jefferson davis has lost faith in joe johnson's ability to hold the city of atlanta. johnson had repeatedly told the davis administration and politicians who visited his headquarters, the best way to force the federals out of north georgia is to strike the western and atlantic railroad. strike their supply line and end up in tennessee. johnson claimed that his army excuse me, his calvary couldn't do this. johnson con the afford to detach his own calvary from his army because he needed weaver to defend the flanks of the army as it fell back. what johnson proposed over and over and over was for the davis administration to ride east to break sherman's supply line. this would involve stripping the states of alabama and mississippi along with their defenders. and that was something that davis, i think wisely refused to do. alabama and mississippi were pretty important states. stripping those states of their defenders would have opened up the rich agricultural region. they would have opened up important industrial cities like selma, alabama, columbus, georgia, would not have

boosts the morale of the soldiers, and the confederate soldiers in the army of tennessee loved joe johnson. they know that he cares about their welfare. that is one thing about him as a general. but while he is rebuilding the army and its winter camps, jefferson davis repeatedly asks johnson to take the offensive against the federals who are camped not all that far north in the vicinity of chattanooga, tennessee. davis wants johnson to march, but johnson claims his army is outnumbered by the yankees. the army doesn't have the adequate supplies or logistical capabilities of marching up into east tennessee. now, unfortunately for johnson, the davis administration is getting very different reports concerning the army of tennessee from some of johnson subordinates. they are sending back reports that the army is in great shape and should take the offensive, so the davis administration is unsure who to believe although he is inclined to believe the core commanders. during the campaign, up until the time of his removal, one of joe johnson's weaknesses as his continual failure to provide davis and

point, jefferson davis has had enough of joe johnson.jefferson davis has lost faith in joe johnson's ability to hold the city of atlanta. johnson repeatedly told the davis administration and politicians who visited his headquarters that the best way -- to sport the federals's out of georgia was to supply line. but johnson claimed that his cavalry could not do this. he needed reinforcements to defend the flanks of the army as it fell back. johnson didn't have a line long to defend the men. so what he asked over and over was for the davis administration to send the horse command east to break sherman's supply line. this would involve stripping the states of alabama and mississippi of all of their , and that was something davis -- i think wisely -- refused to do. richard mcmurray and others have pointed out that alabama and mississippi were ready important states. stripping the states of their defenders would have opened up the rich agricultural region of the river about a. it would've opened up important industrial cities like selma. it wo

johnson claimed that his calvary, joe wheeler's calvary corps, couldn't do this. o what johnson proposed was to ride east to force the supply line. this would involve stripping alabama and mississippi and all of their defenders. and that was something that davis, i think wisely, refused to do. alabama and mississippi were pretty important states. they would have opened up important industrial cities. it would not have been a smart move. we don't have time to talk about the ways u but you can later, if you're interested. on july 18, 1864, he makes the extremely controversial decision of relieving joe johnson in commands and replacing him with one of his core commanders. he personally sacrificed a lot. you all know the nature of his wounds. the loss of a leg, the partial loss of the use of an arm here at guess burg. in the message that relieved joe johnson, you are hereby relieved. so hood takes command. and he has a mandate, a very clear mandate that he has to fight for the city of at lan ñ hoe doesn't have a lot of room to maneuver. the attacks ended up being uncoo

jefferson davis has lost faith in joe johnson's ability to hold the city of atlanta. johnson had repeatedly told the davis administration and politicians who visited his headquarters, the best way to force the federals out of north georgia is to strike the western and atlantic railroad. strike their supply line and end up in tennessee. johnson claimed that his army excuse me, his calvary couldn't do this. johnson con the afford to detach his own calvary from his army because he needed weaver to defend the flanks of the army as it fell back. what johnson proposed over and over and over was for the davis administration to ride east to break sherman's supply line. this would involve stripping the states of alabama and mississippi along with their defenders. and that was something that davis, i think wisely refused to do. alabama and mississippi were pretty important states. stripping those states of their defenders would have opened up the rich agricultural region. they would have opened up important industrial cities like selma, alabama, columbus, georgia, would not have

by this point jefferson davis has had enough of joe johnson jefferson davis has lost faith in joe johnson'sbility to hold the city of atlanta. johnson had repeatedly told the davis administration and politicians who visited his headquarters that the best way to force the federals out of north georgiahq pq western and atlantic railroad. strike their supply line and end up in tennessee. johnson claimed that his army excuse me, his calvary, joe wheeler's corps couldn't do this. johnson con the afford to detach his own calvary from his army because he needed wheeler's horsemen to defend the flanks of the army as it fell back. johns didn't have enough men to stretch the line long enough. what johnson proposed over and over and over was for the davis administration to order the confederate calvary in alabama and mississippi forrest command to ride east to break sherman's supply line. this would involve stripping the states of alabama and mississippi of all of their defenders. and that was something that davis, i think wisely, refused to do. as richard mcmurray and others have pointed out, alabama

the confederate soldiers love joe johnson and respect him. hey know that he cares about their welfare. that's really one of johnson's great strong points as a general. while he's rebuilding the army of tennessee and its winter camps, jefferson davis repeatedly asked johnson to take the con fed rfederates who are not all that far north in tennessee. johnson claims his army is out-numbered. now, unforcue gnatly for johnson, the davis administration is getting very different reports concerning the army of tennessee, so his subordinasu subordinates are sending back report that is the army is in great shape and should takd the offensive. davis is more inclined to believecommanders, i believe, than johnson. one of joe johnson's complete weaknesses was his continual failure to provide davis with dead detailed, regular reports of what's going on. if you compare lee's correspondence with davis with what joe johnson was sending, there's a stark contrast. johnson's waive wiflate wife in 1864 said it might be better to keep him informed of what his plans

but the result of all of this was that joe johnson's view the atlanta campaign was almost completely accepted for decades in the 20th century. the fact you grow up in atlanta as i did in the 1930s and 1940s, that's what you hear. joe johnston was the greatest thing since grits. if he had been left alone, if that idiot jefferson davis had not removed him from command, he would have defeated sherman outside of atlanta. he would have driven sherman back to chattanooga. he would have flanked him on to nashville. he would have forced him to retreat to louisville. pursued him across the ohio river. back up through illinois, across the great lakes. the remnants of sherman's army would have been drowned in hudson bay, after which joe johnston would have turned and marched on washington and forced lincoln to acknowledge the independence of the confederacy. joe johnston was just great. it got into books and movies and it's very difficult to get people to realize that what they see in movies and read in books is not necessarily so. i had an interesting experience along these lines one time. ther

the eastern theater, but also on command members in the west, when davis was considering removing joe johnson from command, he asked lee, who do you think would be a good replacement? lee said that hood was a bold fighter on the battlefield, but this is paraphrasing, i should know this verbatim, hood said something -- hood is a bold fighter, bold on the battlefield but careless off the battlefield, and i think what he was saying there was that when it comes to administrative responsibility responsibilities that hood had some weaknesses. >> two questions. >> let's do one, so other folks have a chance. >> how did sherman come up with the idea for the -- sherman's knots? >> the question is, how did sherman -- come up with the idea for sherman's knots or sherman's bow ties is what they're sometimes called. what he's asking about are the twisted rails when the union troops would wreck rail lines, the confederates too for this matter, the confederates employed this prior to the atlanta campaign. you get thousands of infantry men to stand next to a rail line, and all at once they would rip up the cr

joe johnson joins me now with moore. >> jake, this merger creates the third largest fast food company in the world. they say it's all about expanding markets more value to the shareholders. not everything these companies say can be taken at face value. all companies no matter where they're based are required to pay taxes on profit generate inside the u.s., but with this deal, it's clear burger king will be able to offset some of its tax bill. it gives new meaning to the classic advertising jingle that helped sell the home of the whopper to american consumers. ♪ we at burger king >> the merger of u.s. brandenburger king with canadian coffee giant tim hortons makes business sense but what people got steamed is another u.s. company is cutting taxes just by switching its tax headquarters to north of the border. it's called inversion, totally legal. >> essentially what's happening here is a company is purchasing another company overseas and then just effectively moving their headquarters whether real or imagined to that other country which then means their foreign earnings are attached at

but the result of all of this was that joe johnson's view the atlanta campaign was almost completely accepted for decades in the 20th century. in fact, you grow up in atlanta as i did in the 1930s and 1940s, that's what you hear. joe johnston was just the greatest thing since grits. if he had been left alone, if that idiot jefferson davis had not removed him from command, he would have defeated sherman outside atlanta. he would have driven sherman back to chattanooga. he would have flanked him on to nashville. he would have forced him to retreat to louisville. pursued him across the ohio river. back up through illinois, across the great lakes. sherman, the remnants of sherman's pathetic army would have been drowned in hudson bay. after which joe johnston would have turned and marched on washington and forced abraham lincoln to acknowledge the independence of the confederacy. joe johnston was just great. it got into books and movies, and it's very difficult to get people to understand that what they see in movies and television is not necessarily so. i had an interesting experience alo

johnson. >> reporter: joe judge was grandpa. it was the only d.c. baseball team to win a world series.they have statues outside the nats park. sportswriters recognized his brilliance. in fact, some of his fielding records stood for mar than 65 years. grandson mark is recap chewing it all in his -- recapturing it all. it chronicles everything from the bizarre like the day a foul ball hit by his grandfather knocked out babe ruth. >> my grandfather knocked out babe ruth on this play. you know, sometimes when i say it out of context people will say, what, was it a bar fight? >> reporter: should the up start senators defeating the giants in the world series. >> they said pandemonium broke out. there were parades. one writer said it sounded like dante's inferno. >> reporter: a thunderous celebration thanks to the man who was later inducted into the rfk hall of stars. all these years later grandson couldn't be prouder. >> we have routes here. we have sports roots here. they go deep and it just touches my soul. >> mark judge wants his back to shed some light on the accomplishments of his grand

. >> host: the kerner commission report, the washington joe, president johnson form the 11 member thenlled the national advisory commission on civil disorder in july 1967. the goal was to determine the cause of the summer 1960s riots. 2 million americans bought copies of the 426 page document and president johnson and the noted ultimately rejected the commission's conclusion aspect 2 million, this was a best seller at the time. i think they change report on sex is maybe the only book that sold more. >> host: paul on our line for republicans. paula, good morning. >> caller: yes, good morning and thank you for the program. first thing want to say is half the problem but never simply wants to say president obama is african-american. >> host: what do you mean? >> caller: we used to say he was mulatto because his mother was white and his father was african-american. he is neither both black nor both why. the sickening i like to say -- [inaudible] >> guest: why is it useful to point out? >> caller: because you can't say he's a black man or a white man. he's an american president who was elec

joe. m. joined the battalion as assistant to captain johnson and training advisor.orient him on the surrounding terrain. shortly afterwards, master sergeant jones of baltimore, maryland arrived to serve as the battalion's first enlisted advisor. primary reason for moving to companies of battalion to du qua was to convert the village into a strategic hamlets. since it was in the heart of viet cong country, johnson never went anywhere without his ar-15 rifle, keeping it at his side while he slept in his chief duty was to advise captain khan on providing security for workers constructing the hamlets as well as on planning patrols and company size operations. battalion was captured and killed by the viet cong while guarding the construction site at night. there was another basic reason for the battalion's move to du qua. it was so it could provide security for road reconstruction project. rendered impassable by the viet cong in 1959, repair of this road would provide a storage or route from du qua to saigon. went over itton carefully so he could advise the battalion com

>> joining me is a pastor and jason johnson. pastor joeere in ferguson? >> what i make of the events in ferguson is simple. what we see is not really what is known as ferguson. i spent my entire life in north county and the people of ferguson are good people and the events that have transpire bring to bear issues that have been deep rooted in st. louis but are not necessarily the results of the people of ferguson. so that's kind of my take on what i see happening. >> okay. jason, naacp president had this to say this morning about the investigation of michael brown's death. >> i believe it's critically important for a prosecutor to be appointed. i think it's critically important for the justice department to remain active and engaged because this county, this municipality both have a long history of very troubled relationships with the community. >> do you agree with him and if so, how do you begin to make a difference? >> there are multiple levels of investigations that need to happen in this city. we have seen police academy level incompe

johnson. and she is as hot as a cup of joe and twice as bitter, joanne know nosuchunsky. and he is wearing black to match his soul, andy levy. and he is so hot you can roast marshmellows on his face. tucker carlson chief of the daily caller. look at him, look at him. >> a block. the lede. that's the first story. the president is vague while they are talking plague. a laptop contained a 19-page document detailing how to make a bubonic plate bomb. it is the subject of tonight's -- >> that actually won an emmy. beat out that "downton abbey" crap. i love their center fold, the isis document claims that, quote, the advantage of biological weapons is they do not cost a lot of money. while the human casualties can be huge, the uk, short for the united kingdom, tucker, is not taking isis lightly in response to the group's gains in iraq britain has raised its terror threat level to severe. here is some fella. >> let's be clear about the source of the threat we face. the terrorist threat was not created by the iraq war 10 years ago. it existed even before the horrific attacks on 9/

joe dator's beardless tarzan... >> mankoff: i like the tarzan one, it's crazier. >> remnick: crazier is better. >> safer: ...carolita johnson's >> remnick: i think this one is better. >> safer: ...emily flake's king kong and godzilla-- "i'm telling you, manhattan is over"... >> mankoff: brooklyn is very big. >> remnick: in it goes. >> safer: ...and a cat and mouse joke by sam gross. "have you no shame?" don't get it? you're not alone. >> remnick: at least five times a week, somebody will come up to me and say, "i didn't get such and such a cartoon." >> safer: including me. >> remnick: well, and here is the deep secret-- including me, once in a while. i will pick a raft of cartoons, and then later, it'll come time to run this cartoon. and i'll look at it, and i won't quite get it anymore. because sometimes the grenade goes off in the moment and then it doesn't repeat down the line. >> safer: well, a friend of mine who's a "new yorker" writer maintains there's at least one cartoon in every issue in which you're not meant to get it. >> remnick: i'm going to keep that myth alive. ( laughter ) >> safer: one more thing about the ma

♪ the greatest thing that ever happened to you ♪ ♪ like chris johnson giving you a johnson zoo ♪ ♪ while broadway joeled the fantasy football rap. it's to promote direct tv's new fantasy channel. it capitalizing on the success of football on your phone. that video had nearly 9 million views on youtube and still counting. those are your headlines. we had eli here not too long ago. >> he likes to sing and rap apparently. >> he does. >> broadway's joe and your mom make stew. >> very nice. >> a line to remember. >> no stranger to rapping, maria molina is set with the weather. >> yeah. maybe we should rap the weather one day. i want to tell you what's going on across the northeast. we have a storm system that yesterday produced all kinds of flooding across parts of michigan, several inches of rain were dumped in the city of detroit and today we have the risk for flooding across the northeast. flash flood watches are in effect and also the possibility for severe weather, from parts of upstate new york into the mid-atlantic. let's head back inside. >> meanwhile, coming up straight ahead in our final 21 minu

johnson, our social media community was asking how can we reform law enforcement police departments? should be reformed to deal with people, how can the law enforcement be, quit being like the army. joeays it wouldn't solve everything but not having a 95% white police force in an overwhelming black community couldn't hurt. chuck, you are a law enforcement expert. how can we regain trust with the community? >> this is a long long road. this isn't going to happen overnight. so much damage has occurred there between the community and the police. the police have got a long way to fight back, so to speak. to gain the trust of that community. they've lost it. they lost it a long time ago. there's no trust between the two groups for sure. there's going to need to be a change. my honest opinion is there's going to need to be a change at the top of that police department and of that city. because the city leaders have allowed that to happen. >> chuck, hang on i want you to continue that thought but i want you to hear, you may have already heard it, it was from captain ron johnson of the missouri highway patrol. he was talking about trust, when he got thrown a question from the audience 20, 30

joe. >> reporter: [ inaudible ] ..what the thought processes were and what prompted you to take control? >> we have been involved and kevin johnson, the patrol, has been part of the multidisciplinary team. we have been monitoring it. it's not my first trip to st louis, or the first time i've been on the phone or been to the churches or had a chance to speak to elected leaders. we have been monitoring closely. you clearly want solutions, if at all possible to be done as locally as possible. you want folks to feel engaged so you get not merely a short-term operational gain, but more importantly than that, a long-term, you know, trust build. so you want to be in a situation in which you want to at the state level support folks that are out there facing the tough calls and doing this. we watched it carefully. i felt that at this particular point, that the attitudes weren't improving, and that the - that the blocks towards expression appeared to be a flashpoint. and that if we put, you know, some of the - some folks - some people first, that we would be in a better situation. i have been monitoring and felt that this was the appropria

johnson? election,n the 1960 in addition to the television thing, there was a very close election, but for west virginia and chicago and papa joe'soney , might have gone a different way. --i was beat to the humphrey i will speak to the humphrey thing. number one, if you are vice in adent, you are political position is wonderful and terrible at the same time. is wonderful because if you are vice president you are the number two leader of your party nationally. you get to go out and speak to your parties audiences all around the country, campaign for your party's candidates all around the country, if you might the kind of political either use that in most cases make you the odds on favorite for your party's nomination. biden, butind joe nixon, humphrey, the elder george bush, al gore -- at the same time, by being a loyal number two in an administration, you have to subsume your independent identity into the president's identity, so that when you come before the voters in a general election and they are looking for a strong leader, which i think is something voters are always looking for, well, the impression they formed a view is n

johnson? and also in the 1960 election, in addition to the television, it was a very close election. west virginia and chicago might've gone another way. -- poppa joe'soney might have gone a different way. >> i will speak to the humphrey thing. number one, if you are vice president you are in a political position and that is wonderful and terrible at the same time. wonderful because if you are vice president, you are the number two leader of equality nationally. you get to go and speak to europe party and campaign for your party all over the country and accumulate the ious that in most cases make you the odds on favorite for your party's nomination. never mind joe biden. nixon, humphrey, elder george bush, al gore. at the same time, by being a loyal number two in an administration, you have to subsume your independent identity into the president's identity. when you come before the voters and the general election and they are looking for a strong leader which is something voters are always looking for, the impression they formed of you is not a strong leader but a kind of lapdog or assistant to somebody else. humphrey faced that inherent disadvantage

johnson and this is "bloomberg west." e-commerce giant alibaba will go public -- it could be one of the biggest ipo's ever. not just contact, but ever. behind the company there is , who hasrman joenstrumental in growing the company's fortune. by more on tsai, i am joined leslie picker in new york. this guy, is he the power behind powers?ne or one of the >> he is the yin to the yang. behind m&a, but also behind their creative legal structures. he is the one who structure their variable interest entity, their way to get around the chinese restriction on foreign ownership. he is also the guy who championed their partnership structure, the one who says that group of individual should have outside control in nominating the majority of the board. he is kind of the brains behind the throne. he is the one making sure that they go with ali baba's best interest. >> and a yale lacrosse player, no less. >> one of those who knew him back then says that he used to wear a pick triangle to support gay rights. jock in uncommon for a the 1980's, and for someone coming from taiwan. what he's said in response to some teasing that happened surrounding that was it was the right thing to do. this of c

joe. >> fair or unfair -- [ inaudible question ] talk about what your thought processes were and what prompted you now to actually take control? >> i mean, we've been involved and captain johnson and the patrol has been part of this multidisciplinary team. we've been monitoring it very carefully. this is not my first time i've been on the phone with both local officials. it's not the first time i've had a chance to speak with these elected leaders. we're monitoring this closely. you clearly want solutions if at all possible to be done as locally as possible. you really want -- you want folks to feel engaged so that you get not merely a short-term operational gain but much more importantly than that, a long-term you know trust build. so you want to be in a situation in which you want to at the state level support folks that are out there facing the tough calls, making the tough calls and doing this. we watched it very carefully. i just felt that at this particular point, that the attitudes weren't improving. and that the blocks towards expression appeared to be a flash point. and that if we put you know, some folks, some people first, that we'd be in a better situation. i've be

joe kernen alon long with andrew ross sorkin. becky quick is off today. making headlines, johnson & johnson reportedly plans to seek a buyer for its medical devicemaker business cordis. "the wall street journal" says the sale could fetch between $1.5 billion and $2 billion. >>> and cutting its workforce and cutting back its global route network, the carrier following two jet liner disasters. the company will be delisted by the end of the year. we just talked yesterday about that picture, someone in the new york post, taking a picture of himself on the malaysian airlines jet. he was the only person in the seats. >>> let's tell but wall street news. morgan stanley reportedly planning to build and run one of the first u.s. natural gas export plants. this is a sign they're getting back into fiscal commodity markets. and morgan stanley is selling its fiscal oil business. i don't really like any of the banks being in the physical market of any sort. i mean, with the exception of cash. moving money around. >> let's check on the markets this morning. which are indicated for a little bit o

joe." nicole wallace and mark halpern still bus. and joining us on ari melber, the host of "the cycle" on msnbc. >> ron johnson was coming to pay his, of course, last night, things got worse. it was the worst night of violence and looting that they had. the national guard has now been called out. they had a shopping center that was attacked. a mcdonald's that was taken over. it's just complete lawlessness in the street. and "the new york times" quoted a family that said we came in to pay our respects to the mother, to the family, and then this. one of the gentleman quoted saying, this is no way to remember michael brown. you do that by voting for change. >> whether a curfew helps or hurts in terms of escalating tensions but they did have a curfew in effect as well. regardless, violence returned to the streets of ferguson, missouri, overnight, more than a week after an unarmed black teenager was shot to death by an officer. just hours ago, democratic governor jay nixon ordered the national guard to the city to, quote, help restore peace and order. for the second night in a row, a curfew is in place and police and demonstrators were

johnson on november 3rd. the stakes are too high for you to stay home. >> host: two campaign ads from the past. joelds, were they effective? >> guest: i think both were in very different ways. so the first ike ad did a great job of being liked but saying now is the time for americans and getting people to hone in on civic duty and doing something patriotic by voting for ike. the other is the daisy ad that only aired once that set the tone as here is a consequence of your vote and really trying to use those ads to show what is at stake and what is the difference and both did that in a different way. >> host: brian donohue. >> guest: political ads are important and provide commentary on a person's mood. with you look at history and -- when you -- and back in the day before television you saw ugly and unbelievable political ads and sheets and handouts that candidates used to have. these two ads are important because they both evoke emotion. the first is happiness get behind the flag and ike is wonderful and we will kercarry positive through. and love or die -- these are words that evoke emotion and us

chris johnson from jk investment group and pat powell from powell financial group, welcome to you both. chris, so, you know, does this start getting the market back on the list of the average joe. there's a give-and-take here, kelly. you know what, from the p perspective of those in the market, they'll use 2,000 or this round number as kind of that point, that mile marker that they pass. take a look at their portfolios and maybe sell some of the winners. so, that's the bad side of round numbers. if you look at a chart of the s&p 500 over the last 20 years, it's hard to deny there's not resistance and support of round numbers. for the give here, those that are on the sidelines and have been sitting on the sidelines are going to kind of feel like the bull train's leaving the station and they're going to want to get some money to work. i don't think you'll see a huge rush of cash. a lot of concerns about interest rates, lack of volatility, et cetera, and we're running into a seasonally weak period for the year. >> pat, do you think that's going to be the mentality here, that the bull train's leaving the station? >> i don't think so. i think we're 5 1/2 years into this bull market

johnson to prove the. that's what's happening in iraq and afghanistan with our poor troops. their hands are tied have the time. thank you very much. >> host: off of twitter the vice president, joeiden, weighing in on the beheading as well via tweet saying, our hearts go out to the foley family. we all mourn in jim's laws. robert from arizona, good morning, republican line. >> caller: good morning. yeah, i think putting band-aids on the situation in iraq is going to get it. we will have to go back big time and straighten it out. and also we need education for the youngsters, for the future, for our youngsters in the future. so we won't be living with the situation in the future. thank you. >> host: keith up next from michigan, democrats line. >> caller: good morning. >> host: good morning, go ahead comic my comment is on isis. i feel it's time for the people of iraq to stand up and fight for the country. this has been going on for years. we've been over there. we can't keep continuing to go into regions and fight and lose our soldiers. like i said, this is not a short-term thing. this is been a long-term thing. these people should stand up, fight for the country, and stop depend