the union fleet was learning these tactics of running the ford. the commander of the union fleet at island number ten charles davis who had replaced andrew was reluctant to allow them to go and henry, the cored and sai it. he did. general john pope, who was the army commander there investing island number ten said he needed a second gun bo. but agreed to allow "uss pittsburgh." these are built at the end of 1861 and early 1862 that captured ft. henry and held with capture of ft. donaldson and those gun boats made it possible for pope's army to trap the entire garrison at island number ten and capture them. so these tactics of running which went back to 1861, they were bearing a lot of fruit here on the river in 1862. >> dr. mcpherson, thank you about some of the examples that you provide in your great study, of the individual decisions made by people like david faragate, why do you think that as many officers especially of the naval forces, marines and sailors, made the decision in 1861 to stay with the old flag? >> there are some other good examp

so those six vessels had been sent up to contest the union fleet's effort to capture island number 10 near new madrid, missouri. this is in late march. that lessened the opposition to farragut at the fleet below. so it's another example, i think, of what lincoln was trying to get all his commander toss do was to move time up tapiously against confederate defenses so they would have to thin out those defenses rather than just one at a time. and so clearly, i think, the simultaneous advance by the upper river fleet, union fleerkts and especially at island number 10, was of a material aid to farragut's effort, no question about it. >> i was struck also by the similarity, at least in my mind, of the tactics used at the island 10, the carondolet running at night, et cetera, and use of the mortar rounds. >> that's right. now, the union fleet was learning these tactics of running the fort. actually the commander of the union fleet at island number ten, charles davis, who had replaced andrew hallfoote, was very reluctant to allow the carondolet to go. and henry walker who was the commander of

for the last three months of 1862, it was another naval base for the union fleet blockading the coast of texas. the main job in remainder of 1862 was to strengthen the blockade. he wanted to move against mobile but for reasons beyond his control the government put off that and kept putting it off until of course the summer of 1864. >> we're right on time which is always wonderful. thank you. [ applause ] >> one of the great joys of being associated with this symposium is that we give historians their choice of who to nominate. i'll never forget when john walked into my office with a big smile on my face and says you'll never guess who mcpherson is going to do. david furagte. that's interesting. what a terrific talk, jim. thank you so much. it's 1:30. we'll break for 15 minutes. be back in your chair at quarter to 2:00. for the tv audience, dr. mcpherson is going to take your questions and earlier speakers had a great time handling a national audience. thank you. >> live on american history tv all day at the library of virginia, which in conjunction with museum of confederacy is asking

and the whole union fleet came to a halt under the guns of the fort. and farragut, taking the risk of going through the mine field, said "damn the potorpedos full speed ahead." the rest of the fleet went through the torpedo field. fortunately for them no other mines exploded. many of them had been rendered harmless by the powder soaking or they broke it loose from the strong currents. but he didn't know that. he was willing to take the risk. he was a risk taker. he was then asked, after capturing mobile bay and shutting that down as one of the last of the blockade-running ports for the confederacy, was asked to take command of the fleet that was going to attack fort fisher in north carolina which guarded the entrance to wilmington which was now the last blockade-running port. but his health had broken down over his hard service for the previous 2 1/2, 3 years. and so he asked to take a leave of absence. and instead secretary of the navy wells put david dickson porter in command of the fleet that attacked fort fisher. but his first choice for that was f

went to the bottom immediately with the lost of its whole crew and the whole union fleet came to a halt under the guns of the fort and farragut taking the risk of going through the mine field said damned the torpedoes, full steam ahead. fortunately for them none of the other mines exploded. many of them had been rendered harmless by the powder soaking or broken loose from strong currents. he didn't know that. he was willing to take the risk. he was a risk taker. he was then asked after capturing mobile bay and shutting that down as one of the last of the blockade running ports for the confederacy, was asked to take command of the fleet that was going to attack in north carolina which guarded the entrance to wilmington which was now the last blockade running port. his health had broken down over his hard service for the previous 2 1/2, 3 years. so he asked to take a leave of absence and instead secretary of the navy wells put david dixon porter in command of the fleet that attacked ft. fisher. his first choice for that was farragut and if his health hadn't broken down, he would have been

the fleet was supported by an army of 15,000 union soldiers commanded by major general benjamin butler, probably not much of a military asset for the union effort. and, indeed, the public expected the navy to do the heavy work, just as a fleet had done at port royal, south carolina, five months earlier. iowa senator james grimes, a member of the senate committee on naval affairs told assistant secretary of the navy, fox, the country looks to the navy. don't wait for the army. take new orleans and hold it until the army comes up. and that's exactly how it happened. the schooners commanded by foster brother, commander david dixon porter were towed into position on april 18 to begin bombarding the forts. over the next six days and nights they lobbed thousands of shells into damage but knocking out a few of the guns. ferigate decided to run his ships past the forts in the predawn darkness of april 24. this was not a popular decision among his captains who had in the words of one of them, little or no feeling of success. for his part, though, he wrote to his wife success is the only thing l

the fleet was surrounded by an army of soldiers commanded by major benjamin butler, probably not much of a military assets for the union effort. and indeed, the public expected the navy to do the heavy work. just as the fleet under flag officer samuel francis dupont had done in south carolina five months earlier. iowa senator, james grimes, a member of the naval committee on affairs told the assistant of the navy fox that the for the a. take new orleans and hold it until the arm comes up. and that's exactly how it happened. the mortar scooners were towed into position on april 18th to begin bombarding the forts. over the next six days and nights they lobbed thousands of 216-pound shells into the forts doing a lot of damage but knocking out only a few of the guns. he grew impatient and decided to run his ships past the forts in the predawn darkness of april 24th. this was not a popular decision among his captains who had in the words of one of them little or no feeling of success. for his part though, he wrote to his wife success is the only thing listened to in this war, and i know i must sink or swim by that rule. as

. >> o'brien: nuclear engineer dave lochbaum, who monitors the u.s. nuclear fleet for the union of concerned scientists, says the nrc hasn't always been so proactive. >> the biggest concern i've had with the nrc over the years i've been monitoring them is lack of consistency. they're a little bit slow at solving known safety problems. >> o'brien: like earthquakes. take thease of the north anna plant in virginia. these two reactors were among 27 around the country that were identified in the 1990s as seismically under-designed, but the nrc required no corrective action. then, last august... >> just outside the north anna nuclear power plant, which is just a few miles from the epicenter, we just got here, we have some information regarding... >> o'brien: ...a 5.8-magnitude earthquake shook the eastern seaboard, centered just 11 milefrom north anna. while the quake was bigger than the plant's designers had planned for, north anna did just fine. the plant automatically shut down, and four backup diesel generators kicked in, keeping the plant cool until power was restored. a bullet dodged. but no

fleeting relief perhaps. but there is always a shadow over it. because, tomorrow, the main public and private unionsave called a demonstration. if you remember the demonstration a week ago was a very violent. there will be another demonstration tomorrow which will be outside the houses of parliament, and that could be a flash point. >> you mentioned the mood and the fleeting relief, but tell us, do greeks appealed that the eu is helping the more punishing them? >> i think it is, nation. i think it is one thing that the greeks are resentful about, this thing that they're spending is going to be policed, that there is going to be a permanent mission from the troika overseeing them. i think that is the one thing that is sticking to them. they do not like the feeling that they're giving up some of their sovereignty. >> thank you very much. share markets in europe finished with modest losses tuesday amid a bit of profit-taking and speculation that greece will soon need more help to follow up the bailout deal agreed earlier in the day. our correspondent sent us this summary of the tuesday trading session

the brake fire in 2009, he took the fleet out of service, he says these latest incidents are isolated. >> we don't put unsafe buses on the street. >> reporter: the unioney feel the county is being reckless, ignoring the safety of drivers and passengers. >> this particular administration, unlike past administrations, they can't accept their mistakes and they are slow to undo their mistakes. >> reporter: the county plans to replace the buses within the next 18 months. >>. >> we have had problems with the models. >> reporter: the union worries about what will happen in the meantime. >> they were junk from jump street and shouldn't have been purchased, they are problematic. >>> a police officer has been suspended after his arrest on drunk driving charges. he was stopped at 10:30 last night for speeding on mechanicsville road. a maryland state trooper pulled him over. he was arrested and charged with dui, speeding and reckless driving. he has been with the prince georges county police department for 13 years. he was not driving a police vehicle at the time of his arrest. >>> a pastor running for the d.c. cup coup sill a leading a protest against a speed ca

union side than any other northern state. that is also the legacy of ethan allen and the fleet planes that fly over the city's since 9/11 or thereen mountain boys of the guard of vermont. his legacy is the state with dissent never really agreeing even among its delegation never agreed from the west side of the mountains to the east side of the mountains. but it has a strong reputation for diversity and dissent and most of all the legacy of ethan allen is since his time where people went to start over to start again. thank you. [applause] >> this is where i say fire at will. >> in your own book references made to his advocate of the separate church and state can you comment further on that? >> his attack on the established church of new england and his book recent article is just that. he doesn't think that you should have a. in hierarchy in vermont or new england. he was speaking mostly to new england. he didn't use the words separation of church and state. it was claimed by thomas jefferson and a letter to his secretary of the navy during a reelection campaign in 1803 there should be a wall of separation. but jefferson's only

fleet service. it has to go through bankruptcy court for approval. the amr company, the company also saying that it plans to reject its pension plans for all four of its labor unions. that totals $18.5 billion. what happens now? well, if the bankruptcy court approves it, those would be thrown off to the ppgc that take over the pensions. and the pbgc is underfunded by $6 billion. this is going to be an interesting fight in bankruptcy court. >> good to see you, phil. thank you so much. as always, great information from phil lebeau. facebook could file its ipo any moment now. is there any way to justify the kind of valuation today? would it signal a new bubble forming in technology? both sides of the argument next. >>> then, sean donovan with us, explaining how president obama's plan for housing financing. >>> i'm seema mody. upbeat corporate earnings with the notable exception of amazon.com. seagate technologies, one of the wincers on the nasdaq 100. the management saying their customers are basically willing to pay more for the product because they want to avoid any risk of not getting enough supply of hard disk drives. the company's forecast alleviating concerns a

fleet out of service, he says these latest incidents are isolated. >> as far as we can tell, those problem were not the result of a problem characteristic of all of the models. >> reporter: the union says they feel the county is being reckless, ignoring the safety of drivers and passengers. >> this particular administration, unlike past administrations, they can't accept their mistakes and they are slow to undo their mistakes. >> reporter: county plans to replace the buses within the next 18 months, still the union is worried about what happens in the meantime. >> mr. leggett, would you please take these buses off the road? >> the county has inspected all 23 in-service champion buses since yesterday's fire. they tell us they are going to continue their investigation, hope to have some answers some time next week. of course, with enwe get those answers, we will pass them along to you, live in rockville, maryland, melissa mollet, news4. >> melissa, thank you. >>> bad news for facebook users who think they have deleted photos from their page. a website says 3 billion unwanted feet trees still online. the site claims it first reported this problem in 2009. users were deleting unwanted