. >> nick louis, a professor of science at williams smith colleges in geneva, new york. >> i tell my students to imagine a bald top of the mountain. just a little push and that ball goes all the way the mountain. just a little push rices vigorously in the atmosphere and produces intense snow. >> it feels like weather is becoming extreme. >> a lot of research has shown that, as it will become the norm. >> does science suggest this is going to happen more and more. >> i think that's the reasonable inference from what we're seeing. >> when is extreme weather like buffalo's due to climate change, and when is it just plain wild weather. there is a new field called attribution science that tries to assess whether climate change played a role in these extreme weather events. take the extreme heat that caused wildfires in 2013. was it climate change? according to research published in the bulletin of the meteorological society, probably yes. and what about the winter of 2014, climate change or just wild weather? a study out of oxford university said that that event was probably climate chang

private william smith gets up on the ridge and says we layed down on the road that night without unsaddling ready for bizz b-i-z-z. so some civil war slang for you there. the success of the troop is on the evening of april 8. the federal calvary now held lee's line of retree. now, lee is going to have to fight his way out. they had never treated so many severe cases in such a short fight. they said the wounds were made cheaply by artillery. you can imagine that. if you're going to get hit with canister, it's probably not just one canister ball. they bury some artillery pieces. during the night, lee holds his last council of war. and he wants to know should he surrender? grant's already asked him to surrender a day earlier on april 8th. or should they continue fighting? they can fight through that calvary and continue the march with general joseph johnston. so that night, general lee orders him to advance with his infantry. he's going to be supported by the calvary and armstead's artillery. george crook's division takes position holding the road and it is under command of this fella here of

end up in congress like jim mcgovern as the director of the peace corps and the president of the william smith college. i remember mother teresa one time she said few of us will ever be called on to do great things but all of us can do small things in a great way so it's good to keep that in mind. also, we overemphasized to be successful there will be success but it's much more important to be faithful than successful. >> host: in many eyes i know my mother passed away her greatest role model was donald trump. she thought the success and money and i also wondered what you're talking to students how much you bring up the issue of consumption. >> guest: live simply so others may simply live. you don't need alcohol or meat or eggs. >> host: the other aspects of living with nuclear families people with collectively. do you bring that up with your students? >> guest: i bring up a lot of guest speakers. i had over 400 in the years. i had former heroin addicts and all varieties so they see that there is a lot you can do. in high school and college it is what am i going to do and many grow up in very

not 20 minutes after general lee departed on april 9, 1865, william smith of michigan sat down to write a letter. just 20 minutes after the surrender, this is what he wrote. "the soldiers -- the souls of my boots have worn off. but i was bound to see the last ditch and i believe we have found it, for i now consider the rebellion virtually over. why? i feel as though i am almost home. " confederates, of course had no joy from victory, but for them home was the great consolation. would my parents recognize me? would my dog remember me? would my children remember me? a northern reporter in savannah, georgia, reported the little children clinging to the knees of fathers they have forgotten and the delighted gatherings of family groups. but of course, reality is never as simple as all of that and the complexities of the world after appomattox or hinted at by the dilemma of another group of americans. former slaves. for them, what was home? the cabins of their former bondage? cities in the north or elsewhere? and this question -- singly a simple idea of home and the very complicated story of

edith: she was the daughter of a minister, reverend william smith.er mother was descended from nobility in new england. the clergy and political world of new england, of massachusetts bay colony. her mother's family were nortons and quincy's. she grew up in a household that was quite middle-class for that time and had two sisters and one brother. she was by all reports, sickly as a child and therefore did not go to any kind of public schooling. of which there were a few. but was educated at home by her mother. she read at random in her father's library. susan: in the course of reading her writing, when did she become political? and can you describe her politics? c. james: i am trying to think. very early on when john is at the continental congress, she craves the news. she wants the newspapers. she wants pamphlets when they are published. one of the things -- she is consuming the news at that time. all of the news was printed. she begins -- by the mid 1770s she is on board. susan: in what capacity, what was her political thinking? c. james: she was a

william nobblen. he's in critical condition. police say, though his next stop will be jail once he recovers. nbc 10's drew smith is live in west philadelphia tonight. drew his fellow officers have been waiting all day to escort him home right? >> and it was well worth the wait, renee. and what a difference between last night and right now here at the 19th district. officers were able to take their wounded colleague home to his kid and they have caught the man they accused of causing all this. in good spirits and ready to see his young children fellow officers wheeled daniel costic out of penn presbyterian medical center. he says he's feeling fine after taking a bullet to the arm. >> good. doing good. >> tomorrow, he'll celebrate his son's second birthday. today, his family and the community are celebrating his health. >> he's a true hero. >> he works late hours on a bicycle. it's what he was doing last night on masters street tracking down a man suspected of a drug crime. it ended with an exchange of gunfire. right before police say the suspect told costic he didn't want to shoot but did it anyway. he has a his

. >> top male artist drake, pharrell williams ed sheeran, sam smith and justin timberlake. >> justinth and taylor swift. >> wow. >> sam smith, taylor swift again. all right. you are up. >> top billboard 200 album, maroon 5, v, that's christmas to me ed sheeran, "x expect sam smith "in the lonely hour" taylor swift, "1989." >> wow, this is going to be good. >> top hot 100 song now you got iggy azalea versus chcharli xcx, taylor swift, meghan trainor "all about that bass." >> is that it? are we good. >> i think we're good. >> those are just a few of the categories. we heard a couple of names more than once. >> yes. >> i heard sam smith and taylor swift a lot. >> i did also. i think that they're going to -- one of them is definitely going to walk away with multiple awards. >> with multiple the. >> or both. >> and one of you is hosting. >> yeah. >> with chrissy teigen. >> yes. >> first time host and i know she watches "good morning america." >> yes. >> so what advice do you have for chrissy as hosting billboard music awards. >> she doesn't need advice. a lot people will see her personali

williams oregon on our republican line. please go ahead with her -- her question or comment for david smith. >> caller: regarding the stacking principle and deposits or withdrawals is this a statute, a federal statute or is it it and administratively developed law meant to enhance the investigation of money laundering? if so why is it being used against people who would otherwise be innocent? it's almost like entrapment purposefully at not letting someone know about the love. i can understand using it but when they use it against people that don't want to make a deposit because of safety or the bank teller tells them in the dank teller is complicitous. i will take my answer off the air. anything you can comment on that. host. >> guest: it is a statute, u.s. code section 3324 enacted in the early 90s. it makes structuring a felony offense. at the time it was enacted it started to be necessary to deal with major drug organizations that were avoiding the money laundering laws by breaking down the deposits of millions and millions of dollars and so the law was aimed essentially at major drug organizations. today it's being used

smith. >> i think it's important to let people know they have a responsibility to protect children. >> reporter: williams is due back in court for sentencing on april 14. >> reporter: now her dad franky williams is pleading not guilty and his trial is in may. the bill could be signed into law as early as next week. >>> it started as a vacation in the virgin islands and ended up as a medical nightmare. why three members of a family are still on the hospital weeks after their stay at a luxury resort. >>> 80 million of these stamps are available and already we have seen lots of people lining up to buy them. i'll have more in a minute. >>> later on, paying the price. what you can expect at the gas station during the summer travel season. you're watching your only local the world is filled with air. but for people with copd sometimes breathing air can be difficult. if you have copd, ask your doctor about once-daily anoro ellipta. it helps people with copd breathe better for a full 24hours. anoro ellipta is the first fda-approved product containing two long-acting bronchodilators in one inhaler. anoro is not f

being here today, and sharon and the family of congressman neil smith, thank you for everything you did. sitting here is my 17-year-old son william. and, sharing, i know that families give up a lot in order to support their parents in public service and i would also like to tell your dad one other thing, and that is my mom barbara o'malley who is 87 years old, when she found out i was coming to iowa, she said say hello to my friend neil smith come because she was in the young democrats in fort wayne indiana, when she got a pilot's license and joined the civil air patrol and help protect us against the boats and at the time after that, she was in washington, d.c., and she remembers your father very fondly. she was a national committeewoman, and she would see your father there in washington, so please give her best and i will write her name down on a card, and i promised my mom i would do that. my parents were part of that generation that tom brokaw and others have called the greatest generation, but it was not a title they would readily embrace themselves, because as americans, they believed that every generation had an obligation

william sherman. jefferson davis was captured on may 10 and andrew johnson declared the war over on may 10, just a month after the surrender here at appomattox. there was still kirby smith with the army in texas and his official surrender is not until june 2, 1865. the surrender at appomattox was a multi-day process. after leeann grant met, they appoint commissioners to work out the details of how they surrender will take place. that is done by the commissioners on april 10 and the confederate cavalry is set to surrender their sabers and carbines, the artillery, and the bulk of generally's army surrenders on april 12. over 22,000 men and i will take you to to the road where they surrendered now. we are once again standing on the richburg/wichman stage road. the signals were the last artillery shots were fired on the morning of april 9. also is the home of george pierce, the county clerk. he had a special guest for dinner general jocelyn kj -- general jocelyn chamberlain. over the course of their dinner conversation -- chamberlain has the lee-grant meeting site all the way up to the maclean house. his men are out here for several hours before the confederate approach and

smith. >> i think it's important to know that they have a responsibility to protect children and fail to do that. >> reporter: stephanie williamsck in court for sentencing on april 14. >> and franky williams has a trial date set for may 27. he pleaded not guilty. >>> a d.c. teenager is dead shot in southeast. police found 16-year-old luke holt on 37th street and she was pronounced dead at a local hospital. if you have any information, police want to hear from you and you could be eligible for $25,000. >>> a southeast d.c. woman is behind bars tonight accused of stabbing a metro station manager. this happened in march at the stadium armory metro. melissa langly asked for a free ride. when he said no, she spit on him and stabbed him on the left side. the manager is recovering from his injuries. >>> the officials running to be the republican nominee for president today doubled today when rand paul declared it. >> reporter: rand paul says washington is broken and it's going to take an outsider to fix it. >> i'm putting myself forward as candidate for president of the united states. >> reporter: the first term republican senator fro

william sherman. richard taylor surrendered his troops in louisiana and alabama on may 4. jefferson dallas was captured on may 10. war was declared over just a month after the surrender at appomattox. kirby smith in texas, his surrender is not until june 2 1865. the surrender here was a multi-day process. after lee and grant that at the maclean house on april 9, they appoint commissioners to work out the details of how the surrender will take place. that is done by commissioners on april 10. the confederate cavalry is set to surrender their sabers and carbines on april 10, artillery on april 11, and the bulk of general lee's army, the infantry, surrenders on april 12. over 22,000 men with the infantry. i will take you to the road where they surrendered now. we are again standing on the stage road. on front of me is a confederate artillery piece that signifies where the last artillery shots were fired on the morning of april 9. also in front of me is the home of george pierce, the county clerk. on the evening of april 11 1865, he had a special guest for dinner general joshua chamberlain who had set up his headquarters in his yard. at this dinner, chamberlain brought with him coffee, real coffee

smith live in istanbul. >> dennis in the miami masters will be decided in the coming hours. the women's trophy has had its 2015 winners name inscribed on it. serena williamswept aside a player in the tournament. >> the chicago cubs and the st. louis cardinals open the major baseball league. with declining crowds they are introduced aimed at making the sport more attractive. john hendren reports. >> reporter: modern life seems to have sped up everything including the men national pastime. >> i love baseball i coached for 14 years. it's a little boring. when you sit back and wait 10 minutes. it lasts in the stand. changes have been introduced. baseball is on the clock. that has set off a national debate. >> it's up every three hours. >> you have been watching baseball your life and you grew up with it. you're telling me they need to change it. >> professional baseball is big business. 70 million fans follow the business. that has slowed down in the stands. every generation there's doomsday stories about how the public is losing interest. i don't see it. it is popular over all. it could suffer a little because the slow pace. major league baseball has the rig

and sharon and the famine of congressman neal smith, thank you for everything you did. stated next is my 17 year-old son william. [applause] and sharon, i know families give up a lot in order to support their parents and public service but i would also like to tell you one other thing. that is that my mom barbara o'malley, who is 87 when she found out i was coming to iowa she said say hello to my friend neil smith. ago she was in the young democrats from fort wayne, indiana, where she got a pilots license during the second world war. joint civil air patrol protected the indiana coastline against german u-boat incursion. [laughter] and at the time though, she come after that she was in washington, d.c. and she remembers your father very fondly. she was the secretary-treasurer and would see your father in washington. so please give her my best about writer named out on the card for you. i promised my mom i would do that. my parents were part of that generation that tom brokaw and others have called the greatest generation. it was not a title that they would readily embrace themselves. because as americans they be

smith nbc bay area news. >> christie thank you. >>> we have new details on a crime that shocked a hayward community. a plea from the parents of william pacheco jr. he was found shot in the chest on jefferson street near mission boulevard around 9:45 last night. emergency crews tried to save him, but he died at the scene. his mother says she had seen him just minutes before she heard the gunfire. >> they came by drove by up jefferson and shot my son right in front of me. if anybody knows anything, please come and tell us. >> very sad for that family. police have not released a motive or any information on a possible suspect. >>> on the peninsula, the chp is investigating if a fatal accident was a hit-and-run. it happened in 101 in san mateo at the peak of the evening commute. a motorcyclist was killed after flying off the freeway. witnesses say they saw a white suv stopped, then leave the scene. it happened on a connector ramp from southbound 101 to eastbound 92. shortly before 6:00 p.m. witnesses say the suv was seen going east on 92. so over the bridge. officers say that suv might have damage to his right side. if you have any infor

smith is a convicted rapist whose victims have mostly been teenage girls. >>> a convicted felon will face new charges after investigators linked him to two east bay cold cases. william huff also known as wild bill is accused of killing two women. one in 1987 and one in 1993. investigators say dna evidence linked huff to those murders. both victims were sexually assaulted and asphyxiated. huff is currently behind bars in vaccaville for auto theft. investigators are concerned he may be linked to more cases as well. >> police in the south bay have arrested a man in connection with a fiery crash on highway 101. investigators say this man was under the influence when he hit a car in san jose just after midnight yesterday. police say he slammed into a car, then drove off. moments later, that car was hit by a truck. the car burst into flames, killing the driver. the suspect now faces several charges, including dui and vehicular manslaughter. >>> one person is in the hospital after a fire broke out at a peninsula home. this happened on helen drive near the green hills country club in milbury yesterday. you can see what's left of the home as crews finally got the upper hand.

sharon and the family of congressman neil smith, i want to thank you for everything you did. my 17-year-old son william -- [applause] and sharon, i know that families give up a lot to support their parents and public service. i want to tell you one other thing. that is that my mom, barbara o'malley, who is 87 years old and she found out i was coming to iowa -- she said say hello to my friend neil smith. because she was in the young democrats of fort wayne, indiana. where she got a license for a pilot to to protect the indiana coastline from german u-boats. [laughter] at the time, though, she was in washington, d.c. and she remembers your father very finely. and she would see her father there in washington. please give her my best, i will write her name down on a card for her. i promise my mom i would do that. my parents were part of that generation that tom brokaw and others have called the greatest generation. it was not at title they would readily embrace themselves. as americans, they believe that every generation had an obligation to be a great generation. that is my message tonight. we still have

smith is a convicted rapist whose victims have been mostly teenage girls and young women. >>> a convicted felon will face new charges after investigators link him to two east bay cold cases. william huff, also known as wild bill, is accused of killing two women, one in 1987, the other in 1993. investigators say dna evidence linked huff to those murders. both victims were sexually assaulted and asphyxiated. huff is currently behind bars in vaccaville for auto theft. >>> police in the south bay arrested a man in connection with a fiery crash on highway 101. investigators say this man was under the influence when he hit a car in san jose just after midnight yesterday. police say he slammed into that car and then drove off. moments later, that car was hit by a truck. the car burst into flames, and the driver was killed. the suspect now faces several charges, including dui and view hi -- vehicular manslaughter. >>> the mercury news reporting that the mayor is considering a permanent memorial at city hall to honor police and firefighters who died in the line of duty. the recent death of michael johnson rekindled that idea. back in 2008, council members green lighted a similar plan that

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william sherman. lee surrendered his troops on may 4, and actually, andrew johnson declared the war over on may 10 1865 just a month after the surrender here at appaomattox. however, there was still kirby smithith the army down in texas, and his official surrender is not until june 2nd 1865. the surrender here at appomattox was a few-day process. they appointed commissioners to work out the details of how the surrender will take place. that is done by those commissioners onlp april 10 and the confederate cavalry is set to surrender their sabres on april 10 the artillery on april 11 and the bulk of general lee's army the infantry, surrenders on april 12. 10,000 men would infiltrate and i'll take you to the road where they surrender now. we are once again standing on the richmond lynchburg stage road. in front of me is confederate artillery piece that signifies where the last artillery shots were fired on the morning of april 9th. also in front of me is the home of george pierce. he was the county clerk. and on the evening of april 11 1865, he had a special guest for dinner general joshua chamberlain, who had set up his headquarters tent in his yard. at this dinner, chamberlain brought with hi