of and johnston went on. johnston had courage. he was worshipped by the president, perhaps by some of his men, but i think there's not enough evidence to make prognostiction. >> my name is craig, and both davis and lincoln faced divisions and dissent and resistance to their policies, and i'm wondering if you can comment on a comparative scale and character of that resistance. >> well, in the case of lincoln, most of the opposition to his policies came from the democrats who voted solidly against many of the war measures and solidly against the antislavery or emancipationist measures in congress. in the case of davis -- well, i'll let jack talk about that -- it didn't come through the political party process. but because -- i'm just repeating myself -- the party organization and the republicans' discipline in congress, lincoln was able to overcome most of that dissent and opposition. now, in the press, i think the democratic opposition was stronger, and you'll get an awful lot of sniping at lincoln from the democratic press and fro

so you would have three forces converging on joe johnston's 55 to 60,000 man army all at once. mcclellan would have nearly three-to-one numerical superiority over the army in northern virginia, and while there was no guarantee of victory in the peninsula, this advantage would have been considerable for mcclellan and very difficult for johnston to have defended against, three directions perhaps simultaneously. okay. we have jackson's victory at winchester. everything changed in the valley. the question now, jackson's at harpers ferry now. the question before lincoln was clear, what should he now do with fremont and mcdowell. should he permit them to join mcclellan or should he employ them against the unknowing force supposedly confronting geary? there was no panic in lincoln's decision, again, they were simply the wrong ones. on the afternoon of may 24th, he telegraphed his decision. in consequence of general banks' critical position, i am compelled to suspend general mcdowell's movements to you. the enemy is making a desperate push on harpers ferry and we are trying to throw fr

scott likely, like george thomas, joseph johnston and many others was a virginian but a virginian who decided to stay loyal to the united states, but he also looked upon the possibility of a war that would ravage his native state of virginia with great distress and i think he wanted to have a war that would be so limited that it would not accomplish very much construction, that it would bring the south back into the union with very little bitterness and hatred and killing and suffering, but clearly the war was going to emerge into something quite different from scott's vision, and by the summer or by the fall of 1861, both because of his age and infirmities but also because of the nature of the war it was passing him by and he wanted to retire. he did retire and remember 1861, replaced by george b. mcclellan who at that moment was the great man on horseback to try to win this war for the union, and both the press and president lincoln had a great deal of confidence in this young 34-year-old, less than half of scott's age to take over and infuse great energy, and aggression in the unio

coming up author david cay johnston tells us how little the rich pay in taxes. that's next.od icon oliver stone. >> i'm not an activist, i'm outspoken. i'm a dramatist. vanguard: the documentary series that redefined tv journalism. >>we're going to places where few others are going. >>it doesn't get anymore real than this. >>occupy! "vanguard" new episodes coming soon. only on current tv. >> eliot: in 2009 taxpayers with the 400 highest incomes which average $200 million paid an average income takes rate of just under 20%. to put that into perspective it's the same rate as a single worker who made $110,000 that same year. $110,000 is no small amount, but it's not as much as $544,000, which is what the top 400 taxpayers made on average each day. it doesn't take an economist to see something is wrong with this system. joining me now david cay johnston whose latest column entitled "the fortunate 400" releasing irs data detailing the effective tax rate of the 400 largest incomes in the united states. david, thanks for some of your time tonight. >> glad to be here. >> eliot: in t

joining me now david cay johnston whose latest column entitled "the fortunate 400" releasing irs datative tax rate of the 400 largest incomes in the united states. david, thanks for some of your time tonight. >> glad to be here. >> eliot: in this article does not outrage people and make their blood boil i don't know what will. tell us what you found, and tell us what your conclusions are? >> well, the average income of the 400 highest incomes reported on tax returns, not the highest incomes in america, just the highest in reported. six of those made zero federal income tax. another 110 paid less than 15%. they paid between $1 and 15%. if you're a single worker and you make $610,500 you pay 15% just in federal income taxes not counting social security state income taxes or any other levies. only 82 of the 400 paid 30% or more, which is the buffet rule standard being discussed. this is the first time in the 15 years they've done this report that in the past either all 400 or 398 or 399 paid the tax. it's now 6. it's part of a trend where more and more high-income people are paying littl

it is between clarendon and johnstone. right around there. it is a 35-person block. >> it goes beyond that point. >> i was looking at clarendon. that is somethign different. i would look at what is inside. >> is the block immediately to the west. not the second. i think that is the block. >> that is a population of 35 people. >> the proposal or purpose of this proposal? >> i know the direction. the purpose as in why. >> geographically, they are connected to 7. >> i would counter by saying the block to the west and the east also face clarendon. i am ok with brit is. >> the population and resulting deviations? >> the population is 35 people. the deviation for district 5 would be 1.96%. >> i would like to see the west of twin peaks labor quit later. >> -- neighborhood layer. >> i think we had heard testimony from the twin peaks improvement association with that. they saw twin peaks boulevard as being a strong border. >> the purple is the west of twin peaks council submission. >> thank you. any other questions? deviation, -0.69%. commissioner tid

the southeast corner of the highlighted area, clarendon and johnstone? the northwest corner is judah? south of there, , is that correct? can you just walk me through getting from their along the south? what are those named streets, or how do you describe that, is what i'm trying to figure out. >> and then christopher. >> uh-huh. >> that is on the other side. >> that is crest mont. that is the cabinet. >> ok. and i guess my problem with this is not in describing it, crestmont and some point there, and it is to a point north, at fourth, it becomes very difficult to describe. >> difficult for whom? >> to the consultants, the lawyers, you know? rather than speak for them, consultants, would this be difficult to describe? >> it looks straightforward with the id tool. >> it certainly is a census block, no question, but the streets do not connect, so in terms of describing it, crestmont drive does not get to fourth and kirkum. >> i understand, and you just said it was difficult to describe. >> and i am just wondering. >> we can work with that. there may be some

jim thinker stop and carolyn johnston. >> good afternoon. i'd like to start by thanking the supervisors today for their leadership and vision as well as recon park for their community outreach. my name is cell chicago -- chelsea parrish. i'm with the trust republic land. it works to con serve land for people and create parks across america. i support the parks bond because it is necessary to maintain san francisco parks in order to fulfill open space needs for the residents. the state of disrare that many of the parks fall into is a testament to their heavy use. restoration is required for the continued quality for both san francisco residents and visitors. thank you. >> thank you. thanks for coming. next speaker. >> i have some slides. >> i'm a frequent user of the natural area, mcglarne, glenn canyon, sharp park, spring grove. and i just want to talk about why it's so important to address the national areas program as part of looking at the bond. the 2004 assessment showed that people used the walking trails and biking trails as the most u

just for memory sake, didn't you go on a date with levi johnston or something like that?are you question my relationship of a sexual nature with levi johnston? how dare you. i almost spanked myself for a minute. >> jimmy: why are you scared of oprah? >> i feel that she and ryan seacrest are trying to kill me. yes and i feel that not if but when i show up slain in my hollywood hills home, you should go to oprah's house first and then ryan seacrest. >> jimmy: i will do that. >> you probably have the keys. >> if you put it out there, then you're protected. because if oprah is the prime suspect in your murder -- >> i'm just telling america, that if anything happens to me, a wayward bottle or gunshot, go to oprah's house, or ask gayle. she'll have all the secrets. >> jimmy: what about ryan? do you think ryan genuinely dislikes you? >> i believe he's trying to kill me, yes. >> jimmy: why do you say that? >> i believe he's trying to kill america, one kardashian at a time. thank you. >> jimmy: you might be right about that. have you been keeping up with the kardashians? >> i can

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kerry johnston time for a look at the headlines now nato looms over syria as alliance members turkey claims the downing of its military jet by the masses was an attack on the entire block syria says it in self-defense by shooting down the plane which violated its airspace on friday. president putin towards the middle east pushing for dialogue between israelis and palestinians have been already focused on the syrian conflict and nuclear iran during his visit. on the eurozone crisis claims its fifth victim cyprus asked for multi billion euro bailout to rescue its people banking sector and finance its debts it follows in the footsteps of spain which saw twenty eight of its banks downgraded to madrid asked for financial aid. special report on the russian orthodox church for. we're old believe us we're not supposed to be public people we'd rather not be filmed or shown on television we're supposed to live a quiet life and keep distant from worldly masses that's what we need if we're to keep our traditions we be glad not to be disturbed too much. with it and we're. in the world with. a. in

>> i think both mark johnston and deputy secretary gould make an important point to be mindful of. we should assume strength in the individuals as they return from service. just remarkable discipline and courage our rush to pa thol jazz is something we should question. certainly so many men and women are coming back with physical and psychological injuries that need to be addressed. but not all of the veterans more than good information and good access to stable housing. and so the mainstream housing industry and the mainstream affordable housing industry can really handle most of this. . i thought it was wonderful framing that deputy gould made around rescue servicefuls. let's avoid meating those and doing more on the affordable rental front. maybe the call to arms is really more about how to make good access to mainstream housing by making the process of accessing it the best customer service experience anybody has had. right now it's the information gap. where do you go for help if you need it? that leads people down a slippery slope, where they need more services. for the most

you're watching kerry johnston syrian leader bashar al assad has flatly rejected any state involvement in the water calling it a monstrous massacre the president went on to blame not the opposition but the foreign backed fighters in syria he says are spreading chaos what he says foreign intervention may be the ultimate intention. ten days after the terrible massacre in the syrian city of houla the world is still watching to see how this tipping point will shape the crisis while there is still at least some hope of a peaceful solution many analysts believe those hopes are fading fast the american british and french push for military intervention in syria is absolutely enormous we've seen hague of course william hague the british foreign secretary calling for intervention we've seen the new french president saying the same thing the americans.

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but are you watching r t well news and much more twenty four hours a day on kerry johnston. syrian air defenses have destroyed turkish fighter jets off it violated airspace in the country's north korea however is now vowing decisive action in response let's now talk to our correspondent in damascus methanol for more on this developing story and she joins us on the line now maria bring us up to speed on the details what do we know so far. ok you say they're trying to foreign airplane making more internet or to raise. more questions are not answered a lot of confirmed information and conflicting reports now we finally have a how to fight the syrian and turkish reaction of hearing made here we are here in the fall to lead the country ministry he shot down a turkish plane and they'd been called into international law and they say and then if i could just pull the regulation that patented this from the west wing phone from the madrid train it's also reported that the airplane has been flooded will execute which it takes for an try for a longer range and then following images from

johnston say it is team has to do a lot of talking. an actual design of the proposed arena is still a ways off. the team must go through the specks and possible project before it can hire an architect. david stevenson, ktvu news. >>> the city is looking at ways to help people skip the line when it comes to condo. people have to enter a lottery for just 200 spots. it will allow owners to pay for a condo conversion. the plan would bring in needed revenue but opponents say it would lead to a loss of rental units in the city. >>> a key witness took the stand and said he saw the former penn coach engaged in a sex act with a young boy in the campus showers. mccreary testified he saw sandusky in the showers with a boy between the ages of 10 and 12. he said sandusky was standing naked behind the boy. he says he slammed the door in an attempt to separate them. and he said when he returned, the two were apart. >>> prosecutors claim shelley zimmerman took tens of thousands of the dollars out of her husband's account before george zimmerman's bond

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r m kerry johnston thousands of angry egyptians say their country's democracy is going nowhere even as the nation heads to the polls for a run off presidential vote the muslim brotherhood mohamed morsi faces ousted my barracks and else prime minister let's shafique but whoever wins will take over without that is this dominated parliament which has been dissolved by the supreme court. it was judges who recent heard mention elections where. the ruling military council has now as you know making authority even a new president yet to be determined by a constitution which is still in the pipeline cairo based human rights activists or even naming the ballot as a viable option. there's a very very big chance that mass protests arise in the case that either he or morsi win because sadly many people see that both of them do not represent the revolution obviously which is a worse candidate simply because he represents the mubarak regime that the.

i'm kerry johnston. syria has plunged into a full scale civil war so says the head of the un peacekeeping operation that he added that fighting had reached a previously unseen ferocity as government forces seek to blunt a nationwide offensive by the rebels who had withdrawn from the internationally backed cease fire point now has more on developments at the u.n. the u.n. peacekeeping chiefs are a lot too who recently made those comments saying that the conflict in syria is now a civil war he is the first you want to fishel to have made that type of declaration following the fifteen months of violence taking place and ask leading in syria now of course his words can carry a lot of political weight inside of the security council where the u.s. and its western allies are pushing for sanctions against the assad government now this is been a campaign ongoing for months now the u.s. pretty much leaving it trying to get to russia.

for costing lives from moscow this is our kara johnston hundreds of thousands of egyptians have packed into the now iconic tahrir square in cairo rallying for the death penalty for former president hosni mubarak and leading the protests for the country's is the mists out in force ahead of the looming presidential vote in the country and eager to capitalize on burgeoning on the rest of his term barton is in tahrir square. thousands of protesters have converged here square in the center of cairo you can hear the sounds of protests reverberating around the square around me a real feeling of anger in the streets tonight and it's primarily focused around the verdict in the mubarak trial hosni mubarak egypt's former president is now going to spend the rest of his life in prison it seems unless the protesters get their way at least some of them wanting to do a bit more of a back door knocks and to give him the death penalty and what really set them off was six of his senior security officials who were acquitted of involvement in the deaths of hundreds of protesters in each.

kerry johnston well the latest installment of show is premiering today here in l a t with the f.b.i. now apparently among the ranks of loyal viewers the agency is said to have been given the green light to launch a surveillance mission on a prominent whistleblower everyone in contact with him a number of his guests have been stopped and interrogated by agents with one even offered the chance to turn f.b.i. informant what is going to church account has more on the story now. u.s. officials say there is no indictment against julian assange but apparently the u.s. is going after him after all in their quest for evidence they might he watching the sounds show here on our t.v. or else how would several of the shows and gives you interrogated by u.s. officials about the week it leaks founder this week's episode features one of them that's jeremy zimmerman an internet freedom advocate who's based in friends at the airport traveling from the united states to friends he will stop by self identified f.b.i. agents and questioned about.

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his failure to pursue general joseph johnston's army after the fall of vicksburg recalled meade's inner shah after gettysburg. the victories at chattanooga might well have come more from bragg's bungling than from grant's strategy. and now he was facing the best the south had to offer. robert e. lee and the army of northern virginia. this would be an entirely new ball game. one officer who quickly dismissed such reasoning was confederate general james longstreet. old pete knew grant well. he had been his best man at his wedding. long street warned those who would listen that man will fight us every day and every hour till the end of the war. as for grant facing the already legendary lee, the "new york times" asked rhetorically, that is true enough but do these people ever think that if it be true grant has never fought lee it is equally true that lee has never met grant. by march 27th, grant had established his field headquarters at culpepper. he was near but not next to the army of the potomac, a decision of his choosing. his war aims in the forthcoming campaign were twofold. first, gr

around the world and around the clock you're watching our take on kerry johnston despite pakistan's repeated demands for immediate end to u.s. led drone strikes in the country reports of fresh attacks are continuing at least three people believed to be militants have been killed in the latest incident but with their identities hot a very far there are concerns that america's war drones could be causing civilian deaths in the process so called collateral damage what is going to chicken explains . reports about u.s. drone strikes impact. and coming more and more often we're getting used to hearing in the media such and such number of terrorists was killed with no way to verify it really there are no names attached to those numbers usually but earlier this month american officials proudly announced that a drone strike in pakistan killed one of his top commanders almost two weeks later a video with the same men yeah yeah levy was posted online.

we're watching artie's weekly news review on kerry johnston welcome to the program the russian e.u. summit kicks off later today in st petersburg putin has already met some of europe's main players this week on a trip taking in germany and france he talked tough on nato expansion u.s. missile defense shield plans and moscow stance on the ongoing violence in syria. has the details now. wasn't putting his first stop was in minsk which many saw as an indication that that russia's foreign policy now will focus more on its closest neighbors and the c.i.s. countries many observers also saw this visit as the beginning of the supposedly planned of economic and eastern bloc now off you went afterwards to berlin on a whirlwind visit which lasted for only hof the date was going to put an end german chancellor angela merkel seemed to see eye to eye on the matters concerning syria now earlier in the week u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton said that russia is aiding to the troubles in syria by continuing to support the regime of president bashar al assad to which of course the russian presid

let's not talk to political writer donna johnston she joins me now from paris as well it looks like the socialist in the left wing parties are heading for a majority after the second round still to come what you think large behind the success well there was a tension so you can say that there was a very much into the ism for this election people are a little tired of it but it also shows i think the growth of this sort of two party system despite the fact is possibilities of voting for a range of color is because. the chunk of the party did rather better than he did in some ways and in the socialist are under way possibly to have them a majority of their own without having to depend. on their children who show on the left front. so it's been very much yeah it is since the president is a socialist well let's go along with that party it's a very much of a party kind of. victory on land promised when he got the presidency and it looks look like that he's going to be able to push these reforms ahead challenge and one thing that was of course he's added to towards the brussels and berlin met

this is our weekly news review of kerry johnston welcome to the program. now ecuador's the president is considering a whistleblower julian assange has claimed for political asylum but it's not said when a decision will be made that we can expound has been the country's embassy in london since tuesday attempting to avoid extradition to sweden alleged sex crimes doors ambassador to the u.k. has been recalled to a chemical keiter to brief the government during a sundress protected inside the embassy there a petition police arresting breaching bail conditions once he steps outside world's most famous whistleblower sort of asylum from the ecuadorians because they're sympathetic to his struggles but also wants to avoid ending up in the u.s. where he fears the death penalty sarah ferguson will. be held under house arrest and oppressed by the government in an effort to silence a pro-democracy message to the public but we're not talking about famous political dissident. she is now free and being warmly welcomed by the british government we're talking about the west

where you're watching ati's weekly news review on the kerry johnston welcome to the program the russian e.u. summit kicks off later today but. has already met some of europe's main players this week on a trip taking in germany and france he talked tough on nato expansion u.s. missile defense shield plans. and ongoing violence in syria. has the details now. wasn't putting his first stop was in school which many saw as an indication that russia's foreign policy now will focus more on its closest neighbors and the c.i.s. countries many observers also saw this visit.

live from moscow on carrie johnston a car a court is set to announce whether egypt's ousted president hosni mubarak is guilty of complicity in mass murder he's accused of ordering security forces to fire on protesters demonstrating against his rule during last year's revolution more than eight hundred people were killed in the crackdown in the barrack refutes the charges which could see him in prison for decades or even executed when you know what to breathe it seems comparable if he's guilty judgement day comes as thousands of egyptians are rallying against ongoing military rule barracks last prime minister and shafique who's running for the presidency in faces as the brotherhood candidate hunted you see a second round vote later this month well neither is perceived as a champion of the revolution many took part in it some observers predicting the revolt. the verdict will be mostly political as opposed to adhere to any sort of justice related. it matters however on the other hand if mubarak is off the hook the chances are their evolution might find another way of violent expression t

i'm kerry johnston. the world's top whistleblower says he's optimistic about his political asylum bit in his first public comments since walking into the ecuadorian embassy in london with a request for refuge to his son joseph said the u.s. was building a case against him he applied for diplomatic refuge as he faces extradition from britain to sweden which could eventually see him transferred across the atlantic well sarah ferguson london for us now with more on this syria what else did the sand have to say. well it's very interesting hearing here and calls everyone only been coming. to me and. it is the more generous one thing to call poll question exactly how during the phone just feeling well thank you. now it is there into the into actually how he is feeling after taking this very dramatic me and you think. that you know well. he's not entirely sure whether or not it's clean for signing from ecuador again to be successful and you know the big question no three one wanting to know exactly how this gam