next on the civil war william kurtz of the center for civil war history at the university of virginia host a discussion with authors and tucker and adrian brettle about the confederacies domestic and international goals and tucker is the author of newest born of nations european nationalist movements and the making of the confederacy and adrian brettle wrote colossal ambitions confederate planning for a post civil war world the virginia festival of the book and center for civil war history at the university of virginia hosted this event. they provided the video in one hour jerry enzler discusses his book jim bridger trailblazer of the american west bridger was a trainer and guide who traveled across much of the western wilderness from the 1820s to 1868. the kansas city public library hosted this event and provided the video and two hours brown university professor. kate nelson teaches a class about guerrilla warfare in the american civil war so without further ado, please let me introduce our speakers. our first speaker today will be nl tucker author of newest born of nations european

eastern on the civil war, elizabeth baron and william kurtz of the center for civil war history on their project black virginians in blue about african-american union soldiers fighting for emancipation saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on lectures in history. katherine allagor on the lives of women during the american revolution and the early republic. and sunday at 6:00 p.m. eastern, on american artifacts, the arrival of the reconstructed french ship at the 18th century port of yorktown, virginia, designed after the french vessel that brought the major general back to the united states in 1780. exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3.

and william kurtz of the university of virginia is now center for civil war history on their project black virginians and blue about african-american union soldiers fighting for emancipation. saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on lectures in history university of california at riverside on the lives of women during the american revolution and the early republic. and sunday at 6:00 p.m. eastern on american artifacts, the arrival of the reconstructive friendship at the 18th century port of yorktown, virginia designed after the french vessel brought major general back to the united states and 1780. exploring the american story what american history tv this weekend on c-span three. >> i am honored to have been asked to moderate today's webinar. in a quest for women's equality seven phenomenal women. so let's get to it. i've already piles to them about the lack of an introduction. if i introduced all of them with what they so richly deserve we would be out of time. so i apologize to them and are planning meeting that i would not be giving along introductions. but i hope and answers to some of

eastern on the civil war elizabeth barrett and william kurtz of the university of virginia is now centerl war history on their project black virginians and blue about african-american union soldiers fighting for emancipation. saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on lectures in history university of california at riverside on the lives of women during the american revolution and the early republic. and sunday at 6:00 p.m. eastern on american artifacts, the arrival of the reconstructive friendship at the 18th century port of yorktown, virginia designed after the french vessel brought major general back to the united states and 1780. exploring the american story what american history tv this weekend on c-span three. >> i am honored to have been asked to moderate today's webinar. in a quest for women's equality seven phenomenal

eastern, elizabeth barron and william kurtz of the university of virginia's center for civil war historyoject, black virginians in lou, about black union soldiers fighting for emancipation. on lectures in history, uc riverside professor on the lives of women during the american revolution and the early republic. sunday on american artifacts, the arrival of the reconstructed friendship at the 18th-century port of yorktown virginia, designed after the french vessel that brought major general lafayette back to the united states in 1780. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. ♪ >> "washington journal" continues. host: joining us now, tara copp of defense one. she serves as their pentagon correspondent. keep joining us. guest: thank you for having me. host: we have heard about these strikes ordered by president biden. can you elaborate on why it was of concern for the united states? guest: first let's deal with the who. there are two militia groups. these groups are part of about 50 iranian-backed, it also militia forces that are in iraq that form the greater globalization forces

william, get back when you learn more. sandra? >> sandra: one of the biggest names in tennis dropping out of the french open. how we kurtz.that she might be kicked out of other grand slam tournaments. osaka telling her two million followers on instagram, the truth is i've suffered long bouts of depression and had a hard time coping with that. she pulled out. osaka dabbled in politics. she with drew from a match to protest police violence against blacks. fellow supporters mostly sympathetic but dealing with the media is part of the pro game. she admitted tennis treats her well and apologized to the cool journalists. >> sandra: i'm mesmerizing by her swing. i know you love tennis as well. she says she gets anxiety. so why wouldn't he they allow her to pay the fine and move on? the tennis world was outraged. real quick. >> they think it's bad for tennis. she made $50 million of endorsements last year. she needs to play by the rules. hopefully she will come back. >> sandra: rules are important in tennis, all sports. thanks, howie. thanks for joining us. i'm sandra smith in new york. >> john: did he say $50 million? i'm john r

eastern on the civil war, elizabeth baron and william kurtz of the center for civil war history on their project black virginians in blue about african-american union soldiers fighting for emancipation saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on lectures in history. katherine allagor on the lives of women during the american revolution and the early republic. and sunday at 6:00 p.m. eastern, on american artifacts, the arrival of the reconstructed french ship at the 18th century port of yorktown, virginia, designed after the french vessel that brought the major general back to the united states in 1780. exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >> we want to take time, however, to tell you about our survey that just come up since yearar 2000. each time there is a change in administration, we asked historians and professional observers of the presidency to participate inas c-span's historian survey of presidential leadership. this morning we're releasing u e results of our fourth historian survey of presidential leadership. here to tellan us more about its the s