senate in west virginia? >> yes, probably pay more taxes than anybody on this state to west virginia. [cheers and applause] and if it was not for me, neither of the two guys will be up here. it is funny that pat says only conservative on the stage, conservatives were not even popular in west virginia then i caused them to be conservative by investing $5 million of my own money. honesty, it is funny to hear politicians talk about honesty. i think that that is odd. and as far as a voting record, i voted for the unborn and i have given hundreds of thousands of dollars to write for life. that is a real vote. being able to use the states money, that is pretty easy to do. it does not take any personal sacrifice to do that. i have made a lot of personal sacrifices if you will to stop the bomb that would have wasted money in west virginia cut your food tax. those types of sacrifices when you are a conservative or you take a position that is not popular is what it is going to take to drain the swamp. you cannot drain

>> from virginia. >> virginia? >> reporter: one week later, bobby smith did travel to colorado to pick up the oil from the stanley brothers. >> most of them stop right there. >> reporter: because of the work the mothers did, bobby will not face prosecution for having the oil in virginia, but he is defying federal laws by taking it out of colorado. >> the moms ran the marathon and i got to finish it. thank you so much. >> nice to meet you. nice to meet you, too. >> wow. yes! as far as we have traveled, as much as the homes have done, our hope and prayers is that this medication works. ♪ >> reporter: as the sun rose in virginia, it was a new day. after bobby's first trip to colorado in 2015, hailey started treatments with charlotte's web. >> you ready? >> reporter: there was no anteguarit would work, but the smiths believe it was worth a try. >> there it is. taste like brussels sprouts? >> reporter: lisa and bobby are hopeful as they wait to see if it works. jennifer collins is using the thc-a she first tried in co

showcasing west virginia. i'm a proud west virginia. he married a west virginia girl. it raised three children and my oldest son is serving our country in the united states marines. it's who we are in service. i probably endorsed donald trump, working with him each and every step of the way. patrick was a never-trump, he surrounded by them. we need somebody who will support a president, stand up for what we believe. i have a 100% voting record with the national right to life and an a+ ranking with the nra. we will take out joe manchin this november. i would be honored to have your vote. >> bret: gentlemen, thank you very much. that concludes our debate tonight. very interesting. the night is just beginning. >> martha: indeed it is. i will be back next with more of "the story." we thank all of you for being here tonight. >> bret: thank you for joining us. [applause] ♪ because you've made sure this sensor and this machine are integrated. & she can talk to him, & yes... atta, boy. some people assign genders to machines. and you can be sure you won't have any problems. e

she lived in virginia. she kept a diary throughout the war and he recalls all the atrocities taken as soldiers marching back and forth, looting, stealing, etc. not a judith mcguire thing. there were two brothers. one killed in the war, the other kept a journal. that should be published in its entirety. henry deshields certainly worthy of publication. you can't imagine the wealth of this collection and the photographs are just outstanding. but again, i would like -- once more to offer my thanks to the dozens of people in virginia, some of whom stood in line for an hour or more to share their collections with the library. and with you and with man kind. it's just a tremendous accomplishment that we made. in many respects exceeds anything that's been accomplished. the seqicentennial -- it was just a sheer joy and pleasure to work with them on behalf of history and certainly on behalf of the commonwealth. the legacy collection is just there and i don't think any reputable civil war historian can bypass it. it's

the walkout actually started here in west virginia. what educators have been gathering at the capitol for sel days protesting low pay and school funding in arizona working on a budget. fox 35 in orlando, in the neighborhood dealing with yet another sinkhole, a major one adding to one dozen holes that have formed since last week. at least eight families have been displaced as engineers work to fill the holes. this is alive look at san francisco from our affiliate box two tran. looking at the high gas prices, california conservatives want to appeal a recent tax and registration fee and turn nearly 1 million signatures to put the question before voters this november. it comes to days after the officials announced billions of dollars in mass transit improvements funded in part to buy sites. that is tonight's live look outside the way from "special report," we will be back here in west virginia after a quick break. ♪ insurance that won't replace the full value of your new car? you're better off throwing your money right into the harbor. i

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia. mr. goodlatte: on that i ask for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this uestion will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? mr. goodlatte: mr. speaker, i move to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 4854, the justice service act of 2018. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 4854, a bill to amend the d.n.a. analysis backlog elimination act of 2000 to provide additional resources to state and local prosecutors, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from virginia, mr. goodlatte, and the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee, will each control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from

virginia's most famous unit, the 51st virginia. camp and foro about two weeks the men heard nothing. they were writing letters home but getting nothing in reply. thomas fisher wrote his wife complaining that quote we don't get letters enough. john campbell and offered me a quarter for my letter today. he said he had not got one for so long that he would have to buy one off somebody or else he would have to get none at all. james charles as if you don't get one, he intended to write a long letter, take it home and let his wife read it and then bring the answer back. was the more amazing letters of his wife, frances. i would've paid to a known that woman, she was headstrong and aghly opinionated and she is pleasure -- it is a pleasure to reader letters. in her first letter to thomas in her first lighter to thomas fisher, -- letter, she asked thomas fisher, i want to know if you have washed yourself at this time, or if you have washed at all? tot difference did it make her, but i guess she was concerned. she replied with, i have not w

the first primary races taking place in virginia, north carolina, west virginia and ohio. capri, a lot of these races are in your neck of the woods, so to speak. this is the heartland where president trump was able to sway a lot of president obama voters and bring them over to him and made history. how important is it tonight? >> the three states in question that are closest to me are indiana, west virginia, and my home state, the state of ohio. these are states that president trump won and we have united states senate seats up for election this cycle that are held currently by democratic incumbents. so many will be riding on who comes out of these gop primaries. particularly in the cases of indiana and west virginia, it is about who loves trump more, who can align themselves more with donald trump. but the question becomes who is the best individual at the end of the day to win the general election. all three these will have a direct impact on the balance of the united states senate. charles require want to take a listen to two of the three leading candidates in west virg

here in virginia, as dr. robinson mentioned, there are more deaths than in any other place, because of the fighting. so we have the opportunity to really dig deep and consider what it meant to be a child, not only in war, but before war. not only before and during war, but after war. and to consider what it means for children living in war now. all over the world. they, too, experience sickness. the diarrhea, the jaundice, lice, hunger, lack of clothing. homelessness. and in spite of all of that, they kept going. and children today keep going. the friends orphan asylum here in richmond was founded immediately after the civil war. those papers are in the valentine museum. lucy brooks was a major leader in that. because there were so many homeless children wandering the streets. not knowing where to go. and we began to see small groups of women all over the south, particularly here in virginia, starting these friends asylums to help the children. we know the friedman bureau agents did what they could. we have t

first to peter doocy in west virginia. hi, peter. >> don blankenship has self-funded his entire three and a half million dollar campaign with the exception of one donation for $1,000. nobody is telling him what to do, and that's why his primary day included a trip to the tailor to get fitted for a new suit and a two hour nap. his final day radio ad actually repeated establishment republican attacks against him for being a bigot or mentally ill, but he explains to voters in the ad that even if those things are true he thinks he would be a better choice than congressman evan jenkins or attorney general patrick morrisey. morrisey and jenkins have something that blankenship doesn't, and that is the blessing of president trump. in a state where trump beat clinton by 42 points in 2016. morrisey's closing argument that it was all about electability. he believes that after the fox news debate last tuesday this became a two-man race race between himself and blankenship and that his resume is the only one conservative enough to flip

let's go to west virginia, the state elections, cover and ohio, frame for our global audience the two or three republicans that would go after a beloved democrat senator. we have three republicans running for the primary not in west virginia, one of a convicted felon who actually spent time in prison. the former ceo of melon crop. is fascinating in this braces that he is from to cast -- he is trying to cast himself as the true trump republican, even though the president has decidedly not woodhead. tot is a fascinating race see whether he convicts can win the republican nomination in west virginia. democrats,can the

some of you were up on your virginia history might have heard of mary willingberg who was a wealthy virginia widow who said some provocative stuff during the revolution. the one thing she said that was really provocative and kind of famous -- she didn't want to pay taxes so she said look, why should i pay taxes? i have no representation in the legislature. i am a widow, i own property, you are taking my property, but i can't vote. i cannot elect people to the legislature. in other words, no taxation without representation. just like it says on the washington, d.c. license plate. of course, there is abigail adams, like the most famous revolutionary woman of all who says remember the ladies. one of the things i would point out is that abigail adams said that in a private letter to her husband, john. even mary makes that comment in a private letter to the governor of virginia, thomas jefferson who i am sure was not at all amused by what she had to say because jefferson, as we know had issues with women. the point is, all of these other women who sent in these cool stuff, they are saying it in p

, now, west virginia. and although she was initially sympathetic with the north in the secession crisis, when her new husband opted to side with the confederacy in the war and actually join the confederate army, martha switched loyalty to the south. she became pretty outspoken about her newfound confederate loyalty and her letters home to her father, and reading them, is are we dealing with zeke and now he's getting letter from martha -- letters from martha that are very pro-confederate and sentiment. in nearly drove him mad. he wanted to do something about it, but it took the unlikely intervention of his brother, clay. -- caches he says i figured to overlook her secession is him, because it is a virtue and a woman to go with her husband and all things very so don't think about her politics, don't take the politics that seriously, what's important is she is deferring to her husband, let's honor that marital relationship read -- relationship. that's exactly how u.s. army major from vermont approach his own

the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? mr. goodlatte: i move to suspend e rules and pass h.r. 613, lieutenant osvaldo albarati self-protection act of 2017 the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report. the clerk: a bill to amend title 18 united states code to require that the director of the bureau of prisons ensures that each executive officer of a penal institution provides a safe storage area located outside of the secured perimeter of the penal institution for firearms carried by the employees of the bureau of prisons and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from virginia, mr. goodlatte, and the gentleman from maryland, mr. raskin, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from virginia. mr. goodlatte: i ask that members may have five legislative days to include extraneous material on h.r. 613 under consideration. i yield myself such time as i may consume. in 2004, congress passed and president bush signed into law the law enforcement officers safety act.

it is he ceded from virginia when virginia seceded from the union. they hated virginia, the central government so much they broke apart. they've also had a long history of racial strife, which ties into that union history as well, right, because you had unions where you had white and black workers going into coal mines, and then some of the strike that happened, you had robert byrd, former senator from west virginia who was a democrat but earlier in his life had been in the kkk. it's a complicated state. joe manchin has won it by being west virginian. by appealing to the sort of sensibility of we havians across party lines. he's going to have trouble this time i think regardless of who is nominated. we saw him earlier in the show trotting out with gina haspel who democrats hate and basically blessing her. >> jonathan allen, national political reporter for nbc news, thank you so much. noted. it is no secret of course that the republican congress has a mixed record of legislative accomplishment in this trump era. they did pass major tax cuts, mostly be

right now we can bring you these results from west virginia. cnn projects mike pence's brother greg pence has won the congre congressional bid. we're also keeping a close eye on an election in west virginia. i want to get the latest on that from john king. john? >> mitch mcconnell and donald trump at the moment breathing a bit easier. they intervened to prevent this man, don blankenship, a coal executive -- with 30% of the vote in. he is running third. so we'll still count the votes as we go through, but right now the republican establishment fine with either attorney general battery morrissey or evan jechkens. they were worried about don blankenship if he won the nomination that democrat joe manchin would likely win and keep in a hand a seat the republicans very much think they can pick up this week. despite all the talk of a blue wave, donald trump won west virginia by more than 40 points. a lot of votes to count, but if you watch this play out, you see some of the morrissey votes up here in the northern part of the state. this is where he li

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i'm the guy that created a lot of jobs in west virginia. neither of my candidates or opponents did, i should say. so i'm better positioned to help with jobs. >> david devona is chairman of go pack. give me your thoughts. >> the fox news poll shows this really is a two-person race between the attorney general, patrick morrisey and congressman evan jenkins. the key to this, melissa, is the fact that republicans should gain seats in the senate this year and the path goes through west virginia. we win the seat in west virginia, republicans are going to pick up three to four seats in the u.s. senate. >> so that is the prediction that is well outside the norm. where do you see the three seats coming from and why the pickup as opposed to the conventional wisdom, which we think of, nonetheless, has been that the democrats are going to do very well in these mid-terms? >> you have incumbents in indiana, montana, here in west virginia, in missouri who are all in political cross currents. they're voting with the democratic leadership in the senate when

are based in virginia. for example, phis his tax returns from his home in virginia. and he didn't report the income he got from his work in the ukraine. so he failed to pay federal taxes on that money. and that is a crime that occurred when he filed in virginia. so that's why that is there. and it can be prosecuted by the u.s. attorney for the eastern district of virginia or it can be prosecuted by the special counsel depending on how the jurisdictional statement is written. and i am pretty sure that mr. mueller would not have brought those charges if they weren't within what he had been assigned by mr. rosenstein. but it won't help mr. manafort if for some reason the judge decides that mueller cannot charge him with these crimes. then the eastern district can. crimes have been committed, the grand jury found enough evidence to say he should stand trial and he should stand trial. >> and jill, are judges allowed to consider the likelihood that charges will lead to potential impeachment in a case like this? >

and for a while, by virginia law in what is today alexandria, virginia, some of you know that alexandria was part of d.c., and then the retro session, where they gave alexandria back to virginia. so these cases involve what happened in those jurisdictions, and those jurisdictions are basically governed by maryland and virginia law. i don't want to get into the technicalities here, because we don't have three or four hours to explain them. although i think i do a pretty good job in the book. but the simple issue is this. if you move to the district, you had to register the slaves you brought into the district. you had a certain amount of time to do it. and you had to assert that you were moving into the district to make it your permanent residence. you could not import slaves if you lived in the district, unless you inherited them from somewhere else. so you could not go to virginia and buy a slave and bring it into the maryland portion of the district. and both under virginia law and maryland law, this was the rule. importation was illegal in many circumstances, or required registration.

too early to tell in west virginia. but that ask a theme that if you think about it, it really goes back, you know, to donald trump himself. it's interesting. kennedy: it's funny because in that race in particular, that senate primary in indiana, braun was carrying about cardboard cutouts of mezzer and rokita to show how identical they were. >> i do that with you and lou. people eat it up. kennedy: we're your flat stanleys. >> you know, it's interesting. when i look at that and we see some of the other races, we were looking at richard carter who looks like he will be the former financial director who was recruited to run in this race in ohio. he's goings to be the democratic standard there. this was a candidate who, you know, fought often a lot of potential challenges who wanted to be in the race and he used that background that he had with elizabeth warren and everything else and sealed the deal. >> it really speak to the two sides of the party. elizabeth warren, hillary clinton, bernie sanders type of party and then

this is about the future of west virginia. my west virginia roots, raised my family here. it is an optimistic outlook working with president trump and having the president weigh in yesterday saying he supported a vote for evan jenkins today means the world. we will win today. we're a brighter future and proud west virginiaians standing up for what we believe in. >> julie: that's how you sell yourself when you talk about your opponent. sometimes you have to do that. let's talk about jobs and coal mining. two issues of great interest in west virginia. how does your opponent differ on those issues? >> well, look, i was the one who was standing in the white house with president trump. president trump signing the legislation i passed in congress that saved 1/3 of all the coal mining jobs in america. i'm the one working with president trump that actually passed the tax cut bill that is putting more money in people's pockets. the big distinction between me and the other folks are that i'm actually working with president trump. the economy is improving. in fact, last year west vir

. >> what is west virginia seeing for that? a guy that got about $2 a pound. >> it becomes a industry like coal and timber. >> that's the story of west virginia. >> they are looking to keep the culture alive and appreciated and paying off locally from the region it originated in. lost peak farm is their place. in the nucleus of that is the garden. >> and we have two different varieties that we are picking today. the one is the logan giant. >> there is logan giant seeds and the strain of bean and i save these for 40 years. >> this guy at the end of the table, he said it is important to carry on these traditions and gave me beans. >> this is what heirloom looks like outside of foods. beans, candy roasted squash and okay heart tomatoes. >> soft and sweet green tomato. >> these ingredients define a lost time and flavor. >> we have sweet corn chowder. >> and you have these crackers. >> and the way you work is work within your means and create something special out of what you have and we have suffered from this in a way. it created

morgantown, west virginia. the candidates are facing off in the fox news primary debate for the senate seat. more on that next hour. >> sandra: what a race to watch. >> bill: secretary of state mike pompeo saying he agrees with the assessment out of israel that iran lied to the world about its nuclear program. new reaction from the white house when we talk to deputy press secretary raj shah live from the north lawn coming up in moments right here. >> i actually think if we pull out now it won't be the disaster that everybody is talking about. i would not have signed this deal. i don't think it was a very good deal. we were in a hurry to get a deal and left a lot on the table. idn't use it. wish we got money back on gym memberships. get money back hilarious. with claim-free rewards. switching to allstate is worth it. >> tech: don't wait for a chip like this to crack your whole windshield. with safelite's exclusive resin, you get a strong repair that you can trust. plus, with most insurance a safelite repair is n

are based in virginia. for example, he files his tax returns from his home in virginia. and he didn't report the income he got from his work in the ukraine. so he failed to pay federal taxes on that money. and that is a crime that occurred when he filed in virginia. so that's why that is there. and it can be prosecuted by the u.s. attorney for the eastern district of virginia or it can be prosecuted by the special counsel depending on how the jurisdictional statement is written. and i am pretty sure that mr. mueller would not have brought those charges if they weren't within what he had been assigned by mr. rosenstein. but it won't help mr. manafort if for some reason the judge decides that mueller cannot charge him with these crimes. then the eastern district can. crimes have been committed, the grand jury found enough evidence to say he should stand trial and he should stand trial. >> and jill, are judges allowed to consider the likelihood that charges will lead to potential impeachment in a case like thi

he doesn't live in west virginia. he uses racially charged slurs and then you look at a candidate like roy moore. he had all sorts of terrible allegations about touching underage girls. are voters being drawn to them because they don't like washington? is that the kind of candidate you get when you don't like washington? >> well, in this version of the republican party, that's exactly the candidate that you get. somebody who is being a true outsider. remember that blankenship blames the federal government for that mine explosion. that it wasn't about anything the company did. it was about something the federal government did. so that is a message that he has certainly put out to voters and i think a lot of voters have embraced. but blankenship is a lot like trump. it seems like the more you attack him, the more solidified his base becomes. >> what about the other races today? what we're seeing in ohio? or indiana? >> you know, the senate primary is a bit of a snooze. it's actually more of a snooze. the congressman sho

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, and what's west virginia seeing from that? probably a guy that got about $2 a pound. >> emily hillard: it becomes just another extractive industry like coal or timber. and you sort of start to see that -- >> anthony: that's the story of west virginia. >> emily: yeah. >> anthony: chef mike costello and partner amy dawson are looking to keep that culture alive and appreciate it, and paying off locally for the region it originated in. "lost creek farm" is their place. ♪ and the nucleus of that effort is the garden. >> amy: we have two different varieties that we are picking today. the one are the logan giants. >> lou: this seed is logan giant seed. they're an heirloom strain of beans and i've had these seeds for 40 years. i've saved these for 40 years. >> mike: this guy down at the end of the table, he said it's important for somebody to carry on these traditions, and gave me his stock of heirloom beans this year. >> anthony: this is what heirloom looks like outside of holy foods. fat horse beans, candy roaster squash and homer

when i worked at the virginia historical society, now called the virginia museum of history and culture, i was fortunate to be part of the creation of the , the database of virginia slave names. it was in those records that i really began to think about the children. it is difficult on a daily basis to pull those documents, now crumbling, inc. fading. the writing almost illegible -- now crumbling, ink fading, the writing almost illegible, and listen to the parents who sold their children, sometimes to buy a horse, sometimes to give money to a relative, and not consider what that meant for the family, but those children to be sold away so easily. that is the kind of thing that stays with you past 5:00. you go home and you wonder what happened to them? where did they go? it is the remnants that we have now and that we try to reconstruct. in many ways, we are not able to. but the memory of reading those .ocuments still stays with me oftentimes, i would wake up from nightmares, scratches on me, like i had run through the fields. because to read that every day wears on the spirit. i remember

thanks for your insight from west virginia. i appreciate it. >> my pleasure, chris, any time. >>> still to come, the massive implications for war and peace as donald trump chooses to withdraw, to leave the iran deal. we'll talk about what happens next. plus scott pruitt becoming a fixture in thing one and thing two, next. >>> thing one tonight, scott pruitt, the mary lou retton has travel expenses that are legendary thanks to his flying first class from the interactions that could sometimes happen in coach. >> issues that arise in travel and there have been instances unfortunately during my time as administrator as i spent time -- of interaction not been the best. >> the official reason he gave for flying first class everywhere is the same reason he has for 24 hour secret -- security detail and approaching $3 million according to an epa official, including a 20-member full time detail more than three times the size of his predecessor and the justification is what the epa spokesperson called an unprecedented number of threats ag

the virginia assembly does not have any money. they talk about getting a petition for this poor widow. george is outraged. he writes a long letter that becomes a letter that he writes many more times in different varieties. she is imagining it. all of her children would take care of her in a second. i know that she is not missing anything, i know that she is not missing anything. he didn't know anything about her. he had no idea what she needed or didn't need. had it no sense of the depth of her desperation, her family is disintegrating again just the way it did when she was a child. she has no material resources. they have vanished. i know i am running way over. we will talk more about all of these things, i hope in a few minutes. thank you. [applause] charlene: it is a great honor to introduce the next woman. cynthia is a professor of history at george mason university where she teaches courses on early america, women and gender, and early southern history. she is impressively prolific. the author or editor of nine books includi

that virginia crossroads where robert e. lee and stonewall jackson quite literally outflanked another new union army commander joseph hooker. -- thez of gettysburg horrors of gettysburg were on the southern end of that battlefield. a place called roses woods. the southern fringe of the wheat. and there they held a reed thin line at a horrific human cost. and then our subject this morning. the ghastly horrors of the oberlin campaign. that grisly drive that led from the wilderness to spotsylvania to pottawatomie creek and then to cold harbor. i think it is safe to say that even a battle tested, battle hardened veteran like john west tailey who had seen bergricksburg, chancellors -- chancellorsville, and gettysburg was completely unprepared for what awaited him by the james river that summer of 1864. the remarkable candor and sardonic wit of his below menace diaries permits us as historians access to albeit in a limited way some of the human realities of this campaign. clearary not only makes the superhuman physical emotional e

the library of virginia in richmond, the american civil war museum and the university of virginia center for civil war history co-hosted this hour- long talk. >>> good afternoon, everyone. thank you so much for joining us for the american civil war symposium, ordinary people, extraordinary times. next up on our roster is doctor amy taylor. she is the associate professor of history at the university of kentucky where she received the 2016 great teacher award from the university of kentucky alumni association. she taught previously at the state university of new york at albany and her drive in from leksington, kentucky brought her past the university of -- in charlottesville. we have a lot of alumni. dr. taylor is a member of the board of editors of the journal of southern history, and the co- editor of the university of georgia press' uncivil wars series. she has received followoships for the national endowment for the humanities. her current book project, embattled freedom, is a study of the many thousands of men, women and children who fled slavery during the civil war and examines how

but first peter doocy on how this is all playing out with the folks in west virginia. good evening, peter. >> we have long known that don blankenship would be getting good news next wednesday because that's when his probation ends, but now he may be in a better position to get good news the day before the west virginia primary day because our politics editor believes blankenship may get as much as an eight-point boost from the nationally televised debate last night which basically featured blankenship standing stage right and watching while the two offense holders sharing the debate stayed with him chipped away at each other by trading brutal attack lines and accusations with one another and largely leaving blankenship out of it. but when the former colburn did speak he won applause and laughter from the constituents in the room with one-liners about his conviction and his residency in nevada. he apparently did well enough to have the conservative weekly standard now looking ahead to a possible match up with joe manchin. david bieler over there skeptically writes this.

grant against the confederate army of northern virginia. under robert e lee. the campaign ended with lee's army bottled up in petersburg. just south of the confederate capital of richmond. the siege would last more than nine months until lee was forced to abandon his fortifications. leading to his surrender at appomattox courthouse. this class is about 70 minutes. >> good morning. we are going to pick it up today where we left off on tuesday. war insider the civil its eastern campaigns in 1864. i want to do that today by peering through the eyes of this guy. john wes ailey. john west haily. he was an unlikely warrior. so were most of the more than 2 million men shouldered muskets and done union blue between 18 six he won and 18 625. own commission, naturally timid and shrinking -- shrink and -- shrunken. wracked by a thousand fears and misgivings. john actually set out the first 16 months of the civil war. of biddeford, a theing milltown perched on river, about a score of miles south of portland, maine. i had no inclination, here affected you later, for the bu

pritchard, s joe in west virginia. the president tweeting about the primary taking place tomorrow. to the great people of west virginia, we have together a big chance of making a big difference. said.esident the problem is don blankenship, republican running for the nomination, the president says he's currently -- he can't win the general election in your state. way. remember, alabama. the president tweeted. jenkins or a.g.

i'm not a voter in west virginia. nonetheless somehow, it seems to me blankenship is out trump, trump. he is the trump guy here. pop list energized candidate. that's what trump brought to the political scene in america and to west virginia. >> karl, what do you expect tomorrow night? >> i think it's going to be a economicked -- complicated night. 38% of the voters were undecided. we don't know what's happening here. sure some of then cob attract -- could be attracted by mr. blankenship. i give the people west virginia more credit. i don't think a bigoted approach to politics, something that's tearing down somebody not in the race coming from mouth of man who is convicted from jail who can't register to vote in nevada. his company has worst record of mine safety for decades. who oversaw a mine safety violations that results in death of 29 miners. i'm not sure that's a winning record even in the republican primary in west virginia. >> you're right. it will be fascinating to see which way undecided voters go. it might be

reporter: in west virginia president trump opinion means a lot, he beat hillary clinton by 42 points here, he said to great

west virginia, predicting how west virginia will vote is not an easy thing. there is a real problem that republicans are having drafting off of the trump -- off of trump's coattails. the big problem is that, you know, the anti-washington sentiment that got trump into the white house is still out there. so in place like west virginia, they wind up going behind guy like blankenship. >> west virginia is an interesting state, since about 2000, it's really been trending more and more red. the only reason joe manchin has been the main democrat there, he is very much in the middle. he didn't support tax cuts, he didn't support repealing obamacare. interesting to see how that plays in the general. i think he's still a very popular, he was governor of the state, if he were to lose as democrat of west virginia, i think that could be the beginning of west virginia completely being red. >> i've interviewed joe manchin and he is a strong candidate. don blankenship been to jail, probably not the best to have candidate who spent time in jail. >> did you see his campaign ad?

melissa: joining me, melody potter, west virginia gop chairman. boy, you got your work cut out for you right now. can i ask you first of all we heard recent polls saying blankenship is in the lead. is that how you're seeing things on the ground right now? >> well, you know, we're hearing rumors but we have not seen anybody produce a poll. but we all know what makes a difference who shows up on the election day. we've already had almost 70,000 people early vote. tomorrow is our primary. so what is going to down is who comes out to vote. melissa: what does that feel like right now? does it feel like more people are coming out than normal? what is the mood and volume like? >> well historically in west virginia during off-year elections i can go back to 2002 elections, everybody is excited because they realize their vote is their voice. melissa: when you have the president intervening, saying, vote for either of these two guys, not this guy, what is the outcome of something like that likely to be? there is always a chance that it backfires, he splits

as you see in west virginia, as you saw in alabama. but i'm really struck by the fact that, you know, even with all of the problems that donald trump has, all the problems looming on the horizon for him, within the republican party, every one of these primaries is a contest who is the most trump-like, who can bend the knee the most, you know, significantly to donald trump. there's almost no opposition or even skepticism about trump in any of these primaries, which is an indication of what's happened to the republican base. >> now, katie, the question becomes if you listen to the coverage of our lead story tonight, it was grave and morose at times. if this thing goes south and we become mired even more than we are in investigations and hearings, do you think that eagerness, that willingness to attach themselves to donald trump is situational? >> well, i think as your previous guest pointed out, or maybe it was actually blankenship pointed out when i was listening to him on the feed a moment ago, donald trump enjoys a really high popular

tim, i want to begin with you and west virginia. because while don blankenship did not win, the man who went to prison related to the deaths of hisiners at one of messy energy coal mines, he did rock the republican party. i want to go right now to his ad. this is one of don blankenship's ads or he attacked mitch mcconnell in a so-called "china family." mcconnell, who has opposed the senate run, , is meant to secretary of transportation elaine chao. cooks and candidate for u.s. senate and i approve this message. mcconnell has greeted millions of jobs for china people will doing so he has gotten rich. in fact, his china family has given him tens of lanes of dollars. images one people now running false negative ads against me. there also child asleep callinig me -- childless legally despicable. ditch be joe manchin and cocaine mitch for the sake of the kids. amy: cocaine mitch and the china family and elaine chao's father referred to as the china person. you might just say, welell, he lolost, that is the point. but this was very signif

i'm looking at west virginia, indiana and ohio. all three of those had some of the biggest games in republican primary voter turnout since 2014. it was extraordinary actually and surprised pundits. he's saying the president is popular, performing for people and the track record that he's brought across the table will drive voters to the polls to defend him. what is coming up on the ballot and showing that they know this, if the democrats were to win the house, you're going to have the threat of an impeachment. republicans will pour money into the races and do everything we can to defend the house. i'm not worried about the senate. >> neil: to be fair and i hear your point, but elisa, democrats have not mentioned impeachment but they might be contemplating that. they won't say it so overtly. but republicans talk about the sentiment of the economy, job security. it's hard to tell. something has changed here. i don't know whether it's the holdover from tuesday, but what do you think? >> i think they're feeling good from tuesday. repub

goodlatte of virginia. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 891, the gentleman from virginia, mr. demrat, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from virginia. mr. goodlatte: i yield myself such time as i may consume. this amendment makes two small but important changes to the underlying legislation. it first clarifies the language of the bill to assure those who are prosecuted are acting with some level of intent in ininjuring a police officer. it does this by changing the language from quote knowingly causing serious bodily injury to a law enforcement officer, unquote, to quote, to knowingly assault a police officer causing serious bodily harm. this will cover situations where someone unintentionally harms a police officer. this amends to ensure it covers all law enforcement officers who are putting themselves in harm's way each day, including corrections officers. mr. speaker, this amendment is important because it ensures that in practice

it's in west virginia. joe manchin, the democrat, these are the republicans vying to run against him. what you're look at here is the most recent public poll. i mean a media poll. we can all look at the numbers and dissect them. they put it all out there. the most recent public poll, about a week ago had don blankenship running in dead last. republicans in washington have spent a fortune trying to stop blankenship, the former coal mining executive, he was in prison for safety violations, they think he would be a disaster as a candidate and a disaster for the republican party, and they thought a week ago that they had nipped it in the bud. but this is what's happening the last 48 hours or so. a streex headlines about internal polls. these are not public polls. we can't look at them, but the rival republican campaigns in west virginia are sounding the alarm. they say blankenship is surging in their polls. they say he's taken the lead in their polls. they say he could actually win this primary in west virginia

he has visited west virginia several times already. and they think either one of these two establishment republicans, the attorney general and a republican congressman will be very competitive against joe manchin. most of all, anderson, they are happy. don blankenship when we're completely done with the votes will be done. >> thank you very much. joining me is dana bash and our political director. how do you see the race playing out tonight and the significance of it? >> the significance, first of all, is according to what john just said, that we are projecting right now is that the man that republican leaders here in washington were most worried about is not going to be their nominee. i mean, that's the headline. and the other two, depending on who wins, they're fine with. because this is a senate seat that they feel that there is no reason they should not win the incumbent. joe manchin has been in politics in west virginia for a very long time. he was governor before he has been senator. but he is also somebody who endorsed hillary c