and albany, new york in the new york state capitol building, finished in 1894. we are also pleased to have joined as a studio audience of albany area residents. some college students and historians, some people interested in al smith. they will also have a chance to ask some questions about al smith in the 18 -- 1928 election. we will put some phone calls on the screen so you can start to dial in now. this is the 6th in our 14 week series. john evers, what kind of a candid it was all smith in 1928? >> he was a fighter. if you look at him and d.c. the short stature, his gravelly voice comes out all across america. this is one of the first campaigns where radio plays a role. he campaigns from the back of trains which is very common. he tries to engage in america on issues that are important to americans. they did not want to talk about those issues. prosperity was there so they could not say they were the issues -- he was not candid of prosperity. he wanted to talk about prohibition. he came out as a fighter. his speeches were well reasoned. on paper he was a fant

we are going for new york. we want new york. because we did well last time. [applause] new york was not supposed to be republican territory. a lot of people left. a lot of the people who voted for ronald reagan left. they went on to other places. abusedt tired of being and high taxes and all of the other problems and we are going to go and run and we are going to write online order and we are going to run on lower taxes and we are going to run on doing something on salt. remember schumer? schumer said i try to bring home things to my people in new york. you know what he brought home? salt. for those of you who don't know, look it up. not good. if they win this election, every city will be under siege, because the police are good in seattle and they are good in all these different places they are talking about. do theirnot being let job. can't do their job. , the pro-crime agenda biden/harris troop will also crush our economy because there is no prosperity in cities ruled by fear. even the portland mayor says these are my friends. he goes in there and they wan

according to the new york culture and tradition. then it resumes on a particularly hot day, monday, july 13th. and new yorkers can really visualize these streets because it begins around 2nd avenue in the 40s. 46th, 47th street. un neighborhood, and just before the, off the marshall's office reopens, someone throws a where i can or cobblestone through the window of the draft office and then sets the draft office on fire. and that is the opening round in the defiance. the mob grows. and grows. excuse me. and the protestors as it were, begin to march downtown. and disrupt the draft in other places. and then this demonstration just, it me tma tas sizes all o manhattan. >> you called it race riot. that's what it turned into. who were in these mobs and who did the mobs target? >> so, the targeting and this is going to sound familiar. when an angle boils over, irrational decisionings sometimes are made and brooks brothers for example, was targeted and looted. stores were targeted. the homes of abolitionists and pro leading republicans were

many had come to new york and the new world seeking opportunities. they were treated badly. they were treated as second-class citizens. the democratic party very cleverly, from the 1840's on, pushed them to register in the democratic party. and as a result, many elites demonized the entire democratic party is a party of ruffians. but all of the canards and cliches about the irish, drinking, hooliganism, were created during this period. was it a mostly irish-american riot? one would have to say it was, but it was a largely irish-american population that was being subjected to this unfair draft. the racism, of course, inexcusable and people who have experienced prejudice should not visit prejudice on others, but it happens. >> were they able to raise what was needed? >> yes. they raised the troops and raised another 400,000 the following year. so the draft worked. there was also recruitment, and a feeling of soldiers that were needed, and the quotas were filled by a combination of volunteering. there was a war spirit, especially after the proclamation, to end slavery. and new

this truly has become a symbol of the current and new york. this is the vietnam veterans memorial it honors those americans who fought and died in that war more than 4 decades ago their names are inscribed on the black granite wall in memory of that national tragedy which claimed the 50000 lives of u.s. men and women in uniform over the last couple of months coded 900 has killed almost 350000 people in the u.s. it's 3 times more lives than the. entire 10 years it's a different kind of. but this is a war and america is losing it pretty badly. and something has gone wrong and we came here to find out why it will take a look at how the corona virus has ripped through america's health care and economy and what it means for the rest of the world so. the new york of 2020 will probably be featured in the history books this city is nothing like it used to be. downtown streets deserted those who can isolate themselves and those who can't wear masks or. traps as if the fire is and every breath the fear. all of these somehow can occur and with countless

they are chartered in new york. they are under the jurisdiction of new york law. she says they are in violation of new york law, and they should be dissolved. whatever you think of the nra as a political entity and as a special lobbying interest and what effect they've had on our country, tish james' office says in their lawsuit today that they basically have been able to document that whatever else the nra is, it's also a gigantic scam. its top executives, according to the attorney general's office, have been ripping off the organization to the tune of, like, tens of millions of dollars a year, year after year. they've been funneling nra members' donations into their own pockets and to their own family members and friends and allies for years, to the point of what tish james today called, quote, brazen illegality. new york attorney general tish james announced her office's civil suit against the nra and a number of its senior executives today. that suit includes some very lurid details about the way her office says nra executives stole tens of millions of dollars

i'm born in new york. i've been -- i grew up around new york. i've lived in the city since 1994. rker. i own a comedy club in the city s. i own a bar in the city. this is a city that i lo and believe in, and the problems are not being addressed, because they're difficult problems. it's very easy for people to say go new york. it's harder to say, here are the problems, this is what we can do about it. maybe we need more per swissive lobbying in d.c. maybe we need them to start contributing. i know they do. >> what's the one -- >> missed opportunities. >> what's the one biggest thing before i have to let you go, presuming that you are indeed rooting for new york, what's the one thing you would like to see happen tomorrow morning to save new york? let's just say letting new york paul into the ocean is not an option. what is the top thing you want to see done to save this city? >> unfortunately, you know, second to a bail-out, which is not always the best, new york city would have to borrow money to keep currents employees on and immediately allow indoor dining. you cannot allow 95% t

the film gangs of new york?>> the answer is no. i was wildly exaggerated i have to say, barnes museum was attacked. i don't think the elephants and the lines and the tigers, i don't think there were that many are animals were running across me in midtown manhattan. there were no gunboats firing from shore. that's an exaggeration. the union navy did not order ships to fire on the city that would've been totally crazy. there was a restraint. i was kind of a scenes behind the scenes advisor to gangs in new york. i don't have as much to do with it as i did with the lincoln movie. but i thought of course that if anybody saw my name. >> we won't blame-year-old. for (laughs) i see we're out of time i want to thank you for being such a terrific partner as always in these programs. >> thank you val and thanks to the way we made it happen to. >> absolutely. this is so enjoyable for us to revisit this wonderful book in these great. objects you're watching american history tv. every weekend on c-span three, explore our nati

new york alone has become a place to. demonstrate. we're driving through. new york's neighbor. on the side sitting in the city. going. to some of the scenes. way before going to the 2nd grade so we're going to go with the 1st one. little let you tell me what. was going on behind those walls the richest country most powerful and yet has the worst response are well countries. are doing nothing about it. are going to be so great. that. we're going to have to bury them maybe and. maybe in. this truly has become a symbol. in new york. this is the vietnam. war more than 4 decades ago their names are inscribed on the black granite wall in memory of the national tragedy which claimed. 1000 lives of u.s. men and women in uniform over the last couple of months 900. 50000 people. in the u.s. it's 3 times more lives than the vietnam war 2 can its entire 10 years it's a different kind of anime now but this is a war and america is losing it pretty badly and. something has gone wrong and we came here to find out what it will take a look at how the corona virus has ripped through america's hea

in new york is the same way.n if you dislike new york too much to visit, you should care what happens there because you're an american and new york is by far this country's biggest city. new york is more than twice as many people, second place is los angeles. it's physically tiny, the entire city of manhattan is smaller than the dallas airport, but new york is 10% of our total gdp in this country. so what happens to you new york matters to the rest of us, like the place or not. recently, new york seemed to be thriving. official theorists succeeded in doing the single most important thing civic leaders can do, they made their city safe for normal people to live there. new york is one of the least dangerous metro areas in the world. they bragged about it. there is no mystery how they did it. the city hired tens of thousands of cops. they threw criminals and antisocial destroyers in jail and left them there, and it worked. new york improved dramatically. people with choices, people could live anywhere, wanted to liv

and there was one place not far from new york. that reveals the unprecedented scale has to get past your feet. this place is called island it's about an hour ride from new york and the 15 minutes boat ride from the nearest dock if a body can be identified or if a person has no family or and family could not afford burial costs then island is the answer and it has been serving as a mass grave for centuries but now with all this pandemic this place is in high demand. gruesome and aerial footage shown on plane bodies being buried in trenches here. or has it that when it blows north east from the north the storm all the rocks on the northeast side of the island there are places superheroes of the durned there's no bones washed up washed up onto the island and things like that all the time and that's going to. have heard some people saying that there's some old city islanders around skulls or things like that. it's kind of creepy. and. i think this is this close as we can get actually not a lot of set foot on the island well i mean now

new york is going to have to cut.for example, is going to have to cut 21,000 workers at the end of this month, and the question is where will they come from? and these consistents will create -- cuts will create further distress in the city like new york, and that will mean reduction in service. so it's a vicious cycle. i don't think the federal government's going to bail them out in the next few days, so they've got some really tough choices to make. new york city and other major cities around the country realize they've got to compete for residents and compete for businesses, they're going to continue, you know, significant struggles until they realize that. maria: meanwhile, it feels like de blasio is pushing out all wealth. he goes and puts homeless shelters right near the most expensive high-rise buildings and tells the community, oh, well, we'll all live together. that's not what rich people are doing, they're taking their money and leafing, going to places like florida and texas. you've got great developments i

what's the defining underlying characteristic in new york if rome was power and greece was glory, new york was a home. the end gather, the place where in successive waves irish and jews and italians, puerto ricans and people from all over the world come together and find a sense of home and community so what's the philosophy of robert moses struck was in my opinion something very significant. robert moses as great accomplishments and when you talk about the built environment of robert moses there they are and they are great accomplishments . i tried to do the same thing with i do with jones beach, show his genius and in getting that bridgebuilt. lincoln center , great accomplishments, magnificent accomplishments. permanent additions to new york city but his career at implications far beyond the physical, far beyond the great accomplishments . it is right to celebrate them but it isalso right not to forget the rest of it, not to forget the human cost . seems to me for several years now i'm constantly being approached at parties, cocktail parties by large gentlemen, usually of the real

new york. u.s. intelligence agencies reportedly believe that iran paid bounties to the taliban for targeting american and coalition forces in afghanistan according to information obtained by c.n.n. the payments are linked to at least 6 attacks last year including a suicide bombing at a u.s. air base in december teleporter has the details if you remember not too long ago the mainstream media was again citing its anonymous sources claiming that russia was somehow paying balinese to the taliban for hits on u.s. soldiers in afghanistan russian intelligence officers have offered to pay belmonte to taliban fighters who kill americans who kill americans complex story here at the heart of it there is something very simple that the european intelligence official i spoke to says that russian military intelligence officers offered money to taliban fighters in afghanistan to kill american or other coalition fighters if this times report is correct this means that u.s. intelligence has concluded that vladimir pu

they are chartered in new york and in violation of new york law and they should be dissolved. whatever you think of the nra as a political entity and as a special lobbying interest and the effect they had on our country her office says in the lawsuit today that they have been able to document that whatever else the nra is, its also a guy gan tick scam. it's top executives according to the attorney general's office have been ripping off the organization to the tune of like tens of millions of dollars a year, year after year. they have been funneling nra members donations into their own pockets and into their own family members and friends and allies for years. to the point of brazen illegality. she announced the civil suit against the nra and a number of senior executives today. that suit includes some very lurid details about the way her office says nra executives stole tens of millions of dollars and what they spent it on. the list of what they spent it on is amazing in their own terms. she is going to be here live to talk about the lawsuit, why it's happening now. why she th

star in the new york city p.b.s. mr president you are in the endorsement and you've earned it indorsement i'm proud to give it no surprise it's got anger burning in the belly of the democratic party here in new york i am speechless new york city's a beautifully diverse working class democratic city the n.y.p.d. says clearly showing they're not interested in working with the people of our city this explains their continued aggression against innocent people it's time for dramatic change and why p.d. union endorsed trump i'm sure this is a part of the neighborhood outreach plan also does anyone see a potential problem with police unions enforcement arms of the state with lupul weapons promoting preferred candidates for office is that just me it's a political wrestle mania here in new york we've got trump versus the local officials local officials versus the police and vice versa at this point it's pretty clear new york city needs some kind of caped crusader to stop the wave of crime but will that savior be in washingto

only our local that led to it messed up new york city maybe because i danced in new york so you know why that i've been doing it because of the 16 year old. chap but now i've. gone down on my brother. a little bit over there going to tell the spirit told me that i have not quoted that it's really kind of said about me. that kind of said bell in new york city along with coleman and the surge. violent crimes in the city . which has nothing to do with nothing if you just want to reason in the murders of i'd look for a reason to do something stupid. i got a tax. cut they're going to take you out one meant to destroy one so you can go to any and everybody said to close small who you want to speak for me here you. know we're going to let you get the money you'll get it for them mostly due to they might be made. 3 of them are. you so. well i mean those guys were pretty nice and didn't look like scary at all but they reminded us that she's not into the wrong crowd here so. they can go in. the us just like the rest of the world is fighting in. and will no doubt achieve victory eventually but

obviously, he doesn't care about new york city. >> no new york state and new york city, the case county down the hospitalizations are way down we have gone days with maybe one or two deaths across the entire state. i know a lot of people must be thinking, what are you waiting for. what are you waiting for? >> that's what we all are, 100%. i have restaurants in other parts of new york. i'm up in hamptons i'm in great neck. i'm all over but in new york city, our mayor has decided that i want to see as many businesses possible go out of business. e has no idea what he's doing the industry and the poor workers that cannot work that are no longer getting the $600 stimulus. mayor de blasio hasn't missed a check. he talks about i was the mayor of the people. he is not the mayor of the people it's all about himself and for some reason he does not care about new york all he has to do is let us open up and if there's any rise at all in cases, shut us back down again. >> can a city, what does this mean the fact that in new york city, you're still out of business, basically with indoor dining one

to new york times article. saying all we're going to review how much you really old and were later on going to send you a bill final bill how much you really all the hospital work all collating me. from 621-6000 i'm i have left over that i have to pay from my pocket and goes on offense and you have to make sure and by the time you went to the right i had insurance the whole time you turned $98.00 anywhere. because out of pocket. 6000 in that poured out of pocket that i have to pay that's the insurance i just talked yesterday about the yes but anyway why are you every so often the air just to leave this town really with you i don't know why they're making this so complicated and ok you're in the hospital there all the same hospital is not like i left. so different location it's all inside the same hospital why do you need to send so many different. they're washing their hands by saying oh charge of this department so i don't know what the department is charging all of them we figure it out. and weeks passed by a

only our little bit not to mess up new york city for the good i guess that's the new look for you know why that i've been doing it because of the 16 year old. guy right now i've. gone down on my brother. a little bit over there going to tell us they're going to have not called that it's really kind of set out. to a condorcet bell in new york city along with the cold and the surge. piling crimes in the city. which has nothing to do with nothing if you just want to reason in the murders of i'd look for a reason to do something stupid. i got a tax. cut they're going to take you out a lot of mental disorder so you can go to you know everybody very close small who do want to speak for me at least here you. know you feel you're going to let it get somebody you were there mostly due to they might be made. the mood. on the. street and were. you so. well i mean those guys were pretty nice and they didn't look like scary at all but they reminded us that is the wrong thing to the wrong crowd here so. that it could go in. the u.s. just like the rest of the world is fighting in. and will no doubt a

welcome to new york.es: i don't think a lot of are going to come unless they're visiting ailing relative, ashley. ashley: right. charles: too many hoops to jump through. thank you very much, my friend. joining me for action young americans for liberty analyst emma michelle. what is interesting for me as i monitored new york city over the last four or five months, there was already a defacto travel ban in effect. they wouldn't reopen the city not because of manhattan but out you are boroughs, bronx, places like, that dramatic difference in casings everything else. to change the focus we don't want people from over 30 states to come here unless they can jump through these hoops i think is economic suicide? >> yeah. it sends a message how and clear. those are bill de blasio's own words, we want to send a message. america hears him loud and clear. he doesn't want people from other states coming to new york. that is exactly what is happening there. we've seen a population decline for the first time in decades.

new york alone has become a place where. demonstrations were driving through. new york's. shooting range in the city. this is. going to the 2nd grade so we're going to. be a little let people know. this and what's going on behind those walls. response there's. going to be so great. that. we're going to have maybe and. maybe in. this truly has become a symbol. in new york. this is the vietnam. war for decades ago their names are inscribed on the black granite wall in memory of that national tragedy which claimed. 1000 lives of u.s. men and women in uniform over the last couple of months 900. 50000 people in the u.s. it's 3 more lives. it's a different kind of. but this is why. war and americans losing it pretty badly and . something has gone wrong and we came here to find out why it will take a look at how the corona virus has ripped through america's health care economy and what it means for the rest of the world so. the new york of 2020 will probably be featured in the history books the city is nothing like it used to be ever humming downtown streets deserted those who ca

in new york. this is the vietnam. war more than 4 decades ago their names are inscribed on the black granite wall in memory of a national tragedy which claimed. 1000 lives of u.s. men and women in uniform over the last couple of months 900. 50000 people in the u.s. it's. more lives. and yours it's a different kind of. but this is a war and america is losing it pretty badly. something has gone wrong and we came here to find out why. the corona virus has ripped through america's health care and economy and what it means for the rest of the world so. 2020 will probably be featured in the history books this is nothing like it used to be ever harming downtown streets deserted those who can isolate themselves and those who can't wear masks or face traps as if the fire is and every breath of fear . in all of these somehow and with countless demonstrations and protests happening last rites. to. new york a place of dozens and dozens of demonstrations taking place. today. i counted 30 different events related to the black. peop

>> there is a detective in new york, mr.ayor, who i think is one of the best detectives in the united states. i would like to have him head my squad of detectives. announcer: from the beginning, dewey faced a hopeless job, clearing out gangsters and racketeers. >> now for the last time, are you going to keep out of our territory or not? >> i'm not. ♪ >> but i don't need any protection. announcer: dewey's handpicked staff began singling out people and getting them to talk. after long months of hard, patient, dangerous work, dewey had collected enough evidence to move in on the racketeers. out of the 73 indictments he secured, dewey convicted all but one, they begin breaking up and the gang overlords went off to jail. on the strength of this record, he was nominated for district attorney. he beat the tammany candidate and continued his crime smashing record and was on the roles of the governor's in albany. though it was in new york that dewey rose to fame, he is the product of a small town in the midwest, having born in a gene

superstition but reality that might have ended his presidency after one term. >> so in view of new york'ssympathy for the southern cause, what explains the great grief shown by new yorkers at lincoln's funeral procession? >> well, that's a really good question. first of all, there was profound regret expressed by many democrats after him's passing. first of all, they -- they trusted andrew johnson less than they trusted abraham lincoln to reconstruct the south, and democrats in the north were interested in reopening voting rights f democrats in the south. so lincoln is suddenly appreciated as being wise and segacious. certainly the religious confluence of events at easter passover time helped create this secular sainthood for him. i think one statistical unavoidable fact is that new york is such a big town, it's a giant town. that even if only republicans came, you know, 150,000 is -- is probably every lincoln voter in new york city. so it could have easily been a republican-led demonstration of mourning. if you read the democratic newspapers, there is a great deal of regret at not apprec

it was in new york that dewey rose to fame. he was the product of a small town in the midwest.g been born above a general store in michigan in 19 to -- in 1902. local residents today like to point to the school where tom got his education before going on to a degree at the university of michigan. the nearby church, which of family attended regularly, tom was a member of the choir. in the same neighborhood where tom grew up, his mother lives today. like all mothers, she is proud of his son and his achievements. >> you must be proud of tom. >> well, yes. he always was a worker. when he worked, he worked hard. when he played, he played hard. i do know that he always had the best interest of our country at heart. >> although today he has governor of the most populous state in the union, tom dewey cherishes the moments where you can relax on his farm and live the simple family life so many millions of americans know and love. doors fromthe out of his own early boyhood, tom likes to take whatever time he can to spend with his two boys, tom jr. and john. while not posing as a working

new york, new jersey, that area. and when you take them out, just as an example, take a look at florida relative to new york. that's not to say anything wrong with new york, it was just a very tough place. people are close together, it's crowded. it's not easy. but when you take that out, our numbers are among the lowest and even with it in i will get back to you, but we have among the lowest numbers. they've done a fantastic job.

like "the new york times." such a horrible track record, a troubling inability to string cogent sentences together. the debates, they could be disaster. the bar is so low, i guess if he shows up, the mob and the media, he won. he showed up. he didn't mess up too bad. of course that bar so low, the media mob, they will cheer and applaud biden if he doesn't make a total, complete fool of himself. what's more concerning is biden is now controlled, as we've been talking about, the radical socialist extremists in his party, even plagiarized, as we've been saying, bernie's economic policy word for word. put aoc in charge of implementing the new green deal. trillions of dollars. beto bozo. he is the gun czar, the confiscation guy. i mention schumer and pelosi. what they are trying to do, it's a very scary scenario for the future of the country if enacted. even socialist congresswoman omar is now praising biden's agenda is the most progressive in history. i might actually have agreement. let's take a look. >> right now

only how it's going to lead to messed up new york city mayor because i was there for the new york you know street i was right that's going to do it because all the 16 years old. thank god i'm. not on the morning no no no i'm gonna no i don't i'm broke. a little birdie gold spirit told me that i had not played there it's really kind of said about me. kind of said bell new york city along with coleman and the surge. violent crimes in the city. which have nothing to do with nothing just want a reason. i look for a reason to do something stupid. i got a tax. cut when i go out learn much with just about everyone so you can see and everybody got a clutch small block to speak for me in this area he should be doing what i like wouldn't mind if you were there mostly due to the my. going to perks of. keep my. example just being there is better cause they're made public on the group long been a long time and were. you so right. and i was. well i mean those guys were pretty nice and they didn't look like scary at all but they reminded us that should not run into the wrong crowd your self. but it

brilliant remarks did count a little bit for campaigns teaches but this kind of thing herded in new york. >> sure, but even so, the momentum of the war was shifting. sherman's victory in atlanta and news of the commerce writer alabama by the uss -- . how did lincoln capitalize in these events politically? >> i would say because they were visualized. they were visualize in images because they were widely reported in the press. he just wrote on the crest of renewed enthusiasm and i suppose there was kind of an a a latent union sentiment there but people were exhausted from the casualties and the lack of victories. these events really cheered people including as you say a battle that took place and sherbrooke harbor thousands of miles away that was merely symbolic but it ended the life of a confederate pirate ship that had run over union merchant ships for years. it was a very big symbolic victory and a morale booster. like unrolled crest of that wave all the way to an election victory. tell us about this hand written ledger. this is our first object of the program. try to get a little more

you saw what happened in new york. ry, actually the chairwoman of the committee, the sponsor of the democrats' bill, caroline malone, her election was june 23rd. she wasn't declared the winner until six weeks later. new jersey primary, took four weeks to count the ballots after the election date. iowa democrat caucuses, i don't know if we still know who won the democrat caucus for the presidential race. so the democrats want this chaos and confusion because i believe, and i'm convinced they know president trump is going to win on election day but they want to keep counting ballots after election day. so that's what this is really about. they want to send out as many live ballots, mail out as many live ballots as they can around this country and then be counting after the election night, after election night's over. that's what this is about. we need to call it for what it is. and -- but they're attacking the post office for those reasons and that's what's scary to me. that's why they're getting so fired up. but again, i

new york. u.s. intelligence agency is reportedly believe that iran paid bunting's to the taliban for targeting american and coalition forces in afghanistan earlier the same i.q. sation was leveled against russian double quarter picks up the story for us if you remember not too long ago the mainstream media was again citing its anonymous sources claiming that russia was somehow paying balinese to the taliban for hits on u.s. soldiers in afghanistan russian intelligence officers have offered to pay belmonte to taliban fighters who kill americans who kill americans their european intelligence official i spoke to says that russian military intelligence officers offered money to taliban fighters in afghanistan to kill american or other coalition fighters if this times report is correct this means that u.s. intelligence has concluded that vladimir putin. is offering bounties for the scalps of american soldiers in afghanistan now back then no evidence was provided president trump even said that the story w

for all of us who have either lived in new york or work in ne york, it is a heartbreak. and tonight, our message to america is this can happen to where you live if you make the wrong decisions politically. this is not just going to be confined in new york. if the biden gang gets in charge , this kind of retribution campaign is going to be sweepin the country. and i mean the midwest too. >> absolutely. there will be criminalization o politics in the worst way and there will be deterioration lik you see in new york, chicago, baltimore. that is our future if we elect biden and the democrats. no doubt about it. >> rudy, the difference between new york when you were mayor an all of us were still young in the city and now, it is just i mean i say it, i'm angry about it, but i'm heartbroken as well. >> it breaks my heart too. >> thank you so much. >> a lot of hard work. >> if the new york ag is successful, and she eliminates the nra, don't kid yourself on that, she may also be able to funnel the money that the nra has raised and has in its budge to political allies. that's righ