c-span: the chapter right after andrew johnson is lyndon johnson. and i just want to read what you wrote. "serving as kennedy's second-in-command tortured the competitive johnson. he soaked his misery in cutty sark. often too depressed to get out of bed, aides had to lift him up and move his arms about to get him circulating." was this while he's president? >> guest: no, no. this is when he was vice president. this is... c-span: well, i mean -- but it was while he was a politician... >> guest: yes, absolutely. c-span: ...not after he'd retired. >> guest: no, no, no, no. no. this was... c-span: aides had to lift him up and move his arms about to get him circulated? where did -- do you have any idea where that came from? >> guest: you know, i'm trying to -- i mean, you're asking me about something i wrote a year ago. i mean, it's in the source material. i can't -- i don't know that i can find -- i could say specifically which one of those books it's from. c-span: but he was so depressed when he was no. 2... >> guest: yes. c-span: ...that this was goin

andrew johnson paid a high price for that statement. his family was driven into exile in tennessee and his property conit is kated and johnson hung in effigy and roundly cursed in his home state. johnson's unidownism was rooted in the class resentments of non-slave holding yeoman farmers against elite planters. johnson believed that the wealthy planters looked down on men like him. it was rooted, too, in the cultural differences between the mountainous up country regions of the south such as johnson's own east tennessee and low country plantation districts. finally it was rooted in a constitutional argument that the founders intended the union to be perpetual, secession was in johnson's view synonymous with lawlessness. a government without the power to enforce its laws, he declared in 1861, is no government at all. johnson put this principle into action as military governor of tennessee. lincoln put him in charge there. in march of 1862 after battlefield victories had secured the union control over the western and middle sections of the

andrew johnson paid a high price for this, his family was driven into exile and his property confiscated and he was hung and cursed in his home state. johnson's unionism was rooted in the class resentment farmers against elite planters. the wealthy planters looked down on men like him. and-rooted to in the cultural differences between the mounts you up country regions of the south such as johnson's own east tennessee and low plantation districts. it was rooted in a constitutional argument, the founders intended the union to be perpetual. it was synonymous with lawlessness. a government without the power to enforce its laws he declared in 1861 is no government at all. johnson put this principle into action, his military governor of tennessee. lincoln put him in charge there. after battlefield victories had secured there. johnson has war-time governor ruled with a heavy hand. he had conspicuous critics of lincoln administration arrested and imprisoned. he impuzed punitive taxes on planters. johnson was determined that only unconditional consistently loyal union men like himself rather than

of course i am in tennessee but i think andrew johnson was not really well-equipped for the job that he had to have and had to do. >> one of the other things you talk about in your book is a continuing legacy. would you mind touching on that for just a moment? >> sure. the continuing legacy of sherman's march is that will particularly popular. i talk a lot about "gone with the wind." i think you see it a lot. actually several years i put a google alert on for sherman's march is so everyday i get a little thing. the way they sherman's march is used in kind of popular discourse about the wars in iraq and afghanistan i think is interesting and telling and perhaps not so predictive but it is still used as a metaphor when it comes up. >> one of the things i thought was very interesting and kept thinking as i was reading the book was going back to that quotation you have from that woman about how total war basically made her more of a rebel. we don't seem to have learned from that. >> nell. no we really happened. the other thing i would say is that the sherman's march version of total war

we can say the united states government including the most conservative element, president andrew johnson, did not believe union was sufficient because when the terms of sherman's offer and armistice and end to the war, you retain southern state governments in the south, you retain local governments, you retain even the right of rebels to vote and in turn put down their arms and stop fighting the north. when it gets to the united states capitol the cabinet rejected it, 8-0 including the most conservative members and an outraged andrew johnson directs grant to go and relieve sherman of command. one of the most shocking turn abouts. it drives lincoln's funeral procession off the front page of major newspapers. of this betrayal of the northern war effort which were not meant to keep southern state governments on the ground. when grant gets there, sherman says to him, but i don't understand. if we don't keep them in charge then who is in charge? there is no government. grant says that is exactly what they intend. for weeks and months in the south there is literal anarchy something sherman can

. >> replaced vice president has been lyn with war democrat andrew johnson as lincoln's running mate. the tide is setting strongly against us, raymond responded, reported despondently and nothing but the most resolute and decided action on the part of the government and its friends can say the country from falling into hostile hands. on august 24, the day after reading ray monday's disheartening account, lincoln received his memorandum. these clouds were disbursed in the gloom permeating the lincoln re-election campaign was lifted by the news of general williams s succumbs to sherman. supporters of both the president and mcclellan engaged in both a tense and bitter campaign. dictatorship under a fire rant or in the elevation of a traitor to the presidency. lincoln had many -- lincoln had many national, state and local party leaders working on his behalf and friendly editors mobilizing support. his speeches and public letters were put to use in 1864 by his campaign managers, political supporters and commercial firms to remind voters of where he stood on the issues. the task of republic

executive committee, the book consists of 136 pages including john savages 50-page biography of andrew johnson. joseph barrett, the former editor of the scincinnati daily gaez gazette, author of 1860 lincoln biography produced a work in which concluded with slight modifications, his earlier account of lincoln's life with the history of his presidency up through the first months of 1864. the philadelphia publishing house of t.b. peterson and brothers issued the life and public services of abraham lincoln before the national union party assembled the baltimore. written by the philadelphia journalist david brain nard williamson it was issued in both paper and cloth editions. another campaign biography that appeared before lincoln's renomination was written by orville james viktor. long-time editor and writer for beetle and company's various publishing ventures. the private and public life of abraham lincoln which covers the candidate's life through 1863 and issued as number 14 of beetle's company's dime buying gra call library was published as small paperback that could fit into a reader's pocket

>> that's correct, he and andrew johnson. >> north carolinian, by the way. >> via tennessee. >> via tennessee, yeah. >> congressman coble, what brought you to congress in the first place? what made you decide to run for congress? >> it started probably some years earlier when an old time lawyer, duke law school -- i'm not a duke fan, but duke law school, called me aside one day and he said i want you to run for the state legislature. this was 1968. he said when you go to vote, you turn to the republican side of the ballot and there's no names on there. how do you expect to build a party with no one willing to run for office? and he convinced me i needed to run for state legislature and i did and was unfortunate enough to be elected. that was in 1968. a good year for republicans. and then i served three terms in raleigh. strike that. i was appointed assistant u.s. attorney after my first term in our state capital of raleigh. that's what started looking ahead, maybe, the seat was known as the revolving door district. congressman richardson preyer, do you remember the name? pryor was elected in

and andrew johnson vetoed the civil rights act of 1866 because he said it would give quote discriminatingexture, and textured african-americans. he thought he was giving an illicit, i'm just helping hand to african-americans because it allowed african-americans to be, citizens of the united states immediately. he thought that was a sort of illicit reverse discrimination. he thought it was reverse discrimination for federal law to say that african-americans, in fact all people, had to have the same rights to enter into contracts and own property on the same basis as white people. he viewed that as a type of quote of affirmative action. people nowadays don't view that as affirmative action. they view that as anti-discrimination law. the affirmative action we're used to, the affirmative action i mainly talk about in my book mainly came about in the late 1960s and early 1970s. the reason why it came about is because of a widespread feeling that anti-discrimination laws alone would not be enough to quickly desegregate american life. >> host: what about court cases? >> guest: there have been ma

friend and agent over 20 years this is our tenth book together restarted with washington and andrew johnson next. we will try to do better than that. abraham lincoln was preoccupied with the founding fathers. 1854 when the missouri compromise was repealed and he was roused is he had never been before the end of the civil war. his most famous expression and devotion to the founders was the "gettysburg address" which he began with fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation conceived in liberty but three years before that in another great speech here in new york at cooper union, he kicked off a presidential campaign and referred to the founders again as our fathers marked slavery led it so it can be marked as an evil not to be extended but speak as though they act upon it and six years before that with this speech that kicked off his political career in peoria. and again references the founding fathers. trailing in the dust to spirit the revolution led this return slavery to the position of our fathers gave us. and these examples could be multiplied

that would have been andrew johnson. he was president until march of 1869. you were saying that someone said that is the messiest of divorces. grant served in congress -- rosecrans served in congress. grant had some financial problems and they wanted to put him on the retired list which would entitle him to a pension. rosecrans fought that. a lot of people thought that was not good. but he felt strongly about it. it felt that general grant not only had wronged him but had wronged other people as well. thomas of course was going to be released by general grant. it is an interesting and deep story. look at the book, it's available, and also this is a man that should be commemorated. if you think he is someone that should be remembered in the capital nation that he played a big part in preserving. anything else? >> is there any directed movement to get rosecrans a statue? >> we can start one. [laughter] ohio did it. the folks there got their goal. the book just came out in march. there are going to be people that are going to say no, i'm making these things up,

there all through the andrew johnson impeachment, and so aggravated by it.o he is one that stayed in the game, but in both games. he went back and forth. >> in the acknowledgments of this book, you talk about how you put this book together. you say that near the end of this project, you had a major accident. what was it? >> so this is your surprise question. i fell. >> it is in your book, is why i am asking. >> it was all the way in the back. i tripped and fell in april of this year, and shattered my shoulder. >> which one? >> fortunately, not the writing one. the left one. went into surgery, didn't go too well, caught an infection in the hospital, had to have it read on. ne.redo >> where were you in the process of getting the book done? >> i was in the key process of having my last shot at errors. every book has a few errors and the more you have an opportunity to catch them -- it was that process. i didn't trust myself. my daughter, who is a terrific writer and proofreader, spent almost every day with me during the times that i was somewhat unhurt, and we

and andrew johnson vetoed the civil rights act of 1866 because he said it would give quote discriminatingture and textured african-americans. he thought he was giving an illicit, i'm just helping hand to african-americans because it allowed african-americans to be citizens of the united states immediately. he thought that was a sort of illicit reverse discrimination. he thought it was reverse discrimination for federal law to say that african-americans in fact all people, had to have the same rights to enter into contracts and own property on the same basis as white people. he viewed that as a type of quote of affirmative action. people nowadays don't view that as affirmative action. they view that as anti-discrimination law. the affirmative action we're used to, the affirmative action i mainly talk about in my book mainly came about in the late 1960s and early 1970s. the reason why it came about is because of a widespread feeling that anti-discrimination laws alone would not be enough to quickly desegregate american life. >> host: what about court cases? >> guest: there have been many co

in the beginning of 1866, president andrew johnson commits a merciful act. there's a blanket amnesty of troops and along with that executive order is a prohibition of further military tribunals. it's important to note that the jag office were not done. they were preparing a massive set of additional work on the trials, including george pickett. forgiveness has to start somewhere and the united states began to forgive in 1866. if there's injustice, it's that major -- general winder had a heart attack in february of 1865 t florence, i believe, and passed bray higher court of judgment as it says. one more question. [indiscernible] >> your passion for this. i just have a two-part question. -- it's been a long time [indiscernible] -- ondering what can be indiscernible] what are the benefits in en gauging in the debate. -- n't -- engaging in the [indiscernible] technically, given the theme of the conference in 164, i'm wondering if you could elaborate quickly on perhaps you brought up in the beginning about how race became these damming features that stopped the c

in the beginning of 1866 president andrew johnson commits a merciful act. there's a blanket amnesty of troops and along with that executive order is a prohibition of further military tribunals. it's important to note that a judge advocate generals office, they were not done. they were preparing a massive set of additional war crimes trials including among them george pickett. forgiveness has to start somewhere, and the united states began to forgive in 1866. and henry wertz, if there's an injustice to him, it's that major -- or general winder had a heart attack in february of 1865 at florence, i believe, and passed before a higher court of judgment, as we say. ok. ok, one more question. >> [indiscernible] for your presentation. it was provocative, beautiful. i havession for this -- a two-part question. [indiscernible] wondering what do you know about creating this calculus of [indiscernible] and most of the stuff i had read [indiscernible] given the theme of the conference, 1864, i wonder if -- could elaborate quickly you brought up with the [indiscernible]

history, we look back and say did they have to impeach andrew johnson?did they have to impeach bill clinton? the only time you impeach a president or would impeach a president is if you absolutely have to. >> right. >> could the president do something? >> but i want to ask you about what senator sessions was saying. he basically said it's not that the senate budget committee that he's going to head up can do it alone, but the senate can do it in cooperation with the house can take away the funding of those little cards that they would give those to whom the president means to grant some sort of accommodation. now if that's true, if the republicans do that, because that is within their bailiwick, what will happen? he makes it sound like that really will shut down the president's plan. >> well, that is the aforementioned suck kiness that will be the president's next two years. is he will have to go through each time and deal with that. he will have to make concessions. because harry reid was his greatest enabler and greatest protector. he allowed the presi

in 1866, president andrew johnson commits a merciful act. there is a blanket amnesty of thats, and along with executive order is a prohibition of further military tribunals. advocate general's office were not done. they were preparing a massive set of additional war crime trials on -- among them george pickett. forgiveness has to start somewhere. the united states began to forgive in 1866. henry wirtz -- if there's an injustice to him, it is that general winder had a heart in february of 1865 at florence. he passed before a higher court of judgment. one more question. >> [indiscernible] thank you for your presentation. it was provocative, beautiful. your passion for this is clear. i have a two-part question. [indiscernible] i am wondering what do you know about creating this calculus of who created the most deadly [indiscernible] i don't even remember the literature. given the theme of the conference, 1864, i wonder if you could elaborate quickly -- you brought up with the [indiscernible] could you talk a little bit about the way in which li

. >> i'm andrew johnson. how would this issue of global censorship -- how does that apply to this country? the james rising case and the attack on whistle-blowers like snowden. how does it apply to this country? >> host: good question. >> guest: i think it absolutely applies. for a number of reasons. one is, there has been a significant erosion in this country of press freedom standards, and i think that has clearer global implications because of the standing, frankly, that u.s. media culture has in the world, and the first amendment and the value with which that is regarded by journalists all over the world so any deterioration of press freedom standards in this country gives license to governments and lead erred around the world to justify their own restriction biz citing the example of the united states. so we are obviously very concerned by the cases you mentioned because of the example they set globally. and then there's the issue of surveillance, which we haven't even really touched on, and that is one

. >> i understand the valley of picking andrew johnson, but why was the decision to leave hannibal? >> again, the goal here is to keep war democrats in the fold and the perception was that hamlin was perceived by the mainstream and the middle of the spectrum as too anti-slavery and too radical and they wouldn't help. they had nowhere else to go. in a sense it was less important to appeal to them. it seemed they might have somewhere else to go. that went by the wayside and other speakers will say more about that. lincoln hoped to secure this middle ground and this little ground was a place where they were not only in a lot of voters and governors. it was essential to keep the war democrats on board. johnson seemed at that moment to be the perfect answer to his problem. of course we know that johnson's president, lincoln again watched johnson closely and feels he is a man who can be trusted. johnson will stumble out of the gate during the ceremonies. he is widely reported to have been drunk and makes a real fool of himself and lincoln stands by and said i know andy johnson. he messed

andrew johnson is next. we will try to do better than that. abraham lincoln was preoccupied with the founding fathers. from 1854 when the missouri compromise was repealed and he was roused as he put it, as he had never been before, all the way through out the maddox and the end of the civil war and his life. -- appomattox. is most famous expression, his devotion to the founders was in 1863 in the gettysburg address, which he began with four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation conceived in liberty. but three years before that at another great speech here in new york, cooper union, februar february 1860, he kicked off his presidential campaign. it referred to the founders again as our fathers marked slavery, so let it be again marked as an evil not to be extended. let us speak as they spoke an act as they acted upon it. six years before that in the speech that kicked off his mature political career in peoria in october 1854. again he references the founding fathers. let us turn and wash of white in

johnson except as an overruling of the decision in my judgment. the question is what happened after that. what happened was the demography. what happened was marshall died. his colleagues died. andrew jackson, as the president, appointed the replacement and within a very short amount of time, the majority of the justices were jacksonian. they reintroduced the vesting in title material in the johnson the decision. the first was introduced by henry baldwin, who was certifiably insane. someone asked me where the rule came from. we don't talk about that, but i will not take the time. if you cite that opinion today, if you cite the johnson versus macintosh opinion or cite the formulation of the discovery doctrine that vets ownership of indigenous lands in the discovering european sovereign, i'm going to encourage you, i want you to say that is not john marshall's discovery doctrine. it was a mistake and he got rid of it within 10 years. it is henry baldwin's discovery doctrine. baldwin was an andrew jackson appointee and certifiably insane. with any luck, eventually enough courts will hear that message and we can revisit this doctrine, and as i think mentioned earlier, is clearly racist

>> that's correct, he and andrew johnson. >> north carolinian, by the way. >> via tennessee. > via tennessee, yeah. >> congressman coble, what brought you to congress in the first place? what made you decide to run for congress? >> it started probably some years earlier when an old time lawyer, duke law school -- i'm not a duke fan, but duke law school, called me aside one day and he said i want you to run for the state legislature. this was 1968. he said when you go to vote, you turn to the republican side of the ballot and there's no names on there. how do you expect to build a party with no one willing to run for office and he convinced me i needed to run for state legislature and i did and was unfortunate enough to be elected. that was in 1968. a good year for republicans. and then i served three terms n raleigh. strike that. i was appointed assistant u.s. attorney after my first term in our state capital of raleigh. that's what started looking ahead, maybe, the seat was known as the revolving door district. congressman richardson preyer, do you remember the name? pryor was elected in 19

he and andrew johnson. >> yes, north carolinian, by the way. >> from tennessee. >> yes, from tennessee. >> congressman coble, what in the you to congress first place? started some years an old time from duke law school ccall me aside one day and said, i want you to run for the state legislator. this was in 1968. he said, when you go to vote on the tender the republican side of the ballot. it is vacant. there are no names on their. how do you expect to build a party with no one willing to run for office. and he convinced me that i needed to run for state legislature, which i did and was fortunate enough to be elected. that was in 1968. a good year for republicans. then i served three terms in raleigh. i was appointed us attorney after my first term. in our state capital of raleigh. looking what started -- ahead, maybe -- the seat was known as the revolving door district. congressman richard was elected in 1958. a very good man. ultimately, it was reported -- i forget where i was going with this -- >> why you got to congress. >> back to the old lawyer. he encouraged me to run for congres

we started with washington, now we're with lincoln, andrew johnson next. [laughter]our we'll try to do better than that. [laughter] abraham lincoln was preoccupied with the founding fathers from 1854 when the missouri wit compromise was repealed, and he was roused, as he put it, as he'd never been before all the way through appomattox and the civil war to thend of his life. to the end of his life. in 1863 in the get fits burg --d gettysburg address he wan with four d -- he began with four score and -- at another great speech in new york, cooper union, he kicked off his presidential campaign. he referred to the founders again. kic as our fathers marked slavery,t so let it be again marked asen evil not to be -- as an evil not to be extended. let us speak as they spoke and s act as they acted upon it. and six years before that in the speech that kicked off his mature political career in peoria in october 1854, again hs references the founding fathers. a republican robe is soiled and trailed in the dust.ga let usin turn and wash it whiten the spirit of the rev

i can't speak for when andrew johnson was impeached, but certainly when bill clinton was impeached, there was a real -- it didn't work well for the republicans. there was a real surge in the popularity of bill clinton. they don't want to see that happen, the democrats be sympathetic. they have to be careful. >> let's talk about the possible legislation in the next two years. sunday, former gop can't dated mitt romney predicted that a republican control senate would pass comprehensive immigration reform. we have a sound bite. lets listen. >> you're going to see a bill actually reach the desks of the penalty if we finally have someone besides harry reid sitting in the senate. >> let's talk about that. is that going to be a big push among republicans? >> it will be. harry reid's not going anywhere. whether he's majority leader, minority leader or a u.s. senator. that's where romney is wrong. what romney's right about is that republicans going to try to own this issue. what they can do where this productive or otherwise is turn to the electorate in 2015 and 2016 around say hey listen, the dem

if you look over here, you see andrew johnson. they've got statues of presidents all over the city.at his shoulders. you see a lot of ice out there. there's a glaze of ice on all the overpasses, streets, cars. that's going to cause a lot of problems for a lot of people. what we've been seeing so far this morning right here at the intersection of st. joseph street and 6th street, seen a lot of salt trucks and scrapers. trying to stay ahead of this thing. affecting from montana over to minnesota. affected by the colder air and the snowfall. it will eventually affect millions of americans pulling into the ohio valley, parts of texas, even the deep south. back to you. >> that would definitely make my grumpy. thanks, reynolds. >>> coming up, much more about the action in crude and currencies this morning. and check out shares of mcdonald's. getting red i do roll out monthly sales. we'll get those numbers at 8:00 a.m. eastern time. "squawk box" returns in just a moment. will that be all, sir? thank you. ordering chinese food is a very predictable experience. i order b14. i get b14. no sur

and andrew johnson vetoed the civil rights act of 1866 because he said it would give quote discriminatingexture, and textured african-americans. he thought he was giving an illicit, i'm just helping hand to african-americans because it allowed african-americans to be, citizens of the united states immediately. he thought that was a sort of illicit reverse discrimination. he thought it was reverse discrimination for federal law to say that african-americans, in fact all people, had to have the same rights to enter into contracts and own property on the same basis as white people. he viewed that as a type of quote of affirmative action. people nowadays don't view that as affirmative action. they view that as anti-discrimination law. the affirmative action we're used to, the affirmative action i mainly talk about in my book mainly came about in the late 1960s and early 1970s. the reason why it came about is because of a widespread feeling that anti-discrimination laws alone would not be enough to quickly desegregate american life. >> host: what about court cases? >> guest: there have been ma

linden b johnson, but after that, take a look at this list. andrew jackson. marriage. thomas jefferson, inheritance, george washington, arried well. jfk would have inherited the equivalent of a billion dollars. there's a lot of resentment about being rich. in fact, the recent, the debatet debate in florida to see who will be governor, we saw something really, really funny between charlie crist and rick scott. both of these guys played the i grew up poor card. i guess that's the winning card. take rick scott. charlie doesn't care the reason he doesn't care, he never experienced it. i watched my father struggle to buy christmas prevents. but charlie crist said, you know what, when i was a kid, we lived in a small apartment in atlanta. my dad was going to medical school. he used to deliver newspapers to make ends meet. you guys don't know me. two rich guys trying to connect to the common folk. it makes me nervous. the current issue right now in newsstands. there's an article that's titled, none versus the tycoon. nunn versus perdue. this guy was the ceo of two major corpo

duke johnson not able to be out there for miami's final drive as he was cramping up. >> kirk: you see nate andrews tried to take wait tight end, goes with him at the line of scrimmage. that play did not have a chance. i believe he wanted to get it to walford but the call here by charles kelly, they walked nate andrews up to the line of scrimmage to jam him and work to get to the route and instead of a linebacker which was a great call. and he had to just take a chance, throw it up into triple coverage and jalen ramsey with the interception. a hug from a former teammate, terrence brooks. >> chris: another battle between old rivals, to join the long list of entertaining games. we'll see brad kaaya more in his career. not able to seal the deal against the seminoles. many have tried, no one has succeeded. >> kirk: brad kaaya is a future star. miami's program with al golden is heading in a right direction. >> chris: jimbo fisher and james coley sharing a hug. they koecoached together at lsud fsu. teams are eliminated, no rematch, lose here and lose -- fisher's team clinching atlantic division title but

duke johnson not able to be out there for miami's final drive as he was cramping up. >> kirk: you see nate andrews tried to take wait tight end, goes with him at the line of scrimmage. that play did not have a chance. i believe he wanted to get it to walford but the call here by charles kelly, they walked nate andrews up to the line of scrimmage to jam him and work to get to the route and instead of a linebacker which was a great call. and he had to just take a chance, throw it up into triple coverage and jalen ramsey with the interception. a hug from a former teammate, terrence brooks. >> chris: another battle between old rivals, to join the long list of entertaining games. we'll see brad kaaya more in his career. not able to seal the deal against the seminoles. many have tried, no one has succeeded. >> kirk: brad kaaya is a future star. miami's program with al golden is heading in a right direction. >> chris: jimbo fisher and james coley sharing a hug. they koecoached together at lsud fsu. teams are eliminated, no rematch, lose here and lose -- fisher's team clinching atlantic division title but

johnson for example described america's faces abroad. hundreds of bases abroad. quote as striking evidence. quote, for those who care to look, an imperial project that cold war obscured. andrew bassvich. who is a conservative those some say he is so far right that he has come around to the left. that the intervention in iraq as he fut was quote a war for the imperial. the policy in total is to quote expand in american impeer yam. again, this is not just a right wing left wing thing. on the left, clearly left side, the lord socialist web says quote iraq was a predatory imperialist war. carried out as part of reorganizing the middle east to secure american interests. another commentator, tarik ali, he wroets quote, when people write me that the american empire is weakening, i say, don't underestimate it. europe and middle east fall into line when the united states says this has to be done and that had to be done. the only sovereign nation today is the imperial nation. now, this is not just an ivory tower that these accusations are booted around. very sadly after the great tragedy of the boston marathon last year, the person who engineers that bombing, his neighbored were inter

johnson for example described america's bases abroad -- and theu has hundreds of bases abroad -- as a striking evidence, quote, for those who care to look, an imperial project that cold war obscured. andrew bacevich. who is a conservative those some say he is so far right that he has come around to the left. that the intervention in iraq as he put it was, quote, a war for the imperium because the policy in total is to, quote, expand an american imperium. again, this is not just a right wing, left wing thing. on the left, clearly left side, the lord socialist web says quote iraq was a predatory imperialist war. carried out as part of a long-term strategy to reorganize the middle east to secure american interest. another british commentator, tarik ali, he writes, quote, when people tell me that the american empire is weakening, i say, don't underestimate it. europe and the middle east fall into line when the united states says this has to be done and that had to be done. the only sovereign nation today is the imperial nation. now, this is not just in the ivory tower that these accusations are booted around. very sadly after the great tragedy of the boston marathon last year, dzhokhar tsarn

andrew cuomo will defeat rob astorino. >> and south dakota where dennis daugaard will breeze to victory over susan wismer. minnesota governor mark dayton, a democrat will survive a challenge by jeff johnsonressman. >> a couple of races there, the michigan senate race not a surprise. the only race that president obama campaigned for a senate campaign there for gary peters and also probably one of the better-run campaigns in minnesota by al franken. thought to be vulnerable. he wasn't in the end. but it's really the commonwealth of virginia that everybody is looking at, trying to get a gauge whether ed gillespie can actually win this race. still too close to call. let's check in with bill hemmer at the bill board. >> 65 to 70% of the vote is in in virginia. this has stunned a lot of people, frankly. everybody, i guess, except for dana perino. she's been saying this race is going to be close for some time. what is happening inside the commonwealth? remember eric cantor was stunned in virginia? his district starts here north of richmond and runs up to the northwest, district number seven is all red in favor of ed gillespie at the moment. 66% of the vote in. gillespie with a five-point lead.