here grant's forces will be joined by elements of buell's command and the fight for the crossroads will see-saw, seesaw over the course of two hours. union forces will attack and seem to gape an upper hand and beauregard will grab nearby forces coming off the fight, reorganize them and are able to throw counterpunches back which will stem the tide of the federal onslaught and the confederates will seize back a little bit of the initiative only to have a fresh federal force arrive from pittsburgh landing and now they're contending with new forces, and beauregard illustrating that the troops needed to be guided forward in person and basically not told to move forward shows the state of the army. it's beginning to dissolve. the question confronting beauregard and the confederates, will they be able to avoid catastrophe? the thing is completely reversed. the euphoria on the first day, a seeming victory, that victory he had wired richmond the evening before that had been won, you know, saddened by the loss of albert sydney johnson, but they had achieved a great victory, which was going to be

we're almost two miles from the crossroads north of shiloh church. that brings us all the way over what is the true union left flank representing grant's army of the tennessee. and this is colonel david stewart's brigade of sherman's fif ktd division. stewart had been detached throughout the encampment period. sherman was the first division to occupy. he was over here guarding the hamburg road from hamburg landing, which is four river miles upstream from pittsburgh landing. so this is where his brigade will fight the battle detached from its mother division. prentiss' camps were roughly a mile or a little over from the southwest -- or to our southwest by about a mile. so that will give you a sense of where prentiss' camps were in relationship to stewart, which represents the true union left. and what johnston envisioned to be the union left, which was prentiss' camps. stewart fights desperately to hold this flank. stewart will find himself down to just two regiments here, but he will fight on this front from 11:00 through 2:00. no artillery support, j

i think what the crossroads people have decided and the "new york times" talks to this is that peoplend they don't want someone beating him about the head and shoulders with a cudgel. because voters like and admire the president, and some are somewhat disappointed, it takes a softer touch. it's something a little bit unique. we will see how it works. >> it's no jeremiah wright ad, but i am curious about this using actors for a guy who has an authenticity issue to begin with especially when you compare it to what the obama campaign has been putting in as real people who will had their real jobs affected by bain capital, et cetera. what was your take on this ad from crossroads gps? >> well, a couple of things, one, governor, the romney campaign last week released a two minute ad that had real people affected by jobs in key swing states called a few in a million which was one of the best pieces of advertising work i have seen in a long time using real people and real situations. i thought it was very effective one of the best i have ever seen. the current ad does use an actor, and but th

let me showue i showed last night the crossroads ad, of which you know a thing or two. this is the romney campaign. i thought this was very effective. let's look. >> this is not a distraction. this is what this campaign's going to be about. >> cutbacks. >> they have lost their houses. they have zero credit. they can't find jobs. >> i have a hard time, in order to make ends meet. >> i have been looking for a job for 2 years, haven't found. >> seen too many small businesses go out of business. >> hard-working, good people -- they have had to go into foreclosure and bankruptcy. >> i just lost my job recently. >> all said and done. i had to file my own personal bankruptcy, close my business. >> i expected great things from the president when he was elected. now it doesn't -- it's a feeling of disappointment that he hasn't been able to fulfill all the things, all the changes that he talked about. >> sean: all of these ads seem to be devastating because, you know, like your ad the other night, the president in his own words, the economy hasn't turned around. people understand

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we got out to the crossroads there. we were right on the edge. and the other one led back to the town we came through when we topped in. we were arguing there. i wanted to go back. there was a doctor and couple other dutchmen. what settled it, a platoon of germans came from behind the houses, a little bit farther out. they start firing at us. they took off. they had a double decker or something, little cart. they put the guys down there. they were running down the road. i couldn't run, so i dove into a german type round foxhole. two dutchmen pulled me out, put me on a wheelbarrow. they were going with one on each handle running down the road. germans figured we weren't worth the trouble so they stopped. but it's interesting what happens when you're in a situation like that. >> thank you, al. >> babe, before we take some questions, i know you have one story that you always like to share about the dutch. and about a little old woman -- >> oh, yeah. >> that one. >> yeah, i like to tell that one. >> go ahead. and then we'll open it up to questions. >

at the crossroads stands the international telecommunication union, an agency of the united nations that came into being to regulate international telegraph services just four years after the pony express closed its doors. this agency plans to meet in six months to consider proposed changes to the international agreements governing telecommunications. until this year, the itu, which through the u.n. includes 193 member countries, each with only a single vote, has focused its attention on telecommune kangss networks and coless such as setting international standards for telephone systems kwornd asian radio frequencies and encourages development of telecommunications infrastructure in developmenting nations. on the whole, benign and helpful to the spread of the internet, but the organization recently passed a resolution in guadalajara calling to "increase the role of the itu in internet governance." this should cause significant concern. in addition, some powerful member states see an opportunity to assert control over the internet through a meeting in dubai this coming december. several p

the crossroads generation will spend $50,000 on online advertisements aimed at americans under the age of 30 facing crippling debt complete job prospects. it is supported by american crossroads which has waysraise $100 million. >> president obama will give a commencement address in new york. he is receiving an honorary degree before speaking at the university of michigan. he will be given the highest honor, of the metadal of distinction. >> sitting in a look at news around the world. and people are dead after a plane crash. a plane carrying 21 people tried to land at this. it is still unclear where they are from. the bodies of 43 men and six women found yesterday morning on a highway leading from monterey to the texas border. their heads hands, feet were hacked off. 83 a threat was etched. it is 62 degrees. >> $2 billion trading blunder. >> we hope that your kid is in our contest. your chance to play against tiger woods. >> first, a chec a party? [ music plays, record skips ] hi i'm new ensure clear. clear, huh? my nutritional standards are high. i'm not juice or fancy water i'm differ

his history up until this point because he was actually an accomplished individual who sat at the crossroads of two major events in american history and international history. they were related events -- the american civil war, he had a front row seat to this right here in washington d.c. but shortly after the war he my migrated to jamaica and was a participant in a major event internationally, the morant bay rebellion of 1865. both of these events had the connection of being tied to the end of slavery and the establishment of greater freedom and civil rights for the african population, both in the british empire and in the united states. so, he had a front-row seat to two intersecting events at a very tumultuous time in u.s. history. we don't know too much about menard's early life, urts than that he was born in illinois. in 1838. he came from a family that was believed to have been french creole, possibly had a background in new orleans. there is some thought -- it hasn't been firmly established but it was always the family history that he was the descendant of pierre menard, who was the f

notice on the one side was crossroads gps and on the other side was the obama campaign. that's going to be it for the rest of the year. which is it's going to be out there against obama. he hasn't raised as much on the super pac side. wall street doesn't like him and has not been contributing to that. i think on the conservative side there will be almost unlimited money to spend against obama and think that's going to be a disadvantage that the obama people have this team that they didn't have four years ago when they were able to vastly outspend john mccain. >> we have new numbers from the campaign itself and they're pretty even. mitt romney raised just over $48 millio -- $40 million. obama $43 million. do you see the gap closing at all? >> i think the democrats are in trouble when it comes to super pac spending. and this is based on basically half a month of fund-raising because they didn't start their coordinating fund-raising until the middle of april. one thing about the crossroads ad. it's added at independent voter. it's not that they say he's bad man, you shouldn

ad buy from crossroads gps. while the obama campaign is up and running with a $25 million ad campaign of its own. that $50 million total is for a month. joining me now is susan page and "washington post" columnist and nbc contributor. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> as far as attack ads go, is that going to get your attention? >> i think it will to some degree. it's fairly conventional but not as vicious as some of the ads you're going to see out there. i thought the important thing was in your graphic that you just showed. notice on the one side was crossroads gps and on the other side was the obama campaign. that's going to be it for the rest of the year. which is it's going to be out there against obama. he hasn't raised as much on the super pac side. wall street doesn't like him and has not been contributing to that. i think on the conservative side there will be almost unlimited money to spend against obama and think that's going to be a disadvantage that the obama people have this team that they did

confederate army 11:00 to noon are engaged against the union right flank there at water oaks pond in the crossroads, and so you start just factoring out who is not present in that fight, and we know that throughout the course of the late morning and on into the early often johnson is getting about a third of his command engaged over at sarah bell farm, the river road, and the peach orchard sector and stars saying that's almost the entire confederate army, what does that leave in the center. that leaves piecemeal brigades in the center and that's the story at the nest is that the confederates attack held in force by the federals with a repetitive series of assaults by individual lone brigades for the most part and those brigades are heavily out numbered. the largest attack the confederates throw against the position is no more than about 3,500 souls and they're out numbered 2:1 and the average attack thrown is around 2,000 personnel, so at any point in time they're clearly out numbered by the federal opponent and then they have to negotiate the thicket and try to attempt to storm and breast the fede

well you know we're at the crosshairs here and the crossroads russia has a great interest in returning to the the days when it had such influence in syria the americans are in a contest as you know with uranium but also with the russians for the future of their had germany and their presence here right now the rising power as you know is iran the americans are receding syria is a major prize in whichever for both sides and the determinant of how of what the policies and how this region is going to move in the future it's kind of like they were returned to the days when iraq and egypt were pulling at syria trying to bring it in now we've got the americans the russians and the iranians involved and of course the gulf the saudis and the qataris who i have a religious. differences and political and economic as you know so i think it's become more complicated i think the powers are more intense in their competition and i saw i agree that there outside forces are very much involved but also to a local issues as well a quick thought of what's happening in syria if we go we got on the line the

and the reason behind that is that when crossroads started doing surveys of voters out in the field,swing voters, they found that the hard attacks against president obama were not resonating. so what they've tried to do now is use subtle facts about the economy and the direction that the country has taken over the last three years to undermine the president. >> and it's also interesting, the person or the actress used to i guess portray the mom, the married woman who lives in the suburbs, which we know right now romney is doing at least a little better with that group. >> yes. that's absolutely true. and what the crossroads people and what conservative groups and indeed the romney campaign across the board are going for is an emotional pitch to these people to kind of remind them that the man that they voted for in 2008 has failed to live up to the promises that he made. and that can be a very powerful message for people who really bought into barack obama's message of hope and change. >> well, you point out again that this is a soft pedal approach, but the response from the pro-obam

here is the crossroads campaign that will begin running tomorrow in swing states across the next threeks. big money behind it, $10 million. it is aimed at people disenchanted with the president. let's watch karl rove's money in action. >> i always loved watching the kids play basketball. still do. though things have changed. they can't find jobs. and i can't afford to retire. now that we are all living together again, i supported president obama's agenda but he spent like our country's credit card had no limit. >>> good evening. welcome "the ed show." obviously the decision sits in front of the president are the opposite of that. of spouse or partner of any kind, no male around the house there, that's the group he is really going for, it seems to me. if you want it target what he is targeting. >> i agree, completely, chris. republicans tend to do well among married women. but they don't do nearly well among unmarried women. i'm not sure that ad wants to be clear about whether this woman is married or not. i think it is intentionally ambiguous but leaves the viewer plenty of room to dec

here's the crossroads campaign. it will begin airing tomorrow. states across the next three weeks. big money behind it, 10 $10 million. it is aimed at people disenchanted with the president. let's watch, karl rove's money in action. >> i always loved watching kids play basketball. still do. though things have changed. they can't find jobs. and i can't afford to retire. and now that we're all living together again, i supported president obama's agenda but he spent like our country's credit card had no limit. $4 billion deepener debt everyday. how will my kids pay that off when they can't get jobs? tell president obama, cut the job killing debt and support the new majority agenda at new majority agenda.org. >> michael, what do you make of that ad pitch? >> i think it is a very good ad pitch. it cuts right to the core of what romney and the republicans all 21 talk about and that is the economy, strain and stress of debt on our ability to create jobs, to get a job. and i think it's at -- i think it's done very well. it is obviously appealing to women

here is the crossroads campaign that will begin running tomorrow m swing states across the next threebig money behind it, $10 million. it is aimed at people disenchanted with the president. let's watch karl rove's money m action. >> i always loved watching the kids play basketball. still do. though things have changed. they can't find jobs. and i can't afford to retire. now that we are all living together again, i >>> michael what do you make of that ad pitch? >> i think it's a very good ad pitch. it cuts right to the cord of what romney and the republicans want the talk about. that's the economy, strain and stress of debt. i think it's done very well. it's obvious appeal to women who are the major decision makers in most households as well as you just talked about in the last segment in terms of voting. it's a direct appeal focused on a core concern that voters have out there. i think it's very well done. >> obama meet john mccain by 13 points. he's o doing just as well leading by 15 points. it's a group romney can'taf dig. let me go to cynthia. apparently, a single white woman, no m

prodigy usa adding to the pro-obama side in virginia. and crossroadsd and restore our future are at $2.3 million. a bit of a shift in pat pennsyla when the president is spending twice as much as crossroads gps. the president is leading the pack in terms of spending. nearly $25 million in seven narrowlytested battlegrounds. $1.6 million in april. folks, that story has gotten a little underreported. meanwhile, as romney super pac allies spend millions to help him, the romney campaign is spending almost nothing. in fact, look at all seven battleground states, romney's total spending combined is less than $1 million. with me now, politico's jonathan martin. start wit ads, because in many ways it sort of tells us a little of the story of where's, where there's talk about the battleground and where they're actually putting, you know, walking the walk. the one state that seems to be the exception, wisconsin. everybody is ignoring wisconsin now. >> for now. the count ends in early june. you'll see both sides playing. people forget this. wisconsin, 2004, very,

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given us an early peek at a new priorities usa ad out today which they position as a response to the crossroads gps ad basketball, which we'll show you later. the new priorities usa ad, bain cal ta capital is front and center. >> i had 2 1/2 years to go. i was 60 years old. i had no health care and that's scary. when mitt romney did that, he -- he made -- he made me sick. >> okay. patricia, what i'll say on the heels of that, david brooks saying, in a country that desperately wants change i have no idea why a party wouldn't compete to be the party of change and trounce formation. for a campaign like obama who promised change i have no idea why he would want to run a campaign that regurgitates the exact same ads and arguments as so many democratic campaigns from the ancient past. >> that was part of obama's success in 2008 he ran a campaign that a lot of people hadn't seen a lot of before, a lot of the rhetoric, was and much you and i and the country and they responded to that absolutely. in this in case, obama's got to get after democratic voters, shore them up, use messages that they believe w

facing crippling deck and bleak unemployment outlooksch the group is supported in part by the american crossroads which raised more than 100 million so far to beat the president in november. >>> tomorrow president obama will be joining barbara walters and the ladies of the view. host will be asking the commander in chief about the landmark announcement on same sex marriage. obama's appearance is part of the red, white and view a political coverage on the show. it's the president's fourth time on the show second time as the president. you can see it tomorrow atlennon -- at 11 on abc2. >>> there are primaries going on tomorrow. nebraska and oregon are heading to the polls. >>> newsaround the nation the family of a georgia student are optimistic that she will recover from a rare flesh eating bacteria. her name is aimey copeland and will lose her fingers to the -- aimee copeland and will lose her fillingers to the disease. she left her left leg and part of her abdomen. a zip line she was riding napped and she fell and she cut her leg. >>> so you seen the video of people walking while texting. bumping

issue is not so much what has been done about it, but what did the president do when he came to the crossroads. we have this relationship with pakistan but as he said in the campaign, if i find him there or have a clean shot at him, i am going to take that shot. >> and congratulations. con grat layings to him for that. on the other hand, all of the people who made it possible for him to be there, for bin laden to be there, what has happened to them. i'm sure there are thick files in the u.s. government about every one of them. and i'm sure the president has strong feelings about every one of them. but he can't do anything about it because as so long as there are 90,000 americans he sent to afghanistan on a mission that doesn't look any more successful now than in 2008, he can't act on it. >> i think that's the balance he was trying to walk today. in the whole presentation, it is not by mistake he made the choice to go there. not by mistake he made the choice, a security concern frankly, to go in air force 1 and have that symbolism. it is not a mistake that in the speech, he had two very clear

just listen to the ceo of karl rove's superpac american crossroads, steven law. he's so worried about the billionaires. >> we have some very large donors who contribute a significant amount and they are fully disclosed, they're not overly concerned about it. but there are some people who are concerned about a culture of intimidation. increasingly, people feel like there are reprisals against people who get involved in the political process. >> stephen: yes, secret billionaires are just trying to get involved in the political process -- the same way the secret service wanted to get involved with those prostitutes. [ laughter ] so to protect themselves from accountability, big donors need anonymity. like casino billionaire sheldon adelson, who almost singlehandedly funded newt gingrich's superpac "winning our future," which has recently been renamed "dodging our creditors." [ laughter ] well, now adelson is going underground, where it's possible he also originated. [ laughter ] he says, from now on, if he injects big bucks into this election "it will be to a c-4." h

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they're getting an assist from the superpac crossroads in those states plus six more as you see pop upthe map there. in other superpac spending the pro-obama superpack is shelling out money in florida, ohio, and virginia. the campaign is spending in those states plus four more as you see, colorado, florida, ohio, as you see there, north carolina, iowa, nevada, and new hampshire. if you want to see where this presidential election fight is playing out look no further than virginia and north carolina. look at this little thing we've crunched. six of the top ten hottest ad markets right now are in just those two states. the norfolk area, roanoke, richmond, greensboro, raleigh-durham and charlotte, those are five of the six. columbus, ohio, sits at four, rounding out the top ten most saturated media markets are cities in colorado and ohio. they are being fought on gop turf. these are all states that george w. bush carried in 2004. and they are that john kerry never contested, colorado, virginia, and north carolina. >>> all right, while mitt romney has secured the 1144 he needs to clinch th

the worse. >> crossroads is spending close to $10 million to air the ad in ten different swing states over the next month, including pennsylvania, virginia, and ohio. >>> now to business news where the facebook ipo flop is drawing more and more scrutiny every day. shares fell for a second consecutive day extending losses to more than 18% below that original offer price on friday of $38. and now regulators are launching an inquiry to see if certain wall street insiders were alerted to the company's weak revenue projections. for much more on this story and a look at the markets, let's get all up in your business with cnbc's steve sedgwick live in london. what is going on with facebook? >> yeah, i mean, absolutely. it's really horrible for all kinds of parties, not least the nasdaq who made such a mess of the initial trading. morgan stanley was the lead underwriter. there are concerns their analyst lowered his second quarter and full-year projections just before the ipo. morgan stanley for their part are saying we complied with all regulations. we have done nothing. but massachusetts secretary of