and this is why jesse james was so important. he is from missouri, he is in fact in terrible trouble. his first major robbery was in 1869, and let me be clear, he is a robber, he is not just a burglar, he is a robber and a murderer. this is not challenged. this guy is a criminal. he is not some robin hood, he is a criminal. his first robbery was in 1869, and they can't get him, so the first governor of missouri sets a reward for jesse james, and the government just set a price on an individual man's head. when that happened, an ex-confederate begins to say wait a minute, james is not a criminal, james is in angel of light, james is an individual being persecuted by this behemoth government, who is not only going to take his tax dollars, it is going to take his life. and james started writing to the newspapers, but then his stories also get picked up in tennessee and by "the new york times," where he says he is not a criminal, he is a nice guy, but he says he cannot turn himself in because no confederate can be a lawyer, a ministe

first robbery was in 1869, and they can't get him, so the governor of missouri sets a reward for jesse james, and the government just set a price for a man's head. when that happened, and next confederate -- an ex-confederate named john newman edwards begins to say, wait a minute, james is not a criminal, james is in angel of light, james is an individual being persecuted by this behemoth government, who is not only going to take his tax dollars, it is going to take his life. and james started writing to the newspapers, but then his stories also get picked up in tennessee and by "the new york times," where he says he is not a criminal, he is a nice guy, but he says i cannot turn himself in -- myself in because no confederate can be a lawyer, be a judge, no confederate can be the preacher, i'm being persecuted by this behemoth government here in missouri, i am a symbol of a government run amok. he increasingly ties his own story, and jesse james is a nearly illiterate, but when he commits a robbery, he actually wears a kkk robe, which is a reflection of this reconstruction site, and when they

using examples of jesse james and buffalo bill, she explains how cowboys individualism is a counterbalance to the reconstruction era. she said her laugh and symbolism for american culture has four her actual numbers and a limited amount of being a true trailed cowboy was a viable job. this was part of the symposium hosted by the vermont humanities council. >> this afternoon i am supposed to be talking about why cowboys mattered in the post-war years. they mattered more than anything else. i want to show you some images of reconstruction. i would suggest that probably very few of you could pick these rebels out of the group. william sylvan died young, so there could be a reason why you'd don't -- william sylvis died very young, said there could be a reason why you don't recognize them. red cloud, yes, most of you recognize him. if you came of a boat from england, you would know who he was. he won a war against the u.s. government, and he had largely been written out of american history. and you might have a shot of recognizing susan b anthony or elizabeth caddy stanton. these are not faces

how cowboys became a symbol for a newly reunited america during reconstruction using examples of jesse james, buffalo bill. professor richardson explains the counterbalance to the recovered in -- the republican govern

we're asking jesse james, retired gunnery sergeant for the u.s.ine corps, senior fellow at london policy research. welcome back to the show. this presser was notable for the fact that the va chief apologized over and over again. how are his comments going over with veterans? >> right now this is the least of his worries, i can understand trying to relate with veteran army ranger which he was, off the train with special operations. we probably would give him a pass on this if this was the only mistake. but in the past few weeks alone he has not given accurate information when he was on "meet the press." he indicated he fired 60 executives, turns out only has been eight. prior to that he went toe-to-toe with a congressman on the hill proclaimed i run a major company. what have you done. the congressman was actually marine and army veteran. so i find that to be bigger, this is an element that shows bigger issue on his plate. gerri: jesse, i have to tell you, i feel your pain with all those things but i want to play the sound he is taking so much heat

it's like the assassination of jesse james by the coward robert ford is a great movie about that, aboutyou feel that you are a nobody this is how you gain some kind of, i don't know, feeling about yourself and you should be punished to the hilt. >> it's a good analogy. eric, you know this is really tough for the family. everything going forward. i mean, not only did she have to go through this trial, taya but also through the trial with jesse ventura. this has been a lot for the family and the kids to take. >> quite a bit. compelling, heartbreaking to hear her at the end of the trial talk about the final moment with chris kyle. can i point something out? i think that justice was served thanks to that one investigator who sat in the room with routh and said, did you -- after you shot him you knew it was wrong correct? and he said yeah. he asked him a second time. but you knew you did something wrong, didn't you? and routh said yep, i knew what i did was wrong. >> yeah and wait till it gets out what i did. >> that was really the only burden of proof that they had to, i guess, the defense

jesse? >>> our top story at the bottom of the hour, director of national intelligence james clapper, says 2014worst ever for terrorist attacks and murders. his statement comes one day after secretary of state john kerry declared americans have never been safer. we now know a little more about the terrorist who presided over the execution of americans by isis terrorists. senior foreign affairs correspondent, amy kelloggs, has that story from london. >> reporter: this man dubbed jihadi john came to know about the writy with the brutal beheading video of james foley last summer. he had an english accent and likely a british nation a and featured in the beheadings of several other hostages. today, though scott land yard wouldn't con firm it several sources have named him as kuwaiti-born, london-raised mohammed emas with zpli. he lived in queens park, a mixed neighborhood in west london it is believed in this modest home and graduated from the university of westminster with a computer degree in 2009. from that moment on according to this legal aid group to whom emwazi turned, he had british securit

jesse gary "nbc 10 news." >>> a philadelphia priest accused in a landmark child sex abuse case is expected in court today. father jamesrennan went to trial in 2012 for sexually abusing a 14-year-old boy a year earlier, but the jury was deadlocked. william lind was found guilty of mishandling sexual abuse claims within philadelphia. the new trial is scheduled for next month. >>> the trial begins today for the man accused of setting fire to a house owned by a philadelphia city councilwoman. edwin diana broke into a property owned by maria sanchez last month, stole some jewelry and started a fire. now the councilwoman wasn't living there at the time but the two had been neighbors for several years. >>> a warning from the pennsylvania department of health over a possible measles case in lancaster county. the agency says the person suspected of having the disease may have exposed others at several locations last week. health officials say the person attended a basketball game at millersville university last saturday. >> this was a suspected case. and the blood tests have confirmed whether someone has had the illness or not

defendant jesse matthew has a very noted defense lawyer in the area james campbells, who use to be the elected district attorney there in the area. and chris, you know a lot of people are going to say this is a simple case. so simple. not so simple because hannah graham was found with only her remainsth and you know chris, how difficult that is for a cause of death. when you just have skeletal remains the one thing a jury needs to prove beyond a reasonable doubt, that jesse matthew murdered hannah graham so this could be a fight for prosecutors. >> and first-degree will impose on the prosecution the demands that they show he had a plan there was thinking and preparation of this. very high bar, you're right, jean thank you for the reporting, we'll stay on it. >>> in syria, new information, president bashar al assad is breaking his silence. telling the bbc he will not talk to u.s. officials about the air strikes in his country against isis and will not join the international coalition against the terror group. asaid says other countries are giving him information about what the coalition

heather cox williams talked about how cowboys became a symbol for reunited america is the temples of jesse james and buffalo bill. she explained how cowboy individualism was a balance in the government. she says their lasting symbolism for american culture has far outweighed their act will number and the limited time in which being a true trail cowboy was a viable job. this is part of a symposium hosted by the vermont humanities council to correct this afternoon i am supposed be talking about why cowboys matter in the postwar years. they mattered more than perhaps any thing else. as an example of that, i want to show you some images of reconstruction and ask you how many of them you know. i would suggest that probably few of you could pick them out of this group. shortly after the civil war, there's a reason you may not remember him. red cloud, how many of you would know who red cloud was? red cloud was so important at the civil war, he was the most important indian in america at that time. became off a boat from europe, within two weeks you would know who red cloud was. he won a war against the