the chief judge rebecca smith, us district court judge. the program over, the society started in 2,006 and then once all that occurs the society wanted take on a project to to document the 200 plus rich 25200 year plus history. we started the project and we are working at the time with a graduate student at the college of william and mary. he mary. he was considering using the project as a way to get his thesis. but we but we quickly discovered was the 200 years of history

rebecca smith, us district court judge. the program over, the society started in 2,006 and then once all that occurs the society wanted take on a project to to document the 200 plus rich 25200 year plus history. we started the project and we are working at the time with a graduate student at the college of william and mary. he mary. he was considering using the project as a way to get his thesis. but we but we quickly discovered was the 200 years of history and an amazing amount of cases and things to talk about, we needed to find someone with a passion for not only the history of the court but understand the dynamics of the history of virginia that were occurring when these cases were being tried. i was fortunate in that i reached up to one of my law school professors. and the 1st thing he said. we were very fortunate. he agreed to come on board. it was a journey he did an amazing job. i had know experience with publishers, editors, or archivists but but i do through this project. .. and at times controversial history of t

last i would like to mention chief judge rebecca smith. chief judge smith is a u.s. district court judge and she's a great supporter of the society. in terms of the very brief history before we turn the program over the society started in 2006. we had to incorporate the society. we also went to the process of getting our 501(c)(3) status so we are tax-exempt organization. once that occurred the society once they got project to document the 200 plus turn a year plus the rich history of the united states eastern district court for the district of virginia. we started that project working at the time with the graduate student at the college of william and mary and he was considering using the project as a way to get his thesis. what we quickly discovered was with 200 years of history and an amazing amount of cases and things to talk about we really needed to find someone with a passion for not only the history of the court but understand the dynamics of the history of virginia that were occurring when these cases were being tried. that is where i was very fortunate that

rebecca smith sending us this snowy photo from west virginia. take a look there as it piles up. angie cooper is sending us this one as well. and the adorable photo of daughter ainsley playing in a new hampshire winter wonder land. >> up in new hampshire they know how to dress for the weather, very clearly. i want to say i appreciate no beach photos. last time wethese photos we got all these beach photos, people at the pool, it's nice not to have to endure that right now. >> well, i'll tell you, right now florida has its own share of winter woes as well. >> it's cold down there. it's cold everywhere. it's he a little bit better here. when we started the show we could not even make out the capitol here. we were talking on one of the breaks. it's amazing this snowstorm nobody thought was going to be a beg deal. oh, it's nothing. a little dusting of snow. all of a sudden you now 5 inches coming. so we'll see if we can't make it home. >>> coming up in the next hour, the new u.s. defense secretary is has landed in kabul. we'll tell you what he has to say. the future of the u.s. milita