former florida governor instead is going to be giving a commencement speech at liberty university in lynchburg, virginia. the school famously founded by jerry falwell and also where ted cruz announced he was

alison: there are plans to close a small college near lynchburg va.se plans have led to vocal opposition and anger from students, staff, and graduates. leon: a legal fight is being mounted against closing sweet dryer college. -- sweet briar college. the community want some answers. reporter: the beauty interest quality of sweet briar college has drawn women here from around the country for more than 100 years. >> ring a sweet briar woman is ever they never wanted to be. reporter: but for students -- >> now no one knows who i am and i don't know them. reporter: the closing of sweet briar has close in the piece in the trust. >> we are being told lies and we are sick of it. reporter: two months ago president james jones shocked students, staff, and alumni when he announced the poor decisions to close the wanted her 14-year-old women's liberal arts college in amherst, virginia later this summer. >> they faced financial challenges that we cannot overcome. reporter: kristi jackson is the sweet briar spokesperson says these are the numbers. and available end

, and that is the name of the village which was built on a stage coach road between richmond and lynchburg here. courthouse being spelled as two words. appotomax was a county that was formed in 1845. and in virginia the county seats are always known with the county name, and then the two words, court house. but it was a village that did have a courthouse building in it. lee arrives here on the afternoon of april the 8th. he deemploys some of his artillery here in front of him on this road on the way to appotomax station. this is where he has supply trains waiting for him. so he sends some of his artillery out into a position mere. then he sends men out here to start unloading his supply trains. while they are unloading these trains they are surprised by general custer's californiavy who comes in and captures the supply trains and some of the men. some of them escape and start heading back towards the court house village is where their main military is. the cavalry has caught up to them. this is one of the two battles that were done here in appotomax. this is the one known as the battle at

she is on the ground in lynchburg. she'll be covering the address. i see the stadium is already filling up. what can we expect today from jeb bush? >> reporter: good morning, steve. today we're going to hear jeb really make his case to 35,000 evangelical christians. about 2,500 of them are the college seniors ready to start their professional career. there are 30,000 online students and families. those who will be looking carefully to jeb bush talking about the values he cares about and shares with this crowd. he struggled with them as you said. he has some sort of prolife credentials i think he's hoping will impress these people. and the polling in iowa can show you what you know is haphung with the the conservative movement. how they're not looking at jeb too seriously. i think that we need to remember, this isn't a reaction to the poll numbers, this has been in the plans since december. the university told me that they reached out team jeb, to them in december 2014 and said you know i think the governor would like to do the commencement speech. ho

one of the city parks and lynchburg is this monument. one of the local calvary units mustered in in 1861 on the fairgrounds and arrived back 4 years later to dispense on the same spot. -- do disband on the same spot. almost 4 years to the day. it's a neat monument. once they learned about what happened at appomattox, they disband. there are other isolated units in the shenandoah valley in southwest virginia. they go to the nearest union commander and surrender or they will just disband and go home. some go back to appomattox to get parole passes. they want that piece of paper. there's no one particular route that they take. audience member: why did the majority of the indian tribes sign with the confederacy? mr. dunkerly: look at their history. they has been removed, the trail of tears. the u.s. government and u.s. military is their traditional enemy. they're anxious to ally themselves with the enemy of the u.s. hoping they can gain more independence. it just seems natural. of course, as things deteriorate they are quick to turn around a

that is the name of the village built on a stagecoach road between richmond and lynchburg. courthouse spelled as two words. appomattox as a county was formed in 1845. the county seats are always known with the county name and the two words, courthouse. but it did have a courthouse building in it. lee arrived here on the afternoon of april 8. key deployed artillery in front of him on this road on the way to appomattox station. this is where he has supply trains waiting for him. he sent some of the artillery to a position here and sent men out to unload the supply trains. while they are unloading these trains, they are surprised by general custer's cavalry, who captures the supply trains and some of the men. some of them escape and start heading back towards the courthouse village, where the main army is. when they are in this area where the artillery troops are the fatter -- confederate army has caught up to them. this was known as the battle of appomattox station. the only battle in the civil war fight between federal cavalry units and confederate artillery units. no infant

live coverage on american history tv, as we see soldiers beginning to walk by on the richmond-lynchburg road. what was the long-term physical and mental and societal a fact of the injuries, mental and physical, by soldiers? what was the impact will be on the civil war? david: the impact on soldiers was absolutely profound and on a scale of almost no other war we experienced. there were hundreds of thousands of civil war veterans on both sides. thousands came out of this war with what today we would call posttraumatic stress, combat fatigue. there are recent books out on that. what a my former students brian jordan has a book called "marching home," which is a withering story of union veterans and what they experienced in terms of sickness and disease and alcoholism and the inability to get jobs. the estimate is, in the union army alone, among union veterans alone, there were 30,000 amputees that lived out their lives in one way or another. these men could not get jobs. this was in the 19 century. the united states had nothing resembling social security veterans associations. there was n

former florida governor instead is going to be giving a commencement speech at liberty university in lynchburgvirginia. the school famously founded by jerry falwell and also where ted cruz announced he was running for president a couple of weeks ago. the setting matters a lot and so do the words of bush's speech. he has rehearsed this speech, carefully written it. it's a big one. one of the exerts released this evening, advanced excerpts tell you how big a deal the bush people think this is. bush is going to say, quote, whatever the need, the action or the injustice, there's no more powerful or liberating influence on this earth than the christian conscience in action. why is this jeb bush speech so important to his candidacy? john: i want to ask bill what he thinks about this. crucial question, bill doesn't have a view. so i'm going take bill's proxy and say, we've seen in polling recently that bush has a problem with conservatives. we know that on a lot of fronts. we've seen it in recent polling. he's got to figure out a way to connect to the conservative base. he's not so far been able to d

, and that is the name of the village which was built on a stage coach road between richmond and lynchburg here. courthouse being spelled as two words. appotomax was a county that was formed in 1845. and in virginia the county seats are always known with the county name, and then the two words, court house. but it was a village that did have a courthouse building in it. lee arrives here on the afternoon of april the 8th. he deemploys some of his artillery here in front of him on this road on the way to appotomax station. this is where he has supply trains waiting for him. so he sends some of his artillery out into a position mere. then he sends men out here to start unloading his supply trains. while they are unloading these trains they are surprised by general custer's californiavy who comes in and captures the supply trains and some of the men. some of them escape and start heading back towards the court house village is where their main military is. the cavalry has caught up to them. this is one of the two battles that were done here in appotomax. this is the one known as the battle at

and in lynchburg, virginia the commencement address by former florida governor jeb bush.'re covering all of it. and you can check out our schedule information online any time at c-span.org. ray, good morning. caller: i'm a retired police officer after almost 30 years. and i like to incite one incident where i definitely know the officer was like a backup on a situation. we were backing up another police agency that had stopped us. they were all black. and the white cop that i was standing in the back, he just came out of nowhere. we're standing there and he said i sure would like to shoot one of thosivers was the word he used. -- those f-ers and that's what the word he used. and i reported him and you could probably guess where this went. nowhere. host: when was this, ray? caller: this would have been in the late 1980's and early 1990's when this happened. host: and you reported it to your superior? caller: right. it went nowhere. but that's the way it went. but -- i can finish? host: absolutely. sure. caller: yeah. so that went nowhere. but i want to say this may not be

. >> reporter: there have been accidents like this in places like lynchburg, virginia, and the problemied by the sheer volumes of oil being transported across the use. last year the number was close to half a million. in dargten, they don't need statistics to tell you that. a few years ago, this neighborhood saw barely two trains a day. and then the trains were sold to national and the trains began to roll. >> if there's a derailment in the heart of my town and a breach of the tank cars there can be a plum of flame high into the sky and several cars rupture and oil burns, there would be a lot of destruction in the center of town. >> reporter: the response from the government so far is demanding better tank cars supposedly less prone to explode but the cars that exploded in west virginia were new. they still split open and re rerupted in flames. the cause is still under investigation. and the person who used to run the hazardous pipeline administration. he said it's not the tanker that's the problem, it's the rails that carry them. >> they need to say, look you guys need to keep the tra

there is a slave cemetery and two dozen historic buildings at sweet briar college north of lynchburg.e fighting to keep the school open which is scheduled to close in august. the listing is meant to save buildings and landmarks, however, not necessarily the school itself. >>> it's a naval academy tradition. after the break we'll show you the event hap >>> children in pre-school are not getting enough exercise. researchers from the seattle children's hospital compared the activity of pre-schoolers from ten different day care centers. they say kids were only active for 48 minutes a day. that means they were sitting down for 70% of their school day. >>> in news for your health doctors warn you can lose your hearing from using earbuds. they say young adults and kids are damaging their hearing and they may not even know they're doing that. hearing loss among today's teens is about 30% higher than it was inform the '80s and '90s. doctors say earbuds play sound closer to the eardrum and enhances the volume. experts say follow the 60-60 rule. keep the volume on your device under 60% and liste

ten accidents with trains carrying oil in places like alyceville alabama, castleton, north dakota lynchburgia. the problem magnified by the sheer volume of oil now rolling across the u.s. in 2008 less than 10,000 carloads of crude oil were carried on american railroads. that's all across the country. last year that number was close to half a million in barrington they don't need statistics to tell you that. a few years ago, this rail line barely saw two trains a day. the rail line was sold to community national and the trains abegan to roll. >> there is a danger if there is a derailment in the heart of my town and there is a breach of those train cars there can be a plume of flame high into the sky, and if cars rupture and oil burns, there will be a lot of destruction in the center of town. >> the government so far demands better tank cars sturdier newer, supposedly less prone to explode. the cars that exploded in west virginia were new. they still burst open and erupted in flames. the head of the safety administration said it's not the oil tanker that's the problem, it's the railroads that

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harrisburg lynchburg, norfolk, virginia now a cancellation of miami.ing told by amtrak. if you get yourself to pennsylvania and you get on a train that's beyond the tracks that have been derailed then you can get yourself limited service to harrisburg washington, d.c. baltimore, and all of those locations. but the economic impact in all of this it is quite amazing. according to statistics $100 million a day is what amtrak is losing because of all the cancellations and all the routes that people cannot travel. and there are 750,000 passengers a day on amtrak. we're talking about the northeast corridor alone. and per year 260 million travelers on amtrak in the northeast corridor. it's definitely the northeast that's the hub of train travel in this country. if you look at it it's 11.4 million per year of travelers between boston washington and new york. then if you look at the pacific, it's far less than that 2.7 million. capitol corridor 1.7 million. this really is the leader. so what are people doing? well they have to take buses. they have to take a ca

there's a slave cemetery and nearly two dozen historic buildings at sweet briar college north of lynchburg. the school is closing in august and alumni are fighting to keep it open. the "richmond times-dispatch" says preservation virginia added the campus to the list of endangered locations. that listing is meant to save buildings and landmarks, not necessarily the school itself. >>> some changes coming to the 95 express lanes for your memorial day travel plans. the lanes should be southbound or rather will be only southbound this friday. you can start going northbound on the 95 express lanes saturday afternoon. sunday the lanes will be closed in the morning for the rolling thunder motorcycle ride. the express lanes will be north would be all day monday. >>> new numbers show we're in for the busiest summer travel season ever. the changes that airlines are making to make your trip easier. >>> and coming up in a couple of minute answer update on this crash inner look at leesburg. had the first 4 traffic tracker go by this one. we'll have the latest coming up. >>> and a bus gets stuck on train

i want to take a live look at where jeb bush is expected to speak today in lynchburg, virginia he's expectedement address at liberty university. and while the stage at the south carolina freedom summit is going to be packed with republican presidential hopefuls you're not going do see jeb bush there. senior reporter for cnn politics chris moody is live at the freedom summit. chris, we've got the list here. governor scott walker ted cruz carly fiorina, marco rubio front and center taking the stage. will any of these folks use the platform to launch anything new? what will we hear new today? >> well we're not expecting any major announcements in their speeches today. but we are expecting them to really work hard to fire up the crowd. look south carolina is a key piece of the republican primary puzzle. it's the first primary in the south and it's really a gateway for a lot of these candidates to the second phase of the primary contest. especially for conservative candidates who might not have done as well. in iowa or new hampshire. doing well here in south carolina really gives them a breath of

it's seen here going up in flames and dumping its contents in lynchburg, virginia.oblems in west virginia and illinois earlier this year. under the new rule that specific tank car involved in these derailments can stay on the rails even longer. it can stay on the rails until april 2020. they eventually have to be retro fitted but they can stay on the tracks for years in the meantime. one other thing to note. after that oil train disaster in rinchburg, the transportation required information being given to local communities when they were moving through their areas. that requirement led to a spate of local news articles over the past year about how many oil trains were moving through your particular city or town. local newspapers were able to inform the public. states were forced to turn it over through the freedom of information act. the oil industry tried to prevent it but the states had to come ply with the record requests, so we got the local news. the new rule says the information has to be shared with first responders but it's no longer available to the public.

the tavern served travelers on serve the richmond to lynchburg stage road as it had for decades.ds francis meeks ran a common general store across the lawn from the tavern right behind you. he also served, he did, as the village's postmaster and pharmacist. one thing rendered appomattox different than many villages. t it was the county seat. it's an undeniable curiosity cu that when in 1845, the virginia 45, legislature created appomattox county and designated the county seat at this village then called clover hill. it's an undeniable curiosity that local leaders decided to the build the jail before they built the courthouse. once the courthouse opened in 1846, appomattox commenced a distinct rhythm that persisted for decades.cades. monthly court days brought life monthl to this community once a month as citizens gathered from acrossacro the county to conduct business run f to run for office, to sell or goods, to sell slaves. to witness court proceedings. it's likely and probable that the only world famous residents at that time probably made appearances at court days here prior to the war

and that evening it :00 p.m., jeb bush will be the commencement speaker at liberty university in lynchburg 8:00 p.m. president obama made an announcement of a personal change, who he is nominating as his new chief of staff -- joint chiefs of staff and the vice chief of staff. let's take a look. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president and vice president of the united states, company by secretary ash carter, ambassador susan rice, general joseph dunford and general paul soma. president obama: please everybody have a seat. good morning. we are blessed with the strongest military the world has ever known. yes, our system of equipment and technology and logistical capacity is unmatched. what makes us the best, the reason no other nation can do what we do, is our people. patriotic men and women across our country to step forward raise their hand and take an oath to defend our nation. it is our men and women in uniform, and their leaders, who make our armed forces the very best. among our military leaders, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff is the principal military adviser to me and my nat

reporter: in november 21-year-old victoria bridges was hospitalized after a run-in with a train in lynchburgr friend,than, killed instantly after being hit. this vid voe showing the crew of the film midnight rider racing to get away from an approaching freight train. sara jones killed in the collision. six others injured. these two women in virginia were luckier. this video capturing the dramatic moments last july as they tried outrunning a freight train on an indiana trestle before finally lying down in the middle of the track. the train rolling right over them. both escaping with their lives. for "good morning america," gio benitez, abc news new york. >> stay off those tracks. >>> let's go back to rob for the weather. >> good morning, george. the cold air, that's been a big part of this system especially to the north. it helped invigorate the storms to the south. this picture out of denver four inches of snowfall in town. much higher in the mountains. over a foot in parts of south dakota. these are actual temperatures. not wind chills. well below average. this cold front moves off to the j

his speech to graduates in lynchburg, virginia was about 20 minutes.applause] >> it is now my pleasure to introduce the 2015 commencement speaker, governor jeb bush. [applause] jeb bush: thank you very much. trustees, faculty, staff distinguished guests, faculty and friends i appreciate your hospitality. to all of the graduates, thank you for letting me share in this day as you become proud alumni of liberty university. it is good to be here, and to visit with the falwell family. my dad thought very highly of your father, president falwell. he knew him as a loyal friend. jerry falwell had a gift for friendship, spoke to everyone, and he turned his back on no one. his legacy endures, and it only begins with this great american university. my dad received an honorary degree here 25 years ago. many of you asked this morning how he is doing one month shy of his 91st birthday. i'm happy to say he is in good shape. it will stay that way if we can keep his mind off that darn parachute. [laughter] today was my first time to be able to meet with pastor jonathan

msnbc at liberty in lynchburg, virginia.red potential candidates were just in new hampshire and iowa for similar summits. why is it so important for them to be in south carolina and how are they setting themselves apart from one another? >> south carolina is one of the most important early primary states coming right after iowa new hampshire. it provided a big opportunity for either a conservative insurgeant to emerge. it is a conservative state or for a front runner to put away the opposition. this is where john mccain's victory and george w. bush's victory in 2000 sealed nomination. distinguishing themselves can be tough. if you see with the case of governors a lot of talk about individual records. stock walker talked about how he took on unions in wisconsin, rick perry about job creation. rick santorum with the new issue position that no other candidate has called for a 25% reduction in legal immigration. candidates are very low to go after legal immigration. >> besides jeb bush of course, he is at liberty university any

he was speaking at lynchburg virginia. we will show you that tonight.t there today. let's go to for democrats. karen. caller: i thought it was kind of a circus. they were there spewing their venom about people. i do not agree with joann at all . those people are not good christians because i have to agree with the two gentleman from massachusetts. they really need to truly read the bible. and i just don't understand the republican mindset and it sounded like the first color may have been a senior citizen. i guess she should not take any of the benefits that are given to her because the republicans seem to not like medicare, they don't like social security. they don't like to help for people. there are poor people who actually work jobs that need to get food stamps. host: we appreciate the call. we will go to lakewood washington with mike, another democrat. caller: i watched a little bit of it and it did seem like it was the same thing after the other. they are still blaming obama for everything. i was really surprised about what they wanted to say that

. >> reporter: trains from lynchburg to philadelphia have been cancelled so a lot of people are tryingnd alternate modes of transportation including bus and car. you know the american red cross is also here. they are here to meet victims and other people that were on that derailed train whose final destination was new york. they are providing a lot of health services and treatment and just trying to get them back home as soon as possible. >> people need to at they need to do to get from point point b as this is a crisis and r recovery mode at the crash site outside of philadelphia. when we come back, potentially life saving tips you need to know if you find yourself in a train tragedy. the volkswagen golf was just named motor trend's 2015 car of the year. so was the 100% electric e-golf. and the 45 highway mpg tdi clean diesel. and last but not least the high performance gti. looks like we're gonna need a bigger podium. the volkswagen golf family. motor trend's 2015 "cars" of the year. they say after seeing a magician make his assistant disappear mr.clean came up with a product that ma

the former governor's, rights politico made his pitch at liberty university in lynchburg virginia, that has become a routine campaign stop for republican hopefuls. here is more from the speech that we covered yesterday. [video clip] jeb bush: to confuse point of theology -- this confusion is part of a false narrative that casts americans as running around trying to impose their views on everyone. the storyline is getting familiar. the progressive agenda is ready for his next leap forward. religious people and churches are getting in the way. our friends on the left like to view themselves as the agents of change and reform, and we are supposed to get with the progra m. dogmas can be hard to keep up with. we find officials in a major city demanding the pastors turned over copies of their sermons, or federal judges mistaking themselves for elected legislators and imposing restricting rights that do not exist in the constitution. or an agency dictating to a catholic charity the little sisters of the poor what has to go in the health plan. nevermind objections of conscious. i don't know abo