when surest now walk mussolini's grandia day forty imperioli to the colosseum there's one point where they always pools for stone reliefs trace the growth of the mighty roman empire from the foundation of the city and seven fifty three b.c. to its full in the year a d three hundred thirty by the modern calendar. year i think that. although. i am a chance to feel all that was. there the forum extends southward as far as the palatine hill from here we have the finest view of the capital. and there. there. there. in the form and on the colored time you know the magic and history of ancient rome how people wherever we delay a end we have only to sit in the shade of the columns and read the pages of historian levy and the rome of classical antiquity with all its festivals disasters and every day bustle comes to life. until it was burned down in the great fire of fifty two b.c. the coolio studio was the roman senate house it was later rebuilt. in the fire coins even melted on the stones of the forum but the future held worlds in store for rome with the fall of the empire the city was wide o

axis could not win and that we cooperated more closely and that were nontransparent by nature so mussolini says you did not tell me where is pearl harbor? they say they just declared a nonaggression pact. but the theme is one of those of world war ii is a question that 1942 would they find that they would settle for an armistice? because those access lung -- axis powers would quit but they would say because of the bursae treaty was partly to blame so that was punitive and humiliating but didn't address the problem to emasculate the germans. but this time it was we will go to berlin and tokyo and insist on surrender and most importantly the wherewithal to do it. united states and britain and the soviet union to be supplied it's material needs and destroy two out of three soldiers and out of that calculus came the idea that the allies were on the uganda war to address the reserves. hitler blundered the war with britain with no amphibious capacity they are absolutely incapable for the raf then declared war on a country that he could not reach new york much less detroit or san francisco. . . .

within a year, mussolini was prime minister. in germany, a similar story unfolds. the leader of the german conservative party, the head of a kind of very elitist, aristocratic party allied himself with hitler in the late '20s, held rallies together, tried to draw on hitler's grass roots appeal to try to shore up this relatively elitist party. but this backfired. the conservatives disintegrated, hitler grew in prominence. by january 1933 he was in power, and this fateful moment in january 1933 when hitler was named chancellor, von poppen, a leading statesman at the time, assured his conservative allies, don't worry, this is a quote: within two months we'll have him into a corner, and he'll squeal. and every instance the mainstream or the establishment politicses opened the door, abdicate, fail in their gatekeeping function and let the extremist in the door. in every instance, the mainstream politicians make the same mistake. they form this faustian bargain thinking they can contain the outsider. in every instance, the faustian bargain backfires. the same thing happe

he wrote about mussolini. he met mussolini. he covered the greco-turkish war. he was there watching these tragedies continuing to unfold after his own personal experience in the war. and yes, as he began to write in paris, he was getting away from the kind of oh henry like short whenes he could not sell he came back to the states, his first attempts at writing fiction, and started writing these incredibly chiseled, gems of stories that were works there imagination, was still satire, there was an angry look at the world and a break with the kind of henry jameses and other writers who defined literature up until that point. gentlemen have not yet convinced you to go back to google and find a piece by or ernestassos hemingway, i strongly suggested. stunning and beautiful writing. such a like me, are not fan of hemingway's stories that involve any female characters, there is a hemingway story out there for you. i suggest you start with big two hearted river. it is stunning and a pleasure today back in because of the work you all have done. ask, if theye , i sendrea

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he doesn't want to return to the dictatorship of benito mussolini but pushes the italy-first nationalism of that era. "during the years italy was governed by fascism, it was a world power and took a leap forward economically," he said. alarmed by the rise of the far right, protest version reallied against groups like casapound, which has seen its membership rise. this parliamentary press conference was a first. casapound is more commonly associated with activities like this: supporters in red vests kicking immigrant vendors off an italian beach. when you talk to a lot of italians about casapound, a lot of them say, "those are racist thugs." "it's simply because they don't know us," di stefano said. casapound has already won some local elections, and for the first time has candidates on the ballot nationwide. the party is stepping in to provide services while it argues the state is looking the other way. seth doane, cbs news, rome. >> ninan: still ahead, we take to the skies for an inside look at the u.s. military's high-tech war games. i thought i was managing my moderate to severe crohn

paradoxically that churchill was so anxious not to hear these peace terms which would've come to mussolini is that they might've been very lenient. i don't think he was gonna say you scuffled the lower navy and whatever, i think it would've been far more like a partnershi partnership, leaving hitler free to do what he always wanted to do. thank god i've agreed i'm absolutely grateful for churchill for his resolute determination not to hear what might've been a generous offer. not many leaders would have not heard in secrecy what the peace terms might be. it's an extraordinaril extraordinary moment in history. >> we have time for one more question. >> thank you so much but i have a question about your writing in general. you write about different regions and historical figures paid when you are writing a book, what is your overall mission or goal. it seems. interesting that they provided different perspective or outlook on the region but the you have, if you had to tell someone what your overall mission or goal would be, i'm really curious because it seems to cover so much that is just fant

mussolini.out he had met mussolini. covered the greco turkish war. he was there watching these strategies continue to unfold after his own personal extras in the war and as he again writing in paris, he was getting away from the short stories he cannot sell when he came back to the these and started writing chiseled, tiny stories that were largely reflective of his -- therem, but were was still satire, or look at the the henry james's and other victorian writers. >> if these gentlemen have not convince you to go back and thought he's by ernest hemingway, i strongly suggest. it is really beautiful writing. ofyou, like me are not a fan their is male stories, a story out there, big two hearted river. it is a pleasure to dig back in because of you all have done. >> when people ask that haven't read hemingway, i send them back to his first book of short stories called in our time. also, jamie and i have done a program like this before. i think i surprised him when i told him in my expense, i was a osposos more than hemingway. i love the experiments with w

she goes home early to file her stories on speaker interviews with history explore mussolini, and lewis is on the same ship back as the vaccine denbergs. sends a node up to vandenberg's stateroom saying, would you like to have a drink? and they meet him in the lounge and hazel says in her diary, sl tight, already been drinking a lot. but they become fast friends on that trip, and later on lewis is writing to vandenberg, telling him he should run for president, and they were hosting book parties for him. one college league said the only senator who could strut sitting down. so he was a picture of the pomp pows senator -- pompous senator bud hat a wit about him. wrote short stories, little post tri, never enough to make a living, but those culture impulses and you'll get. >> entirely different pictures of him if i talk to younger reporters, he wouldn't give them the time of day, but older reporters he was one of them, and e.r.a. himself as a sort of ink stained wretch, and was somewhat beloveds by his colleagues in he senate and a stiff demeanor to the outside world. but he gave off a lar

she has to sort of defend working for this kind of mussolini like guy day in and day out. second, if there is to be the sort of bloodletting and bedlam that trump sometimes threatens, it's a smart move on her part because better to not even have her fingerprints on it than to be have the kind of heroic move of resigning. if she's out of it, it just means that's one less point of controversy, one mark not to discuss when the next job comes around. those i think are the two big points. and the magical allure of walmart general council is i think the least of it. >> that seems a plausible scenario that you painted. i should say elian na johnson, a very good white house reporter for.3lit cosaid the white house are in a state of crisis. rachel brand is leaving for somebody close to her and admin because she is very smart, accomplished and talent and wants to protect her career, she's going to walmart this source says. matt, what does this do to the way you think about the integrity and independence of the justice department. >> the pressure on the independence of the department

look what stalin is doing with his five-year plan, or look what hitler is doing with mussolini making the trains run on time. they are putting the german workers back to work. so i still think focusing exclusively on efficiency and wealth and not looking at democracy or individual rights is deeply problemati >> basically to see the lastque. i want to open it up for the audience and where do we go from here? there are some amazingly fascinating people. they do some amazing innovation with some very clear ideas of the places in these issues that agree with you on. but you raise ideas of where to go from here. it's really about one quote you quoted them one question you raised. i want you to dig deeper. it says give me somewhere to stand and i shall move the earth. i like you to talk about that. i think it's a very important human element. the questions are perfect way to wrap up our session here. >> that sand and the beginning. by first and favorite chapter in the book is the first one. the traditional text of it is gordon, the cofounder of intel came up with a scientific insight that s

sinclair lewis are in europe and she goes home early to file her stories on her interviews with mussolini and hitler and he was on the same ship back with vandenberg then sends a note up to vandenberg's estate room saying would you like to have a drink and they meet him in the lounge and hazel vandenberg says in her diary he's already been drinking a lot, but they become fast friends on that trip and later on lewis is a ready to vandenberg telling he should run for president and vandenberg's are hosting the parties for him. he was one of his colleagues said he was the only senator who could strut sitting down, so he was a picture of the pompous senator, but he also had a level of wit about him. he wrote short stories, little bit of poetry, never enough to make a living that way, but cultural impulses and you will get entirely different pictures of him if i talked to younger reporters he would not give them the time of day, but older reporters he was one of them and regarded himself as sort of a wretch and was somewhat beloved by his colleagues in the senate even had he had this stiff and

for decades, going back to the fascists in the 1920s in europe, mussolini and the national socialistshe approach has been that the organs of government, the judiciary, the law enforcement authorities, the fbi or the cia, the organs of government that represent the people and enforce the laws are characterized as not representative of the people. and only the people can be represented in this theory by the leader with a capital l. and that should remind people of what's happening. and what happened elsewhere in the world. in contemporary our day, and decades ago. and if only the leader can represent the people, then the organs of government and the laws don't count and should be ignored if they are in the way. and that is a formula for aut okcracy, it's anti-american and against the norms of our history. but we see this happening. the deeper problem for us all is that most people focus, understandably, on their pocket book, on the day-to-day crises of what's happening in their lives or politically. and long-term trends never get attention until the crisis comes. when the crisis comes,

as founders were known to sympathize with hitler and mussolini critics say the group is behind the pre needless cult. movement. and. so these. could be a. game india's prime minister narendra modi has never spoken of a master race but he did emerge from the r.s.s. movement and he's an outspoken supporter of the return to hindu traditions just like dr wanny he comes from gujarat was it out that the user who got by we want to expand from good to all of india right now we have seven centers we want to make sure people have the best offspring possible not just in india but also in other countries. is in need of food only so many say yes at the moment dr no one is birthing center can only accommodate eight couples at a time it's their job to serve as a basters of the supposedly revolutionary method theirs and their children's assuming they can grow up to be as perfect as promised. well here in germany chantal mccool's conservatives and the social democrats still haven't been able to work out a deal on forming a new coalition government they've been negotiating through the night for the very

haveer, i argue that been witnessing the of the regime in ussia, which is now in istory -- italy, mussolini, and portugal. o be sure, there is no -- no conspiracy in the story that i'm outlining. that when guing has becomeimir putin the president of the russian confederation in 2000 he broke the whole range of people from his old job, the the years, in a first of eight years, eight years, they staffed all russian government to the apparatus of the government, the administration. result, by 2008, almost 67% of all positions in the top russian the nomenclature, occupied by the kgb army officers and russian s people from the intelligence group. vivid init became very the public sphere that the much run by etty he people who grew up inside the soviet union political palace, or by their sons and daughters. witnessing the formation of the whole klan of who are united by the common background, common -- by ed -- ethicscode of what is right and wrong, and by what was developed after the soviet union collapsed and the russia came about. as a result, just to put it into perspective, aware, in late de

violent demonstration or anything but a handful of demonstrators outside holding pictures of hitler, mussolini and my dad so pretty subdued stuff, nothing too terrible. and like you i wonder what would be the case now. i'm assuming it would be more intense now and that was outside. inside the lecture hall the audience was pool and they were trip there were pretty intense questions "after words" and certainly plenty people who disagreed with him and let him know that and there was some combative back and forth even. it wasn't all polite so -- but my father delivered speeches in what you might call hostile territory because he believed he could persuade people to believe that people in general were persuadable and open to reason, even people who disagreed with him. not at the very least he wanted them to hear his ideas unfiltered and i think that's why he delivered speeches as often as he did and as many speeches as he did. he really believed he could people and i think that even if he didn't persuade people to agree with him he was at least able to show that he wasn't a character that many had

history in italy with mussolini. to be sure there is no conspiracy and the story i am outlining, i am just arguing has win vladimir putin president in 2000, and over the years, over eight all layers staffed of the russian government, the upper levels of the government and the presidential administration and as a result, almost 60% or 70% of all positions in the top layer of the russian government were kgb and somehe people from the military intelligence group. 2015, it became clear in the public sphere that the country is run by the people who grew up -- or by their sons and daughters. we have witnessed the formation of a clan of people who are united by the common background, -- education, by their understanding of what is thet and what is wrong and internal complex they developed after the soviet union collapsed. you have to compare this perspective. in 1999, -- was the president of the russian federation. in late december, he announced prime minister putin as his -- essor and the kgb grew and the army. as i said,

italy in the 20s is a complete outcast in the mainstream along with prominent politicians he left mussolini on the horizon and then passed some of that energy and within a year's lady was prime minister. and germany a similar story unfold the leader of the conservative party ahead of the elitist aristocratic party aligns himself in the late 20s issuing joint party programs holding rallies together to draw on those grassroots appeal sure of the elitist party but the conservatives disintegrated hitler grew in prominence and then gained power and would be chancellor assuring his allies don't worry within two months we'll have them into a corner. in every instance the mainstream or establishment politicians advocate failing in their gatekeeping function in the mainstream politician makes the same mistake thinking they can contain the outsider but in every instance that backfires so the same thing happened in 2016 the leading republican even after trump won the nomination they could have crossed party lines and endorsed tillery clinton input democracy ahead of party i am sure some of you are thi

weave witnessing what's now in history, mussolini and franco spain and portugal. there's not conspiracy in the story i am outlining. when vladimir putin has become the president, he brought with him a whole range of people from his old job, the kgb. over the years in a period of 8 years, they staffed all levels of the government, upper levels of the administration. as a result, by 2008, almost 67% of all positions in the top layer of russian were occupied by the soviet union kgb, army officers and some people from the military intelligence group. by 2015 it became very vivid in the public's fear that the country is pretty much run by the people who grew up inside the soviet union political, or by their sons and daughters that have been witnessing information of the clan of people who are united by the common ground, by special code of ethics, by their understanding of what is right, what is wrong. even by the inferior complex developed after soviet union collapsed and new russia came evolved. as a result, just to put it income pairtive, in 1999, announced prime mi

which is now just known in ,istory with italy, mussolini franco in spain and portugal. to be sure there is no conspiracy in the story i am outlining, i just argue that when putin has become the president of the russian broughton in 2000, he people from his old job, the kgb and over the years, they staffed all the way from the russian --ernment to the upper edge apparatus and the government, the presidential administration. -- percent of all jobs in the upper levels of the government were occupied by kgb, army officers and some from the intelligence group. became viewed in the public sphere that the country is pretty much run by the people or byew up inside the -- their sons and daughters. we have been witnessing the formation of the clan of people who are united by the common , byground, common education their understanding of what is right and by the conflicts they develop after the soviet union collapsed and the new russia came in. it -- sult, to put , boris yeltsin announced prime minister putin as a successor. -- percent were -- oppositions were out to buy by those

russia from the person listed regime to a corporative type of regime, history,now in comparable to mussolinifranco in spain, and also in portugal. sure, there is no conspiracy in the story that i am outlining. whenjust arguing that vladimir putin became president of the russian federation in 2000, he brought with himself a whole range of people from his own job, the kgb. over the years, they staffed all layers of the russian government the upper levels of the , government and the presidential administration and as a result, by 2008 almost 60% or 70% of all positions in the top layer of the russian government were occupied by the kgb. it was also occupied by people from the military intelligence group. by 2015, it became clear in the public sphere that the country is run by the people who grew up inside, or by their sons and daughters. we have been witnessing the formation of the whole plan of the all who are united by their common background, common and by the special code of ethics and understanding of what is right and what is wrong, and even the inferior complex that they developed after

serious people were saying the united states just elected someone like hitler, mussolini.ur democracy was at risk. i think a lot of us had our own opinions about that. if you were in the f.b.i. you were supposed to be able to distinguish professional discipline and responsibility from the sort of things peter strzok and lisa page were exchanging in texts. i think that the f.b.i. broke discipline, they decided they were part of this and took this interesting dossier and sent it in. >> bill: if you are right you have to wonder what the judge was thinking at the time when they came to him the first time and two more renewals were presented as well and what the judge was thinking at that point. you wrote this week on screen quickly anyone else in politics would have let the fires under the collusion issue burn down. is it a potential legal problem? sure? a destructive daily bonfire? no, that's from you "wall street journal." mr. trump is combative, not for political reasons but because he has been combative all his life. in the washington swamp, he has found the ultimate trump

between him and hillary, they did more damage to this country , any ofler's, mussolini them combined.ama ande more, hillary was the worst team, they were worse than bonnie and clyde against the united states. host: all right. in some related headlines from the "washington times," obama and clinton officials will be the next target of the surveillance abuse claims. it says "house intelligence committee chairman targets and next surveillance abuses" -- congressional republicans acknowledge the democrats' rebuttal contains so much sensitive material that president trump would be accused of making omissions, which he is excited to do. george h.w.dent bush apparently took a swipe at the partisan bickering. don is calling in on our republican line. what do you think of the president's decision. ? don, are you there? we will move to levi on the republican line in north carolina. thoughts?e your caller: how are you doing this morning? give me a half a minute here. let me say this. can you hear me? guest: you are on, levi, go ahead. caller: let me say this. uh. i am a democrat. i called on the