[applause] >> my name is george wright, member of the united public workers for action.s a historian, and a political scientist trade i'm always trying to figure out the meaning of social processes and developments. there is an incredible incredible amount to learn in the episode we have been experiencing for the last number of months to get a couple of points stand out strongly to me. one, this episode has exposed opportunism, and the ignorance of democratic party operatives. i must say, i am speaking about the school board. the second thing, it is exposed the bankruptcy of identity politics. this incredible poison that makes us not understand the reality of our society. we need to have a class analysis nevertheless, what this episode has showed me in a very inspiring and optimistic way, how people of all walks of life from all over this country, from around the world can mobilize in a united front to defend principal defense of first amendment rights. thank you. [applause] >> and carol denny, it is no compromise and for this to refrain from destroying a priceless new d

after viewing the cavalry's , general wright and george crook now determined to flank the confederate condemned him to death in the autumn of 1859 for his attack on harpers ferry. the plan was to cross the island fouriver at and flank the confederate position. however that flank attack never occurred. when musket fire erected between colonel george wells and elements of the 42nd of virginia. toal early hastened troops the cool spring plantation. while the events that transpired on the afternoon, evening and ninth of july 18. did not go as they had imagined. the battle of cool spring, the largest and bloodiest engagement it involved 1000 combined union and confederate casualties. it was regarded by some as a footnote to jubal early's operations in the summer of 1864. we occasionally hear folks come out and discount the battle. statistically large in terms of numbers of troops engaged or casualties suffered. while cool springs does not compare to such notable engagements as antietam and shiloh and gettysburg and chickamauga or petersburg. what happened at cool springs on july 18, 1864,

your interview for "60 minutes" with george tenthet is -- tenet you wright about powerfully because youonder whether torture, enhance tear. >> the response to philadelphia compromised who we were as americans and you write he was very animated and speaking to you and saying basically don't judge us. don't judge the cia until you walked a mile in our shoes and you wrote, there it was, george tenet has never, will never change cia's program was torture, but in that answer was the explanation for why he press for the authority to violate the law. the authority which was enhanced authority that he got after the attacks of 9/11 by president bush. talk about that. >> guest: well, that -- mike wallace, the great "60 minutes" correspondent, the original "60 minutes" correspondent, did a story immediately after 9/11 that asked the question, would america resort to torture in the war on terror? i was outraged by that story. because i thought it was ridiculous. i thought it damaged the credibility of the broadcast. it was such a ridiculous idea. and of course it was exactly right. the enhanced int

the 22ndiewing pennsylvania cavalry failed effort, general wright and general george crook now determinedtains and then traversing the 1100 acre plantation owned by judge richard parker. that is the same judge parker who condemned don brown to death in the autumn of 1859 for his attack on harpers ferry. it's the plan was to cross the shenandoah river at island four and flank the confederate position. however, that flank attack never occurred. fire erupted between colonel george wells and elements of the 42nd virgina, jubal early hastened troops to the cool spring plantation. while the events that transpired on the afternoon, evening and night of july 18, 1864 did not go as they imagined, the battle of cool spring, the largest and for inst engagement clark county, virginia, a battle which involved 13 thousand troops and resulted in 1000 combined union and confederate casualties has been regarded by some as a footnote to jubal early's operations in the summer of 1864. i occasionally here folks who come out to cool spring, discount the battle's importance because it was not statistically lar

george bush. john mint o was a younger person who bee fred friend bush on the trail process. this was what bush said near soda springs. this is mint o wright about this. i struck the road again in advance of my friends near soda springs is in what is now idahoter there was g.w. bush. joining him we went to the spring. bush was a mulatto he had mean and also a white woman for a wife and a family of five children. not many men of color left a slave state, missouri, obviously so well to do but it was not the nature of things that he should be permitted to forget miss color. as we went along together we riding a mule and i on foot, he led the conversation to this subject. he told me that he should watch when we got to oregon what usage was a water to people of color and if he could not find a freeman's rights he would seek the protection of mexican government in california or new mexico. he said there were few people on the train that i would say as much to as he had just said to me. i told him i understood. understand what george bush is saying. he is going to oregon. he understands that there are restrictions on black freedom in oregon and h

wright flyer to take to the moon to demonstrate that historical continuity. host: our conversation with john logsdon. he is author of "john f. kennedy and the race to the moon." founder of george washington university's space policy institute. thank you for your time today. we are there from the national air and space museum today as we talk about the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, the apollo 11 mission. we are doing this program in conjunction with our associates at american history tv today. if you go to our website, the wreck in history tv website not only can you see everything we have taken in for this event, but also want american history tv all weekend long you can see programming specific to apollo 11. the best way to find out what is going on is that our website at c-span.org. in about 20 minutes we will be joined by one of the apollo 11 astronaut, pilot of the command module michael collins. we are continuing to your callas. -- calls. (202) 748-8000 if you watched the moon landing. (202) 748-8001 for all others. we want to show you a little bit from our washington journal program. it featured a conversation with a nasa and achieve the story bilberry. he talks