for example, christopher columbus did apparently visit iceland during his early stages as a sailor, as a trader and the merchant, and one can speculate when columbus was in iceland did he hear about these stories from the west? maybe. maybe not. you have to ask yourself, he doesn't speak icelandic so could he understand and we'll see in a moment columbus wasn't looking to find greenland, north america or iceland. he had entirely different motives. the europeans did hear the stories, the oral tradition. they did hear the stories, no question about that. again, historical impact, probably fairly minimal. not so for this guy. christopher columbus. i need to warn you about one thing. christopher columbus, we don't have a clue what he looked like. this could be christopher columbus, could be almost anyone from the time period. we have no life portraits of christopher columbus so you can imagine him in any way you want. he is born in genoa, italy, 1451. his father is in the wool business, in the mediterranean at that time period means travel by sea. as an early age columbus, young christophe

which place is christopher columbus buried? ironic when you think of it given the controversy of his life that even in death columbus is a mysterious figure. good looking guy here. columbus, 1492, we know today has found the route to north america. that wasn't his goal. this guy achieves his goal. this is a portuguese seaman, explorer, digamma. he looks pretty ferocious. i don't think i'd want to sail under his command. in 1498 digamma following that portuguese route along the coast of africa, around the cape of good hope into the indian ocean, it is digamma who reaches india, 1498. he finds the water route to the east. and begins of course, because of digamma begins the development of the portuguese empire in the east. what about columbus? what's he done? well, we don't really know that for certain until 1520 when this fellow, portuguese, magellan, set sail, passes under latin america, through the straits that bear his name today, straits of magellan, sails through the straits of magellan into the pacific ocean. a vast oceanic

some of the atoms in christopher columbus's glass are in that glass of water. there are so many atoms. oh, i'll just throw a little ddt in here. it'll be okay. what do the penguins say about that way, way, way in the bottom of the run? do they get the ddt? they get the ddt, honey. a visible amount of ddt is an enormous number of atoms. so it'll spread out. so you put a little pollution on the air, what happens? takes about six years for that to spread out. i want everyone to do something today. i want you all to do this. take a breath of air. no, you don't have to but go ahead. we take a breath of air, right? did it feel a little musty? do you know what you guys just did? you just breathed in billions and billions of atoms that once were exhaled by leonardo da vinci, thitalian type. take another breath. that one was einstein. einstein, okay. shakespeare. hey, but do this, that one on shakespeare, go again. now did the same atoms come out that went in? no, what come out are different than the ones that went in. why clorets, right? so every time we taka breath, y

to as latinos, hispanics, drew their first breath when an infant was born nine months after christopher columbus arrived in the new world. 500 year later we just your table, watch your kids, pick your strawberries and lay your sod and frighten you on darkened streets. we fill up your jails, fight your wars, and populate your dreams of immigrant invasion and fabulous sex. yet we are still strangers. your daughter is here and my two children are here. i can't quite i believed about fabulous sex in front of them. but -- what's the advice that you give to youren people today? >> well, right now i'm writing a book -- sorry, i don't have my book here to hold up. but -- >> you should be ashamed of yourself. >> i'm writing a history of latinos in america since the end of the mexican war. right now i'm -- immersed in the chapter about the latino civil rights movement which follows on the heels of the great struggles for black civil rights in this country. and whether it is the brown berets or young lords, or more p establishments circles, henry gonzalez or ruben salazar, these men and women, cesar chavez

so, on october 12th, remember christopher columbus. don't remember that he took the prize. don't remember that. but remember what he accomplished and the sadness in the sense of his life in that he didn't understand the great triumph that was his. any questions? anything i haven't covered that you might be curious about? yes. >> why -- they went south? >> who went south? >> like the farthest northern explorers, cortez. >> because there is nothing to attract them. in the 16th century it's the incas, the aztecs. this is where the action is, and in india. and they do sort of poke around on the northern coast here. a little bit. but there's nothing that attracts them. why would you come up here where it's -- there aren't great kingdoms, gold mines, silver mines. no, they wanted to seize the wealth and treasure here. >> wasn't magellan like -- well, he was the first to sail under south america. >> first european. >> wasn't that like a huge accomplishment was there were rocky waters. >> exactly. >> is that why the panama canal was built? >> very treacherous navigation. right. and

icons like martin luther king jr for our soldiers we even have a memorial day for someone like christopher columbus who's authored raped and pillaged his way to glory but on saturday the nation honors a memorial day that is too often overlooked most people don't even know it exists its workers memorial day a day every member ins for working men and women who have been injured diseased or killed on the job and sadly there's a lot of remembering to do in two thousand and ten more than four thousand five hundred american workers were killed by traumatic injuries on the job that's twelve americans dead on the job every single day another fifty to sixty thousand workers died from occupational diseases that year two thousand and ten the consequences of breathing this festus are working with carcinogens in our nation's refineries are working coal mines are cause black lung these are men and women who are just trying to live their lives and raise their families and in the process of working every business day create wealth for our country make billions for our c.e.o.'s and all too often all too tragically

. >> i went to christopher columbus elementary school he shot a music video here. we caught up with her in her family's restaurant. at times, customers are treated to a mini concert. like jay and her dad. >> jay is deeply involved in the music now and says stars have is to work hard to stay on top. >> this is very quick and brutal. there are 10,000 artists coming out every month, trying to vie for the spot. >> and that is great news for fans. >> this is locals coming down. >> the concert is the result of a brand new partnership between you tube and a korean broadcaster mbc. also the concert going to be streamed live on you tube's new k pop channel. >> thank you. >> an elite kmant apartment has become the second most expensive home in the u.s. in mid twon manhattan for $90 million. that unit is nearly 11,000 square feet, featuring 23 foot ceilings, views of the city, rosewood floors and marble. the most expensive home in the u.s. is los altos hills, $100 million for a 25,000 square foot mansion. that is home this, is a penthouse. >> that is remarkable. >> michael fi

first gold rush since the days of christopher columbus. will the people of haiti benefit? people speak with a reporter. all that coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. new fighting erupted in yemen as part of a military defense in the south. seven were killed earlier today when fighters attacked a town held by to remit troops. the clashes came hours after some 20 fighters and seven fighters exchanged fire outside a city of jaar. there is a food prices and there are hundreds of children facing malnutrition. syrian rebels have issued a 48- hour deadline for the regime of bashar al-assad to comply with the plan. they have until early friday morning to adhere to the agreement brokered by international envoy coakley and -- kofi annan. >> the joint specia anl envoy annan has voiced his concerns that we may have reached a tipping point in syria. the evidence that we saw last weekend could tilt syria into a civil war, from which the country would never recover. i demand the government of syria back on this commitment under t

>> shepard: researchers give ruins first glimpse science in the so-called no world before christopher columbuse we go our team's top five things of the day. number five, the man who designed the famous shelby cobra sports car carroll shelby has died. he was 89. number 4, a judge rejects a move to declassify a cia bay of pigs invasion in cuba. number three, president obama today urged congress to help responsible homeowners by making t easier for them to refinance. republicans say they have heard this before and that the president's policies have not worked. number two, the credit ratings agency fitch downgrade jp morgan chase after america's largest bank revealed it lost $2 billion from one portfolio. and number one, the jury convicted the actress and singer jennifer hudson's former brother-in-law for murdering hudson's mother, brother, and nephew. and that's "the fox report's" top five. and on this day in 1942, the american literary titan william faulkner published his classic short story collection go down moses. he was born in new albany, mississippi, grew up in oxford and was writer and re

does anyone here know when it was that christopher columbus sailed for america? you probably don't be knowing that year. how many people happen to know the year from their history? can i have a show of hands? one, two, three, four, five, six, six, seven, eight scholars. okay. it happened to be 1492, gang. do anyone happen to know when the declaration of independence was signed in the united states? it's a particular date. some people have it engraved in their heads and some people say, "oh, i don't need to be knowing such thing." when was the declaration of independence signed? anyone know what year? have a show of hands. i wanna see you is. show of hands. well, we got almost half the scholastic class here. it turns out to be 1776. some of us are good for remembering figures and some of us aren't. let's try something different. the temperature at the bottom of lake superior, new year's eve, 1900, does anyone in here happen to know what the temperature at the bottom of that lake was at that time? one, two, three, four, five, six, even less people than knew when th

. >> reporter: sugar cane was first introduced to the caribbean in 1493 by christopher columbus but itck dent era of louis 14th that europe developed a sweet tooth. that fueled sugar production in the caribbean and an ugly slave trade to support it. but also created massive a.m.s of a sweet sticky by-product of sugar mow last he is which was distilled into rum. >> at the time the declaration of independence was signed there were about 150 distillerees making rum from caribbean mow last he's in the new england colonies. >> reporter: ed hamilton teaches about rum and imports it. >> in order to be called rum, it has to be three years old. >> reporter: we met him where else but behind the bar. bryant's in milwaukee. what is rum? what is the definition of rum? >> a distilled spirit made from sugar cane. sugar cane juice or any other part of the sugar cane plant. >> reporter: most rum is made from molasses. tons of it is trucked to the largest rum producer in the world, bacardi. its distillery in san juan puerto rico turns out 100,000 gallons of rum a day. it's one of the most popular touris

christopher? >> what is columbus broadcasting system. >> correct. >> everything's coming up roses for 200. >> trainedptember of 1991. james? >> who is charlie rose? >> correct. >> i knew the answer to that one. i knew the answer to that one. the answer is, he's the emmy award winning host of tv's top quiz show, seen by 25 million viewers every week. >> this is really too easy, who is alex trebek. he's here in new york to receive the prestigious peabody award today for "jeopardy!." welcome and congratulations. >> thank you. >> doesn't get any better than that. >> well, you know, we've won so many emmys, more emmys than any other quiz or game show on television. and yet there seems to be more excitement about the peabody. i did not realize how press tpr but 33 others receiving the peabody award also today. so, i haven't gotten too excited about it yet, butly lat i will >> i know you've been asked this before, but is there anything you can tell us about the people who do really well on "jeopardy!." >> people who read a great deal tend to do better than others. doctors, lawyers -- not doctors. lawyers, t