byrd. [ applause ] >> well thank you. i'm so pleased to be here and to be joining in this important conversation at the museum of the bible. i'm very honored to be sharing the podium with professors dreisbach and kidd, two scholars that i've admired for years, and i especially thank the team here at the museum of the bible, indicate peninger, all of y kay peninger, i'm just very honored to be participating. my focus and my angle on this specifically deals a little more with the war itself and in doing this, i have two topics that i try to bring together. one is the history of the bible in america, and the history of war in america. so i do a little extensively with war and violence and the bible and how the bible has been part of our justifications for going to war and our protests against it. so i got interested in this a few years ago just curious about how the bible was included in the american revolution. and being kind of a computer geek myself, i decided that i would just design a database and try to pick out all th

james byrd is associate professor of american religious history at vanderbilt university. his latest book is sacred scripture, sacred war. he's currently working on a book on the bible and the american civil war. please join me in welcoming dr. byrd. [ applause ] >> well, thank you, i'm so pleased to be here and to be joining in this important conversation at the museum of the bible. i'm very honored to be sharing the podium with the two scholars i've admired for years and i especially thank the team here at the museum of the bible rm, all of you for putting this together. i'm just very honored to be participating. my focus and my angle on this, specifically deals a little more with t with the war itself and i have two topics i try to bring together, one is the history of the bible in america and the history of war in america. so i'll do extensively with war and violence and the bible and how the bible has part of our justification for going to war and our protests against it. so i got interested in this a few years ago. just curious and all of our projects begin with a ce

. >> vanderbilt university professor james byrd. he argued the bible was influenced by the founders decision of war regardless whether they believed it was the word of god. this talk was part of a symposium hosted by the museum of the bible in washington, d.c. it is 45 minutes. >> our third session today is the bible and the american revolution with james byrd. in this presentation based on his latest book, he shows that the bible was a key text of the american revolution when war came to the colonies, preachers and patriots turned to the bible for solace and exhortations to fight. such scripture helped soldiers. conferred on those who died for the revolution and he gave americans a sense of the divine providence of their calls. in this session, dr. byrd will examine specific biblical text and how they were used especially in making the patriotic calls for war. james byrd is chair of ft graduate department of religion and associate professor for religion at vanderbilt university. the latest book is "sacred scripture, sacred war." jo

byrd, this one is for you. let's see. could you please expound more on thomas jefferson's religious views? >> thomas jefferson? >> yes. >> i didn't mention thomas jefferson. but you might be able to jump in. yeah, my basic understanding of thomas jefferson is that he was only more purely deistic in what he had to say. he famously trimmed the bible of certain texts because they were miraculous because he wanted to focus on life and morals of this jesus and see morality which was the key theme for him. and other than that, you know, i don't know much else about his religious views. >> i sometimes use he was adherent of national religion, where he saw human reason as the final arbiter at the end of the day which gave him cause when he encountered the claims he read in the bible. if he couldn't understand it or explain it through reason, then he had questions, reason to doubt it. having said that, he thought jesus of nazareth was the greatest moral teacher there ever was. and there was great value in studying that. the kind o

byrd. [applause] >> thank you. i am pleased to be here and to be joining in this important conversation at the museum of the bible. i am very honored to be sharing the cody him with -- sharing the podium with scholars i have admired for years. i want to especially thank the team at the museum of the bible for putting this together. i am very honored to be participating. my focus and my angle on this, specifically deals a little more with the war itself. , i have two topics i tried to bring together. one is the history of the bible in america. and the history of war in america. extensively -- i deal a little extensively with war and violence and how the bible has been part of our justifications for going to war and our protest against it. i got interested in this a few , all ofo, just serious our projects begin with curiosity. serious about how the bible was included in the american revolution and being a computer geek, i decided to design a database and tried to pick out biblical texts, and sort them. and i would h

byrd, the longest serving senator, i think, in the history of the united states senate. and he always told me what a place this was. he said the senate is something special. he even wrote a book about it, about how the senate is to operate, the founding fathers, what the intent was for the bipartisan, bicameral body that george washington explained so eloquently, and what our role was as the most deliberative body in the world and the whole world kind of depends on us cooling things off and making things work. but as we've seen, it hasn't done what it's supposed to do, and it's not the blame of one person or the other or one party or the other. i guess we can all say it's all of our fault for letting it denigrate to this point. several years ago i took a personal pledge. i just knew something was wrong. when i first got here and i looked around and i saw we were all expected to make phone calls, raising money every day to our respective parties, and that money would be used for a couple of purposes. the purpose of basically setting an agenda or explaining your priorities

byrd, this is for you. >> thomas jefferson's religious views? >> yes. >> well, i didn't mention thomas jefferson, but -- >> let me jump in. >> you may be able to jump in. my basic understanding of thomas jefferson is that he was a little bit more purely dee y-- deistically in what he had to say, because he was miraculous on concentrating on the life and morals of the examples of jesus as a morality which is the key thing for him. other than that, you know, that is also about religious views of -- >> i sometimes use the term offed a hernt to -- use the term adherent, because he used the the claims of the miraculous claims that he read in the bible, and if he could not understand through reason, he would have reason to doubt it. and so if jesus of nazareth was the greatest moral teacher that there was and there is great value in studying it, the kind of religion that he would have liked to warm to, and nondogmatic, and it would have been nonhierarchal, and mistrusted of the churches, and of the episcopal or the oriented around the bishops for exam

james byrd who will talk with us about how the bible influenced the founding generation. our first session is the enigma of ben franklin's faith with thomas kidd. benjamin franklin tells us that he became a deist as a young man. yet at the constitutional convention in 1787, franklin proposed that delegates open sessions with prayer. in this session, thomas kidd will explore the enigma of franklin's faith and the tension between franklin's well-known skepticism and the enduring influence of his puritan upbringing on his familiarity are the bible. thomas kidd is a distinguished professor of history at baylor university and associate director of baylor's institute for studies of religion. he is the author of "benjamin franklin: the religious life of a founding father." please join me in welcoming dr. kidd. [ applause ] >> thank you to kay and thank you to the museum of the bible for hosting this wonderful event. it's a pleasure to be here at the museum. i hope to consult with some of the section on bible in america and it is just a wonderful thing to actually be here and see

maybe professor byrd can say something about this. i mean, i think that lincoln definitely has, especially as a leader -- washington was like this too -- of making sure to reach out to different leaders of different denominations to say, we need your support, and you're valued here. this sort of thing. so i think in washington, lincoln's case that you see that kind of principled outreach to different kinds of denominations. >> yeah, i mean, with -- i think that's true. with lincoln, there's so much consistency i think that inn that comparison. that's why i think it's helpful. the only distinction that we might make with lincoln is that he had as strong a sense of prove determinism i think as anyone. clearly believed in providence. however, he had a very pessimistic kind of providence. and part of this was his time, part of it was probably the war. but he -- you can see this even in his famous speeches where he talks about, we need to be on god's side. he talks about maybe god is not really in favor of what we're doing. maybe we are go

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next, vanderbilt university divinity professor james byrd talks about the bible's use by the founding fathers to defend their patriotic distinctions during the american revolution. this event was hosted by the museum of the bible in washington, d.c. earlier this month. >> our third session today is the bible in the american revolution with james byrd. in this presentation based on his latest book, james byrd shows that the bible was a key text of the american revolution when war came to the colonies, preachers and patriots alike turned to the bible not only for solace, but for exhortations to fight. such scripture helped amateur soldiers overcome their natural aversion to killing, conferred on those who died for the revolution, the halo of martyrdom, and he gave americans the sense of divine providence of their calls. in this session he will examine specific biblical texts in how they were used for making the patriotic calls for war. case for war. james byrd is chair of the graduate department of religion and associate professor of american religious history at vanderbilt university.

mansfield's senate was extended by robert byrd and howard baker another 8 years. the air is filled with talk about watergate. understandably. if you look back, the great senators, they were there for watergate. mansfield launched the watergate committee with the unanimous vote of the senate two months after richard nixon got 49 states. robert byrd and howard baker played similar roles in watergate, but these people were great senators during watergate because they were great senators all the time. they didn't change from year to year. it didn't matter who the president was, whether they were in the majority or minority. so let's look at the senate's decline for one minute. and my framework is this. it was a long decline of the senate that started probably 25 years ago, somewhere late 1980s, early 1990s you can see it, and there's a long decline. then all of a sudden there's a second stage of decline. and this decline goes like this and then like that. and that coincides with the arrival of harry reid on the democratic side and mitch mcconnell on the republican sid

michele byrd is director of housing and community development for the city of oakland.says in addition to the estrella vista project... the city has received 16 new applications from developers to build more affordable housing.michele byrd/dir. oak housing/comm. dev.- "and, we're looking at hopefully over the next three to five years, with those 16 applications, to build about 15-hundred units of affordable housing." in 20-11, a state supreme court ruling resulted in the elimination of all 400 california redevelopment agencies... which typically funded affordable housing projects. losing r-d-a's puts more of a burden on developers like e-a-h housing to secure funding for these projects. often developers rely on the state density bonus law to expand projects and build more units. the density bonus law is a state housing mandate that allows developers who qualify to skirt zoning ordinances and increase a project's density by up to 30-percent, if a certain amount of the building is set aside for affordable housing. welton jordan/eah housing- "it probably allowed us to go a

professor james byrd, the author of "sacred scripture, sacred war, the bible and the american revolution." we will visit trenton, new jersey to explore general george washington's crossing of the delaware river. tour takescities american history tv on the road to feature the history of cities across america. here is a recent program. times that trye men's souls. the sunshine patriot will end this crisis stray from the service of his country but he deserves the love and thanks of man and women. thomas payne will write the american crisis. it will be published on december 19 in the pennsylvania journal. washington has it read to the soldiers to try and bolster the sinking morale. the situation is dire due to the defeats washington has suffered. his recruitment is almost nonexistent. they need a victory. they need something positive going. washington, certainly, is well aware and desperate for it. the victory at trenton, when they get it, will be a huge morale boost, confidence builder. the result will be recruitment. it will encourage men to come forward to join the army. this is the site

in the us one of the most fiercely contested games of the season to not be between braman and tom byrd was the big match on saturday the two sides are having a no. campaign with relegation a very real possibility that struggled to score and have one of the worst attacks in the league this season are even worse up front going into this weekend's clash they only scored a measly eighteen goals this season the worst record in the league so let's see if one of the teams could take home three valuable points. braman are still unbeaten at home underflow in cold felt while hamburg coach ben hollaback hasn't managed a single win since taking over but form goes out the window in a dobie both teams are in a relegation battle but for a long time the biggest bang came from the stands. after fifteen minutes braman zero has a good start and register the first shot on target which like the game was rather tame. but the visitors got close to goal but buckley lost his footing at the decisive moment. both teams struggled to get into the game with last ditch defending and wasteful finishing keeping the sc

byrd mentioned. how do we deal with romance 28 -- romans. they favor independence. each will call the other side out. you are misinterpreting this text. you think it will help your political cause. there was a lively debate between loyalists and patriots over what exactly does romans 13, what does that mean? you can understand why that is a lively debate because it goes to the legitimacy of those suggesting we should repel against england -- rebel against england. it is a heated conversation we find. it is over the proper interpretation of scripture. we could be misappropriating to advance a political objective of the moment. >> thank you. what either of you care to elaborate on that?>> i perk up, we're talking about the sounding period here, when someone loses something because of their commitment to follow what the bible says. you have someone in your hands committed to the scripture. my favorite example is a presbyterian pastor in savannah, called john struble who was a delegate to the first continental congress from georgia. he was is bothered is anybody about t

he ended up as the majority leader next to senator byrd when he was the democratic leader and they have great differences of sopinion and howard baker had a saying he said you know you have to rememberth that sometimes the other fellow might be right. i would say to my democratic friends the other night he trump, they might not like that but i think we should give credit for recommending a strategy and did his best to persuade the americans. we need members on the other side to do what we did on this day and move the other direction, recognize the other fellow might be right and come to a conclusion. i think we made a start this week tha but we are not there ai look forward to the opportunity to finish the job and t remembering that the advice of the other fellow might be right is a good way to start. i yield before to my distinguished colleague from delaware. delaware. >> i'm grateful to the colleague from tennessee for yielding. one of those folks that this may be the senior men were of the staff was senator alexander and i'm proud of the senator he's become and someone who speaks oft

. >> earlier today, senate intelligence chair richrd byrd looked at biodefense issues and how we protect and ride rade yo logical or nuclear attack. this runs an hour and 0 minutes.

senator byrd's legacy lives on, i guessment. if you take anything from my remarks today, i say this to the reporters in the media, to the people at slate and think progress and media matters, the people we keep cloethed and fed because their beats are us. that's some job creation. ask yourselves where are the stories about how only 38 states submit less than 80% of criminal convictions to the background check system? it is only as good as what is submitted to it. why isn't dianne feinstein calling for that? i have to question whether or not they want this system to sfa fail? where are those headlines? do you realize that those are millions of people who have been adjudicated mentally jupfit or criminally dangerous because they are able to get a firearm right now. the politicians that have given the most lip service have done the least. they could change it tomorrow. they are exploiting a tragedy for an agenda. same on you. we call b.s. where are the stories about how -- here is a stat for you. from 1950 to july of 2016, 98.4% of

participating in the seizures and in the killing of sinister videos and they are the shia the shia militia byrd's huge responsibility and they are backed by your own yahoo khaled always thank you so much for joining us and for that very strong dose of reality u.s. president donald trump has announced a new round of economic sanctions on north korea washington is taking aim at shipping companies from one countries accused of illegal trading with killing young the measures are intended to force north korea to end its nuclear and missile programs in a speech to the conservative political action conference trump said the new measures was the toughest yet we imposed today the heaviest sanctions ever imposed on a country before. was. was and frankly hopefully something positive can happen we will see but hopefully something positive can happen but that just was announced and i want to let you know we have imposed the heaviest saying sions ever imposed. so early i spoke to reuters correspondent josh smith who's in so and i asked him what different what's different about these sanctions announced by trap

and tom byrd were desperate to bring a seven match when the streak to an end when they hosted hand over to the promise league was only ever present saw it earn a relegation battle the first. frankfurt's away form busy season has been impressive only champions by and have a better record the eagles have won their last three away games and another victory would catapult them into second spot in the table but their rivals on sunday i was burge are unbeaten in five matches on home turf and the fact they've never lost against frankfurt in the bundesliga in front of their own fans a win for them would have them within a whisker of a european spot a juicy encounter was expected. headed into this class with top score offered simple to set out injured finding an adequate replacement could prove hard to come by kevin dunn so missing this. but they broke the deadlock from the next chance again from a set piece. minutes frankfurt's defense leaving the south korean with fox you must space. the home side would dictate in the game but only had one goal to show for it at the other end of frankfurt look

. >> earlier today, senate intelligence chair richrd byrd looked at biodefense issues and how we protect and ride rade yo logical or nuclear attack. this runs an hour and 0 minutes. >> good morning, everybody. if we can go ahead and take your seats, we'll get started in a moment. good morning, i'm the chief medical advisor of the bipartisan politics center and i want to welcome all of you to today's event entitled "budgeting for biodefense: are we prepared." our mission is to actively seek to combine the best ideas from both political parties to promote health, security, and opportunity for all americans. we drive principled and politically viable policy solutions through the power of analysis, negotiation, and advocacy. yesterday, former senators tom daschle and judd greg released a b.p.c. report outlining options for policymakers to optimize funding that supports the procurement of medical countermeasures needed in the event of a chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear event. today we'll hear about the findings from this report and hear from experts from congress, the executive b

. >> the very next morning we skyped with pam byrd a tagger in laky, texas. 700 miles away. >> hello >> nice to meet you pam. >> nice to meet you both. >> we found one of your butterflies. >> i know i can't believe this i feel like i won the lottery. >> thank you for yr job it's very, very important this data. >> thank you for your participation on your end as well. it's just magic that we can work together like this. >> another slice of magic monarchs drinking from a stream where tourists mingle with them. >> i mean this is amazing. it's beautiful out here. >> i feel like i'm in heaven. >> just being out here seeing these is cool, you're one with them. >> 1996 is the year with the largest number of monarchs here covering 44 acres of forest. >> and this is the biggest colony of monarchs in the wrorld. >> in the world, yes. this is the most important spot for monarchs right now. >> in 2013 monarchs covered less than two acres, the lowest area in recorded history. >> experts say it's partially due to climate change more hornet canes on the migration route and freak snow storm in 2016 t

byrd, this one is for you. more onu please expound thomas jefferson's religious views? >> thomas jefferson's religious views? >> yes. >> well, i didn't mention thomas jefferson. [laughter] >> i might jump in. jump in.y be able to my basic understanding of thomas jefferson is that he was a little more purely deistic in what he had to say. he famously trimmed the bible of certain texts that were miraculous because he mainly wanted to concentrate on the morals of jesus and see jesus as this example of morality, which was a key thing for him. i don't knowat, much else about jefferson's religious views. >> i sometimes use the term, he was an adherent to the natural religion where he saw human reason is the final arbiter at the end of the day, when -- which gave him pause when he encountered the transcendent claims, the miraculous claims he encountered in the bible. if he couldn't explain it or understand it with reason than he had to question, or had reason to doubt it. having said that, he thought jesus of nazareth was the greatest moral teacher there ever was and there was

he served as counsel to the master of the senate rulebook majority leader robert byrd. as chief of staff to senator jay rockefeller. and in addition to his senate service he has occupied senior positions in the office of us trade representative during the clinton administration and if memory serves attained ambassadorial rank in one of those positions. his first book on the senate was published in 2012. updated version with a new preface by the author appeared recently and in four hands popular culture, his first book on the senate appeared on frank underwood's desk during season two of "house of cards". so, let's me now tell you what's going to transpire in the next hour and a 25 minutes. for about 25 of those minutes i run-- trent three-- ira shapiro will present the main themes of his book and then we will hear from molly reynolds, a fellow in our governance study program. she is the author of "the brookings book: exceptions to the rule, the politics of filibuster limitation in the u.s. senate" which will indicate why she's the perfect commentator for this book. afte

michele byrd is director of housing and community development for the city of oakland.dition to the estrella vista project... the city has received 16 new applications from developers to build more affordable housing.michele byrd/dir. oak housing/comm. dev.- "and, we're looking at hopefully over the next three to five years, with those 16 applications, to build about 15-hundred units of affordable housing." in 20-11, a state supreme court ruling resulted in the elimination of all 400 california redevelopment agencies... which typically funded affordable housing projects. losing r-d-a's puts more of a burden on developers like e-a-h housing to secure funding for these projects. often developers rely on the state density bonus law to expand projects and build more units. the density bonus law is a state housing mandate that allows developers who qualify to skirt zoning ordinances and increase a project's density by up to 30-percent, if a certain (terisa) an east bay city says they're seeing an increase in accidental 9-1-1 calls. and they say it's coming from a specific so

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byrd, this one is for you. could you please expound more on thomas jefferson's religious views. >> thomas jefferson's religious views? >> yes. >> i didn't mention thomas jefferson. >> we can jump in. >> i mean, my basic understand of thomas jefferson is that he was a little more purely dee yisic in what he had to say. he famously tr lly trimmed the f certain text because e he wanted to concentrate on the life of jesus and jesus is this example for morality, which was the key theme for him. and other than that, i don't know much else about jefferson religious views. >> i sometimes use the term he was adherent of a natural religion. where he saw human reason as the final arbiter at the end of the day. which gave him pause when he had had claims that he read in the bible. if he couldn't understand or explain it through reason, then he had reason to doubt it. having said that, he thought jesus of nazareth was the greatest moral teacher that there ever was. and there was great value in studying that. the kind of rel

michele byrd is director of housing and community development for the city of oakland. she says in addition to the estrella vista project... the city has received 16 new applications from developers to build more affordable housing.michele byrd/dir. oak housing/comm. dev.- "and, we're looking at hopefully over the next three to five years, with those 16 applications, to build about 15-hundred units of affordable housing." in 20-11, a state supreme court ruling resulted in the elimination of all 400 california redevelopment agencies... which typically funded affordable housing projects. losing r-d-a's puts more of a burden on developers like e-a-h housing to secure funding for these projects. often developers rely on the state density bonus law to expand projects and build more units. the density bonus law is a state housing mandate that allows developers who qualify to skirt zoning ordinances and increase a project's density by up to 30-percent, if a certain amount of the building is set aside for affordable housing. welton jordan/eah housing- "it probably allowed us to

driesbach, author of "reading the bible with the founding fathers" and the divinity professor james byrd author of "sacred scripture, sacred word," watch at 9:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >> a forum on transparency at the food and drug administration featured a discussion on how transparency affects investors. the chair of the deerfield institute spoke for about 20 minutes. during this event hosted by johns hopkins university school of public health. >>> thank you so much for coming. >> thank you. >> i forgot to turn my mike on. >> jonathan is a partner with deerfield management and chairman of the deerfield institute. he joined this company in 2013. the company focuses on venture capital and structured investments and bio technology and pharmaceuticals. prior to joining deerfield for more than 16 years, jonathan was with warburg pincus where he led investment in bio technology and pharmaceuticals. he's been active in policy discussions related to health care and medical innovation and served on the executive committee of the board of the national venture capital as

michele byrd is director of housing and community development for the city of oakland.ion to the estrella vista project... the city has received 16 new applications from developers to build more affordable housing.michele byrd/dir. oak housing/comm. dev.- "and, we're looking at hopefully over the next three to five years, with those 16 applications, to build about 15-hundred units of affordable housing." in 20-11, a state supreme court ruling resulted in the elimination of all 400 california redevelopment agencies... which typically funded affordable housing projects. losing r-d-a's puts more of a burden on developers like e-a-h housing to secure funding for these projects. often developers rely on the state density bonus law to expand projects and build more units. the density bonus law is a state housing mandate that allows developers who qualify to skirt zoning ordinances and increase a project's density by up to 30-percent, if a certain amount of the building is set aside for affordable housing. welton jordan/eah housing- "it probably allowed us to go an extra story

byrd, and dr. dreisbach talk to us about the bible and generations. the first session is the enigma with benjamin franklin with thomas. at the 1777 delegation, dr. kidd will explore the distinction between his faith and his skepticism and the enduring influence of his puritan upbringing and his familiarity with the bible. he is a distinguished professor at baylor university and the associate director for the study of religion. he is the author, benjamin franklin, the religious life of a founding father. please join me in welcoming dr. kidd. [ applause ] >> thank you for hosting this wonderful event. it's a pleasure to be here at the museum. i hope to consult with the section on the bible in america. it's a wonderful thing to be here and see this lovely facility. thank you for having us and thank you to those of you joining us online or tv. it is great to be here. i want to talk to you today about the enigma of ben franklin's faith. i would like to open with the story that happened at the constitutional convention. in 1787, at the constitutional conven

. >> i do agree senator byrd is fantastic but i am discouraged what i suspect will be the president's response and i think if you look at the poll what republican voters think some still don't even think that russia did this so with this threat of cyberthat i help my party this time so that is very dangerous and there is a lot of other ways that russia and china can impact the political system. and that is incumbent on the president to say this is seriou serious. i think we are just in a redo. >> and to make my position very clear i do support the probe we need to get that information as soon as possible it is very serious and any suggestion of collusion and also very much in favor then to be realistic so having said that we should be able to walk and chew gum at the same time and not only do all of those things but understand that cyberactivity is the new frontier. this is very, very serious thing to take it casually or even act like victims only creates a barrier between ourselves to take responsibility for our own futures by getting educated making sure we take measures. >> i have

michele byrd is director of housing and community development for the city of oakland. the estrella vista project... the city has received 16 new applications from developers to build more affordable housing.michele byrd/dir. oak housing/comm. dev.- "and, we're looking at hopefully over the next three to five years, with those 16 applications, to build about 15-hundred units of affordable housing." in 20-11, a state supreme court ruling resulted in the elimination of all 400 california redevelopment agencies... which typically funded affordable housing projects. losing r-d-a's puts more of a burden on developers like e-a-h housing to secure funding for these projects. often developers rely on the state density bonus law to expand projects and build more units. the density bonus law is a state housing mandate that allows developers who qualify to skirt zoning ordinances and increase a project's density by up to 30-percent, if a certain amount of the building is set aside for affordable housing. welton jordan/eah housing- "it probably allowed us to go an extra story up."

found it to be a terrible abdication and that's why i spent some time illustrating how much -- what byrd said and what some of the others said. >> yeah, well, i will -- you know, i think it's an interesting counterpoint to the other arguments because it does suggest to me-- let me back up for a second. i find it difficult to believe that in earlier sentence with such an issue at stake that senators, whatever their position, would not have availed themselves of the opportunity to become as fully informed as possible about the decision that, in my judgment, turned out to be the pivotal decision for the united states in the 21st skcentury up till nw because it's colored everything foreign and domestic since. and it was a decision taken with fully half of the democratic senators in support. >> well, i agree. i agree, and i think that what it reflects, it reflected the tenor of the times. after 9/11 there was a tendency to sort of support the president, even when the president and the vice-president and the team changed the mission and broadened the war to try to go to iraq. it was a tenor of

no way brings any close a resolution to a conflict that's already lasted over seventy years james byrd zerah of the united nations. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is remaining defiant despite being embroiled in two more bribery scandals on top of a corruption investigation police now allege one of his closest advisers tried to bribe a judge into dropping a criminal case in two thousand and fifteen and valving netanyahu his wife their fates is accused of using a middle man to offer the judge help to become attorney general if she closed the case against sarah netanyahu successive household spending on tuesday police revealed that if he's was one of several that yahoo confidants arrested over a separate probe into allegations of corruption at israel's biggest telecom company last week investigators recommended the prime minister be indicted in two corruption cases involving bribery and fraud that yahoo says he's the victim of a witch hunt i should believe. what's happened in recent days is simply total madness scandalous they bring to crazy fabricated claims as part of a witch