chamberlain makes a conscious decision when he becomes prime minister to move away from the league of nations and towards the policy of appeasement so he makes a conscious political decision supported by the majority of the conservative party although there are some elements within it who oppose it particularly churchill and even to some extent also most of the labor party now is turning against the idea of appeasing hitler and there's a vast group of people now who are becoming disenchanted with the whole idea of giving in to hitler for example in one nine hundred thirty six hitler marched into the rhineland that was generally accepted that you know he was going into his own back garden as it was said in one thousand nine hundred thirty eight when he marched into austria there was a lot of upheaval people are unhappy about it but in the end it was accepted it was the czechoslovak crisis which was a different kind of crisis it involved a democratic country czechoslovakia being bullied by a larger power out of it was germany and a small group located within the sudetenland who were pressing a

embarking on the league of nation, precursor to the league of nations. germany couldn't pay for it.y decided to print money. exactly what we're doing now. the president of the bank said it would lead to massive inflation. why did he do it? he knew it would lead to the trap. you will never get out of the forest. ever! why did he do it? well, no one knows for sure but there are three possible answers. one, he wanted to teach the new incoming government a lesson. two, complete and total economic ignorance. he had no idea what was going on. or the third answer and most likely, this is the one most people agree on is he didn't have a choice. why? because once you are in this forest, it gets spooky. it gets dark and spooky. and you don't want to spook all the people you're with. you are trying to lead them out of the forest. you have -- once you're in here, you have no idea which direction you're going on. well, inflating the money. here was the choice. inflating the money will lead to interest rate increases, high unemployment and turn revolution out in streets. but the other option was

eight showed that if the structure of collective security is undermined then tom it was in the league of nations and national leaders are guided only by national interests gives rise to dangerous situation. if that's kind of a historian is going to publish declassified documents compiled by intelligence agents so that they can become available not only to specialists but also to anyone he was interested in world history in fact anyone who feels there's a lesson can be drawn from any historical situation. with the main lesson to be drawn from prison to very simple formula instead of encouraging an aggressor you must be countered by ensuring there for its efforts to establish a system of collective security in nineteen three fields but the problem has a good deal of relevance to the. political ambitions of the powers that be. and the attempts to decide everything with the stroke of the pen or through violent acts only result in human casualties transit is interested lives. if this affects ordinary people in the first place. on a tissue and seemed to find it difficult to take to heart these apparen

figured it out when woodrow wilson talked about the league of nations, which was global governance., does the story make sense through your eyes? that story with hillary clinton, no. does it make sense over here? yes! their clear ideology is a clear and present danger to america. look how the choice architect changed your life because you're homer simpson and you haven't noticed. these are just the things they've done in the last 18 months on food. now, this is all going to be up on foxnews.com, fox nation, blaze.com and glennbeck.com. i want you to see all of these things. start with food. left to your own devices you'll eat too much, be a big fatty and eat the wrong food. you'll become unhealthy. enter cass sunstein and the choice architect. boston officials, who is in charge of boston -- that's right, barack obama's best friend -- they are considering a ban on soda in vending machines and snack bars across the city. reason? people are too fat. a third grader was given a harsh punishment of a week's detention. why? not for a fight, not for a gun. but for violating junk state laws

the league of nations and after that the u.n. stablished with the promise to bring about peace, security, and the realization of human rights, which, in fact, meant a global management, one can analyze the current system of governing of world affairs by examining these events. first is the event of the 9/11 which has, indeed, affected the entire world for almost a decade. we recall that at the time suddenly, the news of an attack on the twin towers was period of time. using numerous footages of the incident, almost all governments and everyone that matters condemned this incident but, then, a propaganda machine came into full force, and it was said that the world was supposed to a huge danger, that of terrorism, and that the only way to save the world was to deploy forces in afghanistan. eventually, afghanistan and shortly thereafter, iraq, were occupied. now, take note: it was said that 3,000 people were killed on 9/11 for which we are all very saddened yet until now, in afghanistan, and in iraq, hundreds of thousands of people h

the league of nations and after that, the united nations were established with a promise to bring aboutce, security and a realizization of human rights, which in fact, meant a global management. one can analyze the system of governor by examining three events. the first is the event of 11 september 2001, which has indeed affected the entire world for almost a decade. we all that at the time, suddenly, the news of an attack on the twin towers was broadcast using numerous footages of the incident, almost all governments that mattered strongly condemned this incident, but then, a propaganda machine came into full force. it was implied that the world was now exposed to a huge danger, namely that of terrorism and that the only way to save the world would be to deploy forces into afghanistan. eventually, afghanistan and shortly there after, iraq war occupied. please take note. it was said that some 3,000 people were killed on september 11 for which we are all very saddened. yet, up until now in afghanistan and iraq, hundreds of thousands of people have been killed. millions wounded and displa

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are still on top of the national league west... >>> a beautiful shot of the bay bridge on this wednesdayit officially turns fall, what later this evening. but it's going to feel like fall all day. tracy says we have temperatures in the 70s. >> then we heat back up again like 90s for this weekend. so you're going to have to put away the fall tweed for a while. >> looks nice. not going to be a lot of clouds out there today. so enjoy this nice crisp day. >>> 5:53. the giants still enjoying the lead in the national league west still on top. they are half a game ahead of san diego. they got by the chicago cubs last night 1-0. the only run, there it was, buster posey's 15 home run of the season in the 8th inning. giants pretty confident starts selling play-off tickets yesterday. they are only available though at the giants' website, sfgiants.com or by phone. >>> the oakland as out of the play-offs but they played a role in the race last night. oakland's 7-2 win over the chicago white sox giving the american league central title to the minnesota twins. they were celebrating the first time to cl

on "washington journal" the president of the national league of cities. he is the mayor of riverside california. lara brown will talk about her book. our series on politics concludes. our guest is alan abramowitz. "washington journal" is on every day. >> the making of the constitution. sunday, gordon wood on booktv. this is that 12:00 p.m. on c- span to. >> bin bernanke said today that regulators need to solve the problem of financial firms that are considered "too big to fail." this commission is a bipartisan panel created by congress. they are due to report their findings of this december. this is a little more than 2.5 hours. >> good morning. welcome to the public hearing. this is our second day examining the issue of financial institutions that become too big, too important, to systemic to fail. yesterday we looked at two case studies -- wachovia corp. and lehman brothers. this morning, we will be hearing from the chairman of the federal reserve, mr. bin bernanke, as well as the chair of the fdic, sheila of blair. i might note that this is the second

of the burning man. >> they are on a quick fade. the giants are making a run at the national league title. they are a game back of the padres who lost 10 straight. tim lincecum is looking for some monkey bars, but settled for hanging on the ledge. sandoval doing his job. the panda had two hits with a sac fly. he beats the throw home and the giants are un1-0, and that's all the support sanchez needed. taking a seat. in the 6th, san sanchez blows him away. sanchez struck out nine in seven shut out innings. top seven and last night's hero doing the damage again. see ya. his second homer in as many nights. 19th on the year. the giants are now a game back of the national league west after a 3-0 victory. the a's hosting the angels and they raised more than $70,000 for cancer research. a smart move and a titanic blast. the angelses' second 2-run homer and 4-0 halos. the a's battle back and they sting one into the gab. -- gap. but that's as close as they got. 234* the seventh, abreu is going up the gut. kendrick scores and the angels prevent a sweep with a 7-4 victory. the raiders are getting ready

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the giants are a game out of first in the national league west.wins and tonight at the diamondbacks, madison gets kennedy, 5 hits, 7 strikeouts, scoreless into the 9 9th. parra gabe as great play. and we go to struinning -- extra innings. top of the 11th, nate gets a hold of one. this legs out a triple. huff and posey circled to score, the giants lead 2-0 and make it stick. so at that point in the afternoon they were a half game behind the padres who had to close tonight. the padres they lost 10 straight games. seeing what the giants done, had to respond against the dodgers. in the fourth padres 2-1, hudly with a chop. 3-1. 4-2, the padres remain a game ahead of the giants. wow! the a's, 32-15, their record in the afternoon continued on at the expense of the mariners. matt, great diving catch. scoreless bottom of the first, coco crisp leading off, first leadoff homer for the a's all year. 2-0 in the fourth. carson back away and forget about it. a's 6-2. that is 6 straight wins at home over the mariners this afternoon. go from baseball to the nfl.

the phillies' 12-11 win moves them within two games of atlanta in the national league east. >>> when rn, another look at this morning's top stories. >>> and the victim of a brutal acid attack speaks out, saying it could have been a lot worse. [ female announcer ] there's complete. and then there's most complete, like what you get from centrum ultra women's, the most complete multivitamin for women. it has vitamin d, which emerging science suggests supports breast health, and calcium for bone health. centrum ultra women's. can your moisturizer do that? [ female announcer ] dermatologist recommended aveeno has an oat formula, now proven to build a moisture reserve, so skin can replenish itself. that's healthy skin for life. only from aveeno. fancy feast created a wayhatlf. to celebrate any moment. fancy feast appetizers. simple high quality ingredients like wild alaskan salmon, white meat chicken, or seabass and shrimp in a delicate broth, prepared without by-products or fillers. fancy feast appetizers. celebrate the moment. coast of north carolina. where the storm is heading... and wha

a third consecutive last plate place finish in the nl east and that is 14 on the of the 16 teams in the national league. >>> and williams moved up in the depth chart, the backup to clinton portis with the release of larry johnson and that free agent was a part of the national 2007 championship team. he was ready when that opportunity called. >> when you come can come in and have the coaches consider you, that saying in something why about your preparation. >> haven't thought about the game plan or if my role would increase or not. i am preparing like i did the first two weeks. >> the rams are 0-2. sam bradford, the number one pick in the 2010 draft, completed over 57% of the passes, 460 yards, 3 touchdowns and does have four -- [ indiscernible ] bradford made a predraft visit to redskins park and arched the respect of the head coach. >> i watched him a lot and he'sem pressive, that type of quarterback. >> washington wizards open training camp today morning at george mason. gilbert arenas will be there. he spent most of last season gone after being suspended. now he's back and with a new beginning. >> h

series is as weak and the giants was the san diego padres which could determine the winners of the national league appeared our web producer kimberly tells us if they're still tickets out there for this weekend's game. >> i was searching for tickets online good news there are some out there let's take a look at a few website where you can find some carried the official giants website the tickets are available but the bad news is most of our standing-room-only unless you're willing to shovel money for those better views especially the club level or the lower level. your best bet is on chrysler's debt wide range of ticket prices and a lot of different seats that you can choose. a lot of different races when he got a crags less that's probably best that. the wall of ron hall but the cheapest tickets i could find are 40 or $50 for the standing-room-only and that number you see here 909 $999 for one ticket? that's no joke. you could stand a watch the game or your point have to shell out all whole lot of money to see the giants play this weekend. >> we have kron 4 crews all over the bay area covering st

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the giants retake the lead of the national league west. the highlights when we come back. >>> i have a feeling the national league west title will come down to the final game against the padres. matt cane on the hill against the rockies and he was money. he went the distance and flirted with a no hitter. and some fire works and sanchez on top of one. that's gone. his second straight game with a homerun and 2-0 giants. cane was dealing. in the 6th blows away eric young, junior. no hitter into the 8th. jay payton and grounds one up the middle. uribe double clutches. it is ruled an infield single and the no-no is gone, but not the victor ree.-- victory. they struck out eight. 4-2 giants win coupled with the padres' loss and the g-men are back in first with six to go and all six at home. meanwhile, the a's were eliminated from the post season and back at work against the rangers. he gave up seven runs on 12 hits in four innings. the rangers win a shootout 16-9. women's championship and two shots on goal. both were blocked. another shot blocked

. >> reporter: that's the head of the national consumers league who missed with me. she also sits on the company needs to give consumers a lot more details on their bills. >> one of the things that's so frustrating for consumers is that when you get some of these charges, they're not explained. >> reporter: so how did those names get on there. but the company did admit to us that many verizon phones get gamed on a without my permission. >> reporter: she's not the only one with problem with data charges. just a year ago, someone from the school's biggest newspaper wrote about her rise risen could never clear ly. they, too, are getting hit with ultimately charged. >> reporter: and getting verizon to remove those mysterious charges for manila. >> initially, there was nothing they could do. >> reporter: she wouldn't take no for an answer. >> we were on the zone for at least an hour not. >> look at your bill. know each month enter is your question, call. >> verizon that tells us on in blg the with says is to activate the password protection knee tour on the device. if any

the league of nations and, then, the united nations were established with the promise to bring about ce, security and the realization of human rights, which in fact meant a global management. one can analyze the current governance of the world by examining three events -- first, the event of the 11 september 2001 which has affected the whole world for almost a decade. all of a sudden, the news of the attack on the twin towers was broadcast using numerous footages of the incident. almost all governments and known figures strongly condemned this incident. but then a propaganda machine came into full force, it was implied that the whole world was exposed to a huge danger, namely terrorism, and that the only way to save the world would be to deploy forces into afghanistan. eventually afghanistan, and shortly thereafter iraq were occupied. please take note -- it was said that some 3,000 people were killed on the 11 september for which we are all very saddened. yet, up until now, in afghanistan and iraq, hundreds of thousands of people have been killed, millions wounded and displaced and th

fl that's sally greenberg, head of the national consumer's league, who spoke with me by satellite. greenberg also sits on verizon's consumer advisory board and she thinks the company needs to give consumers a lot more details on their bills. >> one of the things that's so frustrating for consumers is that when you get some of these charges, they're not explained. >> reporter: so how did those games get on kim vote's phone and why was she getting charged for them? verizon couldn't explain it to kim or to nbc 4. but the company did nadmit to u that many phones come with games already on them on a free trial basis, but customers aren't necessarily told about it. she's not the only consumer who's had a run-in with verizon over data charges. just a year ago, a columnist for ohio's biggest newspaper wrote about monthly data charges showing up on her verizon bills. she says verizon could never clearly explain the charges. over 1,000 readers e-mailed back saying they, too, were getting hit with similar unexplained charges. >> take a look at your bill, as soon as it comes in. if you see char

jay bruce of cincinnati hit a walk-off home run in the ninth inning to beat houston 3-2. the reds won the national leaguee and their first trip to the postseason in 15 years. >>> in san francisco, juan uribe hit his 23rd home run of the season, as the giants defeated arizona 4-2. the giants now have a two-game lead in the national league west and their magic number is four. >>> in the american league, two teams clinched playoff spots, carl crawford of tampa bay hit a home run and the rays shut out baltimore 5-0. tampa bay is in first place in the american league east. and can do no worse than win the wild card. >>> the yankees' cc sabathia got his 21st win with a 6-1 victory over toronto. that clinches the playoff spot for new york and leaves them half a game behind tampa bay in the standings. >>> when we return, another look at this morning's top stories and facebook's founding father. a new movie about the man who started a social revolution. [ quinn ] my name is quinn, and this is my eggo. on fridays i have hockey before school, so i take two eggo homestyle waffles and put peanut butter inside. [ whis

now the school is running it with the cooperation of the national football league. >> i think each year 5 5,000 people die, today is world rabies prevention day and the health department is hoping to rid us of this disease. here is more on how your pets can get a free vaccination. >> reporter: every 10 minutes one person around the world dies from rabies. spread by sal life have a, the -- sal life -- sal life have a, they are offering 100 vouchers for free vaccinations. >> you can bring it for the first saturday of every month, you can get your pet vaccinated for free for rabies. >> one reason we are successful in america, we do this and it is all about preventive healthcare. >> reporter: the last case was in the 1930s but more recently there have been close calls and she got pro vendingtive -- preventive treatment just incase. since january 18 animals in the city mainly bats tested positive for the disease. >> in the last two days we have two positive raccoons. >> reporter: and in horses it increased 36% last year. >> vaccinate your dogs and cats. >> reporter: the first shot lasts for

giants right now out of the wild card lead bitwo games in terms of the national league west, they trael the padres by three games. let's be blunt here on storylines. we'll start with barry zito. it's been ugly for the highest-paid player of the giants. he hasn't won a game in a month around a half or a road game in about four months. giants need him to step up. what do we expect tonight? any time at dodger st up this season it's been painful for the giants literally. all those bean balls and ajeks. the worst came earlier this season on a friday nitrite here in los angeles when vicente padilla broke the face of aaron rowan with this pitch here. a lot to look forward to with giants and dodgers. on the dodgers side of the coin now, their dramatic storylines, no more manny ramirez. a few days ago picked off the waiver wire by the chicago white sox. the big buzz here in los angeles, not just today but the last few days, last few weeks has been the high-profile divorce case between the dodgers owner frank mccourt and his wife. one article today "the l.a. times" suggested they would spend a co

. >>> meanwhile in baseball, san francisco now leads the national league west, jose guillen of the giantsed a grand slam home run against milwaukee. san francisco beat the brewers 9-2. the giants now a half game ahead of san diego in the standings. and scary moments in florida. the cubs tyler colvin, ouch, hit by part of a broken bat. it punctured a small hole in his chest. he's in stable condition this morning after the freak accident. chicago went on to win that game over florida 13-3. >>> when we return this morning, another look at the morning's top stories and texas tragedy. a high school football player dies after collapsing during a game. sears bonus days are here! the more you spend, the bigger the bonus, up to $250 to use on your next purchase. start earning with as little as $75 spent, including great sale prices. hurry, sears bonus days are on! sears. it sweeps and it mops. your old broom just can't compare. [ funny voice ] hey, broom! wanna sweep and mop like swiffer sweeper? then try the mop club for brooms! designed to look natural, even when wet. ♪ [ female announcer ] sorr

league of conservation voters. aarp. national resources defense council action fund.e for the american way and naacp. you may remember the naacp spent $10 million in 2000 running an ad against george w. bush during the presidential campaign alleging that he had acted insufficiently harsh on some bigoted race murderers in texas. i never once saw the "new york times" utter a peep about this. >> bill: when you give money on-to-organizations on your little clap board. >> there that's a white board. that's not a clap board. clap board is what's on the side of a house in new england. this is a white board. white board, bill. >> bill: i'm sorry. that's a major point. you don't have to say the -- the organization doesn't say who gave the money did. your american crossroads group, if i give you money you are not going to tell them i gave you money, right? >> well, american crossroads is a 527, which does report its contributors on a monthly basis. it has affiliated group called crossroads g.p.s. which is a 501 c 4 and does not report -- >> bill: i got it you say that the playi