if you backed up four days before that accident, i was here in lynchburg. my parents were having their 45th wedding anniversary. i was sitting in a car downtown, waiting to go in. my cousin and a friend of hers, by the name of jeanette, was in the car. i did not know jeanette, but jeanette said, i have something to share with you. something is going to happen to you. no one is going to know why this happened. you will fly in space, and this will be your testimony to the world. you will be healed of this. i'm like, ok. four days later, i was completely deaf. i remember when i was in the hospital, another friend of mine, barry gordon, who was in my parents' wedding anniversary service, remembered what jeanette said and she wrote a note to me saying, remember what jeanette said? it gave me hope. i was depressed, sad. the doctors told me i'm not going to fly. i'm completely deaf. so my hearing slowly comes back in about three weeks. my right year is good, my left ear is pretty much gone. i am trying to figure out what to do with my life as an astronaut because

will leave lynchburg 1865. the ride of the generals brothers house, william cleveland, near georgia on july 13th. to climbt proceeded , mount yonah it's highest point in georgia. it's not even the top ten. for rocks known climbing. you can see from the summit here. today 2.5-mile walking trail up to the center. in 1865, they didn't have any of that. here, people have question why general longstreet chose to to begins mountain with. some people see after four years and appomattox everything else, general lee a challenge to meet. mattahorn.imbing the surroundingw of the country. were soo difficult, we exhausted when we reached the summit as not to be able to fullest extent. in the post-war years because of disabilitiesd the being released, longstreet is going to go back to serve in his country. 1821-1904.lives from he died just two days short of 81sst birthday. he graduated from west points, served his country in the as aan war, served lieutenant general of the confederate army for the civil war and then served h

[indiscernible] to clear the lynchburg road. up byey find it is backed a strong force of federal infantry. the army of the james is approaching and the fifth corps of the army of the potomac under griffin is approaching. one will be stopped and driven back. is8:00 a.m., longstreet called to lee's headquarters. , he andg to longstreet lee stir the embers of burnt rails. he received breed -- lee with a graceful salutation aunts boko laws and subsistence. i asked if the sacrifice of his army could help the cause and other quarters? he thought not. there i said your situation speaks for itself. longstreet being in command of the rearguard, is two miles from appomattox courthouse. confronting humphrey second core and white six corps from the army of the potomac. longstreet's headquarters have been established near pleasant retreat which stood until 2011. i was involved in a heavy thunderstorm that blew the back wall of the house out. the rest of the house was in the attack. the owners decide not to save it. if you look for pleasant r

first up is lynchburg, virginia to visit with leland melvin who went on to become a astronaut.e flew two missions to the international space station on board the space shuttle atlantis.

he was from lynchburg, virginia. he went on to harvard and fought in france in world war i.ike many men who signed up for the ara, he did so partially out of a desire for adventure. he also had dreams of becoming a writer and he thought the experience would provide him with material. a was also a man motivated by sense of service, a sense of obligation to help humanity. he had a certain sympathy even for the revolution itself. he was a committed socialist. he voted for eugene v dabbs in the 1920 election -- eugene debs and the election. home, heetters back became convinced he was the idealist of my history. when i was trying to figure out how i would tell the story of the ara and the famine and it tell it in a way that would be engaging and bring people to life, i realized that to discuss large groups of people, 30 million people starving, it is hard to connect with that sort of thing. it becomes an abstraction. i wanted to find several of who had left behind letters and diaries and memoirs and things, who would allow me to tell the stories through their experiences. one of

getting infected by flying, so they hopped on the sailboat and traveled 260 nautical miles from lynchburg, virginia, to brooklyn, new york. she's been working at it all . >> it's been the hardest working environment i've ever been in. there's so many factors contributing to that, which is the mortality rate, seeing so many people die. >> rachel's contract goes until june. she says she'll stay as long as she's needed. another bright side to the story, the marina where she's docked, 15 brooklyn, would usually charge $12,000 a month -- that's right, $12,000 a month -- they've waived their fee for her. >>> we just got another stark example of the toll all this is taking on the economy, a historic drop in retail sales. up next, we'll go through the numbers and look at what it could tell us about where things are headed. >>> also, just got word that new york governor andrew cuomo will be delivering the daily briefing of his roughly ten to 15 minutes from now. when that starts, we will take you there live. in this time of social distancing, when taking a break from everyday life is critical to e

childs was from lynchburg, virginia. he went on to harvard and then fought in france in world war i. like many of the men who signed up for the ara, he went partially out of a desire for adventure. he found the united states too boring after the war. he also had dreams of becoming a writer and thought the experience fighting the famine would provide him with a lot of great material. he was also a man motivated by a sense of service to humanity. he had a certain sympathy for the revolution itself. he was a committed socialist. he voted in the 1920 presidential election. and reading his letters back onto his mother and father and his diaries and things, i became convinced he was sort of the idealist, if you will, of my history. when i was trying to figure out how i was going to tell the story of the ara and the famine and tell it in a way that would be engaging and would bring people to life, i realize that, to discuss large groups of people, 30 million people starving, or an entire village, it is hard to connect that sort

jerry falwell, of course, had his own academy in lynchburg, virginia. this is what gets these other preachers motivated. the architect of the religious right has corroborated this and he's done -- i've had personal conversations with him and he's utterly emphatic about this point. he said i was trying to get these people, meaning evangelicals involved in politics ever since the goldwater campaign of 1964 and i couldn't get them interested. i tried everything i could think of. school prayer issue, pornography, opposition to the equal rights amendment, abortion. not got their attention until the school issue surfaced and that's what finally galvanized them into a political movement. there's a second part of the story for the rise of the religious right. the bob jones case and similar cases is what got the attention of evangelical leaders like fall we will a fallwell and others. he needed to get grassroots evangelicals behind this new movement which we know as the religious right. and what happens is that in 1978, in the elections, there is -- the answer f

steve: brian in lynchburg, virginia, good evening. caller: good evening.ast night the dean of harvard medical school mentioned that doctors are finding out a lot of information about treatments for the coronavirus. is there a process in place? is it, tore is, what allow dissemination of information on best treatments across the nation, all the way down to little towns and cities, borderline rural virginia where i live? steve: let me add to that, also to make sure the treatment is affordable. dr. diaz: there are many clinical trials ongoing right now. at my hospital, we have been working with remdesivir, also with other experimental agents. the correct path to reveal those test results is to have those round salt -- is to have those results submitted for something called purity. other doctors will review the information provided from a clinical trial, and those results are reviewed by your peers. they are critically reviewed, , ifif they meet a standard the clinical trial that was performed is appropriate that the information is appropriate, then those resu

rnado sth carolina.see a that was just off the exit for lynchburg there.ut what we'll end up doing is seeing more storms back to the west and we already did yesterday, hail bouncing off the ground in kansas and this is the setup today. you've got violent storms possible including tornadoes but, yes, two inch in diameter or greater hail. 4,500 joules per kilogram. that just means there's explosive storm possibilities from wichita falls into fort worth. watch that as we go into tonight and early -- this afternoon and early tonight. first the weekend forecast sponsored by caesars rewards. >>> good morning. we made it to friday. i'm abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. today is our last comfortable day as the heat is coming. in fact, we have a moderate to a high risk of heat illness in parts of the bay area next week. let's talk about temperatures today. low to mid 60s coast into san francisco. low to mid 70s around the my >> we will be right back. stay with us. this moment. this moment right now... this is our commencement. no, we'll not get a diploma or a deg

from lynchburg, virginia.oining us on the phone from madrid, spain, we have the madrid correspondent for "the financial times." thank you for being with us. guest: my pleasure. host: why has spain been among the hardest hit countries in europe? guest: there are reasons for that. ashould say that spain is much better place than it was two months ago. also, spain is a country where there is a real kind of communal living. people live rather like they live in manhattan, and very, apartments, buildings. people live on the streets. it was, to be honest, one of the first countries that was hit in it was not a west, country that had the luxury to get ready for this. it was nowhere near as ready as singapore or territories in asia that had the experience, took the pandemic more seriously than in the west. but those of the reasons why spain found itself in such a very bad place in march and april. host: earlier this month, keith johnson with the dispatch -- "sorry, americans, you have not even had a real lockdown. what

this is richard gilmore from lynchburg. host: if you turn the volume down, we are hearing some feedback. and then please go ahead. caller: i am sorry. are you all right now? host: we are good. please go ahead. caller: the rocket was such a wanted and trump really it to go hard and get it done. those people did this, everybody, everybody did this. it was not just a few people, everybody did their job exactly right and help each other. ais rocket went off without hitch. feat.a remarkable it is a shame that we as americans can't gather ourselves up together and go on and make a rocket out of the united states like they did with that rocket. host: this is the headline from the washington post. the spacex rocket launches a new era in u.s. space explanation. kathleen from north carolina, good morning. caller: good morning. i just want to say i am so proud astronautsk and are for taking the risk and getting us back into space. i think it is phenomenal and i just want to thank them and say god bless. host: thank you. let's listen i

dagen: michelle, i grew up in virginia not part from denny, outs of lynchburg. dagen: we will make it happen. maria: that's a date, michelle. that's a definite date. we thank you so much, michelle vaughn, don't forget to tune into fox for big return of nascar live, race coverage begins at 3:30 p.m. eastern on fox news, don't miss it on fox live. we will be right back. can my side be firm? and my side super soft? yes. with the sleep number 360 smart bed, on sale now, you can both adjust your comfort with your sleep number setting. can it help me fall asleep faster? yes, by gently warming your feet. but can it help keep me asleep? absolutely, it intelligently senses your movements and automatically adjusts to keep you both comfortable. so, you can really promise better sleep? not promise. prove. and now, save $1000 on the sleep number 360 special edition smart bed, now only $1,799. plus, free premium delivery & setup when you add an adjustable base ends monday. there are times when our need to connect really matters. to keep customers and employees in the know. to

from lynchburg, virginia.ning us on the phone from madrid, spain, we have the madrid correspondent for "the financial times." thank you for being with us. guest: my pleasure. host: why has spain been among the hardest hit countries in europe? guest: there are reasons for that. ashould say that spain is much better place than it was two months ago. also, spain is a country where there is a real kind of communal living. people live rather like they live in manhattan, and very, apartments, buildings. people live on the streets. it was, to be honest, one of the first countries that was hit in it was not a west, country that had the luxury to get ready for this. it was nowhere near as ready as singapore or territories in asia that had the experience, took the pandemic more seriously than in the west. but those of the reasons why spain found itself in such a very bad place in march and april. host: earlier this month, keith johnson with the dispatch -- "sorry, americans, you have not even had a real lockdown. what i