On october 7th the reports back to richmond and rights to le suggesting he is ready to come back, but at least with the army of Northern Virginia, lee wanted a more vigorous person to take charge. He never recovered the use of his right arm. At this point because of the bullet exiting through his throat he cannot speak. Lee is having none of that. On october 17, he orders long streak to return and resume command of the first core of the army of virginia. North of the james river. Lee is going to take charge of the defenses around petersburg itself. By march 29th, the siege petersburg has been going on since june 18 of 1864. At this point it runs 37 miles. His last the outside railroad is going to be controlled by Confederate Forces at five forks. April 1st of 1865, union troops were captured at five forks to the south. At that point, lee has no option but to evacuate richmond in petersburg. Longstreet leaves petersburg about 7 00 that night. Within two hours, he has his first troops fr
As many of you know, there are some cruise ships that people in southernng, florida. I obviously am not in control with the port, that is run by in this case broward county. I know they are in consultation with the cruise ships. Be willing tol accept any floridians who are on board. My understanding is that most of the passion ors are foreign nationals. I think theyre working on ways to deal with that. Of course my concern is simply tot we have worked so hard make sure we have avid hospital space in the event of a covid19 search that we wouldnt want those valuable beds to be taken because of the cruise ship. But i think they are working to a solution on that. I did speak with the president this morning about it. I think he would like to see a solution, and i think the administration has seen a lot of the cruise ships take up a lot of resources. We just want to get to appoint where the resources can be used for the folks here, particularly southernrn for florida where we have most of th
Out of congress. Europeanarkets stock markets under a little bit of pressure today, down 0. 5 . The senate bill regarding hong kong seems to have cast a little bit of a shadow over markets today. That is certainly keeping people awake at night as we approach december 15. The pound down earlier on, rallying a bit over the last hour or so, back to flat, 1. 29. Two basis points to the good on the german tenyear. We did see some quite disappointing ppi data out of germany, but i think betray narrative is generally more risk off i think the trade narrative is generally more risk off. Vonnie key testimony underway in the house impeachment inquiry , and major Market Energy a political reaction to a just atsed senate bill aimed supporting protesters in hong kong. We are joined by our chief correspondent on capitol hill. We saw life pictures a moment ago. Im curious as to what kind of reaction there is in washington today from the testimony so far. Surely whats been said doesnt help the republi
Talks could easily collapse. His bank being accused of the biggest breach of financing laws in australian history. We are here live at the Second Annual Bloomberg New economy form. We have big names coming up. Its a big moment in time. We are same economic power shifting from the emerging economies. One of the men at this crucial juncture when it comes to u. S. China relations will get you live pictures from austin, texas where President Trump is touring the apple factory. Imitated or try to copy my conversation, he made up went beforeon, congress, and made up a phony conversation just like he does every time he talks. He is a very dishonest very corrupt politician. The big upset as you folks know is when i released the transcript. I dont like doing that but you have to keep this very classified and confidential when you are speaking to heads of state. I released it because adam schiff and the whistleblower made of a phony deal. You should be ashamed of yourself. The press should be as
Against cartels and increasing seizures drug production and the abuse of them continue to rise despite those efforts with the math were constantly devising new substances and ways to deliver them does the International Community have enough strength to enforce drug prohibition globally what will the debates about legalizing drug use bring to the fight against the mafia and will it ever be one. U. T. C. Though to for executives director of the United Nations office on drugs and crime welcome to the show it is great to have you with us mr few thought of for more than how the century the wall has been fighting a war on drugs and it is a fight that has the u. N. Support however you know better than anyone the drug use and production is ever new drugs are being introduced in violence remains a serious side effect i mean 50 years of challenging the drug industry had on and there is not even a dent on it yet the United Nations is clear that its course is correct how so. 1st of all i would lik