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Legislator, first black county commissioner, he went on to found the school. >> and now, it is -- as a historically black school, it is mostly african-american, but it is diverse, right? >> that is right. it is mostly african-american, but it is every year, it gets more and more diverse. >> when you drive to elizabeth city from the nearest airport in norfolk, virginia, you drive past the place i would put up against any other place i know, forget badlands, when you drive from norfolk and you cross the state line from virginia into north carolina down to elizabeth city, you go through dismal sw...

Killed a worker and hurt more than 70 others. and on this day in the year 1805, the explorer mary weather lewis reached the great falls of the missouri river confirming his expedition with william clark was right on track from the mississippi river to the pacific ocean. the team had set out the previous year. some native americans had given them valuable directions to the rockie mountains. they told lewis and clark they had had reached an impassable water fall when they neared the rockies. the party continued up the missouri river until it forked off with no clue where to go, lewis and a few o...

Some history this morning, in the fall of 1805, lewis and clark explored washington's columbia river on their way to the pacific. >> fast forward, fall 2011. check out the little guys that were making their way down the columbia. yes, little rubber duckies. some 36,000. part of the 21st annual great mid columbia duck race. >> people sponsor each duck and the proceeds go to charity. the race is nothing to quack at. the first duck across the finish line worth a new car for its owner. swim well. >> should have brought a rubber ducky in the race. >> we'll be right back. ♪ rubber ducky you're the...

Legacies of its glorious past. take one striking example. the british navy, of course, once literally ruled the seven seas. it was the navy of sir francis drake and viscount nelson. it defeated the spanish armada in 1588. it beat napoleon and the spanish again at trafalgar in 1805, one of the greatest naval victories of all time. and if you go to trafalgar square you'll see a column of lord nelson in the middle of it. more recently the royal navy prevailed over the argentines off the south american coast in the falkland islands in 1982. but many experts say the british navy couldn't even win a...

Again at trafalgar in 1805, one of the greatest naval victories of all time. and if you go to trafalgar square you'll see a column of lord nelson in the middle of it. more recently the royal navy prevailed over the argentines off the south american coast in the falkland islands in 1982. but many experts say the british navy couldn't even win another falklands war today, let alone win another trafalgar. why? at the time of the battle of trafalgar, the british navy had almost 950 vessels and 150,000 men. 30 years ago, in the falklands era, the brits had 194 vessels and 79,000 men. today the brit...