perhaps he arranged the sale of margaret. it was not uncommon for young female slaves to be purchased by slave traders to be used as concubines and later result to either become servants, cooks, or even work in a brothel. margaret could have been sold in virginia at an early age or until just before she gave birth to her first child in new orleans in 1840. we're now beginning to research the gadsby records on slave transactions to see what we can find on when that may have occurred. as you're probably aware, the domestic slave trade increased after the united states banned the importation of slaves in 1808. the ports of d.c. and alexandria were among the largest in the number of slaves shipped to the south. new orleans, louisiana, was often the destinations where slaves ended up being sold. we don't know how margaret was moved to new orleans. she could have gone by ship or she could have had to walk to new orleans. based on a birth certificate, we know margaret gave birth to a can son in april 1842 and he was given the name p

you to school, and margaret thatcher is like the headmistress who lays down the rules and tells you what you should do. so, she has this great body of knowledge, and by all accounts applies it very wisely. she knows what her limits are. she knows she should not make over public safety -- statements. she asked to maintain neutrality, sort of above politics i think people who meet her value having someone in that position who is a wise guide. >> it must be difficult to balance history, tradition, and also being a modern monarch. >> yes, and that is the subtitle of my book because i was really surprised to the degree she has modernized along the way. not overtly, but incrementally, so it does not upset people to much. the pace has probably quickened a bit since diana, having gone through that difficult week after she died, when people turned against the queen, were not -- for not coming to london right away. one of the things they did, and she gave a speech saying there were lessons to be learned for the way diana lived, and they went to a political pollster for the first time. >> yes,

margaret flowers, you're on the steps of the supreme court today.as david cole describes with the legislation is, where do you come down? >> it is interesting to hear david cole is these progressive talking points defending the law proved too much of what is going on is about politics and not health policies. i was with a group who filed a and it is brief asking them to find the individual mandate unconstitutional. we do not believe it is right for people to have to be forced to purchase the product, especially when it is defective. even with insurance, they still go bankrupt. private insurance is a problem. we do now to further privatize our health care. when the medicare for all. >> and what about the decision if they strike down, for example, the individual mandate? do you consider that a victory or problem for health care? >> we would like to see the individual mandate struck down. it is not constitutional. we're spending $447 billion of taxpayer dollars to give them directly to private industry. it is corporate welfare on steroids. this bill he

. >> brown: margaret warner profiles julian cardona. a mexican photojournalist who's documented the corrosive effect of drug violence on his hometown of juarez. >> woodruff: and we close with some personal reflections from margaret about what she's seen and experienced on her reporting trip. >> the fears is pretty high, here in mexico city it's completely different. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> this is the at&t network-- a living, breathing intelligence bringing people together to bring new ideas to life. >> look, it's so simple. >> in a year, the bright minds from inside and outside the company come together to work on an idea. adding to it from the road, improving it in the cloud, all in real time. >> good idea. >> it's the at&t network. providing new ways to work together, so business works better. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and

. >> reporter: margaret rhodes is ten months older than the queen.e's just written a memoir. naturally, a few photos we hadn't seen before. margaret is on the princess' side in a tug-of-war during a summer holiday in scotland. on v-e day in 1945, victory in europe derricks the frienay, th celebrated together out on the freeze. >> wonderful. out in the clouds with everybody. we were out -- everybody was kissing everybody and putting policemen's helmets on their heads. you came back and -- to the king. the king and queen came out on the balcony. including dlaaughters which wer yelling. the first time we'd seen the balcony from down below. it was magical moment, anyway, you know. >> the wedding photograph. you're on the left? >> quite right. >> reporter: it's a lovely photograph. >> yes, it's a nice photograph, and -- yeah. >> her choice of man? >> prince philip. well, i think she fell in love when she was 13. i mean, god, he was good looking. and he was inviting. never -- ever, and i think she really truly has been a rock. ♪ >> reporter: that famous im

president reagan was very close obviously to margaret thatcher, as we all know. he also felt very strongly about helmut kohl. he also felt very strongly about brian mulroney of canada. he had not the same feelings about francois mitterand of france. [ laughter ] he had a strong relationship and friendship with mikhail gorbachev. one of the other famous lines of reagan was the russian proverb that he used all the time. trust but verify, and that's what symbolized his relationship with gorbachev. we used to kid inside the white house that president reagan, god help us, trusted everybody, and nancy reagan and i were the verifiers. he had an awful lot of faith in his vice president, in george herbert walker bush. he thought he was the right person to carry on his presidency, into george herbert walker bush's presidency. he knew that the relationship with the then soviet union would be solid. that's why we brought george herbert walker bush with us. there is a great photo, i'm sure you have in your archives, it's the only time i was ever allowed to play advance man in

piece on cnbc.com that says bankruptcy cannot be ruled out even as carl icahn and former employee, margaret chess ski. analyst vicki bryan goes so far as to say flat out she believes bankruptcy is a credible option. there are lots of moving parts at navistar right now. including inapability to get certification on big rig truck engines. in a recent court hearing, the epa estimated navistar could lose $3 billion of revenue if its engines do not get certified. if that happened, that would be the end of the line. navistar does not have the cash or borrowing capacity to absorb such a catastrophe. they will not address this issue but a spokesman did say it is important to the future of the company things get resolved in a timely manner. >> what's timely? >> hold your horsepower. i hear your story, great piece on cnbc.com. the stock is down 44%, not 94%. still a $21 stock. there are still people seeing value in the equity. >> that's right. >> the stork is not a dime, not a dollar. >> sometimes people see value in equity. there are people like people who give me credit and look at the balance stre

margaret hoover is the author of "american individualism."g point this morning is breaking news about defense secretary arriving in afghanistan for a real time update to find out how prepared the allied troops and afghanistan security forces are to confront the taliban in the summer fighting season. just yesterday a suicide bombing killed 22 people and injured 50 others. the u.s. is also saying one of the armed helicopters were shot down. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this surprise visit by secretary pan eta today. he did acknowledge the most recent attacks with the deadliest day for civilians in afghanistan has caused a great deal of concern. secretary panetta met with afghan counter parts and issued a stern warning to pakistan and said they need to do more to route out the al qaeda link network. it has been accused of conducting cross border raids. here is more of what secretary panetta had to say. >> we are reaching the limits of our patience here. for that reason it is extremely important that pakistan take action to prevent th

sister margaret farley's book is called just love, a framework for christian sexual ethics. the vatican says the opinion is quote not acceptable. >> what in the world does a nun know about sex? that would be like an ultimate vitting dvd released by the dali lama. he's kicking ass and making namastes. (cheers and applause) now its worst part, folks s that sister farley, no jim, no, sister margaret farley, that's better, sister farley has a section in her book on how women have found great good in self-pleasuring. oh, is that how you help the poor by teaching them to master bait. i'm sorry w a guy in my subway car this morning had it down. no help. (applause) now folks the church has condemned sister farley's book saying masturbation is an intrinsically and grachly disordered action. wow. disordered. you got to be pretty bad at masturbation to mess up the order. (laughter) the bottom line is these nuns need to learn their place. which is at my desk. please welcome the head of network a national catholic social justice lobby sister simone campbell. thank you so much for being h

again, my name is margaret baechtold. over five years i have served a as the director of veteran support services at indiana university. a veteran myself, i retire affidavit 20 years of service, and i now also the legislative director for navpa. navpa is comprised of 400 educational institutions from all education sectors, and we advocate for what we believe are the best interest of student veterans at our institutions. our expertise lies in the administration of veterans programs at colleges, universities, and other education providers. our leadership is comprise odd of of nonpaid staff members in an effort to better serve the veterans on our campuses. s a voluntary organization, navpa does not police its policy. our mission is to provide professional development to member institutions, collect and disseminate best practices for veterans support and advocate on behalf of students and our institutions. we believe strongly that all educational institutions should be forthright and open with all student, particularly with r

we have margaret hoover and mark lamont hill and this is margaret's play dz list, ring ring to starting. we're back after the break. there are a lot of warning lights and sounds vying for your attention. so we invented a warning you can feel. introducing the all-new cadillac xts. available with a patented safety alert seat. when there's danger you might not see, you're warned by a pulse in the seat. it's technology you won't find in a mercedes e-class. the all-new cadillac xts has arrived, and it's bringing the future forward. ♪ >>> i'm zoraida sambolin. southern baptists kicking off their convention with a ground-breaking change to the leadership. the group is expected to elect its first black president in its entire 167-year history. tough for me to say that, right, new orleans pastor fred luter jr. is running unopposed. leaders hope he will attract more members of color and distance the church from its racist past. >>> a 6-year-old girl is being held by immigration officials found inside a van with 15 other people. group taken into custody by joe arpaio's office after a vehicle wa

regarding today's ruling and joining me to help me do that is dr margaret flowers congressional fellow for physicians at national health program and liz mair the former online communications strategist to governor scott walker and governor rick perry and former r. and c. online communications director ladies it's a power panel for the ladies i like it's very. lots to talk about and i know you guys probably have a lot to say we're going to start with you i know you've been a major supporter of the affordable care act since its passage. you're not a supporter out of it is not going to work ok ok so. let's start with that why aren't you a supporter what do you think is wrong with it so the affordable care act is based on legislation that was passed in massachusetts in two thousand and six at the state level written by the for heritage foundation exactly and passed by governor romney so it really is based on what's called the individual mandate forcing people to purchase private insurance as you said if they don't have it subsidizing the purchase of that private insurance for some people i

margaret hoover is with us. she worked in the george w. bush white house.individualism." ryan lizza, who just gave us a stunning review of "fifty shades of gray" is with us as well. but believe it or not, in his day job he is a correspondent for "the new yorker." >> i used to be. i don't know. we'll see what happens after that segment. >> and will cain is a columnist for the blaze.com. nice to have all of you with us this morning. our "starting point," have you been following what's happening in court in the jerry sandusky trial? oh, it is just brutal and graphic. and just horrible as you hear about these young men crying on the stand as they recount this testimony. more expected today. it's day four in the jerry sandusky child sexual abuse trial. three of his accusers have yet to take the witness stand. they are expected to testify either today or tomorrow. and then the prosecution will rest its case. that could happen as early as friday. cnn's susan candiotti is live at the courthouse for us in bellefonte, pennsylvania. what do we expect today, susan? >>

also there, we have another dispatch from margaret warner in mexico. this one from mexico city about a shopkeepers confrontation with a criminal gang. and on our politics page, perhaps signs of a bipartisan congress? if only on the softball diamond, representative jean schmidt is on the congressional women's team taking on female reporters tonight in washington. >> we are here on the battlefield trying to beat the press corps tomorrow but most importantly to raise money to help women beat their disease of breast cancer. >> sreenivasan: you can meet the congressional team and see them practice for the game on our politics page. all that and more is on our web site: newshour.pbs.org. jeff? >> brown: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. on thursday, we'll look at the major decisions coming from the i'm jeffrey brown. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. we'll see you online and again here tomorrow evening. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and..

sam stein of the huffington post is here and margaret carlson is a columnist for bloomberg news. welcome, everybody. mitt romney finishes up his six-state bus tour today with three events in his original home state, good old michigan. >> we're about to go to michigan. look around, you'll see the trees are the right height. >> today in new york, marco rubio and kelly ayotte are helping the pro-romney super pac restore our future, pull in money at a fund-raiser. sam, these stakes we're going to be talking about forever but there were five days of the magical mitt-stry tour and various veep would-bes along for the ride, including paul ryan, scott walker, not that anybody actually thinks he's going to be mitt romney's veep but also tom pawlenty. i feel like we talked a lot about tim pawlenty obviously when he was a candidate. he sort of went off into the magical ether and seems to be back. and have a fairly strong showing, i thought, as mitt romney's road dog. >> i think so, too. i got really excited. i thought it was thursday for a second. >> that's what happens when the prompter br

. >> warner: and i'm margaret warner. on the newshour tonight, the tepid hiring hit the markets today, too, as the dow closed down nearly 300 points. we'll look at what's inhibiting new hiring and worries over economic growth here and abroad. >> woodruff: mark shields and david brooks will analyze the possible political fallout, among other things. >> warner: hari sreenivasan visits native americans in louisiana struggling to keep the sea from swallowing their tribal lands. >> this land may not be worth much in value, but this land has fed our people; this land has given to us. and we are still here. >> woodrf: we have the latest om pladelphia, where a church leader is on trial for protecting priests who molested children. >> warner: and jeffrey brown talks with peruvian writer mario vargas llosa about his new book and the importance of literature. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> growing up in arctic norway, everybody took fish oil to stay he

. >> he names each site margaret's place in honor of his mother. >> when i stepped foot in margaret'sce, it's like i got a chance to see who i was on the inside without wearing this mask that i portrayed to everyone that i was okay. my home life wasn't good. i felt like i couldn't trust anybody, and here, i really got the support that i needed. >> youngsters are strong. you know, they bounce back a lot. but i don't think they realize that it hurts them. you know, and they hurt. and i think -- i get choked up when i start talking about that. >> now row tired from managing teams, he's still in the game, overseeing operations for major league baseball and also giving his time to end violence. >> we're chasing life today. growing a garden. just recently, our friends at urban farming.org launched their 1,000 friends and family campaign, the goal is 100 million gardens around the world. comedian richard lewis shows up. >> all i do is eat vegetables now. my wife is into this, you know, god forbed there's anything in the refrigerator. >> truth of the matter is growing your own garden can guar

what do you think, margaret?s speaking the truth that many republicans feel right now, which is they don't feel like there's a voice for them in the republican party. and i think the reason this has happened is since 2008, when republicans were voted out of power in the ledge slatsive branch and the executive branch, we had no elected national leader or spokesperson that was codifying or rallying or leading what mainstream conservatism was. it was almost like warlordism on the right side of the aisle. and you have competing special interests who are trying to plant their flag in the sand, and then you had a primary that catered to special interests. >> so we fundamentally disagree about this? >> yes. whether or not ronald reagan would fit into the modern day party, i don't know. i think jeb bush is an unimpeachable conservative. i like him. but i think he couldn't have emerged from this presidential policy probably because of his stance on immigration. before we indulge in this, democrats should ask, would jfk be

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. >> that's margaret's suggestion off her playlist, margaret, the author of "american individualism."have to talk about that book one of these days. >> i would love to. >> we talk about it but we never talk about it. will cain is a columnist with theblaze.com and ryan lizza, washington correspondent for "the new yorker." our get real, if you are not inspired you have no heart and no soul. >> set me up for failure. >> you will be inspired. this is an act of sportsmanship that track fans in ohio had a chance to witness over the weekend. meghan vogel, the young lady on your right, she's a junior at west liberty salem high school in ohio, just won the 600 meter state champions and worn out for the 3,200 meters. she was in 15th place and notices the runner in front of her in 14th place had collapsed, two options, she can just run by the girl and not be last or she can do what she did, which was to stop, pick up the runner,arden mcmath, pick her up and carry her across the finish line. she pushes a little bittarden in front of her soarden finishes in 14th place and in fact, our young lady f

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." >>> here's margaret's playlist, vampire weekend.i cannot say i've ever heard that before. >> a good sign. >> i like it, i like it. >> are you serious? >> we'll take a short break. "starting point back in a moment. [ male announcer ] this was how my day began. a little bird told me about a band... ♪ an old man shared some fish stories... ♪ oooh, my turn. ♪ she was in paris, but we talked for hours... everyone else buzzed about the band. there's a wireless mind inside all of us. so, where to next? ♪ with new chef's picks from lean cuisine. new dishes on the culinary cutting edge like mushroom mezzaluna ravioli and chile lime chicken. ♪ new chef's picks from lean cuisine. >>> that's ryan's playlist. i'm being left behind. >> no, you're not. >> our "starting point" team. the washington correspondent for the new yorker. nice to have you in person. i like to be able to stop you by tapping you on the arm when i need to. margaret hoover as well, author of individualism. getting started this morning. naming your kids can be hard. >> yes. esp