Its spectacular. Its my real pleasure to introduce the next speaker. He is somebody you already know. You have heard him speak somewhere or on tv. He was born and raised in fredericksburg. He spent his career interpreting and preserving American Military history with the National Park service, the new york state government, Rensselaer County historical society, the Civil War Preservation trust, kentucky state parks and the u. S. Army. Do you think he is qualified to speak . He has written and spoken on various aspects of military history and leadership from 1775 to the present. He has published two books with the history press, the civil war at perryville and the Tullahoma Campaigns, and contributing to the emerging civil war bulldog and studied the 19411942 campaign released in late 2016. In september 2016, the u. S. Army published his volumes on the 1862 virginia campaigns as part of its series on the civil war. Last year at this event on friday night, i bought this book and by satur
Colleague at the other end of the table, professor elizabeth warren, integral part of the now center. Thank you, liz. [ applause ]. Ill get a drawing. Well have a pretty envelope discussion here. Well throw out some questions that occurred to all of us as we have been listening to all these wonderful thoughts. The first question that i will throw out, i trust, has occurred to many of you in the audience and that is, its aimed at gary and chris to. Are your two interpretations garrish with the emphasis on the western teeth here and Eastern Theater, are they add out or compatible or reckon sitable. Im happy to have you go first. I hit it all in the definition of the word is. [ laughter ]. I dont disagree with gary on a lot of of lot of points but without the success of the virginia campaign, that stalemate would have tipped far longer. Im not sure exactly what sherman could have done if grant had not been successful by bringing a point. My point is not to criticize gary because minutes a
So ill get us rolling. Were going to have a pretty informal discussion here where well throw out some questions that have occurred to all of us as weve been listening to these wonderful talks and the first question i will throw out, i think, i trust has occurred to many of you in the audience, and that is its really aimed primarily at gary and christopher, and that is are your two interpretations garys with the emphasis on centrality of the theater on the east and then west. Are they at odds or reconcilable . Im happy to have you go first. Set the tone. I think its all in the definition of the word is. I actually dont disagree with gary on a lot of points. The war was. Without the Virginia Campaign and without the successes that grant brought to it, that stalemate could have continued longer. Im not certainly exactly what sherman could have done had grant not had the successes that he had by bringing a different type of war fair. My point is not to critique garys emphasis on the east i
Edition of outfront. Next, the Breaking News, President Biden, about to officially clinic the nomination that is expected this hour as polls closed in georgia, the state that will put them over the top, plus the showdown over the Powerful Union Vote Biden Meeting Behind Closed Doors with the teamsters today. And one of the executives in that room makes a bold prediction. Hes our guest and rfk junior, narrowing down his list for vp once in nfl star and the other former professional wrestler in an election where kennedy could end up determining who wins the white house. Lets go outfront. America votes and a good evening to all and welcome to this Special Edition of Outfront Tonight. Erin burnett. And this evening we begin with the Breaking News because the first polls are closing right now on an historic day of primaries, we are standing by for the first results to come in from georgia for the polls are closing, this will likely, most likely be the moment the biden formally clinches the
This is why we fight. Im adam schiff, and i approve this message. Welcome to a Special Coverage of the Iowa Republican caucuses. In a few hours the gop will be one step closer to choosing a candidate to take on joe biden. Here is des moines, where its 2 degrees below zero, trump himself has expressed concerns that his margins could take a hit from the frozen temperatures. What are the candidate saying in these final hours . Nikki haley began her day at the drake diner here in des moines, a popular spot. And shes telling iowans to go out and caucus for her, she says shes not worried about the weather, shes feeling a lot of momentum and excitement on the ground. She has centered her campaign on this notion that she would be the strongest person to go up against President Biden in november, so principally, about electability. Meanwhile Governor Desantis, Crisscrossing The State as well. Take a listen to what he had to say. People are going to say, theres only two possible nominees, donald