the problem is monroe james monroe is in a really tough bind. okay, he's in a tough bind because as an ambassador, he can't really make these crazy waves. you're just starting off as a country. you can't like, you know, go over there and start making these giant waves and say oh you got to release this and making noise demands. he had to walk this tight line. okay, and so what do you do you want to help out the wife of your friend? who's probably my likely be executed you want to help her out, but what you can what can you do? well, this is where elizabeth comes in. okay, so you can imagine this young woman in france with all this new stuff all this new sites and sound, you know, probably a little scared a little intimidated. well, what does she do? okay at the time there weren't a lot of fancy carriages in paris like for rent or things like that, you know, those times are you know, everything was in chaos. all right, and so they get a carriage and elizabeth has a gussied up. okay and make the carrots look really important like a diplomatic heri

we're incredibly fortunate to welcome jared kearney assistant director and curator at the james monroe museum in fredericksburg, virginia.

he wrote that, too, his protege and other anti-federal resists, james monroe, at the close of the first congress. so we're always out of sight of a port in american politics. we're always going forward, not quite knowing how it's going to work out except that the going is going to be kind of tough politically. and it's true the great machine of government that we've been bequeathed may seem crazy at times, maybe most times. it will never work perfectly but we canals make it better. and i think the former members, this wonderful organization i'm a great fan of, has an important role to play in the struggle to restore confidence in government through the many means that were discussed a little earlier this evening in that you've all committed yourselves to. and to re-educate but do much more than re-educate americans, including journalists who frankly seems to me too often -- i come out of journalism, by the way, originally, too often seem to lack a thorough education in civics or what the process of government actually is. but to re-educate the -- even the thinking american public about

the monroe doctrine under james mattis and secretary monroe.roe doctrine says hemisphere and so many words as our business. it was abandoned by obama. it was reinstated by donald trump. donald trump is a pacifist. donald trump is not isola isolationist. donald trump does not cut and run. look at the history of his presidency is an enormously successful foreign policy much like reagan peace through strength. china's footprint in latin america is large and growing. the second largest trade partner after the united states and the biggest sovereign lender to latin american governments. indeed, as the letter china is overtaking long-standing multi national multilateral financial institutions development bank in the region. those two organizations were just barely edging out a cycle adding content to latin america between 2008 and 2019. when you think they're up to? the building faces and latin american ground bases and water basis. what else are they doing in latin america? the u.s. and china are battling for influence in latin america. our own back

paul newman and james dean, sidney poitier and jane fonda, marilyn monroe and james baldwin, jack nicholsonith another oscar winner. ellen burstyn. what does this place mean to you? >> oh, god. it transformed me. as an actress, but also as a person. >> reporter: founded it in 1947, and for decades led by lee strasburg, the studio gives actors the freedom to take chances to experiment and allow creativity to blossom. at the heart of it all is an approach as famous as it is mysterious. the method. a is it fair to say the method that actors learn here changed the business? >> revolutionized the business. it is a method of training the senses to respond to imaginary stimuli. >> ellen burstyn says how she perceives the method, i'm sure harvey keitel would tell you something different, paul newman would tell you something. everyone has their own approach to things. >> reporter: the method transformed acting in america. the new york theater crowd saw it first on broadway in 1947. a streetcar named desire announced the electrifying arrival of one man. marlon brando. >> stella! >> stella! you know.

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james, back to you. thank you, anna. 7.49 in the south bay, a drag queen becomes the first to perform at the san jose city council meeting. >> george dolans, who goes by the drag nawal monroeart out tuesday afternoon before the san jose city council will will was invited to sing by council member omar torres, san jose's. first latino council member torres work with project more, an lgbtq nonprofit to make the performance happen. >> you know, nation by the crowd, but the audience and the and the board members, i'm just very, very proud of it. i was the first strike we to perform at a city council meeting. our city should be. >> the sanctuary where we invest and uplift our lgbtq and non-binary folks so they can develop their talent, creativity and where they can thrive and become architects of their lives. >> torres says the city of san jose stands against andy drag anti-gay legislation and they would love to be the first city to embrace the lgbtq community as well. >> 7.51 is the time and could schedules be banned in california? well, there's a new proposal calling for popular candies like skittles and others to be pulled off of store shelves for allegedly containing what c

james, back to you. thank you. rain. it's five-fifty in the south bay. drag queen became the first to perform at the san jose city council meeting. >> george who goes by his drag name will monroes heart out tuesday afternoon for the san jose city council. monroe was invited to saying by council member omar torres, san jose's, first latino council member torres worked with project more an lgbtq nonprofit to make the performance happen. >> i got a standing ovation by the crowd, but the audience and the and the board members, i'm just very, very proud of it. i was the first strike we to perform at a city council meeting. our city should be. >> the sanctuary where we invest and uplift our lgbtq and non-binary folks so they can develop their talent, creativity and where they can thrive and become architects of their lives. >> torres says the city of san jose stands against anti drag anti-gay legislation and would like to be the city that leads in embracing the lgbtq community. >> 5.51 is the time and a pretty important question. now, could skittles be banned in california? maybe a new proposal is calling for some popular candies like skittles to be pulled off store shelves because