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because it was a dividing line between the indians and the french called it baton rouge and then later the british called it richmond. in september 1779, the governor from new orleans came up to florida and attacked what was once here, this site. and was able to defeat the british and take control of the mississippi river. it was one of the few battles that took place outside the 13 colonies and louisiana took british west florida into spanish control and so baton rouge and the area east of us at which one had been british had become spanish. we were under spanish authorities even after the louisiana purchase. in 1803, the purchase included all of the land west of the mississippi and south of new orleans. so this part of louisiana remained under spanish control. september 1810, local citizens rebelled against the area and established their own republic. the west florida republic. they had their own constitution and it was all a glorious west florida republic until we became finally part of the louisiana territory. and eventually

coming up next we learn more about the rich history of baton rouge, louisiana. one of eight southeastern cities we toured last year. >>> the lock is actually the crown jewel of plaquemine and the lock was a big part of our childhood because this was the center, this was the thing that what happened in plaquem e plaquemine, because there were always boats coming through. when we would be at school, we would come up here to see the boats passing. it was always an interesting place to us. >> plaquemine is a small town, located about 13 miles from baton rouge. the locks were opened in 1909. they were under construction 14 years. so in 1895, construction started. plaquemine locks is an establishment by the u.s. corps of engineers to facilitate water traffic between the mississippi river and plaquemine. >> explain how that worked. >> the locks worked off of gravity flow with two sets of gates, one set of gates on the east side and one set of gates on the west side. so if a boat wanted to enter, the locks got ready to let the boat enter from the mississippi river by al

. >> american history tv, coming next we learn about the rich history of baton rouge, louisiana, one of eight southeastern cities we toured last year. >>> we're in a very historic spot in pa ba ton rouge. on the mississippi river. just adjacent to the pentagon barracks. on the spot in the 1770s the british styled a fort here. they called it richmond but earlier it was known as baton rouge because there was a large, red pole here that was a dividing line between the bayou and the homa indians so the french called this place baton rouge and later the british called it richmond. in september 1779 governor gavez from new orleans came up and attacked the fort that was once here at this site and was able to defeat the british and take control of the mississippi river. it was one of the few battles of the american revolution that took place outside of t

so baton rouge and the area -- east of us, which one had been british had become spanish. we were under the spanish authorities even after the louisiana purchase. till president took over west florida and we became finally part of the louisiana territory. and eventually in april of 1812 became part of the united states. >>> a look at a recent stop in baton rouge, louisiana, one of eight southeastern cities we toured last year. to learn more about our tour, visit c-span.org/localcontent. >>> coming up next, two veterans share their war stories at annual veteran centers 14th annual conference. first we hear from general robert titus who served in air force in korean war. after that we hear from francis sanza, served as general george patton and general eisenhower's? driver during world war ii. this is about an hour.? sflu good morning ladies and gentlemen. those here yesterday, i hope you enjoyed the proceedings. we had a full program of interesting panelists and speakers. and should get even better today, i think. so thank you for getting up with us this early morning hou

and i think we've probably should remember him. >> a look at a recent stop in baton rouge. > >>> william smyser is the author of "the kennedy and the berlin wall." a hell of a lot better than the berlin war. next, he talks about the berlin crisis of 1961 and the event hosted by the national archives in october of 2011. the berlin crisis is a milestone of the cold war. built in august of 1961, the wall separated the city in two parts -- east and west. two months later, in october of 1961, soviet and u.s. tanks faced off at the border. >> i want to express my appreciation to the gentleman who introduced me because i have never before been called competent and dedicated. but i did do some work on the declassification process. i'm glad to know that people appreciate it. i also was in this building in the 1950s. way down in the basement. when i was working on a thesis for georgetown university for an m.a., which in those days required a thesis. there was stuff in the archives that is just incredible. i really advise any of you who have any serious historical research to do, to do at least par

so he flat and he comes back and so cannot of 400,000 was extortion so he flies to baton rouge and says i was a victim. the fbi has recorded some 100, 200 conversations where he had continually called him and said what are you here, what we need to do? we will do whatever we need to do. only the initiated three of those calls. so it's really hard to balance out who is the real victim here based on that. when he was convicted on the 17 accounts in 2000, many of 2000 he goes to prison in october of 2002 and stayed for eight years and three months. he got a sentence which was double the prescription at that time the had prescriptions on the sentences and the federal judge because they had that discussion just double the sentence, so she could have gotten out in less than five years under the prescription, but they got out in eight years and three months. but it came out and said they gave me life and i came back. he is just unsinkable. he is unsinkable. he's one of the greatest politicians of all times because he actually did do something as far as administering the steel business. and at

and the archivist at southern university in baton rouge, louisiana. we are in the commission a african-american section of the library. right now we're going to be looking at a collection specifically from the archives, which i'm really, really proud of. we have in our archive and original site of slave narratives dated 1935. they are compiled and created by the library named after him. he was the first dean of the institution as well as direct terror overextension services center from the 1960 institution. and with the slave narratives, when mr. kato is here, he was also the history abstract theory. what he did was he utilize the strengths of the history class and assign them a project to interview slaves. in the slaves were to go out and interview -- i'm sorry come the slaves were to go interview former slaves or ex-slaves. and from there, he would give them a set of questions that he should actually ask as slaves. all these questions cover the social conditions and things for instance, the master of the slaves, the social conditions that the types

this is in baton rouge, louisiana. the american symbol of pride and freedom. ♪ looking for dinner.omes down and makes a grab. and -- he missed. >> try it again. you try it again. >> the eagle does. he tries again. he tries again. at one point he kind of comes in and hovers, now i got it. >> nope. misses it again. >> that is one determined eagle. >> at the end he tries a completely different approach. >> tries to act like a duck. >> he jumps right in the water with this piece of food and floats like a duck. you think okay, that's cool. now what? just going to eat the food on the water? >> watch what he does now. swimming it to shore. the eagle's got the food in his claws in the water and starts swimming with his wings. >> i didn't even know eagles could swim do that. >> eagles are actually strong swimmers. we just don't normally get to see it. listen to the reaction of the people shooting this. >> swimming over to -- oh, my god. >> they're just as shocked as we are. >> oh my god. >> that's crazy. >> you think this little eagle feet are like kicking through the water too. >> he's hol

i remember sitting in the state operations center in that larouche and seeing the firemen -- in baton rouge and seeing the firemen tried to make the decisions, absolutely exhausted. i am not a first responder, but as you do training and preparation for this organization or any of your conferences, really think about the p.t.s.d. issues that the department heads will be going through at these times. the other thing i wanted to tell you is the children. they were just fabulous. if we went into -- we went into a tent shaped like a hut. they were being well taken care of and there were so happy to see us, kind of a novelty to them. i ask them if they were happier here or if they would rather be in school. i got a resounding they would rather be here. they were being taken care of. when the big one hits in san for cisco, i think that we will probably show the same care for our children. that was very heartwarming. there were a lot of vignettes that were in cadbury -- the were incredibly heartwarming. i'm glad to do as much follow up as we possibly can. >> are there any questions for the -- from

rainy to savannah and on i-10 from baton rouge to mobile. >>> airport delays possible in boston, chicago new orleans, washington, d.c., atlanta, detroit, new york city, philadelphia. >> check in the you're going anywhere this morning. >>> it's the story that has so many of us talking. we're taking a look at live pictures of the stricken cruise shif off the italian coastline. >> there are reports that a seventh body was pulled from the water this morning. >> reporter: if you board a cruise ship, expect that every crew member has gone through drills. each has been assigned a role in the event of an evacuation. but nothing happens until the captain gives the order. in the case of italy, with e know he delayed. >> preez proceed to your safety area. >> reporter: as a passenger, the law says they have to show you how to evacuate within 24 hours. most ships leaving u.s. ports drill before setting sail. on the italian ship, the drill was scheduled for the next day. on board, there are life jackets and lifeboats for everyone. this should work smoothly. >> the current requirements for ship certifi

his trent tensions as i said for a matrix to take it it private force downriver, probably sees baton rougend west florida. he expected an insurrection by the french-speaking people in new orleans and then he would be greeted as a liberator. he would seize the ships in new orleans and lead an invasion of mexico and if all went well, they would be a new empire spanning the gulf of mexico from the florida keys all the way around to central america. and of course the west, which he would never actually try to have secede directly, would be very encouraged to join any country that controlled new orleans because that was the key to their trade to their prosperity. but as i said this was not carved in stone. if there was something else he could do, he would have done that as well. now, this is not just an amazing adventure story although it is. we have one last image here. this is burr when he comes back. he comes back from europe and the practice lob rather quietly and rather desperately for another 20 plus years. there were real consequences of what burr try to do. not all of the consequences w

. >>> a look at a recent stop in baton rouge, louisiana. to learn more, visit c-span.org/localcontent. >>> coming up next, two veterans share their war stories at the annual veteran center's 14th annual conference. first we hear from general robert titus who served in the air force in the korean war and received the flying cross. after that from francis sanza who served as general patton and eisenhower's driver in world war ii. this is about an hour. >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen. i thought we had a very full program. interesting panelists and speakers. i hope you agree. and should get thank you for getting up with us to be with us for a full day of adventure as we listen to some great stories from some great heroes from a number of conflicts that this country's been in over the past 70 years. we take pride in the fact we have a lot of students come from these conferences all different days. and we're expecting yet more to come in today. i'm also proud to say for the first time we have representatives from all five of the service ac

according to him, take baton rouge, sees the ships in new orleans harbor. not sure how you see the ships without taking control of the city. it sounds a lot like leaving -- leading an insurrection. burr himself tried some of his intentions. several years later when he was in europe. after the verdict he went off in exile and tried to persuade the british. and lead liberation to south america. the british were not willing to do so. it is a fascinating episode. even speak spanish. he starts taking spanish lessons. of wonder what he was thinking. he then ended up in paris and talk and napoleon into underwriting him. he submitted memoranda to napoleon before them and that describes his intent as well. is true intentions were a matrix. take a private force down river. not only sees baton rouge and west florida expected an insurrection by the french-speaking people in new orleans and would be greeted as a liberator. but sees the ships in new orleans and lead an invasion of mexico and if all went well there would be a new empire spanning the gulf of mexico from th

. >>> a look at a recent stop in baton rouge, louisiana. 1 of 8 southeastern cities we toured last year. to learn more about our tour, visit c-span.org/locatic-span.o. >>> tommy -- 14 years! >> thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you! >> next weekend, book tv and american history tv explore the history and literary culture of boemt whe beaumont where the texas oil industry got its start on book tv on c-span 2, book bizarre owner on the challenges of running an independent book store. beaumont author jay lee thompson on teddy roosevelt's year-long post presidential expedition to africa and your. and on c-span3 sunday at 5:00 p.m. eastern, january 1, 1901, the lucas gusher at spindle top hill changed the economy of texas and helped usher in the petroleum age. and with the oil came the roughnecks and with the roughnecks, advice. tour the dixie hotel, an infamous brothel on crockett street, decades of gambling, prostitution and other crime thrived until a 1960 james commission crackdown. beaumont, texas, next weekend on c-span2 and 3. >>> herbert klein worked on everyone of richard nixon

every night where the ministers were beaten trying to get people to vote down in new orleans and baton rouge. when i came down here, the same thing was going on. we went to san francisco state university to get my credentials and my master's degree. we had to close the school down to get to ethnic studies. the police marching on us at san francisco state. after leaving new orleans and coming here, it was still a fight. comparing the schools, yes, i can see the different -- i can see the difference. those parents are there, and they bring in money for those schools, and they have all kinds of book fairs and arts festivals, computer labs, and at hunters point, it is a whole different story. you do not have a computer labs there. we do not have a parent involvement. it is a total difference. >> your perspective on jamal, awaiting the decision on whether he will be executed or spend his life in prison. >> he should be released. [applause] one of my professors actually is working on his case, so i have been following through her visits and conversations, but i think it is the quintessential examp

and on i-10 from baton rouge to mobile. >>> airport delays possible in boston, chicago, new orleans,washington, d.c., atlanta, detroit, new york city, philadelphia. a whole lot of delays. so basically, if you're traveling, check in. >> yeah. good advice. >>> it's the story that has so many of us talking. we're taking a look at live pictures of the stricken cruise ship off the italian coastline. >> there are reports that a seventh body was pulled from the water this morning. at least 29 people are still missing. two of them from minnesota. abc's lisa stark has more. >> reporter: if you board a cruise ship, expect that every crew member from the cabin boy to the bar tender has run through drills like this one. each has been assigned a role in the event of an evacuation. but nothing happens until the captain gives the order. in the case ofyed.w he delayed. >> please proceed to your safety area. >> reporter: as a passenger, the law requires that the shoe shows you how to evacuate by holding a drill within 24 hours of your boarding. most ships leaving u.s. ports drill before setting sail.

long caroline wozniacki leads the women's field check the public at a bit of a tory as a rank of baton rouge beer is about to rise but it's russia's second time to run the mint in seven's thanking champion kim clijsters of belgium receiving twelve leads on st now at the top by becoming the first chinese woman to reach a grand slam is this. more tennis not only mario enjoyed the perfect warm up for the upcoming australian open with a comfortable victory over these on the dog got pole of in the brisbane international final well. right from the start of the world number four showed his intention to clench his twenty second title and first under the guidance of new coach former world number one yvonne lundell the scot won his first free service goes without dropping a point on the way to a four one lead and faced little resistance from the ukrainian before taking the first set six one one of the world number fifteen did stir the crowd in delight in the second but it was not enough to stop murray from wrapping it up six three four an impressive first victory in eighty two season is focused now sh

rockers like eric clapton and jeff beck legitimized " loud " he grew up on a cotton plantation near baton rouge louisiana as a child any object he could make vibrate he could make you sick with >>i used to take brabants and stretch them up against my ear that i would take a string and tie it to nails in the wall tight enough for you to hear it >>he would also strip wire from window screens leaving his mother wondering why bugs were getting in the house of friend of his father's bought him his first guitar and he taught himself how to play ... >>he moved to chicago at the age of 21 from south louisiana with a guitar and not much else back then there were plenty of blues clubs on the south and west sides but buddy was often on to the outside looking in >>i would walk these clubs up and down 47 and 43rd streets and i would here monday and i would hear helen wolff coming out of the door and it wasn't no air conditioning or nothing ... they just open the door no cover charge and would make you buy a beer so i would have to stand outside decided have a dime and i would stand out the front door and li

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. >> tony per kins co s coming t today from baton rouge. plus res.s the only listerine® that gets teeth two shades whiter and makes tooth enamel two times stronger. get dual-action listerine® whitening rinse. building whiter, stronger teeth. >>> i'm going to watch the state of the union. i'm interested to see what he has to say about the economy and the state of jobs. >> which political story will make headlines in the next 24 hours? chris cillizza, the president coming here, delivering his third state of the union. we're going to have all of these symbolic guests. in the first lady's box you'll have warren buffets assistant. you'll have the widow of steve jobs. this goes back to the tradition of the ronald reagan started. that has now become a state of the union tradition and a slight cliche. it's very special with mark kelly. >> absolutely. i would say, look, this is a speech the president is projecting beyond the chamber. the american people is the audience, not congress. i think putting people in the first lady's box, referencing them, it allows

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earlier today, flooding down to the south in baton rouge. we'll take you down there.re taking a look at really, no tornadoes reported here. but a lot of flooding. and anywhere from two to four inches of rain. now remember, they had two to five inches of rain before. and they will be driving you through on out there that you should just not do that. the temperatures were in the 70s. we'll zoom up now. we're looking for the potential to get in -- to get on in here. right now, we just have showers to the north of us. there's the warm front knocking on the doorstep that will go through the night. live doppler radar, some showers in montgomery county, up 29. lighter activity out to the west. some of you will have a wet commute home. that's the good news, nothing heavy and nothing frozen. temperatures, well, 53 in arlington. but as you work your way north, 43 here. 54 out here for you. here is the deal, a thunderstorm overnight. your morning commute is probably wet. afternoon commute, evening tomorrow will be dry. it will be cooler over the weekend, but we are still winning

here to talk about it all in baton rouge, tony perkins, president of the family research council.in d.c., republican vat gist terry holt and democratic strategist penny lee. thanks to all of you for being here with me. first, as peter hamby and i just talked about, there is no love lost between romney and huntsman. so terry, why endorse mitt romney on the same day that he drops out? why do you think huntsman did this? >> well, it would be the first question people would ask if he's going to drop out, who are you for. and i think the smartest thing for mr. huntsman is to endorse mitt romney. he has a similar profile. and he's the guy who's got the commanding lead in the race up to this point. it is a bit of an afterthought. i think romney's reaction to it was pretty predictable. this is a campaign that barely was a blip on the radar screen. so it's acknowledge it and move onto the real contest of south carolina on saturday. >> tony, let me ask you, what's the impact on the race on the one hand, jon huntsman was pulling in the single digits in south carolina. so it would seem it wou

we just produced a movie called "pitch perfect," in baton rouge, louisiana. >> jimmy: what is it abouty movie, set in the world of a cappella singing. and it starts with rebel wilson, and anna kendrick. >> jimmy: is that a real thing? >> yeah. >> jimmy: a cappella singer competition. >> the sing-off. it's a thing. people do it. >> jimmy: does everybody know about this except me? >> did you go to college? >> jimmy: yeah, sure. we had basketball. >> yes. that also happens in college. you're athletic. these guys are, you know -- >> jimmy: yeah. >> this is not an athletic group of people that we made a movie about. >> jimmy: it's a comedy? >> a comedy. it's really funny. the hardest i've ever worked. >> jimmy: what do you do, producing? is there real work involved? >> my favorite thing, frankly, i directed a porno. the fake porno for a scene in a frat house. >> jimmy: that is fun, wow. >> it was the craziest cast i was part of. >> jimmy: why did you direct it? >> there was no one else to direct. it felt ly skeeyv. i said, hey, let me film you. it felt gross to have some dude do it. >> jimm

. >> booktv recently visited baton rouge, louisiana with our cable affiliate, cox communications. we checked out literary culture across the country, and now a look at governor clayburn's conference on the campus of louisiana state university. >> i'm interim head of special collections for lsu libraries. today, we're in the library where special collections is housed. special collections has a variety of different parts to it, but today i'm going to be talking about an item from the louisiana and lower mississippi valley collections which is the premier collection here a special collections. it documents the history and culture of louisiana and the lower mississippi valley from the colonial era to present day including published materials like books, journals, newspapers as well as unpublished volume like this here, one of our jewels the william clayburn letter book. it was kept by william clayborn who was appointed by thomas jefferson to receive louisiana from the french during the louisiana purchase. it's amazing. he was only 28 at the time, and he was governor of the mississipp

. >>> my name is angela and i am the archivist at the university in baton rouge louisiana. we are in the camille african-american section of the library. and right now we are going to be looking at a collection of specifically the archives which i'm really proud of. we have in our archives a set of narrative's which are dated 1935. they are compiled and created by the name of the libraries names. he was the first scene of the institution as well as the director of our services center in the 1960's institution. when he was here he was also the history instructor and what he did is utilized the students in the class and assigned them of the project to interviews slaves and the students were to go out and interview former slaves and from there he had given them a set of questions that he should actually ask the slaves and all these questions dealt with the social conditions of the slaves and the master of the slaves, the type of foods that they were allowed to eat, the clothing, the punishment, the religion and various aspects that adults with the conditions of the former slav

. >> in rural louisiana, halfway between new orleans and baton rouge, is the second largest prison in the state, the elayn hunt correctional center. although the facility is relatively new, it opened in 1979, the look is anything but modern. armed officers on horseback, work crews farming the land, and no air conditioning. in the next hour you will meet some of the men doing time including a former nfl player and two aspiring boxers who win the opportunity to compete against a rival prison. ♪ >> a mile and a half from the banks of the mississippi river, what appears to be a toll booth is the entrance to the elayn hunt correctional center. this all-male facility houses more than 2,100 inmates. >> every monday and tuesday the reception process will start at about 5:30 in the morning. the inmates will come from the various parish prisons and other the d.o.c. facilities and they will all pool here. >> the men arriving today have been convicted of a wide range of crimes, everything from marijuana possession to murder. >> i'm here for one count of rape, three kidnappings, and aggravated bur

we visit baton rouge, louisiana a couple for cable partner, cox medications.next, an interview with robert mann, author of "daisy petals and mushroom clouds: lbj, barry goldwater, and the ad that changed american politics." >> one comment to comment three, four, five, seven, a, nine -- >> eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one, zero. these are the stakes, to make a world in which all of god's children can live hard to go into the dark. we must either love each other or we must die. >> vote for president johnson on november 3rd at the stakes are too high for you to go home. >> the ad aired a minute at september 7, 1964, in the midst of monday night at the movies on nbc, the show with david and the sheep. only time, 60 seconds and never paid for another airing of it. in the 1964 presidential election, it was lyndon johnson running for a full term and his republican opponent was barry goldwater, republican senator from arizona. >> it came about in the research that johnson's campaign, the committee and the advertising firm they hired, a very up-and-coming

. >> as part of the city's tour, booktv visited baton rouge, louisiana with the help of our local cable affiliate, cox communications. next, a look at the campus of louisiana state university. >> hi, i'm elaine smith, interim assistant dean of the lsu libraries and also serve as the curator for the rare book collection, and what i'll show you today is one of the more infamous books in our collection. it is the new voyage, actually infamous because it's known as the bloody book, but the book, itself, is quite fascinating in its own right. it is the story of a dominican friar who came to the islands, the caribbean islands in the 1790s, and he spent many years here keeping copious journals, and when he went back to france, he turned the journals into this two volume work, and it was a wonderful, wonderful source of information about the caribbean and the people who lived there, the animals, the flowers, all kind of things, and that's why it's important to us because it's the history of our region, but it has what appears to be blood spatters on it, and you can see some of them here, there

we're seeing the rain coming off the gulf through baton rouge to jackson, mississippi. this is all flowing toward us. that's why tonight will likely be the wettest time period we're going to be seeing. but we have to get through all of this and that's going to take maybe another 24 hours or 28 hours by midday tomorrow though, the sun will be back. i think we're going to salvage a pretty decent weekend around here. occasional spotty showers today with an increase in rain showers tonight. in fact, temperatures tonight steadier rising. forecast today, about 50. tonight, temperatures steadier rising with more showers, heavier showers into friday morning. a little shot of cold air by monday. monday, near 40s. by tuesday and wednesday, back in the 50s. could be a shower by wednesday. still smiling. that has to be good news for drivers. >> it is good news for drivers. things are looking great all around town. good morning, everybody. let's keep our fingers crossed it stays that way. the beltway, no incidents to report. here we are on the west side of town. dulles toll road loo

. >> as part of our cities tour, booktv visited baton rouge louisiana with the help of our local affiliate, cox medications. next, a look at the hill memorial library on the candidates have louisiana state university. >> hi, i am elaine smith, assistant dean of the lsu libraries and i also serve as the curator for the rare book collection. what i'm going to to show you today is one of the more infamous book center collection. it is the new way i wish. it is actually infamous because it is known as the bloody book. it's quite fascinating in its own right. it is the story of a dominican who came from the islands, and the caribbean islands in the 1790s and he spent many years here, kept copious journals. many went back to france, he turned the struggles into this two volume work and it was a wonderful, wonderful source of information about the caribbean and the people who live there, and the animals and the florida, all kinds of things. and that is one of the reasons it is important to us because it is about the history of our region. but it isn't a mess because it has what appear to be less

severe storms from corpus christi to baton rouge. heavy rain from dallas to brownsville.little rock, memphis, and nashville. late-day showers from louisville to cincinnati. >> louisville. that's right. >> like you have marbles in your mouth. >> sigh sake say it like the natives. 65 atlanta. 81 down 234 miami. dallas 57. omaha 40. minneapolis 34. 68 in phoenix. 51 in salt lake city. >>> well, some officials here in new york are red in the face after an error that should get them an f in spelling. >> this is an embarrassing story. a school crossing sign right in front of a school here in manhattan, a high school in fact. it was misspelled, and apparently went unnoticed for months. but neither the school nor the city is taking blame for painting the letters s-h-c-o-o-l. they say it's the power company's fault because workers repainted that sign incorrectly after repairing the road. >> the city is promising to correct the embarrassing error a.s.p.a. i mean a.s.a.p. i will have going to shcool personally. i think it's cool. >> the president talked about education last night. t

now more from booktv's city tour, and this weekend we visit baton rouge, louisiana with the help of our cable partner, cox communications. we visit with david mantles and mushroom clouds and the ad that changed american politics. >> one, two, three, four, five, seven, six, six, eight, nine, nine -- >> ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one, zero. these are the stakes, to make a world in which all of god's chirp can live -- children can live, are to go into the dark. we must either love each other, or we must die. >> vote for president johnson on november 3rd. the stakes are too high for you to stay homed. >> the ad aired the night of september 7th in the midst of monday night at the movies, and it only aired one time. it aired one time, 60 seconds, and they never paid for another airing of it. in the 1964 presidential election it was johnson running for full term and his republican opponent, barry goldwater, a republican senate from arizona. it came about in the research that the democratic national committee and the advertising firm they hired, doyle dane burnback, a

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so he flies here to baton rouge, and he says, he says i was a victim. now, the fbi had recorded some hundred, 200 conversations where debartolo had continually called edwards say, what do can you hear? we'll do whatever we need to do. edwards had only initiated three of those calls, so it's really hard to balance out who was the real victim here based on that. when he was convicted of 17 counts in may of 2000, he goes to prison in october of 2002 and stays there for eight years and three months. he got a ten-year sentence which was double the prescription. at that time they had prescriptions on sentences, and the federal judge because he has that discretion just doubled the sentence. so, um, he could have gotten out in less than fife years under the prescription, but he gave him a ten-year sentence, so he got out in eight years and three months. but he came out and he said, you know, they gave me life, and i came back with a wife. i mean, he's just unsink bl. this guy is unsink bl, he's one of the greatest politicians of all times because he actually di