winfield scott hancock was their pet. he had growth spurt and was about 6 feet when he leaves but small a fair amount of the time and gets picked on. boys being boys he gets bullied. one time it gets so bad one of his larger class mates has to step in to fight one of the bullies. that is alexander hayes who ends up commanding a division under hancock here at pickett's charge. hayes beats up the bully. defends hancock's honor. hancock never forgets this. years later in the flowery language of the 19th century he writes, when i was a boy i once had a difficulty and alexander hayes was the first to volunteer to assist me and in extracting me from my trouble became involved in aforesaid difficulty himself. i never forgot his generous action. amazing connection. hancock is not a good student either but unlike armistead he does graduate 18th of 25 in the class of 1844. when he graduates he is sent to the frontier to fort towson in what is now oklahoma and that is where in october of 1844 we have the first u.s. army record of le

winfield scott hancock was their pet. he hit a growth spurt, but he's small a fair amount of the time, and he gets picked on. boys being boys, he gets bullied. one of his larger classmates has to step in to fight one of the bullies. and that is alexander hayes. hayes beats up the bully. defends hancock's honor. hancock never forgets this. years later in the flowery language of the 19th century, he writes, when i was a boy, i once had a difficulty, and alexander hayes was the first to volunteer to assist me, and in, trathing me from my trouble, became in that difficulty himself. i never forgot his generous action. amazing connections between these guys. now, hancock's not a very good student either. unlike armistead, he does graduate, 18th out of 25 in the class of 1844. and when he graduates, he is sent to the frontier to ft. towson, and that's when in october of 1844, we have the first u.s. army record of armistead and hancock being together. they're in a group of 15 officers in this very remote post in the end of the co

winfield scott hancock was their pet. he's about 6 feet by the time he leaves but he's small a fair amount of the time but he gets picked on. once it gets so bad one of his larger classmates has to step in to fight one of the bullies. that classmate is alexander hayes who ends up commanding a division at pickett's charge. hancock never forgets this. years later, in the flowery language of the 19th century, he writes, when i was a boy i once had a difficulty and alexander hayes was the first to volunteer to assist me. in extracting me from trouble he became involved in aforesaid difficulty himself. i never forgot that. amazing connection between those guys. unlike armistead, hancock graduates 18th out of 25 in the class of 1844. when he graduates, he's sent to the frontier, to fort towson in what is now oklahoma and that is where in october of 1844 we have the first u.s. army record of lewis armistead and winfield hancock being together. they're in this very remote post on the end of the country, working together and devel

we think the big strapping winfield hancock. i. do you know how tall he was when he got out of west point? 5 feet 5 inches tall. his classmates considered him a pet. these small a fair amount of time and it gets picked on. boys being boys he gets bullied and one time one of his larger classmates steps in to fight one of the bullies that classmate is alexander hayes who ends up commanding a division. hancock never forgets this years later in a flowery language than i consider he writes when i was a boy i had difficulty in alexander hayes was the first assist me and extracted me for my trouble and became in that involve the nod for said difficulty himself. amazing connections between these guys. hancock is not a very good student and unlike armistead he does graduate in the class of 1844 and when he graduates he sent to the frontier to fort tauzin and which is now, and that's where in october 1844 we have the first u.s. army record of louis armistead and john hancock being together. it group of 15 officers in a remote post working to

winfield hancock to me, had as stable a family life you can have. he and elmirau have two children. but they're on post. they're in florida together, california together. and they're married until 1886, when hancock dies. armistead, by contrast, has a very tragic personal life. between 1850 and 1855, he loses two wives and two of his three children to disease on the frontier. five years. what would that have done to you? he's already a hard nose guy but this adds a level of bitterness. the character you see portrayed in the movie gettysburg, that's probably not the way he was at that point. he was dealt a different deck of cards. now, in the 13-year period between the end of the second war and beginning of the civil war, these guys are almost never together and armistead seems to be on detached service. there was one time when the entire sixth infantry gets together and make as 1,000 mile march to the west coast and they get out west and are split up again. armistead is sent to what's now arizona to deal with indians harassing settlers and hancock is sent to population barely 4,000

this was an easy decision for winfield scott hancock. he was not an abolitionist but was 100% a union man. he was going to fight for the union. armistead has a tough decision. yes, he is a native southerner, and grew up on a farm with 19 slaves. he owned at least one slave. he believes in the southern cause. but his whole life and family history is tied up in the u.s. army and the star-spangled banner. the army has become his family. these are his brothers in arms. as we know, he does make that tough decision and will fight for the confederacy. we have his reason in a letter that appears in his son's military service record. there is a letter in 1861, looking for cadets ships. this letter -- i would like to see the handwriting. but here is the key phrase. i have been a soldier all my life. i was an officer in the army of the u.s., which i served to fight with my own country. because they were right and oppressed. for my own country and for my own people, that's why armistead fought for the confederacy. which leaves us to the famous farew

while to realize is this bad and people like owner of winfield, antique mall. my kinds reliving the devastation. i got to the basement door tried to force it open. i couldn't get it open. knew that from the suction or. >> i was too down opened the door. the correct way. yeah. panic. either way, i was stuck. >> while height wishes he had taken cover elsewhere. he's thankful. no one was hurt. and so is everyone else makes me feel. >> more grateful than awards last night that there were no nobody hurt. nobody injured. but but the damage left behind is hard to look at. i basically got a $100,000 with the insurance and i lost that just on the wall of white. >> what was that? that was the and he's not only losing out on something. he's ran for 20 years. the heartbreaking part to me is this is my retirement. and i've been trying to retire from 2 years. >> this is my retirement that i'm trying to come to an end now. really don't have a lot to he says while it's hard. his retirement plans aren't the same. >> the outpour of love and support from neighbors outside the cit

a possible tornado touched down in the city of winfield, alabama, about 70 miles west of birmingham. strong winds damaged homes and businesses and ripped down power lines. earlier in the day this tornado was spotted in southern georgia. no injuries were reported. the weather will last into the weekend. >>> president biden and russian president vladimir putin are set to speak again today. this will be their second call this month. it was requested by putin. u.s. officials say ukraine will be at the top of the agenda. there are an estimated 100,000 russian troops gathered at the ukrainian border sparking fears of a possible invasion. the white house says mr. biden is prepared to find a diplomatic path forward but is ready to respond with severe economic sanctions and other measures if russia advances. >>> and the biden administration is asking the supreme court if the u.s. has to continue the trump-era remain in mexico policy. the controversial program has forced tens of thousands of migrants to wait for their asylum hearings. president biden tried to scalp the policy in june but was f

those in washington d.c., a secret from the press heading up to west point to meet with general winfield to ask my views in writing to further dispositions to be made, lincoln is traveling to west point to meet with winfield scott asked scott if pope is capable of commanding several armies in the eastern theater of the war. sounds like we can place his confidence in pope and perhaps popes record issue has something to back it up with. although lincoln does not specifically mention pope in this conversation in the suitability whether or not he can take this command and account written down about this, it was certainly discussed, lincoln on his return back had a train stop in new jersey and he shares with the press then why he had gone to west point and he alludes to the situation that it's grueling back in washington d.c. we can set when the birds and animals are looked at through a fall, they are seen as a disadvantage so it might be with you if i were to attempt to tell you why i went to see general scott. i could only say my visit to west point not have the importance which was attache

lincoln is traveling to west point to ask winfield scott to ask scott if pope is capable of commanding several disparate armies in the eastern theater. it sounds like lincoln is placing a lot of confidence in hope and that perhaps pope's braggadocious eo has something to back it up. although scoffed nor lincoln specifically do not mention pope in this conversation, around the suitability of whether or not he can take this command, in any of the accounts were turned down about this meeting, it was certainly discussed. lincoln on his return back from west point has a train stop in new jersey and he shares with the press then why he has gone to west point. and he eludes to the situation that is brewing back in washington d. c.. lincoln said, when the birds and animals are looked at through a fog, they are seen to vanish. and so it might be with you if i were to attempt to tell you why i went to see general scott. i can only say that my visit to west point did not have the importance which has been attached to it. the concerns matters that you understand quite as well as if i were to tell

least two suspected tornadoes hit alabama where new video shows significant damage in the town of winfieldst of the damage appears to be in the downtown business district, but a few homes were also hit by the storm. eight people were trapped in a pizza bar after a roof collapsed. but no injuries are being reported. a closer look at the forecast coming up in just a few minutes. >>> the severe weather and the nation's covid surge are creating a one-two punch resulting in travel chaos this holiday week. airlines have already canceled hundreds of today's flights. that's after a week of over a thousand flights per day being scratched. jetblue is proactively reducing its schedule through january 13th citing rising covid cases. flight attendants say it's all making a difficult situation that much worse. >> we are seeing a lot of people who are out sick but also people whose anxiety is rising again. it's really adding a lot of stress and strain all the way around. >> seattle's sea-tac airport has had the highest number of canceled flights in the world fr two straight days. that's led alaska airlin

on june 14 winfield scott hancock horatio six core in the ninth core and most of the warren fifth coree on the north bank of the river in position to cross having negotiated the ground without any problems meanwhile the 18th core of smith moved up the james river and prepared to disembark at bermuda. only the supply wagons guarded by the black division encountered problems discovering their designated crossing point on the chickahominy and at coles ferry was is impractical and they had to have backup to a place called windsor shades. in order to try to get across but everybody else had achieved a spectacular logistical achievement grant had no doubt. now we simply had to approach petersburg for those that were supposed to be in the works and then reap the benefits forcing me to fight for communications or abandon the confederate capital. what is the point of that confederate perspective? as i mentioned he was perfectly cognizant of the potential of grant crossing sooner or later on the south side of the james. but lee was uncertain of grants and tensions and he declined to consider the

louis water front, earned his most impressive military bouquets however serving under winfield scott in the mexican war, acting as chief aid from vera cruise to mexico city in 1827. from there, lee served as superintendant from west point and 1857, to 1861 was the lieutenant colonel of the second cavalry then for a brief period, colonel of the first u.s. cavalry, then with the outbreak of the civil war, he was offered field command of the united states forces in dealing with the is you sessionist states and from that moment, he turned his back on more than 30 years of service, and took command, first of the virginia state forces, and then of the principle confederate field army, the army of northern virginia. almost nothing in those preceding 30 years gave the slightest hint of the decision he made to leave the army, to foreswear his oath to defend the united states which he first took upon commissioning in 1829, to refuse what would have been the pinnacle of his military career. so as mary chestnut discovered nothing so characterizes robert e. lee as the question mark. why? why did

that we know that we need to deliver empirical evidence that it's safe to leave hunger synthesis winfield. but the e u is basically making that impossible because they won't grant us an exemption, so we can naming off your creek. so we're being asked to provide evidence while being denied the means to do so. it was the miracle game. we can only hope that will be granted exemptions at the local level, and that the you doesn't put a spanner in the works you can discussed on the course petition her college. for now, i know chances ground fly larvae can only be fair to dogs and fish. but if all goes well, larvae could be the next big thing in the food industry. so everything we eat has an impact, but it's clear there are plenty of alternatives. that's all for this edition of made thanks for watching and see you can see ah ah ah, with ah with who into the conflict zone with sebastian. a dispute about fishing where i could judge of my goodness, crossing him bronze the breton of consigned anglo french relation to the free my guests into comparison. bruno by now and then people in the room are mu

here and his most impressive military bouquets, however, serving under winfield scott in the mexican war. he acted as scott's chief aide in the dramatic campaign from the coast at veracruz, to mexico city in 1847. from there, robert lee served as superintendent of west point. and from 1857 to 1861, he was lieutenant colonel of the second cavalry. and then, for a brief period, he was the colonel of the first u.s. cavalry. and then, with the outbreak of the civil war, he was offered field command of the united states forces in dealing with the secessionist states. at that moment, he turned his back on more than 30 years of service. and took command, first of the virginia state forces and then of the confederate field army, it's principle, the army of northern virginia. almost nothing in there was proceeding 30 years gave the slightest hint in the nature of the decision he made, his decision to leave the army, to forswear his oath to defend the united states, which he first took in 1829. to refuse what would have been the pinnacle of his military career, so as mary chestnut discovered,

meanwhile, winfield scott hancock's second corps at 8:30 a.m. received orders from mead to cross the river utilizing that makeshift fleet that grant had assembled while engineers were putting the final touches on the pontoon bridge. by afternoon, the first of the corps boarded their boats and by 4:00 p.m. on the 14th they were ashore on the right bank, delighting the veterans such as this new jersey soldier who had grown disenchanted with the virginia landscape. as we steamed across the beautiful river, he said, our hearts were filled with new hope. for we had bidden farewell to the chickahominy to the long line of graves that stretched not only across the peninsula but across the hills and valleys and streams and fertile feeds to the rapid end. we were bidding farewell, he said, to the old battlefields and entering upon a new field of operations. now, it would take hancock until about dawn on the morning of june 15th to ferry his three divisions across the river. but by 5:00 a.m., the second corps was comfortably encamped on the south side. man

and look at the winfield associated with this. we'll see wind gusts here of about 80 kilometers per hour. so the snow is just blowing around that impacts the visibility some dangerous driving. that cold snap we had while it's all gone beijing up to 6 degrees on monday. well above the average and we've got an abundance of sunshine. i did promise you, we would get australia. so here we go. but 1st, we got to talk about this mess toward the top and a lot of rain, lot of wind and darwin in the line of fire there. now look at pers 44 degrees on sunday. i'll show you the 3 dave forecast is set a new record. christmas day. you could set a new all time december temperature record. it's 44.2. so if we get you to $44.00, you will have done it often who's ceiling brain moving across to tasman. see into that? south island may see a shower and gives bin with a hive. 27 degrees on sunday. that's it, susan. ah, ah, in 2002 coins and bank notes mark the launch of the euro today is the official currency of 19 of the 27 member states of the europea

pretty powerful winfield as well. we'll see . guess you're up to 80 kilometers per hour. you're driving. that's going to whip the snow right into your windshield system. dangerous conditions there. but the colors on the dark or the purple, the lower the temperature. keep in mind where this purple is, because this is about the worst of it as we go into monday, look at that soul will go to 0 and beijing, 6 degrees. that's actually above average for you. now across that areas of indo china, a lot of rain falling along that coast of vietnam. so between being and denying but toward the west, some sunny's falls. this includes 4, bangkok, where i think, actually for the next few days, we've got sunshine on top in your temperatures. ok a little below where they should be for the year and nothing major though. i have seen some major rainfall on indonesia as popular island, picking up more than a months worth of rain over 24 hours. and we may see some rain sneak in to the northwest of india. this is out of season rainfall for new delhi. so we take a peek at the next 3 days. looks l

on the 23, he kept his departure a secret from those in dc and in the press, leaving to meet with winfield scott to, quote, ask my views in writing for further dispositions to be made. lincoln is traveling to westpoint to meet with win field scott to ask scott if pope is capable of commanding several disparate armies in the eastern theater of the war. sounds like lincoln is placing a lot of confidence in pope and perhaps popes bragadici has something to back it up with. though scott nor lincoln mention pope in this suitability of any of the accounts in this meeting, it was certainly discussed. lincoln on his return back to west point has a train stop in new jersey and shares with the press then why he had gone to west point and alludes to the situation brewing back in washington dc. lincoln said again in his folksy way, when the birds and animals are looked at through a fog, they are seen to disadvantage. so it may be to you if i were to tell you why i saw general scott. i can only say my visit to west point did not have the importance which has been attached to it but concerned matters yo

in 1847, he transferred to winfield scott's command where he earned promotions for conduct. one promotion to captain came at the battle of sarah guerrero. and the brevity rank of -- following the mexican war, the army signed him to various posts, such as jefferson barracks in st. louis. all right? always a favorite. baton rouge louisiana. must have a tennessee fan in here somewhere, didn't like baton rouge. and florida, surely there is somebody from georgia here -- where he was fighting the seminal in mississippi. by the late 1850s, he was in oklahoma, chasing the indians. and in october, first 1850, eight he was seriously wounded at the battle of wichita village. while holding the reins of his horse, i'm going to describe this to you, and i've got a lot to cover you and i probably going to shorten myself somewhere else but i think right here, ladies and gentlemen, in this life, in case i can't finish this program -- but in this life i think this is where the style of command that earl van dorn exercises in the civil war comes from. the time he was stationed in the peace war

the electoral count, winfield scott sent troops to washington on the 13th of february 1861 to make sure didn't interfere with the electoral count. and nobody got into the capitol. well, it did happen this time. and we have to do everything we can and what michael has rightly called for a long time, longer than i've been in this corner as well, that this is a genuine national emergency. >> michael beschloss, same question. >> it is. the genuine national emergency is that brian williams is leaving "the 11th hour." let me just say my piece, then we'll get on to democracy. brian, as historians we know tonight you've had an astounding 28 years at nbc news. very difficult to believe. that's more than a quarter of the history of the nbc national broadcasting company, more than a third of the length of serious tv news. so, this is a large monument to what you do, my friend. and viewers who are watching, we've all watched brian for all these years, the intelligence, wisdom, the kindness, the more than sense of humor, and especially these last five years on "the 11th hour" at a time of horrible t

the town of winfield suffering what they call significant damage to the downtown area.led by significantly warm temperatures, cnn's pedram javaheri has the details. >> max, upwards of 25 or so weather reports, but the vast majority related to straight line winds. that was across the southern united states in the past few hours. we do expect conditions to quiet down for at least one day, that being thursday, and then moving ahead to friday. severe threat does return to the same areas here. we'll watch it carefully friday night into saturday. 8 million people under threat of severe weather. little rock, memphis and nashville where straight line winds once again and hail could be a major threat. look at jackson. 78 degrees, 57 is normal for this time of year. atlanta climbs yet again back up to 70 degrees. 54 is normal this time of year. even houston, almost a 20-degree departure from the norm. and laredo, texas, climbing up to 90, when 67 is more seasonal. but that isn't the big story across the eastern united states. the west, we've talked about the significant amounts o

intense thunderstorms, leaving behind widespread damage across parts of the south in winfield, alabamastrong winds knocked down walls and tore off roofs. one resident described the storms as quote, terrifying, and that was definitely the scariest one that i've ever heard because we knew what it was were. we had run down the stairs almost trip. it's a similar scene in nearby glencoe quickly intensified and sent debris flying. grateful jumped up and i thought the kitchen window had blown out, but it was a six by six from our po born that went through our window in california. people are digging out after another round of snow. in the sierra nevada mountains, nearly 17 ft of snow has fallen this month. snowplows are working around the clock to clear roads, but the weather is still causing plenty of travel disruptions. call of a vehicle spin out, and normally it would take about 12 to 15 minutes to get there with lights and siren on using the center divide. it took almost an hour to get there . and in southern california, drenching rain is triggering rockslides and flooding throughout los

hancock, winfield has hancock in command there. and he not only has the exchange of letters between lee and grant. he has that published. printed. it is nailed up throughout winchester and the lower valley. and i think that's as evidence of, look, this really did happen. for any nay sayers who might not believe that lee has actually surrendered, here is evidence. and he issues stern warnings. come in, get paroled or you will be arrested and be imprisoned and. and this does happen in some b instances. he sends cavalry up and down valley. and those that come in on their own will be paroled. those that aren't. are hauled off to prison and who knows when they will be paroled. at least they don't know in that moment. so throughout virginia, the northern neck t peninsula, the shenandoah valley, into west virginia, maryland, even into the carolinas, men from lee's army are finding their ways to provost marshals and other union officials and being paroled. >> so surrenders happen everywhere. hancock is the person that a lot of people surre

severe thunderstorms left behind damage across the south tonight in winfield, alabama. conditions were bad enough today to knock down walls and tear apart roofs. there are no immediate reports of injuries. alright airlines needing to cancel more flights, and they're putting at least some of the blame for all those cancelations on the weather coming up, though, why the situation will likely get worse . we will take you to colorado, where wildfires are taking out hundreds of homes in a matter of hours, a threat for more damage moves into the night. and it's going to be achille one tonight . we've got rain back in the forecast as well. i'll be back here with what you can expect as we head towards this weekend. also my parents who want to see their kids get coronavirus vaccine booster shots feel a vaccine booster shots feel a little hopeful tonight. (soft music) hey dad, i'm about to leave. don't forget your hat . good morning. how can i help? i need help connecting with my students. behind every last minute save, ok, that works. and holiday surprise, thank you! a customer

winfield scott hancock is in command there. he not only has the exchange of letters between lee and grant, he has that published, printed. it's nailed up throughout winchester and the lower valley, and i think that's as evidence of, look, this really did happen. for any nay sayers who may not believe lee has actually surrendered, here's evidence. and he issues strong warnings, come in, get yourself paroled or be arrested and you'll be imprisoned. this does happen in some instances. he sends men up and down the shenandoah valley. those men able to come in on their own will be paroled. those who aren't will be hauled off to prison. so throughout virginia the northern neck, the peninsula, the shenandoah valley into west virginia, maryland, even down into the carolinas men from lee's army are finding their way to provost marshals and other union officials and being patrolled. >> hancock is the person that a lot of people surrendered to, not grant in appomattox. oh, which brings us to not everybody gets these generous terms and ther

he has reduced it by a 100 >> people in winfield, alabama are cleaning up after storms rolled throughy, tearing off roofs, shattering windows and damaging cars yesterday. an antique mall, a pizza restaurant. the civic center and several homes are among those badly damaged and ems building was also damaged as were 3 ambulances. the good news is no reports of any injuries. it's not yet clear whether or not a tornado caused that extensive damage. >> here at home. calm night. are we looking at there. but a lot of snow and south lake tahoe. there we go. our we're looking live rethink that highway 50 in myers and there's been plenty of snow and that's a big round about getting into south lake tahoe, a chief meteorologist lawrence karnow standing by with what's going on out there, lawrence. yeah. boy, what a weekend for people to get up there and enjoy the new year's. if you can get up there. hey, the roadways are open. now. >> looking at donner summit. you see all the snow pile up along the side higher than tops the cars going by and respect you see there as the car runs up to the mountains

he's heading to meet with general winfield scott, to and for reviews in writing for further reviews to be made. he's going to ask if he thinks pope is capable of commanding several disparitit armies in the war. sounds like lincoln's placing a lot of confidence in pope and that perhaps pope's brag dishes has something to back it up with. although scott, nor lincoln specifically mention pope in the conversation and the suitability of whether or not he can take this command and any accounts written about the meeting t was certainly discussed. lincoln has a train stop in new jersey and he shares with the press then why he'd gone on to westpoint and he eludes to the situation that is brewing back in washington d.c. lincoln said, again in his focusy way. when the birds and animals are looked at through a fog, they're seen at a disadvantage. i can only say that my visit to westpoint did not have him the portance which has been attached to it but concerned matters you understand quite as well as if i were to tell you about them. now, i can only remark that it had nothing to do whatever with ma

on june 14th, winfield scott hancock, writes six core, burnside's ninth corps, and most of warren's fifth core were on the north bank of the river in position to cross, having negotiated without any problems. meanwhile, smith's 18th tour moved up the james river, and prepared to disembark at bermuda hotter and. only the supply wagons that were guarded by the black division of the ninth corps encountered problems discovering that they're designated crossing point down there on the chickahominy was intractable, and they have to move back to a place called winds are shapes in order to get across. so, they would be delayed. everybody else, achieved a spectacular logistical achievement. grant had no doubt -- and now he simply had to approach petersburg, overwhelm a line of then defenders about were supposed to be in the works around the city, and reap the benefits of forcing lee either to fight for his communications, except a siege of richmond, or brendan the confederate capital. there is the union set up for this. what about the confederate perspective? as i mentioned, lee was perfectly cogn

bermuda hundred at the appomattox river and broadly landing tennis disembarkation within the meanwhile winfieldcott hancock at 8:30 a.m. received orders from me to cross the river at makeshift fleet that grant had assembled all the engineers put the final touches on the pontoon bridge. before noon the first of hancock's core boarded the boat and by 1:00 o'clock p.m. on the 14th day were on the shore of the right bank this new jersey soldier who had grown disenchanted with the virginia landscape as we steam across the beautiful river our hearts were filled with new hope for we had bid in for well to the swamp of the chickahominy with a long line of graves that stretch not only across the peninsula that the hills and valleys and streams and fertile fields we were bidding farewell to the old battlefield and entering upon a new field of operations it would take can r-uppercase-letter until about don the morning of june 15 to ferry those divisions across the river about 5:00 a.m. the second was comfortably encamped on the south side. many of the nand cleansing of the james and then hancock remained

he saw it happen in the case of his first mentor, charles, he saw what happened to winfield scott ate conclusion of the mexican war, he tries to stay as far away from politics as possible and get slavery by the 1850s is taking so much of his attention, he starts writing about it in a letter to his wife. what does he say? he says slavery is a moral evil. an evil that should be condemned in any civil society. he read that and you think well, it's about time. then you read on and immediately as you pointed out, he immediately qualifies that in two ways. first he says it's more of a problem for white people and black people because you are wondering how is that? but it's more of a problem for white people and black people. slavery is benefiting black people because it's helping them assimilate civilization. it's a fairly common argument made by people in defending slavery in the 1850s and the slaveholding south but also have another argument incest i don't really have a solution for slavery, we just have to let god work this out in his own time. it took 2000 years from 2000 euros for chr

damage out of winfield, alabama, one of three reported tornadoes doing severe damage.ople trapped inside a pizza restaurant that collapsed on them but they're okay. scary stuff for sure and they have a lot to rebuild. then in georgia another tornado reported there. the funnel you see, light damage in that part of georgia. what we see today, more in the way of rain, that stationary boundary is not moving. that's why we call it that. flood watches out for parts of alabama. that's where the rain is. still record-breaking heat in georgia and more energy coming along the front from the west. so tomorrow, new year's eve from dallas to little rock, memphis and nashville, that's where you'll see a severe weather threat and then it slides to the east and expands for new year's day including nashville and atlanta so damaging wind and large hail beginning tomorrow. mary, back over to you. >> thanks, rob. >>> now to president biden who will speak with russian president vladimir putin this afternoon as fears mount that the country is preparing a full-scale invasion of ukraine. tens