bomb, and all of this happened at sheridan on embassy row in washington, d.c. on that morning, september 21, 1976, orlando letelier was an employee of a think tank in washington called the institute of policy studies. he was driving his car to work. he lived in that direction. he came down embassy row, massachusetts avenue, lined with several embassies. the car with him were two ronni in the car with him were two ips, ronnifrom moffitt and her husband michael moffitt. they turned the corner here and unbeknownst to them, following them was a gray sedan. in that gray sedan were two cuban-americans who had helped put a bomb underneath the the driver's seat in the chevelle orlando letelier was driving. the order was given by the secret police of chile, ruled at augusto by a custo a pinochet, a dictator who did not like the political activity that orlando letelier, a former ambassador to the united states from chile, was taking on in washington, so we know now that it was the dictator who ordered the secret police to assassinate him, so they did this partly through

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next on "american history tv," historian alan mcpherson on his books of "ghosts of sheridan circle." he gives a talk at busboys and poets in washington. but first, we visit sheridan circle with the author to see where the crime took place and the memorial there for the two victims. >> so we are literally at the scene of the crime. this is a memorial that was put here by the institute for policy studies to memorialize the assassination of orlando letelier. at the same time, ronni moffitt, a u.s. citizen, was also killed in this car bomb. all of this happened here in sheridan circle in the heart of embassy row in washington, d.c. on that morning, september 21, 1976, orlando letelier was an employee of a think tank in washington called the institute for policy studies. he was driving his car to work. he lived in that direction in bethesda, maryland. he came down embassy row, massachusetts avenue, lined with several embassies. in the car with him were two colleagues from ips, ronni moffitt and her husband michael moffitt. they turned the corner over here and unbeknownst to them, followin

the professor is the author of ghosts of sheridan circle. dr. mcpherson: so, we are literally at the scene of the crime. this is a memorial that was put here by the institute for policy studies to memorialize the assassination of orlando letelier. at the same time, ronni moffitt, a u.s. citizen, was also killed in this car bomb, and all of this happened at sheridan circle, on embassy row in washington, d.c. on that morning, september 21, 1976, orlando letelier was an employee of a think tank in washington called the institute of policy studies. he was driving his car to work. he lived in that direction. he came down embassy row, massachusetts avenue, lined with several embassies. in the car with him were two colleagues from ips, ronni moffitt and her husband michael moffitt. they turned the corner here and unbeknownst to them, following them was a gray sedan. in that gray sedan were two cuban americans who had helped put a bomb underneath the driver's seat in the chevelle orlando letelier was driving. the order was given by the secret police of

this is the actual car after the bombing on sheridan circle. i never learned what the surprise was, isabel recalled, when i interviewed her over 40 years after this event. to this day, the killing of orlando letelier and ronni moffitt remains the only assassination of a foreign diplomat on u.s. soil. it's also the only state-sponsored assassination in washington and the most important in history. still osama bin laden assessed one historian, they constituted the most brazen act of international terrorism ever committed in the capital of the united states. it is still the only state sponsored such act and the only car bomb. the two decade long resolution of this case would hold implications for chile, the united states, terrorism, human rights, and the fate of democracy everywhere. my book notably argues that it was crucial in taking down the entire pinochet government. but today i want to explore a subtheme of the book. two opposing forces, fascism on one side and human rights on the other. the clash during these decades and that outlived the c

mcpherson gives an bus boysed talk at and poets in washington, but first, we visit sheridan circle with the author to see where the crime took place and the memorial there for the two victims. dr. mcpherson: so, we are literally at the scene of the crime. this is a memorial that was put here by the institute for policy studies to memorialize the assassination of orlando letelier. at the same time, ronni moffitt,

on sheridan circle. "i never learned what the surprise was," isabel recalled when i interviewed her over 40 years after the event. to this day, the killing of orlando letelier and ronni moffitt remains the only assassination of a foreign diplomat on u.s. soil. it is also the only state sponsored assassination in washington, and the most important in u.s. history. the letelier-moffitt assassinations constituted the most brazen act of international terrorism ever committed in the capital of the united states. . the only state-sponsored such act and the only car bomb. the two-decades-long resolution of the case would hold implications for chile, the united states, terrorism, human rights, and the state of democracy everywhere. my book literally argues it was crucial in taking down the entire pinochet government, but today, i want to explore a subtheme of the book. two opposing forces -- fascism on one side and human rights on the other. they clashed during these decades, and they outlive the capitalist comm

eastern, historian alan mcpherson on his book ghosts of sheridan circle. visit the washington, d.c. location where 1976 car how i washington assassination t'sught in a shea -- pinoche terror to justice. that is what is coming up here on american history tv.

the professor is the author of ghosts of sheridan circle. dr. mcpherson: so, we are literally at the scene of the crime. this is a memorial that was put here by the institute for policy studies to memorialize the assassination of orlando letelier.

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next on "american history tv," historian alan mcpherson on his books of "ghosts of sheridan circle." he gives a talk at busboys and poets in washington. but first, we visit sheridan circle with the author to see where the crime took place and the memorial there for the two victims. >> so we are literally at the scene of the crime. this is a memorial that was put here by the institute for policy studies to memorialize the assassination of orlando

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general sheridan said if he had the choice of living in hell or living in texas, he would live in hell and rent out texas. and that's the story in virginia as well, terrorism and violence in tremendous array. take those states away from a majority of the black and white voters that supported reconstruction by intimidation, by violence, the rise of the klan. reconstruction would be on life support, even with the departure of andrew johnson it would be on the edge of failure. and we come to thaddeus stevens in the weeks before he died. he felt a deep sense of failure, not of the failure to convict johnson, but his believe that reconstruction as it had been set up, was not strong enough, would not last. to a reporter he would say, my only regret is that i have lived so long and so uselessly. is there a moral to all of this? there is a moral to everything, the so what question. and the answer to that is, in that time since, there are no final victories. the battles in america must be fought over and over again. it has always been that way through my lifetime, my parents'lifetime and their

at the huawei front and this is the commander which is a very wealthy businessman and are in port sheridan and the third battalion commander was ineffective and or they spent fall, winter and in the spring not as part of company be in the snow patrol in the million middle of winter where there was a scathing book about the whole operation. who is a sample of a blockhouse that eventually the two of us ran into the whole village and like i say, they kept trying to sneak in and they stay there until march when they turn it over to the russians. they were soon enough blackmailed into letting them in so it with everything they had fought for through the winter was lost and was not a shot fired. also, basically moving on to company a once again. this is harry here who had fought some skirmishes and eventually were sent were sent here and that's where the company headquarters were and the american forces add some reinforcements which they call this the british allied league and some people say that they emptied the jail and they're no more than 500 demanding this while the groups are building the

eastern, historian alan mcpherson on his book ghosts of sheridan circle. visit the washington, d.c. location where 1976 car how i washington assassination t'sught in a shea -- pinoche terror to justice. that is what is coming up here on american history tv. host good afternoon. i get the privilege of introducing a good friend. drew and i have been arguing over the past two days, what i should do in this introduction. i will just read what you sent me. it is best [laughter] -- it is kind of funny, actually. gruber as the executive director of civil war trails, lives in williamsburg with his wife kate, their two cats, he enjoys reading, oysters, brown liquor and peace and quiet. drew gruber. [applause] going tor: i am introduce my co-author, doug crenshaw, who is going to lecture about williamsburg today. [laughter] i sat down last night to review notes, and i couldn't think -- couldn't help but think about how ryan ended his presentation yesterday. it caused me to rewrite the whole thing. thanks, ryan. forgotten battles is a cool thing and i was going to open with a quote and then i

next on american history tv, historian alan mcpherson on his book "ghosts of sheridan circle." how a washington assassination brought terror state to justice. mr. mcpherson gives an illustrated talk

sheridan from the boynton police department. >> yes, hi. >> can i talk to you?, listen, this is what we're doing. we've been conducting an investigation." >> he says, "your wife is gonna have you killed today. you have to come with us." and i just looked at him. and i'm like i mean, it hit me. >> you don't hear those words every day? >> no. >> reporter: the officers told michael he had to come with them right away to the boynton beach police station before his wife got back from the gym. >> so, "grab your stuff, get in the car. we're outta here." >> yes. >> reporter: meanwhile, outside his townhouse, the police were starting to stage-dress a phony murder scene, all to trick dalia into thinking the hit man she had apparently hired had successfully completed the job. >> reporter: boynton beach police recorded those moments, as did the crew from the cops tv show. but the murky involvement of a tv show would later complicate accusations against dalia. >> reporter: at the station, the detectives cued up their own surveillance videos showing mike the husband dalia's t

takes no so was striking everybody who was standing there including our white house producer chris sheridanweb service that and found it striking so his demeanor seems to be somewhat upbeat which is astounding given the fact that much of this testimony from his ambassador to the european union has not been particularly helpful and i'm really donald trump we know is a fighter in case of difficult odds fights back the right that's a great wrath up there kimberly let's get back to the to the hearing is happening right now for sure with the office of management and budget. is today reviewing his transcript and opportunity we give all the witnesses before their transcript is released to make sure that it's accurate and correct. as his deposition was only taken on saturday this was the soonest we could arrange that we did inform the minority yesterday that if they wish to use any of the questioning from mr sandys deposition they could do so and we would happily take whatever excerpts they needed even prior to the with the 7 the chance to go through it they chose not to take advantage of that oppo

[applause] >> thank you professor sheridan. it's a delight to see you all here today but you to join me in extending a warm welcome to justice kagan area justice kagan, we are thrilled to have you here to this bastion of access to excellent. we're proud of george mason and one of the things we're proud of is that we can offer our students opportunities like this to hear from you. we are here for the second annual roger dwilkins lecture. we like to think that roger wilkins had a lot of important roles in his life, but we like to think is most important role was is 19 years of service here at george mason university. mentoring and fostering the growth of young minds and lives as a robinson professor of american history and culture.robinson professor program is one that others are most distinguished professors and i believe we have another of robinson professors in theroom , if you could give us a way, thank you for beinghere . he did do a few other things in his life. he was the first african-american in a leadership role at the

kevin sheridan. thanks for joining us. >> good to see you.quick look at target, a stock 1/2 today. green arrows up there. higher profit, higher sales, higher online sales. royce sy forecast. jackie deangelis, give me a full picture here on target? reporter: good morning, stuart, it's a double beat because it is pretty i am press sieve when it comes to target. look at the competition competing with the likes of amazon, walmart which also did very well. it shows the consumer is alive and well out there spending. same-store sales up 4 1/2%. digital sales up 31%. that is something we're tracking closely as we go into the holiday season. by all accounts a 13% move in target stock today. a pretty good move. back to you. stuart: a fantastic day for target. jackie, thank you very much. take a look at lowe's it hit record highs after raising forecast. that is a record high. $119 a share. up 5% a rosy forecast, that's what did it. overall the market is shrugging off impeachment. the sondland testimony right now, he said yes there was a quid pro quo but

edwin burke, sheridan, whose plays are still performed on the stage. i could go on. a gre and if you go to ireland today you'll see all the great public buildings, the great houses, country chateaux from that period are an expression of the success of the anglo irish. these were people of english or british descent who became the ruling class in ireland. however, if you look at it from another angle, you look at it from the angle of the irish peasant or even the irish catholic in the 18th century, irish catholics were faced with the disabilities imposed on them by the penal laws, which prevented catholics from having -- from doing a lot of things. over the period of time, throughout the 18th century, the penal laws were relaxed somewhat. still, ireland was completely dominated by a relatively small percentage of the population who were the ruling class. i have to confess, this was not unique. everywhere in europe people who didn't belong to the ruling class had pretty miserable lives. if you were a central european peasant, even a person of more means in the 17th cen

rdogan beat up protesters at sheridan circle. to the world his contempt not only for human rights but the rule of law in country. he should have been banned in america until he makes all of his victims whole. visit coincides military y's savage campaign in syria, something from driven millions their homes, over 160,000 people, threatened our national massive, and produced a humanitarian crisis. ust weeks ago, the u.s. house passed house joint resolution 77 and h.r. 4695, the protect conflict by turkey act, which denounced turkey's military actions against the people in northern syria. we also cannot overlook oppressive ntinuing actions against the turkish people. he executed a campaign of against anyone who dares disagree with his barbaric policies. his meeting should not be taking place. the speaker pro tempore: the expired.'s time has suspend the rules on which a recorded vote or the yeas and nays are ordered or on which the vote incurs objection under .lause 6 of rule 20 the house will resume questions on postponed questions a