he was healthy, he was free and he was sailing towards pensacola. as he wrote, who would have believed years ago that i would be wandering around this part of the world? and what a world it was. in january, the troops arrived in pensacola, a town numbering no more than maybe 200 or so buildings. much of it had been destroyed by hurricane a few months earlier. though, small it was the seat of a provincial government, and important trading post that boasted the best port in the gulf. the spanish called it the arrogant guardian of the gulf of mexico, that offered the english, quote, the best refuge they have for their ships and the key to these seas. spain was eager to get it back. within weeks of arriving in pensacola, the germans were wondering what they were doing in this remote part of the world. it was nothing but it doesn't, as they said, inhabited what they described as savages, the term germans used at the time was -- native americans. why were they being sacrificed, when they could be used somewhere else in north america? why would britain car

stop over on jamaica and then arrived in pensacola. the regiment that participated in this is the united the entire warlike regiment. they had been on staten and camp. there were, you know, the there were identified as you go with some british troops, maybe another 600 or so under british general. of course, you go to west florida just to defend it from spanish aggression because the spanish wanted west florida back. the waldeck regiment in total consisted of approximate only 770 individuals, including 35 women and 15 children. those are the people that boarded those transport when they went down south. it was the only regiment that was sent as far and the only one that part against the spanish. it turned out to be a devastating mission when the small fleet of transports through the waters of the gulf of mexico, new year's day, 1779. the author of this pamphlet, his name is henrik helgren. could hardly believe it. three years previously, he wrote. in 1776 he had celebrated doyle's new year's and flanders europe. exactly one year later,

anyway, i learned with the pensacola tests were all about. so, i kind of made a list of what i could do in california and various states. so, at usc, i was able to take the centrifuge test. now, being a civilian, being a girl, they would only give me three jeez, i could not have a g suit. only men could have those things. so, i called mother up in california and i said, mom, i need your worst merry widow and girdle from when you were a girl, can you get those to me? you betcha. so, i modified and made my own g suit out of her merry widow and just stuff my body in this tight little thing, i put my flight suit over, because i knew once they started to twirl me around in the centrifuges, obviously, they thought i was gonna go out within the first go around of 3g's. but i knew to keep the blood rushed up and my body and up in my head. so, obviously, they gave me 3g's for two minutes at a time. and the cameras were said it different places. okay, we went second round. no big deal. i punched out the buttons, lights that are coming up for my assignm

through the night as well hitting places like nashville, huntsville, birmingham, montgomery, mobile, pensacola and atlanta for the early morning drive as well. the rain could be excessive as well. high risk for flooding across the south around hattiesburg, mobile and through there. high waters could be a factor over the next 24 hours. >> o'donnell: mike bettes, thank you. now to the world cup the u.s. men's national soccer team advanced to the round of 16 upafter a thrilling victory over iran. for both countries, moor on the line in this high stakes match than just the final score. cbs's roxana saberi has the exciting details from qatar. >> reporter: with a header and sweep of the foot, the u.s. held on to its hopes that the world cup, defeating iran 1 to 0. >> defeated, going to the next round. >> reporter: christian pulisic was taken to the hospital after the game with an abdominal injury but posted this photosaying he'll be ready for the next game, while his team advanced to the next rounds of the tournament for the first time since 2014. >> u.s.a.! u.s.a.! that's a big game, man! i spoke t

as well, hitting places like nashville, huntsville, birmingham, montgomery, mobile, places like pensacolathen atlanta for the early morning drive as well. as far as the rain goes, it could be excessive as well. so, a high risk for some flooding across the south, very likely flooding around hattiesburg, mobile, and then north of there. but large areas where high water, norah, could be a factor over the next 24 hours. >> o'donnell: mike bettes, thank you. let's turn now to the world cup. the u.s. men's national soccer team advanced to the round of 16 after a thrilling victory over iran. for both countries, there's more on the line in this high stakes match than just the final score. cbs's roxana saberi has the exciting details from qatar. >> reporter: with a header and sweep of the foot, the u.s. held onto its hopes at the world cup, defeating iran 1 to 0. >> undefeated, going to the next round. >> reporter: the bad news-- christian pulisic was taken to the hospital after the game with an abdominal injury. but, posted this photo saying he'll be ready for the next game. while his team advanc

wally: will the second round of testing was what jerry had talked to in pensacola florida we would've had a chance to go down but it's all scrubbed rated most likely political situation. but a lot of the girls were disappointed in that that kind of went on and an alternative if you walk, i met overseas about three years and learned a lot about the different countries and a lot of camping and met a lot of neat need to people that i stayed correspondence with but anyway, i learned with the physical test for all about so i kind of made a list of what i could do california and various states pretty so you see, who is able to take its infused test. being italian and being liberal would only be three g's on the have a g-suit. only men could have psychomotor of california small, i need your worst girl when you were a girl, can you do this to me or did she said you betcha. so modified animated my own g-suit out of her girls are just off my bra and his tight little thing and i put my eye sued over it. he is a new wednesday would troubled me around obviously thought i was going to go out the fi

and she came from pensacola, florida. when i met her, she looked at me and said, i have heard all about you, bob. you are a naval aviator. and i said, yes, ma'am. and she said, bear with me, she said i have learned to handle you guys. we got along fine. every superintendent over the years, i sent them a letter at the end of the season with the things i see that are good and wrong and that need to be corrected. i believe it or not, several of them invited me to their retirements. they went through the -- every single one of these things. if something is wrong, it could be corrected. this is craig thomas. i went to school with him. he became a u.s. senator and is now deceased. but he was opening the center-right canyon. a business center. this is bob smith. he is with the university of utah. he came up the same time i had to. he won 76 different streams out of yellowstone lake by himself with a backpack for a week. checking trout and doing it for fisheries and then he went on and finishes degrees and flew in the air force a

she was the only woman superintendent for yellowstone and she came from pensacola, florida. and when i met her, she looked at me, says, i've heard all about you, bob. you're a naval aviator. and i said, yes, ma'am, she's you just bear with me. she says, i've learned to handle you guys. and we got along fine. but i every superintendent over the years, i sent him a letter the end of the season with the things i see that are good and wrong, that need to be corrected. and believe it or not, several of them invited me to their retirements and they went through their letter on the screen and said, i take tours of every one of these, but if something was wrong, it should be corrected. this is craig thomas. i went to school with him on the way up at the school, became our u.s. senator. he is now deceased, but he was opening the center at canyon of visitors. this is bob smith. he's with the university of utah. he went to work in yellowstone the same time i did. he went up 76 different streams out of yellowstone lake by himself with a backpack for a week and checking trout and doing f

i'm encouraged about the prospects, the latest poll which was done by a group out of pensacola had aor desantis. that's not been reported very much. it came down to the women vote. looked at the mail vote he was ahead of me, all credit to him, 53%-47%. among women we were up 58 made a difference in a recent poll. neil: that might explain why you've got these ads featuring women and freedom to choose. women also vote and shop and see higher prices and also concerned about that. your campaign comes down to that one issue. >> it doesn't. as i said before, it is affordability as well, property insurance rates men and women have to pay, utility bills have doubled in the past year because the public service commission appointed by the governor hasn't regulated utilities, florida power and light, duke energy, rates go up and up and up and women as men, that's not fun. neil: i want to be clear here. you said that issue, the abortion issue, freedom to choose, you think that is more important to women than the price of things they are trying to buy at the grocery store? >> i do because it goes

notice is stretches from houston all the way over from the pensacola region and up through little rockkansas. all of these areas have potential for downpours at times for some of these waves coming through. even the potential for severe storms on the gulf coast, including potential for some tornadoes. here's the main focus for all of the delays, whether it's by air or by roadway. but once we go into tonight and early tomorrow, then we as a result seeing more midwestern cities and portions of the southeast now starting to tick up and seeing problems as well. cincinnati, st. louis, chicago, atlanta, charlotte also looking at potential delays. by the time we get into sunday afternoon and heading into monday, now we're talking about the north being some of the problem cities, including new york, boston, philadelphia, stretching down to washington, d.c. and baltimore. that's where you'll notice a lot of those airports also starting to tick up in the colors of yellow and oranges indicating the delay there. but also a new system arriving in the pacific northwest. that means additional delays

winds and isolated tornadoes will be the main threats for biloxi, mobile, new orleans, even towards pensacola. but this system is going to make its way off to the north and east in the coming hours, which means by tonight, early tomorrow morning, a lot of cities in the midwest and the mid-atlantic are going to start to get their fair share of that heavy rain as well. so like chicago, cleveland, even the northeast cities are likely going to see some delays tomorrow. so, again, this is the focus for sunday -- chicago, cincinnati, detroit, new york, boston, d.c., baltimore, all of these areas likely to have delays not only in the air but keep in mind the roadways are likely to be more congested. having standing water on them at times. in the west, a brand-new system starting to make its way into the pacific northwest, so the concern there, alex, is it's likely also going to cause some delays in cities like seattle and portland as well. >> as we've been saying, pack your patience. allison chinchar thanks very much. >>> with travel back at near prepandemic levels, the nation's airports are packed

. >> the police in pensacola, florida stopped a man driving a stolen car and found, to their surpriseken, let's see. oh, it's a, an indictment, all right. why don't you read it to me. you're up for election, aren't you? >> mr. bundy. >> that's how you got it, didn't you? >> mr. bundy. >> you told me, you told me that you were gonna get me. you said you was gonna get me. okay, you got the indictment. it's all you're gonna get. >> bundy, having had some law training and a great deal of arrogance, decided to represent himself. for him, he was the star in the courtroom. >> since i have been in dade county, i have been caught -- >> don't shake your finger at me, young man. don't shake your finger at me, young man! >> inside the courtroom, the trial will be covered by a still photographer and one television camera. upstairs there are some 250 reporters and television technicians from around the country. >> bundy's personality is fascinating to a lot of people. he doesn't fit the usual profile of a criminal. and when he defends himself in court, it's fascinating to people to watch. >> each d

severe weather threat, it's a very similar area -- new orleans, biloxi, mobile stretching towards pensacolain threats are going to be damaging winds and the potential for some isolated tornadoes. now, as we go through the rest of the day, that system is going to gradually start to make its way farther to the north. by tonight and early tomorrow, the midwest and the mid-atlantic become the bigger areas of concern. by the time we get to sunday afternoon and even sunday evening, the northeast is really going to be the target point by the time we get to that later portion of the day, which means in turn if you have some travel plans for cities like boston, new york, d.c., baltimore, raleigh, or even other areas like cincinnati and chicago, you may be experiencing some delays in those cities. and then out to the west as our next system slides in, denver as well as seattle and portland may have delays as well. >> all across the country. best of luck to everyone out there heading home this weekend. thanks for that update. >>> the stormy weather isn't dampening holiday shoppers. despite inflation d

going to cause problems on the roadways, shreveport, little rock, stretching to new orleans, to pensacolahere you could have that potential for standing water on the roadways. this system begins to push up into areas of the southwest and northeast. later today, you'll see the showers increase for cities like atlanta, cincinnati, indianapolis, chicago. and by the time we get to sunday, this is where you start hitting all of the big cities in the northeast, boston, new york, philadelphia, washington, d.c. all looking at the potential to have the rain showers tomorrow. that's why tomorrow, sunday specifically, notice, a lot of the oranges and yellows in terms of flight delays that we expect to happen tomorrow. just because of that system making its way out there. but also some delays in the pacific northwest because we have another system coming in here, so seattle, portland, also likely looking at some delays as well. please make sure, sara mentioned it, i will emphasize it, pack your patience and maybe also the poncho as well. >> got to have that patience. >> yeah, got to have that patienc

moisture, which means that the potential for flooding does exist from houston all the way over through pensacola and up into little rock. similar geographical area looking at the potential for severe thunderstorms today as well. sheer through the rest of the day, by tonight and early sunday it's spreading into the ohio valley portions of the midwest. the eastern portion of that southeast region. cities like atlanta, charlotte, but also cincinnati, chicago, cleveland looking at heavy rain at times. by tomorrow, especially tomorrow morning in the afternoon, now you are starting to focus more that have concern into the northeast. so, yes, unfortunately, that means new york, philadelphia, washington, d.c., guys, all of those cities have the potential for delays as well. >> allison, even though that is depressing, your hair is living me life. i love the curls. thank you so much for that. >>> shoppers have spent billions shopping for deals since thanksgiving morning and the spending spree is expected to continue through cyber monday. >> yeah, inflation, though, means less bang for your buck. we want t

a recent review finds the biggest increase getting to pensacola, florida a year ago.he average fare was around 300 and now it's 4.62 getting to the west rounds out the top 5, the seattle tacoma average was under 300 last year. it's jumped to 4.37. national park trips to yosemite and yellowstone. also up over 40% along with getting to la which now averages about 4.50, one frequent flyer between detroit in la even talk. there's over 1400 but saved by being flexible. what happens? i just leaving one extra day like i'm just going >> wednesday afternoon, instead of a tuesday afternoon and trulia went from like 14. 38 to $820 higher fares have some accommodating by readjusting their accommodations in the past. i would normally just run a hotel. why was his thing? but this time i mixed it up. and so i'm staying with friends a couple nights adding to the stress, threaten strikes by pilots at delta united and american. >> but observers say a holiday job action is unlikely along with any repeat of the chaos that plagued travelers early this summer. what's happened since then is

essentially from houston all the way over to pensacola.ow, the key thing is the slow nature of these. it may not be the first thunderstorm that triggers the flooding but the training of these storms that's going to end up triggering that flooding. damaging winds and the potential for an isolated tornado or two. the main focus here is baton rouge, new orleans, mobile, biloxi stretching into panama city. this system will begin to push into the midwest by the time we get to tonight. also other areas like atlanta and charlotte. the concern tomorrow is going to be the big east cities, new york, boston, philadelphia, washington, d.c., that's where you are likely going to see delays on sunday. >> such an easy start, too, for the thanksgiving holiday. looks like that may be changing quickly as people head home. allison chinchar, thank you so much. >>> that stormy weather isn't dampening the spirits of holiday shoppers. the official start to the season got off to a strong start yesterday on black friday and despite inflation driving up prices, cons

night as well hitting places like nashville, huntsville, birmingham, montgomery, mobile, places like pensacolaearly morning drive as well. as far as the rain goes, it could be excessive as well. so a high risk for some flooding across the south. very likely flooding around hattiesburg, mobile, and then north of there. but large areas where high water, norah, could be a factor over the next 24 hours. >> mike bettes, thank you. >>> tonight, more republicans are speaking out against former president trump's mar-a-lago dinner with nick fuentes, a prominent white nationalist and holocaust denier, who was there as a guest of rapper kanye west. in the last 24 hours, former vice president m marthy, and senate leader mitch mcconnell have all expressed criticism of that meeting. >> anyone meeting with people advocating that point of view, in my judgment, are highly unlikely to ever be elected president of the united states. >> former vice president pence said trump was wrong and should apologize for giving an anti-semite a seat at the table. >>> there's also breaking news tonight. the senate has just ta

from tampa to tallahassee, from pensacola to sarasota, and from jacksonville to miami, we inherit the legacy of generations of american patriots who gave their blood, sweat and tears to defend their country and freedom. we stand on the shoulders of american heroes who crossed the oceans, blazed the trails, settled the continent, tamed the wilderness, laid down the railroads, dug out the panama canal, raised up the skyscrapers , went to world wars, defeated fascism and communism, and from here in this beautiful state, this wonderful, lovely state -- i love florida -- launched our brave american astronauts to plant the stars and stripes on the moon. together they made america into the single greatest nation in the history of the world. ♪ [crowd clamoring] [crowd chanting] but now we are a nation in decline. we are failing nation. we are nation that has the highest inflation in 50 years and where the stock market finished the were first -- the worst first half of the year since 1872. likewise we are nation that has the highest energy costs in its history. we are no longer energy independ

i'm from pensacola. always more ships. but there is no comparison.ns just like people on the far left hated those institutions in the 1960s. first of all, can you explain how powerful the united states is in relation to the rest of the world, and secondly, the consequences of a tactical nuclear weapon and how many minutes it would take the united states military and 101st airborne and all of our men and women to sweep across ukraine and be on the doorstep of the russian border, if they did that? >> i can do that. part one. let's put it in dollars. just do the numbers. the russian defense budget is $60 billion. the us dense budget $800 billion. the rest of nato, by the way, europe, the combined defense budget of europe is $300 billion a year. triple that of russia. >> and china's? >> china's is around $200 billion. >> $200 billion. >> at most. >> at most. >> a good information to combine the russian and chinese defense budgets and they're smaller than the european defense budget, lit alone ours. >> by the way, i don't even mean to interrupt you be but

born in west virginia in 1960, chief petty officer baker moved to pensacola, florida, in 1980 to begin what would be a remarkable 17-year stint in the u.s. navy. in pensacola, he graduated from the search and rescue swimmers school before entering fleet replacement aircrewman training at the naval air station in jacksonville where he earned his wings of gold. upon graduation c.p.o. baker served on the u.s.s. nimitz reporting to h.s.9, a helicopter anti-submarine warfare squadron for the navy. from there he served there as the training and operations chief for another anti-submarine warfare squadron safeguarding american interests over and under the seas. tragically on march 13, 1997, while serving aboard the u.s.s. john f. kennedy, chief petty officer baker and three others perished when their h 60 seahawk helicopter crashed at sea during a navy seal training mission. through his life -- though his life was tragically cut short, in his 17 years of service c.p.o. baker managed to cement a legacy of leadership, dedication, and steadfastness which will reverberate for generations to come.

there is a tornado watch that just moved east of mobile, alabama, pensacola, panama city, dothan allregion that will get hit within minutes if not within the hour so still a couple hours left as this sags to the south. it will lose steam through tallahassee and southeast georgia, but this region in the next couple of hours if you can delay travel or stay away from any of the thunderstorms and certainly if you get a tornado warning which we've seen popping all morning you do not want to be outdoors but in your shelter. a look at where that goes. thunderstorms all the way up through north carolina but it's the heavy rain here in the north with the wind, robin, boston, new york, the airports all throughout connecticut up to burlington, vermont, could see gusts up to 60 miles per hour from a south wind to a west, windy day. >> yeah, bracing for it. thank you so much, ginger. whit? >>> to washington now and the race to avert a national rail strike. congress is moving to impose a settlement on the unions after president biden warned that a rail shutdown would devastate the economy. our con

michael in pensacola, florida. democratic caller.r: my concern is that people with smart can really determine the concern about the inflation. all they have to do is compare the inflation in canada, mexico, and you look at the gas prices. usurer smartphone, germany. we have a better end of the deal in the united states. this is not all president biden's fault. on this planet you have inflation. host: this is "the washington post" article that i believe the caller was referring to about the plans for social security. glenn kessler gave four pinocchios to the claim from senator patty murray that republicans would end social security and medicare if they win control of the chamber. "the presumptive republican leader rejected the idea in september, senator rick scott and said that mary would be on more solid ground if she describes the changes in proposals as biden had recently done." lorraine, port washington, new york. republican. hello. caller: how are you? i am calling because i was once a democrat and converted to republican. one of