when the british see -- when the british lay siege. it is not much of a siege.ey really just march in and take over. they find this arrangement is quite surprising to them. it is not what they are used to. it is not what they have seen in other places. he comes forward early on after the british arrived to let them know he has a certain stature in this community. he comes forward to insist that their rights as -- it is like an inhabitant, someone who has property. and his rights as a leader in the community, his right to have inheritance, his right to have recognition as a free person, as being able to participate in civic society. and the british that are pressured to recognize these mixed-race families in the treaty of capitulation. so, they insist in the treaty itself that they are guaranteed their property. so, in a setting where it could have gone a very different way -- these people could have been marginalized. they could have been the real losers in this situation. the mixed-race community actually rise in authority. and they actually gain a more firm fo

we could be speaking with british accents today if the british had prevailed. goes back to a hotel in baltimore and finishes -- you know, there were 4 versus to this poem or song, and we will talk about whether it was a poem or a song in a little bit. what happens next is not clear. never wrotet key about what happened that night or spoke about it in public. he spoke about it in public once 20 years later, and he just talked in generalities at a political rally where he sort of deflected what happened from him and talked about the heroes and defenders of baltimore. he wrote one letter on october 4 in which he talked about what happened. never mentioned writing a song or a poem. he talked about dr. beans and the british officers, whom he did not like. the account we have about what happened that night, the one you have already, the one i read, comes from something that was written by frank's brother-in-law published in 1853, 40 years later. he said that frank had told him this after the battle, and so many people wanted to know, he wrote it down for posterity. t

the british got stalled. bombardment happened as they said 25 straight hours, 1500 cannons, artillery, rockets. it was maybe unprecedented in warfare at that time. that continuous of bombing. so what armstead did also is he scuttled old ships in the harbor so the british could not get close enough. consecutive hours of bombing, not one person was killed on land in baltimore. their shook to foundations. people were scared out of their wits. only four soldiers were killed at ft. mchenry. by the way, we were throwing out bomb ourselves. key, skinner, and beanes were behind the lines. has a key cam on-line where you can look at baltimore see whata day live and francis scott key saw -- well, not exactly. he was an amateur poet, francis scott key was. amateur poetry. it was never meant to be seen outside of family and friends. died, somebody published a book. you can read it. if you go on google books, you it.read don't take my word for it. the poetry was bad. but something -- so he was write a poem that night by w

which was quite brutal and this was a british tactic. it was to erode the residents of maryland, to make them feel insecure, to make them feel vulnerable and so it was more an attack on them psychologically than it was on them physically because no one was killed, but what the british knew is that if they created a sense of vulnerability in the americans that was half the battle of them succeeding in the war. and now if we just step over to hear a little bit about one of the heroes of the war of 1812. that is a man named joshua barney. joshua barney was a veteran of the american revolution. he spent his life at sea and after the american revolution he felt he had not gotten the recognition that he should have gotten for his contribution to the war effort and so he went over to france and he served in the french navy to great esteem and was given gifts by napoleon but when tensions began to grow in america, he decided to come back. now america at this time has what could at best be described as a fledgling navy. we had very little means t

the british ships were outside the range of their guns. they just had to wait until the shelling was over. >> here we have a piece of shrapnel we are allowing our visitors to touch so you can see the thickness of the metal that would have exploded when the piece would have hit into the ft.ification itself. >> francis scott key was being held by the british. he had gone to negotiate the release of dr. beans, a mayor of a local town. the british troops that come into the town when they are passing up towards baltimore from washington, as usually happens there were a few stragglers that stayed behind after the main troop left. they were a little bit rowdy and they got arrested. because beans promised neutrality to the british, they were offended that these soldiers were arrested and seized beans for violating the neutrality. the u.s. government hired francis scott key, a georgetown lawyer, to negotiate his release. he went out to meet the british troops to try arrange this release of dr. beans. while he was out there he saw the preparations b

it was british, and they wanted to push the british back out of it. and there were riots about that. so the officers made a coup in 1952. and initially these young officers you know they had no grassroots. of a particular sort. and they, they banned political parties, but they were looking around for some group and society that might, you know, be reliable and be able to mobilize people and would support them. so initially they exempted the muslim brotherhood from their ban. they didn't athrow to operate as a political party, but they kind of lifted the prohibition on it and let it operate. well, it appears to be the case that the brotherhood, some of the brotherhood took this situation not with a sense of relief that okay now we can organize again and the ban against us is dropped, but they were ambitious, and they said well gee, the officers made a coup and came to power, maybe that's what we should do. so they in 1954, muslim brother attempted to assassinate the leader of the military revolutionary command council. this was an unfortunate event for

it was british, and they wanted to push the british back out of it. and there were riots about that. so the officers made a coup in 1952. and initially these young officers you know they had no grassroots. of a particular sort. and they, they banned political parties, but they were looking around for some group and society that might, you know, be reliable and be able to mobilize people and would support them. so initially they exempted the muslim brotherhood from their ban. they didn't athrow to operate as a political party, but they kind of lifted the prohibition on it and let it operate. well, it appears to be the case that the brotherhood, some of the brotherhood took this situation not with a sense of relief that okay now we can organize again and the ban against us is dropped, but they were ambitious, and they said well gee, the officers made a coup and came to power, maybe that's what we should do. so they in 1954, muslim brother attempted to assassinate the leader of the military revolutionary command council. this was an unfortunate event for

blago climates changed in british columbia and canada -- climates change in british columbia and canada. the company tried again. the project was problematic in large part because in order to construct the mine, they were going to drain very highly productive lake, which was full of rainbow trout, impact streams and another lake, which is part of the greater system -- ecosystem there. and the taking of a diverse and ecosystem wasuctive lake very controversial. but for the government, and for the chilcotan people, especally iacially. >> susan and her team made a film. their aim, to preven present th. >> making this film was something that was one of the hugest privileges of my filmmaking career. it was obvious that a film needed to be made. there needs to be a film shot anyway that they are comfortable where they can tell the story of what is at stake, because only by hearing their story, only by understanding from them what really is at stake, could people empathize, could people connect, and could we perhaps get the change that was needed. people at first could not believe it. when it

>> nothing but a bunch of british elvis presleys. >> it's not true, it's not true! >> when the beatles arrived, from then on, a thousand different things arose. ♪ >> is it a sex thing or -- >> it's sexual. >> yeah. >> completely. ♪ >> there is a desire to get power in order to use it for good. ♪ how does it feel >> pop musicians in today's generation, they can rule the world. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ she loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, she loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ >> yeah, yeah, yeah. this is beatleland, formerly known as britain, where an epidemic called beatlemania has seized the teenage population, especially female. >> cbs, they do a story on what they probably think is a goofy band from england that's doing quite well. >> these four boys from liverpool with their dishmop hairstyles are britain's latest musical, and in fact, sociological phenomenon. they symbolize the 20th century nonhero, as they make non music, wear non haircuts, give non mercy. meanwhile, yeah, yeah, yeah, this is alexander kendrick in beatleland. >> some little girl heard just a hint of what the beatles we

the british were experienced. you saw during the renaissance and they have a lot of experience with secret spying and communication and that is where we learned our stuff. i was amazed when i saw that quote. not just saw the quote but when i saw the files and the archives. there was an array of letters that were stamped british censorship and it would be off in a colony and bermuda was important and that is where they caught a lot of spies and i will get to that in a few slides. they concealed it in socks, toothpaste, medicine, hankerchiefs even. i will not go to the details but just give you a taste of the colorful spies. george bacon was co-opted to work for the german secret service during world war 1. i show his mug shot here so you see that didn't have a happy ending. and that is youthful george vaux bacon and here he looks like a hardened criminal. back then in world war i, you know, you measured people to identify them. you didn't do the traditional characterisics you do today. i think somewhere it says he

he, the king, and the british power, british army, british empire, are going to bring these people tol. they are going to crush the rebellion. it is when that speech reaches boston, on the first day of the new year, because of the great delay of crossing the ocean, the first day of 1776, that people in the army under washington, people everywhere, realize this is not going to be a short, unpleasant business, which will end with reconciliation, and we better be fighting for independence. they do not say it right away, although some are writing, like -- >> another aid to george washington. >> who knew no more of the military when he joined up, and when he was made a general at the age of 43 -- who knew no more of the military than what he had read in books. but we have to remember that was the age they felt if you want to learn how to do something or know something was a close study of books, urges the whole idea of the enlightenment. they all had about the equivalent of what we would say a fifth grade education. >> everything i know about this is because of your book. these guys are ne

as lionel robins a british delegate put it "we needed the cash." winston churchill referred to the aide as "the most unsorted acts." the u.s. was only willing to provide this aid after milking britain dry. we force them to sell all of their major subcy dairies of british companies in the united states. there is evidence that f.d.c.'s administration was willing to take bits of the empire. here is a nice quote speaking to the u.s. treasury in 1940. he said there is one thing i know i can say for mr. roosevelt that we don't want any of those islands. i know he doesn't want jamaica. i know he does not want trinidad and i know he does not want british giana. the u.s. was more spontaneous generous to soviet union than they were to britain. the mindset during the war was focused on britain as our main rival. this was all overthrown three years later with the marshal plan but that is another story to be told in my next book. one of the reasons of the british political power was as rapid and violent that it was because britain was running out of dollars and

he pointed out to the british government early in the process that british freedom policies was impossible without further assistance, but that the country's room for maneuver was painfully limited. the americans he said are strong enough to offer inducements to many or most of our friends to walk out on us. he warned them to -- that they needed to prevent brit to infrom becoming a satellite of the united states. he said there were quarters in the united states intending to use the grant of post war credits as an opportunity for imposing the american conception of the international economic system. now, for all keynes's bile yens he was actually the world's worse diplomat. here are some of the comments that came back after his visit. keynes was rude, dogmatic and disobliging. and too offensive for words. these quotes came from the british ambassador and his financial. what the americans said was worse. the question one has to answer is could anyone have done better for britain with the hand they were dealt, which was ale paying. my answer perhaps surprisingly is yes, that keynes had a bad

army, the british army's officialdom and how the british army is screwing up the war as it is ongoing. he is able to talk about the great heroism of his own regiment, this great sense of esprit de corps of the royal welsh fusiliers, but at the same time war conduct is not ideal on the western front. when i say the war's conduct is not ideal, how do you think his opinions are shifting and changing toward the notion of the war? the last section of his memoir is largely about graves coming out of the trenches and trying to deal with homecoming. trying to create a life after the war, ok? how does graves adjust? how do you reconcile this war experience with an idea homecoming? what do you think? what do you think? what is your impression of him? yes, laura. >> eventually he tries to pick up where he left off. he goes back to oxford, even though he does not really finish it. it seems like it is a bit of a rough transition going back to civilian life. but you talk about him trying to go back into officers training and things before that and now he thought he would be able to get right back i

it was also the key to british strategy. they had to have new york city, and then from there, they could bring in their supplies and reinforcements and deliver a death blow to the resistance effort. washington basically retreats all the way to the eastside of the delaware, and that is the last natural barrier before the british advance. the commanderm, to the how decided to go winter quarters, and that gave washington a new opportunity and lease on life, if you will. he was fortunate to have some very good marine years. -- mariners. most of these gentlemen were from marblehead, massachusetts, and they were experienced fishermen, watermen, and experts at withdrawing the army, as they had done from long island to manhattan island in the summer of 1776. these gentlemen were the key players that washington depended on to get his army on the other side of the delaware for the strike on trenton. what washington envisioned basically was another battle of b.c.,uh, which was 216 hannibal's greatest victory over the roman legion. roma

beaches, and two large british battleships off the british beaches that fired 15-inch guns. their shells were nearly 2,000 pounds with a range of 20 miles. so tremendous impact. the difficulty here, of course, is the shortness of the time frame to conduct that preliminary bombardment of the target beaches and also this was intended to be as carefully as the target beaches were plotted before hand, the german guns were implanted in very hard sites. the concrete bunkers were 13 inches thick with reinforced iron rebar in the middle of it and unless you hit it directly on target, you were unlikely to do serious damage even with an 8 or a 14-inch shell. so the preliminary bombardment was not as effective as we'd hoped it would be. the goal was really to create a sense of, to borrow a phrase from another war, shock and awe among the defenders so they would keep their heads down and be almost concussed at the moment that the american troops came ashore. the naval gunfire was awesome in its firepower but not quite as effective as we'd hoped it would be. >> up next will be jeff from

one wrote to the british troops. victory wherever they advanced into the habit driven the armies of both the french and nato e. for them so every imperialist was convinced that britain ought to have its way. they became known as rhode -- rebellions. the commander of the british forces was stationed by the way a few blocks from us in the battery and struggled to understand about events occurring in the ohio country and this is a man that had never been further west. this day even in contempt for americans it didn't matter whether they were native americans were colonists who had moved from britain and he detested them. he said try any other that can serve to extricate this race. while they disrupted the trade networks in the country well into the 1770s and they left many native people including the lakota is and the textiles and the firearms and the like so one solution to the dilemma is to double the efforts to connect with the atlantic trade and some in fact did this. there was a dakota leader that was of the three

many families have ties to british colonies like pakistan and bangladesh. here in the inner-city area, most residents are muslim. many parents want their culture to be reflected by the education system. >> i think it is wrong for them to be taught at a young age to be taught sex education. instead, they should be taught religious, or if they are going to be taught sex, why not teach religion as well? >> i had one conversation with you, and after the conversation, you thought that you like a girl and you try to talk to me again and again, and i start getting close and start opening up more, and it can lead to sin. that's where it starts. >> oliver is an anglican vicar who administers minority christian parish here in small he. he is well aware of the religious views of his muslim neighbors, but in the wake of the trojan horse debate, he cautions against making sweeping generalizations. >> when we are talking about religious conservatism and equating it to extremism, which leads onto islamism in the terrorism, you are entering into a totally different convers

the might be some of slipping through but i think also the way that the british government and british intelligence is so well placed within the opposition of the syrian regime and the sitting government i would say that you know it will be almost sort of impossible for these people to get through and not be identified. you know their intelligence services up to where it's very much involved in the opposition organisations fighting the syrian government. massoud shai jar chairman of the london based islamic human rights commission thank you for your time today here's a look at what we have on line few now as well right now if fracking send shock waves across parts of the us literally scientists find proof that shield drilling is responsible for hundreds of earthquakes in the state of oklahoma and it's getting worse as you can find out on our t. dot com also there for you. drawing control to wrobel not google smartphones with three d. vision on centuries could soon be able to control robots on the international space station all the details as always just a click away. right on the scen

germans, a lot of the british. it, and the introduction, he says the nearest context we have with truth are the accounts of eyewitnesses. he says that they matter far more as historical accounts or be farg else, they will more lasting in terms of the war's impact. chapman was smart enough that accounts by eyewitnesses are, of course, subject to inaccuracy. writeall, when memoirists a memoir, they are constructing a story. and like you all do when you are relating the best weekend you have ever had to your friends, you are cutting corners with the story. you are telling it for narrative of facts. after all, it is not going to sell if you don't, right? a, hemingway is writing story. this is fiction. but he is hoping to show a something more significant about the way people remember the war, what they are bringing home from it. kevin? that hisinteresting character, given all that, is so interested in waiting for all of the histories to come back, it doesn't even as chapman is saying these will be the memories of the w

government's been raising the alarm over the trend but one prominent british muslim activist says london is actually helping fuel the conflict in the region we're all worried about we have been told that these people are going to come back and create problems here but the reality is that these people are creating problems in syria which british government is supporting the opposition. you know where these these people getting their arms but the fact that there are going is a lot to do with the way that the british government has been sort of the ring in one minute supporting the opposition and the expense of calling them terrorists and it was only two weeks ago that isis was identified as clear as a terrorist organization by the british government was this. they have been killing it's been going on for very long time i think there is a lot of answering by the british government over the. now for one weekend this summer speed limits at side the kremlin in moscow mean nothing. thanks i pad ahead of russia's first formula one grand prix in sochi fans in the heart of the capital can get thei

british came into new york with a fleet of 400 ships. >> charlie: if the british navy had gone up the hudson, would it have been over? >> yes, indeed, it could have been. when washington fought the battle of brooklyn with about 9,000 of his troops over there and was soundly defeated, 300 americans or so killed, over 1,000 taken prisoner, including three generals, it was a route, it was awful. there were pockets of valor performed on the part of some of our troops and the miracle is they didn't lose more. but at that point, the army was, in effect, in the midst of a real trap because all the british had to do is bring the fleet up the east river and they'd seal them off but the wind was in the wrong direction. if the wind had been in the other direction on the night of, say, september or august 28th, 29th, i think it all would have been over because washington and half of his army would have been trapped. >> charlie: no united states of america. just because to have the wind, history was changed! >> and then the next day, avenur the defeat of the battle, they decide they have to escape

against russia even if it was to harm the british economy by restricting the flow of russian cash into the city of london the british prime minister david cameron said he's in agreement with french president francois hollande and german chancellor angela merkel that further sanctions must be discussed the german chancellor though held a phone conversation over the weekend with president vladimir putin and which both parties said that an international investigation is a must and it must get to underway very soon from the hague peter all of r.t. so let's get more analysis from veteran british labor politician and former mayor of london ken livingstone who joins us now live good to see you can let's start with these threatened sanctions germany france the u.k. all apparently dishing out they sold him a term to russia because they want russia to make sure that the international investigators are given full access to the crash site what do you think about those threats. well i think there's an awful lot of pandering to the hysteria that's being whipped up here some of us are old enough to r

while the british may be leading. religion as some might say economist of the country actually playing the lead in line just to bounce. see the posing for. us the news this hour but up next here in our to international moxon the stacy look out the latest financial world stumbles. told him a language of war but i will only react to situations i have read the reports so i'm not pushing the know i will leave them to the state department to comment on your latter point among to say to secure a car is on the docket notes on. radio no more weasel words when you made a direct question be prepared for a change when you run should be ready for a battle freedom of speech and little down the freedom to question. welcome to the kaiser report i'm max kaiser my friends there are no friends so said coco chanel jim as well been speaking of global wants are fiscal and economic policy these days a collapsing empire with america is teaching everyone how to lose friends and not influence people. max the europeans are saying enough is eno

national or the british company. could be. that process analysts say that iraq's crumbling all authority could be beneficial for smaller british oil companies which don't get a look in on oil fields run by corporate giants in southern iraq too small to really. four major oil fields in iraq so what about a bet if. they are getting away with it but they will never. will never be. they. can now energy isn't the only british oil pouring to kurdistan gulf keystone several sites in kurdish north iraq this is now in production with that oil and canals pipeline that runs directly from the region these small british players could be in store from massive profits while the baghdad likes it or not. an independent kurdistan is something there is really prime minister has already voiced his support to wards binyamin netanyahu believes the kurds have proven their political commitment and moderation and should be granted independence the director of the institute of gul for first made sees the emergence of an autonomy as kurdistan is in the

he was the leader of a group known as the british show and its -- the british chindits. you can look that up. it's not dirty. then there was phil cochran. the real-life inspiration for the character of colonel flip corgan -- corkin. there he is. alison was a little pint-size guy, daring fighter ace. he flew with the 14th air force and was considered a natural pilot, a pretty good stick, as they called him. he was the co-commander of this group. flight officer jackie coogan, movie star turned fighter pilot. biggest child actor of the 1920's and 1930's. start with charlie chaplin in "the kid," and a whole lot of others -- starred with charlie chaplin. whoops, i don't know what i just did. we are going to go back. i think i pushed the wrong button. going backwards, i'm pretty sure. there it is. there it is. .hat's dick hi, there. yeah, he's here tonight. i think i just went too far. this guy, this handsome young man right there is here tonight. that is patt meara. looks like he has a pretty good ride going for himself there. this guy, charlie turner, i was with him last wee

at that time, the british police were ordered to smash or to smash the diplomatic car.hat is quite extraordinary viewer be a direct instruction to violate the most test a part of international law, which is the protection of embassies. it is not likely they need to debate whether it might be legal or illegal under certain circumstances. it is completely illegal coming at the british police ordered to do it. >> do you sense a shift? you have a barren is in charge of the police committee and the london house saying, why are we spending this money? in fact, hasn't there been a breakdown on how much money has been sent in u.s. dollars? >> it has come under the freedom of information act request about two weeks ago that the u.k. had reached $6.5 million -- 6.5 million pounds. interestingly, when there is a request of the breakdown, about 16 people full-time. when there is a request of the breakdown, the refuse to reveal the breakdown in the national security news. the u.k. government did something they did without police surveillance that is basically a matter of national se

in it, the member of the british pardon me. explores the history of money and the resulting impact he believes the interconnection has on present day free markets h worldwide. the program is about an hour.oga >> welcome to "after words," i'm toby harndon, and with me today: is qaz city war tech, and he's here to discuss his superb newe book, "war and gold: a 500-year history of empires, adventures and debt."e to it's received rave reviews already. my own paper describes it asd enormously readable and an entertaining history which turns the past 500 years into a rollicking narrative. so great to have you here. >> guest: very good to be here.l >> host: now, rollicking narrative is not usually the -- [laughter] and this strikes me at not really a politician's book.to h this isn't designed to sort oful yet you further up the greasy pole. why did you write it? >> guest: well, i've always been interested in history. that was what my major was in, i've also got a doctorate inl history. i have also got a doctorate in history and i thin

that's been a great strength of the british economy.hat's what always argue, and i thick it's bourne out by the historical record. >> host: in terms of that, fascinating chapter on thatcher and reagan. >> guest: sure. >> host: that what went out the window was balanced budgets. >> guest: that's right. >> host: and it was -- became almost -- not your word but mind -- a fettish, an end in themselves, and i think to>ml as lesser extent, thatcher, and certainly reagan, talked about fiscal responsibility but in the end -- >> guest: reagan was a great fifth. unparalleled gift of communication. he could boil things down simply so people could relate to them. his idea can, he was very much -- his great metaphor about government spending was alcoholism. and his father had been al alcoholic. if you look at his speeches from the early '80s, he talk's this massive binge, a terrible hangover, we need to sort ourselves out, that was the metaphors he used. if you look at his record, because of defense spending and the cold war there was this deficit,

and a british chief executive of a partner company has been detained by brazilian police as part of an investigation into illegal ticket sales last week more than ten other people were tains accused of belonging to an international accounting which resells world cup tickets. could have operated out up to four tournaments making almost one hundred million dollars in the process. the n.s.a. has been spying on its own people its friends and even on entire nations recording every phone call made in the bahamas. so fine assuming you think you do what you say so we. look up to you before. your very revealing the whole world independent journalist nimrod came or went to find out what people on the government think about being watched by washington and what the plan to do about it what's the first part of his journey. of the bahamas tomorrow here on r t. the entire italian alpine village is being sold on e bay it's located near national park fourteen lofts with scenic fuse it's in need of a little renovation but the asking price for the entire village is a bargain basement two hundred forty fi