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the reason i say it is the story of two assassinations, it is not until the controversial election of 1876 that you have a end to reconstruction so that is when you get jim crow and the active segregation laws. fast forward to the republican convention of 1880 and between the us is great going for a nonconsecutive third term, everybody gets tired of it. and somebody running third of for the delegate count. how can you give the nomination to a man who doesn't seek it? he ends with it anyway. he then has thrown under the ticket a man who embodies all islands of the system, chester arthur but garfield, a man who is detached from party politics, who made a pledge, born in a log cabin, his big issues were universal education and universal suffrage and a end to the spoil system and creation of modern civil servants. we were supposed to get that vision four months into his pregnant -- presidency, he is shot by a officer who worked with chester arthur who wrote in the letter declaration that he killed garfield so arthur could be president and expected to be rewarded as consul general in paris
the reason i say it is the story of two assassinations, it is not until the controversial election of 1876 that you have a end to reconstruction so that is when you get jim crow and the active segregation laws. fast forward to the republican convention of 1880 and between the us is great going for a nonconsecutive third term, everybody gets tired of it. and somebody running third of for the delegate count. how can you give the nomination to a man who doesn't seek it? he ends with it anyway. he...
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when oliver stone came out with his film in 1992 about the kennedy assassination i decided i.c.e. all on - - i decided i would solve it. i put pictures and xerox copies all over the wall with thumbtacks and yarn and wild conspiracy theories that i remember so that collecting and memorabilia and a strange sub collection and presidential locks of hair until you see it. then it is fascinating but it has been a passion of mine. this has been an interest my entire life. i spent all day about innovation in the future and when my wife was pregnant with our oldest daughter who was five years old i needed a nesting project so i will resurrect this childhood interest about the times president died in office and the office was transformed so it really resonates on so many different levels because we are at a time people is looking at leadership qualities a fascination with history but it is anchored around those transitions every ten or 20 years most people are familiar with one or two presidents at office most people are surprised there are eight. i won't give you all of them i have to leav
when oliver stone came out with his film in 1992 about the kennedy assassination i decided i.c.e. all on - - i decided i would solve it. i put pictures and xerox copies all over the wall with thumbtacks and yarn and wild conspiracy theories that i remember so that collecting and memorabilia and a strange sub collection and presidential locks of hair until you see it. then it is fascinating but it has been a passion of mine. this has been an interest my entire life. i spent all day about...
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one idea was to assassinate not just fiddle but his brother, raul, an assassination trifecta. the more serious cia plan was approved by dwight eisenhower later in the month. march 17, 1960. the plan developed by richard bissell the director of plans was to use some of the cubans who had been fleeing castro, mainly to florida, to return to cuba and overthrow him. originally the idea was to infiltrate the men on to the island in small groups, but that shifted into something like more a world war ii style infib u usious infibbious infacvasion. it was to land on a significant piece of real estate and hold it for a length of time, maybe a week to ten days. at some point the brigade would fly in a provisional government, which the cia assembled in miami and which was being kept in a safe house at the time. the government would set up shop on the beach, declare its the rightful government of cuba, what was to happen after that was not clear. one hope is that the cuban population would rise up in support of the brigade and help overthrow castro. another possibility was that this provi
one idea was to assassinate not just fiddle but his brother, raul, an assassination trifecta. the more serious cia plan was approved by dwight eisenhower later in the month. march 17, 1960. the plan developed by richard bissell the director of plans was to use some of the cubans who had been fleeing castro, mainly to florida, to return to cuba and overthrow him. originally the idea was to infiltrate the men on to the island in small groups, but that shifted into something like more a world war...
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by assassinating. salam he was in charge of artifacts personal security. over the years he had been developing contacts with the cia and was seen as a point man for interaction with the air because. we had through the cia some kind of a liaison or larsen ship without a house and salama. and that had to do ostensibly with security issues. and it worked embassy was never attacked in those days. now people still argue whether that relationship led to our house and saw him becoming an agent of the cia or not. i personally think that he did it but i can't prove it i was in government during that period and we were in fact receiving remarkably sensitive intelligence from inside the p.l.o. at the highest levels and i if it wasn't our house and saw it was somebody very much like him. i felt could do little to parry such blows being delivered by it but it was a different matter went up on a dog resumed his assassination affect the representatives of the uk in june 978 from his base in baghdad aboard a dog ordered the killing of the task bureau chief. explicitly acc
by assassinating. salam he was in charge of artifacts personal security. over the years he had been developing contacts with the cia and was seen as a point man for interaction with the air because. we had through the cia some kind of a liaison or larsen ship without a house and salama. and that had to do ostensibly with security issues. and it worked embassy was never attacked in those days. now people still argue whether that relationship led to our house and saw him becoming an agent of the...
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far from stifling the intifada and will jihad assassination had the opposite effect. the occupied territories erupted in angry demonstrations. abu jihad funeral was held at the palestinian refugee camp in the mosques hundreds of thousands of mourners attended to pay their respects last 5 years after his expulsion from syria and after years of a bitter feud artifacts returned to damascus for the. he was given a hero's welcome. it turned out to be a vote of confidence for the honest outlet p.l.o. in the heartland of a strong. feeling that stockman. stick with that engine as if unlikely as thick bad shabbier. there was a tremendous turnout at the funeral as a coffin was carried for hours throughout the camp that people tried to lift the car carrying out a fight off the ground as a token of their support leah. he was carried on people's shoulders it shook the splinter groups opposed to him because it restored the stature of our fast and for the us leadership. the intifada propelled the palestinian issue onto the world headlines and back to the top of the agenda for the ou
far from stifling the intifada and will jihad assassination had the opposite effect. the occupied territories erupted in angry demonstrations. abu jihad funeral was held at the palestinian refugee camp in the mosques hundreds of thousands of mourners attended to pay their respects last 5 years after his expulsion from syria and after years of a bitter feud artifacts returned to damascus for the. he was given a hero's welcome. it turned out to be a vote of confidence for the honest outlet p.l.o....
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and suggesting ted cruz's father was involved in the jfk assassination. to very fine people. and telling congress to go back. the president of ukraine i need you to do us a favor. and each case the system proven unwilling or unable to impose any consequences for him. er time something like this happens, every time he does something like this my thought goes to after impeachment. she said the president has learned a hard lesson. and she was right. he did learn a lesson. opposite of what she thought. they sent. he believes he can do anything without fear of consequence because the republican congress will not support any limits or consequence. you get the spectacle of the president of the united states accusing a private citizen of murder without evidence.
and suggesting ted cruz's father was involved in the jfk assassination. to very fine people. and telling congress to go back. the president of ukraine i need you to do us a favor. and each case the system proven unwilling or unable to impose any consequences for him. er time something like this happens, every time he does something like this my thought goes to after impeachment. she said the president has learned a hard lesson. and she was right. he did learn a lesson. opposite of what she...
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purpose of the assassination.john wilkes booth -- what charles was trying to do, he had nothing personal against james garfield. he liked the man, he had met his wife. what he was trying to do was reverse the election of 1880. he was not so much trying to get garfield out of office as to put someone else in office. it was a regime change. and that's a very scary thought when you think about it, and he was successful in doing it. >> and getting back to andrew johnson i'm going to steal a question susan asked earlier this week. abraham lincoln, of course, is ranked the number one president. james buchanan who preceded him and andrew johnson who came after him are ranked the last two. how do you explain that? >> well, lincoln is sort of historical kryptonite. you don't want to be close to him because he had the greatest challenges of any president i think and did such a wonderful job. it's hard to look good next to that. but both buchanan and johnson were cosmically unsuccessful. buchanan slid into war and almost did
purpose of the assassination.john wilkes booth -- what charles was trying to do, he had nothing personal against james garfield. he liked the man, he had met his wife. what he was trying to do was reverse the election of 1880. he was not so much trying to get garfield out of office as to put someone else in office. it was a regime change. and that's a very scary thought when you think about it, and he was successful in doing it. >> and getting back to andrew johnson i'm going to steal a...
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purpose of the sensati assassination. john wilkes booth shot abraham lincoln in order to kill abraham lincoln. john kennedy was shot in order to kill john kennedy. what charles gateau was trying to do -- he had nothing personal against james garfield. he liked the man. he met the man, he met the man, met his wife. he wasn't so much trying to get garfield out of office as to put someone else in office. he was trying to make chester alan arthur and his circle of friends the president and ruling circle in the united states. it was a regime change. that's a very scary thought when you think about it, and he was successful in doing it. >> and getting back to andrew johnson, i'm going to steal a question that was asked of other historians. abraham lincoln, of course, is ranked the number one president. james buchanan, who preceded him, and andrew johnson who came after him, are consistently ranked the last two. how do you explain that? >> lincoln is sort of historical kryptonite. you don't want to be close to him. he had the gr
purpose of the sensati assassination. john wilkes booth shot abraham lincoln in order to kill abraham lincoln. john kennedy was shot in order to kill john kennedy. what charles gateau was trying to do -- he had nothing personal against james garfield. he liked the man. he met the man, he met the man, met his wife. he wasn't so much trying to get garfield out of office as to put someone else in office. he was trying to make chester alan arthur and his circle of friends the president and ruling...
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for a chat about assassin's creed valhalla.velopment of this title? some adapting had to be done to kind of work in this new reality but we have a lot of incredible software. you realise all of a sudden when you are pushed into this kind of context that it is actually quite feasible, we are in quite good shape to be able to manage the way we handle our communication, our reviews. we have the tools we need so it is going quite well overall. a franchise like assassin's creed is very big, it is something of a juggernaut. is there a pressure to get it completed in spite of the coronavirus lockdown? oh, i would say with our fan base and what we try to achieve, there is always this internal pressure to deliver a high—quality experience. this is what we strive for, this is our ambition. we check week by week on how we are in terms of productivity and efficiency and it is something we continue to monitor for sure but our ambitions and our goals have not changed. the player assumes the role of a viking who has had enough of the fjords a
for a chat about assassin's creed valhalla.velopment of this title? some adapting had to be done to kind of work in this new reality but we have a lot of incredible software. you realise all of a sudden when you are pushed into this kind of context that it is actually quite feasible, we are in quite good shape to be able to manage the way we handle our communication, our reviews. we have the tools we need so it is going quite well overall. a franchise like assassin's creed is very big, it is...
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he was assassinated in june of 1968. that is one thing that is lying behind the convention in august of 1968. when people arrive there are the kennedy delegates. hubert humphrey who was lyndon johnson's vice president was the party nominee by august as vice president. there was another piece candidate, mccarthy who had delicate like kennedy who showed up in august. it was something of a free-for-all were delegates are concerned. it is more of a free-for-all in many ways as you will see. because if the vietnam war, because of bobby kennedy's assassination, there were a lot of people who had come to chicago to demonstrate against the war, against the democratic party, to demonstrate against london be johnson and his stand in hubert humphrey. there were a lot of people on the streets outside of the convention, at the hilton hotel which is still there. the city made some strategic errors. mayor dailey had denied anyone a permit to spend the night at the parks or be in the parks after 9 pm. that was something of a problem bec
he was assassinated in june of 1968. that is one thing that is lying behind the convention in august of 1968. when people arrive there are the kennedy delegates. hubert humphrey who was lyndon johnson's vice president was the party nominee by august as vice president. there was another piece candidate, mccarthy who had delicate like kennedy who showed up in august. it was something of a free-for-all were delegates are concerned. it is more of a free-for-all in many ways as you will see. because...
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king was assassinated we didn't do this to our city. >> in oakland, california police arrested 18 people and detained another 60 for looting. six officers were injured while attempting to keep the peace. someone opened fire on two protective federal service officers at the federal building, killing one of them. oakland police say they do not think it was related to the protests. in detroit, a 19-year-old was shot and killed when someone from a dodge durango shot into the crowd. and a majority taken into custody were from outside the city. they're asking them to leave. and many of the protesters and protests across the nation began during the day in relative peace. as the sun went down, the numbers increased and enraged. and there are announced protests in nearly 40 cities today. >> alicia acuna, thank you very much for that report outside of minneapolis. right now what i want to do is-- or i believe you're outside of denver, but listen, the point is the story started in minneapolis and i want to bring in ted williams. he's a criminal defense attorney, a former homicide detective and a fo
king was assassinated we didn't do this to our city. >> in oakland, california police arrested 18 people and detained another 60 for looting. six officers were injured while attempting to keep the peace. someone opened fire on two protective federal service officers at the federal building, killing one of them. oakland police say they do not think it was related to the protests. in detroit, a 19-year-old was shot and killed when someone from a dodge durango shot into the crowd. and a...
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wounded, the department of homeland security calls the shooting an act of domestic terrorism by an assassin. the family of mr. underwood now greeting the loss of his life and what has happened in our country the past few days, patrick underwood 53 years old, clearly a victim of domestic terrorism as he was protecting federal property in oakland california. meanwhile the family of george floyd says they feel relief after former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin was charger with an slaughter and death, and they want the three other police officers involved in his arrest held accountable and increasing calls for their arrest two. live in washington with more on that. reporter: the floyd family attorney says they think they have a case for more severe murder charges because they believe x officer derek chauvin showed intent killing george floyd, attorney benjamin says the protest will not stop until the charges are upgraded to first degree murder and the three other officers who stood by and watched are arrested as well. >> the only thing that can put out these fires are police accountab
wounded, the department of homeland security calls the shooting an act of domestic terrorism by an assassin. the family of mr. underwood now greeting the loss of his life and what has happened in our country the past few days, patrick underwood 53 years old, clearly a victim of domestic terrorism as he was protecting federal property in oakland california. meanwhile the family of george floyd says they feel relief after former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin was charger with an...
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however after his assassination, lbje.stepped up to the anti- poverty campaigns in january 1964 stated the union address he declared war on poverty. in august of 64, just seven months later the economic opportunity act was passed tray andic the office of economic opportunity the agency that oversaw all the war on poverty tsa programs. some of them are headstart, medicare is really something that came out with the school lunch program, things like this. so rfk, he went to eastern kentucky in january 68 he had a few reasons to go, one was it was still in the back of his mind his brother had wanted to visit eastern kentucky december 63 it never made it pretty wanted to gauge the success on war and poverty as well. the bill to re- appropriate the office of economic opportunity was coming up, and he wanted to see what progress had been made on warren poverty. he robert kennedy also wanted to show that poverty was not just an o african-american or native american or mexican-american problem it was an american problem it affected
however after his assassination, lbje.stepped up to the anti- poverty campaigns in january 1964 stated the union address he declared war on poverty. in august of 64, just seven months later the economic opportunity act was passed tray andic the office of economic opportunity the agency that oversaw all the war on poverty tsa programs. some of them are headstart, medicare is really something that came out with the school lunch program, things like this. so rfk, he went to eastern kentucky in...
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that's where you're safe car all my ensued sleek secretary general cindy so much on the day he was assassinated to leave the masterminds behind to hit us. or face today or has the story all right so we should say it was tough from long. standing there on time and now living in more the. cessna simply winning one so soon get on their mortgage game this is shanley's. we're now on to a book and i'm hopeful i mention it many naive and the then began to be intriguing over the statement they think of me i need to do something to make sure. i was playing the making. playing in the rain the people that you believe our response we've been is that they are around us if. we believe in. is. that as long as there's still the mountain in the back of that's what i want to know yeah when he saw. the great trucks and the same position that you are in can you step this were. rolling that you councillors have turned down being placed in a witness protection up program ahead of the child saying they refuse to abdicate their judi's and the wards if they so the pay a say they still draw strength from the life of cin
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himself a former prime minister and assassinated in 2015. most of that in the very was a beacon of hope not only for lebanon and its national agenda he was also a figure with whom the sunni's identified the man who brought the cosmopolitan sunni elites back to the country. and who also had given greater emphasis to the sunni identity of lebanon and for the. saudi arabia self-appointed protector of the sudanese takes a critical view of attempts at reproach meant with the shiites feel he is the saudis side hariri to exert more pressure on hezbollah if not only because of its closeness to iran the saudis likewise. at their own strategic interests. the saudis were always eager to have a foot in the door to wield power and i've been on this and they've achieved this and diverse ways your investments your property and government bonds that they purchased the schools of. the saudis big problem was that hariri placed so much faith and had not managed to suppress the interests of other powers to the benefit of saudi arabia person career it was my bil
himself a former prime minister and assassinated in 2015. most of that in the very was a beacon of hope not only for lebanon and its national agenda he was also a figure with whom the sunni's identified the man who brought the cosmopolitan sunni elites back to the country. and who also had given greater emphasis to the sunni identity of lebanon and for the. saudi arabia self-appointed protector of the sudanese takes a critical view of attempts at reproach meant with the shiites feel he is the...
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and then finally, the assassination. john wilkes booth, school kids go to ford's theatre and you stu dit. but you realize that when lincoln's body originally moved back to springfield, buried there in springfield, the train ride with his casket went across the country at the same moment that the soldiers were laying down their arms and coming home as a kind of homecoming. so lincoln is kind of in a category unto his own. and if you want to also -- if you're a book lover go to the lincoln book shop, that sells nothing but books about lincoln. all scholars want to write a book about lincoln, i never have, but if i could i'd write about him going two trips down the mississippi river. >> let's pickn$ç up from what sn asked about u.s. grant and you can throw in your comments on mr. lincoln if you'd like, but can you explain why general grant has done so well in the survey? >> i think every generation decides how they're going to rate and interpret presidents and at this time in our history, things that really matter to us are
and then finally, the assassination. john wilkes booth, school kids go to ford's theatre and you stu dit. but you realize that when lincoln's body originally moved back to springfield, buried there in springfield, the train ride with his casket went across the country at the same moment that the soldiers were laying down their arms and coming home as a kind of homecoming. so lincoln is kind of in a category unto his own. and if you want to also -- if you're a book lover go to the lincoln book...
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think about every ajor urban uprising in this country, bracketing 168 after the murder and the assassinationdr. king, every last one of them have been rooted, since '64, going back into the 1940s, in sommer form of encounter with police, some form of police brutality or some act in which the police have in some ways harmed or even murdered a black person. so here we are in the moment in which we're dealing with a global pandemic, trying to figure out how to live under these conditions, and we still have to deal with the fact that our children, that our family members, that our friends could be murdered by the police. it makes living hard. it makes it difficult, in a moment that'already difficult and hard. >> reporter: we come back again and again to this question of when will it change, how will it change. i spoke to a police chief who is himself a black man and he said i don't know what else we can ask peop to have color to do. i don't know what else we can ask black men to say or do that hasn't already been said or done, until the people who aren't affected are as outraged as the people wh
think about every ajor urban uprising in this country, bracketing 168 after the murder and the assassinationdr. king, every last one of them have been rooted, since '64, going back into the 1940s, in sommer form of encounter with police, some form of police brutality or some act in which the police have in some ways harmed or even murdered a black person. so here we are in the moment in which we're dealing with a global pandemic, trying to figure out how to live under these conditions, and we...
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like ed now is measuring the lincoln assassination in the drama with that. there is a lot of what if kennedy would've lived? would we have gone into vietnam? what what our country have been? is almost a mythological underpinning to both lincoln and kennedy because of those untimely and ugly premature death. >> richard we'll come back to him. >> it's interesting. we talked about overexposure. he started in 1960. it's not his fault, john f. kennedy was a brilliant television performer. he was either the first celebrity and chief. he was so skillful, look at the press conferences. he was so good he said the bar terribly high. and very few of his predecessors could do it. he unleashed televisions preoccupation with the presidency. to get the nixon, we think of jfk as the first television president. but it was nixon with the checkers speech, in 1952, who had this instinctive i'm not even sure he understood at the time, the and norm is power of that medium, young untested. to move people. overnight, richard nixon became he is a unique vice president in that he had
like ed now is measuring the lincoln assassination in the drama with that. there is a lot of what if kennedy would've lived? would we have gone into vietnam? what what our country have been? is almost a mythological underpinning to both lincoln and kennedy because of those untimely and ugly premature death. >> richard we'll come back to him. >> it's interesting. we talked about overexposure. he started in 1960. it's not his fault, john f. kennedy was a brilliant television...
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leo --, the assassin of president mckinley. representing the inevitable phenomenon that morgan represents. wilson, as he saw himself as a progressive, his job was to get in between those two and to hold the center to make sure that problem oform, the unaccountable power can be ameliorated so that it does not lead to anarchy and revolution. the solution in wilson's political terms, which she articulated as a public intellectual and later as a leader was to push for a stronger role for government in the economy, particularly the executive branch, in order to be -- in order to break up trusts with the goal of restoring political balance and order. the eightrms include hour workday, limits on child labor and the founding of the federal reserve. yesterday theby federal reserve bank of kansas city, which i'm sure many of you are familiar with. even before the outbreak of the war, wilson could see this dialectic between concentrated unaccountable power and --,lution play out not only but abroad. fact, the very first foreign policy cri
leo --, the assassin of president mckinley. representing the inevitable phenomenon that morgan represents. wilson, as he saw himself as a progressive, his job was to get in between those two and to hold the center to make sure that problem oform, the unaccountable power can be ameliorated so that it does not lead to anarchy and revolution. the solution in wilson's political terms, which she articulated as a public intellectual and later as a leader was to push for a stronger role for government...
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of course, after rfk's assassination in june of 68, richard nixon was elected president.he had to appoint someone to oversee the office of economic opportunity to oversee the world poverty. of course republicans for the most part did not like the war and poverty inhaled the programs. it kinda put nixon a tough spot who is he going to find to this thankless job that nobody wants. he found a congressman from illinois a guy named donald rumsfeld, who took over the office of economic opportunity and one of his first tires was a young ambitious congressional intern from wyoming, a guy named dick cheney. so in 1981, the office of economic opportunity oh eo, was finally abolished altogether. we couldn't give rumsfeld and cheney credit for ending at least one war, and that was the war on poverty. [laughter] what to soon? finally, we took a couple statistics one is poverty was reduced, 1959 poverty was 22%, that's pretty crazy. let me do the math that's one and four, one and five? and in 1973, it was 11% so is cut in half. in the space of 14 years. when you look at a graph a chart
of course, after rfk's assassination in june of 68, richard nixon was elected president.he had to appoint someone to oversee the office of economic opportunity to oversee the world poverty. of course republicans for the most part did not like the war and poverty inhaled the programs. it kinda put nixon a tough spot who is he going to find to this thankless job that nobody wants. he found a congressman from illinois a guy named donald rumsfeld, who took over the office of economic opportunity...
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the country without that principle, then he pauses and says i was about to say i would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender and i love the fact abraham lincoln says those words, i would rather be assassinated on the spot knowing full well there is a plot to kill him at that moment and it's not a throwaway line, he means it and it pauses and what is fantastic about that moment is soon after that moment happened is when they whisked abraham lincoln out of there. i won't tell you how. we know he lived, that's not really a spoiler but you see how they get him out, you will see the codename they give him and it is one of my favorite parts of the book and those are the moments we love but when we were debating doing this book was very important to us, it's titillating for me to say we found a secret plot to kill abraham lincoln even though there had been books written about it but what was far more interesting, plenty of stories we could have done, all these different things we were looking at but the reason we pick this one is the context of when it was happening. you can see the civ
the country without that principle, then he pauses and says i was about to say i would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender and i love the fact abraham lincoln says those words, i would rather be assassinated on the spot knowing full well there is a plot to kill him at that moment and it's not a throwaway line, he means it and it pauses and what is fantastic about that moment is soon after that moment happened is when they whisked abraham lincoln out of there. i won't tell you...
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he says those words i'd rather be assassinated. that there is a plot at that moment he means and he pauses and what is fantastic about that moment is when they whisk him out of there. i will not spoil the ending that's not really a spoiler but then you see the codename and it's one of my favorite parts of the book but it was very important to us for me to hear we will tell you about it but it's far more interesting with all these different that's we were looking at but it's the context of what was happening. and to see this unfolding in front of us. so whatever side you are on you think they are horrible and awful people does that sound familiar to you? and every single page for anybody who reads this and in the plot to kill him and what they do in a situation. and then to come in and yell at everyone. and is so hated at the time. and then on the ballot because they hate him so much and it even vote for him i don't care. and even after his election north carolina cast a resolution to secede from the union they hate him so much. but
he says those words i'd rather be assassinated. that there is a plot at that moment he means and he pauses and what is fantastic about that moment is when they whisk him out of there. i will not spoil the ending that's not really a spoiler but then you see the codename and it's one of my favorite parts of the book but it was very important to us for me to hear we will tell you about it but it's far more interesting with all these different that's we were looking at but it's the context of what...
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the question is had lincoln not been assassinated, how would reconstruction proceed a different event was the trajectory of the country been altered? or did lincoln's exit from historical scene preserve his greatness and free him from the problems that came from the failed reconstruction? so i'm smiling because i always get a question along that line and it's understandable. this is what we call counterfactual history. it's not really history but you need historical knowledge think about it. i don't mind speculating because nobody can prove what i say is wrong. lincoln was succeeded and office of course by andrew johnson, his vice president who became president when lincoln was assassinated. in the old view of reconstruction, johnson was a hero he tried to stand up to the radical republicans, he tried to keep the south under the control of white americans. the radicals foiled him but he was a defender of the constitution. nowadays johnson is considered if not one of the worst, maybe the worst president in american history. there are other contenders for being considered the worst pres
the question is had lincoln not been assassinated, how would reconstruction proceed a different event was the trajectory of the country been altered? or did lincoln's exit from historical scene preserve his greatness and free him from the problems that came from the failed reconstruction? so i'm smiling because i always get a question along that line and it's understandable. this is what we call counterfactual history. it's not really history but you need historical knowledge think about it. i...
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president lincoln, obviously assassinated in the ford theater. he actually predicted his death from a dream that he had had the night before. as grant was supposed to have been his guest that night, who had to bail at the last minute and, on president lincoln's desk in the oval office the night he was assassinated was legislation to create the secret service. i'll be, it not for presidential protection, primarily for counterfeiting purposes, and i thought that was kind of ironic. he was also a world-class wrestler and supposedly wrestled and more than 300 matches, losing only one of them. someone told me that he is enshrined in the world rustling hall of fame, which i thought was interesting. coincidentally, i want to show you something over here. of all 42 sculptures, the only one to take a spill off of a flatbed was abe. that hole in the back of his head was not intentional. the one on the top was. that occurred when he fell off of the flatbed, which i thought was pretty ironic. that is a little something about these three. the remaining 39 sta
president lincoln, obviously assassinated in the ford theater. he actually predicted his death from a dream that he had had the night before. as grant was supposed to have been his guest that night, who had to bail at the last minute and, on president lincoln's desk in the oval office the night he was assassinated was legislation to create the secret service. i'll be, it not for presidential protection, primarily for counterfeiting purposes, and i thought that was kind of ironic. he was also a...
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in april of 1983 at a meeting in portugal the abu nidal organization assassinated by some subtle we 3 leading p.l.o. moderate and artifact representatives who had been negotiating with israel. alf's. israeli leadership on peres also in attendance was left alone are. enough to. a. week or so i thought was assassin later on i saw him in tunis and i asked him why he hadn't also shot that is he said he's orders to kill some thought we only saw one day i hope to write an article about abu nidal and some thought i would call it who is a traitor the murderer or the victim the victim was innocent and honorable a man who knew where his people's interests lay but the murderer was a tool and a traitor abu nidal discredited the palestinian cause in the eyes of the world when in 19052 of his european cells attacked rome and vienna airport killing 18 and wounding a 140 people. a cia document at the time claimed that abu nidal had not attacked a single israeli target back here. in june 1983 when it was syria declared on a shuttle persona non-grata and expelled him from damascus the break was cemente
in april of 1983 at a meeting in portugal the abu nidal organization assassinated by some subtle we 3 leading p.l.o. moderate and artifact representatives who had been negotiating with israel. alf's. israeli leadership on peres also in attendance was left alone are. enough to. a. week or so i thought was assassin later on i saw him in tunis and i asked him why he hadn't also shot that is he said he's orders to kill some thought we only saw one day i hope to write an article about abu nidal and...
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everyone knows the story of abraham lincoln assassination in 1865. first you're aware of the original conspiracy which was to try to kill him four years earlier in 1861. literally on his way to washington, d.c. for his first inauguration. as brad says, this is a story few people know, one that set from a time of deep political division in america. it shows us what good leaders can do in times and strive and is perfectly where we are today in this country. brad as all of you know, every one of his books is a number one new york times bestseller, he's the author of the escape artist, as well as thrillers, as well as the amazing books for kids and the people change the world. he is not only worked in operated and he's also one of the most well read best-selling writer of comics as well and maybe we can talk about that and is also the host of glad enter brad meltzer's decoded in history, on top of that, he is also premiered on pbs, based on his ordinary people change of the world series. a wonderful show for kids. he lives in south florida with his wife
everyone knows the story of abraham lincoln assassination in 1865. first you're aware of the original conspiracy which was to try to kill him four years earlier in 1861. literally on his way to washington, d.c. for his first inauguration. as brad says, this is a story few people know, one that set from a time of deep political division in america. it shows us what good leaders can do in times and strive and is perfectly where we are today in this country. brad as all of you know, every one of...
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designed to the country's president apparently assassinate officials. were able to uncover. the government of the united states of america is fully and completely in peace treaty. of moscow things accompany this choose date live for martinis that world. kevin i would give the 30 minute round up for you as it stands so far today and 1st the latest 19th the pandemic still has a grip around the world with over 3600000 coronavirus cases confirmed the number of deaths is now risen above a quarter of a 1000000 but more than 1200000 people are known to have made a recovery as well. sort of 1st that world leaders have pledged almost 7 and a half 1000000000 euros to fund development of a coronavirus vaccine at a video conference on monday falling just slightly short of the target that was set by the european commission which organized the fund raiser with more on who stepped up to the plate and who didn't show up is our europe correspondent peter all of. monday's online psalmist ended with a presentation hosted by european commission president on the line and which they said how much
designed to the country's president apparently assassinate officials. were able to uncover. the government of the united states of america is fully and completely in peace treaty. of moscow things accompany this choose date live for martinis that world. kevin i would give the 30 minute round up for you as it stands so far today and 1st the latest 19th the pandemic still has a grip around the world with over 3600000 coronavirus cases confirmed the number of deaths is now risen above a quarter of...
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again it was a change instead of a vindictive assassination. one of the things he would do he would read in the newspaper what, was going on with the president present schedule. the secret service existed, but it was still in the james west period. it would not protect the president. what he would do he would go to lafayette park, he would sit down on the bench, where he could get a good look at things. and he would watch all the comings and goings. he could see who is coming, who is going who is leaving, and he has gone with him. at that point james garfield he thought nothing of going outside alone at night, and walking a few blocks on its own. james blane his friend and secretary of state, lived at 15th an eye street, just a free few blocks away, one night before the murder james garfield wanted to talk plane. so he went outside he cross the street it was at night, he was alone. he saw him and he followed him with his gun, and he thought he might very well shooting that night. he followed guard teal garfield all the way to james blane's hous
again it was a change instead of a vindictive assassination. one of the things he would do he would read in the newspaper what, was going on with the president present schedule. the secret service existed, but it was still in the james west period. it would not protect the president. what he would do he would go to lafayette park, he would sit down on the bench, where he could get a good look at things. and he would watch all the comings and goings. he could see who is coming, who is going who...
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so june seven 1964, they are in baltimore. 1861, i conspiracy to assassinate lincoln. they re-brand the republican party saying it is going to be difficult for a democrat to vote in that republican party and so why don't we just changed the name of the republican party so most democrats will feel okay with voting for a republican. it is now called the national union party, as of june 7 and 8, 1864. remember, lincoln won in 1860 with only 39% of the vote, which came from the north. they need to pick up an additional 20% from somewhere. they've got to get more republicans to the polls or they have got to have democrats who are enthusiastic about the war to come and vote republicans. they are also looking for voters out of the borough voter state. union sympathizers that have moved from tennessee and kentucky because they were being persecuted for not being confederates the republicans are running on a platform of unconditional surrender. there is no defeat here. the confederacy must cave in they are also running on a platform that there will be a 13th amendment. let us t
so june seven 1964, they are in baltimore. 1861, i conspiracy to assassinate lincoln. they re-brand the republican party saying it is going to be difficult for a democrat to vote in that republican party and so why don't we just changed the name of the republican party so most democrats will feel okay with voting for a republican. it is now called the national union party, as of june 7 and 8, 1864. remember, lincoln won in 1860 with only 39% of the vote, which came from the north. they need to...
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kennedy it amounts to an hour the assassination are those things one of the most beautiful hewing speeches that possibly imagine that you really got so the crowd was ready to be angry and when it's happened i know something about i know something about sadness i meant something about assassination but what happened my daughter or we need a voice like that on the other side the evil of getting more healing message are out unfortunately in this town social media age of twitter and 24 seventh's news outlets think or i don't think i don't like an oist or. perhaps president obama's voice might be able where we might be able to come up with something to say he will but again that's i feel my fear of the country is so much more divided than it was 50 years ago keith richburg in hong kong good to talk shit q thank you very much thank you on this sad occasion. china's use america's racial unrest to criticize washington's policies on hong kong politicians and state media compared us process to the anti-government movement that gripped hong kong the last year u.s. politicians can enjoy this site from
kennedy it amounts to an hour the assassination are those things one of the most beautiful hewing speeches that possibly imagine that you really got so the crowd was ready to be angry and when it's happened i know something about i know something about sadness i meant something about assassination but what happened my daughter or we need a voice like that on the other side the evil of getting more healing message are out unfortunately in this town social media age of twitter and 24 seventh's...
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and on president lincoln's desk in the oval office the night he was assassinated there was legislation to create the secret service. albeit not for presidential protection, primarily for counterfeiting purposes, but i thought that was kind of ironic. he was also a world class wrestler and supposedly wrestled in more than 300 matches, losing only one of them. someone told me he is enshrined in the world wrestling hall of fame, which i thought was interesting. coincidentally, i want to show you something over here, of all 42 sculptures, the only one to take a spill off of a flatbed was abe. that hole in the back of his head was not intentional. the one on the top was. that occurred when he fell off the flatbed, which i thought was pretty ironic. so that's a little something about these three. the remaining 39 statues are kind of clustered together in this patch of grass. in the summertime, you can't even see the whole right side of so overgrown and is basically what becomes a forest. at first i had a problem with that because it was obscurative of a lot of presidents but then we realized
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operative brings in a suitcase full of poor isn't enough to presumably kill thousands in order to assassinate a local mayor and his 2 friends because they tore down a statue that russia really liked. the check. among crew texas with a red disease has been told us no cure us one clinic in russia believes that it can make a difference we'll bring you his story. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to the world of sport i'm sure i'll see you then. welcome back a man from texas with a red disease scout cannot get to the on the clinic that of him a potential treatment because it's in russia all the kind of virus having shut my sport a sin with his condition deteriorates ng is hoping to catch a restaurant with a still exists between american and russian. grammy and then usual disease called inclusion by my size is relatively rare probably somewhere around 87 to 15 people out of a 1000000 happen in all likelihood bring them are going to be somebody who has that and it is a disease that there is really no cure for and back very little is known about it i was diagnosed
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of orchestrating a 4 wheeled seagrave designed to oust the country's socialist president and assassinate official. we were able to uncover these terrorist incursion of which we have been victims the government of the united states of america is fully and completely uncalled industry says. hi good afternoon thanks come to this choose day life from out international's world news center here in moscow i'm kevin irwin with a 30 minute round up for us at stand so far today and we're beginning the program with the latest on the covert 19 figures the pandemic still has a big grip around the world with over 3600000 coronavirus cases confirmed the number of deaths is now risen above a quarter of a 1000000 but more than 1200000 people are known to have made a recovery as well. world leaders have pledged almost 7 and a half 1000000000 euros to fund development of a coronavirus vaccine at a video conference held on monday falling just slightly short than of the target set by the european commission which is the old gold in a station that organized that fundraiser in the 1st place with more who stepp
of orchestrating a 4 wheeled seagrave designed to oust the country's socialist president and assassinate official. we were able to uncover these terrorist incursion of which we have been victims the government of the united states of america is fully and completely uncalled industry says. hi good afternoon thanks come to this choose day life from out international's world news center here in moscow i'm kevin irwin with a 30 minute round up for us at stand so far today and we're beginning the...
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is orchestrating a foil to see rate designed to oust the country's socialist to president and assassinate officials is the accusation. we were able to uncover these terrorists incursion of which we have to be big the government of the united states of america is fully and completely in the street and it's. other things the companies choose day life from artie's world news center here in moscow money is kevin 0 in a 30 minute news round up for you as it stands so far today and 1st the latest covert 19 figures than the pandemic still has a grip around the world with over 3600000 coronavirus cases confirmed the number of deaths is now risen above a quarter of a 1000000 but more than 1200000 people are known to have made her recovery. so in today's are the main developments world leaders have pledged almost 7 and a half 1000000000 euro to fund development of a coronavirus vaccine at a video conference on monday fully just slightly short than of the target set by the european commission which organized the fundraiser with a moron who stepped up to the plate and who didn't show up is our europe
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it was a very strong with these dreams were assassinated. it's not just the one off killings the cool year the cool day. it's the entire dream that had to be killed. to be sure to do us a real book. but aren't going to or much else. going to live by a symbol are any mere. holy orders true or a loser will be because on the t.n. . looksee you assumed was he not one to us got a person on him us have a me by these. when i said kind of guy is here. is holy you know men t. you who leave your god to what are the sam and. below below to command d. . is unfit yet i am and even. egypt then good to micio. the joint hearings of the house elect committee to investigate covert arms transaction with iran. and the select committee on secret military assistance to iran in the nicaraguan opposition will come to order. but worked out of their existence it slowly shifted as a principal presenter and as a correspondent with any breaking news story you want to hear from those people who would normally not get their voices heard on the international news channel o
it was a very strong with these dreams were assassinated. it's not just the one off killings the cool year the cool day. it's the entire dream that had to be killed. to be sure to do us a real book. but aren't going to or much else. going to live by a symbol are any mere. holy orders true or a loser will be because on the t.n. . looksee you assumed was he not one to us got a person on him us have a me by these. when i said kind of guy is here. is holy you know men t. you who leave your god to...