Good evening, everyone. The floor people shot survived and were taken to the hospital. It happened on interstate 580 in oakland. The car was heading eastbound, approaching 106th avenue. Live coverage from ktvus amber lee who spoke with frustrated drivers today. Reporter drivers tell me these are difficult times already dealing with the pandemic, so they cannot understand why there are some people out there deliberately hurting others. The california Highway Patrol says around 3 30 wednesday afternoon black infinity sedan was shot at while on interstate 580 eastbound near the 106th avenue exit in oakland. Four people inside the car suffered injuries. All four were taken to the hospital. I was pretty shocked. It wasnt anything i thought, i thought there was a wreck or something. Im kind of disappointed Something Like this is going on during a pandemic right now. Its scary. Its just mild. Reporter the incident led chp to close all lanes of traffic eastbound as they investigated the shooti
Reporter as you can imagine, neighbors are in shock. Some of them say that the gun fire woke them up and later they learned the absolutely terrible news that the two people who were shot were just 11 and 14 years old. And Union City Police say the two were confronted by someone who opened fire. Last night about 1 27, i woke up to gun shots. There was probably 15 to 20. A neighbor near Sherman Drive says gun fire rocked him out of his sleep. Then he heard sirens and police in the street. They were barricading the road off. I lived here 35 years. No, this is a quiet neighborhood. Police say an 11 and 14yearold boy were sitting in a van in a parking lot when they were confronted. There were several gun shots. We are confident that the incident that there were no other areas involved. Reporter both victims died. People gathered in the parking lot to remember the victims today but did not want to talk. Police say they are looking for a motive but have not ruled out the possibility it was ga
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Nevertheless, while other Union Commanders were failing, grant had climbed steadily up the military ladder with resounding victories, stretching from fort henry in 1862, through vicksburg to Missionary Ridge in 1863. He was clearly the norths man of the hour. When lincoln ordered an east early in 1864 to take command of all federal forces. The somewhere near 500,000 combat ready soldiers grant would have authority over the largest post any american officer had ever led. The new Lieutenant General wasted little time in making his strategic intentions known. In the past, grant asserted, union armies had quote, acted independently and without concept like a bulky team of mules, no two pulling to the. And this allowed confederates to shift men from one sector to the other to meet the most pressing danger. Union generals seemed content to maneuver. But that was not the road to victory, grant announced. The north had far superior numbers, and materiel. It was time to switch games. To stop pl
Beneath to United States. The civil war did not permanently shatter you are nag nation. Yet it was a supreme test for a country that now stands in blessed unit, you are north and south. You are here together tonight here is evening we look back with learn from the greatest teacher anyone can have, history. Armed with an understanding of the time. Private maddux would like that. Thank you. [ applause ] the Overland Campaign was the largest and the bloodiest campaign of the entire civil war. Both armies lost half of their original fighting forces. The casualties were astounding. Astounding to soldiers, to generals, and to those left back home. Amid the staggering losses sustained at cold harbor and during the Overland Campaign, for every soldier killed, wounded or captures there was a family. Mother, brother, brother, sister, that also felt the loss on the fields of 1864 reverberated through communities across the north and south. The empty chairs at kitchen tables across the country and