What were going to do today, ladies and gentlemen, is were going to do robert e. Lee in the postwar years. And my coworker, when they were upstairs before we came down, asked me if this was going to be a beatification, which never hit me, but it might, because i am a big fan of robert e. Lee. What im hoping to do, among others, besides give you a timeline as to what robert e. Lee did in the postwar years, which i think is obviously the most often overlooked portion of his life, because the civil war is always going to be first and foremost. The other main theme of this lecture, im going to try to get across to you, the park service is big on themes, is that the amount of i wouldnt say that he did a lot of work in theory, but through his own personal example is probably the best way, through his own personal example, robert e. Lee tries to reconcile the nation. And what i think a lot of us as americans today have forgotten is that how far apart this country was in 1865. I think it is th
Enemies, foreign and domestic. The enemy she faced might have been right there on her military base. Heres john quinones. The last 75 days for me, for my family, i havent slept. Reporter shes only 16 years old. But for three months now, since the disappearance of her sister, lupes life has been consumed by agony and fear. A nightmare. I would never in my lifetime think i should be fighting for my sister. Reporter she first went missing from ft. Hood in april. She was eventually found brutally murdered. Her mother gloria left to find comfort in her dreams. Does she talk to you in her dreams . [ speaking in foreign reporter tonight, a familys quest for justice. Launching a movement under the iamvanessaguillen. Shes like a sister for everyone now. Reporter vanessas story now invoking outrage over Sexual Harassment and abuse in the military. How is it possible to go missing on base . On a military base . Reporter allegations that she was harassed by one of her own. Before she was murdered.
Targeted. Vandals are using the cover of protest to push their own agenda. Sergio is in oakland with more. Reporter tonight the historic superior courthouse in oakland is mostly boarded up. But the blight of spray paint remains. This is what vandals left after a solidarity march evolved into a standoff with police and vandalism. Now plenty of people have come by to survey the damage. What goes through my mind, this is a backfire on peaceful people and the city of oakland. Like i said, trump could play this all the way up until november 3rd. They dont know. Reporter the wife of one of the cofounders of black panthers. Shes pushing for a historic monument to be built across the street commemorating the black Panther Party and their original mission. Would this have happened in this way if the monument was here and if this was all power to the peoples plaza. Reporter late saturday night someone set fire inside one of the entrances of the courthouse. Workers spent most of the day repairing
A disputed region. Welcome to the program u. S. President told trump has signed an executive order to hold china accountable for its treatment of hong kong this comes after a new National Security law was imposed on the territory that critics say is intended to squash dissent trump also said hes ending hole calls preferential status that means it will lot receive any special privileges or economic treatment to their side legislation and an executive order to hold china accountable for its oppressive actions against the people of hong kong. The hong kong or tanami act which i signed this afternoon passed unanimously through congress this law gives my administration powerful new tools to hold responsible the individuals and the entities involved in extinguishing hong kongs freedom weve all watch what happened not a good situation their freedoms been taken away their rights have been taken away and with it goes hong kong in my opinion because it will no longer be able to compete with free
A major flare up between armenia and azerbaijan as fighting intensifies over a disputed region. Welcome to the program u. S. President donald trump is putting new pressure on china this time over its treatment of whole call he signed an executive order to hold china accountable over a new National Security law its imposed on the territory hong kongs preferential status with the u. S. Will end and banks that deal with some chinese officials will face sanctions to their side legislation and an executive order to hold china accountable for its oppressive actions against the people of hong kong. Or tanami act which i assigned the serve to noon passed unanimously through congress this law gives my administration powerful new tools to hold responsible the individuals and the entities involved in extinguishing hong kongs freedom weve all watch what happened not a good situation their freedoms been taken away their rights have been taken away and with it goes hand in my opinion because it will