the second one became a union general with the johnston asks buchanan's orders to put an end to the mormon aristide's and another that you grow up but by that time at whic time and withe battalion in the mexican war and i'm wondering if you had heard of these -- >> i'm going to let you down a second time

>> did he think this is what i need to do to promote the religion forever? >> what is he thinking when he goes back to ask >> she is referring to this strange crossing on june 20, joseph is -- it's very biblical that he's trying to escape. he said you should be ashamed of yourself. he is led out for the territory to be totally crass.

you've left us. we arhere and we aregoing to gee mobs of the fake militia armies and because it was a charismatic theocracy, the whole thing depended on joseph. without him they are vulnerable and she says, you know, we are all going to die. you know, she is essentially saying 3,000 people sailed the atlantic from england to come here and believe in you and belief in your bible and you are in a rowboat crossing the mississippi and you are going to go hide. i am not totally answering the question that giving that i

will, i don't know. there is really conflicting evidence. it would be more biblical and of course they control their own history for a long time. it would be more biblical if he did know that he was going to his own. but it was a predestined event. but you can't really say that. he does say some things. he totally is aware of the danger of going to carthage and he vocalizes those adhesive ands he gave to a very wealthy guy. he meets people on the same day before he is killed. the very last act is that he is sending a letter essentially to illinois to the absolutely best lawyer saying get me out of here and this always worked for him.

he had a reasonable expectation as he had been before. anyway, thank you so much. [applause]

"after words" with jeffrey rosen president and ceo of the national constitution center. this week justice john paul stevens and his latest book six amendments how and why you should change the constitution. a retired justice targets gun violence, poverty, gerrymandering and campaign finance and amendment of the leaves would better protect and empower citizens. the program is about one hour.

>> welcome justice stevens on behalf of the constitution center it is great eu. we were honored a few weeks ago by visiting us and the constitution center is the only institution in america that has a charter to disseminate information about the constitution on a nonpartisan basis and i can't think of a better book to discuss in connection with the commission and a wonderful new book. he proposed the amendments on the topics ranging from campaign finance and a sovereign inanity and gerrymandering to the gun control and the death penalty into the anti, during principle. these are cases where the court ruled that differently and you dissented. tell me why you decided to put these amendments.

>> guest: the immediate cause was the killing of schoolchildren in connecticut and about the fact that the rule place as an obstacle in the way of the governments getting a total information background checks to supersede the purchasing rounds and i hadn't realized before i read this "new york times" story that rule does increase the likelihood that they would be eligible with the alive to purchase that wasn't because of the particular tragedy that may be of other tragedies.

i'm going to redo the amendment that you propose and you can help explain it. you said adding the four words of their public officials after the word judges in the supremacy clause would allow the congress to impose mandatory duties on the public officials in every state. what is the problem that you are seeking to remedy. >> i think that it properly construed would already have allowed the government to impose mandatory duties. they could have requested a local policemen to help search for an airline terminal at the court has decided otherwise and prince phase and i think the potential consequences of that

decision are more serious than many people realize they are not the kind of consequences that arise every day that they are the timebomb in the back of the room as far as i am concerned that may in fact initiated the action that can be terribly important international situation. ..