degrasse was the one that put for the planned for yorktown. he was the one who suggested that he would go to the chesapeake rather than to new york. washington at the time was still planning new york to be -- the mother of all battles. clinton was expecting him to attack in new york. >> of the strategy was to seize yorktown rather than new york city. >> yes. -- was the military army tactician. but the point about degrasse was he took a huge risk. the british were taken by surprise at the chesapeake capes. they believe they would have a superior navy. and they had had bad intelligence initially about the size of the french fleet. but degrasse made it worse by not sending part of his fleet back to france to convoy the t rade of the french islands. and then not leaving any ships in the caribbean to protect the islands. he instead asks the spanish fleet to protect the french islands. he therefore took his whole fleet up the chesapeake cape. so the british were outnumbered to an extent they had never expected to be. he exceeded his orders. he staye

after yorktown -- neither of them fought at yorktown not because they didn't want to, but because officers had to recruit their own regiments, their own companies. and neither of them, all the young virginians had gone to war, and they weren't going to go twice. they weren't going to do a second tour, and neither of them could recruit enough men to fight at yorktown which is why it was so essential that the french armies complement washington's shrinking continental army at yorktown. afterwards they both went to law school. monroe studied under jefferson at williamsburg, at william and mary, and marshall studied under judge white who was a signatory of the declaration of independence. white being a federalist, jefferson being a republican. so they both learned different philosophies of the law when they studied law. marshall decided to practice law. while he was there, he married the love of his life, polly ambler. the parents were friends of his parents. polly was 14 years younger. they had ten children together, eight of whom survived and lived a happy married life, truly one of the warm

russia and the french army complement washingtons shrinking continental army at yorktown. they both went to law school. monroe stunned- studied under jefferson. herschel studied under george white. white being a federalists, jefferson a republican. they both learned different philosophies of the law when they studied law. lawhall decided to practice . while he was there he married the love of his life. parents were friends of his parents. paulie was 14 years younger. they had 10 children, eight of whom survived. they lived a happy married life, truly one of the most -- most warming love stories to come out of the revolutionary war, and thomas marshall was very happy. he loved being a father, husband and practicing law. he really did not want to leave richmond. they built a beautiful home that is still there in richmond. came to power, adams asked marshall to join a commission that was to go to peace withegotiate france. france was showing a lot of the ships and the caribbean and adams hoped to resolve the problems with france. from thehall came back treaty negotiations, he

he could not know that only a little more than a year from this time yorktown would occur, and the tide would turn and independence would swing the american way. happily, george washington was a man who not only deserved success, he achieved success. for that, we are forever in his debt. thanks for your good intentions. [applause] anyone who needs to get up and leave, that is fine. we usually have a time for question and answer. you can ask any question you want. there are lots of questions i cannot answer. i don't mind you asking. we are being taped by c-span. i don't know what they are going to do with the first joke. [laughter] but anyway, if you have questions, there are people with microphones. they will bring it to you and you can ask the question in the microphones of they will be able to hear it clearly. we will go from there. if you do have questions, raise your hand and people will pass things along to them. >> i know this is a lot of conjecture i am going to ask you. but without benedict arnold winning or at least succeeding at valcour island and also helping determine what h

there was a young lady that i met from yorktown virginia.care new imagine called the revolutionary army when your town surrendered? and they got to the incredible day. courage boldness and perseverance. but what is the most important thing? from being a champion is confidence. i can do all things through christ. but what manner of person chained in a prison that he could do all things through christ jesus? he is a champion and that is what you have. because paul did not say i can do a few things. or a couple of things. he said i can do all things. and dash as you go out to be the champions they can do all things. that is the means to reduce deficit spending. because it could do all things. and america 238 years it has done all things. and it has not done a great saying this ended three different combat zones. it and like any other place i was born in the inner city of atlanta and georgia. look at what i could do or achieve. because of america you can do all things and the equality of opportunity that no matter where you come from or where yo

ending the book before the feast treaty because the book was getting too long, and i ended with yorktown, the battle the british lost war.itively that ended the they wanted to know more about what happened after that. washington still had to take new york city back from the british, and he took it back at christmas 1783. they wanted to know about christmas. did washington go home for christmas? did he have a christmas treat? how did he travel? did he have a horse? what was the horses name? i did my research and found out the horses name was nelson. is something you may remember from this talk. i realized there was a book just in that aspect of the war. i wrote a book called "general washington's christmas farewell" about his taking of new york and traveling home as a great hero. wasywhere he went, he treated as a hero. people were very sad to learn he was going to turn in his commission angle that -- and go back to being a farmer at mount vernon. when he heard about this coming he said if washington refuses to be king, he will be the greatest man in the world. and he was the greatest man

and i ended it with yorktown, the battle that the british lost definitively that ended the war. and they wanted to know more about what happened after that. i had said that washington had to still take new york city back from the british, and he took it back at christmas 1783. they wanted to know about christmas. did washington go home for christmas? did he have a christmas tree? how did he travel? did he have a horse? what was the horse's name? i did my research. i found out his name. the horse's name was nelson. so here you've learned something that you may remember from this talk. in any case, what happened is that i realized that there was a book just in that aspect of the war, the war after the war, and i wrote a book called jt general washington's christmas farewell" about his taking in new york and traveling home as a great hero. every place he went he was feted as a great hero. people were sad to discover that washington was going to turn in his commission and go back to being a farmer at mt. vernon. when george iii in england heard about this, he said if england heard a

the search is on for these two men wanted for an armed robbery in philadelphia's yorktown neighborhoodlice say on monday the two men walked into the little caesar's pizza on west girard avenue. one of them had a gun. they kicked and punched an employee when he could not open a safe. >>> south jersey bureau, the mayor of a gloucester county time is facing drunk driving charges. paulsboro mayor w. jeffrey hamilton was arrested last saturday following a traffic stop in nearby woolrich township. officers were responding to a 911 call to an erratic drive r. we've reached out for comment but so far have not heard back. >>> funeral services were held for a chester conte high school student who died after apparently getting the flu. andrew specht collapsed while working at his part-time job one week ago today. his family says he died from complications of the flu and while chester county health officials say the virus was in his body at the time, they are doing tests to confirm if that's what actually killed him. the cdc reports widespread flu activity in pennsylvania and delaware. there's min

there was a young laidty that i met -- lady that i met earlier today from yorktown, virginia. can you imagine the euphoria more that ragtag bunch called the revolutionary army when the british at yorktown surrendered? the assurance that they had, and they got to see that incredible day. competence, courage, boldnd, possessor convenience -- boldness, perseverance, assurance. but what is the most important thing as you leave here, which you will to one day, in being a champion for christ and country? it's confidence. and confidence comes in one simple verse which is my favorite verse out of the bible. philippians 4:13, i can do all things through christ jesus who strengthens me. when paul wrote that, understand he was chained in a roman prison, soon to be executed. what manner of person chained in a prison could write that he could do all things through christ jesus when strengthens him? a person that was a champion. and that's what you have as your promise, that is what you have as the confidence for you to go out. because paul didn't say i can do a few things. paul didn't say

can you imagine the euphoria of the ragtag bunch called the revolutionary army and the british of yorktown surrender? the assurance that they had. confidence and encourage, boldness and perseverance, assurance. and as you weave your which you will be one day, being a champion for christ and country confidence which comes in one simple verse which is my favorite out of the bible. christians for, chapter 13. i can do all things in christ who strengthens me. and when paul wrote that understand that he was soon to be executed. so what manner of person chained him in prison, could write that he can do all things through christ who strengthens him. and that is what you have with the confidence for you to go out because paul didn't say that i can do a few things. and he says we can do all things. and he says we can do all things and restore our economy and make it work. once a look at america because we can do all things but that is what liberty university teaches. america in 230 years has done all things and some people say that america is not exceptional, that america has not done great things.

this home on gilroy's yorktown drive is the place where libby and majed they would raise their children. never the place they would have to watch one of them slowly die. 6-year-old jennifer lynn, the oldest of their four children has a brain tumor. dipg is what it is called. always fatal is what it is. now, close to the end, libby and tony spend their waking hours keeping jennifer comfortable, letting her know she is loved and that her pain will not be in vain. >> if i can stop another mom or another grandma or another aunt from feeling the way i feel right now, then i will. >> reporter: up until october of last year, jennifer was a totally typical princess-loving kindergartner. then one day, her left eye started turning inward. a trip to the optometrist led to an mri, which led to a meeting with a team of doctors. >> that's when they told us -- the words they use is there is no cure. >> reporter: accepting the fact they couldn't even fight to save their own daughter's life was difficult. deciding to see past their loss to help others was not. a loss that sadly came one morning in febru

south mall before several this is where we have another accident as well and just before that 280 in yorktowng down ride across the bay area is very very slow go on with all these cars backed up and is the producer ride across the bay bridge this morning. senate sale looking very because of the earlier accidents we have this morning and is able cars a live look at the golden gate bridge commit and the seven pretty much problem free all morning long with the exception of some fault. hill is a live look at our richmond san rafael bridge and at the drive time is right now seven minutes time now is 916. >> james: will begin with storm track four was happening right now we have plans to our north not expected impact us very much the bulk of the weather was a to our north. will talk about that in a moment to talk about what we're seeing outside right now they're looking sunrise this morning rectangles a kron 4 that, especially when the storm hits these photographs are fantastic it gives us a real look and with the weather is like in your neighborhood to keep them coming in. the live shot out sad sh

business that dominated the caribbean islands ultimately played a factor in the decisive 1781 battle of yorktownsted by the society of the cincinnati, this is an hour. >>