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Anniversary of the start of the civil war. and in honor of this milestone, brooklyns historic greenwood cemetery hosting commemorative event including this one tonight, a candlelight sayer main. throughout this memorial day weekend theyll have it. in 2002 greenwood started a project to identify all of the civil war veterans laid it rest there. and our adriana houser found the ongoing initiative has identified more veterans than anyone imagined. >> we knew he was here. >> reporter: this memorial ...

>> reporter: jacobs has always known ogle and his service but recently learned he has two morrelltives who served. >> they are actually william ogles brother-in-laws. >> those we didnt know about. >> reporter: discoveries like those are being discovered over and over again at greenwood cemetery in brooklyn. cemetery historian jeff richmond is trying to figure out how many civil war veterans are here and more about who they are. >> these men sacrificed tremendously, some their lives and some losi...

people had been marching to demand the release of political prisoners when the bullets rained down, and sarah palin, thundering into d.c. today, but is she ready to roll into the race for president? im drew griffin. the news starts now. and first tonight, yemen tipping into civil war? take a look at this. troops and anti-government protesters in the southern city where theres gunfire and tear gas, all this increasing the fear that al qaeda and other islamic militants will be given br...

demand the release of political prisoners when the bullets rained down. and sarah palin thundering into d.c.ed to. but is she ready to roll into the race for president? im drew griffin. the news starts now. first tonight, is yemen tipping into civil war? take a look at this. troops and anti-government protesters in the southern city of taiz. tear gas and gunfire. all this increasing fear that turmoil will give al qaeda and other slaul islamic militants breathing room to launch atta...

Or pushed and flooded? >> its a goner. >> that is the neighborhood youre looking at aerial photos where jake jacobs house is. he says looking at photos in the local newspaper he saw the other day, his cat up on a roof. still no word on his cat. it is now illegal for mr. jacobs to go back to his home because of the devastation in that neighborhood. thats the personal impact of this flooding. it is devastating for the 330 homeowners this that one particular area destroyed. there is also a signific...

Collective bargaining ability in unions hands? >> you know, look, this collective bargaining situation since 1959 in the state of wisconsin has allowed there to be once again too much power in the hands of the unions and it puts teachers like me into a tough position because theyre negotiating for us but also ideologically, i disagree with them so theres a lot of teachers i know that are actually afraid to speak out because they dont want to be intimidated by the union or possibly fellow colleag...

Were all going to sacrifice. ill be losing $5,000. but the fact is as a rookie teacher many years ago, i realize that my union or the nea and the wea only gave one side of the story. took my money against my will. and used it to political causes that ive been profoundly against with for the last 23 years. >> and they dont really get involved in performance. if a young dr. jacobs is an outstanding teacher, youre going to lose your job first even if somebody else is just cashing checks and not put...

Willing to give a little bit in that regard, but theyre not willing to give when it comes to giving up their collective bargaining rights. is it fair, since you are not part of the union, to really take a-- >> excuse me to take a what. >> dave: youre not part of the union, correct. so you wouldnt have to give up anything? >> well, the fact of the matter is, ultimately, the civil service laws in the state of wisconsin will apply to protect my rights so thats what im putting my faith in. >> molly:...

Mubarak. is there a fear that right now maybe americans just we get caught up in some of the protests or do you fear that possibly they could become a target of some of the angry protests? >> we really dont see that happening. it certainly has not happened so far. we are encouraging americans to limit their movements to certainly avoid any demonstrations and to remain safe, to take care of themselves, and then, of course, for the ones who are wanting to leave with our help, we are asking that th...

Access, to our internet sites, to convey information to friends and family who are in egypt right now and we strongly encourage people to use those, the contact information that i believe is on the screen right now, both the email address and the phone number. >> ms. jacobs, if you were going to give advice right now. its coming into the late evening, early-morning hours over in cairo, egypt. youre not telling anybody at this point to go to the airport. youre not telling anybody to leave whereve...