you can see our dickinson restaurants in large cities. you will see some of our local beef.ut the one thing that makes appalachian food what it is is its roots in place. place-based food has the utilities you may not capture when they are extracted from the place. while they are delicious and can make meals even better, it is important to note the farmer that grew them or the roadside stand where you were able to pick them up because they mean something more. is how they are putting their school. it is so much more than just the recipe. it is how we have survived from these ingredients and made them part of our food culture to make them feel popular. i think preserving the history and heritage of appalachia, and specifically appalachian food, is important to the people in this region. the biggest thing is for us to continue to document that history and pay tribute to these different traditions and write down those recipes and save them and really try to keep that placee alive and keep the in appalachian food. >> we are in charlston, home to the mountain state's radio program

dickinson is reviving it. >> j.q. dickinson salt works is a revival of a family business that started in the early 1800's. my ancestors started evaporating and crystallizing salt, along with about 50 other manufacturers in the region, which made this little valley here in west virginia the largest salt producing region of the country. so we are on top of the trapped ancient sea. it's the ippetus ocean. t's a 400-million to 600 million-year-old source. there's a freshwater aquifer which means it runs under us like a salty river. this is pushing up in springs in places, which was how it was discovered, mainly by large animals. first deer and elk, buffalo were here. native americans came for hunting and gathering salt for themselves. and then as the european settlers moved west across algainey mountains, they found this really very valuable source of salt which we take for granted to. how important salt was before rerefrigeration. the salt industry really started to grow in the early 1800's. the rough in her family, the

tonight -- sean hayes star of "watchmen," actress jean smart from "dickinson," actress anna baryshnikovring the 8g band with chris johnson. ♪ ladies and gentlemen, seth meyers. [ cheers and applause >> seth: good evening everybody, i'm seth meyers. this is "late night. how's everybody doing tonight? [ cheers and applause that is great to hear. in that case, let's get to the news former massachusetts governor deval patrick announced today that he is joining the democratic presidential race and sure, why not? i mean, at this point the democratic primary is an option under uber pool. [ laughter ] amid speculation that he could become a scapegoat, rudy giuliani said in a new interview that he is confident president trump will remain loyal to him in the impeachment inquiry. responded trump, "you can count on it, randy." [ laughter ] the trump administration has proposed a new measure that could nearly double the cost of applying for american citizenship. man, just be glad people still want to come here. i mean, this is like blockbuster raising its rental fees now. [ laughter ] according -- [

. >> reporter: if you had to guess america's most popular poet, you might name emily dickinson or walttman or maya angelou. but you might be surprised to learn that one of the best-selling poets in the u.s. is a muslim who lived around 800 years ago. this month, many of his followers are making a religious pilgrimage here to his shrine in turkey. ♪ these men aren't ncg, they're meditating. faces turned towards heaven, communi communitying with god. they're calling whirling dervishing, and their form of worship is to spin and spin and then spin some more. >> they want to say to god please send your mercy to us. >> reporter: mehmet is a third generation dervish, and he has been whirling since he was 14 years old. he says the goal is a kind of religious ecstasy. >> the music goes faster and faster, and you listen that music that's written and you spin faster. and in that moment, you cannot control around you. you don't know where is right, where is left. you are nonexistence in this world. >> reporter: you're nonexistent in the world? >> yes. this is the aim because you want to be with go

from 60 minutes, margaret brennan, john dickinson, from 60 minutes, and president trump's first chief-of-staff, rise ryce. prebis. i think the question today is how does the white house respond to this very detailed case that the house democrats are laying out against the president? >> i think in reality, in watching this for the last couple of hours, and yesterday and the day before, and now it has been going on weeks, i think it is really more of the same. it is the same case that had been made in the house, and, again, it is the same case made yesterday. the same case made today. i think you're going to see more of the same. the fact that none of the evidence presented is compelling, overwhelming, or bipartisan, as nancy pelosi promised. none of the evidence directly ties to the president. and, in fact, many of the witnesses, whether it be taylor, hill, sondland, each of them, when asked, couldn't tie any of these things to president trump. i think that's what you're going to see the white house continue to hammer. the second thing the w

[applause] and dickinson was the prince, fox agent tyrus. [applause] they are not ruling him. so terry out to sea you are a military guy green beret much like me. >> we were in nam together. greg: nam a vietnamese restaurant on 49th. nam dumplings are fantastic. give me your gut response to the taking out of qassem soleimani and the response from the media. >> stop there. here's the thing, first of all hey it's interesting i'm told to come on the show and a couple of days before someone gets killed. i know people. just kidding. greg: you engineered this because you may have killed some people? >> is safe to say you probably buried someone who was killed by him and you know someone who is lost a limb and a family who was destroyed by this guy so if you're an american to things if you can't care about that you can care about all the people he killed over there. iraq, syria lebanon. his own country he is murdered and tortured people so this was legal. it was totally justified and it could not been done much better. as we sleep right now the a-listers ran aground collecting intell

tonight -- sean hayes star of "watchmen," actress jean smart from "dickinson," actress anna baryshnikovy doing tonight? [ cheers and applause that is great to hear. in that case, let's get to the news former massachusetts governor deval patrick announced today that he is joining the democratic presidential race and sure, why not?

transit doing this, who should show up at general stones camp in edwards colonel,/senator edward dickinson baker? aker virtually forgotten today unless you are from oregon. a virtually forgotten today unless you are from oregon. oregonian, you know baker. everyone knew who he was. former congressman from illinois, he had served -- best friends with abraham lincoln. the two of them knew each other as young lawyers in illinois. lincolns second son was named edward baker after baker. they were brothers. 81050 comes along, california comess a state, -- 1850 along, california becomes a state and baker says, "i am going to california." their into lincoln have first disagreement during the mexican war -- baker and lincoln have their first disagreement airing the mexican war. the mexican war. york wasrmy from new simply called the new york regiment. these three regiments were part of a big grade led by james led by jamesigade shields. shields is leading the advance. cerro gordo.t they are advancing. shields take a wound in the tax -- test. baker takes over the brigade. military some experience wee

white heat, the friendship of emily dickinson and thomas moore higginson a finalist for the national book critics circle award. sister, brother, gertrude and leo stein. and hawthorne a life which received the ambassador award. one apple is joined by eric boehner, dewitt clinton professor at emeritus of history at columbia university and the author of numerous books on american history including reconstruction, america's unfinished revolution 1863 to 1877 which was a must have when i was in graduate school. in the fiery trial, abraham lincoln and american slavery. both winners of the coveted bancroft prize. his latest book, the second founding, how the civil war and reconstruction remade the constitution, will appear in september. tonight in the final event of our spring season eric holder will engage brenda one apple in a conversation about her widely acclaimed new book "tmp chairs: the trial of andrew johnson and the dream of a just nation". which might have one or two parallels to the current political situation but i will let our two historians weigh in on that. afterwards i will

while in transit, who should camp but edward dickinson baker. baker is virtually forgotten today. unless you are for oregon. mount baker and baker county, and a city. oregon, you know baker. aeryone else knew he was, former congressman from illinois. best friends of abraham lincoln. they knew each other as young lawyers in springfield. their wives were friend. the lincoln's second son was edward bacon -- baker lincoln. baker and lincoln were tight. they were brothers. california becomes a state. baker decides i'm going to california. war, to that, the mexican they had the only political difference of their lives. lincoln was against the war. he commanded them briefly. with some credit, he did a decent job. he got written up because he was part of a brigade consisting of the third and fourth illinois and a single unit from new york called the new york regimen. these three regimens were part of a brigade commanded by james shields, who will later go on to utt kicked by stonewall jackson. cerro gordon, at that battle, shields takes a wound in the chest. baker takes over the brigade a

nancy: jq dickinson's salt-works is the revival of a family business.arted in the early 1800s. my ancestors started evaporating and crystallizing salt with 50 other manufacturers in the region which made this little

nancy: jq dickinson's salt-works is the revival of a family business. it started in the early 1800s. my ancestors started evaporating and crystallizing salt with 50 other manufacturers in the region which made this little valley in west virginia the largest salt producing region in the country. we are on top of a trapped ancient sea, a 600 million-year-old source. this has been dissolved by a freshwater aquifer which means it runs under us like a salty river. this was pushing up in springs and places, which is how it was discovered, mainly by large animals. deer and elk and buffalo were here. native americans came for hunting and gathering salt for themselves, and as european settlers moved west across allegheny mountains they found this valuable source of salt, which we take for granted today, how important salt was before refrigeration. the salt industry really started to grow in the early 1800s. the ruffner family, the dickinsons, really started to grow this industry. and it was an industry that grew on the backs of slaves. valley was one of the larg