she was inspired, of course, by charles lindbergh, that spring, may 1927 lindbergh had flown the oceanand arrived in his now famous spirit of st. louis on long island, roosevelt field that may. i want to be clear, lindbergh was not exactly flying for the pioneering spirit of it all, he was flying for a jackpot of money. $25, 000, about a quarter of 1 million dollars in today's money had been put up for the first man, and it was believed it would be a man, it would fly nonstop from new york to paris, paris to new york. many man had tried to win that prize and failed in spectacular fashion before lindbergh arrived in new york that may. these men crashed on runways, planes loaded down with too much fuel. they burned up in infernos right there on the airfield. or they disappeared over the ocean, never to be found or heard from again. lindbergh himself nearly crashed on takeoff in may 1927. it had rained all night in long island, his fellow competitors who were also trying to win this prize decided not to fly that day, lindbergh's plane that was quite small sank into the clay runway as it e

she was inspired of course by charles lindbergh. that spring may 1927 lindbergh had flown the ocean arriving and is now famous spirit of saint louis on long island at roosevelt field that may and and i want to be clear that lindbergh wasn't really flying exactly for the pioneering spirit of it all. he was flying for a jackpot of money. $25,000 about a quarter of a million dollars in today's money had been put up for the first man and it was believed. it would be a man. who would fly non-stop from new york to paris or paris to new york? many men had tried to win that prize and failed in spectacular fashion before lindbergh arrived in new york that may these men crashed on runways and planes loaded down with too much fuel. they burned up and infernos right there on the airfield. or they disappeared over the ocean never to be found or heard from again. lindberg himself nearly crashed on takeoff and may 1927. it had rained all night. in long island his fellow competitors who were also trying to win this prize decided not to fly that day

i will ask you about history and charles lindbergh, the original america firsters. what was his role in this? guest: that brings up my point, that what we are seeing today is not terribly unprecedented. where did this term come from in the late 19th century, early 20th century. remember, the united states had been a neutral country since the first days of the republic, right? involvement in world war i was seen as a big mistake in the aftermath of the war. this is where we get the america first movement. charles lindbergh came onto the committee for 15 months, which was disbanded after the bombing of pearl harbor. they were barely on the wrong side of history there. but this idea that in those days, they called it fortress america. they were not pacifists, they just don't want to get entangled in another european war. they opposed foreignness, they were hostile to immigration -- hostility towards immigration became popular after the signing of the act by calvin coolidge. the sense that the united states could be could sustain itself without having to get tangled up

among those is charles lindbergh. their ideas were supported by sitting members of congress like senator earnest lundin, as my colleague and friend 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 congressmen and senators. telephone them, wire them, come to washington to see them. you must do this now, immediate protests will block the way to militarizing our nation. >> and recently, rachel maddow joined me to talk about her podcast and how history is rhyming once again. >> the podcast in the final episodes of the season is about the great sedition trial of 1944 where there's more than two dozen people on trial for seditious conspiracy. they're charged not only with trying to overthrow the government by force but by being hooked up with the hitler government while they

we also mentioned charged charles lindbergh running against, if you listen to some of charles lindbergh speeches when he became part of the imfc. the america first committee, their little echoes of trumpism. >> all, right michael is on the republican line in park film maryland. hi, michael. >> my question is, when my comment. not only would there not have been an invasion of ukraine if reagan was president, i don't believe there would've ever been 9-1-1. they would not have been even in their wildest dreams when they have ever thought of orchestrating that. which probably took about 20 years. and it came up in a weak administration and william jefferson clinton. and that is where it started. >> martin, what do you think? there is this belief that nobody would dare attack america if. >> the question of if reagan were president today, it is undoable. i think everyone listening remembers beirut in 1982. the united states was subject to multiple terrorist attacks including one idlib the marines barracks killing more than 200. teams that happened when ronald raegan was president. and he pull

take a look. >> charles lindbergh testified against it. he favored neither a british nor a german victory, he said. and warned that u.s. entry into the war would be the greatest disaster this country has ever gone through. >> it's not just something that is hypothetical. england can fall, hitler will take over all of the european continent, and america first fails to see the danger to the world at large. tyrants will go as far as you allow them to go. they're always testing the borders. can i go further? can i push stronger? and the american first and the isolationist refused to acknowledge that. >> i've had holocaust survivors, you know, and their children tell me that they feel like we're in a sort of 1930s moment. in this country. where there's an openness to fascism that they haven't seen since that era. what do you make of americans resistance to understanding the difficult parts of our history such that we won't repeat them? >> you know, it's such a wonderful question and it goes to the heart of all of my work. history doesn't repeat

particularly their chief spokesperson, was for a time charles lindbergh.ot of many prominent americans who subscribe to this. it wasn't just an anti war movement. it was an anti jewish influence. of course, they repeat it all the old troops we here today. and we've heard for centuries, the undue influence of jews. it's -- there. he does a speech in des moines, iowa, that goes way too far. suddenly there is a big reaction in people stop and say this is the voice of charles lindbergh where the words of adolf hitler. and basically the american first begins to shrink. and of horrors the japanese attack and then the germans declare war on us. and all of that. and yet, during the war. we're still not fighting to save the jews. we're still not letting the jews again. we're gonna and fascism, but it's not to say the people who are most dire need of being rescued from fascism. >> and your recent documentary, that you did with a nova, casters it. while one last lighter note if i can. in honor of the world series, i do want to end with this photo. it's of the first-e

i will ask you about history and charles lindbergh, the original america firsters.was his role in this? guest: that brings up my point, that what we are seeing today is not terribly unprecedented. where did this term come from in the late 19th century, early 20th century. remember, the united states had been a neutral country since the first days of the republic, right? involvement in world war i was seen as a big mistake in the aftermath of the war. this is where we get the america first movement. charles lindbergcame onto the committee for 15 months, which was disbanded after the bombing of pearl harbor. they were barely on the wrong side of history there. but this idea that in those days, they called it fortress america. they were not pacifists, they just don't want to get entangled in another european war. they opposed foreignness, they were hostile to immigration -- hostility towards immigration became popular after the signing of the act by calvin coolidge. the sense that the united states could be could sustain itself without having to get tangled up in what

charles lindbergh was the head of the american first committee.hat supported what supremacy. lindberg claimed that the roosevelt administration were more agitators. thousands of people packed this rally. they have packed it underneath american flags. >> yeah, it's a really disturbing -- it was charles lindbergh. there are many prominent americans who subscribe to this. it was a recent anti-war movement. it is an anti-jewish influence. it's all the old troops who heard today and have heard for centuries. it's a complete poppycock but it's there. in des moines iowa goes way too far. suddenly there is a big reaction. he, basically the america first begins to shrink. the japanese attack declare war on us. it goes all by the way. and yet during the war, we are still not fighting to save the jews, we are still not letting the jews in. we are going and fascism but it's not to say the people who are most dire need of being rescued. >> in the recent documentary, it really captures that well. one last lighter note if i can. and one of the world series, i do

i will ask you about history and charles lindbergh, the original america firsters.s his role in this? guest: that brings up my point, that what we are seeing today is not terribly unprecedented. where did this term come from in the late 19th century, early 20th century. remember, the united states had been a neutral country since the first days of the republic, right? involvement in world war i was seen as a big mistake in the aftermath of the war. this is where we get the america first movement. charles lindbergh came onto the committee for 15 months, which was disbanded after the bombing of pearl harbor. they were barely on the wrong side of history there. but this idea that in those days, they called it fortress america. they were not pacifists, they just don't want to get entangled in another european war. they opposed foreignness, they were hostile to immigration -- hostility towards immigration became popular after the signing of the act by calvin coolidge. the sense that the united states could be could sustain itself without having to get tangled up in what

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 rocket, anasa turns to the private sector to re-s

our next caller is dave in lindbergh, new york.aller: it was in response to hawaii allowing same-sex marriage the year before. if your guest knows anything about the hideous has to rule and what mccarthy -- how he feels about that because i saw something on c-span, a roles meeting about majority, which is a terrible rule that discourages bipartisanship, discourages the house, especially when run by republicans, to take out bipartisan measures in the senate. pelosi was more ok with it, but i was wondering if you knew if they are going to try to use it to discourage -- it is not the 2013 immigration bill because it did not have adequate support. thank you. host: that has stirred role-- guest: the majority of the majority. my sense is that right now this is a matter of trench warfare. kevin mccarthy has to win the speakership. if he thinks his conference should go along with legislation, say, something the senate passes, he will do whatever he has to to. thing for something he does not want past. i cannot see something like the pastor

dhl's gonna go to the lindbergh road. benjamin is gonna go and cough and head -- from the south. it's a great plan, really. he sets an emotion. heavy rains hit on may 31st, it was supposed to start in the morning. it gets totally fouled up. longstreet for some unknown reason, it does not go the way it supposed to go. instead he goes down here and gets behind dhl. when he does, that he -- was a little stream called gilles creek. they have several boards, on the other side, and both of these divisions need to cross by that. so, longstreet come to some of. finally, they get input positioned. and they actually do push the yankees back. but they don't have a crushing victory they're supposed to have. which it turns out, is an unusual for him. but, he has an excuse. here i've read his orders. they're very, very clear. so, we only really result of this battle is 5000 casualties. and johnson, johnson gets, he's back at his headquarters, back at nine mile road. he doesn't really know what's going on supposedly there is an acoustic shadow, if you know what that is. supposedly, he can't hea

. >> well, my parents were surprised to learn that i was responsible for the kidnapping of the lindberghad but i will check that. you know, it feels ridiculous, it feels like people don't believe it but it really feels like a campaign against you has been particularly personal, it's been particularly vile. >> part of running for office, you know people will attack you. you can either internalize the attacks or you can use it as fuel to remind you of why you are doing this every single day. [cheers and applause] and these are real lives. yeah, brian kemp wants to say vile things about me. my daddy is watching and i am going to tell. [cheers and applause] >> trevor: [laughs] you are in this race, you are trying to position yourself as someone who can move georgia forward. one thing that has particularly overshadow your campaign, though, is how national politics has started to infect state-level politics. so i would love to know, how do you distinguish yourself as stacey abrams and how do you speak to people from under the shadow of say, joe biden? half of the ads are not about you, funnily

organization in the united states called america first headed by a certified american hero charles lindbergh the first man who flown across the atlantic in 1927 nonstop and america first was extraordinarily influential in political circles. so fdr found that he had to move very slowly before he could do anything to help the british knowing that there could be a backlash. despite the fact that a good part of the american media at the time was probritish that americans were being confronted confronted with images like this. in one of the picture magazines of the day life magazine that radio reporters, especially edward r. murrow was bringing the war of the blitz itself into american homes opposition to any kind of support for britain was widespread. it is telling that in one poll in late 1940 fully sixty percent of the respond in these are all americans fully 60% of the respondents said that britain was fighting in america's interests. in this war but only 13% wanted to give the british any kind of help. so when looked at from that perspective, it was hard to see how roosevelt was going to be

they've got lindbergh running, charles lindbergh running the heritage foundation, was once a foundationican firsters and they're attacking the u.s. military saying the u.s. military is weak. listen, what you and i both wan, a 350-ship navy. i'm sure. give me more ships. i'm from pensacola. always more ships. but there is no comparison. so could you just for the right-wing freaks who hate america, hate the fbi, hate institutions just like people on the far left hated those institutions in the 1960s. first of all, can you explain how powerful the united states is in relation to the rest of the world, and secondly, the consequences of a tactical nuclear weapon and how many minutes it would take the united states military and 101st airborne and all of our men and women to sweep across ukraine and be on the doorstep of the russian border, if they did that? >> i can do that. part one. let's put it in dollars. just do the numbers. the russian defense budget is $60 billion. the us dense budget $800 billion. the rest of nato, by the way, europe, the combined defense budget of europe is $300 bill

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

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.

our next caller is dave in lindbergh, new york. it was in response to hawaii allowing same-sex marriage the year before. if your guest knows anything about the hideous has to rule and what mccarthy -- how he feels about that because i saw something on c-span, a roles meeting about majority, which is a terrible rule that discourages bipartisanship, discourages the house, especially when run by republicans, to take out bipartisan measures in the senate. pelosi was more ok with it, but i was wondering if you knew if they are going to try to use it to discourage -- it is not the 2013 immigration bill because it did not have adequate support. thank you. host: that has stirred role-- guest: the majority of the majority. my sense is that right now this is a matter of trench warfare. kevin mccarthy has to win the speakership. if he thinks his conference should go along with legislation, say, something the senate passes, he will do whatever he has to to. thing for something he does not want past. i cannot see something like the pastor droll

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