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>> john d rockefeller, junior. he was the oil baron. john d. rockefeller, jr. was the most complicated of all the rockefellers, i mean, none of us may be totally honest with ourselves, i'm not sure he may have recognize or was willing to acknowledge the degree to which his own philanthropic activities, which took a lifetime, he decided early on he was not going to go into business, he was not going to follow in his father's footsteps, except in philanthropic footsteps. he was never in any way redemptive. he never was trying to make up for some of the criminal activities that had been alleged against his father and the making of standard oil, which >> how long did it take you to write this book? 14 years? >> 14 years. >> what were the origins of the book? >> the origins of the book was traced back to a day in 1989, i was 14 years old in august of 1968, and had earned money and had managed to get tickets as a guest of the massachusetts delegation to the republican convention in miami where i was on the floor during a rockefeller demonstration. i can go back four

the john d. and catherine t.acarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org. park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the kohlberg foundation. barbara g. fleischman. and by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. >>> welcome. as you've heard, eric holder has announced that he's resigning as attorney general. he will leave behind a mixed scorecard -- "a" for civil rights, "c" for civil liberties and "f" for failing to prosecute the banking executives who brought about the financial calamity of 2008. holder let the bankers off the hook individually as he negotiated civil settlements with their institutions for issuing mortgage-backed securities tied to faulty where a federal jury acquitted four mortgage holders charged with fraud after hearing testimony that bank executives had pulled out all the sto

the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org. park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the kohlberg foundation. barbara g. fleischman. and by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. >>> welcome. rarely has a novel been so universally acclaimed as marilynne robinson's "lila." "an unflinching book," says "the new yorker." "an exquisite novel of spiritual redemption and love," reports "the washington post." and that's just for starters in this latest of her books examining the lives of a minister, his wife, their son and neighbors in a fictional town in iowa. the first, "gilead," won marilynne robinson the pulitzer prize. "home" followed. and now "lila," nominated just this week for the national book award, filled, as one reviewer wrote, "with quiet epiphanies." exact

the john d. and catherine t.acarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org. park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the kohlberg foundation. barbara g. fleischman. and by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. >>> welcome. even if you're in denial, and i hope you're not -- you know about climate change. everyone can see the wildfires and drought in california. the fatal flash floods in arizona. the punch of a hurricane pounding mexico's baja coast, the strongest in nearly 50 years, battering locals and trapping tourists in their hotels. these disasters are made more powerful by global warming, and it's only going to get worse for us and for future generations. unless we act now. that's why more than 120 world leaders are coming to new york city next tuesday for the u.n.'s global summit on climat

the john d. and catherine t.macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org. park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the kohlberg foundation. barbara g. fleischman. and by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. >>> welcome. there are roughly 80 million evangelical christians in america, and for years a majority of their ranks have refused to take global warming seriously. many were swayed by the likes of rush limbaugh, who said, "if you believe in god, then yi6 ñ intellectually you cannot believe in manmade global warming. you must be either agnostic or atheistic to believe that man controls something he can't create." then there is the powerful republican james inhofe of the senate committee on the environment and public works, who said, "god's still up there, and the arrogance of people to thi

the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org. park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the kohlberg foundation. barbara g. fleischman. and by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. >>> welcome. i'll wager that in the first seven pages of this book, "losing our way," you will be hooked. and when you close the final chapter, you will have seen our country as you haven't in a long time -- intimately, through the eyes of a great reporter. his stories take us across america, from the best buy headquarters in minnesota to ordinary homes in allentown, pennsylvania. you will meet jessica gallardo at her high school in brooklyn, and rico and frankie blancaflor of montclair, new jersey, survivors of hurricane sandy. you will never forget what happened in an orchard in afghan

the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org. park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the kohlberg foundation. barbara g. fleischman. and by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. >> welcome. here we go again. >> as i -- as i report to you, air attacks are underway against military targets in iraq. president bill clinton on december 16, 1998 -- -- good evening. earlier today, i ordered america's armed forces to strike military and security targets in iraq. -- my fellow citizens, at this hour, american and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm iraq, to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger. -- to stop the advance on erbil, i've directed our military to take targeted strikes against isil terrorist convoys shou

the john d. and catherine t.acarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org. park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the kohlberg foundation. barbara g. fleischman. and by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. >> welcome. it's unbelievable, and frankly outrageous, that in the last four years, close to half the states in this country have passed laws making it harder for people to vote. but it's true. and whereas once upon a time, in the south of my youth, it was democrats who used the poll tax, literacy tests and outright intimidation to keep black people from voting, today it's the republicans working the levers of suppression, as if something in their dna demands it. listen to one of the founding fathers of the conservative movement, paul weyrich, back in 1980. >> i don't want everybody to vot

you had people like john d rockefeller, who would literally disrespect porters to the point that whenf the train, instead of politely handing them a tip, he and his wife would begin to walk away down the platform, and rockefeller would flip a dime or a nickel back at the porter. pullman porters disliked athletes. babe ruth, if he had a bad game, guaranteed that he would take some way to wreck his accommodations on the train. of all people, jackie robinson, first african american baseball player in the big leagues, was known that if he had a bad day on the field, he took it out on his pullman accommodations. and the pullman porter was responsible for that. they ended up having to pay for that damage, having to pay for things that were taken off of the train. pullman porters and how they were treated -- a lot of times, in the south, on the plantations, a porter would be referred to by the master's name. the individual porter's name was not recognized, and the individual slave's name was not recognized. on pullman cars, you would hear pullman porters called george. "hey, george," in refe

major support for frontline is provided by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. more information is available at macfound.org. additional support is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the ford foundation, working with visionaries on the front lines of social change worldwide. at fordfoundation.org. the wyncote foundation. and by the frontline journalism fund, with major support from jon and jo ann hagler. >> it's small town america. it's football games on friday nights. >> everybody gets along, everybody knows everybody. this is a nice country community. >> corsicana is a wonderful place to live, but every town has their bad people in it, and bad things happen in every town. so we're no different than anybody else. >> it was the 23rd of december. "the price is right" was on, that was what i was watching. two or three of the girls went out on the back patio and come running in the house, and said, "mamma, i think sheila'

major support for frontliis provided by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information is available at macfound.org. additional support is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the ford foundation, working with visionaries on the front lines of social change worldwide. at fordfoundation.org. the wyncote foundation. and by the frontline journalism fund, with major support from jon and jo ann hagler, and additional support from millicent bell through the millicent and eugene bell foundation. >> the last american combat brigade has begun leaving the country. >> martin smith: it was late 2011 when american troops finally left iraq. >> for u.s. soldiers, the war in iraq has come to an end. >> smith: after eight long years, the war seemed like it was over. >> the last u.s. soldier is out of iraq. >> smith: iraq's leaders said they were ready to go it alone. >> history in the making. >> smith: prime minister nouri al mal

to talk about a letter i received from the gentleman the staff planner did an september 30th from john d bean a general attorney for at&t i trust you guys have read the letter letter really deals with the legality of the basis of denying this application mr. the gentleman talks about the prohibition and there is a two-step task involved when you employ that effective prohibition i'm no lawyer dpu but this is the first task whether or not a significant grasping gap in the coverage exist and they've shown through a third party there is a gap that exists and whether or not they've provided a bridging of gap and i guess where i go with that the words sufficient evidence in my mind the application n is less than robust i mean 1320 is not mentioned and literally i took this from someone else on the screen just to let you guys see with the building is on jackson it's an obvious admission in the report i know the gentleman addresses it here but it's an afterthought why was that not addressed in the original application i want to direct your attention on page 2 paragraph 3 one opponent questions

major support for frontliis provided by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information is available at macfound.org. additional support is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the ford foundation, working with visionaries on the front lines of social change worldwide. at fordfoundation.org. the wyncote foundation. and by the frontline journalism fund, with major support from jon and jo ann hagler, and additional support from bill and cile hicks. >> the iraqis had gathered around the statue and were throwing their shoes at it. >> what struck me was the iraqis couldn't pull it down themselves. >> it was obvious it wasn't going to happen. it would be a pretty anticlimactic moment if we didn't help. >> it was a dramatic moment. it was an american flag that went on it first. that's almost a metaphor for what's happened since. you know, then, ultimately, well, an iraqi flag was put on it, and enough photographs were ta