we have tended to see pope through the lens of personality as much as even we see mclelland through the lens of personality. but in pope's case his role as a disruptor was rooted in politics and policies as well. and an army full of mostly conservative, and i mean politically conservative, man, as the armies of america invariably are, he was a liberal. he favored emancipation. and he recognized the army would need to have something to do with emancipation. it is notable, though, that while in command, this disruptor, jon pope, never said a world publicly as far as i can tell about the institution of slavery or the ongoing debate about emancipation that summer of 1862. he may have been a disruptor, but not on that issue. but he real mark came in his approach to war. he wielded performative pros in a harsh, uncommon way. in early july, he issued an inflammatory proclamation that disparage the methods and mindset that had dominated in virginia since the beginning of the war. it was a proclamation targeted directly, although not obviously, not explicitly, towards george mcclellan, who was a

when mclelland, for instance, receives the official word of the emancipation proclamation which comes to him as a work of order he actually delays having it read to the army. he delays so that he can consult with his new york democratic political friends friends, what should i do? they are horrified of the question. no, you have to -- and he does. he does so with a noted which is fatally ambiguous. it is like, we have to obey. the subject already and if you disagree with the emancipation proclamation, the proper place to take your disagreement is to the polls. it doesn't really sound like a ringing endorsement of the commander-in-chief and then there is this question that i have seen crop up increasingly. i saw it first in the columns written by union veteran henry goddard in the years after the war and the two columns that he wrote in 1904. goddard talks about the rumor of a letter that was sent on the 18th of september, the day after the battle of -- a letter supposedly sent by mcclellan for robert e. lee suggesting that the events of september 17th had demonstrated that the two arm

dried up animals have died. farmers like ignacio boston, should he say they are desperate with any mclelland if you see experiencing a water shortage for the last 2 years and this year we haven't even reached 50 percent of the average for the area where we are now. i meant that, but i'll a party to that. how i now as the crops no longer have a reserve of humidity in the underground profile, they are suffering much more with the drought which on my left ear. his with crop is another one half the amount that it's supposed to be at this time of the year. because he didn't have enough water. the prospects for corn are not too bright eater. it's not possible to plant in some areas. the ground is simply to dry argentina, agricultural economists expect consequences for the whole industry very, very badly. but with this harvest of soil and corn, we had to prepare ourselves for the worst scenario we have seen in the last 20 years. and that is what we are see. we are in a situation where things are looking very complex. and a delta dental of washington is one of towards the biggest exporters of soya a

pope, at that point, remember, reynolds had been serving with mclelland's army. tremendous distrust between mcclelland and pope, rather, yes between them, but also between pope and mclelland. not without reason, that's in the book. and pope finally, after reynolds beseech's him, pope turns around and goes to the only officer in the army that pope himself had appointed to command. and that was john buford. he says, buford, you go out and see if the enemy is turning our left. so, buford assembled his brigade and headed out into the roads town here. but by the time he managed to do that, it was too late. the confederates would attack. getting back to porters attack here, the big one, as porters men fall back, mcdowell is on e chin ridge here. he's got reynolds out, reynolds division is out here. he has nathanielmcclain's man, ich god will talk about and haswritten about beautifully, appear on chin ridge. and that's about it. at that moment, watching porters men fall back, if there was ever any evidence that mcdowell didn't understand the tactical situation, he promp

jen mclelland has been my friend of 30 years. this was a district that the voting rights act helped create a majority and minority district. jan mclelland has been a labor in the vineyard, helping good people for 30 plus years, a member of the virginia general assembly for 17 years. she has been my senator. i officiated at her wedding. more importantly, she has been at the forefront of every -- >> i'm going to have to leave you there, senator. thank you, we have breaking news this hour. nbc's getting some exclusive new details about those expected criminal referrals from the january six committee ahead of their final meeting happening tomorrow. i want to go to bring in nbc's ali vitale, what can you tell us? >> yeah, reverend sharpton, we overheard the committee's hearing today as they were rehearsing for tomorrow's meeting. they were discussing their final plans to criminally refer former president donald trump on multiple charges, including obstructing an official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the government and inciting or

now what i was hoping, belinda, anna mclelland and had it been and so we decided likely not various water bodies every sunday. so far we have been working for 249 consecutive sundays, either medicare no damage done, would have arnold gordon and i don't like him us. the organization has restored for largely ex 9 small bonds and more. but if you ask money canden, which project was hottest, he'll insist on taking you there before he tells you the story behind it. are you there a little cron spread across 90 acres. the velo tank is one of claim or those oldest . it's fed by the no loose river for 15 years and remain dry because of 3 major problems that blown the day. they will not set in this account here on the canal for water hadn't been long benito to like other people had encroached on 4 and a half of the 64 and a half long to long non on either side of the river banks and garbage had been dumped into the jack dams through which this dang receives the water. lambert, these were the 3 problems and i am one of brittany limited in 2017 money camden and his team began cleaning the tank and it

her part, wil face republican, is expected t stay in democratic hands 30 points last month with mclellandand as she put it this week, quot bring a new perspective on a delegation that has never had black woman sitting at the table. joining us now for her first nationally televised interview is jennifer mcclelland, th democratic democrat -- state senator mcclelland, than you for joining us thi evening. and i do not want to say congratulations, but congratulations on the first leg, and we'll be watching closely the next leg of all of this when i give that laundry, list the historic first from th midterm elections, i wonder ho it feels to be, potentially, i a group of people who ar really pushing the ball forwar in terms of inclusivity in a more representative democracy. >> well, it feels incredible first of, all in 2022 they are still having firsts is incredible, but to know that i could be the first black woman from the same district tha sent the first black man t congress over 130 years ago, just particularly warms my heart. i wonder if you look at this i the same way that i, do i do not