i went to laramie wyoming in early 2000 to write a screenplay for a made for television movie. might background his film and television i went there to write a made for television movie about the story that i believed at the time which was the basic hate crime story that matthew had been lured out of a bar in laramie wyoming because he was gay and he was fatally beaten and tied to a fence. that was a story i believe. i spent -- when i went to laramie and february of 2000 at that time this was just a few months after aaron mckenney's trial which ended in early november of 1999. during the entire year that the case was going on all of the principle witnesses in the case of all of the principles in the case may forstmann and people who worked at the courthouse everyone that was involved was under a gag order so they could not talk about the case for a full year. there was also a court order to seal all the records in the case so the records were sealed also for that year. journalists who went to laramie once the crime happened and tt

i went to laramie, wyoming, in early 2000 to write a screenplay for a made-for-television movie. my background is really in film and television, and i went there to write a made-for-television movie about the story that i believed at the time which was the basic hate crime story that matthew had been lured out of a bar in laramie, wyoming, because he was gay and was foughtally beaten and tied to a fence. and, you know, that was the story i believed. i spent -- when i went to laramie in early 2000, february of 2000, at that time this was just a few months after aaron mckinney's trial which ended in early november of 1999. and during the entire year that the case was going on, all of the, all of the principal witnesses in the case, all the principals in the case period meaning law enforcement, people that worked at the courthouse, everyone that was involved was under a gag order. so they could not talk about the case for a full year. the, there was also a court order to seal all the records in the case. so the records were sealed also for that year. so journalists who went to laram

i went to laramie wyoming for made for television movie. my background is in film and television. i went and a right and made for television movie about the basic a crime story that matthew had been lured out of a bar because he was gay man was fatally beaten and tied to a fence. you know, that was a story and believed. i spent -- when i went to laramie in early 2000 this was just a few months after the trial of aaron mckinney which ended in an early november of 1999. during the entire year that the case was going on all of the principal witnesses, all of the principals in the case, many law enforcement, people who worked at the courthouse, everyone involved was under a gag order, so they could not talk about the case for a full year. there was also a court order to seal all the records in the case the records are sealed also. said journalists who went to laramie with -- you know, once the crime happened and that he was attacked on tuesday evening, october 6 in 1998. he died on october 12, a short time later. the media then came to laramie to report the case and was relying on

although the official story was that aaron mckinney and russell henderson walked into a bar in laramie wyoming and matthew appeared well-dressed. he looked like he might have some money and appeared to be gay. that was the conventional story that was told by most of the mainstream media. certainly by "the new york times" "newsweek" "vanity fair" etc.. so as i began investigating and i realized it appeared that aaron mckinney and matthew shepard knew each other obviously i was curious in what way do they know each other? through some sources in the book just to say there have been a couple of things that have come out in the media and people who haven't read the book just in the last few days saying that you know the sources in the book are not credible or that i've used anonymous sources just to say at the end of the book there is a list of 112 named sources of people that i spoke with for the book. there are a couple of people, a few people for whom i use pseudonyms and the reason i use pseudonyms is because these are people that were involved in selling crystal meth and where people involved

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at eleanor clift in laramie wyoming and she came home one day and told her husband to expect a bill, that she bought a team and wagon and she was taking their seven children to yellowstone park. she tells all sorts of marvelous stories about driving the wagon across wyoming corner to corner across wyoming. it was quite a trip with the seven kids and how they learned to camp and hunt and fish and feed themselves and have adventures. and then one evening she decided to baked beans. here's her encounter with the bears. the beans were not done at that time so i put on more wood thinking they would be just right for breakfast. it was so hot and the stove was outside. about midnight there was a great clatter from the falling stove. sure enough the bear had tipped over -- tipped it over trying to get to my beans. he was trying so hard to work the combination of the oven door that he failed to notice us in his excitement. not until a three things at him would he go away. on the whole i present them it would have been disappointing if only one they are at least had not paid us a visit. we nev

first up is jordan from laramie, wyoming. good morning, you were on with dan fitzpatrick.d morning. thank you for your serving -- caller: good morning your to why for your service, c-span. there is an organization called acorn they put a lot of pressure that put a lot of pressure on commerce would put a lot of pressure on the banks. address that organization, acorn, i will take my answer off the air. stuart. will will take my answer off the air. thank you. guest: i'm not assembly with that organization, as you probably are. say is that i know there is sort of a big debate about -- but i think is still ongoing, right, about why the banks did what they did leading up to the crisis. in terms of the banking of all , providingrime loans loans to borrowers who did not have jobs or income. know, there are obviously two sides to that argument. i think perhaps pointing to one side that might argue that banks to open up their pool of loans to as many borrowers as possible, borrowers who perhaps were lower on the income scale, and that sort of encourage them from washington -- and th

is charged with killing her ex-husband and dumping his body in an abandoned gold mine in laramie county, wyomingses in tacoma, washington, thankfully no children aboard. the school driver was ticketed for negligent driving. officials from tacoma public schools are investigating whether she was wearing her seat belt properly. >>> a guy as tough as nails, eugene rakow, a carpenter from minnesota. he was working on a deck for a neighbor, prepare yourself, he shot himself in the heart working with a nail gun. there's the x-ray, amazingly it missed vital veins. got the big old organ right there. he had open heart surgery, he's back home and fine. he has his wife alongside his seven kids, that is a crazy story and what's even more troubling, it's not completely rare. >> what? >> those kinds of accidents happen a little too frequently. it's really a hair trigger on those nail guns. >> it makes you grab your chest. >> it does. >> happened to a friend of mine's dad and he miraculously recovered completely as well. upsetting. i'm going to use a hammer always. >> good idea. >> nail gun is much faster. i ge

1868 treaty at fort laramie between the united states government and the lakota nation and recognized the claim to most of western south dakota and additional land in montana and wyoming. and that was fine in 1868, but a few years later gold was discovered in the black hills and the united states government decided it wanted to renegotiate the treaty by force if necessary. that is what the army was out here doing, trying to compel the indians to come in to the agency's and renegotiate that treaty to concede more of the land. custer attacked, came from the east across over into the valley of little bighorn, had a long ride that day. he was trying to be sure to catch the indians before they found him, discovered him and he was afraid that there would disperse. so he tried -- he was aiming for a surprise attack. he had a problem in that he would have provide -- he would have preferred a dawn attack. it was about 3:00 in the afternoon. he split his forces into three groups. when attacked, one day it's getting to the south, and custer himself in the largest body of soldiers maintained their position on the ridge. overlooking the indian village. his actions have remained so

treaty of fort laramie between the united states government and lakota nation had recognized the lakota lan claim to most of western south dakota and additional lands in montana and wyoming. that was fine in 1868, but a few years later, gold was discovered in the black hills in the united states government decided it wanted to renegotiate the treaty by force if necessary. that's what the army without your doing, trying to come out to come into the agency to renegotiate the treaty to conceive morland. custer's attack came from the east here are over into the valley of the little bighorn, had a long ride that day. he was trying to be sure to catch the indians are they bound him, discovered him and he was afraid they would disperse if they did see him first, so he was aiming for a surprise attack. he had a problem and that he had the long drive. he would have preferred an attack, but that wasn't possible. so it was about 3:00 in the afternoon. he split his forces into three groups. one attacked, one did scatting to the south of us and custer himself of the largest maintained their position on the ridge overlooking the valley. overlooking the indian village. custer's actions