they figured they needed to do something because in 1927, the pilot charles lindbergh became the first person to fly nonstop solo across the atlantic ocean. he became the biggest celebrity in the world for doing that. there were parades held for him and international prizes, all kinds of honors. he instantly became the most famous man in the world when he did that in 1927. that is where time got the whole man of the year thing in the first place. they invented it specifically for him. amelia ehrhardt was the first woman to fly across the atlantic, and the first solo pilot to fly between hawaii and california. amelia airport is remembered mostly for going missing on and around the world flight in 1937. she really was a household name in the united states. she was a huge star. lindberg and her were not the only ones. the between the first and second world war, flying was a huge deal to americans. it was a nationwide craze. pilots would get really, really famous. household name famous for setting new records or flying the routes that had never been flown before, doing aviation tricks in f

in 1927, the americans called this their compatriot a lone eagle. 1927 lonely eagle can lindbergh quiteright charles lindbergh for single trance atlantic flight of not only birds for 200 at this ticket office there is an ornithological station fringilla, named after the latin name of a finch on the curonian spit in the thirties of the last century, a polish confectioner became to release airy sweets from the floor, which received this name bird's milk. this athlete, the actor , was installed in 2005 in hong kong. in the same year, a monument appeared in the basin city of moster. well, here is a monument, of course, in hong kong monuments for 200, the monument to this professional in the spanish city of finestrat is made in the form of a hand holding a wand correctly. let's get monuments for 400 monuments to this fairy-tale hero in many cities of the world, and this is how the monument in cheboksary looks like the inscription on the monument to this legendary st. bernard in a dog cemetery near paris, it says that he saved forty people and was killed by 401. in fact, the dog died a natura

that is to be distinguished from this very antisemitic, very pro not see, charles lindbergh, the most famous leader of the american conducive pro not see movement. and so all of these characters were getting -- these guys, this picture here. these guys with guns. it's getting these guys excited to do what they do in episode two of ultra. i listened to that today, when do i get episode three? >> on monday. you will get a new episode every monday -- >> i frame this is monday. >> you have to wait a week, i'm sorry. >> what am i supposed to do for the next -- okay. >> in episode three, you're going to meet senator lyndon's widow, norma, who is herself a heck of a story. you will love to hear it. >> norma london gets episode three. you have brought me a gift, thank you for that. >> that is the anti naughty news -- >> i have a gift for you. happy halloween. >> thank you very much, i will treasure this. >> a new year coming, i couldn't get flowers. watch me read this teleprompter. if you haven't let it listen to the first two episodes of ultra, you can scan the qr code on your screen to list

among those leading the charges were charles lindbergh, charles cog lynn, and henry ford.f congress, like senator earnest lundeen. as my friend and colleague rachel maddow points out in her amazing new podcast, "ultra." >> fellow americans, america prepares to take the last step before entering another world war. i call upon the youth of america to put a stop to these un-american pro-european doctrines. the people should make known their protest. write your congressman and senators, telephone them, wire them, come to washington to see them. you must do this now. immediate protest will block the way to militarizing our nation. joining me is my friend and colleague, the great rachel maddow, host of the rachel maddow show and the host of "ultra." i think your focus group for everything you do is just me. it's just like, what is joy obsessed with? i'll make a whole podcast about it. i'm so obsessed with this era and i'm so glad you made this because i do feel like this is history rhyming. the america-first piece, the anti-semitism we see from trump and kanye, the whole vibe fe

alongside their primary national spokesman who was charles lindbergh, the a for mentioned time magazine man of the year, seen here in germany receiving a not seen metal from herman goring, one of the most powerful officials in the not the government. goring eight cyanide at nuremburg to avoid being hanged as a war criminal, we will always have this photo of him pinning a swastika to charles lindbergh. national spokesman for the america first committee. given the history of the america first committee in our country, it is kind of amazing for anyone to decide to bring that back slogan in politics today, right? given the history of america first, you might think twice before you do that. the conservative political action coalition, the influential republican party conference put the hashtag america first on their tweet in support of russian president vladimir putin announcing the annexation of parts of ukraine. their initial tweet actually showed a waving russian flag, go putin, conquer europe. we should stay out of it, america first. cpac has since deleted the tweet. around the same time

, charles lindbergh nonsense and loves dictators? like loves putin. praises his invasion of ukraine. praises kim jong-un. i mean, i'm not going to ask who is this guy? we know who this guy is. who are these so-called conservatives that we used to know who completely sold out to a guy who prefers authoritarian leaders to democratically elected leaders? >> well, joe, they don't believe it. and you and i both know that most of them don't believe what they parrot when it comes to parroting anything that donald trump says on foreign policy because that, you know, just whatever was coming out of his mouth -- i remember different presidents and scholars debate, what's their brand policy? it's not that robust. and, you know, brand strategy with trump is more like getting from point a to point b and him tying his shoe laces. these tapes, i'm so excited to hear the full interviews just because listening to woodward, too, is such a master class in how to interview. and trump certainly just felt so empowered to share his moronic world view and j

as you may know, our library on lindbergh is now under construction and i think the wrecking ball comes for it next

lindbergh flew across the atlantic for a prize. there was a $25,000 prize for the first person that could fly non-stop from paris to new york or new york to paris. and it went on and on and on. in fact, prizes were one of the main tools that governments had to get innovation because either, you know, our modern research institutions weren't set up or, you know, the money just wasn't being set. and then came around world war i, world war ii, when the government really started funding innovation and just started throwing a ton of money at things, that prizes sort of dissipated. >> when we started the xprize back in 1996, everybody knew that only governments--in fact, only two governments could put human beings into space. and the purpose of the xprize was to change what everybody knew about that by requiring a demonstration of private space flight twice in two weeks with the same ship. and that kicked off the whole suborbital space flight industry. >> and launch of the spacex falcon 9 rocke as nasa tns to the private sector to re-sup

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james and charles lindbergh, henry ford a lot of people were of the mind the american concept was finishedit was archaic. we need a modern effective government. so let's get over these niceties within that time radio was hugely disruptive. in any emotionally connected way you could read the william jennings bryan speech and may find it thrilling. those who readr. he would not be crucified on a cross of gold clearly had ati magnetic effect because the democrats nominated him based on one speech he was not even in the running. but the effect would have been minimized around the country. by 1930s going from zero radio in america and then in the radio with the broadcast to hear it. >> but the disruption the hand computers we carry around with more power than apollo that's in the apollo astronauts to the moon, we carry these around and rightly aware now of the huge disruptions that followed. and then radio itself was probably an even greater disruption. and then from the dawn of history. and then our languages the way we understood one another primarily and how wese have to organize ourselves i

james, charles lindbergh, henry ford, a lot of people were of the mind that the american concept, americanism was finished. he was an archaic system would not work anymore. we needed modern, effective, efficient government. progressivism policy things in the united states at the time there's also rise on theu right about let's get over these niceties and let's go forha strongmen. and in that time radio is hugely disruptive. it created a space in an emotionally connected way that just was not possible before. you could read a william jennings lion speech you might find it thrilling. the people who read he would not be crucified on a cross of gold in the newspaper later glue it had a magnetic effect and dimension the democrats nominated him by acclamation based on one speech. he was not even in the running. the effect would been minimized on theu country. by the 1930s you go from zero radio in america in 19204 when kik a broadcast first radio station broadcast a result of the 19204 election. there was no one in the radius of thehe broadcast to hear it. nobody would've had a set that could have

linear but then it shows you how the serve in the chat ruby trial the facts but then you have the lindberghnapping and other cases but still the evolution of the law is not necessarily linear. >> on the issue of civil rights, when you look at the way the law was is that i do think with the advent of social media and there are more checks of the process but their position is biased and not fair and it is a basic many and film on the right to attend to the for me it is a perverted judgment. it is what it is. [laughter] but i lived in washington dc for the first thank you very much. >> pq becse we love thousand years ago what's the name as the way for, corporations or something to be in the middle of a debate should we donate money so this is not whether corporations could speak perer se. but and then to be in connection with citizens united. i had some disagreement on the details about the case into language itself but that is not sent one —- simply not trueit but they allowed for additional money so howard of these private interest groups and corporations a prodigious it does that have not b

charles lindbergh was also notorious antisemite. we're gonna be a geniuses who are racist and we gotta mention like 99% of all the geniuses that ever lived. >> you know it outside. the harper cited there can't be a genius. if you can get that so wrong about life. that's what i say about that. >> laura coats, the genius arbiter. the arbitration. the genius of asha. he >> apparently i'm never gonna use the word unless it's mid approved by you and that's fine with me. >> and this is about us. but we'll be talking much more about all this. thanks so much, have a great night. >> bye bye guys, great to see you. >> this all shows about being a genius now. >> and we have great panelist. and laura coats the genius arbiter and this is cnn tonight and we are here with our piles from across the political spectrum, and with the midterm just, what, 22 days away. can we believe that. early voting has already begun in some places. it is now debate night across america. and no, things are getting pretty heated. >> so both of the highlights, possibly

joseph kennedy the future president's father and ambassador to the court of saint james charles lindbergh, henry ford, a lot of people were of a mind that the american concept, american was finished right. was an it was an archaic system would not work anymore. we needed modern, effective, efficient progressivism promised these things in the united states at the time. but there was also a rise the right about hey let's you know let's get over these niceties and let's go for strong men and in that time radio was hugely disruptive because it it created a space for demagoguery in a emotionally connected way that just wasn't possible before. you could read a william jennings bryan. right. and you might find it thrilling. right. the people who read that he would not be crucified. a cross of gold in the newspaper. i mean, clearly it had a magnetic effect at that convention because the democrats nominated him by acclamation based on one speech. he wasn't even in the running. but its effect would have been minimized around the country by the 1930s. you know, you from basically zero radio in ameri

james, charles lindbergh, henry ford, a lot of people were of the mind that the american concept, americanism, was finished. it was an archaic system that would network anymore. we need a modern effective efficient government. progressivism promised these things in the united states at the time but was also arise on the right about hey, let's get over these niceties and let's go for strongmen. in that time radio was hugely disruptive because it created a space for demagoguery in an emotionally connected way but just wasn't possible before. you bad could read a william jennings bryan speech and you might find thrilling. the peopleeho who read he wouldt cross of goldn a in this paper later, clearly it had a magnetic effect at the convention because the democrats nominate him by acclamation base in one speech. he wasn't even in the running. but its effect would've been minimized around the country. i than 1830s you go for basically zero radio in america, in 1924 when broadcasters radio station broadcast the results of the 1924 election, bill coolidge, there was no one in the radius of the broadc

italian fascists and aligns itself with tulsi gabbard and aligns itself with american-firsters, lindberghs of the world. don't just -- don't attack america's military and say america's military is weak. because, these lindberghian american firsters who embraced tulsi gabbard's vision of the world, who celebrates the rise of italian politicians from a party that -- whose founding was in an italian fascism. don't embrace those people. but this is where -- this is where kevin mccarthy's republican party is going. an isolationist party that like donald trump, want to surrender europe, want to surrender western democracy, want to surrender freedom to the likes of vladimir putin, orban, and yes, an ill liberal like donald trump, who actually is willing to throw out american democracy, because he lost one election. well, this is what congresswoman liz cheney thought about kevin mccarthy's comments and he wants to surrender to putin. >> we need to make sure that we're doing everything necessary to support the ukrainian people and their battle against the russian invasion. and i was -- i don't know

as you may know, our library on lindbergh is now under construction and i think the wrecking ball comes for it next week. so during the time that our new building is being built, the jcc has offered us the use of this gorgeous facility here for our author event. so many of our events be here for the next year and a half. i you guys will join us a lots more. i also want to let you know that c-span is here tonight recording for book tv, which i think is so cool. so you guys can watch this again on book tv in a couple of weeks. i also want to recognize our bookseller left bank books saint louis is the oldest and premier independent bookstore. left bank has eliot's books for sale in the back of the room, and he will sign back there as well after the talk. so on the event our author this evening, eliot ackerman, served five tours of duty in iraq and afghanistan in both the infantry and as a marine corps special operations officer for his military service. he is a recipient of a silver star, a bronze star and a purple heart. elliott holds a master's degree in international affairs from the fl

you had the lincoln, soy, lindbergh kidnapping in other cases but this was the first one where you hadamera for part of the trial in the jack ruby case. actually the judge wanted a camera throughout got convinced against it. and i think takes us into the kind of modern era, the jack ruby trial. so the evolution of the law, through my books, is a necessarily linear or chronological. but the way i've been characterizing it is a way that kind of we thought about it as we followed the law through our tails. >> host: dan abrams, do you think the law is more sophisticated, equal, there are today than it was back whenever? >> guest: look, isaac on issues of civil rights, sure. i mean, i think that when you look at the way that the law was abused to try to, you know, force people and been oppressed to take buses that they had been mistreated on, i think that you wouldn't be able to do that today with the law. there are arguments that you can still use the law in a way that is unfair or improper. there's no doubt that that can happen. i do think that with the advent of social media and the medi

went for the insanity defense for jack ruby, this was the first of the celebrity trials you had the lindbergh kidnapping and other cases this was the first one where you had a camera for part of the trial, the judge wanted a camera throughout but got convinced against it. i think it takes us into the modern era, the jack ruby trial. the evolution of the law, through my books, isn't necessarily linear or chronological, but the way i have been characterizing it is the way we thought about it as we followed the law through our tales. host: dan abrams, do you think the law is more sophisticated, equal, fairer today than it was back whenever? dan: look, on the issue of civil rights, sure. i feel that when you look at the way the law was abused to try to force people who have been oppressed to take buses that they had been mistreated on, i think that you wouldn't be able to do that today with the law. there are argument, you can still use the law in a way that is unfair or improper. there is no doubt. i do think that with the advent of social media and media, there are more checks on that process.