was trying to convince congress, behind the scenes, another kessler was at work. >> jerry kessler ran a large dietary supplement company, was a very strong-willed character, >> the fda is going to limit potencies of vitamins, which is what they've said. the fda is going to take herbs and make them drugs... >> and he called together every leading manufacturer to come out to his ranch in california, which used to belong to ray kroc of mcdonald's, okay? so, jerry basically stands up before the group and says, "this is either the end of our industry or a new beginning, and we have to defend our interests." >> narrator: jerry kessler would turn out to be a very effective lobbyist, joining forces with powerful political friends. >> today, we honor the wishes of 100 million people: consumers of dietary supplements. >> narrator: friends like senator orrin hatch of utah. the senator declined to be interviewed. his state is seen as the global center for dietary supplement manufacturing. his son has lobbied for the industry, and hatch himself has owned shares in at least one supplement company.

the name george kessler has been part of our conversation. he was the original landscape architect of the city. he was born in germany. kansas,lly entered the missouri area when he was around 19 years old. he was actually born in 1862. that would have been about 1882. he worked on a park called railroad park in shawnee, kansas. ,e came to the kansas city side was brought into the design aspect by leaders of the community and started working on the parking boulevard system in kansas city. a lot of his early training and knowledge was with european cities. his family travel. he saw a lot of the great parks systems in europe. he got appreciation for what good landscape design was all about. this was also during the beautiful cities movement. he was a leader in that relationship o.n american -- relationship. people realized they wanted better living conditions, modern conveniences. obviously getting involved in transportation systems as far as what was happening. also roads, bridges, all these things that make for a better city. clean drinking wa

. >> kessler is the author of darkness at noon, one of the most important books of the 20th century, critique of the soviet system, and the finished that book and sent it to the publickers in london ten days before the nazis invaded france help is also a jew and hungarian and had been active in the communist party, anti-nazi and he knew when the german -- if the germ wants were able to roll into paris he would be in major trouble. so he escaped south like so many refugees did, and ends up through a series of calculations, joining the french foreign legion and changing his name. so he makes it to marseille, hooks win the british p.o.w.s who are trying to escape and the ends up in casa black could. he has no papers proving who he is and he is actually arthur kessler this is well-nope hungarian journalist. end upped at the american consulate andtles his start, and herbert gould, the consul general, listened, and he believes him and issues him an emergency circuit which allows him to get to lisbon and make it to britain. the french foreign legion is an important part of my book one of th

and tourists -- tourism is important for the businesses. >> reporter: kessler, along with four other permit requests, were denied by the city, citing safety reasons. the mayor says she is thankful for that. afraid that downtown businesses would not have been able to survive at august rally. >> the town is getting torn up by this. there is so much disruption that we can't get anything accomplished anymore. >> he tweeted the initial permit decision is bogus. the rational they give for denying it almost makes it seem like they want me to win. see you guys in court. >>> a east tennessee middle schooler is speaking after an emotional facebook video where he talks about being bullied. now his mother is addressing backlash on search over some other posts that show her and her son with confederate flags. mark reports from tennessee. >> i've had enough of it. they beat me up. so i texted my mom and i said what do i do here. >> whose idea was it to make the video? >> that's mine. >> people are different. don't need to be criticized about it. >> reporter: jones has been targeted by five fellow

oren kessler is a washington—based a nalyst kessler is a washington—based analyst and journalist andspondent for the jerusalem post. middle east affairs correspondent for thejerusalem post. what would your concern be if that would happen? i think the real concern is the threat of violence on the streets of the west bank and jerusalem and israel. you know, just this summer, when israel installed metal detectors on temple mount, we saw several days of violence that led to several people losing their lives. that is an immediate scenario that we are facing now. we have spoken about the various leaders in the middle east to have body said what they think about this and the concern that they have about it, the ramifications. what would he the dramatic fallout? i don't think the diplomatic fallout will be too great. i think of course we have her denunciations from the palestinian leadership and the saudis and other arab leaders. but but the palestinian and israeli leaderships realise that washington is really sort of the only game in town in terms of mediation. the french have tried to work

here is george kessler and the developer of the park and boulevard system. >> today's park and boulevard system is about 130 miles. our system today has about 12,000 acres of parkland in the city. that 12,000 acres is within about 310 square miles of kansas city. ofaddition to that 130 miles parks and

showing people on both sides, let's not get carried away. >> jon: jim kessler, josh holmes. thank you both. >> republicans looking for a victor on tax reform, but the house and the senate expected to vote on the bill today. what the president is predicting it will do for the u.s. economy. and now reduces cardiovascular risk. victoza® lowers my a1c and blood sugar better than the leading branded pill. (avo) and for people with type 2 diabetes treating cardiovascular disease, victoza® is now approved to lower the risk of major cardiovascular events such as heart attack, stroke, or death. and while it isn't for weight loss, victoza® may help you lose some weight. (avo) victoza® is not for people with type 1 diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. do not take victoza® if you have a personal or family history of medullary thyroid cancer, multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2, or if you are allergic to victoza® or any of its ingredients. stop taking victoza® and get medical help right away if you get symptoms of a serious allergic reaction such as rash, swelling, difficulty brea

the person who filed the permit was jason kessler, the primary organizer of the unite the night rallyey do not have enough police resources to honor that request. >>> an independent investigation into prince william county's bus service. according to the group's board of commissioners, they had planned to lay off more than a dozen employees. in an anonymous letter, they're claiming that the layoffs were racially motivated. nearly every employee who would be out of a job is a minority. they've postponed the decision until after the investigation. >>> we have new details this morning on a story we've been following for you. according to our news partners at wtop, the catholic archdiocese of washington is appealing the decision that blocks this christmas ad from being posted on metro has a policy of not showing ads from relimg us or political groups. a federal judge ruled in their favor. the policy violates its right to free speech. >>> we're working for you and telling you to check your smoke detectors. if you live in maryland and your detectors run on the 9 volt batteries, you have les

. >> noreen kessler: and you just see a whole new person, a whole new beginning.most like they're reborn. i can't think of another word but phenomenal. [ music ] >> roma downey: as a mother, i would do anything i could to help my child live a normal life. and i'm sure you would, too. but what if you couldn't do anything? what if you were totally helpless? that's the situation for hundreds and thousands of parents in developing countries whose children are

. >> noreen kessler: and you just see a whole new person, a whole new beginning. can't think of another word but phenomenal.

white supremacist jason kessler said organizers had peaceful aims. he wants an investigation of the city and police. anthony. >> mason: kris van cleave, thank you, kris. across hawaii today, a blast from the past. ( siren ) warning sirens in paradise. they blared in hawaiian cities and villages for the first time since the end of the cold war. it was just a test in response to a threat of an attack from north korea. coming up next on the cbs evening news, when harry and meghan met the public. and later, steve hartman with a judge who hands out justice tempered with compassion. if you could see your cough, you'd see all the sickness you're spreading. robitussin cf max. nothing lasts longer and treats more symptoms for your cough, cold and flu. (elevator bell ringing) robitussin cf max severe. because it's never just a cough. (avo) if you'rand you've triedlly pain any number of laxatives, robitussin cf max severe. probiotics, and fiber, it could be wearing on you. tell your doctor what you've tried and how long you've been at it. linzess works differen

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. >> noreen kessler: and you just see a whole new person, a whole new beginning.most like they're reborn. i can't think of another word but phenomenal.

the city of fountains with over 200 officially registered here in the metropolitan area. , george kessler and the development of the park and boulevards system. >> today park and all of art system is about 130 miles. our system is about 12,000 acres of parkland in the city. about2,000 acres is in 310 square miles of kansas city. in addition to that

the name george kessler comes up in conversation. he was the original landscape architect of the city. , actuallyrmany entered the kansas missouri -- missouri area when he was 18 years old. 1862 is when he was born. when he was about 22. he worked on a railroad car back in shawnee, kansas, and he came back to the kansas city side. there were other leaders of the community. a lot of his early training in european cities -- a lot of the great parks systems, europe, the result a high level of appreciation, what good landscape design is all about. this is also part of the city beautiful movement. back to a point in time when there are were a lot of shanties in the city. movementity beautiful came about when people realize they wanted to live in better living conditions. involved, they got with transportation systems. bridges. drinking water. all of this was the importance of growing a great city. it was a beautiful place to be. people were outside a lot. theid not have air-conditioning we have today. they spent time at outside. they want

glen kessler from the post tweeted it's worth keeping in mind that flynn served in the military for 33 years and was trained to follow orders in a chain of command. >> and that's the key thing right there. given his closeness to the president, then candidate trump, there's no way he'd go outside of that bubble on a rogue mission on his own to act on behalf of or in the interest of donald trump without someone senior, if not donald trump himself, signing off on his actions. that is the nature of the man. that is how he's approached these things, and i think it's one of the key things that mueller and his investigation teed off on in the very first instance. if you go back to the beginning of this, flynn has been a key player because he, of all the people outside of his family, trump's family, was the closest to the man. >> you convinced me in the makeup room where all the magic happens before the show that there may be some questionable storytelling about who authored that now controversial tweet on saturday saying that the president had to fire flynn because he lied to the vice preside

the original plan, a lot of it done by george kessler was treeplanting. multiple rows of trees were planted on boulevards. trees have a lifespan. we have to maintain. the biggest challenge today is maintenance. i think generally speaking, kansas city citizens appreciate the park and boulevard system. we strongly believe that to be true. we would encourage anybody who does not appreciate it to appreciate what they have. if you live here, you take it for granted. announcer: our cities tour staff recently traveled to kansas city, missouri, to learn about its rich history. learn more about kansas city and other stops on our tour at c-span.org\citiestour. you are watching american history tv all weekend every weekend on c-span3. musancer: panhandle plains -- museum curator discusses the origin of the american cowboy. he talks about the common misconceptions caused by the iconic cowboy image from hollywood movies and time novels. novels -- dime novels. >> it is a great crowd. is a festive atmosphere. we had a great presentation for you tonight. i work at the pu

steam back in september when twitter decided to verify the account of this man here this is jason it kessler he's an organizer off in your nazi rally in charlot spill earlier this year that left one person dead and this caused a big backlash against twitter why would a very five someone accused of being a nazi and a lot of people saw this as proof that twitter was not doing anything to prevent hate speech and as a reaction to this twitter has temporarily decided to stop to to stop very fine accounts of people and last month they have announced that they're going to come up with new rules and they would suspend accounts promoting violence or hate speech and their rules they are saying users may not affiliate with organizations that whether by their own statements or activities on and off the platform use or promote violence against civilians to further their causes and those rule kick those rules came into effect yesterday immediately dozens of accounts linked to racist groups and hate speech began to disappear from the platform one of them is j. to france and the deputy leader of a group bri

to deserve credit at splc point out that jason kessler, who was the organization of the unite the right rally -- who i would take exception to the na me. everyone has the right to be left alone as long as they are not hurting anyone else. you are the first people to point out that his affiliations were aligned with the right movement. violence in any form is violence and victims in any form are i victims. >> we always have. mr. garrett: i would encourage you to continue. based on life experience, the organization skews in a particular direction and a good be a bias, which then gives rise to a lack of credibility to what you do, which is in port in work. >> i understand why that is important to you. mr. garrett: do you understand why that could be a concern? >> the liberal tradition is an inclusive one. hate is the opposite of that liberal tradition of inclusivity. it's not surprising to me that people at the southern poverty law center, people at other inclusive organizations tend to give money to other liberal organizations. it seems obvious to me -- mr. garrett: we could discuss the o

you deserve credit at splc for being the first group to point out, for example, that jason kessler, the organizer of the unite the right rally with which i would take exception to the name, because, again, i'm an individualist. i think an individual is a minority and everyone has a right to be left alone as long as they're not hurting someone else. but you were the first to point out his previous affiliations were with the occupy movement. and you deserve credit for that, right? and so i hope and ask that you recognize that hatred in any form is hatred. that violence in any form is violence, and that victims in any form are victims. and -- >> and we always have. >> and i encourage you to continue to. but the perception by outside individuals, and i think based on life experience, is that if all the leadership of an organization skews in a particular political direction, there might be a bias. which then gives rise to a lack of credibility, for what you do that should be important work. do you understand why that might be a concern? >> i understand why it's a concern to you. >> well, do

i think charlottesville in particular, this wasn't even jason kessler's first rally that he tried tocall "unite the right." richard spencer went back to charlottesville to weeks later and almost zero media coverage of a boring event from a media point of view. it is obvious that the media is geared toward the newsworthy and violence is newsworthy. as a free speech expert my grave , concern is that the public begins to connect protests and violence because those are the only two data points that when they put together lead to a new story. and there were not many news stories about boston. 40,000 people got off there butts and said i guess white supremacy is on the ascent and i should leave my house today. it is kind of a shame because no sensor set should end at charlottesville. >> we have a number of questions, but it looks like you have thought about it. >> the clan marches every other day. they are doing something trying to get their name in the news. they have been trying to do it since the 1960's. they are on the border in robes handing candy to children. there is a newsworthines

the original plan, a lot of it done by george kessler was treeplanting. boulevards planted on -- trees planted on lafarge. trees have a lifespan. we have two maintain. the biggest challenge today is maintenance. i think generally speaking, kansas city citizens appreciate the park and boulevard system. we would encourage anybody who does not appreciated to appreciate what they have. todoes not take a lot realize what we have right here. if you live here, you kind of take it for granted. announcer: our cities tour staff recently traveled to kansas city, missouri, to learn about its rich history. learn more about kansas city and other stops on our tour at c-span.org\cities tour. you are watching american history tv all weekend every week and on c-span3. and money on the communicators. ceo of the internet company, who successfully booted a neo-nazi group off the internet, joins us andiscuss those actions, heat speech and the first amendment. the pathou start down of saying this invisible company that is running the network is to make decisions, i don't think

the name george kessler has been in a lot of conversation. he was the original architect of the city. he allowed that she did a lot of the work that was associated with that. he was born in germany and entered the kansas, missouri area when he was about 19 years old or 20 years old. he was actually born in 1862. 1882.ould've been about he worked on a park called wormwood park in shawnee kansas. then he came to the kansas city side and is brought into the design aspect by the leaders of the community. he started working on the design of the park and boulevards of them in kansas city. i his early training and knowledge was in european cities. he saw a lot of of the great park systems in europe and started to give a high level appreciation for what good landscape design was about. this was during the city beautiful movement. if you go back in time where there was a lot of chantey stuff going on in the city and a lot of the beauty could come to the city. he was a leader in that relationship. the city beautiful movement came back when people reali

the original plan, a lot of it done by george kessler was treeplanting. multiple rows of trees were planted on boulevards. trees have a lifespan. we have to maintain. the biggest challenge today is maintenance. i think generally speaking, kansas city citizens appreciate the park and boulevard system. we would encourage anybody who does not appreciate it to appreciate what they have. it does not take a lot to realize what we have right here. if you live here, you kind of take it for granted. announcer: our cities tour staff recently traveled to kansas city, missouri, to learn about its rich history. learn more about kansas city and other stops on our tour at c-span.org\citiestour. you are watching american history tv all weekend every weekend, on c-span3. estate is the final resting place of president franklin roosevelt.

right now, george kessler and the development of the park and boulevards system. >> today the parks system is about 130 miles. our system is about 12,000 acres of park land in the city. that 12,000 acres is in about 310 square miles of kansas city. in addition to that 130 miles we have 220 parks throughout the city and they range all the way in size from a large school park , which is well under 2000 acres , to neighborhood pickers that are under an acre. there are all sizes. every one is a little bit different. they are all different, obviously. most of the small ones are in neighborhoods. some of these larger parks are what i would consider to be a community or regional park. >> back in the 1880's, 1890's timeframe, kansas city was a wild woolly western town. a lot of small structures. shanties, shacks, things like that. there was not a lot of zoning or planning associated with that. public health was a big issue associated with the urban development. all of those things, you did not really have a modern city. you had a city built on the western perimeter of misery as -- missouri as you