and they wanted to bring jefferson davis and high ranking confederate leaders, the men who had instigated and encouraged secession. they wanted to bring them to trial for treason. in fact,ever son davis is indicted, and he's held on that indictment for nearly two years before he's finally released. because government prosecutors really can't come to a consensus about whether or not he's guilty of treason and if they could get a conviction, you know, for him, for that. so it was, flow, so wirz is really the only confederate official who was held accountable for certainly for andersonville but really for the -- for what happened from 1861 to 1865. and it, you know, it was an ongoing question then. what should be done, should these confederate leaders be punished? should they be executed? certainly there were people in 1865 who thought so, but there were many others who thought no, that the best way to forward forward to try to bring the country back together is to avoid that kind of vengeance some would say or those kinds of really dramatic punishments and just try to move forward from that

so while we are approaching the civil war we have jefferson davis really helping our country, helping build a capital building which would serve our entire country and then we know later that he became the president of the confederacy so that's a book i am hoping to get through. i started it and i need to finish it area i also want to read about destiny and power which is the book by john meacham on george hw bush. i would like to get that done this summer and then every summer i tried to read a book that i've read before. last december i read to kill a mockingbird. the summer before that i read all the kings men which is one of my favorite books and this summer i'm going to reread dickens tale of two cities. >> book tv wants to know what you're reading this summer. we just your answer at book tv or posted on our facebook page, facebook.com/book tv. >> here's a look at upcoming book fairs and festivals in september. on saturday, september 18 it's the brooklyn book festival held in downtown brooklyn new york. te

it happened while the victim was walking along jefferson davis highway in wood bridge.an drove up asked the victim if she wanted a ride. she said no. police say he then exposed himself. girl ran home, told her parent. police only have a vague description of the suspect. >>> releasing the names of people killed in crash. howard jackson and 50-year-old pandora brakmore earliest morning. the car that caused the crash ran a red light. the driver is recovering in a hospital in critical condition. >>> a woman is recovering after struck by a car in the northeast. this happened around 4:00 in the 800 block of new york avenue. 1800 block, this marks the fifth pedestrian struck in the dc region in the last week. the victim is in critical condition, we're told the driver remained on the scene sent cooperating with police. >>> well, it is labor day and this marks the end of the summer season. it is just the beginning of the political season >> the local candidates who share their messages at the gaithersburg labor day weekend parade >> a welcome surprise for a group of firefighters

. >> and looking for a man that exposed himself to a 1 11-year-old girl along jefferson davis highwayn woodbridgech the suspect drove up and asked the victim if she want aid ride and said no and police said she exposed himsel himself. she ran home and told her parents who contacted police. investigators have a vague description right now of the suspect. >>> we're tracking metro tonight. we have a head up if you plan on using rail service tonight. there's changes in place because of the labor day holiday trains are running sunday schedule late today 7:0 7:00. off peak fares in effect all day and parking is free in all metro rail facilities and metro buses are running on a sunday schedule today. >> straight ahead at 5:00, spending labor day, giving bac back. >> we'll tell you how local groups went out of their way to thank firefighters hard at work. >> hear from a medical student that put his training to the test jumping in to help a man that passed out at the gym. >> and restoring america's front yard a look inside the project keeping the national mall camera ready. y. ♪ >> today's fir

he was considerably older and had a couple of kids and so jefferson davis' wife writes home to her mother and says, the dirty speculator and party trickster, broken in health by drink, with his first wife's money, buys an elegant well bred woman because she is poor and her father is proud. and vereena said, fortunately washington is getting a new water system so sparing his wife's olfactories douglas may wash a little oftener. if he don't, his acquaintance will build larger rooms with more perfect ventilation. you know the men don't write that steven douglas stank. so he still defeated lincoln a couple of years later for the senate. but she turns out to be one of the most delightful women and her letters are quite wonderful. she stayed friendly throughout the war even after her state's seceded -- mississippi is where she was from. mississippi seceded and he became president of the confederacy and she knew from the beginning, she wrote to her mother, there was no way this was going to work. she just did an analysis. we don't have enough manufacturing. we don't have enough railroads we can'

way to keep your hands moving, mind functioning, genocide built on slavery, the constitution, jefferson davis, mission accomplished, manifest destiny, institution like immigration, bicentennial, living in the popular center and coyote trails, brick by brick, inch by inch, in the nation, a chain to keep you in place, power over fear, national defense, against it, who says that, who did that, he is the very squad, and turner, with the rosenbergs, hampton, killed in much the same fashion here with the bloodsoaked fields in the night of eddie lopez, and mike brown or trayvon martin, the nation is not a democracy, not a republic. this is the state of the union killing our children, war. [applause] >> that is the deal, everyone. matt sedillo. [applause] >> thank you, matt. the left forum would not be able to be here today if not for these folks at john jay. if you're going to bring up gerald markowitz, distinguished professor of history at criminal justice, you would see this doctrine in the university of wisconsin, since 1970. he has written extensively about how corporations have undermined the e

jeff's influence in education was up he was commemorated by having the school named after him, the jefferson davis ninth grade center. darilyn is a graduate in corsicana high school, and graduated from austin and is part of the sorority in the fort worth chapter. and the davises have two children, jefflyn and their son, joc, who passed away in 2005 and three grandchildren. i congratulate you on 60 years of marriage. mr. speaker, i yield back. . the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one inute. mr. lamalfa: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to commemorate a man who i think bigger than life. he's a long-time resident of red bluff, california. he's a cattleman, his name is robert christine senior. he passed recently here at the age of 92. he was a world war ii veteran and also a ranger with cal fire in california. was a well respected and revered figure in the community. known for his selfless service, caring p

an investigation revealed davies was shot by another officer who thought he was the armed suspect. the jefferson county d.a. cleared the officer of any criminal wrong doing. commented on the settlement. >>> this man could spend the rest of his life in jail. his name is juan hernandez. he's accused of beating an 11- month-old girl to death in fort collins. he was charged with first degree murder just yesterday. our denver 7 investigative team did some digging and found out hernandez is a convicted child abuser. he was out on parole for a 2013 incident. in that case, the boy had more than 100 bruises on his body. >>> from the first alert desk, back to mentioned, nfl commissioner roger goodell is responding to criticism about the nfl's handling of player concussions. the nfl is launching a $100 million concussion initiative and this comes as the broncos are getting criticized for playing dirty on the field during their game against the panthers. cam newton was hit in the head several times. it also says, we have wwrked hard to educate our teams. but this latest agreement makes sure there will be se

at it in the history of the united states it is circumscribed democracy it is independent so jefferson davis democracy him is in a circle with the governance issue with the educated end informed to draw a the congress with scientific research with the elusive and clark expedition is based on that knowledge congress would debate the way it was supposed to work but what has been happening over the last 40 or 50 years we have had some corruption of that process the vested interest to provide alternative theories to children and propaganda to adults. the way she bin beings came to be but instead of turning to ruth scientific research it turns to ideology for knowledge. so debating that best policy it is based on dogma in the way for transforming democracy so who writes a dog much? instead of turning to knowledge than the one of the citizens could generate from those already in authority. but this is not a conservative for progressive problem sciences non-partisan. but it is always political and that is important testing -- a distinction creates knowledge and knowledge is power it gives the autho