it's got a very lively reputation al capone was also said to have stayed there. and what is always said about anywhere al capone state is that there was a secret tunnel so he could get out of the building should the law enforcement converge on him and that there was a girlfriend somewhere around and sometimes an illegitimate son or two or three so i kind of to began to take all the al capone slip here stories with a grain of salt and that's why i can tell you i can only verify two for sure. okay. well, thank you so much for your attention. welcome catherine olmstead here to the library. she is no stranger to the fdr library, and then we're so glad to have her just a little by way of background. she's a professor of history at the university of california davis. she specializes in political and cultural history of the 20 20th and 21st century with a particular interest in the influence of anti-communism. it's very interesting and conspiracy theories on national politics. it was just saying to her that seems like an absurd field to me, but what do i know? i'm just

al capone was also said to have stayed there.what is always set said abot anywhere al capone state is that there was a secret tunnel so he could get out of the building should the law enforcement converge on him and that the was a a girlfriend somewhere around and sometimes an illegitimate son or two or three. and doesn't begin to take all of the al capone slept your stories with a grain of salt and that's why can tell you i only verified to for sure. okay. thank you so much for your attention. [applause] >> be up-to-date in the latest in publishing with booktv's podcast "about books" with current nonfiction book releases. plus bestseller lists as those industry news and trends through insider interviews. you can find "about books" on c-span now, our free mobile app or wherever you get your podcasts. >> c-span there is a free mobile app featuring unfiltered view of what's happening in washington live and on-demand. keep up with today's biggest events with live streams are for proceedings from u.s. u.s., white house events, the co

al capone said to have stayed there.you are al capone stayed he could tell he could get out b of the building. there was a program around. sometimes two or three. i kind of began to take all the al capone slept two stories with a grain of salt. that's why i can say can only verify two for sure. >> thank you. and cute so much for your attention. [applause] >> be up-to-date on the latest in publishing podcasts with nonfiction book releases plus bestseller lists and trends through insider addition. you can write about books on c-span now reading your podcasts is your unfiltered view of what's happening in washington live and on-demand. keep up with today's biggest events with live streams of floor proceedings appearance from u.s. congress, white house events, the courts, campaigns and more for the world politics. all a group fingertips. sacred latest episodes of "washington journal" and find scheduling information for c-span tv networks and c-span radio. plus a variety of compelling podcasts. and now is a veiled apple store

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remember h how the fbi eventualy got al capone and al capone was making a lot of money running rackets for here the mob in chicago, but the department got them for tax evasion that's what's really going on here. i think, tax evasion is opening the door to what's really going on behind the scenes. why isn't hunter biden reporting money from abroad? these deals might not be fully legitimate. why would hunter biden be hired by burisma to be on the board when he had no oil and gas experience but what were his ties to these companies run by the chinese communist party? that's what this tax avoidance investigation opens the door to. >> trace: what i wonder is where does this lead. how about the emails, the other records related to business deals that could be found on the laptop. it really is this electronic pandora's box. >> is the actually reporting the taxes, the justice department and the fbi, if they are doing their jobs needs to have a global look at everything that hunter biden is doing financially. all these intertwined deals. especially if they are coming from abroad. if an american

let's go on the al capone theory. we're talking about al capone not trump. evasion. it's a no-brainer. just do something to get him out of the game. >> i hear you on the no-brainer, but obviously, we're both attorneys, the idea of thinking about how you approve that, because what you are saying is exactly the talking point that many of us are saying, including himself which is, just throw anything against the wall and have a kind of -- but have a fishing expedition and something will stick. doesn't that just feel the narrative that everyone is out to get him and there is no credibility? >> it does, but that is not what i am saying. what i am saying is instead of going after everything he is going against the wall because everything he does is something new. january six, mar-a-lago documents, everything else that the guy does -- let's stop and not concentrate on all of that. let's go for the low hanging fruit because the guy will fight you tooth and nail on everything. let's not forget, in order for the district attorney and ag to get the documents, what did

i'm talking about al capone, not trump. let's get him for tax evasion. it's a no-brainer.t him out of the game. >> i hear you on the no-brainer, but obviously, you know, we're both attorneys. the idea how you make your burden and how you prove that, because what year saying is exactly what many will say including his supporters, okay throw him against the wall and have a kind of fishing expedition -- i don't think that's what's happening, but have a fishing expedition and something will stick. doesn't that fuel the narrative everyone is out to get him and there's no credibility? >> it does, but i'm saying instead of going after stuff he throws against the wall because every day he goes something new. january 6th, let's go to mar-a-lago documents, let's go to everything else the guy does. let's stop and let's not concentrate on all of that. let's just go for the low hanging fruit because the guy will fight you tooth and nail on everything. let's not forget in order for the district attorney and the a.g. to get their documents what did they end up having to do? they had to b

lemore nate the -- eliminate the competition the way people in the underworld have datingpo back to al capone and that's what they became was master marketers and discounting and giving dope away free in front of methadoneet clinics and guys that got out of jail. bring five new customers and 50 free balloons of heroin and that kind of thing. their key moment is when they jump the mississippi river for the first time and one guy in particular on the book jumped the mississippi river and landed in columbus as a massive new push is underway by pharmaceutical companies and paying specialists particularly in the area of southern ohio, west virginia, kentucky to promote narcotic painkillers and creates a huge new number of addicts and they're there to service the addicts once they can no longer afford the pills and look for something cheaper. >> there's a mass of towns like portsmouth, ohio, and there's drugug traffickers and what shod they know about purdue pharma? >> it p was crucial in form hage have today. purdue pharma with an aggressive tomorrow of they gave awe a cd called swing in the right

it's similar to how they got al capone, but he probably had less syphilis.his father for comment. >> look, maybe hunter should come to the lying on the gum form thing. i knew they were going to get him for something. i thought it would've been the best criminal enterprise he was running with me -- you can't choose your battles, right? remember, no one is above the law. but i'm pretty close. >> greg: it's true. everybody says no one is above the law but hunter has proved that wrong even if he goes away for a little bit your movie is out my son hunter, didn't hunter biden infiltrate your set with somebody? >> we shot the film in belgrade, serbia. we needed exotic locations. i'm at the hotel and the staff told me guess who was here a month ago? hunter biden. i said did he have an art opening? why was he in belgrade? now we are filming and the producers this irish guy says he's coming for the shoot, they are doing a documentary, the south park guys. we signed a nondisclosure and i said i don't want anybody on the set come i don't feel comfortable that way. he sa

it's like the al capone strategy and iowa hawkeyes thing in play, ask this is just a theory that theoj is moving against president trump and they want this as cover so they can say, look, we're doing an unbiased application of the law, we went after after trump but also a bi. given all the corruption that we know about the fbi and doj, that'll be a total farce. rachel: wow. monica, great stuff. we love having you onset. we got to have you back. by the way, my take away, make love not war. i think i'm turning into a hippie. >> always. see how things turn, rachel. rachel: yes, i see. >> full circle. thank you, guys. will: i'm for love and wear. rachel: maybe i won't wear a bra next week. >> that'll do wonders for the ratings, rachel. thanks, guys. rachel: see ya, monica. pete: two brothers facing charges for the death of four california fa family members. will: they kidnapped an 8 month old and the bodies found in an almond orchard days later and one was convicted of robbery and false imprisonment and released in 2018. man accused of stabbing two people to death and wounding six others

>> this is not al capone where he was convicted on tax evasion and everyone breathes a sigh of reliefent of the united states and his son with massive important questions about conflict of interest and the compromise of our president. therefore, it is incumbent on the hopefully republican dominated congress and senate to investigate. i don't have confidence in doj if they limit it to the potential gun conflict and the tax evasion. i am not satisfied with that. i need answers to everything that kennedy outlined earlier. >> rob, huge task ad for that, hunter biden, afghanistan. >> they have a tall order. even if they take it where with it needs to be about the investigation of hunter biden and joe biden stuff, i do not know if the media is going to care. this should be one of the biggest stories in the world, everybody should be on this. this is real serious stuff. you hear not a cricket from anybody in major mainstream news sources about this. >> they verified the laptop, beyond that, they don't care. >> they have to eat crow on some of this. >> eating crow, that's right. popular late

no one got hurt in al capone go, winco yorty told us we might go through the -- the coyote told us weht never go through this. i thought it was going to be sand and sand only, like aladdin. the fences are cool. i feel like i'm back home chasing iguanas. i practice. it is the most exciting thing we've done all trip. it's like a game. who can make it through the fence without getting stuck? my arm has marks where i crawled. it's worth it. my hands are scratched and i can feel a thorn in my left palm, but that's ok. we keep walking, the fences can't stop us. we got through another one and we are masters. chele and marcello help each other. mario helps patricia. chino helps me. no one gets stuck. other people do, so we make up a few positions in the line. cadejo protects us. i look for his eyes, but only find trash or a rock or someone's water bottle. i'm so awake. it's almost 11:00. the latest i've stayed up since the boat. and i'm not tired at all." susan: so one question you would have as a reader, how are you able to recover such detailed memories? javier: multilayered answer. one is

it's kind of like the al capone thing. but nobody is in there for just smoking pot.y who smokes pot ends up with fentanyl, but almost nobody who gets to fentanyl didn't start with marijuana. this marijuana around today's very serious. 20-30 times more powerful than what we had a knee '60s. >> steve: bill, things have changed. now a number of states are okaying recreational pot. medical marijuana is legal across much of this land. things are different now. >> yes, things are different, and they are not better. we had 108,000 deaths last year from fentanyl, and in this city we have a very solemn memorial, 55,000 dead over 16 years. last year, 108,000 dead from a drug poisoning. by the way, it's not an overdose of fentanyl, it is a dose of fentanyl. some drugs lead to other drugs. we know that. we have turned away from this and we need to push back. tell me who the drug czar is in this administration. do you have any idea? i don't know who it is. i've talked to a couple former drug czars and they don't know who it is. we need to push back on this. we don't want a buzzed

really eliminate the competition the way people in the underworld traditionally have dating back to al capone really. so they had to become master marketers and that's what they became. it was a way of discounting, giving don't away free info methadone clinics, giving don't away free to guys are just got out of jail. you bring me five new customers and i'll give you free 50 blends of heroin, that kind of thing. their key moment comes when they jumped the mississippi river for the first time. one day particular i kind of book, jump the mississippi river, land in columbus just as a massive new push is underway by pharmaceutical companies and pain specialist, take or any area of southern ohio, west virginia, kentucky to promote narcotic pain chose confided in, percocet, oxycontin as new solution to pain. this creates a whole new number a huge new number of addicts and they are there to vent service those addicts once they can no longer afford those pills and are looking for something cheaper. >> host: so you've got a story of towns like portsmouth, ohio. you've got the drug traffickers. you just

the al capone approach. get him on taxes.act that basically says if someone refuses a request to return sensitive national security information, that, too, is a criminal violation. the justice department could go that route and prosecute trump for that and only that. in my judgment, if there's a case to be made for january 6, that president trump incited the insurrection, i actually believe it's in the national interest that we call that what it is and not shy away from any such prosecution. if we end up doing that, i think that the department of justice is going to have to have a very good explanation for why they're doing that, given all the evidence we now see from the january 6 committee. >> what we're seeing right now is chairman bennie thompson speaking to reporters ahead of this hearing. i don't believe we have a microphone in that gaggle. we do not. we will figure out what he said and bring it to you. we also again have more from that reporting from the top of the hour from nbc news, from ryan reilly and ken dilanian.