ezra pound was in a very odd position. he had just been given, by the library of congress, and a award, the prize for the highest achievement in poetry. it was $1000, the highest money prize at the time. however, he just happened to be, at that time, in an insane asylum, under indictment for treason for his anti-franklin roosevelt, anti-democracy speeches over the radio in italy during world war ii. you have one government agency, the library of congress who want to honor him as a great poet. and you have another agency, the department of justice, who wanted to hang him for treason. award sparked one of the fierce literary controversies in history. andeflected political cultural alignments that were in flux after world war ii. , hum -- in of war the wake of war, holocaust, and carol -- and peril. a concern about reasoning and reading, thinking and critical analysis span the political spectrum. i think that looking at this controversy rewritten -- reveals a lot about the shifting values and art and politics that marked the

ezra klein of vox.com.mesh of the national review and ed o'keefe of the "washington post" we'll get to the democratic race. ed, a new "washington post" poll that shows race is very close. our battleground tracker that. >> this is national survey. it puts donald trump ahead of hillary clinton for the first time, 46% to 44% statistical tie in polling terms. but notable that he got ahead. i think the two things that stuck out to me, 48% of clinton's backers now mainly voting to oppose trump while 53% of his supporters are with him to oppose her. it shows that you this is one of those elections where it's not about that guy but the other person. the other thing that sticks out i think throughout this whole thing, if you dive deep into it. 52% of voters are telling us they want an experienced candidate while 43% prefer outsider. that number has tightened. as it continues to tighten it shows the real challenge potentially for mrs. clinton. because nobody in this race, but her, speaks to the establishme establishm

on july 28 west of the city they fought battle at ezra church. the confederates were defeated on the battlefield. they did not achieve what could intended to achieve. -- hood intended to achieve. but sherman had to stop his flanking movement. he said i can't guess his moves as i could johnston's. johnston was an intelligent man who did intelligent things. [laughter] what sherman had learned left less of his army exposed. john dingell could planned to fight sherman around atlantic, it was pretty good. the problem was the execution of the plan. we don't know what would've happened if they afford as john bell hood intended. they intended to attack piecemeal, one brigade at a time. they didn't communicate with each other. unbelievable for people who did commanding military forces for more than three years. what general hood was doing was trying to use a week part of sherman's line. he developed good plans to deal with it. the problem was the execution of those plans. at any rate, they all failed. in late august, when it looked like the fighting aroun

gunnison national park, ezra pelling down above the ground. park is essentially in its infancy in terms of being a national park. this is -- you are kind of a young pup. >> 1999 it became a national park and when you first get there you're like, whoa. >> plugging nearly 2,000 feet, the black canyon could house the empire state building with 500 feet to spare. the park has 22 miles of hiking trails, but i am not here to hike. i'm here to go over the edge with world class rock climbers tommy caldwell and kevin jorgeson, on their record-breaking rock face climbs they usually spend the night out here on a tiny portable ledge aptly called a porta-ledge. i'll attempt to join them in the morning but tonight, i'm camping out on solid ground. these are my okay san diegos for >> starting to look a lot more like a tent so then you got to take these hooks and clip them on. >> why does mine look like a space capsule? my campsite neighbors trevor and dorias. >> welcome to the woods. >> remember, earlier this week we met stephanie and jonathan traveling to a