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at any rate, the book is called a gilded lives. i thought i would interview a little bit about my history with the titanic and how i came to this book. my experience in life is the one thing leads to another. that's what led me to this book. so over the past ten days are so , one of most popular questions, were you always interested? where does this come from. people still think it's slightly odd, not as odd as it used to be. there are some friends here who are titanic buffs. i can remember a time where i knew or knew of just about every titanic buff and not america. not everybody has become a titanic buff. the year-old stand-up in school and correct me on the disposition of the transfer on the titanic. this actually happens. but to answer the questions why am i interested in the titanic, i have to go back to being a weak japanese challenge. when i was six years old we emigrated to canada. and before we left we went down to london. in those days there were no planes. he emigrated to north american people but you are never coming ba
at any rate, the book is called a gilded lives. i thought i would interview a little bit about my history with the titanic and how i came to this book. my experience in life is the one thing leads to another. that's what led me to this book. so over the past ten days are so , one of most popular questions, were you always interested? where does this come from. people still think it's slightly odd, not as odd as it used to be. there are some friends here who are titanic buffs. i can remember a...
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next, a visit to restored gilded age mansion of milwaukee beer baron captain frederick pabst. this is part two of a two-part program. >> the exterior of the mansion has been restored by several restoration campaigns that south to bring back more of the original details that had been lost over the decades. the large spires on top of the house were recreated based on original photographs after the original ones had been destroyed by lightning early in the 20th century. when this house was one of the highest points in the neighborhood. just recently we returned awnings back to the front elevation of the house, something that hasn't been seen on the pabst mansion for over 100 summers, and so we're very excited that this kind of brings back a level of authenticity, not only to the exterior of the house but actually shades the interior, keeps us cool and also protects our objects within the mansion. when fred claas designed the exterior of the pabst mansion, they were creating something that would become almost iconic in milwaukee. the use of the flemish renaissance revival style wi
next, a visit to restored gilded age mansion of milwaukee beer baron captain frederick pabst. this is part two of a two-part program. >> the exterior of the mansion has been restored by several restoration campaigns that south to bring back more of the original details that had been lost over the decades. the large spires on top of the house were recreated based on original photographs after the original ones had been destroyed by lightning early in the 20th century. when this house was...
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next, join us for a visit to milwaukee for a look inside the restored gilded h. mansion of german-american beer baron, captain frederick pabst. >> i'm john east berks and i'm senior historian for the pabst mansion here in milwaukee. today we're standing in the captain frederick pabst mansion that was built in milwaukee between 1890 and 1892, and i always like to start a tour of this house with a little context of why it's here, because if you're visiting this city, you'll see that the house is sitting at 20th and wisconsin avenue which is kind of in the middle of a very heavily commercial district. it doesn't make any sense why the pabst mansion should be here today. but when the pabst family chose this site in the late 1880s, this was in the middle of milwaukee's most prestigious residential district. about 50 or 60 mansions were lining the avenue from just outside of downtown, out to the countryside at 35th. so when they built this house, there was already a home standing on the site, and so they tore that down in june of 1890 and began construction of this hou
next, join us for a visit to milwaukee for a look inside the restored gilded h. mansion of german-american beer baron, captain frederick pabst. >> i'm john east berks and i'm senior historian for the pabst mansion here in milwaukee. today we're standing in the captain frederick pabst mansion that was built in milwaukee between 1890 and 1892, and i always like to start a tour of this house with a little context of why it's here, because if you're visiting this city, you'll see that the...
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this lovely-- what is called a bleu lapis ground, you see, it's got a blotched blue and then the gilding, very finely done with a honey flux to it and then engraved to give it life, that's what only the sevres factory did. and that's what makes this very very exciting. so with this fantastic case, and the case is very important, it's probably worth $7,000 or $8,000... - that's extraordinary. - ...or maybe a bit more. if it came up in the european market, it's quite possible it would fetch as much as £7,000-10,000, because it's such a very specialized and french-taste thing. and i find i've got a row of no less than six golfing buttons, it sets the pulse racing for a few people. do you come from a golfing family? i don't, not that i know anyway. - so you're not a golf widow or anything like that? - no no. well, they're printed on celluloid, so it's a sort of an early form of plastic. the fact that they're wearing the sort of costumes that we've got here dates them to probably around about 1910, maybe 1920. golf collectors, you know, they're on an international scale these days, you know?
this lovely-- what is called a bleu lapis ground, you see, it's got a blotched blue and then the gilding, very finely done with a honey flux to it and then engraved to give it life, that's what only the sevres factory did. and that's what makes this very very exciting. so with this fantastic case, and the case is very important, it's probably worth $7,000 or $8,000... - that's extraordinary. - ...or maybe a bit more. if it came up in the european market, it's quite possible it would fetch as...
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next, join us for a visit to milwaukee for a look inside the restored gilded age mansion of german american beer barron, captain frederick pabst. >> i'm john eastburg, senior historyion for the pabst mention. this was the most formal room in the house and probably the least used room in the house. what's interesting about the pabst mansion to me is that this is truly an expression of the american gilded age in that an american family is really kind of taking all of the best ideals from europe over a period of about 300 years, and compacting them under one roof. and so you have each of these rooms expressing an individual architectural thought. and so this room, designed in the french roque style popular in the 18th century finds itself in 19th century milwaukee. now, we're very fortunate that most of the furnishings and the panelling and everything in this house were done here in milwaukee by the matthews brothers. and so this house, while it could have been all of imported materials, actually, again, is an expression of what was capable in milwaukee in the 1890s. we're fortunate that when
next, join us for a visit to milwaukee for a look inside the restored gilded age mansion of german american beer barron, captain frederick pabst. >> i'm john eastburg, senior historyion for the pabst mention. this was the most formal room in the house and probably the least used room in the house. what's interesting about the pabst mansion to me is that this is truly an expression of the american gilded age in that an american family is really kind of taking all of the best ideals from...
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- have a paper backing placed on them, run through a press, dipped in linseed oil, dried and then gilded, and then the material would come without all the flowers painted, be installed, and then it would be hand painted to the way the family or the client would want them. now, the house went through one major redecoration in 1960, and so the last archbishop that was here decided to modernize the house, and i don't blame him, because by 1960 this house would have been a very dark and dreary victorian house, kind of exactly what you would imagine it would be in the 1960s. for a house that had been decorated in about 70 years, and so a lot of walls and a lot of ceilings were painted white, wall-to-wall white carpeting was added and actually even danish modern furniture was put in the front hall of the house but a house such as this would rebel against all of that, so fortunately panelling and woodwork in the house was hardly painted at all, and what you're seeing right now in the dining room is all the original orange shellack finish that would have been put on the woodwork in the 1890s, bu
- have a paper backing placed on them, run through a press, dipped in linseed oil, dried and then gilded, and then the material would come without all the flowers painted, be installed, and then it would be hand painted to the way the family or the client would want them. now, the house went through one major redecoration in 1960, and so the last archbishop that was here decided to modernize the house, and i don't blame him, because by 1960 this house would have been a very dark and dreary...
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was a fair economics we think of the gilded age from the end of reconstructions through the 1890's. the philosophy of laissez-faire was prominent there was a talk about it and an effort to implement and sort out the public and private with these categories and it failed miserably. by the beginning of the progressive era it was understood the read needed to play a role in transportation and definitely in for a policy to ensure the regime of free trade remained to actively open in places like china so it argued that era that we think about the baseline is one of the most exceptional moments in american history. back to colonial times you have hundreds of regulations you cannot dance or play cards a lot of economic regulations were their prices? we move forward in the 20th century of the emergence of a mixed economy where the government takes computers. you have a laptop or a smart phone. computers were the product of federal research and development during world war ii and the internet is the product of administration research program. the developed the internet because i'm sorry beca
was a fair economics we think of the gilded age from the end of reconstructions through the 1890's. the philosophy of laissez-faire was prominent there was a talk about it and an effort to implement and sort out the public and private with these categories and it failed miserably. by the beginning of the progressive era it was understood the read needed to play a role in transportation and definitely in for a policy to ensure the regime of free trade remained to actively open in places like...
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jurors are trying to determine if he's gild -- guilty of using campaign money to hide his mistress rielle hunter. >>> a parent's proud moment turned frightening. jeff davis watched as his daughter fell 20 feet while rock climbing and he caught the whole thing with his camera. >> reporter: watch as this moment of pride becomes huge terror as jeff davis watches his 11-year-old daughter free fall from 18 feet. he had taken emily and her brother zak to a ballgame and this climbing wall. you can see the 11-year-old scale the wall, ring the buzzer at the top and something went wrong. watch again as the safety rope goes slack and emily begins plummeting. >> there was a smack and smack. >> reporter: davis springs toward it, dropping the phone. >> i got to her and i'm going be alive. >> reporter: she regains consciousness. you can hear her whim per -- whimpering. she's recovering. >> i remember falling. >> do you remember saying anything to your dad? >> i remember saying weak up. >> reporter: according to the study more than 600 people were injured in man made walls like this. the marlins organiza
jurors are trying to determine if he's gild -- guilty of using campaign money to hide his mistress rielle hunter. >>> a parent's proud moment turned frightening. jeff davis watched as his daughter fell 20 feet while rock climbing and he caught the whole thing with his camera. >> reporter: watch as this moment of pride becomes huge terror as jeff davis watches his 11-year-old daughter free fall from 18 feet. he had taken emily and her brother zak to a ballgame and this climbing...
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we tend to think about what historians call the gilded age, the time from the endeavor destruction of through the 1890's. and i think that the philosophy of what they share was quite prominent in that timeframe. there was a lot of talk. and it was an effort to implement that. sort of the public and private and create these categories. it failed miserably. business, by the beginning of the progressive era, the beginning of the 20th-century, understood that government need to play overall education. government needed to play a role in transportation. and definitely for policy to ensure that americans preferred regime of free trade remains free trade. opening up trade in places like china. so a government out of sight to monday that kill the h, that era of economics that we think about as kind of the baseline from our american political context is actually one of the most exceptional moment some in american. if he go back you will have hundreds of regulations. >> we have all kinds of social regulation. a lot of economic regulation. the regulations are unfair prices when you go back to co
we tend to think about what historians call the gilded age, the time from the endeavor destruction of through the 1890's. and i think that the philosophy of what they share was quite prominent in that timeframe. there was a lot of talk. and it was an effort to implement that. sort of the public and private and create these categories. it failed miserably. business, by the beginning of the progressive era, the beginning of the 20th-century, understood that government need to play overall...
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it is a kind of radical individualism that has not been at the center of our politics since the gilded age after the civil war until about 1900. conservatives after bush were won, theet obama solution was to say that bush was a big government conservative and spent too much. yet asymmetric polarization with a right wing well to the right before the country is. >> politicians are frightened of being seen as a certain way. >> mr. obama is more of a mixture of center and left. to win the nomination, mitt romney had to go far to the right of where he was as governor of massachusetts and from where he had been in his last campaign and where he ran as a conservative. i think the polarization is a natural for the u.s.. -- is not natural for the u.s. the argument in my book is that from the beginning, we have been torn by tension between our love of individualism and our deep affection for community. >> does that mean america cannot return to the middle ground? >> the natural state for america is to have a balance between individualism and community. between the state and the market. it is wha
it is a kind of radical individualism that has not been at the center of our politics since the gilded age after the civil war until about 1900. conservatives after bush were won, theet obama solution was to say that bush was a big government conservative and spent too much. yet asymmetric polarization with a right wing well to the right before the country is. >> politicians are frightened of being seen as a certain way. >> mr. obama is more of a mixture of center and left. to win...
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, towards a kind of radical individualism that really has not been part of our politics since the gilded age. i think the conservatives after bush were very upset that obama won, but it wanted to disentangle themselves from bush, so the solution was to say he was a big government supporters spent too much. i think the right wing is far to the right of where the country is. >> mitt romney going further and further. >> i think president obama is much more immature of center and left, whereas in order to win the republican nomination, mitt romney had to go far to the right of where he was as governor of massachusetts and possibly even to the right of the last election, where he ran as a conservative. this is not natural for the u.s. this comes from the fact that from the beginning, we have been torn between our love of individualism and our love of community. >> does that mean that america cannot return to the middle ground? >> b&o, it is about having a balance between the state and market. it is what we did for 100 years with the progressive era and really through the bush and reagan admin
, towards a kind of radical individualism that really has not been part of our politics since the gilded age. i think the conservatives after bush were very upset that obama won, but it wanted to disentangle themselves from bush, so the solution was to say he was a big government supporters spent too much. i think the right wing is far to the right of where the country is. >> mitt romney going further and further. >> i think president obama is much more immature of center and left,...
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certainly they were in town at s "the gilded age," it is the most wonderful novel, political novel about washington. and it's just vicious in its characterization of lobbyists. and the edition had wonderful caricatures, and there's one tally of how much it cost to get a bill through congress. and so there are pictures of congressmen and senators and how much it cost to buy them underneath. it's wonderful. as is henry adams "democracy." i highly recommend. they're great. >> i realize that you focused on the primarily male-dominated world of the lobbyist in the late 19th century. but in your book, you teasingly mentioned that there were also women lobbyists, even at that time. can you elaborate about that? and, of course, at the library, are there collections on women lobbyists in washington? >> i wish there were. the question is about women lobbyists in this period. there were definitely women lobbying. they were known as lobbiesses, which is a hard word to get your mouth around. but lobbiesses were around on the scene. they were there were reporters describing lobbieses. we know there we
certainly they were in town at s "the gilded age," it is the most wonderful novel, political novel about washington. and it's just vicious in its characterization of lobbyists. and the edition had wonderful caricatures, and there's one tally of how much it cost to get a bill through congress. and so there are pictures of congressmen and senators and how much it cost to buy them underneath. it's wonderful. as is henry adams "democracy." i highly recommend. they're great....
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and just to establish the final result as the quartz police somebody is gilding in this crimes being committed because of course we can concentrate only on being efficient and we could shoot a can bomb anybody who was really a dangerous person or it isn't dangerous state but it's not a way it's not a proper way because sooner or later it will lead to some new problems in this region with this people with his relatives with his surroundings and so on and so forth so what we do need is to establish some new york some new procedures of gathering together all the evidences and what's more important in presenting them to the courts and what's more important to improve the trust of the jurisdictions to each other because if we do not trust each other when other fish and especially it's so actually a global world so what was the result of the discussion i do believe it was quite interesting and on the other hand we probably didn't mean to manage to make some summer home global decisions. to invent just some global ideas but still the results of the discussion according to my mileage were pr
and just to establish the final result as the quartz police somebody is gilding in this crimes being committed because of course we can concentrate only on being efficient and we could shoot a can bomb anybody who was really a dangerous person or it isn't dangerous state but it's not a way it's not a proper way because sooner or later it will lead to some new problems in this region with this people with his relatives with his surroundings and so on and so forth so what we do need is to...
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. >> i thought it was interesting because it kind of reminded me of the whole concept of a gilded age where everything he's present i presenting, it's all westernized. there's no gloomy dens of chinatown. everything is really beautiful inside and rich and, you know, more representative of that kind of mid- to upper-class society. yet, the people inside are just as almost worthless in that sense that people would assume that chinese immigrants are. so i thought that was really interesting. >> frank. >> i was going to say, based off of that, at this point in time the chinese immigrants are known for being poverty level poor. just ridiculously poor. putting other things aside to buy opium. i don't know if this was also a warning not just to the middle class but also maybe to people at the federal level. we don't want to become like china in that nine out of ten people are addicted. so maybe it was this warning to say, hey, unless we want to turn out like that, we need to watch out. because opium is not just white americans. >> so do you think -- some of you who have probably read for ano
. >> i thought it was interesting because it kind of reminded me of the whole concept of a gilded age where everything he's present i presenting, it's all westernized. there's no gloomy dens of chinatown. everything is really beautiful inside and rich and, you know, more representative of that kind of mid- to upper-class society. yet, the people inside are just as almost worthless in that sense that people would assume that chinese immigrants are. so i thought that was really interesting....
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the corporate power in america is outsized it's greater than it's ever been since the gilded age in comparison to say household income or small business income and it's a real problem these corporations are not scrutinized enough was my main takeaway as a journalist i was very glad to have given four years to this subject but it was hard and i was by myself and large we need to pay more attention to corporate power remarkable thank you steve thanks so much for being with us. thanks robert to see this or other conversations of great minds go to our website of conversations of great minds dot com. coming up after the break republican strategist and billionaire investors plan to unleash a vicious attack on president obama just in time for the democratic national convention in september the media caught wind of the plan for now it's dead the republicans revive it and will democrats fire back at us akhil romney for is family's history of polygamy all that and more in tonight's big picture rumble. it's friday are you ready to rumble joining me for tonight's big picture rumble or judson phillips asso
the corporate power in america is outsized it's greater than it's ever been since the gilded age in comparison to say household income or small business income and it's a real problem these corporations are not scrutinized enough was my main takeaway as a journalist i was very glad to have given four years to this subject but it was hard and i was by myself and large we need to pay more attention to corporate power remarkable thank you steve thanks so much for being with us. thanks robert to...
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next join us for a visit to milwaukee for a look inside the restored gilded age mansion of german american beer baron captain frederick pabst. >> i'm john eastberg and
next join us for a visit to milwaukee for a look inside the restored gilded age mansion of german american beer baron captain frederick pabst. >> i'm john eastberg and
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right yeah the robber baron area in america the gilded age was broken up by teddy roosevelt you need to trust buster you need a leader you need somebody to come in there representing the people it's not barack obama we know that's not going to happen it's not rich mitt romney somebody has got to come forth and be on the side of jobs and the people and wages and they've got to start to bust up these trust these monopolies and that will create jobs increase competition and this is exactly what's needed so we need a leader there somebody in america has got to be somebody in america who's got the leadership qualities to step forward and to assume a leadership position and to help the united states it's a sad day to think that about three hundred thirty million people in america not a single person has the leadership qualities to lead this country as of today as of this moment that answer is no there's not a single person in america that can lead this country who's up co-opted drug addled deep in debt or has some scandal over hanging them from mr sexual profit delos and i barely it doesn'
right yeah the robber baron area in america the gilded age was broken up by teddy roosevelt you need to trust buster you need a leader you need somebody to come in there representing the people it's not barack obama we know that's not going to happen it's not rich mitt romney somebody has got to come forth and be on the side of jobs and the people and wages and they've got to start to bust up these trust these monopolies and that will create jobs increase competition and this is exactly what's...
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talks about her book, king of the lobby, the life and times of sam ward, man about washington in the gilded age. it recalls the political life of sam ward, who during the mid 19th century was one of the most powerful lobbyists in washington, d.c. history bookshelf airs on american history tv every saturday at noon eastern. all weekend long, american history v is joining cox communications cable partners in oklahoma city to showcase its rich history. to learn more about our local content vehicles and our 2012 hour, visit c-span.org/localconte c-span.org/localcontent. this is american history tv on c-span 3. >> we're at the african-american exhibit at the oklahoma history center. this is oklahoma's first exhibit of the african-american experience. strangely enough, over 500 museums. and when this exhibit opened in 2005, it was oklahoma's first permanent exhibit of the african-american experience. and it covers everything from the preterritorial days up until civil rights movement to the present day accomplishments of african-americans. this was my mother and she was the first african-american
talks about her book, king of the lobby, the life and times of sam ward, man about washington in the gilded age. it recalls the political life of sam ward, who during the mid 19th century was one of the most powerful lobbyists in washington, d.c. history bookshelf airs on american history tv every saturday at noon eastern. all weekend long, american history v is joining cox communications cable partners in oklahoma city to showcase its rich history. to learn more about our local content...
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but the millenary institute, women's fashion during the gilded age wanted feathers for women's hats. they wanted, you know, egret feather or a herring feather, et cetera. and so people would come and just gun them all down. and you were massacring birds. there would be heaps of dead birds just for a feather. and we were losing species in florida. wild florida, i mean, you think that the west was wild, florida was the last untamed place down around the swamps of the ev everglades and places, these were a lot of ex-con fed rats on the lam, people that couldn't stand the federal government with civil war memories. and their view was if it's a bird, i'll shoot it, there's money to be had. roosevelt's first place in 1903 in march is pelican island, florida. and what happened is -- and we've got these here -- these are 1902 surveys is of pelican island which is like a dollop of land, a little island, but it was an incredible pelican and other species but mainly pelican resting area. and so this kind of information, these documents here, are talking about the bird life and it's the first ma
but the millenary institute, women's fashion during the gilded age wanted feathers for women's hats. they wanted, you know, egret feather or a herring feather, et cetera. and so people would come and just gun them all down. and you were massacring birds. there would be heaps of dead birds just for a feather. and we were losing species in florida. wild florida, i mean, you think that the west was wild, florida was the last untamed place down around the swamps of the ev everglades and places,...
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the gild, we'll bring that up in a minute. we're back over 4% for italian yields for first time and tenure bund yields back down to what we were. no surprise, that's drags the euro down to fresh four-month lows against the dollar. earlier this morning we hit 126.83. we're just above that a moment on the 127 mark. the dollar index is up at four-month highs. it's firm above the 80 mark. what we are seeing, of course, is a big pressure on commodities as well. we have copper down at four-month lows, gold down at four-month lows. bhp saying they lost confidence in the long-term health of the economy. it's reflected in the aussie dollar week against the u.s. dollar, .9893. euro blowing the mark, .7962. we're looking ahead to the uk inflation report coming out around 10:30 london time. they'll probably upgrade the london forecast. down grade the o'forecast. unemployment data in uf half an hour. i don't know. i always figured gold was thelet mat in trade. it's down. oil is down as well. brent down to 111. that's where we stand one hou
the gild, we'll bring that up in a minute. we're back over 4% for italian yields for first time and tenure bund yields back down to what we were. no surprise, that's drags the euro down to fresh four-month lows against the dollar. earlier this morning we hit 126.83. we're just above that a moment on the 127 mark. the dollar index is up at four-month highs. it's firm above the 80 mark. what we are seeing, of course, is a big pressure on commodities as well. we have copper down at four-month...
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insane and anthony kennedy and john roberts have given us a political system that is worse than the gildedge. >> the justices had an opportunity to revisit some of this with a montana case coming to the supreme court. however, we are left with this system: what is it that these built yon airsbillionaires want? what do the cock brothers want? >> -- >> at most cases they want reflected in our politics and government, their own personal ideological view. they are rich enough. they don't need extra breaks to earn extra money, although it doesn't hurt. they are really trying to push their view of the world. the koch brothers are legendsdge legendary devote as of ayn rand. in strictts' case he has an image of our whole fiscal situation falling apart. he blames it all on the democrats, contrary to the evidence of the surpluses that were generated by democrats in government and the deficits now and is pursuing it that way. but what happens is these individuals for whatever reason sort of buy into a party and a candidate and then they are prepared to let campaign specialists, in this case fred davi
insane and anthony kennedy and john roberts have given us a political system that is worse than the gildedge. >> the justices had an opportunity to revisit some of this with a montana case coming to the supreme court. however, we are left with this system: what is it that these built yon airsbillionaires want? what do the cock brothers want? >> -- >> at most cases they want reflected in our politics and government, their own personal ideological view. they are rich enough....
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protesters took over part of the ten acre property in albany known as the gild track on april 22nd.hey say they want the land to be used as a sustainable farm. officials were in talks with the occupy the farm group but talks have stalled. >>> coming up next, french voters head to the polls in the country's run off election with president zarkozy's political future hanging in the balance. and hitting the campaign trail, what president obama says about the race and his opponent. dinner's ready. [ female announcer ] hamburger helper stroganoff. beefy. creamy. stroganoffy. helpers. forty dishes, all delicious. those five food groups sound a whole lot better when you put them in a taco shell instead of a pyramid. old el paso. when you gotta have mexican. >> defeat incumbent nicholas zarkozy. the outcome will impact efforts to fight french debt crisis and determine how long french troops stay in afghanistan. he promised to reign in spending and reduce government employment. voters angered by that are showing support for the challenger. and voters in greece are casting ballots in that coun
protesters took over part of the ten acre property in albany known as the gild track on april 22nd.hey say they want the land to be used as a sustainable farm. officials were in talks with the occupy the farm group but talks have stalled. >>> coming up next, french voters head to the polls in the country's run off election with president zarkozy's political future hanging in the balance. and hitting the campaign trail, what president obama says about the race and his opponent. dinner's...
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the former kgb officer was inaugurated in the gilded halls of the kremlin's throne room, given a 30-gunalute and a $1 million reception. in his speech, he vowed to strengthen democracy, constitutional rights and freedoms in russia. many believe his first hours back in office have done little to make good on that promise. stephanie gosk, nbc news, london. >>> an army soldier's shocking secret created some tense moments at his funeral in california. 29-year-old army specialist moses gonzalez was laid to rest yesterday. he was apparently living a double life. he was married to two women at the same time. gonzalez died in a vehicle rollover accident in afghanistan last month. he married ruth baona in las vegas two years ago. she only found out gonzalez was still married when the army contacted his first wife, darlene, to notify her about the death instead. both women saw each other face-to-face for the first time at his funeral. >> in my heart, that's not him. i feel like he's still in afghanistan. that's how i feel. >> translator: he was a very good boy. and he died giving his life for the
the former kgb officer was inaugurated in the gilded halls of the kremlin's throne room, given a 30-gunalute and a $1 million reception. in his speech, he vowed to strengthen democracy, constitutional rights and freedoms in russia. many believe his first hours back in office have done little to make good on that promise. stephanie gosk, nbc news, london. >>> an army soldier's shocking secret created some tense moments at his funeral in california. 29-year-old army specialist moses...
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>> i think it's brand-new, except for one period in our history, which is the gilded age, the periodar. even then, government did more than we let on. we had an enormous civil war pension system that took up 37% of the federal budget back in 1894. but basically, that was the one -- that was the 35-year exception to a 235-year history. since then, yes, you've had conservatives who talked a lot about individual liberty. yes, they talk a lot about the free market. but i don't think you've had them this firmly on a radically individualistic side before. and i think that's why it makes this election such a fundamental choice. >> e.j., you write in a way, and you embody in your life as a public intellectual, this idea of mutual respect among people who disagree. and you write a lot about your administration for conservative thought in this book. and part of your prescription is that we need to respect balance and seek it. if you are seeking balance, how do you do that with people who reject balance out of hand? how do you start the conversation here? i know you believe that we can. i'm mor
>> i think it's brand-new, except for one period in our history, which is the gilded age, the periodar. even then, government did more than we let on. we had an enormous civil war pension system that took up 37% of the federal budget back in 1894. but basically, that was the one -- that was the 35-year exception to a 235-year history. since then, yes, you've had conservatives who talked a lot about individual liberty. yes, they talk a lot about the free market. but i don't think you've...
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gild at 1.77. two bay is sis points from its lowest ever at 1.75 a few sessions ago.elieve it or not, the greenback the highest level since september of 2010. yes, it actually is called a safe haven. mandy, back to you. >> safe haven by any other name. thank you much, rick santelli. >> havens by their nature are safe. a bit redundant. >>> greece woes. spain pain. facebook fails. mandy said facebook now below 29 bucks. we're higher on the dow. joining us now from london, global head of economics at sofge ner sofgen. mark, is this a quantitative easing trade? is this like so much bad news that it must be good news because bad news means fwood news because it means more money is going to come down thanks to the generous people at the ecb and our federal reserve? or is it something more substantial? >> brian, i don't think it's necessarily something more substantial. but i also don't think it's a quantitative easing trade. i think if we were seeing the prospects of quantitative easing in the marketplace, we would see it in the form of higher gold prices. which typically l
gild at 1.77. two bay is sis points from its lowest ever at 1.75 a few sessions ago.elieve it or not, the greenback the highest level since september of 2010. yes, it actually is called a safe haven. mandy, back to you. >> safe haven by any other name. thank you much, rick santelli. >> havens by their nature are safe. a bit redundant. >>> greece woes. spain pain. facebook fails. mandy said facebook now below 29 bucks. we're higher on the dow. joining us now from london,...
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treasuries, bunds, gilds. yield pushed down to the lowest level where we still hover.t yield 1.68 from about a week and a half ago. intraday hovering at 1.71. everything occurred after the european close. sue, back to you. >> all righty, rick. >>> thank you, sue. off our highs of the day. the markets, at least the equity markets still moving a little bit higher here in the u.s. how do you navigate ongoing concerns about europe and interest rates? our next guest has some ideas as part of our innovative portfolio series. allen reid is ceo of forward management. joseph tanouis is still with us down at the exchange. innovation and ways to bring it into your portfolio. i know you're a big believer that the old ways of getting income in your portfolio, put money in a bond fund and forget about it, just don't work anymore. you've got to be more innovative than that. >> it's tough, tyler. think about it, $3 trillion has done that already. think about the herds we've seen in the last ten year. theng about the dot coms, real estate. we all knew they were too good to be true. >>
treasuries, bunds, gilds. yield pushed down to the lowest level where we still hover.t yield 1.68 from about a week and a half ago. intraday hovering at 1.71. everything occurred after the european close. sue, back to you. >> all righty, rick. >>> thank you, sue. off our highs of the day. the markets, at least the equity markets still moving a little bit higher here in the u.s. how do you navigate ongoing concerns about europe and interest rates? our next guest has some ideas as...
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in this new gilded age, large parts of his story that we don't know because most of us come through the monkey trial but the economic populism, the act of the robber barons and corruption in politics, they all resonate loudly. >> the christmas ornaments were in the nature of what? >> the family kept the best stuff. sledders to and from his first wife about their divorce. the second bunch of letters that randy also found that were love letters between clarence darrow and his second wife and a lot of stuff about his finances and relationship with his son who was his financial adviser that really gave me an idea as to how -- would horrible investor he was. >> you really personalizes an icon and bring him to human scale which is really interesting. we will take a stab at addressing this scheme that brought you all in here which is the american century. as you may or may not know it was a term coined by henry luce in a famous as a hero in life magazine which he could do whenever he wanted. in february of 1941, in which he said throughout the seventeenth century and the eighteenth century and
in this new gilded age, large parts of his story that we don't know because most of us come through the monkey trial but the economic populism, the act of the robber barons and corruption in politics, they all resonate loudly. >> the christmas ornaments were in the nature of what? >> the family kept the best stuff. sledders to and from his first wife about their divorce. the second bunch of letters that randy also found that were love letters between clarence darrow and his second...
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uncertainty of our own banking system all seem to be coming home to roost in three markets, boone's, gilds and treasuries. >> it's like a record. we went nine minutes without mentioning europe. unbelievable. >> quickly, one of the issues for jpmorgan is their ability or inability to unwind these trades. a lot of people on the street are figuring out where those trades are, and they're not making it all that easy. >> no. definitely not. as a matter of fact, i used to trade derivatives in another life. and pretty much who you do it with, and bilateral relationship, you have to go back to the same people. waiting this trade out is a losing proposition, in my opinion, for jamie dimon and company. >> all right. gentlemen, thank you all. i know josh brown, you're going to be sticking around with us here as we get ready on the facebook story, which we'll be covering a lot over the next couple of hours here. so it's not the first time i would remind everybody that we anchored together. >> this is very true. >> i was asked how long we had been anchoring together. and i decided not to reveal that nu
uncertainty of our own banking system all seem to be coming home to roost in three markets, boone's, gilds and treasuries. >> it's like a record. we went nine minutes without mentioning europe. unbelievable. >> quickly, one of the issues for jpmorgan is their ability or inability to unwind these trades. a lot of people on the street are figuring out where those trades are, and they're not making it all that easy. >> no. definitely not. as a matter of fact, i used to trade...
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the first book called the murder of jim this about the gilded age of love triangle blogger wrong. the second installment is "the heartbreak of aaron burr." it has the appearance of a novel. do table of contents comment index, author preface, notes chapter name is. however if you pick this up unsuspecting i would be delighted if you read the first part think the it to was a novel. did you would have been drawn -- pulled into a world you thought i created but it exist. i want to use the techniques of novel by teeing. every dialogue was released spoken or written by the characters. what you need is the raw materials. in this case i was fortunate with correspondence letters between aaron burr and his daughter theodosia. they continue wed -- and from when she was a young girl but continue through the end but eventually it was broken off by her death. some of the most candid correspondence i have encountered. it does allow to accomplish the one aspect of get to inside the head and the heart and of the characters. the same reason i wrote to the other book. i write to american history. th
the first book called the murder of jim this about the gilded age of love triangle blogger wrong. the second installment is "the heartbreak of aaron burr." it has the appearance of a novel. do table of contents comment index, author preface, notes chapter name is. however if you pick this up unsuspecting i would be delighted if you read the first part think the it to was a novel. did you would have been drawn -- pulled into a world you thought i created but it exist. i want to use the...
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among them, two young fillies and a gilding. >> we said, okay, let's take all three of them. >> reportersuddenly belonged to the kerrs. they knew they needed help so they created five r stables and sold shares to finance their mission. what are the five rs. >> rescue, rehabilitation, racing, and retirement. >> reporter: five people have a share in this stable whose goal was to rehabilitate these three horses. >> exactly. >> reporter: for two of the horses, the focus was on rehab. conditions as a result of their time at that breeding farm in upstate new york meant they'd never train as race horses. >> she came out of the barn with this confidence and, oh, my god, she's a race horse. >> reporter: through careful nurturing and rehabilitation, dream's potential began to emerge and the kerrs went looking for a trainer. how many horses are you training? >> i only have 80 right now -- >> reporter: they found billy turner, a man with a rich pedigree of his own. turner trained 1977 triple crown winner seattle slew. nobody imagined that kind of success for dream, turner agrees there's something sp
among them, two young fillies and a gilding. >> we said, okay, let's take all three of them. >> reportersuddenly belonged to the kerrs. they knew they needed help so they created five r stables and sold shares to finance their mission. what are the five rs. >> rescue, rehabilitation, racing, and retirement. >> reporter: five people have a share in this stable whose goal was to rehabilitate these three horses. >> exactly. >> reporter: for two of the horses,...
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in her gilded horse-drawn carriage, the queen makes her way to the houses of parliament.ng crowned in 1953, through 12 prime ministers, from winston churchill and margaret thatcher, to tony blair and now david cameron. she's only missed two ceremonies, when she was expecting prince charles' baby brothers. it really becomes a royal prom at house of lords when she arrives in her imperial state crown blinging with 3,000 diamond in full ceremonial robes. then a man called the black rod goes to summon the house of commons. three knocks and an order. mr. speaker, the queen commands this honorable house to attend her majesty immediately in the house of peers. then comes the queen's speech. not written by the queen at all but the very politicians she's delivering it to. >> my government's legislative program will focus on economic growth, justice and constitutional reform. >> reporter: she sets out the year ahead, in essence, pledges, outlined by prime minister david cameron and his merry men. >> watch the queen when she read the speech, she manages not to impart any sort of emot
in her gilded horse-drawn carriage, the queen makes her way to the houses of parliament.ng crowned in 1953, through 12 prime ministers, from winston churchill and margaret thatcher, to tony blair and now david cameron. she's only missed two ceremonies, when she was expecting prince charles' baby brothers. it really becomes a royal prom at house of lords when she arrives in her imperial state crown blinging with 3,000 diamond in full ceremonial robes. then a man called the black rod goes to...
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downstairs, the royal pantheon is the gilded resting place of four centuries of spanish kings and queenss might have married more than once, to make it here, a woman needed to be both queen and mother of a king. the immense library shows that knowledge was a priority for the spanish royalty. the ceiling celebrates the seven classical disciplines with a burst of color. the elaborate model, constructethafr tee age of copernicus, insists on proving that the solar system revolves, unmistakably, around the earth. as you leave, a plaque above the door warns you'll be excommunicated if you take a book without checking it out. who needs late fees when you hold the keys to eternal damnation? the emotional intensity of spanish culture can be experienced in its royal palaces. but it's most riveting in the music and dance of its people. it's time for flamenco. [ tapping and snapping ] while seville is the home of flamenco, madrid draws spain's top artists. the singing and dancing gives you an exotic whiff of the arabic and gypsy influences on spanish culture. some shows are sultry and serious. other
downstairs, the royal pantheon is the gilded resting place of four centuries of spanish kings and queenss might have married more than once, to make it here, a woman needed to be both queen and mother of a king. the immense library shows that knowledge was a priority for the spanish royalty. the ceiling celebrates the seven classical disciplines with a burst of color. the elaborate model, constructethafr tee age of copernicus, insists on proving that the solar system revolves, unmistakably,...
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it is a story that it gilded age love triangle gone badly wrong. so that was the first installment. the second is the heartbreak of air and earth. now, if you should choose to buy the book company you will see -- i will sign it for you by the way. you will see that it has the appearance of a novel, for example, there's no table table of contents. there's no author's preface, no and asked that the chapters don't have chapter names are just one comment, three, four and so on. you might think if you hadn't come tonight i would be delighted if you read i'd be delighted if he thought it was a novel because it are the case he would have been drawn into drawn into what he thought. but in fact, it's a world that exists i wanted to use the techniques of novel writing. every bit of dialogue in the air was spoken or written by the characters. now, you can't do this about every character. what you need to survive material material of history. i was fortunate by the existence of correspondent letters between steps two and his remarkable daughter, he does the crew he called see how and to weekend
it is a story that it gilded age love triangle gone badly wrong. so that was the first installment. the second is the heartbreak of air and earth. now, if you should choose to buy the book company you will see -- i will sign it for you by the way. you will see that it has the appearance of a novel, for example, there's no table table of contents. there's no author's preface, no and asked that the chapters don't have chapter names are just one comment, three, four and so on. you might think if...