so it's a virginia story. it's a virginia story. but it has national and now with declarations of human rights, international ramifications. the centerpiece is thomas jefferson's famous statute. the history of that statute from its colonial background, passage through the general semireply, and its subsequent interpretation in the state, it's lived history. it's lived history in virginia for a century and a half. that's the subject of this book. now, backup to the beginning. shortly after the foundation of jamestown in 1607, virginia's colonial government established the church of england in law. it became, in time, the strongest legal establishment of religion in any of the british colonies. what did establishment mean? astute hell, as one anglican minister said at the time, the church was incorporated and blended with the state. "incorporated and blended with the state." church and state. ut by the middle of the 18th this did not sit well with the growing ranks of religious dissenters. particularly presbyterians and the baptists.

james robertson, formerly of virginia tech, one of virginia's great historians. mike caldwell the regional director of the northeast reege of national park service is here this morning. superintendent lucy lawliss at fredricksburg and spotsylvania national military park and ashley whitehead luskey, from richmond national battlefield. and frank owe riley one of the historians here at fredricksburg. and our musician today is ray skon. if ever a single place reflects what this war came to be, this place is it. by the time the armies came to grapple over this piece of spotsylvania farmland in may of 1864 the stakes were so large the previous investment so big that neither side would let go. this war was no longer a conflict about secession, or even union. it was also about freedom, the extent and nature of the emerging government and the future of a united states striving for an identity and strength on the world stage. ulysses s. grant came to virginia in 1864 with a relentless determination matched only by the common soldiers and commanders. the men who had the mos

a series of virginia battles it atook place in 1964. we will give with an overview of the campaign in an hour author gored en ray speaks about the battle of cold harbor. >> next on the civil yar, historians commemorate the overland campaign which took place in virginia 150 years ago in may and june of 1864. the ceremony contains remarks from james rob, rob certificaton. this event took place in virginia at fredrick'sberg. as the army's of grant and lee marched more than the outcome of batt battle. from the new york harold, 1864, depends the greatest issues upon which men ever went into battle. we fight for the principals of free government and for the existence of a nation whose institutions are the open of the downtrodden people of ever land. our success in this campaign must ensure the entig rit. inte . it will also determine the next presidency as if the votes were counted. if we fail in this campaign that failure will be the great etgre. >> when the nation and the world wanted to know how the civil war was going, they looked to virg

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it's down into the 50s much of maryland and virginia into west virginia. and the nearby suburbs in prince george's county, mostly cloudnt coun county, fairfax county, right around 60. mid-60s to upper 60s right near the bay waters. the weather headlines for this friday, a long sleeve morning. we'll have the cool temperatures through 8:00. short sleeve afternoon, it will be warming nicely. and remembering your sunblock. this is the time of rear we sti year we still have the high sun angle. a look at the big temperature swings hour by hour coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s. melissa checking on a smooth friday commute so far. >> if we can just keep it up. everybody will be happy. chopper 4 over 66 at the beltway moving right along. hopefully a lot of folks are headed out of town this week. 270 southbound out of frederick this to rockville, you hit the spur, you're totally fine. a wider look at things, lots of green. 55 miles an hour, so at speed there. a little bit slow d.c. 295 just after 50, 28 from earlier road work. remember 95 north at dale ci

virginia is still the preserve of robert e. lee and the storied army of northern virginia. so lincoln brings east his best general, that's going to be ulysses s. grant, the general who won all the battles in the west. and he gives grant a -- basically a two-part requirement. first, to bring organization, to bring continuity to the union war effort. and secondly, to defeat the army of northern virginia. and grant goes about making it possible to carry out that charge with a vengeance. first he puts together a program, unlike any that the war has yet seen. he realized that up to this point, battles would last a couple of days, and then the armies would pull apart for months. grant would not let that happen anymore. the union armies were to fight them until they were destroyed. he also realized that the old goal of capturing territory didn't make sense anymore. henceforth, the goal would be the confederate armies, the goal would be to destroy them, and only by doing that could the rebellion be brought to a close. finally, grant realized that the armies in the eastern and weste

co-hosted by the virginia bar association and the pbs news hour. it is about 1.5 hours. >> i am delighted to be year, i am honored to be here, i want to thank the virginia bar association for sponsoring this, for inviting me to be part of it. i want to thank senator warner, ms. could -- mr. glass before participating. i want to thank the greenbrier and the state of west virginia for hosting us. i think maybe we will set a new trend, holding debates in the state next door. the candidates have agreed to a format that gives them as close to equal time as possible for my and we're going to do our very best to stick to that. i'm happy to say the pbs news hour is live streaming this debate, along with the vba. we expect a large audience to be watching in virginia and across the nation. if you miss it, it will live afterwards at our website, that is cbs.org/news hour. now, let's begin. before we go to questions, each of the candidates have a two-minute opening statement and we will begin with you, mr. gillespie. >> thank you, judy. thanks to the vba for h

james robertson, formerly of virginia tech, one of virginia's great historians. mike caldwell the regional director of the northeast reege of national park service is here this morning. superintendent lucy lawliss at fredricksburg and spotsylvania national military park and ashley whitehead luskey, from richmond national battlefield. and frank owe riley one of the historians here at fredricksburg. and our musician today is ray skon. if ever a single place reflects what this war came to be, this place is it. by the time the armies came to grapple over this piece of spotsylvania farmland in may of 1864 the stakes were so large the previous investment so big that neither side would let go. this war was no longer a conflict about secession, or even union. it was also about freedom, the extent and nature of the emerging government and the future of a united states striving for an identity and strength on the world stage. ulysses s. grant came to virginia in 1864 with a relentless determination matched only by the common soldiers and commanders. the men who had the mos

in virginia it wasn't. you had reconstruction for the first few years and then reconstruction comes in this this odd way with the leadership of a forrer confederate. now how long that could have lasted, who knows? it just give you sense that post war virginia is a bit more complicated and interesting than you might think. someone needs to write biography of mahone. if you go into the archives and read your o read his own writing it's horrible. i don't know how much time i went through his archives, page after page and there are hours on end when i'm sitting here going who could read this? who is he talking to? somebody needs to get at that. my pleasure. >> having participated in a whole host of events that the central reason for the failure of the union attack was that the colored troops were not brought into the battle as they were planned to be. instead of going in early they came in very late. further that the decision to do that was a political one and that it was elevated to at least general grant. my

robertson serves as a key member of the virginia commemorate virginia's participation in the civil war. under his leader3rs.l and guidance, the commission has been successful beyond all imagination. i'm honored to present to you, dr. james i. robertson jr. [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you very much. i would say david was one of my better students and i do remember that. i think the worst student i ever had was a football player who drifted into that course that i taught. and he did not take the mid term exam. and on the final, he failed it flatly. so i gave him an f on the course. he came to see me and he said, dr. robertson, i don't believe i deserve an f in this course. and i said i don't either, but that's as low as the system goes. [ laughter ] i wanted to thank david and the park service for the humbling invitation to give the keynote on this important anniversary. one of the first axioms you learn in graduate school is simple. any nation that forgets its past has no future. and i'm grateful to you for coming out this evening to remember a point in american history that cannot

been limited to virginia it would still be going on. they would be ready to fight the 87th battle of manassas. in the 64th battle of winchester. and the people from north of the mason dixon line would be saying, golly, i hope we can meet lee this summer that old man has been beating up on us for 152 years. i don't know how he got out of that one. but the war was not limited to virginia more important parts of the war took place in the central railroad area, from the mississippi river to the appalachian mountains. in that area, the first three areas of the war -- they regained control of the mississippi river from the source to the mouth, thus splitting the confederacy in half. if you take confederate definition of what constituted the confederacy, which included missouri, oklahoma, and parts of mexico and arizona. almost in half. they also cut the confederates east of the mississippi off from any serious quantities of food and supplies from west of the mississippi risker. the second great strategic objective they achieved was to move th

west virginia being one of them. if you come to west virginia you would have heard from those that did depend on the work for their families. in logan county that retired member when he testified for the house energy and commerce committee that the policies are condemning the families to the poverty and despair they are directly related on the industry to keep the companies afloat. you might have heard from christian marsh of the manufacturer in bridgeport west virginia his business used to do a lot of work in the coal mining business but they seen a significant drop. both of the companies employ hundreds of west virginia workers in an energy intensive manufacturing scenario but by not coming to west virginia to kentucky to the coal producing and consuming states you send a message to that part of the country that our views and experiences don't matter. if you have the federal government refused. the state of west virginia has lost 5,000 jobs between 2012, 2014. many more jobs are at risk because of this agency and t

virginia was growing here in hampton. the monitor was being built in foundries all over the northeast, assembled in brooklyn and headed here to try to stop virginia in her tracks. but she arrived one day late. 8, 1862, the virginia came out to the hampton roseann and in very short order cut down the union fleet made up of -- hampton, and in very short order cut down the union fleet. the monitor arrived that evening to help save the union blockade, and in fact the next morning the monitor went into battle with the virginia and the rest, as they say, is history. first battle of ironclad warships, and it really did change naval architecture and naval warfare forever from that day forward. the uss monitor spent most of her life here along the james river. however, in late 1862, she was ordered south to beaufort, north carolina, and then presumably on down to charleston. that meant she had to make a treacherous passage around cape hatteras. the early morning hours of december 31, 18 62, she lost her battle, not with another ve

virginia is still the preserve of robert e. lee and the storied army of northern virginia. so lincoln brings east his best general, that's going to be ulysses s. grant, the general who won all the battles in the west. and he gives grant a -- basically a two-part requirement. first, to bring organization, to bring continuity to the union war effort. and secondly, to defeat the army of northern virginia. and grant goes about making it possible to carry out that charge with a vengeance. first he puts together a program, unlike any that the war has yet seen. he realized that up to this point, battles would last a couple of days, and then the armies would pull apart for months. grant would not let that happen anymore. the union armies were to fight them until they were destroyed. he also realized that the old goal of capturing territory didn't make sense anymore. henceforth, the goal would be the confederate armies, the goal would be to destroy them, and only by doing that could the rebellion be brought to a close. finally, grant realized that the armies in the eastern and weste

i trust the women of virginia. i don't think a for-profit corporation should be able to interfere in an employees health care choices. again, this is an area where we have a very different approach. there are very large differences between the two candidates. >> this is an area where you're making up my views. [laughter] please provide the documentation. look, the fact is i am catholic. i went to the same catholic school. your democratic candidate is a catholic. i can also send you a copy of john kennedy's catholic speech. 2012, the american college of obstetricians and gynecologists that there is no medical reason any longer, there is no reason for the pill to be a prescription drug. it should be available by the counter. i support that. but that would make it a lot easier for women. even when obamacare passed and you're making the case we needed to enact it because there were millions who are uninsured, when it is fully permitted, there would be 17 million who get insurance and 30 million that aren't. we would di

virginia tech now set to figure it out. i'm bruce leshan, this story coming up. >> i'm meteorologist topper shutt, high temperature 86 today, perfect. wakeup weather, you might want a sweater early, 59 to 66 at 5:00, in the 50s and 60s at 7:00, back up to 68 to 75 by 9:00. a refreshing start. i did make some changes to the forecast tomorrow. we'll talk about that and take you through the >>> here's a question. how much do you love your phone? >> too much. >> the experts say someday you may be just as obsessed with your drone. >> today virginia tech launched one of just six faa authorized sites to test unmanned aircraft and bruce leshan was there. >> reporter: virginia tech launched its among the first in the nation drone test sites by demonstrating just how useful unmanned aircraft can be. a car crash, a truck leaking hazardous waste, after clearing bystanders an officer flies in a drone to see what's leaking, how many people are hurt and how best to rescue them without endangering anyone else. >> this is an air con 4.7, go

so hunter fled over the mountain into west virginia, what is now west virginia. early thought about chasing him, they didn't, but he took one look and saw the entire shenandoah valley was cleared of union troops. this is big. so early marched his men down the valley, north because of the way the river flows, so they began to march down the shenandoah valley. they were very -- they were not very well supplied. a third to the half of the men did not even have shoes. they tied burlap around their feet. they waited two days along the route for a shipment of shoes. they got up to harpers ferry in martinsburg, both in west virginia now, then in virginia, where another dim bulb of union generals, he was a political general, a german immigrant, he was made a general because he could bring in germans, he was from st. louis. he was the one who had the not very good experience at new market on may 15th, where he outnumbered the confederate troops and lost when the entire corps of v.m.i. cadets came up from lexington and defeated sigel, unofficially known as the flying dutch

few showers across west virginia,n toward west virginia anwa maryland. this is not my shower activity coming through. this is all part after front making its way through. so what that is going to give us early tomorro morning at bus stop, great start. temperature is 63. about 72 degrees. sun advise now6:33 in ththing morning. here isha we are watching the front move down to the south. as it does, it just reinforces our very nice air. today become0 degrees. tomorrow a few degrees cooler than that as that cooler air settles on in. we are only talking 2 to 3 degrees cooler. it will be less humid, however. 86 in gaithersburg. 85 in martinsburg. out towards eastern shore, little cooler e but quite nice. temperatures 80s with plenty of sunshine. as you head to the beach friday, saturday and sunday, 79. nice and breezy saturday. very warm. 83. maybe warmer in some spots. early early in the afternoon. sunday, chan ornn thunderstorm most ushem t dry side. maybe up around the lewis area. towards duey, a very beach, chance of more sunshine towards virginia beach. t

robertson, formerly of virginia tech, one of virginia's great historians. mike caldwell, the regional director of the northeast reege of national park service is here this morning. superintendent lucy lawliss at fredricksburg and spotsylvania national military park. and ashley whitehead luskey, from richmond national battlefield. and frank o'riley one of the historians here at fredricksburg. and our musician today is ray scott. if ever a single place reflects what this war came to be, this place is it. by the time the armies came to grapple over this piece of spotsylvania farmland in may of 1864, the stakes were so large the previous investment so big that neither side would let go. this war was no longer a conflict about secession or even union. it was also about freedom, the extent and nature of the american government and the future of a united states striving for an identity and strength on the world stage. ulysses s. grant came to virginia in 1864 with a relentless determination matched only by the common soldiers and those he commanded. the men who ha

it happened in arlington virginia. scott mcfarland with more. >> arlington firefighters say this happened on rock spring road. a man was hit and killed by the tree. investigators still trying to figure out how the tree came down. we're told the occupational safety and health administration t federal agency is on the scene. we have a crew on the way. updates 7:00 tonight online and nbcwashington.com and news4 at 11:00. >>> he was just 17, died suddenly at a concert this week. in just a few minutes students will be gathering to remember their friend. police believe the party drug molly could be to blame. a major drug bust was done taking thousands of those pills off the street also. more on the street is david. >> reporter: a neighboring fairfax county, they tell us they recently seized more than 50 pounds of molly pills. 50 pounds. they say they also have suspects. and those suspects are in the ages of 20-year-olds. and they are saying tonight that investigation is still ongoing. in the meantime the reason we're here in

by the way, virginia and d.c. were not affected by the settlement. >>> the news 4 i-team shows you how easy it is for thieves to steal your bike even if it is locked. who is being targeted. there is one thing you can do to keep your bike safe. >>> we are looking for your generosity this evening and giving you a chance to help our local students head back to school with a backpack and the school supplies they need. just call us to donate to backpacks 4 kids. we are trying to get school plies to students who >>> the latest on our severe thunderstorm over the airport out towards dulles airport severe thunderstorm warning for louden and fairfax county. here is the toll road coming through portions of hernden. a very dangerous storm, a ton of lightning. severe thunderstorm warning until 5:00. we will continue to keep you posted. >>> the market rate for teeth might be on a downward trend if you ask the tooth fairy. a survey finds kids are getting an average of $3.40 a tooth this year down from $3.70 still more than two

i trust the women of virginia. a for-profit corporation should be able to interfere in an employees health care choices. where weis is an area have a very different approach. there are very large differences between the two candidates. >> this is an area where you're making up my views. [laughter] please provide the documentation. i am caf auct is c.it -- i am catholi i went to the same catholic school. your democratic candidate is a caf au lait. -- catholic. i can also send you a copy of john kennedy's catholic speech. college ofmerican obstetricians and gynecologists that there is no medical reason no reason, there is for the pill to be a prescription drug. it should be available by the counter. i support that. but that would make it a lot easier for women. even when obamacare passed and you're making the case we needed to enact it because there were millions who are uninsured, when it is fully permitted, there million who get insurance and 30 million that aren't. we would disrupt the insurance of people to ensur

in northern virginia silfverberg, wusa9. >> virginia state police arrested a sterling teenager on seven child porn counts today, but what is particularly strange about this case is that the 19-year-old connor flores was picked up in the very same house where a 16-year-old neighbor was shot to death one year ago. in march of 2013 caleb godly apparently mistook the neighbor's home for his own because he was drunk and trying to get home before his dad found him. the homeowner shot the unarmed teen-ager to death. police say the cases are unrelated, but caleb's dad is not so sure. >> i don't know what kind of culture is being brooded in that house, but it's one i no longer want to be associated with. i'm moving next week. >> police say the arrest of flores was part of an ongoing investigation into possession and distribution of child porn. >>> more than a year ago the national highway safety traffic administration forced chrysler to recall 1.5 million suvs over concerns about fire deaths. as of this day those 1993 to 1998 jeep grand cherokees and 2002 to 2007 jean liberty models have not bee

in virginia, $3.23. and in west virginia, $3.50. >>> so we have the gas prices going down and then the temperatures going up. >>> good morning. cloudy skies the farther south and west you live or travel. and rain showers down to our southwest, as well, coming our way for later on today. not every will get wet, but i'd have the umbrella ready to be safe. rain chances will be highest today from washington southbound into southern maryland and also across central virginia. today's high temperatures mid to upper 80s, but feeling more like 90 thanto everyone's favorite august humidity. >>> definitely everybody's favorite. still slow outer loop at river road. this is from the earlier crash as you hit the spur. it is going to be backed up. you can see 270 at montrose, only moving 15, 20 miles per hour. hopefully that will pick up soon. the accident is actually out of the way. also your other slow pot in the area through triangle, 95 northbound in virginia. everything either looking typical. follow us at fi@firs

a court of appeals judge ruled the same-sex marriage ban in virginia is unconstitutional. i'm of the legal questions the justices will face in the future are not only whether a state can prevent a same-sex couple from marrying but also whether it can refuse to recognize marriages from other parts of the country. outside of the u.s. to bring court today, we spent time talking to a mother of two who also has nine grandchildren. she says she is from michigan, grantedstay has been delaying its ruling. she has been paying close attention to what happens on capitol hill because it will have an impact not only in virginia but in at least four other states. here's why -- >> i was partnered for 14 years, and my partner passed away from cancer. we lived together and shared everything. we had mutual debts. we raised a huge family. when she passed away, even though we had all of that, and we had videotaped her last will and testament and videotaped how she wanted her estate settled and everything else, none of that was upheld because we were not considered a marital couple. i lost abs

he went down 23450adeerfield, virginia. tis outside charlottesville. crews are still searching on the ground and from the air. national d pilot reported ain-flight emergency and then lost radio contact. still not cl yet whether the pilot ejected. >>> right w the search is on for the driver who hit someone and took off in silver spring. police are looking for a black four door honda. the car has heavy front end and wind shieldamage. police s the driver hit someone piney branch road. the car was seen headed toward takoma par we'olth person who was hit will recover. >>> it is expected to be a short day in the corruption trial of bob mcdonnell. final witnesse will be called today. closing arme e not expected uilro tug at the ear crestearliest. their oldest daughter said her mother ha mild obsession th john an jonllef gave a $10,000 wedding gift which she says they returned when they realized williams was a, quote, criminal. prosecuto objected that statement but the jury already heard the regarding. williams no be charged with any crime. >>> today you'll ha

the army of northern virginia is quartered just south of the rapadan river here in virginia. the massive army of the potomac is just to the north of him, just on the other side of the river. lee is the kind of general that likes to take the initiative, but he can't. he's massively outnumbered. he's also aware of that army in the shenandoah valley and the army forming below richmond and realizes he may have to shift reinforcements from one to another. lee basically takes a waiting game. what is grant going to do. grant is going to move one way or the other. lee is uncertain. so he for fits the initiative to his opponent. this is unlike the lee that we usually see. but in this instance he has no choice. he sends his cavalry out past each ends of his lines sort of to act as a trip wire to let him know where the federals are coming from and then waits. the army was commanded by general george gordon lee, the hero of gettysburg, mead at this point was in a hot seat. he failed to destroy lee's army at gettysburg. he was being investigated by congress. we all know how bad that can b

now to the breaking news from richmond where a former virginia governor, bob mcdonnell, is detailing his life in the executive mansion under oath. >> that's right. the former governor took the stand this afternoon at his own corruption trial. our northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg has covered this case from the beginning and joins us live from richmond with what mcdonnell is saying there. >> certainly an amazing scene is in the courtroom. not many people expected the governor to take the stand today but he did at about 3:20 this afternoon going until 5:30 when court wrapped up. toward the end of his testimony he was questioned somewhat about star scientific saying his administration did little to help the company. governor mcdonnell leaving the courthouse met with an absolute crush of cameras. a lot of testimony focusing on the governor's biography, talking about his upbringing in the mount vernon section of fairfax county. his time at the university of notre dame and his time in the public sector, the house of delegates and his run for attorney general and run for governor

i want you to focus in here across parts of west virginia. development we will be tracking here in the next couple of hours as we close in not just on the doppler radar. you can see still west of the i-81 quarter. we expect them to be pushing in within the next hour or two. then this line will hold together and make it into the metro by the evening commute. have umbrellas handy. if you are traveling today, the latest right now in san francisco, los angeles, and chicago. an excessivent out heat warning was just issued for st. louis, which includes ferguson for the rest of the week, where the heat levels will reach 100 and seven. we will talk more about the thunderstorm threat and when we will get a break, coming up in another few minutes. all right. see you in a few. thank you. the third day for the defense on a trial for bob mcdonnell. focusing on the couple's finances. is --nsic accountant financially sound. they are accused of accepting more than 165 thousand dollars in gifts and loans from the former head of the dietary supplements company

but not former virginia governor bob mcdonnell. for 15 trial days he's walked into a swarm of reporters and photographers on the way in and out of court. always a -- >> good morning, everybody. >> reporter: and then a few words. >> we're looking forward to continuing to have the truth come out. >> reporter: as the defense prepares to call its witnesses, mcdonnell has a little more to say. >> obviously this is crushing to be a defendant in a criminal case, but i know in my heart what the truth is and we look forward to having our case. >> reporter: the prosecution's three weeks delivered 45 witnesses and hundreds of documents all tied together with a flashy color coded chart. but some legal analysts and court room observers say in the end it may come down to who the jury believes. star prosecution witness and gift giver jonnie williams or bob mcdonnell. >> his credibility, his ability to articulate reasons for his actions or inactions will be outcome dermtive in all likelihood. >> i don't think anyone believes johnnie has overriding

it's headed toward virginia and west virginia. you can see the increase in showers and storms in this part of the world tracking almost due east. for us we've had some clouds. the farther north and east you go, the more breaks you've had, air. we actually have temperatures in northern maryland in the 50s. a little bit of fog but that's improving. visibilities down in warrenton to a quarter to half mile earlier. no real problems right now. that is probably the last time we'll look at it this morning. temps in the 50s. 60s and low 70s now and look for highs this afternoon still comfortable. it's been quite a summer. highs in the low to mid-80s but the slim shower or thunderstorm chance this afternoon and this evening. it is 6:00. bewitching hour. let's find out what's happening on the roads. here's olga in for monika. >> i can tell the time change because traffic volumes are really starting to pick up, especially here as we look at our traffic out on the outbound side of i-95. it's a pretty steady trip all morning long. actually thi

in virginia, it wasn't. in virginia you have reconstruction for the first few years in the immediate aftermath of the war, and then reconstruction comes in in this odd way, with the leadership of the former confederate. now, how long that could have lasted, who knows? but it does give you a sense that post-war virginia is a bit more complicated and even interesting than you might at first think. at least in my mind it is. mahone -- somebody needs to write a biography of mahone. the last one was written in the mid-1930s, and i can tell you why it hasn't been written. if you go into the archives and read his own handwriting, it's chicken scratch. it's like reading an ekg scan. it's horrible. i was just going page after page and there are hours on end when i'm just sitting there looking at this, going, who could read this? i mean, who was he talking to? it's one of those things. somebody needs to get at that. my pleasure. >> having participated in a whole host of events in the last three days commemorating the

in west virginia, west virginia is nominally a democratic state a very conservative democratic state so there is a partisan dimension to this. engaged in fairly substantial study and research in the options it had creating its own exchange. and, as a result of actuarial nalysis and as a result of looking at some of the complexities of putting together i.t. opted not to establish its own exchange and instead to a federal-state partnership. it is a fairly hands off the side of west virginia. the state has not been pro theve per se in advertising healthcare insurance exchange, instead relying on the federal as well as relying on various nongovernmental state.ediaries across the so, the state has taken a hand off approach to the exchange exchange.artner in the but it has not been a hostile passive but more of a position. now, let's look at one of the a.c.a.mportant aspects of for west virginia and that is medicaid expansion. state wrestled with the decision whether or not to expand medicaid. arguments about some some fiscal constraints, of the healthcare access constraints discussed in o

the army of northern virginia. some units were nearly wiped out the second vermont lost two-thirds of his men on may 5th and help stop to the core from capturing. the taxes brigade lost 550 of its 800 men who turn oxters counter atakapa. the question now was what would grant to next? of the union army generals expected him to emulate his predecessors and go into camp. lee however never really believed grant would withdraw. grant was sometimes uncannily alike and strategic thinking. thinking that he would push off. a major crossroads here is what lee would have done. exactly what granted. grant's army began moving the night of may 7th and 8th when the yankees realize they're returning south to recross. they cheered and shouted thrilled with his message, i propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer. go ahead. longstreet with all of the war had warned his fellow officers not to underestimate grant. he told them we must make up our minds to get in a battle and to stay there. that man will fight us

virginia tech wins 34-9. another really good game, alabama, west virginia tied on a new quarterback. maybe they should have worked on their special teams defense here. second quarter, super mario. got legs and he knows how to use them. 100 yard kick return. 20-17 alabama at the half. so it looked like a good game. then bama got it rolling in the second half. alabama wins 33-23. let's switch gears to baseball now. the nats playing these late games out in seattle on the west coast. steven stephen strasburg on the hill. nice play on the line drive and then later on, jason, 5.5 on the richter scale. nats leading this one 3-0 in the 7th inning. finally, let's get you out of here on a great play. finally, best play of the day. nebraska, you'll see a nice catch by jordan westercamp. look at the replay, guys. behind the back and the double toe tap. the double toe tap there. you only need one in college and he got two. that was great stuff. >> he is prepping for the pro days. >> that is an awesome play. >> that's amaz