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, hoover. and perhaps understandably, it is the hoover presidential library, but even as a give the speech i realize i'm doing a disservice to the hundreds of americans and thousands of europeans who formed the boots on the ground for the commission of relief of belgium. these people had studied those thousands of studies, and these quarter have been a study of north america to share that with you today. our first speaker is branden little. he was working the tracing different files and found an early history of the crv. this led, as all good stories, to further research, further inquiry. he has written a book called band of crusaders. his book covers 50 years of humanitarian relief and explains what i call this creation story of the crv in the context of many competing agencies, difficulties of feeding people during world war i. it makes clear the special role, the pivotal role played by the crv and shaping later humanitarian efforts. i added, thanks to brandon, a new phrase what i do my tours
, hoover. and perhaps understandably, it is the hoover presidential library, but even as a give the speech i realize i'm doing a disservice to the hundreds of americans and thousands of europeans who formed the boots on the ground for the commission of relief of belgium. these people had studied those thousands of studies, and these quarter have been a study of north america to share that with you today. our first speaker is branden little. he was working the tracing different files and found...
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how did hoover do? there were 50 million republicans in america. -- 15 million republicans in america. they pretty much stayed in the camp. the most 60 millions -- almost 16 million voted for him. herbert, the incumbent president gets 59 electoral votes. the people wanted franklin roosevelt. they wanted a new deal. he gets elected in 1932. i put this collage together. this is one of his campaign buttons. in the first 100 days or so of his administration, he puts together a group of advisors. faculties of the ivy league schools. one of the things i find most interesting about him is that he was harvard educated, new yorker with almost an accepted way of eating, -- affected way of speaking, but was able to connect with people who were down and out and struggling and suffering. they believed in him. they really believed in him. the other pictures are from the campaign. the one on the bottom right is a color photo. so easy to look at history in the 1920's-19 40's and think everything happen in black-and-whi
how did hoover do? there were 50 million republicans in america. -- 15 million republicans in america. they pretty much stayed in the camp. the most 60 millions -- almost 16 million voted for him. herbert, the incumbent president gets 59 electoral votes. the people wanted franklin roosevelt. they wanted a new deal. he gets elected in 1932. i put this collage together. this is one of his campaign buttons. in the first 100 days or so of his administration, he puts together a group of advisors....
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people homeless live in hoover bill, if you have no shoes, you have hoover shoes. if you had oatmeal breakfast lunch, and dinner, you had another hoover meal. it was lamenting the fact that the bottom had fallen out of your life. in your view and that you -- and the view of the american people it is your fault. he is a fiscal conservative. he has these beliefs about what the role of government is and what the role of government, especially in relation to the economy, is, and he will not waiver. he is committed to his belief. it is kind of commendable. find someone that does not change with the wind. but for the time, it was not right. i also view him, personally, as probably the wrong man in the wrong place at the wrong time. this quote is as he was leaving office. the next president was coming in. he saw is going down the road of wasteful spending and debt. he said if we cannot escape of this, we are going to be wrecked, smashed by inflation. which, as you will see later, we are going to intentionally create inflation. he is going to lose this election in 1932 to
people homeless live in hoover bill, if you have no shoes, you have hoover shoes. if you had oatmeal breakfast lunch, and dinner, you had another hoover meal. it was lamenting the fact that the bottom had fallen out of your life. in your view and that you -- and the view of the american people it is your fault. he is a fiscal conservative. he has these beliefs about what the role of government is and what the role of government, especially in relation to the economy, is, and he will not waiver....
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hoover, the wife of herbert hoover, he is the secretary of commerce in the harding administration. so all three of them knew each other and were linked in that harding administration. mrs. harding, of course, is reluctantly put in the place of campaigning for her husband. so she says. as she is not enthused about him running for president at first but once he decides that throw his hat in the ring, she is at 110%. and she really demonstrated that through the campaign. she was comfortable with the press. because she considered herself to be a newspaper woman. she wasn't a writer for the newspaper, as her husband was, but she knew all the newspaper editors, she knew the reporters at a lot of different newspapers, she absolutely thought it was her business as much as it was her husband's. she knew all the slang, the lingo of the newsroom. so she could talk they easily with the press. and by 1920, you really have the press stepping up. and we had news we -- reel footage, newspaper reporters are working out of the press house which was built especially for the press r and to theear of t
hoover, the wife of herbert hoover, he is the secretary of commerce in the harding administration. so all three of them knew each other and were linked in that harding administration. mrs. harding, of course, is reluctantly put in the place of campaigning for her husband. so she says. as she is not enthused about him running for president at first but once he decides that throw his hat in the ring, she is at 110%. and she really demonstrated that through the campaign. she was comfortable with...
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what is hoover's problem?laughter] in our textbook, alan brinkley uses the space, " it was an ordeal for herbert hoover.” -- uses this phrase. " his presidency was a four-year ordeal.” to give you some sense of what was going on for herbert hoover, he remained committed to the principles that he always believed in throughout public life, which was fiscal conservatism. he believed that the government needed to be small. the government needed to do what it was originally planned to do by the constitution of the u.s. it wasn't supposed to interfere much in the lives of the american people. but it especially wasn't supposed to interfere in the conduct of business. that business should be hands-off, it should be untouchable for the government. by this point in american history, we've only written two regulatory laws. one was back in the 1800s, the interstate commerce act to regulate railroads. the other was the great progressive law of woodrow wilson, was the civil trade act to police and corporations. here are two
what is hoover's problem?laughter] in our textbook, alan brinkley uses the space, " it was an ordeal for herbert hoover.” -- uses this phrase. " his presidency was a four-year ordeal.” to give you some sense of what was going on for herbert hoover, he remained committed to the principles that he always believed in throughout public life, which was fiscal conservatism. he believed that the government needed to be small. the government needed to do what it was originally planned to...
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coming up, you'll have an opportunity to take the hoover challenge through this exclusive tv offer. new hoover air cordless lift in your own home for a full 30 days for under $80, and we'll even ship the vacuum right to your door for free. details coming up. for over 10 years, tanya memme was the design expert on the emmy-nominated tv show "sell this house." and tom jourden is a sought after home-product expert and the former host of "amazing vacation homes" on the travel channel. together, tanya and tom know what people want and need in a vacuum cleaner. so they're here to introduce you to the new hoover air cordless lift. >> today you are gonna fall in love. >> with what? with cleaning, tom? >> yep, tanya. just like the folks you just saw, you will fall in love with this new, innovative vacuum cleaner that's changing the way americans clean their homes. it is truly a breakthrough in vacuuming technology. >> it's called the hoover air cordless lift, a light, efficient, easy-to-use vacuum. hoover has broken new ground with a full-size cordless upright with a quick lift detachable ca
coming up, you'll have an opportunity to take the hoover challenge through this exclusive tv offer. new hoover air cordless lift in your own home for a full 30 days for under $80, and we'll even ship the vacuum right to your door for free. details coming up. for over 10 years, tanya memme was the design expert on the emmy-nominated tv show "sell this house." and tom jourden is a sought after home-product expert and the former host of "amazing vacation homes" on the travel...
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and hoover is dealing with the very uncooperative congress. there were several different reasons for that lack of cooperation. he is tying to get them to pass a variety of release measures. hoover was not a republican, in the sense that we think of many republicans today where as you want to reduce the amount of government involvement in what is going on, hoover was very much someone who said find ways for government to be beneficial and let's facilitate that. he had a lot of enemies in congress for a lot of different reasons. and there was not that support. he formed what was called the president's emergency committee for employment, which got this acronym peace. if any of you ever read the story -- i forget it's now, but it is about the dozen children, some of you may remember that. "cheaper by the dozen." she was an engineer. and a close friend of lou's. and lou recruited lillian to try and find employment for women. lou used to relationship with the girl scouts because she had been national president of the girl scouts, she got on the radi
and hoover is dealing with the very uncooperative congress. there were several different reasons for that lack of cooperation. he is tying to get them to pass a variety of release measures. hoover was not a republican, in the sense that we think of many republicans today where as you want to reduce the amount of government involvement in what is going on, hoover was very much someone who said find ways for government to be beneficial and let's facilitate that. he had a lot of enemies in...
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hoover, the wife of herbert hoover, he is the secretary of commerce in the harding administration.all three of them knew each other and were linked in that harding administration. mrs. harding, of course, is reluctantly put in the place of campaigning for her husband. so she says. as she is not enthused about him running for president at first but once he decides that throw his hat in the ring, she is at 110%. and she really demonstrated that through the campaign. she was comfortable with the press. because she considered herself to be a newspaper woman. she wasn't a writer for the newspaper, as her husband was, but she knew all the newspaper editors, she knew the reporters at a lot of different newspapers, she absolutely thought it was her business as much as it was her husband's. she knew all the slang, the lingo of the newsroom. so she could talk they easily with the press. and by 1920, you really have the press stepping up. and we had news we -- reel footage, newspaper reporters are working out of the press house which was built especially for the press r and to theear of the h
hoover, the wife of herbert hoover, he is the secretary of commerce in the harding administration.all three of them knew each other and were linked in that harding administration. mrs. harding, of course, is reluctantly put in the place of campaigning for her husband. so she says. as she is not enthused about him running for president at first but once he decides that throw his hat in the ring, she is at 110%. and she really demonstrated that through the campaign. she was comfortable with the...
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he is succeeded by herbert hoover. there is someone who agrees with churchill on this, and that is franklin d. roosevelt, who wrote an article in the journal of foreign affairs about what the democrats' foreign policy would be. here is a photograph of roosevelt at the time, when he was running for governor, 1928 running for governor of new york, and wins. in this article, this is one of the passages from it. again, he takes a dig at the coolidge administration. coolidge is building up a navy at a time when there is no real threat to the united states. he uses the word " unparalleledlly secure." that is a lot of letters. that is hard to say. i have been practicing that. [laughter] again, why build up a big navy? all you need is a police force in the world's oceans. maintain good order. there are no great rivals out there. roosevelt goes on to say, only admirals who have an interest in a lot of ships, they are the only ones who consider the possibility seriously of war between japan and the united states, for example. of
he is succeeded by herbert hoover. there is someone who agrees with churchill on this, and that is franklin d. roosevelt, who wrote an article in the journal of foreign affairs about what the democrats' foreign policy would be. here is a photograph of roosevelt at the time, when he was running for governor, 1928 running for governor of new york, and wins. in this article, this is one of the passages from it. again, he takes a dig at the coolidge administration. coolidge is building up a navy at...
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why should hoover's name beyond the fbi? he was a great bureaucrat. he did so much harm to this country, not just to the people, but by confusing presidents to believe that communist controlled the civil rights movement and the anti-vietnam war movement. his name should not be on the public holding. now that it is a new building it doesn't have quite the same looking like the soviet gary hart union. it is a choice not to put it on the new building. >> i was going to talk about the drones it -- [laughter] the technology has been great in the last 40 years, and that is one of the. the use of drones is a sophisticated assignation. if you look, if you think about the use of drones in the battlefield or in the battlefield now, it's not a defined place in the battle of the bulge or the battlefields are in a way, all over the place. it raises a amazing moral questions, and we all know what those are in the sense of is it better to take out a handful of people with a drone not only the bad guy but his family as well and people who are happening by at the time
why should hoover's name beyond the fbi? he was a great bureaucrat. he did so much harm to this country, not just to the people, but by confusing presidents to believe that communist controlled the civil rights movement and the anti-vietnam war movement. his name should not be on the public holding. now that it is a new building it doesn't have quite the same looking like the soviet gary hart union. it is a choice not to put it on the new building. >> i was going to talk about the drones...
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edgar hoover? >> bob morgan wanted to take hoover's name off. he was on the committee. we decided to wait a while. it would be great. why should hoover's name be on the fbi? he was a great bureaucrat. he did so much harm to this country not just to people but by confusing people to believe that communists controlled the anti-vietnam war movement his name should not be on a public building. now that it is a new building it doesn't have quite the same, you know looking like the soviet union and the 1984 of changing things. it is a choice not to put it on a new building. >> yeah. i was back to drones and hadn't gotten to hoover yet. i mentioned technology earlier and the great changes in the last 40 years, and that's one of them. there are those who think, and i'm still pondering the use of drones as a sophisticated assassination in fact. if you look at it if you think about the use of drones in the battle field now is not a defined place in the battle of the bulge or battle fields all over the place. it raises amazing moral questions. we all know what those are in the sen
edgar hoover? >> bob morgan wanted to take hoover's name off. he was on the committee. we decided to wait a while. it would be great. why should hoover's name be on the fbi? he was a great bureaucrat. he did so much harm to this country not just to people but by confusing people to believe that communists controlled the anti-vietnam war movement his name should not be on a public building. now that it is a new building it doesn't have quite the same, you know looking like the soviet union...
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the herbert hoover presidential library and museum hosted this event. it is about two hours. >> it is my very great pleasure to introduce
the herbert hoover presidential library and museum hosted this event. it is about two hours. >> it is my very great pleasure to introduce
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lucinda: annette, hoover. annette: we will do the light stuff first. she was very avid horsewoman she loved to ride. she liked to motor also. not while she was first lady but shortly after lose mother passed away, after they left the white house, she gets in the car with her father, before they get into the white house, she gets into the car with her father in california they drive all the way across the country. it's a trip for him but also a trip for her. they have large dogs. norwegian held counts. it was either a german shepherd were a belgian melon law, no one knows for sure. they had a couple of cats, either persian or siamese, the siamese eventually was in the hoover's apartment in the waldorf-astoria in new york in their later years. somebody had given her an irish wolfhound named patrick. he was very close to her during the white house years. they have a lot of dogs particularly in cats. the tragedy for the hoover's was not death of a child or death of a spouse, but the older of their two sons, herbert hoover junior who to be known as pete by
lucinda: annette, hoover. annette: we will do the light stuff first. she was very avid horsewoman she loved to ride. she liked to motor also. not while she was first lady but shortly after lose mother passed away, after they left the white house, she gets in the car with her father, before they get into the white house, she gets into the car with her father in california they drive all the way across the country. it's a trip for him but also a trip for her. they have large dogs. norwegian held...
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(rumbling) (whimpers) miss hoover?
(rumbling) (whimpers) miss hoover?
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lucinda: annette, hoover. annette: we will do the light stuff first. she was very avid horsewoman she loved to ride. she liked to motor also. not while she was first lady but shortly after lose mother passed away, after they left the white house, she gets in the car with her father, before they get into the white house, she gets into the car with her father in california they drive all the way across the country. it's a trip for him but also a trip for her. they have large dogs. norwegian held counts. it was either a german shepherd were a belgian melon law, no one knows for sure. they had a couple of cats, either persian or siamese, the siamese eventually was in the hoover's apartment in the waldorf-astoria in new york in their later years. somebody had given her an irish wolfhound named patrick. he was very close to her during the white house years. they have a lot of dogs particularly in cats. the tragedy for the hoover's was not death of a child or death of a spouse, but the older of their two sons, herbert hoover junior who to be known as pete by
lucinda: annette, hoover. annette: we will do the light stuff first. she was very avid horsewoman she loved to ride. she liked to motor also. not while she was first lady but shortly after lose mother passed away, after they left the white house, she gets in the car with her father, before they get into the white house, she gets into the car with her father in california they drive all the way across the country. it's a trip for him but also a trip for her. they have large dogs. norwegian held...
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everied president since herbert hoover has stayed there since it moved to its current midtown location. but tonight when president obama comes to new york for a fund-raiser, he'll be making in other arrangements. any connection to the fact chinese company bought the walldorf last year? the white house isn't saying. earlier in the day, the white house believed the woman 110 years old. she was praised as a trail braiser. when we come back how a day on the water makes a difference to kid. next at 6: breaking news in southern califonia. ===take vo raj=== first, cars burned on the freeway... now the fire has moved to nearby homes. ===take vo janelle=== plus, a stabbing in a palo alto parking garage. now police reveal what the hate crime suspects look like. ===next close=== >>> finally tonight, it's a great summer escape for anyone lucky enough to get out on the water, a way to leave your troubles back on land. for a few hours or so. and for the kids in a special sailing program it's a daylong passage to freedom from the challenges they face. nbc's ron mott has tonight's "making a difference
everied president since herbert hoover has stayed there since it moved to its current midtown location. but tonight when president obama comes to new york for a fund-raiser, he'll be making in other arrangements. any connection to the fact chinese company bought the walldorf last year? the white house isn't saying. earlier in the day, the white house believed the woman 110 years old. she was praised as a trail braiser. when we come back how a day on the water makes a difference to kid. next at...
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there were other stories about hoover was gone now, but hoover had a lot of stuff going on in their and people knew that, and he was full of all kinds of strange ideas. he wanted to make certain that any gossip about any high official was immediately delivered to him and he had a file that he kept in his own office -- several file cabinets -- with every salacious rumor that he heard. what he would often do is go to the principal involvement say there's a story out. don't worry about it. we'll keep it. this sensible reasons. agents. and so there was a great i think desire within these agencies to get reform. and they wanted us to succeed. >> a story i told over down last night. occurs in one of our early organizational meetings as to how we should proceed. no one knew was step one was that took my turn to make a suggestion nests are starting a by each of us. i got very quiet. the silence was broken by barry goldwater who set said i don't want to know what they got on me. senior members of the senate intimidated by the very agencies we were setting up to investigate. >> if we were not eve
there were other stories about hoover was gone now, but hoover had a lot of stuff going on in their and people knew that, and he was full of all kinds of strange ideas. he wanted to make certain that any gossip about any high official was immediately delivered to him and he had a file that he kept in his own office -- several file cabinets -- with every salacious rumor that he heard. what he would often do is go to the principal involvement say there's a story out. don't worry about it. we'll...
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at the hoover press page where you'll see the book. each page downloaded and printed free of charge as many as you'd like. or not doesn't give in to your friends. on my home page there is a link and what you will find inside track to chronicle the history of the flat tax movement all over the world. fortified jurisdictions and i've written about everyone about the rates are the latest updated list which i just put up and it goes back to 2008. if you really want to go back and you would know the entire history of the flat tax movement all over the world and every time there's a change anywhere he put it up. on the same flat tax you will also see a picture of the flat tax book. it won't look like that because it's the newer hardcover version explaining how it spread to the countries. just a short now. why is it that the countries and others went to simple flat tax? under command and control, the state pays off the money collected revenue. when the wall came down, the easiest thing is a sure simple form you could do online and they needed
at the hoover press page where you'll see the book. each page downloaded and printed free of charge as many as you'd like. or not doesn't give in to your friends. on my home page there is a link and what you will find inside track to chronicle the history of the flat tax movement all over the world. fortified jurisdictions and i've written about everyone about the rates are the latest updated list which i just put up and it goes back to 2008. if you really want to go back and you would know the...
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herbert hoover is the last in a long series of republican presidents. since the civil war, there had only been to democrats. one was grover cleveland. -- been two democrats. that you terms were not consecutive. and woodrow wilson. in 1920's, we had three consecutive republican presidents with warren harding calvin coolidge, and then herbert hoover. i see him as being at the very least, one of the unluckiest presidents of american history. he's elected november 1928, sworn in march 1929, and the start market crashed in october. he gets blamed. people who are homeless living hooverville, people who have bad shoes have hoover
herbert hoover is the last in a long series of republican presidents. since the civil war, there had only been to democrats. one was grover cleveland. -- been two democrats. that you terms were not consecutive. and woodrow wilson. in 1920's, we had three consecutive republican presidents with warren harding calvin coolidge, and then herbert hoover. i see him as being at the very least, one of the unluckiest presidents of american history. he's elected november 1928, sworn in march 1929, and the...
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tradition, skipping a hotel where he stayed and conducted business like every other president since hoover your auto insurance premium every month on the dot. you're like the poster child for paying on time. and then one day you tap the bumper of a station wagon. no big deal... until your insurance company jacks up your rates. you freak out. what good is having insurance if you get punished for using it? hey insurance companies, news flash. nobody's perfect. for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual won't raise your rates due to your first accident. see car insurance in a whole new light. liberty mutual insurance. feeling intense knee pain? did you know it may be coming from being on your feet all day? dr. scholl's custom fit orthotic inserts are uniquely designed to provide immediate all day relief from knee pain. my heart... beats 100,000 times a day sending oxygen to my muscles... again! so i can lift even the most demanding weights. take care of all your most important parts with centrum. now with our most vitamin d three ever. hey terry stop they have a special! so, what d
tradition, skipping a hotel where he stayed and conducted business like every other president since hoover your auto insurance premium every month on the dot. you're like the poster child for paying on time. and then one day you tap the bumper of a station wagon. no big deal... until your insurance company jacks up your rates. you freak out. what good is having insurance if you get punished for using it? hey insurance companies, news flash. nobody's perfect. for drivers with accident...
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edgar hoover wrote about this vigorously and thoroughly. i had already known that there was a seven-year relationship that was not a warm one between jaeger hoover and pritchard so when hoover's opening pritchard is a possible suspect that's when everything changed. but like most greek tragedies it wasn't the fact that pritchard was framed or people weren't out to get him. he did it to himself. he later admitted he stuffed the ballot boxes but it was something more. the sunday after the election he went to see an old friend an old friend from his childhood judge william artery a presiding judge in bergen county kentucky and said he apparently confessed to it and he's confessing what he had done to a judge calling a grand jury the next day. if we take it on down to when the indictments are handed down the thing that really seals the pritchard spaeth is the fact that they have to, the prosecutors call a sitting judge to the stand who says what richard told him of the crime and they can't really cross examine him. the jury says we felt like we
edgar hoover wrote about this vigorously and thoroughly. i had already known that there was a seven-year relationship that was not a warm one between jaeger hoover and pritchard so when hoover's opening pritchard is a possible suspect that's when everything changed. but like most greek tragedies it wasn't the fact that pritchard was framed or people weren't out to get him. he did it to himself. he later admitted he stuffed the ballot boxes but it was something more. the sunday after the...
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back with me margaret hoover and john avalon.first. >> in a "wall street journal" op-ed a guest commentator said 1930s europe analogies are as overused as they are rarely applicable. i think you have to be really really careful when you use analogies. netanyahu doesn't even use analogies of the holocaust when he talks about how bad he believes this iran deal to be. it minimizes both the holocaust and the seriousness of the policy issue in front of us. >> we were talking about sort of going for the red meat and throwing out jabs and barbs. we'll get to it in a minute but even the head sort of strategist for the gop talked about let's stop name calling today. is huckabee being pushed to make comments that are so controversial that we've seen do quite well in polling? >> yeah i think there are a couple of things going on here. first of all, candidates are watching a candidate like donald trump saying manifestly irresponsible things loudly and getting rewarded by a media attention and bump in the polls. maybe i can drink some of that
back with me margaret hoover and john avalon.first. >> in a "wall street journal" op-ed a guest commentator said 1930s europe analogies are as overused as they are rarely applicable. i think you have to be really really careful when you use analogies. netanyahu doesn't even use analogies of the holocaust when he talks about how bad he believes this iran deal to be. it minimizes both the holocaust and the seriousness of the policy issue in front of us. >> we were talking...
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i remember 10 years ago bob hoofer --hoover -- i bet none of you guys have ever heard of bob hoover. bob hoover was arguably the best pilot in the history of aviation. he had a strike of a twin-engine arrow commander. he'd put a glass of water up on the dash and start doing barrel rolls. this guy was really good. well, there was an inspection in the feed and bob hoover lost his pilot tion's license. and there was really no reason for it. and in order to get it back, i actually had to go to the -- it took a year to pass legislation that would stop that abuse from going on. and so that has continued and i've always helped people until it happened to me. and then that had a whole new feeling, because people who are involved in aviation the one thing they don't want to lose is their -- is their pilot's license. and the f.a.a. has the power to -- for one person in the field to do something that is not -- not right -- maybe it is because he doesn't like the particular version, whatever reason, can take away their license. for several years i was a developer down in texas. nobody knows wher
i remember 10 years ago bob hoofer --hoover -- i bet none of you guys have ever heard of bob hoover. bob hoover was arguably the best pilot in the history of aviation. he had a strike of a twin-engine arrow commander. he'd put a glass of water up on the dash and start doing barrel rolls. this guy was really good. well, there was an inspection in the feed and bob hoover lost his pilot tion's license. and there was really no reason for it. and in order to get it back, i actually had to go to the...
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really it was too late, although, there was still time to go to that lyndon johnson and j edgar hoover seen and just slip it away. i think had that occurred, she could have avoided much of what occurred. "selma" was released on christmas day, 2014, and soon the critical voices were raised. mine among them. it is hard to say no when "the new york times" calls and wants your opinion. i was one of the few historians who would actually see the movie. i was not alone, obviously, the great biographer king david carroll was talked to and taylor brandt certainly but they had not seen the film. i was the only one who had. i also wrote a piece called "dr. king goes to hollywood," which "the daily beast" published on january 2, 2015. that same day, i received an e-mail from ava. she was shocked and could not understand why i had written that bad piece. i wrote her and i said, please, understand that i agonized for days about what to do. what stuck in my mind was the young woman i wrote about going student group who had been so badly beaten. this was just not the full story of selma without those
really it was too late, although, there was still time to go to that lyndon johnson and j edgar hoover seen and just slip it away. i think had that occurred, she could have avoided much of what occurred. "selma" was released on christmas day, 2014, and soon the critical voices were raised. mine among them. it is hard to say no when "the new york times" calls and wants your opinion. i was one of the few historians who would actually see the movie. i was not alone, obviously,...
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joining us is hoover senior fellow john cochrane. thanks for joining us.e not grumpy as today is friday. what you take from yellen's two days of testimony? john co. -- john: we are paying too much attention to every utterance. i did not see any great news. we might get slightly highest inch -- we might get slightly higher interest rates later in the year unless something bad happens. erik: there was a lot of back and forth between fed chair yellen and members of the house financial services committee and on the second day members of thettee particularly republicans, when it concerns rules-based monetary policy. you are formally -- you are now with the hoover institution, you are with the cato institute. you are definitely not paul krugman. how do you feel about the position republicans are taken about rules-based monetary policy? john: saying that we are not -- we are in a position where everybody is hanging on every word that mrs. yellen utters and it is producing extra volatility. we are paying too much attention to monetary policy. inflation is low and
joining us is hoover senior fellow john cochrane. thanks for joining us.e not grumpy as today is friday. what you take from yellen's two days of testimony? john co. -- john: we are paying too much attention to every utterance. i did not see any great news. we might get slightly highest inch -- we might get slightly higher interest rates later in the year unless something bad happens. erik: there was a lot of back and forth between fed chair yellen and members of the house financial services...
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edgar hoover wanted him captured. dead or alive. "desperate public enemy now rises to fame as an underworld hero. arrogant, that expression in his eyes." dillinger was notoriously elusive. but lucky for the fbi, one of his confidants, anna sage, came forward and proposed a deal. sage was a romanian immigrant facing deportation but offered to lead federal agents to dillinger if they let her stay in the country. on the night of july 22, 1934, sage informed the fbi that dillinger would be attending the biograph theater on chicago's northside to watch the clark gable gangster movie "manhattan melodrama." "i'm going to clean off every rotten spot i can find in this city and blackie; i don't want to find you in one." "and if you do?" "what do you think?" "you're going to give me everything i got coming to me. you're going to nail me every time i step out of line and sock me to the limit. "you said it." "and cockeyed as it all sounds, i'll be proud of you." when the movie let out, shortly after 10:30 p.m. the agents were waiting. "dillinge
edgar hoover wanted him captured. dead or alive. "desperate public enemy now rises to fame as an underworld hero. arrogant, that expression in his eyes." dillinger was notoriously elusive. but lucky for the fbi, one of his confidants, anna sage, came forward and proposed a deal. sage was a romanian immigrant facing deportation but offered to lead federal agents to dillinger if they let her stay in the country. on the night of july 22, 1934, sage informed the fbi that dillinger would...
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donna braldzzile, margaret hoover, thank you so much.still to come right here in "newsroom," an about-face for money-troubled greece on a proposed bailout. but it could be too little too late for the debt-laden country. we'll discuss that after this break. big day? ah, the usual. moved some new cars. hauled a bunch of steel. kept the supermarket shelves stocked. made sure everyone got their latest gadgets. what's up for the next shift? ah, nothing much. just keeping the lights on. (laugh) nice. doing the big things that move an economy. see you tomorrow, mac. see you tomorrow, sam. just another day at norfolk southern. ♪ every auto insurance policy has a number. but not every insurance company understands the life behind it. ♪ those who have served our nation have earned the very best service in return. ♪ usaa. we know what it means to serve. get an auto insurance quote and see why 92% of our members plan to stay for life. >>> breaking news we just heard moments ago from greece's prime minister. he asked greeks to vote no in sunday's ref
donna braldzzile, margaret hoover, thank you so much.still to come right here in "newsroom," an about-face for money-troubled greece on a proposed bailout. but it could be too little too late for the debt-laden country. we'll discuss that after this break. big day? ah, the usual. moved some new cars. hauled a bunch of steel. kept the supermarket shelves stocked. made sure everyone got their latest gadgets. what's up for the next shift? ah, nothing much. just keeping the lights on....
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the lake behind the hoover dam is the main water source. the new pipeline is 650 -- 600 feet under ground that looks like a bathtub drain. >>> coming up next an abc 7 news at 9:00. we are one step closer to the return of a great extinct beast. >>> and meteorologist drew tuma up next with the monday morning forecast. >>> i'm colin, an ejection fest north of the boarder carly we spend a lot of time online around here. but with all this speed from xfinity, it's all good. hey, why don't we do some homework for a change? gary, you too. dad...work stuff. yes! [laughs] lovin' the new design! konichiwa hirosan. five minutes... all this speed is very empowering. check out the new hardware. with the fastest internet available xfinity is perfect for people who need to get a lot done at home. and now you can go even faster. we've just increased the speeds on two of our most popular plans. >>> a very happy reunion in new mexico between a family and police officer who says he was just doing his job. well, he can say that if his job, this is martin smith
the lake behind the hoover dam is the main water source. the new pipeline is 650 -- 600 feet under ground that looks like a bathtub drain. >>> coming up next an abc 7 news at 9:00. we are one step closer to the return of a great extinct beast. >>> and meteorologist drew tuma up next with the monday morning forecast. >>> i'm colin, an ejection fest north of the boarder carly we spend a lot of time online around here. but with all this speed from xfinity, it's all good....
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to believe or, hoover eliminated blackberry jobs, illegal burglaries. by and large that was moved away from. the whether squad, especially squad 47 in new york brought back blackberry jobs and illegal mail opening in every conceivable thing that you can do in spades to going after weather. long story short one of the great ironies of the area is in the end exactly one weatherman of the primary group one of the two young women who called out of the rubble of the townhouse that morning was ever convicted of anything. the top three officials of the fbi were convicted and indicted for these break-ins. one had charges dropped. two others were convicted and ronald reagan pardoned the. the fascinating thing about the fbi is our did they cheat but they lost. >> not only that one of the most frustrating things about this was i thought i would go in this can be able to tell us with documentary evidence, fbi files. it turns out on whether at least what you get is just junk. i talked to a half dozen fbi agents that said after the investigations and scandal started
to believe or, hoover eliminated blackberry jobs, illegal burglaries. by and large that was moved away from. the whether squad, especially squad 47 in new york brought back blackberry jobs and illegal mail opening in every conceivable thing that you can do in spades to going after weather. long story short one of the great ironies of the area is in the end exactly one weatherman of the primary group one of the two young women who called out of the rubble of the townhouse that morning was ever...
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gdp invv in chinese startups like hoover's competitor. -- uber's competitor. raising $1 billion for its chinese operation despite what's going on. >> i can't comment specifically on gdv, but the underlying chinese economy is strong. there is a decoupling between what is going on in the stock market today with underlying economy in china. i don't expect the economy to turn anytime soon. investors see that. they see what's going on with the underlying growth in new economy companies companies that are participating in markets like transportation, but many others as well. they are seeing huge growth in those companies. that is what is spring demand for those equities. i don't see that abating anytime soon. emily: all right. always great to have you guys. brett taylor is sticking with me. now, which smart phone makers set a company record for selling out a flash sale in record time? the details next. microsoft taking a write-down on gnocchi a. -- on nokia. ♪ emily: it is time for the daily byte. 2. that is the number of minutes it took chinese consumers to buy out
gdp invv in chinese startups like hoover's competitor. -- uber's competitor. raising $1 billion for its chinese operation despite what's going on. >> i can't comment specifically on gdv, but the underlying chinese economy is strong. there is a decoupling between what is going on in the stock market today with underlying economy in china. i don't expect the economy to turn anytime soon. investors see that. they see what's going on with the underlying growth in new economy companies...
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the lake behind the hoover dam is the city's main source of water. the new pipeline is 600 feet underground and looks like a giant bathtub drain. it will be flooded the summer time to bring water into the city. >> not quite "jurassic park" but we're close to the return of a strange extinct beast. >> i'm colin resch so much for a low-scoring defensive battle. carly lloyd, three first half goals, magic from midfield, let the >>> scientist are one step closer to cloning a mammoth. university of chicago scientists say they did new analysis of the mammoth genome. the dna came from the hair of two mammoths one that do it 20,000 years ago and another that died 60,000 years ago. scientist hope to create a hybrid part mammoth and part asian elephant. the genome taught scientist it has smaller ears and a slow metabolism to survive the ice age. >> the bots are badge flame-throwing crushing hunks of metal still dominate in the ring but this revival of the abc hit short-battle bots are is more than cold steel. we get down to the nuts and bolts of what makes a goo
the lake behind the hoover dam is the city's main source of water. the new pipeline is 600 feet underground and looks like a giant bathtub drain. it will be flooded the summer time to bring water into the city. >> not quite "jurassic park" but we're close to the return of a strange extinct beast. >> i'm colin resch so much for a low-scoring defensive battle. carly lloyd, three first half goals, magic from midfield, let the >>> scientist are one step closer to...
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my hoover home page comes up first. you will see in the brief description about me in the first paragraph the words "the flat tax" are underlined. if you click that, you will go to the hoover press page where you'll see the flat tax book. each chapter can be downloaded and printed free of charge as many as you like. print a thousand and give them to your same home page there is a link to my flat tax blog called flat tax blog.com and what you will find in there is i've tried to chronicle the history of the flat tax movement all over the world. as i said, there's 45 jurisdictions that now have it and i've written about every one and what their rates are and the latest updated list which i just put up of the 45. and it goes back to 2008. there's 120 posts. so if you really want to follow it, go back and you can read all 120 and you will know the entire history of the flat tax movement all over the world. every time there's a change anywhere, i put it up. i usually put up an end-of-year update on that. on that same flat tax
my hoover home page comes up first. you will see in the brief description about me in the first paragraph the words "the flat tax" are underlined. if you click that, you will go to the hoover press page where you'll see the flat tax book. each chapter can be downloaded and printed free of charge as many as you like. print a thousand and give them to your same home page there is a link to my flat tax blog called flat tax blog.com and what you will find in there is i've tried to...
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the lake behind the hoover dam is the city's main source of water. pipeline is 600 feet underground and looks like a giant bathtub drain. it will be flooded the summer time to bring water into the city. >> not quite "jurassic park" but we're close to the return of a strange extinct beast. >> i'm colin resch so much for a low-scoring defensive battle. carly lloyd, three first half goals, magic from midfield, let the >>> scientist are one step closer to cloning a mammoth. university of chicago scientists say they did new analysis of the mammoth genome. the dna came from the hair of two mammoths one that do it 20,000 years ago and another that died 60,000 years ago. scientist hope to create a hybrid part mammoth and part asian elephant. the genome taught scientist it has smaller ears and a slow metabolism to survive the ice age. >> the bots are badge flame-throwing crushing hunks of metal still dominate in the ring but this revival of the abc hit short-battle bots are is more than cold steel. we get down to the nuts and bolts of what makes a good compet
the lake behind the hoover dam is the city's main source of water. pipeline is 600 feet underground and looks like a giant bathtub drain. it will be flooded the summer time to bring water into the city. >> not quite "jurassic park" but we're close to the return of a strange extinct beast. >> i'm colin resch so much for a low-scoring defensive battle. carly lloyd, three first half goals, magic from midfield, let the >>> scientist are one step closer to cloning a...
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we me now cnn political commentators marc lamont hill and margaret hoover.ump disrespected a veteran. usually that's the death knell. will it be for trump, marc? >> that presumes the death knell hadn't already sounded weeks ago. his candidacy is not a legitimate one -- >> he's leading in the polls. >> to the extent i don't think he can win. i disagree with people who put him on the entertainment page instead of the politics page. i think he's a real candidate but i don't think he's viable long term because i don't think the voters will support that. now it ends it. you have republicans saying this is too far. he disrespected all veterans. >> margaret, what do you think? >> here is the problem and here is what is so upsetting. there are still too many on the right, both conservative elites and republican presidential candidates who are not willing to distance themselves from trump's comments and what the right needs right now is its sister souljah moment. it was bill clinton famously in 1992 distanced himself from extremist comments on the far left. this is w
we me now cnn political commentators marc lamont hill and margaret hoover.ump disrespected a veteran. usually that's the death knell. will it be for trump, marc? >> that presumes the death knell hadn't already sounded weeks ago. his candidacy is not a legitimate one -- >> he's leading in the polls. >> to the extent i don't think he can win. i disagree with people who put him on the entertainment page instead of the politics page. i think he's a real candidate but i don't think...
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all eyes are on at hoover and its thousands of drivers--on uber it is a failure to report-- comply to guidelines company officials have not reported information like where pickups were made, how much was charged for those pickups, who was picked up, and who was not picked up. also driver safety information. then i have 30 days to pay the penalty and comply to requirements or. they will be or something that some say would impact them >>:yap it would be a huge issue it would be a huge change, i rely on using it over every week >> j.r. :they stated that they will appeal the decision as super claims to have already produced sufficient data. --uber and compromising individual drivers as well as partners is one of their concerns and they will not have to pay that fine because this is an appeal process. once that appeal is put into place. people say this is a civil rights dispute., for example you cannot discriminate who you pick up or where you pick out. >> catherine : other breaking news tonight. encouraging signs after former president george h.w. bush took a fall this morning and was rus
all eyes are on at hoover and its thousands of drivers--on uber it is a failure to report-- comply to guidelines company officials have not reported information like where pickups were made, how much was charged for those pickups, who was picked up, and who was not picked up. also driver safety information. then i have 30 days to pay the penalty and comply to requirements or. they will be or something that some say would impact them >>:yap it would be a huge issue it would be a huge...
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the two pastry chefs who started it, chris hoover and walker who is sam's wife, supplied all the pastriesakeries for the market. they found a space on the block to do that and the ice cream kind of came as an afterthought. they realized the desire for ice cream and we now have lines around the corner. so, that's been a huge success. >>> in 2008, sam started 18 reasons, which is our community and event space where we do five events a week all around the idea of bringling people closer to where the food comes from and closer to each other in that process. >> 18 reasons was started almost four years ago as an educational arm of their work. and we would have dinners and a few classes and we understood there what momentum that people wanted this type of engagement and education in a way that allowed for a more in-depth conversation. we grew and now we offer -- i think we had nine, we have a series where adults learned home cooking and we did a teacher training workshop where san francisco unified public school teachers came and learned to use cooking for the core standards. we range all over t
the two pastry chefs who started it, chris hoover and walker who is sam's wife, supplied all the pastriesakeries for the market. they found a space on the block to do that and the ice cream kind of came as an afterthought. they realized the desire for ice cream and we now have lines around the corner. so, that's been a huge success. >>> in 2008, sam started 18 reasons, which is our community and event space where we do five events a week all around the idea of bringling people closer...
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falls used to live in las vegas for eight years and worked at hoover dam. during that time, four women disappeared. three were later found dismembered. all of the women authorities say, were escorteds. most -- escorts most, like heather, advertised online. >> i believe she saved lives and hopefully will be able to bring closures to other families too if she hadn't fought back, she would most certainly be dead. >>reporter: neal falls had no criminal record but investigators will be putting his dna into a national database to dperm he is related to any other un-- to determine if he is related to any unsolved cases. >>> president obama brings his fight against terrorism to ethiopia. >>> tush lant times. a p rbulent times. a pilot is -- turbulant times. a pilot is forced to land in winds. . >>> the american people deserve better. certainly presidential debates deserve better. in 18 months i'm turning over the keys iechl want to make sure i'm -- i'm turning over the keys. i want to make sure there is somebody serious about the serious problems the country and wo
falls used to live in las vegas for eight years and worked at hoover dam. during that time, four women disappeared. three were later found dismembered. all of the women authorities say, were escorteds. most -- escorts most, like heather, advertised online. >> i believe she saved lives and hopefully will be able to bring closures to other families too if she hadn't fought back, she would most certainly be dead. >>reporter: neal falls had no criminal record but investigators will be...
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that we very aggressively work to bring our numbers up this year in terms of the call swerz we're hoover about 81 or 82 percent of our calls answered between 10 seconds we're proud of that at the same time, we have created efficiency within the departments that are prosperity is about 15 percent higher than two years ago the bottom line here is that we've done that through theus use of over time we have two academy classes scheduled next year but the reality from the time a class is seated in this case, the 12 will be seated in september it's a full year before they hit the floor we appreciate the new dispatcher classes that are planned for the coming year it will not impact our service levels for 2015-2016 so i respectfully ask you do not support those both the attrition and over times recommendations of the budget analyst for 2015-2016 and 2016-2017. >> i'll be happy to answer any questions. >> thank you, ma'am. >> colleagues, any questions before we go to mr. rose's report. >> okay mr. rose on dem. >> the recommendations total 258 in 2015-2016 and 191 plus in 2016-2017. >> the disagre
that we very aggressively work to bring our numbers up this year in terms of the call swerz we're hoover about 81 or 82 percent of our calls answered between 10 seconds we're proud of that at the same time, we have created efficiency within the departments that are prosperity is about 15 percent higher than two years ago the bottom line here is that we've done that through theus use of over time we have two academy classes scheduled next year but the reality from the time a class is seated in...
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edgar hoover richard nixon a quaker who grew up in poverty. not poverty but you know. i am saying that is another area as that young catholics were rebelling against their church and now were a lot of the marching on the left so that was sort of leaving out another group of americans. that is all i am saying the very wealthy buckley the very wealthy kennedy family, the catholic frustration also wanted somebody to look at as well as those who became kind of a punching bag is j. edgar hoover, the sort of protestant people that came from poverty. >> i use the phrase wasy i mention he was catholic but this is a cultural marker of the kind of refined life he lived but you are exactly right, he was catholic and i have a part in the book where i talk about what it meant to him to be catholic and he was no fan of vatican ii and the changes. he didn't hate all of them but he was not a fan of them but he was a devout catholic claim to have never wavered in his belief is whole life and i like suggesting seem to think that that made him, we talk about confidence in the go i think
edgar hoover richard nixon a quaker who grew up in poverty. not poverty but you know. i am saying that is another area as that young catholics were rebelling against their church and now were a lot of the marching on the left so that was sort of leaving out another group of americans. that is all i am saying the very wealthy buckley the very wealthy kennedy family, the catholic frustration also wanted somebody to look at as well as those who became kind of a punching bag is j. edgar hoover, the...
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one hoover administration and to roosevelt administrations had as of 1940 failed to find the exit from the greatest economic crisis in history. the country was about to launch itself into a sustained generation long period of economic growth that gave us the affluent society we have had ever since. return to the international arena and asked what are -- if we turn to the international arena and asked what are the differences they are even bigger than the domestic sphere. the united states was a country that had refused to join the league of nations even though it was the brainchild of an american president in 1918 at the conclusion of world war i. it was a country that for the first time had imposed a cap on legal immigration, a country that insisted on the repayment of u.s. treasury loans to allied governments after world war i, an insistence that badly disrupted international capital flows and some would argue contributed not trivially to the crisis we know as the great depression. the country that had passed the highest protective tariff in its history in -- history but as the stron
one hoover administration and to roosevelt administrations had as of 1940 failed to find the exit from the greatest economic crisis in history. the country was about to launch itself into a sustained generation long period of economic growth that gave us the affluent society we have had ever since. return to the international arena and asked what are -- if we turn to the international arena and asked what are the differences they are even bigger than the domestic sphere. the united states was a...
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every president since herbert hoover has hung their hat there but the state department has reserve add room for the. at the millennium one hotel near the united nations. the change was made because of eavesdropping fears at the waldorf. the luxury hotel was sold to a chinese company last year. >>> coming up on the news at noon, they were under the table at a pub in dublin, ireland and it had nothing to do with one too many pints. details on this near disaster coming up next. >>> lance armstrong returns to the place of his greatest accomplishment but tour de >>> imagine sitting at your local pub d anseeing this. a helicopter pilot having a very hard time landing slammed his chopper into a pub near dublin, ireland. he landed on thesecond attempt but for some reason the tailspins violently and slams into the pub. two people in the chopper escaped with just minor injuries. the pilot was arrested on charges of endangerment. >>> it was actually exactly one year ago today that a malaysian airlines plane was shot down by a missile over eastern ukraine. video of the aftermath released by austra
every president since herbert hoover has hung their hat there but the state department has reserve add room for the. at the millennium one hotel near the united nations. the change was made because of eavesdropping fears at the waldorf. the luxury hotel was sold to a chinese company last year. >>> coming up on the news at noon, they were under the table at a pub in dublin, ireland and it had nothing to do with one too many pints. details on this near disaster coming up next....
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. >> tom hoover heads up information technology for the university of tennesee chattanooga. technologically speaking he's right, chattanooga's so-called "gig" isn't fancy. but this isn't about science this is about the politics of big cable. chattanooga was like most u.s. cities until the municipal power company, called "epb", came to the rescue. comcast, america's largest cable company and the state cable association sued -- not once but twice -- to prevent epb from bringing the gig to chattanooga. >> why are you so fired up about this? >> i didn't realize what i was gonna be up against (laughs). >> tennesse state senator janice bowling is a key player in the legislative battle to bring the gig to the rest of tennessee which has pitted her against what she calls the legacy providers. >> can you talk about the lobbying presence of these big companies in tennessee? >> the hill was swarming witth new lobbyists representing at&t in particular, comcast and charter - >> wow. >> - um... my name was not used in nice context by a lot of people at that point. we really do need this i
. >> tom hoover heads up information technology for the university of tennesee chattanooga. technologically speaking he's right, chattanooga's so-called "gig" isn't fancy. but this isn't about science this is about the politics of big cable. chattanooga was like most u.s. cities until the municipal power company, called "epb", came to the rescue. comcast, america's largest cable company and the state cable association sued -- not once but twice -- to prevent epb from...