brian: the work of ken burns. how long did you spend on it?id: well, the sponsors saw it was, i think it was originally for hours or six hours, and then the sponsors saw it and said no, this has got to be increased. so we really had to tear it all apart and start all over again. of course the impact was tremendous. brian: what was the impact? david: people realized what the country had been through, the suffering and the slaughter. that is important to remember. we have been through some terrible, dark times, but we came out of it, we managed to survive, and in many ways, we are better for it. you think, for example, the influenza epidemic of 1918, 1919, less than a year, over 600,000 people died in our country. now, if that were to happen today, proportions of our population, that would be about 2 million people. now imagine 2 million people died in our country, and nobody knew how to get rid of it, nobody knew where it came from, or how long you would be sick. can you imagine that on the nightly news night after night, and we might get a lit

. >> so in 2013 this documentary comes out, and it's made by sarah burns, ken burns and david mcmahonwas missing with the time that was taken away, bring it back. >> it succeeds not just in raising what reasonable people would consider doubt as to the guilt of the central park five, it raises the possibility that they're actually innocent. >> that film was made while we had the equivalent of a gag order from a federal judge. we could not speak publicly, the daughter of the fil m h worked for the legal team of the five. so i didn't think we'd get a fair hearing. >> a judge has approved a41 million settlement with the five men wrongly convicted in the central park jogger attack. >> the settlement in this case was $41 million. most of the defendants each received $7 million. cory weiss received $13 million. >> this is amazing. >> it's a classic settlement. on the one hand, the defendants get $41 million. and on the other hand, the city sticks by its cops and prosecutors. says we are not going to hang them out to dry. they did not engage in police misconduct or prosecutorial misconduct. >

. >> she happens to be the daughter of ken burns. ken burns is not just anybody.vid mcmahon. >> by interviewing the five, and putting them on camera in a way that they hadn't really been before, i think was a new thing. >> you won't forget what you done lost. no money can bring the life that was missing. >> why me? cursed god out a couple of times. my faith was gone. >> i lost seven years of my life. i lost that sense of being youthful. >> it changed our life. in '89, it was such a media frenzy that we were scared to speak. but now we take the central park five and we wear it as a badge. and people see us for who we are. >> when the documentary comes out, it succeeds not just in raising what reasonable would consider doubt as to the guilt of the central park five. it raises the possibility that they're actually innocent. >> that film was made while we had the equivalent of a gag order from a federal judge. we could not speak publicly. the daughter of the filmmaker had worked for the legal team of the five. so i didn't exactly think we'd get a fair hearing. >> ken

when it comes to abraham lincoln, ken burns has dealt accurately,bject lincoln is the same person who we perhaps discounting that he is of the republican party and congress does have slaveowners? for theitical cover emancipation started with the d.c. emancipation, could it have had the political cover he that this was revenge? in other words, they are going to pay for breaking up the union? is and that with the abolitionist said from the beginning, that the slaves, the price of the union will be the end of slavery? himself knew he had political cover because of this? ms. medford: ok, we got it. there is a triumvirate of power in europe. england, france, germany is not unified until 1871. they are putting external pressure on lincoln. ms. clark-lewis: there is the internal issue of how to preserve the union. londonthe leaders in lincolnat the union, should just let the south go and the south will be choked off by international pressure. he refused to do that. i think the external pressure, internal problems, and the issue of how to create a union in spite of this institution is what we

i grew up on the can burns civil -- ken burns civil war.he more i read about this, the more i want to learn more. when it comes to abraham lincoln, and again ken burns dealt with this subject i thought fairly honestly and accurately, linking of course is is the samef course person who said, i would preserve the union by bringing all the slaves, some of the slaves, none of the slaves. so are we perhaps discounting the republican party, his congress does have democrats, has slaveowners in congress. theas a political cover for emancipation, starting with the d.c. emancipation, could it have been the political cover he had that this was revenge against the south? in other words, they are going to pay for breaking up the union. isn't that what the abolitionists said from the beginning, that the price of this union will be the end of slavery? >> are you saying -- >> i am saying perhaps that lincoln himself knew he had political cover. >> i think we've got it. there is a triumvirate of power in europe. althoughfrance, and germany isn't unified unt

i mean american so i can speak best about the united states you know saving private ryan we had ken burns documentary series but it's very very american centric but i guess we should expect that here but this was a world war and the soviet war effort is absolutely critical do western audiences really know that i mean in moscow here this is a victory day it's a big day in this country in the post soviet space it's not the case in the u.k. where the united states i think a certain times they've known it but it gets forgotten what. well i think in britain we're a little obsessed about our own role in the second world war which is a very important event for us partly because of what's happened to person since the second world war so that it's the. landmark of the moment when britain stood alone that's part of our national identity should be to be very proud of but the problem with being proud of standing alone is you tend to perhaps downplay the role of those who stood alongside you and i think that that's one of the problems the british have of conceding affection perhaps for any of our alli

. >> the slogan heritage not hate is not something you would have heard in a ken burns doc. important until t the '90s. >> this confederate flag doesn't represent the same as in a klansman's happens. two totally different thing. >> when the confederate flag is in the hand of a klansman, what does it represent them. >> white supremacy. >> how about in your hands. >> this means the south and anybody that belongs to the south. >> we both know that symbol causes a lot of people pain who live in the south. >> i don't think it cause people pain the at the time this confederate battle flag was put out there. >> you don't think they were pained to see that. >> i think eventually in the hands of the wrong people it did. i'm talking about when it first was made, it was just a design. >> this is america. we have free expression. i support that. if you want to carry it, i'm happy for you. the people that are hung up on, when you see these statues in public spaces that are celebrating a part of america's history that was divisive and violent and for the sub jrjugat doesn't seem right. >>

mccaul: i've covered a lot but in broad terms, in terms of foreign policy, look at the ken burns documentary "vietnam." when you get your foreign policy wrong, you put the military in, the communist threlt was real but there was also independence from china, independence from the french and the americans came in. got to get your foreign policy right before you put the military in. that's what we'll talk about in the sahal in africa. diplomats, when the diplomats fail that's when we go to war. i think part of this projected strength, i'm a churchill guy, he said weakness invites agregs. he stood up to hitler. a visionary about hitler. i think kennedy was strong against communism. reagan, peace through strength. those are axioms i live by in my political career. i think at the end of the day in the previous administration i saw this theme where our allies no longer trusted us and our enemies no longer feared us. condoleezza rice said you want everybody to like you, but they're not always going to like you. if they don't like you, you want them to fear you. you want to work with them but you ha

i wanted to also mention the ken burns documentary, i don't know how money people have seen it, 18 hours, and i think the part that corresponded to what we are addressing today was about a minute and a half, for whatever that says about what the american public wants to know about the downside of all of this. >> talking about the px and the expansion -- i think the question of where does the money go as interesting, but more specifically, who benefited from this? did money go to build more of these? that is plausible. someone had to be profiting from this, or why the expansions? ms. lair: some of it is, there are officers whose job it is to provide these services to american military personnel, and they are evaluated based on how successful they do that. they are in a sense professionally incentivized to grow the system, but a lot of the base development came from base commanders who were very locally concerned about what they could do to improve conditions, and i think it is illustrative of contemporary american life, we are invested in consumption of proving our value and making oursel

>> i've covered a lot, but i think in broad terms, in terms of foreign policy, you look at the ken burns documentary on vietnam. when you get your foreign policy wrong, and you put the military in, the communist threat was real. but there was also about independence from china, independence from the french, and then the americans came in. you got to get your foreign policy right before you put the military in. and that's where we're talking about in africa. you got to get the foreign policy right. diplomats -- when the gloediplo fail, that's when we go to war. part is projecting strength. i'm a churchill guy. you know? weakness invites aggression. he stood up to hitler. he's visionary about hitler. i think kennedy was strong against communism. and reagan, peace through strength. those are things i live by in my political career. in the previous administration, i saw this theme where our allies no longer trusted us and our enemies no longer feared us. and condoleezza rice gave me a good lecture. you want everybody to like you, but they're not all going to like you. and if they don't like

along with notes from fans across the world the book also has stories from his close friends, ken burnsve to remind all of us of the incredible ways that tony changed lives. there are great photos in here as well illustrating anthony's travels from around the world, it illustrates all of the people and the places that he went, the people he encountered during his pretty legendary career. there's this one photo in here, it's become pretty iconic, it's the picture of anthony and president barack obama sharing a meal and deer in vietnam. we were all lucky enough to work with anthony, we all have our own special memories of his time here at cnn. >> we really are so excited to share our memories of anthony and celebrate the impact of his work with this book. anthony's birthday is coming up later in june so his friends invite you to share your favorite memories and stories of anthony bourdain with the #bourdaindaytocelebrate. >> on june 25th we are celebrating anthony bourdain's birthday and we want all of you to celebrate tony's life. >> yes, by cheering to tony anywhere you want with anyone

you look at ken burns document in vietnam, when you get your foreign policy wrong and you put the militaryin, the communist threat was real. got independents from the french and the americans came in. you to get your foreign policy right. this is what we are talking about africa, you to get the foreign policy right. when diplomats fail that's when we go to war. part of it is projecting strength. churchill, invites aggression and stood up to hillary, i think kennedy was strong against communism and reagan peace through strength. those are actions that i've kind of lived by in my political career and the previous administration, i saw this theme where our allies no longer trusted us and our enemies no longer feared us and condoleezza rice gave me a good lecture, you want them to like you but they will not all like you and if they don't like you, you want them to fear you. you want to work with them but you have to yet to negotiate out a strength. i think the president has negotiated out strength and i think we are changing our doctrine now where allies like israel now do trust us, we don't h

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ken bishop. the 51-year-old was from san mateo. three cars involved. bishop was in one of them. the belongings of that choir burned up. but they got help. a berkeley couple and the police officers association and even the hotel helped to accommodate the member of that choir. >>> a well known civil rights attorney is apologizing tonight. it started with a speech where angela who once ran for mayor are a petedly used the "n" word. mark, she's very well known. what are the repercussions here? >> reporter: well, we'll wait and see what the repercussions are going to be, but she says she was trying to do the right thing, tell a woman in the audience the "n" word is unacceptable in any workplace environment, and she said the actual word. april 24th, former county ple the wan tawanda complained she was called the "n" word on the job and her employers did nothing. angela responded herself using the "n" word a half a dozen times, drawing sharp reaction from the aiee. >> i have apologized profusely. i have asked for forgiveness. i am so sorry. >> reporter: she told me today she went overboard and says the chairman did the right

talking about tackling the burning injustices, and that became a leitmotif for what she wanted to do but was never able to do, because her whole premiership was totally and utterly ta kent that she never got on to that other agenda. that is another thing that strikes me. although i guess there will be some sadness in tory ranks, that here was a prime minister that did her best, an immense sense of public duty, but failed, at the same timei public duty, but failed, at the same time i think they will be relief. relief in this sense that parliament has basically ground to a halt. i was speaking to one tory mp the other day who were saying, i didn't come here to do nothing, but that is has happened. you would wander around parliament on wednesday afternoon after pmqs and it would be deserted because there was no legislation and nothing to do and all of these many issues that everybody knows we face as a country, whether it is housing, social care, if you take social care, i have lost count of how many times different health secretaries have said, i have got my green paper, we will be producing its own, we are going to do something. everybody knows it is a massive problem.