the union moves fast in the west. everything favors the union. not only do the confederates have enough soldiers but the rivers act as main arteries of invasion for the north. the union wins at kentucky, pee ridge, arkansas and captures forts donaldson and henry, which results in the first confederate capital at nashville, tennessee. although the union has captured 100,000 square miles of territory, people aren't really noticing. it is kinda far from washington and new york where the papers are coming up and people are paying attention. hold that thought for a second. in the east something that gets a lot of news is the great battle of the iron claleds. -- ironclads. the c.s.s. virginia fighting the u.s.s. monitor, this new ironclad ship that hung low to the water line. it's incredible and is easily -- immediately made all other vessels obsolete and change naval warfare. the union captured nashville they could start to move toward memphis, tennessee. they can go toward corinth, mississippi. an important rail line. unionn see the moving down. they

union members lose their jobs. the government will always be in business. unwieldy union contracts just make government immensely bigger, more expensive, create debt, and bankrupt our city, state, and ultimately our federal government. and they are more burdensome on taxpayers. two, unions are private organizations, and we give them special benefits and treatment from our government. it is important to realize that they are private organizations. they are not there for the public good. government employee unions get their business directly from our government, but are not part of the government themselves. unions represent government employees because it is their business to represent them, not because they are working for the public good. the problem is that our government elevates one private group -- a government employee unions -- out of proportion to anyone else. taxpayers, citizens, even union members. we all know and we all believe strongly in our right to speak under the first amendment. would you agree with me

union. that is the point. calling might be against my position, but there is no law that would stop you from joining a union if you chose to do so. if people can join together voluntarily, if the conditions are really this bad, then there is a real place for unions to be out there. why aren't they organizing? host: how do you measure how well a worker does in a right to work state versus non-right to work? cited for thedy i first caller is relevant. union officials have their think tanks, and we have hours that put out our statistics. the first principle is freedom, individual freedom and choice. nothing stops a worker from joining a union in america or paying money to a union or giving his entire paycheck if he chooses to do so. in the 27 states that will not allow a worker to be fired if they don't pay dues or fees. we look at wages. the unions want us to compare a plumber in new york city who makes $100 an hour with a plumber in utah that is not unionized that makes $65 an hour. they would say there is a $35

he attacked and the union army crumbled. at dranesville they are standing him, and ord is making him pay for every single step they take. stewart sends a second regiment to help out. that is the 10th alabama. they will suffer some of the highest casualties of the day. to give you an idea of what's going on, they run into a series of pennsylvanians. one of them writes "i ordered all of them to fire, the order was so well obeyed, the enemy was turned into confusion, and they had turned into the woods from they just advanced." the 10th alabama attacked out of the pines and into the clearing. they light them up like a christmas tree. it is horrendous casualties. on the left, the lieutenant colonel, who is a judge from alabama who had a leave of absence from the army to attend a court. he did not want to miss the action in his regiment, so he stays with them. he's shot twice in the chest and is killed instantly. on the right, he gets his arm shattered. in a matter of minutes, 10th alabama loses their colonel, lieutenant colonel jo

suffering the union's most lopsided defeat . so there is that. also, grant's superiority in numbers in virginia, or nationwide, was really only not ato two, and that is decisive advantage when you --lize that at the civil war three to two at the defining front. three to two at the front is not whengh to be decisive in the civil war, one soldier behind entrenchment is the equivalent of three attacking an open fields. you could argue that yes, but the attacker has the advantage of choosing the time and place of combat. well, that is true -- only if you succeed in out-generaling the other guy. and since the other guy happens to be robert e. lee, it won't be all that easy. so i think the odds are about even. the attacker always have to have more force, wherever you look, that is true. it is true in world war ii. the attacker has more force, and the attacker does not always win. so the point i make with this discussion is to say that although there are complications and although there are many other factors at work, grant still had to

he oversaw all of the union forces in the last 13 months of the war. he had a more direct command, and almost real direct command, of union forces in virginia during that time. he oversaw the final series of union offenses that led to appomattox and lee's surrender and grant's victory. i wanted to look at grant from a point of view of leadership. i know there are a lot of things that can go into this, a lot of things that contributed to grants victory. and the union victory, not just grant, obviously there were other people involved. there were material and numbers involved, and a number of good commanders and obviously the rank-and-file, without the courage of common soldiers none of this could have happened. without the patient endurance of the folks back home, none of this could have happened. and there was the matter of numbers. here i come to what i believe is a myth popular in some quarters, which is that grant won simply by dint of superior numbers. he had so many men that he could win by serving as a butcher. he could continue to shove troops in

the unions are institutions. but this bill only seeks to adjust inequities in between the big business versus the individual. this amendment, however, seeks to address the address the ine individual in trying to work within the system of the big institution union. and the ranking member is exactly correct when he said individuals who want employment through a union must accept the results of the collective bargains agreement or must walk away. they are done. and that is the point that i think that we're losing here, and i think it's the point that we need to correct and i think that's why in amendment was offered and i support the amendment and yield back to the ranking member. >> i yield back. >> all right the gentleman from california. >> move to strike the last word. >> the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you to the gentlemen gentleman for bringing foreforpgt the legislation. it's proconsumer and pro seventh amendment but just to put into perspective who i think is hurt motivate by forced arbitration agreemen

he discusses his most recent book, secret, he describes the union agents. as a correspondent for the new york times. he has offered six military and intelligence includingud bestsellers.a he describes this book is a fast-paced unit intelligence operation in the eastern part of the civil war. in fabrications that grew up around that. it's my honor to be here today. it's my honor to be here. especially when that resource culminates with a good narrative as this one. the note section is a testament to the research conducted here, you find numerous citations. i'm slightly biased to my favorite part of the book found in the acknowledgment, you will find the unsound heroes of history books. [laughter] is narrative as each of the four agents, chronological approach to the civil war each year from 1861 to 1865. the final chapter. i'd like to let you know that there's another program coming out next week on tuesday, august 13 at noon. to help prevent terrorist attacks. visit our website@archives.gov for more information about upcoming national archives programs and a

we still have not left the european union, and we have seen more left the european union, and we haveree years of frankly sometimes embarrassing, maybe even at times humiliating argument and divisiveness at the heart of british politics in westminster. what do you think the public of this country now make of our national politics? i think many of them are surprised by how poor the last three years of peers to have been in terms of performance by politicians. 0n peers to have been in terms of performance by politicians. on all sides, yes. ithink performance by politicians. on all sides, yes. i think they are extremely disappointed about what has happened. as you say, this country has happened. as you say, this cou ntry voted has happened. as you say, this country voted by a short margin to leave the european union. i was against it but if we had done it well as a troop of politicians, then well as a troop of politicians, then we could have stood tall in the world. as it is we have become a symbol of both domestically and internationally of written losing or losing its grip as a country

to leave the european union. the do everything they possibly can to leave the european union. yes, of course. >> thank you would be more accurate and kinder to have a. in pause after who voted to which referendum before those who voted one way have been voting the same way during the debate on the european union. i voted three times to leave the european union. i was the same could be said about some of the zealots on my side. >> the fact is we now have a prime minister who believes in the mission and who wants to negotiate honestly with the european union and be able to deliver the brexit people deliver four. to leave the customs union and leave the signal market and not a large sums of money to european union as we currently do, to control our own by thetion and not to be european -- and not have a back stuff that keeps us in the european union without ever having to leave. three quarters of the parliament voted to remain in the european union. the british people ought to have the opportunity to change its parliament and they can do that tonight. >> thank you, mr. speaker. at

what offer is he making to the european union? umably any negotiating strategy must involve putting something to the european union in place of the backstop. and although borisjohnson says things are going well in these negotiations, every european capital and brussels, where the european commission is based, says we have heard nothing from david frost, who is his main negotiator. well, with respect, as they would, because this is a negotiation. both sides are seeking to maximise their own interest, so they're hardly going to start talking warm and friendly before the crux of the negotiation has been entered. but surely, in any negotiation, you would set out what your position is. and so far, even though he agreed with mrs merkel that there would be 30 days, and even though half of that period has gone, he still hasn't said what is his negotiating position. my experience of doing negotiations with the european union, which i did when i was a justice minister, involved you setting out your position. you might well make compromises,

those are punished with great vigor by the union army, took -- particularly once the structure is in place in 1864 and 1865, we see a great deal of punishment for union soldiers on those scores. two more points. one is that states matter. lincoln acknowledges this implicitly. it is much easier to contain the violence and destruction of war properly when you're dealing with another state. when you're dealing with a stateless entity, it is hard to do this. i will make the terrifically unpopular stance of going with the states. dare i even advocate nationalism as something that forces people to commit themselves to monitoring and policing the actions of that state, in a democracy, as both these places were, when the army goes out, it is us. the actions that it takes reflect our values and democracy. we cannot hide behind an emperor or kings. 19th century americans know this and they are invested in the ways in which that war is fought. it is a part of how they function. you do not have that when you are dealing with stateless entities. there is no just war. was the civil war a just war?

from a business point of view, it seems the union may have missed its moment. he moment, it feels more like the high tide is behind them. they are seeing weakness, slower numbers in europe, but in china they will rightfully argue that now is the not -- is not the time to make big concessions. craig: management is not really in a mood to be super giving. a significant manufacturing presence for gm in this country. we have to give them credit for that. their presence is growing down there, and the union is very ticked off that the company decided to make the new chevrolet and blazer in mexico in particular. you have seen recent product out located down in mexico. wages there are a fraction of what uaw members are paying. the the last period since recession, what we have had is newer workers being paid a lower wage to at least protect some jobs in the u.s. and potentially incentivize the companies to continue to invest here. what the union is going to want for those workers is for them to get work it -- is for them to get raises. that will be a priority. that will

if they are employees, the workers can unionize. they are employees, the company has to pay part of the social security and medical taxes. if they are employees, they're covered by into disco nation laws, anti-sexual harassment laws. the companies want to put millions of workers into this independent contractor box. they love this idea of using apps so we can get a worker to work for 15 minutes and then dump him or her. it is ideal. there is no responsibility to the worker. there here, gone, no overtime laws. one of the bigig challenges for the labor movement and for all worker advocates, as ike's lena my book, figuring out a way to lift these workers so they can improve their wages. lyftf these uber and drivers working 60 hour weeks and are not getting health benefits from their jobs. there is this break through in my -- in california, the state legislature passed a bill that would declare the drivers employees rather than independent contractors so that would give them overtime and minimum wage coverage and have contribute to the

the jayhawkers, the pro union folks from coming into missouri. certainly there is a sense, yes, the confederates justify this. they don't use the word retaliation. they know this is proceeding in an irregular way. it is more like psych lts of revenge -- cycles of revenge. what i was surprised about with regard to retaliation, is how deep it went. anna johnson was born from enslaved parents. makes her way, she was a free woman of color. her son fights in the 55th maese and writes to lincoln before he is issued this retaliation provision and said we need to retaliate. she spells it out in the letter. she is not saying we need to go out and kill white soldiers wu we need to make them know they can't kill ours. even that citizen level among people that you would be triesed they understand that retaljation a feature of war that ensures balancing in order to restrict the overall violence. both sides are quite aware of that. sometimes they use the language sloppily. the kansas-missouri border would be one of those. they are framing it as we started it an

-- leave the european union? >> for the very simple reason, because the house has consistently voted not to honor the triggering of article 50. we kept kicking it into the long grass. when he voted and i voted to trigger article 50, it was a very simple short bill. it says we will leave by the 29th of march with or without a deal. you have had your chance, you have had your chance. with or without a deal. but what if -- what too many members have done in this place is continue to kick the can down the road, not once, not twice but now three times courtesy of this bill. o'er the bill proceeding on the -- or the bill proceeding on the business tonight. it is absolutely ridiculous. people are fed up with it. i think a lot of remain mp's have to look themselves in the mirror and say actually, all i want to do, own up to the fact, stop brexit. the people out there have had enough. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i am absolutely desperate to have a general election. i want to see a government that actually holds the privatiz

they ran the union and confederate spy ring. all of the spies in the confederate side who of more propaganda value. it's really the primary workforce. >> what is the structure that will take down the higher balloon. actually nothing did. as the balloon rose of a monk that trees. from the tree levels until the time i got to about 500 feet. it was very risky getting up there that high. they will blow the balloon in the wrong direction. very often the rope slipped out. what kind of synergy did mr. lincoln extract from this group did they meet with him one-on-one. a good question. it was different situations for each one. they have somewhat of an acquaintance there. when the president was informing his information. and talk about forming a secret service. they sent a letter directly and said he would offer his volunteers help. and lincoln had no secret service to speak up. he never came to a decision. after that he would occasionally visit the white house basically to pump information out of lincoln and other white house aides. basic

allowing us to have a free port when we are a fully functioning member of the european union and once we were in the withdrawal agreement if we asked for a freeport or they had a veto it was not necessarily in the e.u. interest to allow us to have that advantage called into a house of commons library is the treasury wants to designate free ports you can do it by statutory instrument there's no need for a vote it can do it just like that in 5 minutes so it's nothing to do with the as i'll come back to the point if we sign the withdrawal agreement we've given the e.u. a veto on all of our stated rules including the provision of freeport and our relationship with the european union to change this not the same as it was 5 years before the referendum it'll never be the same again whatever the outcome of the brics in negotiations is what you will be different it will be different yes that's what we promised the people that would leave like boris johnson you too in the past it seems strangely baffled about the rules and you you told the irish radio station last year that was possible under t

most of the mississippi is under control of the union navy. it is also winning the d representing the diplomatic instrument of power very handily in europe as well as informational which is connected strongly and also within the unit itself and some resistance in the north but most of the union people are still resolved even after the catastrophic defeats that are really strongly reported, they will hold on and they will continue to support a northern war effort. so by me 1863, the beginning of that month, things are looking good for the south in the east but not very good and the other two theaters and overall the outlook is somewhat sleek and it's in this context that the newest of lincoln's generals in command of the army will seize the operational initiative and flank arboflank robert. he has now outflanked and outnumbered and what will be known as a campaign will commence. i show the slide to remind us all that at the strategic level it is easy to lose sight of the cost of war at the human level. these represent actual pictures taken on th

it was still the soviet union that was still the soviet union but all the wars of the soviet union which do not contradict the laws of the russian federation are conceded to be legal here you know so that the legal norm is steal all parable fortune did not cancel it and if you look at his policies and if you look at their official statements from russia they're all none of them justified the secret protocols well the other problem is that if the west wants to refute the pact completely then the onus should be returned to paul want us to be you'll know basically it was taken by marshall superskinny in the 20th in an aggressor. act started you know there are no more humans to start in russia except in the museum soapbox there are more humans to kill all over paul you know he's considered a hero so if we return to the situation before the pact then we should again change the borders in eastern europe and these people you know who criticize russia. for you know seemingly justifying that act they don't want to do it i hope right so they should be consequential the other interesting moment tha

-- we have with the european union. we must go back to the british people by way of a people's vote. because -- iny response to this the reality this isthis tonight is a general election. we have had speeches from a number of people on the opposite benches that have had nothing do with a general election or recycling the debates we had earlier. the truth is there is a simple question in front of the opposition parties. only two days ago, they were crying out for an election. the shadow chancellor said bring it on. we are ready for you. the leader of the opposition, when he was not having his afternoon nap and awake enough to meet the media, said he wanted to have an election. the scottish nationalists were adamant they were going to vote for an election. wait a minute. the honorable gentleman has made a full of himself already. -- fool of himself already. he should stay put as i'm doing him a favor. i really am doing him a favor and he may not understand that. the reality right now, mr. speaker, in this debate, the quest

i made it very clear today that we are anxious to build our trading relationship with the european union. we're all focused so much on brexit. and on what's the united states commitment after brexit is completed to negotiating a free trade agreement with the u.k. but i told the leader of ireland equallyat we were also and just have a free trade agreement with the european union and expand trading opportunities that will create jobs in the united states and more prosperity for all of our countries. we also talked about a broad range of security issues. wei. notably hua had a very frank and direct conversation about the united states's profound concerns that a chinese telecommunications company, which is required by theirse law to give government access to any data that they acquire, would have access to our economies. leave alone, access to security in the west. that they areeful continuing to review the issue and appreciated hearing from me on that. finally on the subject of brexit we made it very clear the united states of america supports the united kingdom's decision to leave the euro

would that be acceptable to the european union? this was precisely the proposalfrom the eu27 in the first place, when we were negotiating with prime minister may. the first version of the backstop was northern ireland only, in terms of regulatory alignment with the rest of the european union. at that time, it was changed due to the british negotiator, into customs union for the whole of the united kingdom. we, of course, have no problem with our own proposal but now, having said that, we all know that the devil is in the details and i have not seen and i have not heard of a precise proposal off borisjohnson. just one other thing on ireland, which puzzles me, the european union says that, if there is a no deal exit on the 31st of october, then there will have to be a hard border between northern ireland and the irish republic, to protect the single market. but that is strange because the british government say there is no way they are goign to build the infrastructure of a hard border, and that europeans, at the same time, say, oh,

i voted three times to leave the european union. i regret the fact that it has become necessary for this bill to be brought forth now. it is necessary now for two reasons. firstly, because parliament stands -- we will not have time to bring parliament back after my right honorable friend has had the 30 days he asked for to see whether he has been successful in getting a deal. secondly, because members of the government have speculated openly that the government may not comply with legislation even if it is passed. we therefore need to allow time for legislation and litigation as well. and because -- i will give way. >> we have heard noises to that effect. from certain members of the government and government sources. would you agree that if this bill is passed, it's important the prime minister adheres to its terms because it is a fundamental duty of the government to uphold the rule of law. >> i agree. we cannot rule out the possibility that the government will dispute the interpretation of the bill and that there will be a need for

you like it that way the country divided from of no fit to no our a ship of the european union change it to reason may have to deal wasn't perfect but it would have delivered perhaps what will the czechs tension a change what is another 3 months going to a change here in london it's still all about bricks at 1st johnson has shut down a fractious and angry parliament but not before m.p.'s manage to do him serious damage denying him a date for the next general election and forcing him by law to seek another bracks extension from the e.u. if you can't get a deal over the 19th my guest here this week is andrew bridge and conservative m.p. and leading bricks it supporter will boris johnson now obey the law but parliament was put in front of him. under bridge and welcomes conflict so. one of the biggest obstacles preventing a deal between britain and the e.u. is the irish backstop the so-called insurance policy to keep open border between northern ireland and the irish republic the government has promised new proposals where are there well i think they're already out there also to range muc

union. imsjohn believer in the european union. o be your decision. —— i am a strong believer. but there has to be a compromise, as well. you have to have an agreement and we have reached already. now the same disagreement that it is not good and not saying anything else, well, it makes things a little bit more difficult. i know there was a meeting today with, or rather a briefing with david frost with the eu officials. very quickly, the summit is coming up on the 17th, which brussels prefer to havejeremy corbyn heading to that?” which brussels prefer to havejeremy corbyn heading to that? i do not think that the european union, the council, the parliament or whoever which have any preferences. about the payments are of great britain. it is clearly a decision of the voters of great britain and whoever the boaters trust the european commission and union and parliament and all of its bodies are going to have to talk and discuss and find a solution with the very person who you are going to vote. a briefing was given today by david frost

from leaving the european union without an agreement called a no deal brexit. the bill passed with a vote of 327 to 299. this is about 25 minutes. with the ordere of yesterday, of this house, i the second reading of the european union withdrawal number six. mr. hilary ben. each of us has a different view of what those best interests are. i hope we can debate this bill and what is, i recognize, i can do no better than to quote the right honorable member who on the third of april in the house said it could only be done at high speed because there is no time left. i think wherever we stand on this issue, we know there is little time left and there is even less time that would have been available previously. other,we will treat each recognizing we have strong views, with respect and consideration. the purpose of the bill is simple. it is to ensure the united kingdom does not leave the european union on the 31st of october without an agreement. the bill has wide cross party support. it is a pleasure to be above the and is backed by members who have very different vie

a major reason for the concentrated on a fanatic attack on unions our. denies labor is they are democratizing for. to provide a barrier to defend workers' rights closer copyrights generally. and that interferes with the prerogatives heard by those who own and manage in society . i should say said andy union sentiment in the united states among the elites is so strong that the fundamental couper of labor rights the basic principle in the international labor organization is the rate of free association which would mean the right to form unions u.s. has never ratified. but i think the us may be alone among major societies in that respect. it's considered so far out of the spectrum of american politics it literally has never been considered. a rumor that the us has a lawn very violent labor history is. siding.

from leaving the european union without an agreement on future relations between the countries. this is called a new deal brexit. the vote passed. this portion of the debate is 25 minutes. >> thank you very much. i think the move to be now read a second time. i want to say at the start that every single member of this house, whatever view they hold on the fundamental question, the thought is trying as they act in the national interest of their constituents. the problem, the reason why we are here is because each of us has a slightly different view of what those best interests are. i hope that we can debate this in a short amount of time. i can do no better than to quote a member who, on the third of april, said it can only be done at high speed, because there is no time left. i think wherever we stand on this issue, we know there is little time left, and following the decision, there is even less time that would have been available previously. therefore, i hope we will treat each other, recognizing we have strongly held views with respect and consideration during this debate. th

>> well, david, the union is not serving its members ultimately. is closing plants and the president wants gm to open plants here. unfortunately, the union has pushed up employment costs so much that they can't afford to manufacture here. meanwhile, the union bosses, there has already been at least nine arrests or nine indictments for fraud, their dues are up 25% in terms of these union dues, the president's salary of the union is up by about 30%, and once again, we have unions ruining whether it's auto makers, whether it's airlines or newspapers, ruining almost every industry in which they have had a formidable example. this is the latest example of how the union members are not served by the unions themselves. >> look, when the american car companies were going out of business, it was the american taxpayers that came and bailed them out. now what the uaw is asking for, is for them to give assistance, for them to get those same benefits. henry ford era, when people were able to work and buy the products they were producing, that was a good time. n

you but the decision of the brics referendum to leave the european union just must be implemented and anyone who stands in the way of it is not a champion of democracy but is in fact an enemy of democracy and you can watch george galloway's full take on briggs it on the graham page. seems barely european trip by u.s. officials can go by these days without some criticism of russia and in line with that vice president mike pence is again warned of russian interference this time during a visit to poland. now is the time for us to remain vigilant. about the intentions and the actions being taken by russia. as we stand together. and as we see other nato allies follow your lead president to. meet their obligations to our common defense in nato we know their efforts will fail. those remarks come as a daily based article frames historical events going back 100 years as russian interference but as artists have now argues why stop there. there are a few legends as obscure and my idea is this what seems leaders the freemasons u.f.o.'s the loch ness monster and big foot there is russian meddling

i would call it the european union subservience bill. i will say that very simply you , only have to look at the words in the bill. in the very short time i have available, i would simply say this. if you look at section one, the words the prime minister must seek to obtain from the european council an extension, under clause three, the prime minister must immediately ask -- notify -- after such a decision be made notify the council of the european kingdom agreeing to the proposed extension. and so on. 4, then in regard to clause it says in relation to the withdrawal act of 2018, where regulations have been made it , says that the definition may substitute must. this is a disgraceful reversal of our constitutional arrangement. we operate in a free parliament where we have elections which are taken periodically every five years as a normal role. we make our decisions. we have a system of parliamentary government, not government by parliament. that is a fundamental constitutional principle. this bill offends that principle, and that is why

the european union gave us a 10 year extension. be a choicehen between a 10 year and the no deal. >> that is not the case. the house could decide to ask the prime minister to go back in those circumstances. the central point is that it gives the house of commons in those circumstances the ability to express a view. if the extension is to the 31st of january, we would have decided if we were prepared to extend that. only if he does not get a deal does the bill prevent the prime and us out of the eu without an agreement. time toive way one more the right honorable gentleman. >> article 53 of the treaty on thatean union boldly says we leave after two years unless the european council in agreement with the member state concerned decides to extend the period. there is no obligation for the european union to decide to make a conditional offer. they can decide. the bill requires the prime minister under those circumstances to accept the terms on offer. that's it. this is the decision back to the european union. >> i don't agree with that.