i think politically it would not have happened -- i think certainly bedford forrest is so clearly more culpable and could have been put on trial and could have been executed and would have deserved it. again, we're talking about how you bring the war to an end. one way of bringing the war to an end is to have a soft piece. -- soft peace. everybody at this conference has talked about the catastrophe of the soft peace. if lincoln was president, would it have been better? i do not think the ku klux klan would've been any different if lincoln had not been assassinated. however, one wonders what would've happened to the ku klux klan if nathan bedford forrest had been hanged before he could organize the ku klux klan. one wonders if in fact a harsher peace might not have, in the end, brought about a more lasting and just peace. it is at least something to speculate. one of the models is the reconstruction of germany. after the second world war, the german people had no doubts what the cause was, at least for their highest leaders, of war crimes. while wirz is a war criminal, he is a low-level

a british ship called the bedford of england. the bedford, yeah, bedford. and all we had to eat on there as you know at that time the british was having a very difficult time. and we had mutton and cabbage for breakfast. i'll have to admit that they told us that they'd give us a different menu at night. we only had two meals a day. so they didn't give us mutton and cabbage. they gave us cabbage and mutton. we went to -- we landed in or liverpool, and we went by train to tidsworth, england. an old barracks that the british had used and the advanced detail was made up of myself of course with the medics and two men from each company, and one commanding officer from the regiment. so we got there and we had to get to barracks ready, when we got into that area we found out that the land is the auxiliary land service t same as our wacks. british ats they called them. they were in those barracks, they were going to stay there. and help clean up the barracks and stuff the mattress, the mattress cover with new hay and all that kind of stuff. so the first night there

i was on a british ship called the bedford of england. bedford of -- yeah, bedford.and all we had to eat on there, as you know at that time, the british were having a very difficult time. and we had mutton and cabbage for breakfast. now, i have to admit that they told us they'd give us a different menu at night. we only had two meals a day. so they didn't give us mutton and cabbage, they gave us cabbage and mutton. so we went to -- we landed in liverpool. and we went by train from there to tidsworth, england. it was an old calgary barracks that the british had used for many years. and the advanced detail was made up of myself, of course, with the medics, and two men from each company. and one commanding officer from the regiment. so we got there. we had to get the barracks ready. when we got into that area, we found out that the auxiliary land service, the same as our waks, but it was british, ats they called them, they were in those barracks. and they were going to stay there and help clean up the barracks, and stuff the mattress covers with new hay and all that stu

the bedford, yeah, bedford.and all we had to eat on there as you know at that time the british was having a very difficult time. and we had mutton and cabbage for breakfast. i'll have to admit that they told us that they'd give us a different menu at night. we only had two meals a day. so they didn't give us mutton and cabbage. they gave us cabbage and mutton. we went to -- we landed in or liverpool, and we went by train to tidsworth, england. an old barracks that the british had used and the advanced detail was made up of myself of course with the medics and two

. >> here in mainly black bedford, new york, police issued 8,200 tickets for riding a bike on the sidewalkch in 2008, compared to 32 issued in nearby white park slope. >> watchdog groups argue the main problem isn't police diversity. >> diversity will probably help with better policing but won't make a significant difference. in new york city, for example, whether it's a white cop or a cop of color, that officer has to get with the program and that program in new york city is to focus on low-income communities of color and petty infraction. it results in harassment and unnecessary punishments. >> 86% of those arrested in new york for miss demeanors in the first six months of this year were black. activists allege police officers view minorities as the easiest way to meet arrest quotas. communities view the police as unpredictable, armed occupiers. >> 30%, close to that population. >> even the executive director of the organization representing the black officers in the u.s. seemed resigned. >> i would hope that african-american or latino officers or someone would have a little more underst

. >> here in mainly black bedford stuvisa in.eoplitialed nuchl tickets for riding a bicycle, compared to 32 tickets issued in nearby white park slope. >> watchdog groups argue the main problem isn't police diversity. >> diversity will probably help with better policing, but it won't make a significant difference. in new york city, for example, whether it's a white cop or a cop of color, that officer has to get with the program and that program in new york city is to focus on low-income communities of color and focus on petty infractions and it results in harass ment and unnecessary punishment. >> 86% of those arrested in new york for miss demeanors in the first sig months of this year were black. activists allegeples view minorities as the easiest way to meet quotas. and they view police as armed occupiers. >> even the executive director of the organization representing black officers in the u.s. seemed resigned. >> i would hope a ang-african-american or latino officer might have more understanding but in that environment, it's i

they moved to brooklyn in the 1880s and in 1895, they relocated to a larger house in the bedford stuyvesant area of brooklyn. what was the second question asked rosenbach is a figure that appeared in chapter six because he was the main provider of the books for both huntington and folger. he was a master bookseller and dancer dancing back and forth between the two collectors keeping them both happy and he might say for instance mr. folger, are you interested in this? i will be going to california next week. [laughter] so, there is a marvelous biography of rosenbach which is available i recommend it to all of you. >> in your research did you come up with an answer of why washington? this was not a cultural capital. there was no great university and only later did it obscene some prominence in that area. >> henry didn't write exactly why but let me give you a couple of elements of the answer. i came across the ten locations it was in alphabetical order and it could only have related to where he was considering putting the library. she does admit that they were exerting the most pressure on hi

it was in the bedford area of brooklyn. what was your second question? rosen balk is a figure who appears in chapter 6 because he was the main provider of books for huntington and folger. he was a master bookseller and dancer, dancing back and forth between these two book collectors keeping them both happy and he might say for instance, mr. folger, are you interested in this third quarter of? i will be going to california next week, so there is a marvelous biography of rosenbalk by fleming which is available in the museum in philadelphia which i recommend to all of you. >> simple question, in your research did you come up with an answer to the question why washington? this in the 1910s, 20s, 30s, there was no great university, only later did attend that kind of prominence. >> henry didn't write out exactly why, but let me give you a couple of elements of an answer. i came across a list of ten locations. it was in alphabetical order and it could only have related to where folger was considering putting the library. one of them was stratford on avon and he

. >> reporter: in his free time he volunteers here at the bedford stuyvesant ambulance core, responding to million emergencies and training others how to do lifesaving work. >> don't touch (bleep) me. >> robinson says the high profile death of eric gardner was especially difficult owatch. >> i try my best to remain unbiased. i know how very difficult the police job is. they get put in a lot of stressful situations. i had to watch it five, six, seven times over and over again. i mean i literally sat in my house ant started pausing it frame by frame writing down the time that i seen certain things in it. because i also teach emts, i train emts. so look at the way they were treating him or wasn't treating him it was really upsetting to me. >> the seven minute youtube video has sparked controversy. it started as a routine bust on staten island. >> i didn't sell anything! >> reporter: police say eric gardner was illegally selling cigarettes. when they tried to arrest him officers say the 350 pound man resisted. >> don't touch me (bleep). >> don't touch me (bleep). >> what happened next is no

. >> the scene in new bedford was probably one of the weirdest scenes i have ever witnessed, a course basically built in between two buildings, build on a swamp. >> bmx rider paul herrane built it. >> it started out as a bet. have everybody throw money into a hat and say, hey, look, you want something you want to do and you think it's worth a prize, you do it, and i'll tell you your reward. it got everyone to push themselves. >> they had riders jumping off ledges, riding down rails, riding across like 2 x 6s. they went so far as to have dead animals on the landings. >> one of the daredevil riders who sticks out is matt plassman. he decides he wants to attempt the biggest most difficult jump in the competition. a ten-foot high leap over the two septic tanks known as the holy roller. >> we were talking about it since that morning as a joke. i didn't actually think somebody would literally try it. >> paul should have known. in the bmx world, if you build it, apparently they will jump. >> the whole crowd was really into it. and they were like chanting "bonedeath." egging me on. it was som

throughout the campaign about the confederate cavalry out in alabama and mississippi under nathan bedford forrest. the close relationship that existed between sherman and his military and civilian superiors stood in stark contrast, stark contrast to the relationship between joseph e. johnston and confederate president jefferson davis. the two men did not like each other at all. and this wrangling and strained relationship between the two dated back to the earliest days of the war, when there was wrangling over the issue of rank. which general should be -- should have the highest rank in the confederate army. bob krik has written a superb essay about this, about joe johnson. and so the relationship between the two men is very, very strained during the atlanta campaign, too. in the months prior to the advent of the campaign, so march, april of 1864, jefferson davis had repeatedly asked johnson to go on the defensive. now, on your maps, if you look in the corner up there, it would be your upper left-hand corner, you can see the red lines on the map up here indicate the confederate positions

i was on a british ship called the bedford. all we had to eat on their, the british were having a very difficult time. we had mutton and cabbage for breakfast. i will have to admit, that they told us they would give us a different menu at night. we only had two meals a day. so they didn't give us mutton and cabbage, they give us cabbage and mutton. [laughter] so, we landed in liverpool and went by train from there to kids worth england -- two tidsworth, england. the advanced detail is made up of myself, of course, with a medics. two men from each company, and one commanding officer from the regiment. we got there and we had to get the barracks ready. when we got into that area, we found out that the auxiliary land service, the same as our wacs, but british. atf, they called it. they were in those barracks. they were going to stay there and help clean up the barracks and stuff the mattress covers with new hay and all that stuff. the first night there, i told my corporal, look, make sure you get a bed check tonight. i had a separ

hello, bedford falls! >> reporter: but piece by piece, it would soon become clear that this had not been a wonderful life for that young man found in the garage. four years after what seemed to be an accident, a bombshell call to police, a call on the tip line from a member of levi's own family, telling that investigator, follow the insurance money. so you were the one who answered the call? >> yes. >> reporter: and this investigator was soon on his way back to that family farm. do you remember the call to this day? >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: the lieutenant telling us the clues were immediate. red flag number one, they discover a brand new insurance policy for levi taken out just 17 days before he died. >> that there's this large insurance policy that was collected on over $700,000 that was taken out only 17 days before the death for the young man in the garage. >> reporter: is that typical that someone that young would have an insurance policy? >> it seems unusual that a young man in his early 20s would ha

that case in bedford stiveson, an officer stomps a man he was arresting on the head. if a citizen did it, i would arrest the citizen. >> you deal with that case, the cops didn't stop the cop that stomped him. let me show you. here's what one eyewitness said about it. >> i want to know if the police chase after the guy. he ranner for his life. they shot him. he fell. he put his arms up to let them know he was compliant and unarmed. they shot him twice more. >> this was saturday, the killing of michael brown. 18-year-old unarmed young man in ferguson, missouri. they have been protesting since it turned violent last night. we are talking about -- we are waiting to have an exclusive with the family, the mother. grandfather and attorney ben krum will be joining us momentarily. let me go back to you, james cavanaugh. she said -- the eyewitness said he put his arms up. he was compliant. are witnesses accounts like these now a major part of the investigation? >> absolutely. that's a major part of the investigation. all the witnesses and forensics. the bullets, number of shots

. >> reporter: james bedford has lived in the mission for four months. >> i didn't think anyone here is like a bad guy. i'm trying to -- i'll still trying found every to understand the issues. >> reporter: -- i'm still trying to understand thish use. >> reporter: according to protestors, that's the problem. >> they have no connection to the community and know nothing about the community. >> reporter: today the buses were crowding streets to avoid the protestors, who say there's no room for the shuttles any day as tech workers are blamed for raising the cost of living leading to evictions for low income tenants. protestors say tech workers should live closer to their jobs. >> rather than coming into someone else's space, displacing them, transplanting them to where they can't afford, and then moving in. >> i think there needs to be more of a conversation between the two sides. i guess sort of class war that's going on right now. >> reporter: in san francisco, anne makovec, kpix 5. >> shuttles don't come into town for free. they pay the city $3.55 for each stop they make. that program

returning for their second day, from bedford, indiana, it's the steele family!ring and applause] and from detroit, michigan-- my--i love this town!-- it's the fowlkes family! [cheering and applause] everybody's here trying to win theirself a lot of cash and a shot at driving out of here in a brand-new fuel-efficient ford fusion.

a career built largely on historical parks like valley forge, fort stan wicks, mon casey and new bedford waling. regional directors do a lot of things, of course, including managing a spirited and committed workforce. but by far the most important role is an advocate for the parks in communities with farthern partners and within the government. mike caldwell is a native of alexandria now residing near philadelphia. we are glad to have him as our regional director but more than that we are glad to have him here with us today. mike? >> thank you, john. first i think we should give another round of applause for john ashley. that was phenomenal. [ applause ] i'm here representing the secretary of the interior sally jewell, director john jarvis of the national park service, and on behalf of the entire department of the interior and the national park service, i welcome you to these events as we commemorate the 150th anniversary of the start of the overland campaign. we begin this morning with what certainly is the most expansive commemoration of the sesquicentennial of the civil war. continuin

the metro area mainly up into pennsylvania, panhandle of maryland, seeing steady rain for oakland, bedford, hagerstown that area but things will shift as we head into the afternoon and yes, we could see some gusty winds as well as these steadier rains and storms move on through. so far so good around the beltway and in fact occasionally we get a little bit of a break from the rainfall and then another wave comes right back through and this is the type of on and off activity we're going to see. the sun is now up officially sunrise at 6:19 and we'll see our skies cloudy all day long and in fact we are under a yellow alert and that's because of the showers and the steady thunderstorms expected into the afternoon. overall though, the temperatures have been remaining steady. we've been sitting at 74 degrees for the last several hours and the humidity is quite high as well and winds out of the southeast still pumping that moisture in. the day planner will hold off on the stormy weather until about the noon time hour but certainly by the time we get to 12 and beyond, the skies will darken a bit a

stanwicks, monocacy and new bedford waling. regional directors do a lot of things, of course, including managing a spirited and committed workforce. but by far the most important role is an advocate for the parks in communities with partners and within the government. mike caldwell is a native of alexandria now residing near philadelphia. we are glad to have him as our regional director but more than that we are glad to have him here with us today. mike? >> thank you, john. first i think we should give another round of applause for john ashley. that was phenomenal. i'm here representing the secretary of the interior sally jewell, director john jarvis of the national park service, and on behalf of the entire department of the interior and the national park service, i welcome you to these events as we commemorate the 150th anniversary of the start of the overland campaign. we begin this morning with what certainly is the most expansive commemoration of the sesquicentennial of the civil war. continuing all the way to the battle of

riotsrs ago this summer, broke out in harlem and bedford stuyvesant in new york.this was five years of urban riots. the next year was the watts riots in los angeles. there was terrible loss of life and property and went on for a week. the dr. king in 1968. a hundred cities went up in flames, including washington dc and chicago. i like to think we have learned some things from that. double shock when he saw the fires in the night over ferguson, missouri. perspective, ferguson didn't pay attention to the lessons of the 60's. the number one lesson is never under estimate the impact of police brutality allegations in the african-american community. host: lyndon johnson want to learn things from the riots in the mid-60's and had a commission to study that issue. here is president johnson from 1967 talking about that commission. >> the only genuine long-range lies in an attack on the spare.ons of all of us know what those conditions are. discrimination, slums, poverty, disease, not enough jobs. we should attack these because we are fired by conscience. we should attack

we have had bedford, the dominant blockbuster. then it has dissipated little bit.ng going to look like as we go forward? who is the strongest? >> it is very much going to be a mobile tablet tv related experience. as regulatory systems evolve, gambling is becoming more responsible and socially acceptable. you're seeing a larger portion of the demographic using gambling products, but using them for entertainment purposes. so you know, the countries have safe regulations for the future. helpstects the user and the company be responsible. >> is u.k. getting that? >> the u.k. is arguably the leading country in terms of gambling regulations. >> is are still that run off shores to gibraltar or malta or cyprus? has that stopped? >> that has certainly happened. when point of consumption tax -- becauseiscussed, of emerging markets elsewhere and institutions are stepped up there, there's artie very strong gibraltar. i think that will remain, but not necessarily expand. >> we will have to draw a line under there. >> 7:49 in london. you're looking at a birds eye view of the cit

there was a good reason to send nathan bedford forrest murphysboro. he and beauregard did not squabble before the campaign. and so forth and so on. and another thing. he did not -- he was not a drug addict. as a matter of fact, there is not -- there isn't a shred of evidence, not a single piece of paper, that he took anything, ever. hard to, in ais short amount of time, to back all these things up. i go into all these things in great detail in my book that is out. hood's reputation before around 1970, when thomas currently -- conley's book came out, followed by a book by thomas conley and james madonna donnough. what was his reputation? in the nashville banner, in the 100th anniversary of the civil war in nashville, there was a big insert in the paper, and it 36ed, at the end of a page insert was this poem. , when iays at the end saw you captive, trembling at the end of johnson's rope, i could, the one legged man, i was your only hope. this is what the perception was of john bell hood in middle 1964, which was the 100th anniversary, the centennial of

riotsrs ago this summer, broke out in harlem and bedford stuyvesant in new york. this was five years of urban riots. the next year was the watts riots in los angeles. there was terrible loss of life and property and went on for a week. the dr. king in 1968. a hundred cities went up in flames, including washington dc and chicago. i like to think we have learned some things from that. double shock when he saw the fires in the night over ferguson, missouri. perspective, ferguson didn't pay attention to the lessons of the 60's. the number one lesson is never under estimate the impact of police brutality allegations in the african-american community. host: lyndon johnson want to learn things from the riots in the mid-60's and had a commission to study that issue. here is president johnson from 1967 talking about that commission. >> the only genuine long-range lies in an attack on the spare.ons of all of us know what those conditions are. discrimination, slums, poverty, disease, not enough jobs. we should attack these because we are fired by conscience. we should attack

throughout the campaign about the confederate cavalry out in alabama and mississippi under nathan bedford forrest. the close relationship that existed between sherman and his military and civilian superiors stood in stark contrast, stark contrast to the relationship between joseph e. johnston and confederate president jefferson davis. the two men did not like each other at all. and this wrangling and the strained relationship between the two dated back to the earliest days of the war when there was wrangling over the issue of rank. which general should be -- should have the highest rank in the confederate army. bob krik has written a superb essay about this, about joe johnston. and so, the relationship between the two men is very, very strained during the atlanta campaign, too. in the months prior to the advent of the campaign, so march, april of 1864, jefferson davis had repeatedly asked johnson to go on the defensive. now, on your maps, if you look in the corner up there, it would be your upper left-hand corner, you can see the red lines on the map up here indicate the confederate posit

throughout the campaign about the confederate cavalry out in alabama and mississippi under nathan bedford forrest. the close relationship that existed between sherman and his military and civilian superiors stood in stark contrast, stark contrast to the relationship between joseph e. johnston and confederate president jefferson davis. the two men did not like each other at all. and this wrangling and strained relationship between the two dated back to the earliest days of the war, when there was wrangling over the issue of rank. which general should be -- should have the highest rank in the confederate army. bob krik has written a superb essay about this, about joe johnson. and so the relationship between the two men is very, very strained during the atlanta campaign, too. in the months prior to the advent of the campaign, so march, april of 1864, jefferson davis had repeatedly asked johnson to go on the defensive. now, on your maps, if you look in the corner up there, it would be your upper left-hand corner, you can see the red lines on the map up here indicate the confederate positions

the national parks service, a career built largely on historical parks such as valley forge and new bedfordwaling. they demand a spirited and incredible work force, but by far is the role as advocate of the parks as community and within the government. mike caldwell is a native of alexandria now residing near philadelphia. we are glad to have him with us here today. mike? [applause] >> thank you, john. first, i think we should give another round of applause for john ashley. that was phenomenal. [applause] >> i'm here representing the secretary of the interior, sally jewell, director john jarvis of the national parks service on behalf of the entire department of the interior and the national parks service, i welcome you to these events as we commemorate the 150th anniversary of the start of the overland campaign. we begin this morning with what certainly is the most expansive commemoration of the sesquicentennial of the civil war, continuing all the way to the battle of the crater to the end of july. for civil war enthusiasts, which i see many in the audience, i saw you on the way down i-95

he has a career built largely in historical park like valley forge, and new bedford wailing.ional directors do a lot of things, including managing a rather spirited and committed workforce, but by far the most important role is that of an advocate for the parks, and communities with partners, and within the government. mike caldwell is a native of campaignedia, now residing near philadelphia. we are glad to have him as other regional director, but more than that, we are glad to have him here with us today. mike? thank you, john. and first, i think we should give another round of applause for john ashley. that was phenomenal. i'm here representing the secretary of and director of the national parks service, and on behalf of the entire department of interior, i welcome you to these eventsds as we commemorate the 150th anniversary of the start of the overland campaign. we begin this morning with what certainly is the most expansive commemoration of the says question crennel tenial of the civil war, for civil war enthusiasts, which i see many in the audience, i saw many of you on

stanwicks, monocacy and new bedford waling.ional directors do a lot of things, of course, including managing a spirited and committed workforce. but by far the most important role is an advocate for the parks in communities with partners and within the government. mike caldwell is a native of alexandria now residing near philadelphia. we are glad to have him as our regional director but more than that we are glad to have him here with us today. mike? >> thank you, john. first i think we should give another round of applause for john ashley. that was phenomenal. [ applause ] i'm here representing the secretary of the interior sally jewell, director john jarvis of the national park service, and on behalf of the entire department of the interior and the national park service, i welcome you to these events as we commemorate the 150th anniversary of the start of the overland campaign. we begin this morning with what certainly is the most expansive commemoration of the sesquicentennial of the civil war. continuing all the way to the

bedford stuyvesant. he never had to pull his gun once. never once. there were times he was scared.walked a beat by himself in a patrol car. but you had to talk to people. he had that demeanor about him. that when he moved to florida. he said -- you know? there are a lot of angry cops in the south. they have that attitudes. he said that some of these young kids, these young cops, you give them a fast car and a gun and they become terrible with it. he had a way of putting things a certain way. thank you for taking my call. thank you very much. host: thanks for watching. a couple of more articles from "the st. louis post-dispatch" this morning. "a moderate, two-term governor, a scandal free personal resume with a folksy persona that plays well in medical -- memo america. his one brief rush with the host: also from a newspaper, "st. louis county police off -- police forces often don't reflect communities." host: the article goes on to say that "police chiefs site various reasons for not keeping up with the change, including a lack of applicants, officers leading are bigger and better j