jackson pollock is going to paint on the floor. artists create these enormous canvases and that is america after the war -- bigger and better and different from what the world has ever seen before. again, i think this is their sensibility after the war and this is what they want to express. the abstract restrictionist -- the abstract expressionists were not well received. now if you want to purchase a jackson pollock -- i tell my students if they want to give me a nice gift, they can give me a jackson pollock -- you could buy one for about $53 million. not too much to ask. the last year, one sold to these four $34 million. these ford at some of $34 million -- one sold at y's for $34 million. a relative bargain. onerestingly enough, institution did embrace it, and that was the cia. i know, it's rather unbelievable. the cia held up modern art in their propaganda war against the soviet union. foras called the congress cultural freedom. for the cia, it was proof of american creativity, american flexibility, cultural innovation , everyt

they can give me a jackson pollock.n buy one for about $53 million. you know not much to ask the raft year one sold at auction at sotheby's for only 34 million. the critics didn't like it. the public didn't understand it. no subject matter. no baptism in canvas, not even soko vincenty but the other museums and galleries promoted it. still slow to gain acceptance. interestingly enough, one institution did embrace it. and that was the cia. the cia -- i know it's rather unbelievable. the cia held a modern art in the propaganda war against the soviet union. and the endeavor was called the congress for cultural freedom. and for the cia it was proof of american creativity, american flexibility, cultural innovation, everything that the soviet union was not. and in fact the cia was the covert sponsor of several traveling exhibitions of american art to every major american city with the funding of individuals like nelson rockefeller, the wealthiest americans were more than happy to support this. and in fact rockefeller's mother

can give me a jackson pollock.ou can buy one for about $53 million. you know, not too much to ask. although last year one sold at auction at sothebys for only $345ever 34 million. relative bargain. the critics didn't like it. the public didn't understand it. there was no subject matter. again no baptism in canvas, not even sacco and vanzetti. but the director at curators at mom and whitney and other museum promoted it. it's slow to gain acceptance. one institution did embrace it. and that was the cia. the cia -- i know, it's rather unbelievable. the cia held up modern art in the propaganda war against the soviet union. and the endeavor was called the congress for cultural freedom. and for the cia it was proof of american creativity, american flexibility, cultural innovation, everything that the soviet union was for the in. in fact the the cia was the covert sponsor of several traveling exhibitions of american art to every american cities with funding of individuals like nelson rockefeller, the wealthiest americans

what we notice in pollock's way of creating arts? is a chaotic? is it may be more planned? maybe chaotic and plans? >> it seems like he is laying a base with some degree of design, design in mind and then he does something on top of that. i think he has something in mind, so it's not -- it's a hybrid, as you were saying there. ms. friedman: exactly. with my students, actually, it's methodical, but the end .roduct looks chaotic so, we look at the theater of the absurd, and we talk about, andyou read these pieces it's like flipping a coin over and over 100 times. and it's absurd. it's ridiculous. but rosencrantz and guildenstern , the play, if you have seen it or read it, it's ridiculous, but it's methodical. it's chaotic but methodical. right.edman: exactly. that's a nice way of putting it. i think something else to keep pollock and his colleagues were creating something new. they had the confidence to leave behind the european painters and create something that was going to showcase an american grandeur. these paintings are an enormous. and also t

pollock, of course, is the original scotchish form of the name polk. they are used colonially in documents, everybody spelled names consistently. how long did he live there? one minute remaining. 1736. he left and probably followed the same path as the alexanders. who was his wife? his wife who signed the deed was margaret. we know william polk, great grandfather of the president's wife name was margaret taylor. you will find taylor's living right here in new munster. one signed a me technician -- petition. this was the great grandfather of william polk. i can tem you from my research all the possible counties in maryland, there's nothing else out there, no other real possible candidate, other than this one. so as far as i'm concerned, hits 100% and i'll have to leave the rest to you if you decide it agree with that. there is no smoking gun of documents in north carolina saying we came from the county, you won't find anything like that. at least i've never found one. to me all the facts are pointing that way. until somebody comes up with a better theor

george h w bush, jeanne kirkpatrick, madeleine albright, susan rice, samantha pollock. these americans brought to the table years of experience as former ambassadors, senior state department officials, national security council and more. ambassador craft simply cannot mask the foreign policy expertise -- match the foreign policy expertise of the others. before serving in canada, she had no previous foreign-policy experience or executive experience at all. it would seem that are most along with that she her husband contributed more than $1 million to the president's campaign. during the confirmation process, investor class performance suggested a deep lack of knowledge and applicable experience. i want to be clear -- this is not a judgment on her character. this is merely an assessment of her ability to represent the united states of america on the world stage, where she will grapple with one of the most hot spots and challenging issues of our time. when asked to identify the most pressing issues facing the one and comment on how the united states could leverage the huma

exhibition also gives hope it also gives the political hope that cultural sites like these can be in pollock's reconstructed thanks to these possibilities and technologies certain whether the structures can indeed be rebuilt is a question that can only be answered in peacetime. incredible . here's a photojournalist who doesn't make life easy for herself or low. interest barrett and keeps coming up with projects that take it to some of the trickiest places to get to around the world right now she wants to scale the highest peaks in as many european countries as possible or if there are no mountains then the highest place in said country and from there take spectacular photos. all aluminum cans of brighton and dora she's going to scale the nearly 3000 meter corporate rules of the tallest peak in this microstate in the peonies it's part of her current project adventure you have. this card one of this diversity of europe and it's mountainous are really exciting. that one is a tiny little hill totally covered in cow dung that was phil. and then there's the vatican where the hardest part was to stan

world's super treasure chests and that of course is a huge motivation to protect this park he said pollock chanson. but even this.

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world's super treasure chests and that of course is a huge motivation to protect this park he said pollock chanson. but even this largely inaccessible region is at risk can maneuver be protected from dangers like walking . or the lost for cold. place. it's morning and southeastern peru beyond the andes in the amazonian lovins. during the dry season macaws and smaller parrots from the area gather on these clay big. become in search of salts and minerals which are scarce in the rainforest. spectacles like these indicate where nature is still intact. but conservation is about so much more than exotic beauty. worldwide intact ecosystems are vital for the survival of humankind. a team from frankfurt's to a logical society is visiting the manu national park. the nature conservation organization operates across the globe and has a major program in peru. dr christoph shank one study jain authors here today he has the organization but over the past 30 years he's always found time to come back. over but these are i'm here to gauge the state the park is and the size of the threat to the surrounding a

bob pollock remembers what happened after he anefsome fellow fhters were caught up in a bomb. >> as we getnto the station, one of the senior officershe poured us all and brandy and folders. to drink up and go home reporter: lack of su time partly explains why the psychological impact has only been revealed recent years. researcherhave found 39% of people in northern ireland experienced a traumatic event during the troubles. at least 14% have mental-health difficulties due to the conflict. post-traumatic stress disorder is particularly common. almost 9% have definitive signs of the condition. t perts are concerned by w called trans-generational trauma, the effect on children day. >> it is about the parents' own mental health, the community the child is raised in. it is also about the legacy of the conflict. we have communities affected by unemployment. there is drug use, low levels of educational attainment. all of these things come together to create anth environment can be quite toxic for a child. reporter: northern ireland has the highest rate of mental-health problems and suicides i

polk initiated the polk pollock poeg dna project with the ftd and a and serves as volunteer administer. the title of his presentation is reexamining the ancestry of president james knox polk. >> thank you. thank you. i appreciate that introduction. do i need to be near the microphone? i'm back here it's not good. i'll try to stay up nearby. thank you very much for that introduction. and as you see the title of my talk is reexamining the ancestry of president james k. polk. right up front i will make -- i will say the main point i want to make in my talk is that the ancestry of the polk family that arrived from north carolina in the 1750s is not what- as it is stated in the popular polk family history books. i'm referring specifically to polk family and kinsman pukd in 19129 by william harrison polk and polk family -- polks of north carolina, tennessee by mrs. frank c. angel on thety. the two most popular on the polk family. with respect to the early ancestry i of the polk family they are incorrect. and i will -- i tra i to show you where they went astray. how i know they're incorrect.

fired but said it's injustice her father was killed in the 1st place i will do everything in my pollock's of so i never see another i don't even want to see another video. person being choked out because this was supposed to happen to him and it's not supposed to happen i should not be here standing with my brother fatherless i should be here with my father but there's something else of that away from me also of a 17 the police union blasted the decision saying the officer was just doing his job trying to arrest an uncooperative suspect anyone that has been a police officer know every 2nd counts when you're getting possibly rolled through a plate glass window your responsibility is the itself the person you are trying to arrest and everyone else while there is disagreement if the police officer should have been fired or side seemed to agree on one thing that 5 years was way too long to reach a conclusion in this case now the police commissioner is saying that in the future the department will decide much sooner on disciplinary action against any police officer accused of wrongdoing gabrie

bob pollock remembers what happened after he and some fellow firefighters were caught up in a bomb., "right, into the officers' mess." and he poured us all a brandy and said, "drink that and then go home." that was it. and the boys were back on duty within three or four days. the lack of support at the time partly explains why the psychological impact has only been revealed in recent years. researchers have found 39% of people in northern ireland experienced a traumatic event during the troubles. at least 14% have mental health difficulties linked to the conflict. post—traumatic stress disorder is particularly common, almost 9% have definitive signs of the condition. and experts are concerned about what's called transgenerational trauma, the effect on the children of today. it's about the parents' own mental health, it's about the community that that child is raised in. it's also about the legacy of the conflict in communities. so we have communities that are affected by unemployment, there's drug use, there's low levels of educational attainment. and all of these things come togeth

andrew pollock who said donald trump is right to put politics aside as he looks for real solutions. >> politicians jumped on these events and push the political agendas and they aren't even in the ground yet, and pushing an agenda without even looking at the facts of what went wrong. every channel and every politician jumped on that bandwagon of gun-control and i took a step back. let the police do their job pushing an agenda. that is not going to solve anything. when i think of someone who in that walmart hoping to get saved and there is no one coming to save you. they are sitting like my daughter on the third floor. to push the gun control agenda and take our rights away from victims, i couldn't be there for my daughter and my daughter got shot at point blank and a lot of other victims so to me it is important we can defend ourselves in a mass shooting situation. >> the administration says it is looking at enhanced background checks and the president is open to a discussion on an assault weapons ban. overnight china threatening to take action if the us sets up new missiles in the as

comes months after this body cass was released showing what led up to the death of this man, joshua pollockan investigation shows police shot him as he was waking up. even after the officers were cleared of wrongdoing, the civilian commission determined the officers used excessive force. >> they were investigated for over a year and exonerated and then near noticed they lost their job? i think they're headed in the right direction, shoeing. >>> we're learning new details about the charges against a dozen california marines. they're accused of human smuggling and drug charges. the marines drive migrant toes a heavily secured border zone once they entered the country illegally. at last check, all 12 remain confined at camp pendleton following their arrest last month. >>> president trump has described the unrest in hong kong as riots. >> but the protesters see themselves as pro democracy protesters. they're upset hong kong is considering allowing china to extradite citizens of hong kong accused of crimes in hong kong to mainland china. here is official state run media responding to downtown's

cartoons, norman rockwell paintings, and abstract expressionist art, movement that included jackson pollock and mark rothko. friends of the national world war ii memorial host of the talk as part of their annual teachers conference. introduceleasure to rachelle friedman, who will speak to a about -- speak to you about innovations in art during world war ii. she was here last year and we are excited to have her back and excited to hear her presentation. join me in welcoming rachelle. [applause] good morning and thank you, it is a real pleasure to be here. year i was sitting in your spot and it was a really profitable conference. when the call came out to present about innovations in world war ii, i was happy to answer the call.

. >> martha: as andy pollock said, that has to be in the system that information that somebody had a kill list and a rape list. if somebody had to threaten people at their school or punched their mother's teeth in, that needs to be in the background check or else they are only as good as the information that is in them. >> the president has talked about that. how do we see those records? we can look back at those backgrounds and find out what those people have done. those are targeted background checks that will make a difference. >> martha: lots more to get to so we hope you will come back so we can get to the other stuff. this is important. thank you so much for being here tonight. good to see you. coming up next, president trump doubles down on controversial comments on jewish voters and calls out the squad, but what is going on in this whole thing? this is what people aren't talking about politically. what does the impact potentially of all this discussion on the 2020 vote? how this might play out for both sides, coming up next. ♪ bies too young to be vaccinated against whooping

andrew pollock is the father of a parkland shooting victim and is the author of "why meadow died."hank you very much for coming on. so, we wanted to take a break. thank you. we're going to dive into the pressures of gun control and media control and the internet and all that tomorrow night butk for right now, we just wanted to take a step back and ask the broader question, why do you think this is happening? i mass shootings like this? >> well, in my point of view, it happens a lot with these kids and why they are juveniles of not showing them accountability when they are young. you know, you have to get these kids when they are still in high school or younger, when they are committing crimes, or show them, some of these kids need to be introduced to do judicial system in order to point them in the right direction and we lost that over the last years, accountability. that plays a big role in it and another big role is the media frenzy when something like this happens. like you say, if these politicians jumped on these events to push their political agendas, and the victims aren't e

abstract expressionist works - a 1940s and 1950s art movement that included american painters jackson pollocknd mark rothko. friends of the national world war ii memorial hosted this talk as a part of their annual teacher's conference. >> it is my pleasure to introduce rachelle friedman gave . this is her second year at the conference. welcomingn me in rachelle. [applause] ms.

this is jackson pollock's masterpiece, "one: number 31, 1950.very, very famous painting a lot's happened to it over the years. [ light laughter ] it was lost. >> seth: uh-huh. >> fred: for a day [ laughter ] but they found it again at a yard sale. >> seth: wait. over the course of a day - >> fred: of a day. >> seth: it got lost and showed up at a yard - >> fred: very famous case. [ light laughter ] this is 1974 right? '74. and they found it again. and it fetched -- it fetched a million and a half at sotheby's. >> seth: uh-huh. >> fred: and then it just -- and then they resold it again. it fetched $2 million. they resold it again it fetched - >> seth: sorry >> fred: i think it fetched -- [ light laughter ] >> seth: i feel like this -- i've known you for so long, i don't -- i feel like this is the first time i've heard you use "fetched" like this. [ laughter ] >> fred: well, you know, it's just in the art world, that's just what we use >> seth: oh, that's an art term? fetching >> fred: yeah. so the same guy sort of bought it and kept selling it ba

from georgia under pollock in line. caller: good afternoon. on the- from georgia republican line. caller: do you the ongoing investigation into the impeachment of president jala date trauma. -- donald j. trump. ryan: i do. i read the mueller report twice. in my estimation he obstructed justice five or six times. and i believe that if that was somebody in youngstown, ohio, who is an auto worker or waitress somewhere in new york city. they would be indicted. the president is not above the law. is not a king. he is a president. we need to treat him as such. he needs to face up for what he did. -- there atds to be least needs to be an investigation in the house. and i encourage my colleagues to proceed with that investigation. host: angela and west virginia go ahead. were going to move on to tom in west des moines, iowa. caller: i have farmed for 45 years. i rented my farm out two years ago. msnbc, they had a black farmer from virginia. he had 300 acres of soybeans. that is more than i have. i'm a real small farmer. but he did not get any subsidized payments the first year. and he did

bob pollock remembers what happened after he and some fellow firefighters were caught up ina bomb.hen go home." that was it. and the boys were back on duty within 3—4 days. the lack of support at the time partly explains why the psychological impact has only been revealed in recent years. researchers have found 39% of people in northern ireland experienced a traumatic event during the troubles. at least 14% have mental health difficulties linked to the conflict. post—traumatic stress disorder is particularly common, almost 9% have definitive signs of the condition. and experts are concerned about what's called transgenerational trauma, the effect on the children of today. it's about the parents' own mental health, it's about the community that that child is raised in. it's also about the legacy of the conflict in communities. so we have communities that are affected by unemployment, there's drug use, there's low levels of educational attainment. and all of these things come together to create an environment that can be quite toxic for a child. northern ireland has the highest rate

that is so powerful, and gets to the point i was making about pushing beyond the notion of former pollock -- formal politics, because it is in these informal spaces that many transformative things take place, and we could easily miss them if we solely talk about who is physically at the table, who is voting or making decisions, but if we go past that, it is remarkable, the kinds of narratives we can tell. a kelly shannon, i have comment in support of the idea that suffrage matters to policy, but it takes a well to happen. in my first book, i looked at u.s. policy toward women's rights in the islamic world, and how that becomes a policy issue. i don't think that would have become an issue without women having political representation. bill clinton gets elected with the gender gap, and his administration really tries to mainstream women's human rights across the executive branch and in foreign policymaking. and it is women in the executive branch, women in congress, working with women in ngos that get these policies implemented. that would not have happened if women couldn't vote and didn't

bob pollock remembers what happened after he and some fellow firefighters were caught up in a bomb.d said, "drink that and then go home." that was it. and the boys were back on duty within three or four days. the lack of support at the time partly explains why the psychological impact has only been revealed in recent years. researchers have found 39% of people in northern ireland experienced a traumatic event during the troubles. at least 1a% have mental health difficulties linked to the conflict. post—traumatic stress disorder is particularly common, almost 9% have definitive signs of the condition. and experts are concerned about what‘s called transgenerational trauma, the effect on the children of today. it‘s about the parents‘ own mental health, it‘s about the community that that child is raised in. it‘s also about the legacy of the conflict in communities. so we have communities that are affected by unemployment, there‘s drug use, there‘s low levels of educational attainment. and all of these things come together to create an environment that can be quite toxic for a child. nor

also gives hope to be told so gives the political hope that cultural sites like these can be in pollock'seconstructed thanks to these possibilities and technologies for them whether these structures can indeed be rebuilt is a question that can only be answered in peacetime. ok reminder now of our top story here on g.w. hong kong police arrested prominent pro-democracy activists including joshua long then released them on bail they were charged with organizing an illegal protest demonstrators have marched and held sit ins over 12 weekends now causing turmoil in the territory. coming up next tomorrow today interview science show taking a look at aleksandar from home goals adventures in the americas for that. alexander 100 more akin to our series on tomorrow today we want to see what he saw to experience what drove him to journey through latin america following in the footsteps of the great scientist the journey continues from the deserts of her room to the fascinating underwater world of the humble current. tomorrow today next. in good shape. since one temptation. addiction poisoned sugar h

the in pollock was white like the 1 -- impala was white like the ones they used to drive.ost: can i ask you about diversity training? is that something you know of that is happening in your community? do you think it has helped or could help? , i think it has , especially for them to weed out the ones on the police force that are part of the ku klux klan. i think they personally ought to weed out the ones -- especially more nationalist, that are likely to profiled black people. -- profile black people. host: robert, how do you -- where do you live in washington? caller: as a true washingtonian in northeast d.c. up here by soldiers home, right here in my neighborhood, i was beat up rodney king style by five police . 1992, george h. w. bush put out some protocol for police officers to inundate black men. i was one of those black men inundated and beat up rodney king style by five police and washington, d.c. whatever the protocol was it said you can stop any black man street and sees any property on his body. ze any property on his body. they have been calm down -- calming do

fired but said it's injustice her father was killed in the 1st place i will do everything in my pollock's and so never see another arak ana i don't even want to see another video of the person being choked out because this was supposed to happen to him and it's not supposed to happen i should not be here standing with my brother father less i should be here with my father but that's only also got away from me i also have a 17 the police union blasted the decision saying the officer was just doing his job trying to arrest an uncooperative suspect anyone that has been a police officer know every 2nd counts when you're getting possibly thrown through a plate glass window your responsibility is the a self the person you are trying to arrest and everyone else while there is disagreement if the police officer should have been fired. all sides seem to agree on one thing that 5 years was way too long to reach a conclusion in this case now the police commissioner is saying that in the future the department will decide much sooner on disciplinary action against any police officer accused of wrongdo

bob pollock remembers what happened after he and some fellow firefighters were caught up in a bomb.that and home. the boys were back on duty within three or four days. the lack of support at the time partly explains why the psychological impact has only been revealed in recent years. researchers found 39% of people in northern ireland experienced a traumatic event during the troubles. at least 14% have mental health difficulties linked to the conflict. post—traumatic stress disorder is particularly common. almost 9% have definitive signs of the condition. and experts are concerned about what's called tra nsgenerational trauma, the effect on the children today. it's about the parents mental health and the community that child is raised in and the legacy of the conflict and communities. we have computer, communities affected by unemployment, drug use and low levels of educational attainment and all these things come together to create an environment that can be quite toxic for a child. northern ireland has the highest rate of mental—health problems and suicides in the uk, but it has p

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