Symposium. Okay. Im very pleased to introduce our last speaker for the afternoon. Jeffrey william hunt is the director of the texas museum in mayberry and adjunct professor at Austin Community college where hes taught since 19 8, got bless you. Mr. Hunt is an author of the last battle of the civil war and a contributor to the central war. American civil war. His last work is from the final stage of the Gettysburg Campaign to 1863 and the final volume is due for publication coming out next year. So lets give a welcome for jeffrey hunt. [ applause ] thank you. Its a real pleasure. I appreciate jerrys invitation. Its always fun to stand before a group of people who have the same passion as you do. You dont get looked at as strangely when you talk to other people, and im going to break precedent apparently today and have a powerpoint demonstration. And im doing that for several reasons. Jerry did it last night. I dont want him to feel all weird doing that alone. Second, pamplin spent a lot
A prolific author, professor wood has won numerous awards. In 1970, his book creation of the american republic, 17761787 won the bancroft prize. In 1993, his radicalism of the American Revolution won the Pulitzer Prize for history. The americanization of Benjamin Franklin was awarded the Julia Ward Howe prize by the Boston Authors Club in 2005. His volume in the oxford history of the United States entitled empire of liberty a history of the early republic, 17891815 was given the association of american publishers award for history and biography in 2009, the American History book prize by the New York Historical society, and the society of the cincinnati history prize in 2010. Incidentally, professor wood, we heard from your former student jack warren, the executive director of the society, last week. That same year, 2010, he was awarded the National Humanities medal by president obama. He is a fellow of the American Academy of arts and sciences and the american philosophical society, t
News. Nearly 200 people have died after a Tropical Storm struck the southern philippines. The countrys second largest island, mindanao, bore the brunt of the storm which caused flash floods and landslides. One village has been completely buried. Andy moore reports. Clinging to the neck of his rescuer, a young boy is carried across the floodwaters. There was little sign of official help here, just villagers doing their best to rescue each other with fragile ropes. In a country used to devastating storms, this took many by surprise. The authorities said too many people had ignored warnings to leave coastal areas and river banks. Many of the casualties were on the main southern island, mindanao. This man said houses were getting flooded but people couldnt escape, so they got caught in the strong currents and swept away. Many places were hit by landslides. Flimsy houses were buried beneath tonnes of debris. The red cross is helping coordinate the relief effort. We have already provided wat
Conditions that will be on the offering warm side. James temperatures that are in the triple digits that is going to be very uncomfortable if not dangerous for a lot of people those will be the hottest days this week you can see on the 7 day around the bay forecast once we get for wednesday temperatures will be maxed out about a hundred and four degrees. James hot weather will be on the headlines tuesday wednesday thursday today is finding get out there and enjoyed it will be really nice smile they for the next four or five days you could see it would not be until the end of the week as we head into the weekend to get back down to something a little bit more comfortable into low 90s but we have on my story they shot a really hot temperature 102 for the inland valleys on tuesday 1 04 on wednesday and at the close of theyre talking about seventies and 80 degree weather out by the bay as well be ready for explore this in more detail. James we have really dangerous weather ahead is a great
Drowned video you can see how all the smoke from the fire is filling the sky the fire is burning in a very remote area of the Livermore Valley other images of this fire which grew extremely quickly overnight. James fortunately the temperatures in livermore was in the 60s and around the time the fire broke out the ones around to in the modify our along with those dry in a very the drop like conditions making this a real challenge if you took pictures or video of the fire would love to see whether to get more on the fire coverage would have michelle with a look at the fire forecast for today. Michelle apon fires in this area can be very drive the good news is it is timmy this morning temperatures and to the mid60s and humidity values are still at some of the to lower seventh maybe dusty at times later on today temperatures all actually be warming upper as you make a way out the door across the bay at the coast of right now into the lower 60s with a bottle of mildest the couple of degrees