the hospital. (vicki) coming up on kron4 news at five--- it has been 58 days since the deadly mass shooting in las vegas.

grant, and vicki? (grant) new at five... san jose police are looking for three people they say robbed a willow glen sporting goods store over the weekend. it happened friday at "athletic performance" on lincoln avenue at willow street. take a look at the woman wearing the gray sweatshirt and braids... she browses around the store for a while. during this time... her accomplice in the black shirt walks in and out of the store several times. after about ten minutes... a blonde woman comes in the store and says something to the woman in the grey sweatshirt. she then holds the door open and the women in grey walks out of the store with several items in hand. the store owners say they took more than 15-hundred dollars worth of merchandise. (vicki) it's election night for several counties in the bay area. (grant) coming up on kron4 news at five... we'll take a look at the important measures you are voting on tonight. (vicki) and as marijuana becomes legal in january... california is trying to figure out how to transport hundreds o

i would suggest providing pell grants after answering three simple questions. what is your family income. how many people are in your family and are you or one of your family members a depend child. and i suggest a federal system for accessing other aid so we don't return to a system where students need to fill out a myriad of forms at each state level for the application process. i'm excited to si the committee continue this important work i hope will lead to more students, especially first generation or low-income students attending college. thank you for the opportunity to testify and i look forward to answering any questions you have. >> thank you very much for a very interesting testimony. we'll now go to five minute rounds of questions. i will step down the hall and introduce a witness -- a presidential nominee at another hearing. i should be back in a few minutes. senator murray agreed to chair the committee during that time. senator murkowski has the first questions. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i agree. very interesti . . . . . . we must do more to make

grant. mark updegrove has written about 41st and 43rd presidents bush, his new book called "the last republicans" and we'll also be joined by nancy koehn can he author of "forged in crisis" do leaders share common straights traits. what does the path tell us about the present. also talk about genius and creativity with walter isaacson author of "leonardo da vinci" and back in the present our analysts will catch you up on what you misunderstand week and look ahead to the end of the year sprinted in congress. all ahead on "face the nation." good morning welcome to "face the nation" i'm john dickerson. most of our post thanksgiving broadcasts will dean voted to discussion on leadership in times of crisis. but we begin with the news. president trump system winding up a five-day trip to his palm beach club mar-a-lago where he played golf with tiger woods and dustin johnson and wished u.s. troops overseas a happy thanksgiving. before he left he spoke with reporters and said that he is supporting a

and if you like grant, and grant really doesn't dislike butler, you've got to think, well, is grant completely wrong? about this guy? >> and the backup on that is, you know, what influence did butler -- or what background or dirt did butler have on lincoln that allowed lincoln to keep on having this man in command, long after his usefulness. apparently after the election of 1864, his usefulness kind of declined a little bit. and so -- and there is a backup question to the bermuda 100 thing here. did ben butler accomplish his mission. at bermuda 100. >> well, if you ask butler, he would say yes. [ laughter ] what were butler's orders? was he to capture petersburg? no. he was not. he was supposed to go to richmond and cooperate with mead, who would be coming down from the north side of the james. butler would be coming up from the south side. and they would trap lee's army in between these two forces. butler had established a firm bridge head at bermuda 100. he had fortified the position. it was safe. the one thing that, of course, he failed to do was to break that railroad, and i don't want to

(grant)(grant) it was a dangerous thanksgiving weekend on the roads. there were nine deadly crashes in the bay area between wednesday and sunday night. in total-- twelve people lost their lives. six of those killed were not wearing their seat belts. c-h-p officers also arrested more than 180 people for driving under the influence. in one of the crashes... a man was killed after his van fell into the waters of the oakland estuary yesterday morning. he has been identified as 68-year-old paul scherer from alameda. rescue crews had a tough time finding the car. they used sonar devices to eventually locate the car and victim. and in emeryville-- a 10-year-old girl was killed in a crash on east-bound interstate 80 near the powell street exit. it happened yesterday morning when a white ford s-u-v was speeding in the wet weather and lost control--- crashing into another car. the girl has been identified as crystal vasquez of san francisco. two other people were injured in the crash. meanwhile, one person died in a car crash in mountain view. this one was along

grant. color="#ffff00">mark updegrove has written about 41st and 43rd presidents bush, his new book called "the last republicans" and we'll also be joined by nancy koehn can he author of "forged in crisis" do leaders share common straights traits. what does the path tell us about the present. also talk about genius and creativity with walter isaacson and back in the present our analysts will catch you up on what you misunderstand week and look ahead to the end of the year sprinted in congress. all ahead on "face the nation." good morning welcome to "face the nation" i'm john dickerson. most of our post thanksgiving broadcasts will dean voted to discussion on