that's what john brown's trial meant to john brown himself. in all four days of court time were devoted to the trial. two days after the verdict was announced, brown was brought back into court and asked if he had anything to say before sentence was passed on him. even delivered his famous last statement, and the judge sentenced him to death by hanging, the sentence was carried out on december 2, 1859, in a field just five blocks from this courthouse. it was 30 days after the trial was concluded and just short of five weeks after it began. vessel happen in a remarkably short time, given the circumstances of the case. the indictment presented complicated issues. it took 20 minutes alone for the court clerk to read the indictment in open court. difficulty issues were raised by the trial, some not previously dealt with in any american court. such as, for example, whether treason could be committed against a state, whether a person who was not a resident of the state, and thus owed no allegiance to the state, could be tried for treason against tha

and when i got to the subject of john brown, it became apparent that one of the tour through a great deal more than the tour guide. our small group delighted in the added depth the two are suddenly took on. this was my first encounter with brian mcginty. he introduced himself as a retired lawyer and historian. he told us of his intention to write the very book that he is here to speak up tonight. needless to say i was excited and i am greatly pleased and honored that he graciously agreed to come here tonight on the official date of the book's release -- on this eve of the harpers ferry. an accomplice writer, mr. mcginty has offered seven books of which "john brown's trial" is only his most recent published by harvard university press. he published mr. mcginty's court which. his struggle with chief justice and the supreme court's decisions during the civil war. in his book deal could not occur published by oakland university press in 2006, mr. mcginty export a famous southwestern indian massacre of a mormon family in which took two of the children captive. i'm an earlier books by mr.

however the linchpin story, the entire history of this old court house is the trial of john brown. here to tell us that story tonight is a man steeped in the details and significance of that famous trial. a year ago i was giving a courthouse for when two men asked to tag along. when i got to the subject of

john mayer, if listening, you can call me. >> you will be prepared. >> sherry m. writes on the "showbiz tonight" facebook wall. chris brown, he's oozing toxins. amen, i agree with you. after admitting to beating up rihanna, i think it's safe to say chris brown is a toxic bachelor. what do you say? >> you know what's annoying about him. rihanna releases information about her album, excited, chris brown comes out, stamps on her parade, starts promoting his album. this is a guy who issued this faux apology and is just trying to rebuild his public image. and it just really isn't working. >> you know, i agree with you. time will tell with that one. interestingly, many people wrote on our "showbiz tonight" facebook wall that george clooney should be on the toxic. >> mary j. isn't having any of it. george clooney, not toxic, jon gosselin toxic. >> george clooney, a little bit of a player. jon gosselin, if you dated him, you'd never know who was showing up your door, jon gosselin with octomom, spiritual advisors, you never know. >> he does seem like a womanizer. thank you both. good to see you ladies. >> remember when tyra banks did that whole kiss m

brown and the camera looking very serious. william haig and alvin and other senior members of the commons, john naples there. we would hardly point out there's room for 650 m.p.'s in the house of loords. so they'll all have to crowd up to the bar, the rail of the house of lords, to listen to the queen's speech itself. as we looked at the pictures, it is a bit of a push. >> this would be the first time f ever seen the queen. at 4'10", i don't get a chance. [laughter] >> tessa, you're with us today and as cabinet minister, you have quite a place. what is the experience like when you get in? >> rather -- it is a bit of a crush. and you know, i'm 5'3", but i have to stand on my tiptoes. i was saying to nick earlier, it was the best view i have had as 80 creers as a member of parliament. and bringing a minister, doesn't give you the front rank in the queue. >> let's look at the -- at the house of lords. gordon brown is the speaker and william haig are already in waiting. we'll next see the lord chancellor, jack straw preparing to deliver the speech to the queen. signal has been given by the doorkeeper. rah r-and

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brown. and he is consistent andy. and hasn't broken anything big and he can punish people. >> unh is good up front. look at their core from 93. and johnmy guy and kevin peter, defensive end. they do a consistent job. and maybe they don't penetrate as much as you would like. and they don't get blown off as well. >> 2nd down and eight for maine. ty jones and leading receiver from maine and perhaps a target for treister. and play action. and here comes ware. and he gets rid of it at the last minute and teles it out of bound. and it is kyle maroney. >> they get one on one coverage at the bottom of the screen and lined up. and den vasso and not over pursuing. and we knew that they had the ability to throw. and give them credit. it is a pick am and to the first throw. >> and of course, you would have. >> and another and it is the 1st down in the game and broadways them down. and mike brusko all the way down to the 25-yard line of the wildcats. >> we have to find out why he is so wide open and there he is. working against the linebacker. and looks like he got ryan mcguinness and this is the advantage of having a quarterback as a wide receive

john mayer, if listening, you can call me. >> you will be prepared. >> sherry m. writes on the "showbiz tonight" facebook wall. chris brown, he's oozing toxins. amen, i agree with you. after admitting to beating up rihanna, i think it's safe to say chris brown is a toxic bachelor. what do you say? >> you know what's annoying about him. rihanna releases information about her album, excited, chris brown comes out, stamps on her parade, starts promoting his album. this is a guy who issued this faux apology and is just trying to rebuild his public image. and it just really isn't working. >> you know, i agree with you. time will tell with that one. interestingly, many people wrote on our "showbiz tonight" facebook wall that george clooney should be on the toxic. >> mary j. isn't having any of it. george clooney, not toxic, jon gosselin toxic. >> george clooney, a little bit of a player. jon gosselin, if you dated him, you'd never know who was showing up your door, jon gosselin with octomom, spiritual advisors, you never know. >> he does seem like a womanizer. thank you both. good to see you ladies. >> remember when tyra banks did that whole kiss m

john mayer, if you are listening, can you still call me. that's fine. >> you willprepared. sherry m says on the facebook, chris brownyou guys, he is oozing toxins. absolutely. >> the most annoying thing about him, rihanna releases things about her album and how excited she is, and chris brown has to come out and stomp all over her parade and do the same thing, promoting his album, and this is a guy that offered a poe apology and trying to rebuild his public image and it's not just really working. >> you know, i agree with you. time will tell with that one. interesting many people wrote on the facebook wall that george clooney and gerard butler should be called toxic bachelors. and mary j. rights this. kim, very quickly, is it fair to crown jon gosselin the most toxic at all? >> yeah, because you never know who is showing up at your door, you never know. >> he does seem like a real womanizer these days. thank you both, and good to see you, ladies. >>> do you remember when tyra banks did the whole kiss my fat ass thing when she was criticized about her weight. tonight tyra is showing off her new big weight loss. i hav

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john cheever, the collected stories of william faulkner and the collected stories of flannery o'connor. and what we announced this shortlist in the third week of september, rate between the release of dan brownnd the new oprah selection, it's very strategically. at the great thing that happened with this program as we did it all summer, was it brought together, i remember one day in the grove atlantic conference room we had jamie and patricia from barnes & noble. we had just run strauss. either on the phone or in the room we had every major retailer that gave us reporters from amazon, from the aba, most of the major publishers. all sitting together trying to come up with a way to make you aware of the six great books. it was a very inspiring moment. we fan out to hope and i think we really hoped that we might get two or 3000 votes. we set this out online. would a five-week voting. we optimistically said to the board that our goal was 5000 votes. we ended up getting over 10,000 votes. thank you to all of our partners and i endeavor. i think we helped raise the awareness of this award and the national book foundation does. and now it's my pleasure to announce that the winner is of the best of

richard brown, associate director and chief economist for our division of research and insurance will take economic questions. ross walker will handle industry results in bank data. johner -- handle supervisory matters. for the question and answers section, please wait for the microphone before asking questions of one now announce sheila bair. -- questions. i will now announce sheila bair. >> thank you. good morning. welcome to our briefing on industry results for the third quarter. for the past several quarters, i have described a fairly consistent trend for banking industry performance. we have seen high credit losses and a rising number of problem institutions. these trends of the fallout of the dislocations in our real- estate market. since last fall, we have seen normalization in many parts of our financial markets. there and now appears to be a consensus that the recession is over. today she poured shows -- today's report shows the effects of the -- the effect of the recession reflect the performance. earnings remain weak. loan balances have their largest percentage decline since at least 1984. as you can see, insured institutions reported $2.8 billion of net in

brown and how abusive their relationship was. >> eyes were looking at us. >> secrets don't get much darker than mackenzie phillips's revelations to larry king about her incestuous relationship with her father, johnving in the room, getting high and during a blackout when you are not in your body, you come to and i was in the act of having sex with my father. >> mackenzie's book high on arrival revealed the details of this dark secret she had carried for 31 years. >> we need to talk about how i useded the word rape for lack of a better word. he said raped you? we made love. i thought to myself wow, i am so screwed. >> her claims divided her family. >> it had somewhat of a negative impact on the relationships in my family. >> chyna said she believes her sister and it took courage for her to come out with the secret. >> i love my sifter and i'm really, really proud of her. >> for michael jackson, many details of his dark story didn't come to until his sudden and tragic death. >> when when michael jackson died, pandora's box was open. >> rt world was shocked when investigateors questioned his abuse of pain killers, including a dangerous anesthetic called pro propofol that killed him. one of the alar

brown pigment. all of these slides were prepared in the same way. this 45-year-old husband and father, at the prime of his life, showed profound changes from cte. in john's brain, there were striking changes in the region that controls personality and behavior. extreme changes in areas controlling wage behavior. there were severe changes in areas that are also responsible for memory, such as the hippocampus. in a normal 45-year-old, absolutely none of these changes would be found for you would not find these changes in a normal 65-year-old, 85 year -- 85-year- old, or 110-year-old. the next examined brain also the same distinctive changes of chronic traumatic a encephalopathy, including the brain of thomas mchale, all former tampa bay buccaneer. the seventh brain of former nfl player i analyzed was that of a former offensive lineman for the detroit lions and an eight time--- eight-time pro bowler. he was famous for suffering at least 13 broken noses. beginning at the age of 58, he showed it increasing cognitive and behavioral did not tell -- difficulties. it included an outburst of anger and aggression. he was a member of the nfl plan 88. he died from co

brown, pittsburgh and the washington redskins. so i do have intimate knowledge based on my interaction with a number of players and owners about the nfl. georgia was a very close friend, and john shaw, who is president of the rams, and chip, the new owner, our friends. however, having said that, i remained extremely concerned about the polite -- plight of football players, particularly some of the older ones who worked and played when times were even a lot more difficult for players. let me just ask mr. goodell. in an october of 2009 issue of q.g., we were told the story of mike webster, the legendary center for the steelers. at the height of his career, mike webster was publicly revered as an unstoppable tight and and formidable force in the league. yet shortly before his death in 2002 at the age of 50, he spent his latter years homeless, suffering from dementia, while in a contention legal battle with the very organization that made him a legend. they called it a battle against a multibillion-dollar industry that seemed to have used mike webster, allowed him to be destroyed and then threw him away like a rotten piece of meat. i bring up his case because he had dementia which

brown, pittsburgh and the washington redskins. so i do have intimate knowledge based on my interaction with a number of players and owners about the nfl. georgia was a very close friend, and john shaw, who is president of the rams, and chip, the new owner, our friends. however, having said that, i remained extremely concerned about the polite -- plight of football players, particularly some of the older ones who worked and played when times were even a lot more difficult for players. let me just ask mr. goodell. in an october of 2009 issue of q.g., we were told the story of mike webster, the legendary center for the steelers. at the height of his career, mike webster was publicly revered as an unstoppable tight and and formidable force in the league. yet shortly before his death in 2002 at the age of 50, he spent his latter years homeless, suffering from dementia, while in a contention legal battle with the very organization that made him a legend. they called it a battle against a multibillion-dollar industry that seemed to have used mike webster, allowed him to be destroyed and then threw him away like a rotten piece of meat. i bring up his case because he had dementia which

brown pigment. all of these slides were prepared in the same way. this 45-year-old husband and father, at the prime of his life, showed profound changes from cte. in john's brain, there were striking changes in the region that controls personality and behavior. extreme changes in areas controlling wage behavior. there were severe changes in areas that are also responsible for memory, such as the hippocampus. in a normal 45-year-old, absolutely none of these changes would be found for you would not find these changes in a normal 65-year-old, 85 year -- 85-year- old, or 110-year-old. the next examined brain also the same distinctive changes of chronic traumatic a encephalopathy, including the brain of thomas mchale, all former tampa bay buccaneer. the seventh brain of former nfl player i analyzed was that of a former offensive lineman for the detroit lions and an eight time--- eight-time pro bowler. he was famous for suffering at least 13 broken noses. beginning at the age of 58, he showed it increasing cognitive and behavioral did not tell -- difficulties. it included an outburst of anger and aggression. he was a member of the nfl plan 88. he died from co

brown, pittsburgh and the washington redskins. and so i do have intimate knowledge based on my interaction with a number of players and owners about the nfl. georgia was a very close friend and john shaw who is president of the rams and chip the new owner are friends. however, having said that, i remained extremely concerned about the plight of football players, particularly, some of the older ones who worked and played when times were even a lot more difficult for players. let me just ask mr. goodell, in october of 2009 issue of g.q. we were told the story of mike webster, legendary center for the pittsburgh steelers from 1974 to 1988. at the height of his career, mike webster was publicly revered as an unstoppable titan and formidable force in the league. and yet shortly before his death in 2002 at the age of 50, mike webster spent his latter years homeless, suffering from dementia while in a contentious legal battle with the very organization that made him a legend. the g.q. article called the legal dispute a battle against a multibillion dollar industry that seemed to have used mike webster, allowed him to become destroyed and then threw him away like a rotten piece of meat.