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archaeologist george stuart. stuart: this is a color facsimile of the dresden codex -- actual size, real colors. it's made on, like the others, on bark paper sized with lime plaster, on which the images were painted with fine hair brushes and pigment in about, oh, five or six different colors. keach: many of these books were discovered by the sixteenth century spanish. they were said to be filled with genealogies, prophesies and religious beliefs. but to the spanish conquerors, they were blasphemous. in 1562, bishop diego de landa ordered them destroyed. "we found a large number of books in these characters, "and as they contained nothing "in which there were not to be seen "superstition and lies of the devil, "we burned them all, "which caused them much affliction." ironically, a book by bishop landa himself proved crucial to the understanding of maya writing. stuart: and in it is everything that he observed in yucatan about the maya, about their ceremonial cycles, their ritual calendars. he even had pictures of
archaeologist george stuart. stuart: this is a color facsimile of the dresden codex -- actual size, real colors. it's made on, like the others, on bark paper sized with lime plaster, on which the images were painted with fine hair brushes and pigment in about, oh, five or six different colors. keach: many of these books were discovered by the sixteenth century spanish. they were said to be filled with genealogies, prophesies and religious beliefs. but to the spanish conquerors, they were...
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stuart: that was george bush's idea. charles: it was.erm. sandra: something has to be done, right? and i think that -- charles: if you live to be 65, there's over 90% chance you live to be 85 in this country. if you hit the big 65, you will live a lot longer. stuart: the left say ifs you raise the -- the left says if you raise the retirement page to say 70 then you are favoring the rich because they live longer and you should not do that, you've got to some way compensate poorer people for this discrepancy in longevity. charles: they are being compensated all along the line. how about we just lower it to 45? stuart: you will hear this longevity rate frequently when we're discussing social security reform. charles: it is part of the fairness doctrine. stuart: fairness, that's the word. the highlight reel is next. your identity and turn your life upside down. >> hi. >> hi. you know, i can save you 15% today if you open up a charge card account with us. >> you just read my mind. >> announcer: just one little piece of information and they ca
stuart: that was george bush's idea. charles: it was.erm. sandra: something has to be done, right? and i think that -- charles: if you live to be 65, there's over 90% chance you live to be 85 in this country. if you hit the big 65, you will live a lot longer. stuart: the left say ifs you raise the -- the left says if you raise the retirement page to say 70 then you are favoring the rich because they live longer and you should not do that, you've got to some way compensate poorer people for this...
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i wanted to say, what did george see when the door was open and he walked into the drawing room? what kind of woman did he set eyes on? it was not the gilbert stuartld lady. it was a beautiful young woman. >> about the children, martha washington had four. she yao lived all of them. by the time she met george there were two living children. what was his attitude toward these children? did he take them on as his own? >> he really did. later on he famously adopted the grandchildren. washington loved children. i think washington was rather sensitive to the fact that he had no children of his own, and that would be a subject of pure speculation, which hasn't prevented historians from speculating. the fact is he treated her children very much as if they were his own. by one estimate, she brought 20,000 pounds to their marriage, and he spent a good deal of that immediately send i away for orders for toys, for wax dolls, for patsy, the daughter, and he spent quality time with them and, of course, lost both of them. it was a shattering experience. patsy, who died of epilepsy, one day at dinner in the dining room, and jackie, who had not participated in th
i wanted to say, what did george see when the door was open and he walked into the drawing room? what kind of woman did he set eyes on? it was not the gilbert stuartld lady. it was a beautiful young woman. >> about the children, martha washington had four. she yao lived all of them. by the time she met george there were two living children. what was his attitude toward these children? did he take them on as his own? >> he really did. later on he famously adopted the grandchildren....
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stuart gaffney a question about history. we were just listening to justice scalia asking ted olson, by the way, was solicitor general under george w. bush, when it became unconstitutional to exclude homosexual couples from marriage, i want ask breyer on interesting family history. your family history when it comes to issues of marriage and the law. >> i was moved by the rosen's response in talking about the rights of interracial couples because thinking of another married couple, my own mom and dad, who were an interracial couple facing barriers like john and i are today. there were only able to marry legally in california because our state supreme court led the way in overturning a law banning interracial marriages as unconstitutional. but after they married, they moved around the country and our family had different legal status in every state they lived in. they moved to missouri and were told they had an illegal marriage. that is something i never wanted have in common with them. but unfortunately, same-sex couples now face the same patchwork -- legal in some states, illegal and others -- and unrecognized beverly, my parents
stuart gaffney a question about history. we were just listening to justice scalia asking ted olson, by the way, was solicitor general under george w. bush, when it became unconstitutional to exclude homosexual couples from marriage, i want ask breyer on interesting family history. your family history when it comes to issues of marriage and the law. >> i was moved by the rosen's response in talking about the rights of interracial couples because thinking of another married couple, my own...
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stuart appleby, but he makes this birdie on the 17th hole. after a long day you have to see appleby's reaction. he ties for 57th. south african georgefor the lead. coetzee is 6 under. streelman shot the best round of the day and he is now tied for first with coetzee and another guy. remember justin leonard? at one time leonard was ranked 5th in the world and he is now 315th in the world and hasn't won since 2008. this is his tee-shot, sets up the birdie. four others just one stroke back. >>> and that is sports as we see it this saturday night. sharks lois to the l.a. kings, 5, heather and ken, they are just clinging barry at the playoff spot. it will be go
stuart appleby, but he makes this birdie on the 17th hole. after a long day you have to see appleby's reaction. he ties for 57th. south african georgefor the lead. coetzee is 6 under. streelman shot the best round of the day and he is now tied for first with coetzee and another guy. remember justin leonard? at one time leonard was ranked 5th in the world and he is now 315th in the world and hasn't won since 2008. this is his tee-shot, sets up the birdie. four others just one stroke back....
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stuart: probably won't. nicole, thank you very much indeed. last night on abc, the president told george balancing the budget was not his priority. let's remind, everybody, please, we're still sitting on a 16 1/2 trillion dollars worth of debt. it is going to be 17 trillion dollars by september. the president wants more tax increases. he doesn't want any spending cuts. i think, that's why we're at a turning point in public opinion. go. charles: well, the president is at a turning point for sure. because they promoted his healthcare law initially as saving people money and fixing the healthcare system. now, in retrospect, everyone says well it was never designed as an economic policy, and the same thing is happening again. the president has some real issues here. liz: credibility issues. stuart: paul krugman is telling him that big deficits don't matter. he's telling the president that deficits are under control. don't worry about it. the president is taking that message and running with it. liz: that runs counter to what he wrote in 05 when he said big deficits do matter, they really do
stuart: probably won't. nicole, thank you very much indeed. last night on abc, the president told george balancing the budget was not his priority. let's remind, everybody, please, we're still sitting on a 16 1/2 trillion dollars worth of debt. it is going to be 17 trillion dollars by september. the president wants more tax increases. he doesn't want any spending cuts. i think, that's why we're at a turning point in public opinion. go. charles: well, the president is at a turning point for...
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stuart holliday, former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. security council, thank you. >> thank you. >>> we will talk to hanan a ashrawi. and later george too, deeply engaged in the peace process. he will be with us as well. >>> this just in to cnn. police in chicago are investigating an early morning shooting at a nightclub that injured at least seven people in chicago. the shooting believed to be gang related. this happened just after 1:00 am at club g's on the city's south side. there had been an album release party for an unnamed rapper. six men and a woman have all been taken to hospitals. none of the injuries appear to be life threatening. no arrests so far. >>> dazzled and concerned. a senate hearing tackles the use of drones within the united states. experts testifying that drones can have practical applications, monitoring crops and livestock, looking at damage to buildings, perhaps. but lawmakers express concern, saying new legislation may be needed to protect americans' privacy and their safety. >> i think there is a real concern that the day-to-day conduct of american citizens going about their business might be monitored, c
stuart holliday, former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. security council, thank you. >> thank you. >>> we will talk to hanan a ashrawi. and later george too, deeply engaged in the peace process. he will be with us as well. >>> this just in to cnn. police in chicago are investigating an early morning shooting at a nightclub that injured at least seven people in chicago. the shooting believed to be gang related. this happened just after 1:00 am at club g's on the city's south...