. >> why did franco of spain throw him in jail? >> because he was known to be a communist.o not think franco's men were aware of the full depth of his involvement in communism, but they were aware that he had been visiting the republican forces in the battle for malaga. so, they accused him -- ironically, arthur koestler was a real interferer. he tried to advise the spanish general about the things that he was doing wrong and why his troops were not up to the job. when he met einstein, he would explain the theory of relativity to him. that was the boyishness that was always with him. >> let me ask you about your work on this book. when did you get down to writing? what year? >> it was written over such a long period. i would have to look at my own diaries to tell. i think it must have been in about 1996 or something like that. >> when did you finish? >> not many months ago, actually. i finished the main body of the book just over a year ago. >> you said you did 200 interviews. >> yes. >> did you capture all that on tape except for dorothy's interview? >> sometimes people ex

i still don't believe we did anything wrong. >> reporter: i'm george franco, fox 5 news. >>> next at0:00, daycare in a downturn. >> how parents are using the internet to form babysitting co-ops and save money in the process. >>> chaos when an elephant breaks loose into a crowd. the story and the incredible video still ahead.  >>> student run basic sales are a thing of the past in the new york city public school system. it's meant to crack down on childhood obesity but it is hurting fund-raising activities for extracurricular activities. >> i don't see how a twinkie a month is going to make my child fat. if i know my child is overweight i'm not going to give him a dollar. >> it can bring in 300 to $500 a day. >> hungry for cash. did you like that one? the policy allows for pta run bake sales but only once a month after school hours. >>> now some parents are forming babysitting co-ops. as fox's casey steeg he will reports it is a way to trade your time in exchange for free child care. >> reporter: how about paying your babysitter with time instead of cas

pm constantly hopes that the spanish people will overthrow franco at the end of the war, along with the help of the americans. and a few thousand hapless spanish republicans did come in from france, from the north towards the end of the war, and they were all killed. and he did not have the backing either of the spanish communist party, or of the allies. and so they were doomed to being exterminated, which is what happened. so the whole question of the future of europe, was a major theme in the pages of pm and the cartoons of the whole group of cartoons here on hitler's allies. which are very telling. but this was of course not a debate that was taking place in main street u.s.a., and it was not a lot of debate taking place in the press. the "new york times" followed, and this is not the talk of the hearst press and the others who were so far on the other side, that they were at going. the final thing, of course, with pm was much the fault as the rest of the american public was in its ruthless anti-japanese bias and the cartoons, even a dr. seuss are filled with caricatures of the j

they were anti roosevelt and pro franco and going into the war. away p.m. was the anti loose. it was a paper that was going to represent all the values. didn't have. it was an afternoon paper so it came out p.m. but it was meant to be picture magazine. ingersoll use the ideas of life and fortune. fortune got photographs made by walker evans and people like that. one doesn't think of them as being as important to photography as they were. this newspaper was very different in format but also different in its politics. it is important to realize that two thirds of the american press was against roosevelt in 1936. free quarters were against him in 1940. the press was overwhelminglythr in 1940. the press was overwhelmingly republican at the time. this at a time when 84% of the american population was in favor of helping the allies. one of the differences of the period that resonates today is how adamantly to the right the republicans in congress were. in 1941, most americans having been for it was opposed by 145 of the 159 gop representatives in congress. 17 of the 27. they had not

and as general franco's for largesse forces rolled to victory mexico becomes a haven for refugees from the war, defenders of the republic to be sure that the include nkvd agents or if not agents certainly stalin sympathizers. diego's hope building up the defenses of the blue house and in hiring guards at this time becomes critically important. those guards were mostly young americans from new york, and i mean new york city. but also from minneapolis where the trotskyist had put down roots along the teamsters organization. it was the only place where they had a falling among what trotsky called proletariat. some of the teams came to serve as guards and some less successfully than others. the teamsters it turns out were not all cut out to be guards of trotsky or anybody else. despite diego's generosity the shortage of funds in the trotsky household just to run the household but also for his protection is quite shocking. one of the things i discovered in researching the book there were always running out of money. the guard fund runs out of money and they are asking natalia for from this,

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researching the world and writing books, and i think the two of us, we really were the most beautiful franco-americancombination that you can think of. cleery was the son of a lawyer there. iowa's from paris. eyes stand told do we met one day in a cafeteria of of the paris headquarters tornado. we immediately became friends and it is true that thanks to garlic snails and really odd french dishes i have attached leery to france also thanks to the cathedrals and some of our museums of course. and one day, he came into my office there in his headquarters and he was in tears. i said what is the matter with you larry? he said he disaster has just happened. i said, what is it? i have just been discharge. i said to him, and the french army when this happens to us we open champagne. [laughter] and i understand larry was so sad to leave france to go back to the united states that i was able the next day to give him a nice piece of news. i said to him, larry, as i am taking it to the station where you are going to take your vote in germany back to the states that want to tell you that you now have a family in

then when amman mike came back and franco died the streets were renamed.and, oslo, the capital of norway was-- for a long time, so those are problems i think google has to solve. there are problems with the people use and it concerns me and we see it in my university and when i talk to other colleagues and people on the international association of labor history institution so i am very interested in the kenyan article. people are coming to the wirier because they think they are finding everything they need to find using google in looking at things on critically and they are not, i don't know how many students come to me and say i want to write about the battle of saratoga. and i need to find accounts are even better recently a student wanted to write about sailors, sailors maeneen pranked seamen, accounts of the napoleonic wars of being a sailor and i said he will be hard-pressed to find first-person accounts because most sailors were not literate. but they used google and found an article of the diary that was sold and they want to know why they could fi

then when franco one, streets were rename. when the monarchy came back, franco died. streets were renamed. i mean, oslo, the capital of norway was no differently for longtime. so those are problems that i think google has to solve a. there are problems with the way people use and they can turn me and we see it in my university when i talk to other colleagues and to people in europe on the international association of labour history institutions. so i'm interested in the union. people are not coming to the library because they think they're finding everything they need to find using google. and they're looking at things uncritically. and they are not -- so mesas come to me and say i want to write about the battle saratoga. and i need to find accounts or even better, recently a student wanted to write about sailors, sailors, meaning renk seeman, accounts of the nepal a -- napoleonic wars. most sailors were not there. but they choose google and they found an article of a diary that was sold and they want to know why he could find no library. they were not able to make a

caller: i think a little bit about post-franco spain with the reestablishment of the monarchy.ink there is any force or a group interested in the reestablishment of a monarchy in afghanistan? doesn't it seem a bit correct all that it could be a uniting force among the tribal groups? host: was there one time a monarchy in afghanistan? guest: there was, indeed. i served in afghanistan in 2002, 2003 and met the former king. he shared the palace with president karzai. he has since died. and in answer to his question, yes, there are some people in afghanistan and would like to see monarchy reestablished. mainly, their relatives of the now deceased king. -- they are relatives of the now deceased king. it would be difficult now to go back to a monarchy at this point. but there are folks who remember when the king was in power. there was not much war. we did not have many rights. we were poor, but these were not fighting. i think it is unlikely they will go back to a monarchy. host: the outgoing envoy to afghanistan raise concerns about civil in authority in afghanistan. the "washingto

i mean, it's very upsetting, to put franco, how hungry people are right now.umber two, we will have bought local produce from local farmers. number three, we will have created jobs in the processing plants. it's not unthinkable that a processing plant like that could be scaled up to respond to needs elsewhere, in other parts of the country, sort of a survey certain other parts of the world. so i think the rules of the road should still include watcher plan for local job creation, how can we link our very needed short-term interventions to long-term interventions that will not leave haitians depend. >> so that raises the question, sort of a how'd you get from here to there. as i listen to say, it would be great to ramp up the production, to engage the local community, who is going to do this? one of the things that has struck me as i talk to various groups on the ground, and we have been dealing with very sorts of hotspots, who is coordinating this overall effort? is going to call the shots and say, you've got to get the debris out of here, and here's where the

barry franco works down at trident tech and will be part of the program that trains workers at the boeinge recognized, i would appreciate it. >> we've also been joined by maxine white, an artist in the upstate and a reminder of the creative talents and the innovation found in the private sector. she reminds me of the ways in which every one of us south karelinians can make a difference if we so choose. south care lineians -- south carolinians can make a difference if we so choose. maxine, would you stand and be recognized as well. >> and finally, if i might, i would single out the first lady, not as i did last year in recognizing what she had done in saving the taxpayers money at the warehouse and the mansion, but in her truly phenomenal grace that she showed the world and the state in the storm that i brought to our family and to the state at large. and here in her absence, would you give her a round of applause as well. [applause] >> now, never losing the perspective of the taxpayer, let me underscore that some of those -- the savings jenny created back at the wearing house, the mansion

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