john brown's body has -- cast soldier in a must broader context. john brown ii stanza. he's gone to be a soldier in the army of the war. that's john brown. it's why it's heroic. it's not legal. here's a couple other quotes to supplement the essay that you read. here's from the official records. these are actually late -- these are highly unusual. it's after the first confiscation act. it's in one major saying the captain hennessy captured a colored rebel scout well mounted who had been sent out to watch our movements. and in another, p.l. power says we've turned up 11 bush whackers to dry. here's a brief summary of why blacks would fight as soldiers. first as i mentioned, no more than a few thousand. statistically insignificant. they were not legal, wasn't a legal isstatus until the last month of the war. the slaves who were put to work as laborers, most cases of the eyewitness accounts of soldiers, the masters were making them laborers. saying, you know, i don't want to be on the frontline because i'd rather not die. chances of dying are greater when you're on the fron

john brown's body. what do normal white northerners think about with john brown in 1859? >> crazy. >>so marching to that tune in 1862, 1863, itself i think tells us something. anything else you see in the lyrics. we're sort of observations, you see hard war. >> well, the point brought up the linkage between the punishing steal and the great god. just woven together all the way through the lyrics. >> yes. there's not a lot of conciliation in these. >> there is a theme of stomping of the pigs. trampling the graves, crush the serpent with his heel, things like that. it's sort of putting your foot down on them. on their neck kind of feel to it. >> the extend of hand is not what we see. we see the crushing heel. all right. any last parting thoughts? if not, thanks very much. i'll see you friday. we'll talk about among other things, how slavery ended in the united states. so, thanks a lot. >> next week on lectures in history author michael barone at the citadel college in charleston, south carolina. he talks about conservative conceptions of liberty, equality and community. join us each

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from john brown's execution to the 1860 presidential election and, of course, to the years of the civilso in many ways, the booths' story is our national story in the 19th century. the story begins with this man -- junius brutus booth, fathered edwin and john wilkes. he arrived on american shores in 1821 on a ship ironically enough called "two brothers." junius was a shakespearean actor. he was an international star. his bizarre volcanic and sensational interpretations of shakespeare sparked riots in london. he belonged to a circle of famous men, romantic artists that included lord byron and the poets shelly and keats. junius was a radical non-conformist. he rejected christianity. he dabbled in islam and hinduism, he was a vegetarian which in the 1820s was like being a lunatic. he was an opponent of savory, and he was a genius who could write poetry, sculpt marble, speak ten ancient and modern languages and act. booth had what he liked to call with a gesture appear on his forehead, mind. he believed he was a rare being. someone separated from the rest of humanity by his incredible talen

john brown. a fearsome cat shows up. back to washington. so o.s.b. wahl comes to washington and starts a political career. he sits in the legislature. he becomes the first black justice of the peace. they call him judge from then on. then we see, we see that washington begins to take that inevitable turn toward profound, deep disenfranchisement of blacks and profound segregation. so what is happening for the wahls, which, you know, an elite family, what's happening for the wahls is that their world is circumscribed to places they cannot go, places they cannot eat. during the period of segregation, as some of us were old enough to have been born then, that the black elites entertained in their homes almost exclusively, when they traveled they stayed in the homes of other blacks because they didn't have public accommodations. tell us about the home, the parties of wahls. >> sure. the wahls had a big, beautiful house that was right next to howard university. >> they sent his children to the schools that howard ran. o.s. about wahl was asked by general o

joining me to talk about it down is john brown and larry mcdonald. gentlemen, good to see you.ou for joining us. first things first, tough labor data today. what should investors look at for next week? >> to see when the investors will finally wake up that it's going on for 11 years. we've had returns and even larger returns to come. i disagree with barton briggs. i don't think we're into another recession. we're just reemerging from another recession caused by the massive boom stipulated by camouflage and quantitative easing. the big question is, is the government and the fed going to try to recamouflage it and postpone it with more fatal qe? >> larry egan jones downgrading this hour, right after the market closed they downgraded italy to b plus from bb. what's your reaction? >> well, europe is really leading us. it's been leading the market all year, all last summer. i think you get -- i talk about this in my book and i think when you see employers starting to rehire people, the same thing is going on here. employers looking at greece, at europe, they are seeing these spreads

my favorite story about john is one that willie brown told me. d one of john's constituents lived a message and john called the constituent back. the constituent made her case. then she heard from john. at the end of the conversation, she called willie brown and said, i just got the worst conversation from john burton. he we -- he used words whenever use. and he said, you should be thrilled he called you back. [laughter] with that, i would like to introduce to you the honorable john burton. [applause] >> does anybody ever believe anything willie brown ever tells them? [laughter] i do not. anyway, thank you, mark. anyway, it is a pleasure and honor to be here as a guy who grew up in the sunset and spend an awful lot of time in the park. and have nancy pelosi in between john f. kennedy and martin luther king, jr., is not a bad place to be. i would like to say that. [applause] and that is, for those of us that follow hockey, that is a real hat trick, but 25 years ago, a little bit more, when we were involved in a congressional campaign. i think we al

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, so i wound up having to put my thumb under here 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 to change. you see? never. so

john henry brown, his lawyer said i'm so relieved that they the prosecutors finally came out publicly the steroid use. steroid use is going to be -- is going to be an issue in this case, especially where he got steroids and how he got them. john henry brown has told me from the very beginning he thinks that steroid use could be a key part of his defense. >>> well, a maryland college student who confessed to police that he killed and then ate a portion of his roommate's heart and brain was released from jail just days before the brutal crime. court records that we obtained show that alexander kunila had been released from jail just days before his roommate's murder. the suspect's father called police after two metal tins containing a human head and hands were discovered in the basement. he said they belonged to an animal and it was shown that they were human. >>> a new report giving us details of the stuxnet worm that was the one that caused explosions in the nuclear program also explosions in some industrial facilities there, it happened to kill some iranians as well, according to "th

. >> john browne, one of jim o'neill's concerns was the u.s.wing down now, when it is slowing down. i mean, you know, europe has been a problem a while. why is the u.s. slowing down now and why isn't the -- our federal reserve doing more about it? do you agree that the fed can take some of the blame for not being more aggressive now? >> well, i think the fed can take a huge deal of -- blame under greenspan for creating the problem. now this is what the bis said yesterday. it is an illusion that central banks are pumping money and can create real economic growth. and -- they can redress these huge debt imbalances. basically they created a crisis of confidence for consumers. worldwide. the dollar is worldwide. europe is heading for depression and america section heading for severe repression and affecting the developing world. find it hard to justify holding equities in such a situation. >> this gets me so angry. we are all talking about the fed, the fed, the fed. yet, we see all of these evidences around the world that things are slowing. why is

president yee: john templeton, reginald brown, take two minutes. >> one of the reasons why there are such disparities in the achievement gap is the failure of the district to connect african-american students with local history. a good way to springboard into the next year, we are doing a series on african americans in the golden gate bridge that ties into the anniversary. students will be able to see some of the important changes going on during those three years as the bridge was been built. many of those changes resonate to the state. there is also opportunity in the directive on monday for professional development tied around a gentleman named doctor robert gordon. anytime you use a laser pen, you are

as the patriots commandeered the ship, brown ordered one of his rhode islanders, a physician named john money to head to the ship's captain to tend to dudingston's wound. in their moment of victory, they showed mercy on a man who threatened to open fire on them moments before. allowing the gaspy's crew time to collect their belongings they took the captive englishmen back to shore before returning to the despised gaspy to rid narragansett bay of they are presence once and for all. they set her afire. the blaze spread to the ship's powder magazine, setting off explosions like fireworks. the resulting blast echoing across the bay as airborne fragments of the ship slashed down into the water. the sight of this historic victory -- site of this historic victory is known as gaspy point. so i come again to this floor to share this story and to commemorate the right june 9 -- the night of june 9, 177, and the names of john brown and abraham whiple who went on to serve as a naval commander in the refusal nutritionary war. i know these events and the patriots whose efforts are not forgotten in my

his attorney john henry brown tells cnn, i am so relieved that prosecutors finally came out publiclybout the steroid use. steroid use is going to be an issue in this case. especially where sergeant bales got steroids and how he got steroids. bales war stationed near tacoma washington at lewis mcchord when has been the target of previous steroid investigations. one former army sergeant said he saw wide spread abuse of steroids in 2004. >> it was fairly acceptable for people to use steroids. there was a time when we had raided a pharmacy and the guys came out with a bunch of, arm load of anabolic steroids. that seems to have started them off on this course of buying steroids from either through the internet or through the military contractors. >> he said solars used steroids to bulk up in preparation for combat. a survey by the defense department in 2008 showed 2.5% of army personnel had illegally used steroids within the past 12 months. medical experts tell cnn in some cases, steroid abuse can lead to jekyll and hyde like behavior. over the past 12 years, bales who last lived in this

this week we've heard from former prime ministers gordon brown and john major. live coverage gets under way at 5:00 a.m. eastern on cspan 2. >>> a group of technology experts set down to discuss the history, evolution of the internet. the panetta institute hosted this two hour event last month. >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen. welcome to the monterey conference center for the 15th anniversary season of the panetta institute lecture series. 15 years. this year we've been discussing the revolutionary changes that have affected our nation in this new century and reflecting on what the transformation mean for our democracy and for the future. we heard on the long and short perspectives on economic changes that impact our future and we look for inspiration from our founders and past president as we witness the changes in the role of the presidency as the electorate decide to prepare who will lead our nation. throughout each of these discussions there's been a common element that's touched a topic from the up risings in the middle east to the crisis in the globa

, the inquiries for testimony from senior politicians, including former prime ministers john major and gordon brown. it concludes tomorrow with comments from prime minister cameron. to see it live starting at 5:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 2. kansas, chicago, and washington. this weekend on booktv. follow david on his journey, walking in a president's footsteps. sunday, starting at 6:00 p.m. eastern, a video record of his travels, and then live at 7:30, david takes your calls and questions. also this weekend, the conservative commentator blames liberals for an ongoing war on idea, using the tyranny of cliche. >> american politics has been distorted for the last century. the further you get away from the left, the closer you get to bad things. in some ways the best working way is simply a conservative winning an argument. >> that's sunday night at 9:00 on booktv. this weekend on c-span 2. the story behind the star spangled banner. the invasion and burning of washington, d.c. this weekend on american history tv. the he would see through the rocket's red glare. historians, authors on this. also this week

from scratch next year when the legislature return and crafts a new budget and new legislation. >> brown: johnrank is from the "charlotte news and observer." thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >> brown: next, to a growing famine unfolding in west africa. million of lives are in danger and, according to the united nations, many of those threatened with starvation are children. one of the largest and hardest hit countries is niger. rohit kachroo of independent television news traveled there and filed this report. ( crying ) >> reporter: in the hospitals of southern niger, a crisis is developing. this is what it looks like, this is what it sounds like. ( crying ) ibrahim is eight months old. his tiny body consumed by the effects of severe malnutrition. majet is in pain, hungry and desperately thirsty. yahaman is eight months old and struggling to stay alive. ameena's hair has been turned red by a lifetime without enough food, and so had her sister's. her mother tells me that she will stay until they get better. then there are those who worry their children might never improve. every child here

examining the ethics practices of the media and the relationships with politicians, heard from john major and gordon brown. today, prime minister david cameron testified and was asked several questions about text messages sent to him by former news international ceo rebecca brooks. he also dismissed accusations that he made a deal with the news organization calling it "complete nonsense." coming up next, his first few hours of testimony before the inquiry earlier today. >> well, today, the honorable david cameron, please. >> please raise your right hand. >> i swear by almighty god that the evidence i give shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. >> your full name, please. >> david william donald cameron. >> you kindly provided us with a witness statement that extends to 84 pages and possesses three exhibits, subject to one minor matter to which we'll come in due course is this the formal evidence you're tendering to our inquiry? >> it is. prime minister, as i have said to many other witnesses, i'm extremely grateful for the obvious work that the systems have put into your evidence a

matt damon, john cusack, jackson brown. recent poll showed only 70% of liberals support president obama, the lowest level in seven months. it's all the same thing, he compromises too much, he's too much like a politician, too much wheeling and dealing. that's what a president does. what they want is something completely unrestrained by the constitution and checks and balances to do what he promised, come in day one and make a law. the only person that can do that is a king. that's why i said you don't want a president that lives within our constitution. you want someone that is a king that can make things happen. that's not our system, unfortunately for them. >> he ran on change. he said he was going to change the way things happened rather than being just a politician as you say. what do you say to that? >> i think president obama has made changes. and i don't want to get into this whole thing like i'm out here defending president obama. that's not my issue. my issue is at some point the far left sees they're a mirror imag

. >> john: and you're brown and i'd like to see i.d. critics think racial profiling is going to be unavoidable in this decision and ultimately it could be the law's undoing. >> as a practicing attorney i'll have a field day with an officer putting them on the stand and asking him what got him to think and conclude that this person looks suspicious. >> john: that's the big question. for more on immigration ruling i'm pleased to be joined by doug kendall. doug, thank you for being here with us. >> thanks for having me. >> john: were you surprised by this decision? >> i'm surprised about how sweeping the supreme court's rejection of the arizona law was. the fourth provision as you mentioned, they really laid down the gauntlet. they didn't uphold it but said for now we're going to go let it go into force and we'll see. if arizona enforces it in a way that either leads to racial profiling or interferes with federal immigration program we'll come back and strike it down. i think the gauntlet is really laid down that even the one provision tha

levison inquiry has heard testimony from senior politicians, including former prime ministers john major and gordon brown. it concludes tomorrow with comments from prime minister cameron. see it live starting at 5:30 a.m. eastern on c-span 2. >>> the story behind the star spangled banner. the invasion and burning of washington, d.c. this weekend on american history tv, mark the buy scentennial of the start of the war from ft. mchenry through the rock et cetera red glare, historian authors and your calls on this little-known war live saturday at 11:00 a.m. eastern. also this weekend, more from our series on key political figures who ran for president and lost, but changed political history. "the contenders," sunday at 7:30 p.m. this week with three-time democratic for president, william jennings bryan. >>> yesterday, the senate health and labor committee held a hearing on the employment nondiscrimination act. a bill that would create a federal ban on discrimination against gays, lesbians, bisexual and transgender people in the workplace. the measure does include exemptions for religious institutions and c

john kerry, scott brown, and they're all men, they're bipartisan, they have formed the cranberry caucust a joke. the caucus plans to educate members of congress and their staffs, federal agencies about the importance of cranberries. kerry's berries talked up the health benefits about the superfruit. research indicates it prevents gum disease to those utis. but the thing is, this isn't all about health, but really about money. the cranberry industry is massachusetts's biggest food crop. it employs more than 5,000 people and brings in $50 million a year. massachusetts produces 2 million barrels of cranberries a year which is about 25% of the total in this country. only wisconsin ranks ahead of massachusetts in cranberry production. hey, maybe you can get a bipartisan congress there on cranberries to solve all their problems. but none of this is that new. why have a cranberry caucus now? one word -- sugar. in the past few months governments at the local and federal levels have been cracking down on the sugary drinks and the cranberry industry is worried they'll get caught up in it. cranber

. >> the fact that david cameron, gordon brown, john major, these are the country's leaders.akness, i'm using that word, the idea that they would have been in any way beholden to rupert murdoch and his newspapers, i think the repercussions in terms of how the brits see their government, their institutions, have got to be powerful. >> well, beholden, terrified, bullied, terrorized, complicit, corrupted, all of those things are true. john major was talking in a way that his government was brought down because he refused to bend to what rupert murdoch wanted. remember as well, look, david cameron came in as a new figure. his director of communications, a job an equivalent nicolle once held, director of communications was the former editor of the worst of rupert, most salacious of rupert murdoch's tabloids who is now facing his own charges for perjury, no less. >> he lost that job. >> right. because of the scandal. on top of that, the police, the police investigating this stuff have also been corrupted. they have been taking money directly from these newspapers. it goes all the w

john kerry, scott brown, and other congressmen have formed the cranberry caucus. the caucus plans to educate members of congress and their staffs, federal agencies about the importance of cranberries. kerry's berries talked up the health benefits about the superfruit. the thing is this isn't all about health. it's about money. the cranberry industry is massachusetts's biggest food crop and employees 5,000 people and brings in $50 million a year. massachusetts produces 2 million barrels of cranberries a year which is 25% of the total in the country. only wisconsin is ahead of massachusetts in cranberry production. maybe you can get a bipartisan congress to solve all their problems. why have a caucus now? one word, sugar. governments have been cracking down on sugary drinks. the cranberry industry is worried they might get caught up in it. you need a lot of sugar. anyone who has mane cranberry sauce knows that. cranberry juice is lumped in with soda which is bad news for the industry. which is one of the reasons that john kerry now considers cranberries a pressing i