mamie returned to westport from baltimore in 1860.however by the spring of 1861 the civil war had started and as you know, this missouri was a slave state so to speak and the bernards were southern sympathizers. in fact, mamie and her friends had gathered in a sewing circle to hand stitch a confederate flag to send with the missouri men in in the confederate sea. in the spring of 1862 epiphonio agary and his mexican freighters traveled east on the trail to westport. and epiphonio arrived in a carriage pulled by a team of white horses in advance of his freight wagons the arrival of the mexican caravan was very welcomed given the unrest that was occurring there in westport as a result of the war. he stopped and picked up hoab. mamie's father who was under great duress from the southern and the union officials and over dinner that evening. he begged upafonio to have his men guard his family and that he would give anything if epiphonio's men would protect his family. now epiphonio was very diplomatic and he said of course he would provide

i was sitting on a beach in westport and i was wearing a hat that they give out one of the hats they give out the saratoga race track every year. and as i'm standing on the beach a guy walks by with a surfboard and the same hat that i'm wearing from the saratoga race track and i strike up a conversation with saying, you know, well you from saratoga and he said no my family hasn't lived there in a lot of years, but they ran this this business and i said, well, that's before my time. what's your family name? and this guy with the saratoga hat said wilbur's turns out this was john wilkers jack wilpers oldest child john wilkerson's outside of boston and he vacations with his family in the same, massachusetts beach town. and i told them i had seen that the jack wilpers had gotten his metal finally and talked to washington post. i'm hoping we'll talk to me from the associated press. i've been trying for him almost 20 years, please tell your dad. i'm going to give him a call next week and john said he would so we parted ways and a few days later. i called jack wilpers. i still had his phone

scott gottlieb who sits on the board of pfizer and joins us from westport, connecticut.e has just finished work on a book that will be out this fall titled "uncontrolled spread: why covid-19 crushed us and how we can defeat the next pandemic." good morning, dr. gottlieb. >> doctor: good morning. >> dickerson: this week we have been talking a lot about the past. why is it there is a lot of conversation about how this pandemic started and why is that important? >> doctor: well, look, i think the challenge is that the side of the ledger that suggests this could have come out of a lab has continued to expand. and the side of the ledger that says it could have come out of nature really hasn't budged. we have done an exhaustive search for the so-called intermediate host, the animal that could have been a host to this virus, and we have not found such an animal. and we have disprove the food market initially implicated in the initial outbreak as the source of the outbreak. and china could provide evidence that would be skuesculpt tory. they could have provided some of the origi

liverpool play westport next . he says he will have a word with the striker who snug his handshake after thursday's went over manchester united, although he has played down the incident. >> it was emotional game and everybody expects that there would be control our emotions always. it doesn't work always. do we want to happen -- these things happen. but it is not the first time in my life, and i'm afraid to say he will probably not be the last time. >> manchester city defender will switch from france to spain head of the european championship. fifa approved the change of eligibility after the french soccer federation consented to spain's request. he has never played for the senior national team. the spanish government has granted him citizenship. the british and irish lines team have changed their schedule for south africa to reduce the risks posed by the coronavirus pandemic. the lines will play 8 matches in only three cities -- johannesburg, cape town, and pretoria -- to cut down on the amount of traveling. games

reunification center for employees and their families has now been established at the county building at westport. 70 west heading in the isaac newton room. they say they're going to have grief counselors on site. so headed that way. if you or a family member of an employee here at the pta really are. can you haven't heard from them yet. you want to head to that county building at 70 west heading and go to the isaac newton room. they'll be people there to direct you. and again, grief counselors on site as well. we are still waiting for another news briefing. again. vta also confirming as san jose mayor sam liccardo did that. there is expected to be a briefing at 9.30 this morning. perhaps we'll actually hear from the mayor or representatives from vta at this point. we've only heard from representative santa clara county sheriff's office. yeah. in fact, let's take a look at that. press conference and see what they had to say about a half hour ago. >> good morning, everyone. about 06:34am this morning. santa clara county communications center received multiple 9. one calls a shots fired call. multi

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