but the biggest threat to jamestown actually isn't the rising river.this swamp that's literally devouring history as it grows. you increasingly have water from both sides, and below. >> we have it from both sides, below, abve. we're getting attacked from all sides. >> reporter: leading jamestown's fight against climate change is michael lavit. >> we're going to have to raise buildings, raise roads, do salvage archaeology, put in berms, pump systems, to truly save jamestown. >> reporter: but saving it will likely require tens of millions of dollars over the next five years to keep this american treasure from being washed away. for "eye on america," i'm kris van cleave, in jamestown, virginia. >> duncan: a possible break in the case as authorities in mexico investigate the death of an american tourist. that story is next. when it was time to sign up for a medicare plan mom couldn't decide. but thanks to the right plan promise from unitedhealthcare she got a medicare plan expert to help guide her with the right care team behind her. the right plan promise

sea levels are threatening historic jamestown, virginia. it was the first permanent english settlement in the new world and is now among the nation's most endangered sites. in tonight's "eye on america," cbs's kris van cleave has an update on the race to save history. >> reporter: more than 400 years after the first european settlers arrived, jamestown, virginia, is struggling to survive -- not the passage of time, but the ravage of climate change. >> we are concerned that if we don't take action, jamestown will be lost. >> what would america lose if this site is allowed to sink? >> i think part of its soul. >> reporter: elizabeth cass tony runs the nonprofit overseeing the colony's original 22 acres along the james river and is now racing to save it from rising water. >> it tells a national story about our persistence, our democracy, and the beginnings of our race relation. >> reporter: the jamestown colony marked the start of representative government in the new world. it's where pocahontas married john rolfe, and it remains the site of h

so if all the historians were from jamestown, what would our american history look like now? most historians were from new england. this idea of the importance of the mayflower becomes crucial to the whole thing. any questions? any thoughts or comments about all this history business? textbooks business? yes? >> do you think that the domination of the pogrom puritan arid of over jamestown was like a conscious effort. do you think that it just happened naturally? >> well one, it's the idea of local pride. one of the things you see happening is not only losing population but they're losing out on political significance. four out of the five first presidents are out of the south, from virginia. so, they are not getting the political significance they feel like they're deserve. they are looking to get the national significance of the history, right? yeah, the president came from down there. but, the nation came from up here. what it really stands for comes from up here. there is a sort of compensation. emma willard's specifically calls the virginians -- she has a second called, t

then jamestown could sort of moved aside or erased or ignored so that we could start with the pilgrims and be committed to these things as our essential identity. and what you see often happening is that you get this kind of contrast pretty but when the pilgrims came, it was unlike when the spanish came because with the spanish did was horrible but with pilgrims dead as they came and that's what defines america oregon state these people came to virginia but now those are people who were sort of bad. that's not what america stands for the true origin that happened with the real origin came a little bit later. so you get this way of talking about american history so that identity and the origin are mixed up in purpose. does that make sense. and the other reason that we get to talk about the pilgrims is because of the people who write the textbooks happen to be mostly from new england. in this case back to the kind of sectionalism built into national industry. by 1860, new england was only 1. population, but it was roughly half of all textbook writers. that gave them a key role in shaping

perhaps he wasn't executed because a new that they needed hands that knew how to labor and jamestown. he was there in 1609, 1610. he had left london, left his wife and three children. as he went off with a band of aristocratic adventurers, not religiously inspired, not pilgrims, people who are out looking for adventure and two. -- do not have very much of a commitment for labor for themselves. he went off as a ministerial -- assistance and he had functions for assisting the governor and being a reader, so he had some religious background. hawkins got into trouble. remember jamestown went through terrible times, they nearly starved to death, amos banished the place and would not work for themselves and abused natives. for some reason, we do not know, because he did not leave us a diary or books, no abstract principles, we know that he was nearly sentenced to death because he had popped off, something had infuriated him and he expressed it, and i was called mutiny. pleas of mercy led to his pardon so he was not put to death, perhaps he was not executed because they knew that they needed

jamestown was cited badly surrounded by mosquito breeding swamps and where the water was often brackish, led to salt poisoning near the hot humid virginia summers but the virginia's biggest mistake was to keep title to the land, the means of production. to work it as peasants for the company's profit. any goal they found was theirs to keep or sell, the settlers the company recruited all men in the first year or so were mostly sturdy beggars, a healthy man who had no employment, the burgeoning sons of london and gentry families. the latter was disinclined to do hard work. pursuing self-interest as people always do they preferred to search for gold from which they could profit directly but there is no goals to be found in the plains of tidewater, virginia. they found plenty reform that looked like gold, they shifted to england where it was found to be worthless. the result was starvation. the 104 settlers, only 38, nine months later. the colony has 229 settlers. by 1610, only 60 were still alive. one man had killed and eaten his wife. he was burned at the stake. the glass factory, the abu

jamestown was like the lord of the flies. in the case of jamestown, they actually had pulled up anchor and were sailing away just as their new governor is coming up the chesapeake bay forces them to turn around. it could have gone the way of roanoke. right. and plymouth almost goes the way of run up. but they you know, they managed to bring in their first harvest, including indian corn. right. which native people have taught them how to grow. so it looks like they're going to survive for longer than they had anticipated. and they decide it's time to take a break. pause. let our hair down a little bit right. did they dance? oh, that's a good question. i. i know, i know there are games of skill and strength, you know, so their target practice is wrestling. okay. you know, you don't want to offend god with, you know, provocative dancing. you know, i don't know what the puritans did. yeah, you'll have to ask somebody about that. someone else about that, you know. but yeah. so they're having a feast and then all of a sudden usher

stephen hawkins was in jamestown. he was there in 1609, 1609. he had left london, left his wife and three children there, as he went off with what? a band of aristocratic adventurers, not religious leaders, not pilgrims, people who were out looking for -- and didn't have very much of a commitment to -- themselves, because they were used to having everything done for them. hawkins had been a ministerial assistant, and he went off as a ministerial assistant. he had and then straight of functions for the governor, as well as being a reader in congregation. so he obviously had some religious background. but hawkins soon got into trouble. remember, jamestown went through terrible times. they nearly starved to death! they mismanage the place. they wouldn't work for themselves, and they abuse the ladies. but for some reason, we don't know, because he was not a literary man, hawkins, he didn't need -- no abstract principles. the only non sentence was death. because he had popped off. -- infuriated him, and he expressed. it that was called mutiny. please

indeed the bridge in your colony may just about every mistake it could make jamestown was cited badlysurrounded by mosquito breeding swamps. where the water was often brackish. this led to salt poisoning during the hot humid virginia summers that virginia company's biggest mistake was to keep title to the land the means of production. the settlers were in effect to work it as peasants for the companies profit but -- the settlers at the company had recruited all men in the years or so mostly were what were then called sturdy beggars. i. e. men who had no employment and who had graduated to the burgeoning slums of london and bristol along with the younger sons of gentry families. the first group knew little about farming and the latter was not inclined to do hard work. pursuing their self interest of people do they prefer to search for gold for which they could profit directly of course there was no goal to be found in the plains of tidewater virginia although they'd found a form of micha which did look a bit like gold. they shipped it to england where was found to be worthless the resu

you can start 1619 is one date that's compelling, jamestown or you could do the roanoke colony but you could do the 16th century. you could do 1500, 1520 because florida is a part of the united states . and the reason that you have european encounters with the south first is because it's a land of incredible abundance. so this desire to think what can we do with sthis, this fountain of youth, of gold, maybe not those things but prosperity and combine that with unpaid labor. and so much wealth is produced so once there's sugar, there's tobacco, once you get to cotton it builds the wealth of this country and is what enables the united states to become a global power even rand i think this is important, the reason washington dc is in the south and i know that's another place we could ring it up is because the southern colonies had to deal with revolutionary war debt because that's where the prosperity was and in the way our government is organized. the electoral college, separation of powers etc. the south has moved the nation out of the bread basket. so the whole nation is indebted to fo

beginnings right so you can start, you know, six sixteen nineteen is one date that is compelling for jamestown or you could do the roanoke colony earlier, but also you could do you could do the 16th century you you could do 1,500 15 20 because florida is a part of the united states. and the reason that you had european encounters with the set with the south first is because this is a land of incredible abundance. right? and so this desire to figure what can we do with this inside of a fountain of you the gold of look at maybe not those things but prosperity you can bind that with unfree labor right of africans and so much wealth is produced and so, you know, once you get there's malt there's six there's sugar there's tobacco once you get to king cotton builds the wealth of this country it is what enables the united states to become a global power even you know, and i think this is really important. the reason washington dc is in the south and i know that's another place we can argue about but is because the southern colonies had to pay the revolutionary war debt because they were that's where

the first thanksgiving across nantucket sound on plymouth rock but the first thanksgiving was in jamestown, virginia. >> mike: looks like a postcard behind you. my question is the president was adamant the end of the year. now bumping it back six months. is that the only thing he can control while the courts are considering whether this is even legal? >> that's what the president is saying, mike. he is saying until the security weighs in he will extend the payments. courts have already said congress control the purse. many people think it is unconstitutional. >> mike: lucas with the educational live shot. first thanksgiving in virginia, thanks very much. >> gillian: take a look at this. turns out most americans do not want politics on the table this thanksgiving. a new poll out now that finds that just about 2/3 of americans, 65% are hoping to avoid political discussions period when they sit down with family and friends this year. let's bring in guy benson, the host of the guy benson show on fox news. you live and breathe politics. will you flip the switch tomorrow? >> gillian, now that yo

from jamestown forward, our story has become fuller and fairer, because of people that share a convictionated on that sunday, half a century ago. the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. bending that arc requires all of us. it requires we, the people, and it requires a president of the united states with empathy, grace, a big heart, and an open mind. >> in his new biography of abraham lincoln, jon meacham rights, for lincoln, a world in which power was all, in which the assertion of a singular will trumped all, in which brute force dictated all was not moral, but immoral. not democratic, but autocratic. not just, but i'm just. the task of history was to secure advances in a universe that tends to disappoint. goodness would not be always rewarded, the innocent would suffer, violence would at simons, defeat virtue. such was the way of things, but to lincoln, the duty of the leader end of the citizens was neither to despair, nor to seek solace and security, but to discern and pursue the right. joining us now is pulitzer player winning author jon meacham. is the ro

foreign policy was important to him, but it what he did say was, never before, since jamestown and plymouth rock has america been in such danger. joe biden is saying the same thing tonight, and a historian 50 years from now, if historians are allowed to write in this country, and if they're still free publishing houses and a free press, which i'm not certain of, but if that is true, a historian will say what was next date tonight and this week was the fact whether we will be a mobocracy in the future, whether our children will be arrested and conceivably killed -- were on the edge of a brutal authoritarian system, and it could be a week away. >> you really think it's a week away, possibly? >> possibly. because, you know, one of the safeguards that protect our democracy -- being able to have elections where you vote someone out to misbehaves. instead, what we see -- what you are, for instance, rightly mentioning about the candidate for governor in wisconsin, saying, elected me governor, you'll never -- republicans will always be elected to henceforth and our state. well, hitler and mussolini

. >> brian: i could see this in jamestown?in a food processor? >> and then down at this end is we call this the state fair chief meteorologist cheese pie. remember, we had that contest that nationwide contest who can make the happy foods and what makes us happy. this was brought to us by pam lang who won five blue ribbons at the iowa state fair. this is a -- already tried it how is it. >> janice: i went backwards dessert first and now eating the turkey. >> ainsley: like my 7-year-old. >> brian: this is shiny how do they shine it. >> look at brian ate something. >> steve: first time. how is that? >> brian: it is really shiny. >> ainsley: you ate a big bite on tv. >> brian: i know, can you believe it? >> what happened? >> steve: we need to send this video to the museum of broadcasting. this has never happened before. >> ainsley: our stylist when you ate it was going brian never eats anything. how was it, brian? >> brian: inthink it was good. this is something that really symbolizes thanksgiving. a shiny cake. >> janice: it's a p

i am a wife and i am a mother and an educator from jamestown that understands the challenges that areacing north dakota families, and to solve those problems we need to work together, embrace new ideas, and to find common ground. when we are facing problems, we need problem solvers, not people that want to divide us or cling to old ideas. >> thank you all very much. our first topic tonight, the dobbs decision by the u.s. supreme court which reversed roe v. wade and cynthia abortion decision acted to the united states. senator lindsey graham has proposed a national abortion standard. rick becker, what is your position on that? mr. becker: i have not read the bill but i am aware it is a 15 week man -- ban. we have in federal statute under title 18 it is illegal to commit murder, recognizing that the unborn is a child, is a human being, it is murder to commit abortion, and therefore i would be in favor of a ban and the details just to make sure it stays constitutional. we have get away from that, i see it in the votes with career politicians. i believe we can do that with a bill that as

you know, known ocean in jamestown. i tried north carolina. i a few and i'm chad tucker.just not my thing. >> i was so surprised and i want to be her friend because if she's not eating them, ali them and then she can just take the cells and make whatever she wants. thank you to an ir producer including that story. that's that's awesome. great way to end the night. that wraps up kron. 4 news at night. katherine human and dan thorn are back in the studio with a preview of what's to come at 10 back thank you. grant. >> holiday travel season is under way of all across the country. millions of americans getting ready to celebrate thanksgiving. we're going to check in with the bay area airports about what you can expect. >> plus, san francisco is still trying to make a full economic comeback from the pandemic. but it's about to get a big boost for the city's restaurants and hotels. a major global event that the city just secured for next year. those stories and more coming up next on kron. 4 news at 10. two loads of snot covered laundry. only one will be sanitized. wait, what?

quite right, is that, you know, you you got go back to 69 when the first africans were brought to jamestown. and that's really when it started, because that was the essence of america. and i won't get into the long discussion that, but i would like to suggest that maybe there's another that makes sense for the beginning of this american journey. and maybe that date is neither. 16, 19 or 1776. maybe it's 17 05y 1705 yes. 1705 was when the virginia legislature declared that it was perfectly fine for a white man who own does black slaves to kill them if he killed them and discipline disciplining them for not doing their work correctly. and if, in fact that happened they should be treated as if that that accident occurred. in a sense that defined as america, the early america, much more than the declaration of independence, which despite the word is all men are created equal. no one really paid attention to that because i think we knew they all knew that it wasn't meant to be true which was reaffirm by the famous or infamous, you know, dred scott decision in 1857, which was preceded the precede

you see some of the advisories and warnings in buffalo, jamestown. we're talking up to four feet.ion. and why is it happening? because the lakes are relatively warm, 40s or 50s and then you have this cold sliding in. look at the freeze alerts down into georgia. >> so cold out there. let's warm it up. you had a special moment yesterday with your family to honor your dad. this is important. it's amazing. >> thank you. i'm still smiling about that. it's hard to believe that 19 years ago today -- 19 years ago on this day, i had the privilege of flying a vintage world war ii airplane over the airfield in tuskegee, alabama. on this day. 19 years ago. you know who is there? my dad. he was there on the ground. wednesday, yesterday, my siblings, bush, dorothy, we were all at newark liberty international airport where the new roadway servicing terminal a is now colonel roberts road. it is a tribute to my late dad who was also a new jersey native, really proud of him. he not only dedicated his life to service as a tuskegee airman, he was also an aviation and civic pioneer. passionate about t

have got snow above your head and now you add a 50-mile-per-hour gust with wind advisories from jamestownome pictures out of oswego too because it wasn't just the buffalo area. west michigan, 131 a very popular highway that gets shut down by lake effect. that was a 20-car pileup. look at those totals. nothing to sneeze at in east grand rapids, national bridge, new york, 72. orchard park coming away as the winner there at 80 inches, if you call that a winner. the cold that settles in goes from a windchill feeling like 39 in bakersfield to 39 in new orleans and charleston. sub-40-degree windchills. then you get single digits and teens. things warm up. i've got some news coming, george. >> we'll take it. ginger, thanks very much. >>> now to breaking news overnight. a powerful earthquake killed at least 46 people in indonesia. about 700 injured. maggie rulli has the latest. good morning, maggie. >> reporter: good morning, george. with hundreds more injured, officials are expecting that death toll to rise. right now, rescuers are desperately trying to get to survivors where in some places buil

quite right, is that, you know, you you got go back to 69 when the first africans were brought to jamestown and that's really when it started, because that was the essence of america. and i won't get into the long discussion that, but i would like to suggest that maybe there's another that makes sense for the beginning of this american journey. and maybe that date is neither. 16, 19 or 1776. maybe it's 17 05y 1705 yes. 1705 was when the virginia legislature declared that it was perfectly fine for a white man who own does black slaves to kill them if he killed them and discipline disciplining them for not doing their work correctly. and if, in fact that happened they should be treated as if that that accident occurred. in a sense that defined as america, the early america, much more than the declaration of independence, which despite the word is all men are created equal. no one really paid attention to that because i think we knew they all knew that it wasn't meant to be true which was reaffirm by the famous or infamous, you know, dred scott decision in 1857, which was preceded the preceden