he got drunk during the siege of vicksburg. they were waiting for vicksburg wa surrender. i never encountered a report that he got drunk when he was president.ent. so this is a story that stuck with him, in part because it is with a label that you can put on somebody, and it's pretty hard to disprove. the second one about him being a butcher, yes, this was something that even occurred to some of his fans during the civil war. because the civil war shockedil american sensibility. when the war began, no one in he north or south had any idea how big a conflict it wouldlict become. was g how many people would be listed on both sides and how many would die and be maimed. no one had any idea. the fact that grant was responsible for those casualties was a direct consequence of the fact that grant was the foremost gr the union generals who was willing to fight. this is why we can eventually promoted him. why he said that he will fight.nt'sa his approach to war with you wat to hit the enemy fast and hit them again and hit the enemy again. was grant was one who is going was going to

on the other hand look at the temperatures in texas today dallas was 87, vicksburg mississippi 87 degrees 30 is going out in the western suburbs. enough to produce an occasional sprinkel and 70 percent humidity. light winds all across the area. another view of the beautiful day on the southern suburbs and here is a shot out west in dekalb today. don't lose sight of the fact despite the fact that we are cool. we have an average of six of those and over half years have produced 70 degree temperatures we may get that next weekend as a brief but strong warmup comes in at that time but for the moment we are tracking snow. here are a couple of disturbances in that boundary. we are getting some radar returns southbound. there is a wave coming through the area but this will start sharpening up as the rich los upstream. this energy goes down to the gulf into swings up the east coast. these two lows are tracking east southeast word. here is where the snow will accumulate tonight, so much so there is even asan advisory there. tomorrow there will be some warm air trying to get up in southern illinois

he got drunk once during the siege of vicksburg when nothing was happening. he never got drunk when he was president. this is a story that has stuck with him in part because it is a label. you can put on somebody and it is hard to disprove. the part about grand being a butcher is something that even occurred to some of grant's fans during the civil war, the civil war shocked american sensibilities win the war began. no one understood how big the conflict was going to become. how many people would die and the maimed, that grant was involved in those casualties. grant was the foremost of the union generals who is willing to fight. this is why lincoln promoted grant. grant's approach to work was you hit the enemy fast and you hit the enemy again and again. grant was one who was going to take the fight to the enemy's though not surprising given the fact that the forces he was fighting against were always entrenched behind the offensive lines, that meant he was going to suffer more casualties than the other side but on a proportional basis grant's casualties were

one thing i think about is a long time ago, it was discussed about president reagan going to vicksburg. he said i look at the congo and afghanistan and syria and see dispa despair. the problem in the middle east is despair. i think the problem is and i don't know how you get around it, the president has to bring it aboard. netanyahu suffers from the problem mitt romney did, they see the world from their perspective. they don't see the greater world being the numbers and population and the future. they are not prepared for it. they are hunkered down. israel cannot continue to be hunkered down and survive. they are going to be outnumbered. >> they have been outnumbered for a long time. there's fear that it is free and greater danger. >> iron dome was beautiful. it was president obama, the united states helped fund it. >> a missile defense, the rocket defense weapon system that was able to shoot down rockets. >> 85% accuracy at best. >> hold on. i want to talk about this and what the u.s. government can do to bring about a two-state solution, if that is the aim after this. think again. bl

he got drunk once during the siege of vicksburg when nothing was happening. he never got drunk when he was president. this is a story that has stuck with him in part because it is a label. you can put on somebody and it is hard to disprove. the part about grand being a butcher is something that even occurred to some of grant's fans during the civil war, the civil war shocked american sensibilities win the war began. no one understood how big the conflict was going to become. how many people would die and the maimed, that grant was involved in those casualties. grant was the foremost of the union generals who is willing to fight. this is why lincoln promoted grant. grant's approach to work was you hit the enemy fast and you hit the enemy again and again. grant was one who was going to take the fight to the enemy's though not surprising given the fact that the forces he was fighting against were always entrenched behind the offensive lines, that meant he was going to suffer more casualties than the other side but on a proportional basis grant's casualties were