john ross at the same time was being opposed by this man and used democratic tools to fight back.ike other native american leaders, he didn't fight in a rebelon that would have been hopeless because the indians were outnumbered, he used propaganda, the cherokees started a newspaper. the cherokee phoenix. the articles were spread across the united states. supporters of cherokee rights figured out ways to make the news go viral in the 19th century media. they fought in congress they even sued in the u.s. supreme court. >> woodruff: did andrew jackson have a choice? did he have to do what he did? >> it would have been hard to find another choice if you were going to continue the expansion of the united states. there were other alternatives. one was simply stop this. stop doing this. recognize this native american nations have rights and leave them alone until such time that they feel they're willing to incorporate with the u.s. or sell their land without being coerced. that was an option. it would have been a very difficult option, though, because white settler, many of them were sla

he went up against cherokee chief john ross.ho did everything he had to keep his ancestral homeland including appealing to the supreme court. the epic struggle changed the face of america, and it is story the cohost of american edition explores in his new book. what drew you to this story of the president against the cherokee chief? >> my day job. this is sort of the back story. i go to the era in which american democracy was taking shape. jackson had a lot to do with that, and i argue this other man, john ross, had a lot to do with it as well. they battled over real estate in the system. laura: this was a land grab wasn't it, plain and simple? >> nothing is plain and simple about this story, but if you put it into a phrase, though it would be a land grab. the cherokees and other native nations in the southern u.s. had the right to their land. white settlers wanted the land and they were trying to figure out i do get it, so a lot of bribery, coercion, and warrants were used to get it done. laura: tell us about the tools used to

homeland security inspector john ross down it is mark connolly and george ogilvie ran up a significant bar tab before returning to the white house that night. connelly announce his retirement before the report was released. ogilvy is currently on his ministry to leave. leon: d.c. police are looking for a person who stabbed a woman to death in southeast. they took a call of a shooting on wheeler road. when they arrived, they found 46 rolled darlene bryant suffering from stab wounds. he was pronounced dead at the scene. if you have information at this incident, called d.c. policed. alison: police in vienna art reese -- are looking for the --leon: leon: jeff goldberg is here now with why police are investigate in the case. reporter: an autopsy was performed on that way today. police in vienna are awaiting results of the investigation -- continues. it is not being called a crime but the case is connected to a convicted criminal from tennessee. aaron toposki walked out of her home two days after the death of her three-year-old son who suffered a head injury after a fall here on sunday night

perot's office and i said mary you know that bronze statue in ross perot's office of the flagraising my dad john bradley is one of the guys on that statue. i am james bradley a son and i was wondering if i could talk to mr. perot. there was a silence and then i clicked. ross perot and i said mr. perot james bradley i have the stories that have never been told about the flagraisers. you have done a hollywood movie. you are a patriot and i have got the stories. that's get together and ross perot says if you take it to hollywood they are going to steal it from you and you won't have any control. what you have to do is you have to write a book and you have to make it heavy enough that if you drop it on your foot it hurts. but mr. perot what i was thinking and he was very polite and he heard me out making another pitch about a movie and then he said bradley he can do it that way. they will take it from you. what you have to do is write a book and it has to be heavy enough that if you'd drop it on your foot it hurts. he was so nice to me. i call them seven times over two weeks with my dream. i didn't

john kerry. he is the first opposition figure to win a presidential election in nigeria since independence. will ross reports. will: pomp and parade on a proud day for nigeria. power passing from one president to another might not sound like an extraordinary heat, but after a really fought election, mighty relief for this handover. supporters came to see their men make history. he's the first opposition candidate to have defeated a sitting president. but people were also here to thank goodluck jonathan for conceding and ensuring nigeria did not descend into chaos. politicians came from across africa and beyond. the u.s. secretary of state, keen to give nigeria's democracy the comes up. as he was sworn in, people could not hide their joy. this has been a day of celebration in nigeria, but the hope is the message of what happened here will go way beyond the country possible orders even if there is a fiercely contested election that can end up with a peaceful handover that happened here. the former military ruler knows he has a long to do list this time around. he promised to deal decisively with the ji

ross and niko kovig. representing the united kingdom is major general richard and mr. alex kirkshaw and world war ii veteran mr. johnlemen, please stand for the playing of "taps." ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, please be seated. at this time, we'll be playing the service songs. if you're a veteran or presently serving in our armed forces, please stand when you hear your service song is played. ladies and gentlemen, the armed forces medley. ♪ >> the united states coast guard. ♪ ♪ >> the united states marine corps. ♪ ♪ >> the united states army. ♪ the united states navy. ♪ ♪ and the united states air force. ♪ [ applause ] >> we hope you enjoyed today's ceremony. thank you very much for coming. >> we're also honored to welcome nearly 500 men who put on the uniform of their country, three quarters of a century ago to defend freedom. military veterans of the second world war from the army, the army air forces, the navy, the marine corps, coast guard and merchant marine. this event was conceived in large part to recognize the contributions they made to ultimate victory in europe and the pacific. several of those veterans wi

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