but paul joyal knew what it was and what it could do.friend effectively burned to death from radioactivity. >> it's a horrible death. it's a gruesome death. he lived longer than he -- than any man normally would under those circumstances. and he lived just long enough, within 12 hours long enough, for them to finally determine that it was polonium versus something else. >> why, if he had died 12 hours earlier, would it have made any difference? >> because they wouldn't have found out. they would have marked the death certificate as death unknown. he would have been put in the ground, and it would have been just a mystery. unknown -- unknown assailants. turn the page, move on. >> it's the key of this murder. polonium 210 was discovered and now we know exactly sasha was killed by polonium 210. >> it's an almost perfect murder weapon. polonium has no smell, little taste, and without specialized equipment, it's undetectable. the amount that killed litvinenko, slipped into something he ate or drank, was no larger than a grain of salt. but tha

the officers then voted unanimously to remain joyal -- george. loyal to one of the staff officers made the comment that the united states is indebted for the republican form of government, solely to the republicanism of general washington at that time. that was a political performance that george made to a t. he had the chance to become king , king george the first of itrica and he did not accept . in fact, nine months later george washington traveled to annapolis america -- and annapolis, maryland and there, he would finally once and for all surrender his sword to be civilian government. you could say that perhaps this is his greatest achievement, that he arrived that morning, the already said farewell to his officers andtaff he rode into annapolis that day alone, entered into the when i taught at the naval academy some years ago i took my students there to show them this momentous setting. congresse continental or articles of congress had convened and the galleries were full. backgrounde in the is the white-haired lady. the artist's is supposed