certain value in insurgency, and we have to honor john browne to a certain extent. but when it goes to mod rule, then we denigrate rather than honor freedom. and so he wanted to find a position between socialists and capitalists that was reformist. then he saw john browne as a useful way of distinguishing himself from the socialists. and a good part of his longer speech, it appears, in the outlook magazine spends a lot of time distinguishing reform from mod rule. and he also connected a lot of the labor insurrection historically to john browne. does that help? >> yeah. according to, i think it was a fellow named robert lafort who wrote sometime ago talking about the origins of the kansas speech. it was suggesting that as sid suggests that t.r. was hoping to capture the insurgency and sort of moderate it, yeah, channel it away from -- i mean, he wasn't necessarily thinking of running as a full-on challenger to taft at the time, although he kept, you know, dropping these horrible comments about the taft administration. he was hoping to sort of use this occasion to say

and he also connected a lot of the labor insurrection historically to john browne. is that any >> he was -- according to, i think it was a fellow named robert lafort who wrote originsf the speech. it was suggesting that as sid capture the insurgency and sort of moderate it, yeah, channel it away from -- i mean, he wasn't necessarily thinking of running as a full-on challenger to taft at the time, although he kept, you know, dropping these horrible comments about the taft administration. he was hoping to sort of use one of you guys. and we can now keep this progressive sentiment within the republican channel. did you have a follow-up? >> would it be possible perhaps for president obama in a browne analogy that would be something after me, the deluge. >> there was a part of my remarks when i thought i had 20 minutes on the cutting floor which talked about his deafening silence on john browne. it would seem to me that the first african-american president ought to make a

so the john brown thing, i'm curious about. but i'm astonished that he didn't mention health care reform. >> just a couple of thoughts. just a footnote. i happen to love doris kearns goodwin, and not just because she's a red sox fan. >> i'm a phillies fan. >> she had talked about t.r., but they claim it came before that. and it just seems to me that if you are -- and this i do not know what i'm about to say. from sort of inside knowledge. but it is my asuction that if you want to make the next campaign about the progressive revision, you are wiser to go back to the progressive era when this all started then to stop at roosevelt and the new deal. and i think that it's logical that he did this. >> i completely agree. but i think that is consistent with where he's coming from. that's his thinking is naturally to go back to that progressive prediction. and that just establishes that. >> yeah. good. >> david cowan. picking up on ancestors, even if theodore roosevelt is a distant ancestor to president obama, there is an effort at mak

value in insurgeon psi and we have to honor john brown to a certain extonality. but when it goes to mob rule, then we denigrate rather than honor. and so he wanted to find a position between socialists and capitalists that was reformist. and he saw john brown as a useful way of distinguishing himself from the socialists. and a good part of his longer speech that appears in the outlook magazine, spends a lot of time distinguishing a reform from mob rule. and he also connected a lot of labor insurrection to historically to john brown. is that any help? >> yeah, he was -- according to -- i think there was a fella named robert laford who wrote in the kansas historical quarterly talking about the origins of the seek su speech suggesting that as sid sugges suggests, that t.r. was hoping to capture the insurgency and sort of moderate it -- >> channel it. >> yeah, channel it away from -- he wasn't necessarily thinking of running as a full-on challen challenger at the time, although he kept dropping these horrible comments about the taft administration. he was sort of hop

john brown was one of our most famous residents. the president was also a resident of kansas at one time. john brown's legacy is a mix of righteousness, violence and zealotry. but his cause was the undoing of the enormous crime of slavery. before he was executed for treason, he spoke these haunting and prescient words. i john brown am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but by blood. a great deal of blood was shed in the years that followed, even after the civil war. the nation had a long way to go before we could realize the goals laid forth in our founding documents. blatant bigotry, casual disrespect and an ever-present disregard for the dignity of african-americans was the rule and not the exception in our land. this even after legal segregation was ended. even after dr. king marched on washington. even after rosa parks refused to give up her seat. even after those three shots rang out in memphis and another american poet and prophet was called home to be with the lord. the african-ame

moment and john brown for those of you who might have a fragmentary memory of american history was that fellow who in the late eighteenth fifty's mounted an insurrection at harper's ferry and really changed the tone and tenor of the national debate about what we were going to do about that big problem of the time which was were we going to continue to be slave holders or not and he galvanized the attention of the of the nation and about two years later we were in the civil war the greatest convulsion that the united states ever went through and so i'm wondering now you know when will the john brown moment come for financial misbehavior that you know is not only unseemly unethical criminal and bad but is really hurting this nation terribly the revolution in tunisia started with one fruit seller the french revolution started with one girl talking you know the price of bread going up and talk about john brown one individual starting the the revolution back in the u.s. and that time you know you talk about the financial crimes you know to contrast let's say and that middle east arthur. afri

he was helping to dedicate john brown state park and delivered what has gone down in history as his new nationalism speech. it certainly wouldn't have gone down in history as the john brown speech since slavery was in that spot. much to the relief of his advisers, i should add, who knew that tr was one of those politicians who also regarded himself as something of a histori historian, although the corporations to this day were not about to pay him for his historical advice. the new nationalism speech would be described by one of tr's many biographers, george mowry, as, quote, the most radical speech ever given. the power to which the extent of a powerful federal government could regulate and use private property in the interest of the hall and his declaration to that labor, and viewed with the eyes of 1910 were nothing short of revolutionary. on december 6, 2011, president barack obama returned to osawatamie, and standing on a platform somewhat more secure than a kitchen table explicitly embraced the underlying philosophy of tr's new internationals. a democrat member of the party would

it certainly wouldn't have gone down in history as his john brown speech since the fiery abolitionist who had battled pro-slavery raiders on that spot in the days of bloody kansas slabbed only two cursory mentions in t.r.'s speech. much to the relief of his advisers, i should add, who knew that t.r. regarded himself as a historian, although the corporations of the day weren't about to pay him for his historic advice. the new nationalism speech would be described by one of t.r.'s many biographers, george mallory, as, quote, the most radical speech ever given by an ex-president. his concepts to the extent of which a powerful federal government could regulate and use private property in the interest of the whole and his declarations about-- when viewe eyes of 1910 were nothing short of revolutionary. december 6th, 2011, president barack obama returned to osawatomie and standing on a platform somewhat more secure than a kitchen table explicitly embraced the underlying philosophy of t.r.'s new nationalism. why a democrat, a member of a party which customarily recurs to the other roosevelt,

perhaps he could have done with that what teddy roosevelt did with the unions by talking about john browne and lincoln. but the fact that he didn't mention it again, i think, shows that although this is an important speech in many respects, it's also a missed opportunity, i think, in some profound ways. thinking broadly, as pic >> as the gentleman's question suggested, i think there was no political percentage in barack obama talking about john browne. i think he didn't raise it. it would be fascinating. i agree with that. but i don't see how it would have advanced the argument he was trying to make. >> yeah, but i think one of obama's best speeches is the one he gave on race at the constitutional center in philadelphia where he really does invoke the declaration and tries to -- and the preamble to the constitution and talks about how the struggle for racial -- racial justice in the united states was a struggle to establish this more perfect union that is called out for in the preamble of the constitution. and i think he could have done something very similar here but extending the argumen

moments and john brown for those of you who might have a fragmentary memory of american history was that fellow who in the late eighteenth fifty's and mounted an insurrection at harper's ferry and really changed the tone.

moments and john brown for those of you who might have a fragmentary memory of american history was that.

the poem was put to the music of the song john brown's body. and the result was one of the most patriotic songs in america. it was played not only at the funeral for robert f. kennedy but also at the memorial for churchill, ronald reagan included it in the night of his inauguration. and when the world rallied after the september 11th attacks the battle hymn of the republic ran not only from the cathedral but from st. paul's cathedral in london. >> ♪ >>> in 2008, more than 2,000 people gathered in santos plaza. singer country joe mcdonald sang them in woody guthrie's song, this land is your land. >> ♪ guthrie recorded the song during the second world war as his response to berlin's god bless america. many see it as the hard times that gripped the nation. as the stock market again tumble and the nation faced a economic crisis, guthrie was honored in the bay area as their words spoke to american's resilience during the tough times. the party that had been the roaring 20s came to a halt, and the gloom that lingered grew into the recession. their st

they know he was not john brown. theynow he was not wendell phillips. they know he was not a major advocate of liberation. they know in general -- this is what most people know about lincoln, that he did it reluctantly. he did it to save the union. that's -- that's the lincoln that these people worship. what is that saying? that you don't fight for freedom if it causes problems. they know the lincoln they are worshipping. ey don want to know john brown. they don't want to know wendell phillips. they don't even want to know lymon trumble. and i'm saying that we ought to teach young white children wendell phillips' name, who said -- and 94 years before king, 133 years before mandela that he wanted to create a rainbow nation composed of the learned and the ignorant, the old and the young, the black and the white, paying an, christian, jew -- pagan, christian, jew, all in one great procession, marching toward a rainbow land. he said that 100 years ago. that ought to be taught if we're gog to overcome the madness in this country. going back to abigail adams,

on act 16th, 1859, when they stormed the fire engine house and captured five rebels commanded by john brown. harper's ferry, 1859. now, maybe commanding two companies of marines is all you need. the marines contend that way anyway. but here is lee confronting 105,000 yankees who are in the suburbs of richmond. and what did he do? he set his men to work digging trenches, field fortifications. and so this man who had been called granny lee, the overcautious, is now known as the king of spades because all he wants to do is have these trained killers, these warriors, dig ditches with shovels with picks and things and that's not much fun. but that's what soldiers do! and lee points that out. what he wants to do and what he did was to hold richmond with 25,000 troops, fall upon mcclellan's flank which he discovered was exposed by way of stewart's dramatic ride around mcclellan, the raid in june 12-15, 12th through the 15th of 1862. and he's going to fall upon mcclellan's flank with 45,000 troops. and then he's going to bring jackson in from the valley with 20,000 more to attack mcclellan's rear.

on act 16th, 1859, when they stormed the fire engine house and captured five rebels commanded by john brown. harper's ferry, 1859. now, maybe commanding two companies of marines is all you need. the marines contend that way anyway. but here is lee confronting 105,000 yes

in addition, judges like elbert tuttle, john brown, john minor wisdom and frank johnson jr. were appointed to lower federal courts and played key roles in desegregating the south in the 1960s. to screen candidates for such posts, eisenhower relied on his attorney general brownell, who was instructed not to place a known segregationist on the list of judicial candidates, so true to greenstein's thesis, eisenhower gave considerable power to a man he trusted, who could make the president's objectives a reality. nichols also reminded readers of the other accomplishments of the administration that have received scant notice over the years. eisenhower was able to use his credibility as a general to generate compliance on military desegregation so that in less than two years all combat units were desegregated. he also desegregated schools on military bases in the south before the brown decision as well as veterans hospitals. he used the power of persuasion and prestige of his office to encourage integration of movie theaters and public accommodations in washington, d.c., and used t

john brown was one of our most famous residents. was also a resident of kansas, at one time. john brown's legacy is a mix of righteousness, violence, and zealotry. his cause was the undoing of the enormous crime of slavery. before he was executed for treason, he spoke these haunting words. "i, john brown, and now certain that the crimes of this deal to land will never be seen -- will never be purged away but by blood. " a great deal of blood was shed. the nation had a long way to go before we could realize the goals laid forth in our founding documents. blatant bigotry, a casual disrespect and an ever-present disregard to the dignity of african americans was the role and not the exception in our land. this even after legal segregation was ended. after dr. king marched on washington. after rosa parks refused to give up her seat. after those three shots rang out in memphis and another american poet and profit was called home to be with the lord. the african-american people have experienced the worst of our shortcomings as a nation. th

with him and said will you funnel as many slaves out of the south as possible, be a new sort of john brown for me? douglass said sure. thank you very much. he went back up north. he sent telegrams, letters all across the north. he was trying to put together a team of people and he did for a week or two that would sort of be the agents of this system. and then came the fall of atlanta. and that whole plan was completely ignored. and sheridan's successes notice shenandoah valley had something to do with it. what happened on the battlefield didn't really mat hyperthat plan was never put in place but the idea that lincoln was asking him to do that was extraordinary. they then met finally at lincoln's second inaugural and probably running out of time, right? >> let's do one more. >> they meet at the second inaugural in the white house at the reception after the speech. which is a very moving moment. maybe we can talk afterward. yes, sir. >> would you confirm that his first wife refused to learn to read and write? >> yes, that's true. anna murray douglass remained a nonreader and a nonwriter all

equality you could find, and you sort of end up with a small group of black abolitionists and maybe john brown, and everybody else was too moderate, weak kneed, not important enough. i think it's difficult to understand what the civil war was all about, why it came to be, because it was fundamentally a war about slavery. we also have to look at lincoln anew, because under that -- lincoln looks a little bit weak kneed. we forget that abraham lincoln hated slavery every bit as much as frederick douglass did. i know i'm going to get cards and letters for that. but he also loved the constitution of the united states. he did not want to destroy one by destroying the other. and he continued along those lines with the idea that in fact by halting slavery's demise or spread rather he would truly be hastening its demise. one forgets that aside from haiti, gradual emancipation was the norm for emancipation in the 19th century. that's what people looked at. and they thought that's exactly what they were doing, and they would not compromise about that one bit. or at least lincoln and miss republic his rep

french revolution started with one girl talking you know the price of bread going up and talk about john brown one individual starting the the revolution back in the u.s. and that time you know you talk about the financial crimes you know the contrast let's say and age and middle east north africa the more information they got the more upset they became you know the satellite photos its uneasy of how the top one percent was living got everyone upset in the us however the more information they get the more they become you know julian assange or wiki leaks getting information makes people want to just lie down and cuddle up into a fetal position and hope it all goes away isn't there it can is it drugs in the water is it obesity is it too much football what's the evolution are americans out i know a lot of republicans don't believe in evolution but do they believe india evolution because it appears as though the mindset of the average american is the evolving there are a number of things going on that revolve around the question of authority and legitimacy and especially the news media and you kn

we can play our own philosophy you know and to try to present a problem and john brown of and try to create chances of course and technically capable to do that when we are capable to do that we're going to beat everybody almost. in the meantime russia has remained thirteenth in the new fee for world rankings while sparta midfielder to major combat of hazard and his maiden call up for the national side the twenty five year old is set to make his senior debut in a friendly in denmark on february the twenty ninth of russia as russia prepare for this summer's european finals angy goalkeeper to make a bulldog is also due to make his international comeback and copenhagen three more friendly to show due for russia as part of their euro twenty twelve warm ups including a clash with italy in june. now let's move away from football and talk about a great comeback win in ice hockey skates shell eastern conference leaders trackball found themselves three one down against the moscow last night to some high carb diet a five three win. started well enough alexy but coffee with the first night. and

we can play our philosophy you know include to try to pressure problem and john brown of and try to create chances of course i'm technically. capable to do that when we do that i think we're going to beat everybody almost nothing on to ice hockey in our joint. fought back from three ones and to win five three in a stroller it has got moscow well it has got started well that looks a budget go off with the first of the night before the nomination time to find themselves through our second split practice fight back began a couple of effort needed three two. and then just off found the equaliser after a sweeping move well that set things up for a frantic final period but it was dr who ploughed on one thousand year old you again it was in itself five his side into the lead and went on to finish with an impressive eleven shots on goal before had three that netted two seconds to make it five three to wrap up an incredible turnaround back to remain the runaway leaders in the same conference. today eight in the west. and finally promised me a putin has taken a ride in a bobsled during his visit to

philosophy you know and to try to present a problem and john brown of and try to create chances of course. technically. capable to do that when we. think we can beat everybody almost. moving on to the champions league now and return from injury to back a bracing third in the last gasp when a sneak came from behind to be benfica three two on wednesday in the home leg of their round of sixteen time afterwards zinni will try to spell out he said his players had shown a lot of cost in a topsy turvy game in subzero temperatures in some petersburg twenty minutes in the deep but you really have not had a champions league debut to forget his family lying like super rarity but then feet go ahead and i think moments later shot up grabs an equaliser for segregates and lacks back one of the goals of the home side to one up then three minutes one time it looked like the game would finish in a draw when another just not power and she would ask me to to. again save his people's blushes with seconds to go pouncing on the defensive erratically of his side and narrow victory however with their two away goa

philosophy you know and try to pressure the problem and john brown of and try to create chances of course. technically. capable to do that when we are capable to do that i think we can beat everybody almost now moving on to the champions league and the man should return from injury to bag a brace including the last gasp when a as a need came from behind to beat benfica three two on wednesday in the home leg of their round of sixteen tie well if there isn't a goal to china's plenty said his players had a lot of cost and i talked to a game played in subzero temperatures in some petersburg twenty minutes in and keep it moving you have not had a champions league debut to forget his fumble allowing maxi pereira to put them seeker head however moments later shirokov grabbed an equaliser for side against a maximum back heeled one the goal for the home side to one up then three minutes from the time it looked like the game would finish in a draw one another's power ensured oscar cardoso made its team to show rock up again say to steal his brushes with seconds to go hunting on the defensive ara to

john brown was one of our most famous residents. was also a resident of kansas, at one time. john brown's legacy is a mix of righteousness, violence, and zealotry. his cause was the undoing of the enormous crime of slavery. before he was executed for treason, he spoke these haunting words. "i, john brown, and now certain that the crimes of this deal to land will never be seen -- will never be purged away but by blood. " a great deal of blood was shed. the nation had a long way to go before we could realize the goals laid forth in our founding documents. blatant bigotry, a casual disrespect, and an ever-present disregard to the dignity of african americans was the role and not the exception in our land. this even after legal segregation was ended. after dr. king marched on washington. after rosa parks refused to give up her seat. after those three shots rang out in memphis and another american poet and profit was called home to be with the lord. the african-american people have experienced the worst of our shortcomings as a nation. t

john brown is former u.k. parliament, how are we looking abroad?> i think as foreigners particularly in europe understand that politics are played with a hardball. there will be back stabbing, but they would like to see the back stabbing done in private and forceful stuff and no blood on the floor in public. for example, they did one of margaret thatcher and nailing my a journalist to the sofa and then gets up and offers him tea. but it was all in private. a persona of unity and sense of vision, getting government off our backs. getting government out of our private homes. >> neil: you don't think they are doing that and impression here as it is abroad that is a big failing? >> the sad thing, i think it tends to work in america is what i'm told by the pollsters. but in europe i think it's a definite, no, no. they want a show of unity, the back stabbing should be done in private. they are looking for leaders of vision. this is the trouble. in europe the primaries tend to be much more behind closed doors. in america they are so open. both the parties

in the case of john brown, since the iv was in his neck, he got a rush, and kind of raised up in theaps. i was holding his hand. he wanted me to hold his hand. so i wound up having to put my thumb under there and push him down with my hand, push his shoulder to the table and hold that so the iv wouldn't rub the wouldn't rub on the strap and dislodge. but at the same time, i'm holding his hand. you kind of get in a conflict with yourself, you're holding him down, but holding his hand to give comfort, again, i couldn't be there to hold the victim's hand or i would have, so do what you can here. >> warden cain has overseen six executions during his tenure. death by lethal injection might have been temporarily stalled, but death by incarceration never falters. the population is aging, with hundreds of men 60 years and older. even they dream of freedom. >> i got hopes. i just got denied a hearing. a hearing from the department of parole. i wrote them two weeks later and they sent back said, at this time, we can't put you on parole because of the nature of your crime. which is never going

>> john: steve brown, outside ford field for us tonight. thanks so much.resident obama is back at the white house today after another profitable campaign swing. this time in south florida. chief white house correspondent ed henry reports the campaign is brimming with cash and confidence. >> his staff says he is not focused on campaigning but he headlined three fundraisers in florida last night bringing his total to 13 this month alone. >> hello, miami. >> white house spokesman josh earnest today doubled down on the president's prediction earlier in week he will win the campaign that aides also say he is not really yet engaged in. >> we compare the president's vision for achieving an economy in a country, that fulfills the values, then he is going to win. >> note, the president, none of my colleagues in chicago and nobody that works in this building is under the illusion it is going to be an easy election. >> that is why the president is cranking up his fundraising machine. raking in $29 million last month alone. while that is less than he collected in janu

>> john: steve brown in columbus. . >>> still ahead -- congress takes up president obama's contraception mandate. but first, reaction to the president's idea of cutting our nuclear arsenal by 80%. >> john: a horrible prison fire tops international news. authorities in honduras say 300 inmates died at the facility. dozens reportedly trapped in their cells because prison authorities could not find the keys to let them out. united nations general assembly plans to vote on thursday afternoon in a resolution calling for an end to the violence in syria. more was reported today in several cities. president assad announced resolution on constitution this month. president obama cost cutting for the military may carve deeply to america's nuclear deterrent. national correspondent steve centanni has details from the pentagon on a possible reduction that redefines dramatic. good evening. >> good evening, john. omss at the pentagon are aimed to make dramatic reductions in the nuclear arsenal. the u.s. has 5,000 nuclear weapons, it's

. >> brown: then, we get the latest on the uprising in syria, and thmounting humanitarian crisis there. >> warnerjudy woodruff talks with former senator and astronaut john glenn, 50 years after he became the first american to orbit the earth. >> brown: from india, fred de sam lazaro reports on the campaign to immunize children against a debilitating disease. >> as recently at 2009 there were 741 cases of polio in india, more than any other nation. by last year, 2011, the number had dwindled to one solitary case. >> warner: and we close with a presidents' day conversation. hari sreenivasan talks with historian richard norton smith about a new museum dedicated to abrahalincn. >> why is lincoln an icon that we see so much in pop culture today? >> he is just one of those figures who is synonymous with integrity. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy, productivlife. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program