a meeting called by general sherman and secretary of war stanton. after they had marched to atlanta, burned down atlanta because the confederacy would not give up, they decided that upon burning down atlanta, that they would march to the sea. and as they marched to the sea, these ex slaves followed them. sherman asked secretary of war stanton, what should we do with these ex slaves? well, secretary of war stanton responded, wait, general, until we get to savannah. when we get there, we will call a meeting with the black preachers of savannah and get some advice from them as to what course we should take. the long short of it, friends, is this. that in that meeting general sherman asked reverend gary son frazier, what do you feel the union owes these ex slaves? reverend frazier said, general, i can't speak for everybody. but at least for me and my house, i feel that we should be able to have some of this land that we have tilled on for too long as slaves. why can't we have 40 acres and a mule? so that we will be able to subsist, educate our children,

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. >> reporter: that stranger, norman stanton. he found the jar while sifting through piles of debris from superstorm sandy at his sister's home in seaside heights. >> finding and being a part of the history of seaside, i just feel privileged. >> reporter: pushed ashore by sandy's force and just a stone's throw away from where combza had thrown it out to sea all those years ago. >> if it wasn't for super storm sandy, the bottle wouldn't have been recovered. >> reporter: stanton and his sister, sharon, had a chance to meet combza this weekend and return the jar. >> this is, to me, memories of my childhood. >> reporter: much has changed since that august of 1963. >> did you think you'd have to wait 50 years? >> when you're a kid, you think anything's possible. >> reporter: a belief and a jar that holds a much bigger message for the jersey shore. >> to me, i think this is a message to seaside that the town can come back, if this can happen, anything can happen. >> reporter: new memories that have yet to be tossed and found. michelle

and milton joins -- john stanton is in studio with us.gton bureau chief from "buzzfeed" as a "friend of bill" this hour. and we're joined on the line, john, by milton valencia now from boston. milton, thanks for being with us again today. good morning. >> my pleasure. good morning. >> bill: how did this come down yesterday and what was the reaction of whitey bulger? >> it came down kind of swiftly when it finally came down. it was a sweeping verdict for the government. bulger was convicted of 32 of the 33 counts he faced. one was racketeering and predicate acts and he was convicted of most of those as well including 11 of the 19 murders. he stood there. kind of just stood there. i don't want to say nodding his head. he kind of acknowledged it. gave him a thumbs up. >> bill: wow. now, first of all, i love the fact that his defense attorney, jay carney -- >> i know, right? >> bill: see jay carney at the white house every day. so i find that amusing. carney said that bulger really was happy with this verdict. happy with the outcome. what? >>

stephanie stanton. thank you. >>> police in las vegas say more arrests may come this is the 900-page document we call obamacare. it could change costs, coverage, and pretty much all of healthcare in america. my show sorts this all out. in fact, my staff has read the entire thing. which is probably more than what most members of congress can claim. we'll separate politics from policy, and just prescribe the facts. my name is ranjani chakraborty, i'm from houston, texas, and i'm an associate producer for america tonight. i grew up in a very large, loud indian family. they very much taught me how to have a voice, and from a very young age i loved writing, and i love being able to tell other people stories. the way to do good journalism is to really do your research, to know your story, to get the facts right, and to get to know the people involved in your story. america tonight and al jazeera america, it's a perfect place for that to happen. come. >> police have released sketches of the suspects. >> around

stanton coming in at 38 minutes and 51 actually brookside coming in at 38 minutes and stanton at 51 minutes. and 55 in newport this morning. so, again, some very dangerous weather that we are talking about as we go throughout the day. you might get break in the afternoon but we could be doing it all over again. so, if you are in the areas, definitely, prepare go to the lowest part of your home. don't be at the window or with anything plugged in. we are looking at this area now. this looks a little bit messy so let me explain this to you. so what we watch we have the reds and the greens on thisch this is the loss -- this. this is your velocity mode. the reds go away from the radar and groans go towards the radar and what we look at is is a cuplet to see if that is a spin and what we are watching not so much right now around this area. but again, the national weather service in upper levels of the atmosphere has noted a spend in the atmosphere and that's -- spin in the atmosphere and that's why a tornado warning has been issued until 6:30. i will see if i have new information but let's go ove

iancarlo stanton homered for the fish, his 16th. dodgers have won two in a straight.losing two they will play again tomorrow afterno afternoon. to lombardozzi inside. j.d.: the red sox put a beatdown n the giants today 12-1 the final from san francisco. doubront beat zito. tampa , starting the day bay and boston were tied atop of a east although tampa bay few percentage points ahead. in baltimore ost and the red sox winning so their is a full game. minnesota 7-1 the final. j.d.: the giants continue to go backwards. we have been talking about the the most and who is disappointing team in baseball. the giants, world series a year ago. attling to stay out of the basement in the n.l. west. 10-7.the reds beat arizona choo 4-5 with a homer and three knocked in. it up and we ck will go to the bottom of the ninth. 11-6.ngton leads hey kevin...still eating chalk for heartburn? yeah... try new alka seltzer fruit chews. they work fast on heartburn and taste awesome. these are good. told ya! i'm feeling better already. [ male announcer ] new al

stephanie stanton has that story. >> two-year-old bella plays a game with her honorable and dad but these happy scenes were not always the case. bella came into her parents life as a foster child. >> i don't think there's a moment that we have a regret about the choices we made. she feels just like our child. >> other foster kids may not get that same happy ending. in los angeles county there are about 17,000 children in the foster care system run by the department of children and family services or dcfs. half are living with relatives and others with foster families but in the last number of years the number of foster homes have started to decline. >> we really need more foster parents taking responsibility for taking care of those children even for a short period of time. >> in 2007 there were about 9,000 children in nonrelative foster care with roughly 6500 foster families. now there are about 8,000 kids but only about 3500 homes. dcfs officials say among the reasons for the shortage, a growing number of aging foster parents who decide to stop fostering and the rapid increase in childc

stanton unloads a monster two-1 shot and it is 454 feet. that cut the lead in half. the giants get those two runs back in the eighth. the grounder goes off the glove of ed lucas and belt will score again. san francisco wins it 6-4 and cane i'm -- improves to 8-8. big things are expected of stanford this year. the cardinals ranked fourth in the appoll. that's the highest ever ranking. two-time champ alabama is number one followed by ohio state and oregon. stanford went through the third practice in full pads. he and on the cover of sports illustrated and it is one reason stanford is expected to contend for the national title. kevin hogan is not a big fan of the college ranking system. >> i don't think it does justice to the sport of football. anything can win any day. rankings don't matter. we will come out and treat eve game the same way. >> it is the pre-season, but the seahawks routed the broncos. wilson was sharp throwing for two touchdowns. this one going to curse. the second year player from washington found the end zone again on this kickoff return. he cuts to

so lincoln had appointed stanton.o it's like they very much hurt themselves by doing that. >> the impeachment proceedings began in the congress on march 5, 1868 and would go through may, 1868. and the first lady had an active role in all of this. take a call and come back and learn more about this. next is john, waverly, tennessee. you're on, john. caller: yes, ma'am, i was just wondering what was johnson's reaction about her husband seeing -- as well as the people of tennessee's relationship with the johnsons after his rise to power. if that became a problem or what? >> how did eliza johnson feel about her husband being tapped by lincoln for the vice presidency? >> she was very proud of her husband. no question about that. she supported all of his decisions but once again, she was a quiet person. testifies fine for her husband to be in politics, go to washington, be in the senate, be in congress. but she didn't want to be a part of it. yet she constantly supported his decision to do it all the time. she was very much

stanton unloads a monster two-1 shot and it is 454 feet. that cut the lead in half. the giants get those two runs back in the eighth. the grounder goes off the glove of ed lucas and belt will score again. san francisco wins it 6-4 and cane i'm -- improves to 8-8. big things are expected of stanford this year. the cardinals ranked fourth in the appoll. that's the highest ever ranking. two-time champ alabama is number one followed by ohio state and oregon. stanford went through the third practice in full pads. he and on the cover of sports illustrated and it is one reason stanford is expected to contend for the national title. kevin hogan is not a big fan of the college ranking system. >> i don't think it does justice to the sport of football. anything can win any day. rankings don't matter. we will come out and treat eve game the same way. >> it is the pre-season, but the seahawks routed the broncos. wilson was sharp throwing for two touchdowns. this one going to curse. the second year player from washington found the end zone again on this kickoff return. he cuts to

. >> so stephanie stanton is following this story. she joins us life from san diego. stephanie is there any indication that the mayor knew city officials say they want to put this civic nightmare behind them. >> all the women that i offended, i had no intention to be offensive. to violate any physical or emotional space. i was trying to establish personal relationships. but the combination of awkwardness and hubris i think led to behavior that many found offensive. you know i started my political career facing lynch mobs. and i think we have just faced one here in san diego. [applause] >> and you're going ohave to deal with that. in a lynch mob mentality, rumors become allegations. allegations become facts. facts become evidence. of sexual harassment. which have led to demands for that bob filner's last day in office is august 30th. >> stephanie stanton thank you very much so much. >>> the wildfire in yosemite has nearly doubled in size. melissa chan is in yosemite with more. >> the terrain is tough, steep and remote. thousands of firefighters and support workers are

stephanie stanton has the story. >> yay. >> two-year-old bella plays a game with her mom and dad butse happy scenes weren't always the case. bella came into her parents life as a foster child. >> i don't think there's a time when i regret what we did, she seems just like our child. >> but other foster kids may not get that same happy ending. in los angeles county there are about 17,000 children in the foster care system run by the department of children and family services. half are living with relatives and others with foster families. the number of foster families have really started to decline. >> we really have a huge need for foster families to take responsibility for those children even if it's for a short period of time. >> in 2007 there were about 9,000 children in nonrelative foster care with 6500 foster families. now there's about 8,000 kids but only 3500 homes. dcsf says a growing number of foster families who age and stop fostering. the problem has been especially acute in the past six months due to an increase in child abuse and neglect calls to county hot lines. >> duri

. >> stephanie stanton joins us live from san diego.e apologized, but he didn't admit bob filner did resign officially today, effective august 30 at 5:00 p.m. now under the terms of this deal, the city council resolution was unanimously voted upon today, here's how it will play out. the city will pay for legal defense with regard to claims by current and former city employees, but the city can >> it appears we've lost our signal with stephanie stanton in san diego. we'll get back to her later if we can. turning to the wide fire in california at yosemite national park, it nearly doubled in size over the last 24 hours and spread inside the park's border and tour residents were pretty upbeat. >> you know, a house is just a thing. i have my family, and they're safe. i've got pictures that i can't replace and those are important to me, but everything else can be replaced. >> this is such a wonderful place, gosh, you couldn't ask for a better place to come, you know for a bunch of evacuees. they've got everything that you could imagine, and a

stephanie stanton live in los angeles.hank you. >>> eight years later marking the anniversary of hurricane katrina, scars of the devastation remain. a closer look when we return. >>> and the weather will change for labor day weekend. i'll look at the national forecast when we come back. ♪ ♪ >>> recapping our top stories nationwide fast-food protest is underway. workers have walked off of the job demanding higher wages. thousands of fast-food workers across the country are expected to join in the strike. an average worker makes about $15,000 a year. demonstrators want to double that. this is the late nest a spring of demonstrations that began last november. >>> the british government says the legal conditions have been made for taking action against syria. wheen time the german government says the chancellor and putin agree they must deal with the situation in syria. anticipation is growing over whether or not the president will make a strike against syria. thousands of syrian refugees have fled their homeland. they are des

stephanie stanton joining us live in los angeles where demonstrations are just now getting underway.tephanie, when we last spoke you said there were a few people there, but it would be picking up soon. what is it lookings like now? >> good morning again to you richelle. are some folks gathering. they are going to be marching past this location and then moving on to the world famous intersection of hollywood and highland. there are more than 180,000 fast-food workers here in the los angeles area joining in this effort. with me now is one of the protesters. she is a home health care working, but has a lot of friends that she is here supporting. why are you here? >> i'm sick and tired. we're not making a livable wage where we can take care of our families. we're working two, three jobs, while mcdonald's just made over $5.5 billion in profits last year, and the ceo -- one of the head ceo's got over a $100 million bonus, while we can't work full-time, get no benefits, go to the doctor's office, and going to the dental office is a luxury. >> just so folks at home can understand, what is it

. >> earlier, we spoke with our stephanie stanton who said it is just a matter of procedure. >> the cityouncil will meet in closed session and are expected to approve that resolution at which point bob filner is expected to formally step down. we did see the mayor here today at city hall. he did leave at 5:30 this evening, carrying what looked to be a small box of belongings as he got into his car and sped away. >> this morning, egypt's ousted former leader mubarak is under arrest in a military hospital, the day after being released from prison. an egyptian court ordered him freed. he was held for two years. his release flamed sentiments among anti coop protestors, still upset by the removal of morsi. mubarak will stand trial for accusations of killing protesters two years ago. >> international outrage gross over an alleged chemical attack in syria. moments ago, it was announced that it is believed that it was carried out by forces. russia is calling for the regime to allow inspectors to investigate the claim. opposition leaders say hundreds of civilians died in wednesday's assault outsi

joining me today, washington bureau chief for buzz feed, john stanton, founder and president of the center for social inclusion, maya wiley. from sirius xm, chris "mad dog" ruse sew and benjamin wallace wells. "the happy hothead," something that could possibly be said about alex rodriguez. mad dog. how about arod trying to blame the yankees? >> who else is he going to blame? right? >> never himself. >> of course. when you ask a-rod well, did you use steroids, never get an answer. yes or no, he tries to murky the waters by giving you the other scenarios. bottom line he'll be suspended for this year and 2014. he's going to be allowed to play for 30, 40 games because he is going to be able to appeal it and you can play when the appeals process is going on. it is august 5th. which means these games are important. yankees are in a pennant race. a-rod will probably play well, hit home runs, help the yankees may playoffs and then take a two-year vacation. >> show our viewers. this is the man who posed in details magazine kissing himself, "he was so vain, he had not one but two painted portraits o

stephanie stanton, thank you, stephanie. >> challenging the voter i.d.aw in texas, eric holder says the law violates the voter right act. he said it was adopted expres expresscilexpresslyto make it dr minority and non-english speaking voters to vote. >>> nadal hassan passed on his final chance to address the jury. he could get the death penalty for shooting and killing 13 fellow soldiers in 2009. >>> the soldier accused of killing afghan civilians is on trial, sergeant robert bales gave his apology. >> i wish i could take it back, said sergeant bales. i wish i could take it back, but i can't. speaking in a low halting voice bales apologized to the families of the afghan civilians that he murderedded, and said that he disgraced his own family. his voice wavered when he spoke. what i did was an act of cowardice behind a mask of bravado. he's accused of killing 16 afghan civilians during a nighttime shooting spree in march of 2012. he does not face the death penalty for those crimes, and is trying to avoid life in prison without the possibility of parole. b

john carlos stanton, hit that one to dodger stadium.like disneyland out there. >> what do they have going on out there? >> first time in two months, the dodgers have lost back-to-back games. >>> orioles and rays chasing the red sox. and one of them hoping -- if we don't catch them, we don't hope to be in the wild card. matt joyce off chris tillman, his 15th. gives the rays a 4-2 lead. adam jones has been hot. but not there. matt wieters, swinger. nine in scoring position. the rays win, 4-3. >>> albert pujols done for the season with a foot injury. in the second year of that $240 million contract with the angels. >> ooh. angels kind of done, too. >> guys, thank you. >>> coming up next, it's "the pulse." and proof you should never disturb a nest with an angry wasp. >>> and a symbol of american freedom is becoming the backdrop of an amazing leap of faith. the acidic levels in some foods... orange juice...tomato sauce... can cause acid erosion. the enamel starts to wear down. and you can't grow your enamel back. my dentist recommended that

welcome to elizabeth stanton's great big taste of the world. hey, guys.know me, i love to travel the world and experience new cultures with my friends and family. it's a blast. and one of my favorite things about traveling to new places is discovering all the amazing food.

in san diego stephanie stanton, al-jazeera. >>> mexican authorities have now confirmed that at least five bodies found in a mass grave are the remains of a group of kidnapping victim. 12 people were taken from a bar back in may, and they were never heard from again. al-jazeera adam raney reports from musk co city. >> the bodies were discovered in a mass graph grave in a park about an hour and a half from mexico city. authorities ordered forensics to establish identify at this. it's the first major breakthrough in a case that has angered victim's families for months. the inn may, the victims were taken from the club in the middle of the day, despite catching images of the kidnappers on surveillance cameras, investigators had few leads. family members and the public at large have criticized the mayor and authorities for not doing enough to solve the case. the bodies were only uncovered when federal authorities, not investigators from mechanic co city, came to the park looking for a stash of weapons. for years, mexico city has been seen as an o assess of safety while a drug war raged ac

harassment lawsuit. 17 women have accused the former congressman of sexually harassing them, and stephanie stanton been covering these recent developments. she is live in san diego. include some kind of financial payout to bob filner, and that does not sit well with high profile attorney gloria albright. she had been meeting with city attorneys, with filner's attorneys earlier this week to work out some kind of settlement, but she says that she does not -- this is between she and bob filner, and she says under no circumstances should the taxpayers of san diego pay bob filner anything to leave office. >> i would like to see a resignation without conditions, and without taxpayers have comed accusing bob filner of inappropriate behavior. >> all right. thanks very much, stephanie. >>> a truly gripping account of a school shooting. a school clerk turned crisis management team in the blink of an eye. >>> and robert bales the soldier who admitted to killing more than a dozen afghan civils says he is sorry. [[voiceover]] every day, events sweep across our country. and with them, a storm of views. how can

. >> that stranger who found is it norman stanton.hile sifting through piles of debris after superstorm sandy. >> finding and being a part of the history i am privileged. >> reporter: pushed ahead by sandy's force and a stone's throw away from where he threw it out to sea all those years ago. >> if it was not for sandy that bottle would never have been recovered. >> that is, to me, memories of my childhood. >> reporter: much has changed since august of 1963. >> did you think you would have to wait 50 years? >> when you are a kid you think anything is possible. >> reporter: a belief and a jar that holds a bigger message for the jersey shore. >> to me this is a message to seaside that it can come back. >> reporter: new memories that have yet to be tossed and found. >>> got to love that. rob mayeda you have the weather for us. crazy stuff going on. >> a lot of things you don't expect as you head back to school. hot temperatures and chances of thunder at the hills. at the fremont union school district, temperatures in the 80s tomorrow. an

matt cain is 8-8, but not before stanton taking it deep for a two-run tape measure home homer.in their third straight, 6-4 is your final. >>> talk about tough duty, ryne sandberg is working as the phillies interim manager. the phillies trailed the visiting dodgers when clayton kershaw slams a line drive the, allowing juan uribe to score the insurance run. he hits a 3-run homer to cap off the 5-0 win. dodgers have their tenth straight victory and now 42-8 since june 22nd. >> last year's -- well, this is miggy. last year's most valuable player miguel cabrera. major league supposeds former oakland a's and current kansas corporation commission miguel tejeda 105 games after testing positive for an amphetamine. miguel claims he had a prescription for adderall to treat attention- deficit disorder, but failed to reapply for the exemption. miguel tejeda was on the royal's 16-day disabled list. it's no. 53 navorro bowman, like patrick willis, bowman is a lineback and first team all pro. this is navarro fourth nfl year and reported his first nfl last september against quarterback aaron ro

we're all heading over to stanton's. everybody would love to see you. yeah.uh, i got to go back to the office. send my regards. that's the, uh, thing about it. once you leave, it's... it's like you're not in the club anymore. i think she found it hard to be around me. it was just too hard for her. okay. thanks for your help. i just spoke to the sarge. he's going to send over jessie's case files. he also gave me these. they're threatenin. they say things like, "i'm going to screw you, because you screwed me." "watch your back." they all have the same return address-- white hills correctional facility. know the name of the con? just a prisoner number. i'm going to track it. okay. do you recognize him, bear? yeah, that'd be bob. and your sure you didn't see him that night? i didn't see him, because i wasn't there. like i td lorraine-- jessieever came by. well, we'll be canvassing your neighborhood, so if she did stop by your house, we're going to know about it. you know, i wish she did. then we wouldn't be sitting here getting acquainted. so where were you? i wa

. >> earlier, we spoke with stephanie stanton, telling us the resignation is a matter of procedure. >the city council will meet in closed session and expected to approve the resolution. we did see the mayor here today at city hall. he left at 5:30 this evening, carrying what looked to be a small box of belong i guess as he got into his car and sped away. >> this morning, egypt's ousted former ruler hosni mubarak is under house arrest in a military hospital a day after being released from prison. a court ordered him free, he has been held for two years. sentiments are flamed with anti mubarak protesters. he will tanned trial for ordering the killing of protestors during the mass demonstrations in tahrir square two years ago. jonathan joins us live. >> kind of us the temperature there now. >> it has in some ways raised the anger level, certainly has raised the disappointment level. most celebrated when mubarak was taken from office. today, large protests are planned, likely beginning within the next hour. the government has planned and promised certainly not to tolerate anymore violence

in san diego stephanie stanton, al-jazeera. >>> some policy changes could be coming to bank of america after a 21-year-old intern recent died in london after working three days straight. the bank has announced it will review the working conditions of its jr. employees. london police say the death is not being treated as suspicious. the cause has not yet been determined. >>> . >>> a soleful voice of the 70 did has been silenced, linda ron stat says she has parkinson's disease, is no longer able to sing. ron status who was 67 years old had a string of hits including "your no good," "hurt so bad" and "don't no much". >> a tribe that usely lives in isolation appear ins public. a look at what may have brought them out into the open. ... s ... hi, my name is jonathan betz, and i'm from dallas, texas, and i'm an anchor for's "i have a d al-jazeera will have comprehensive throughout the day. >>> what's more american than little league after an exciting game, just 14 remain in the little league world series. jessica taff is here with sports >> the drama we have for you come from this little lea

stanton evans. >> our next speaker is m.anton evans and one of the great long-time leader0s the covertive movement. he was worked as an editor, journalist, and founded the national journalism center. he served -- m. stanton evans was chairman of the american conservative union from 1971 top 1977. he has a new book out called, lack luster history. the untold story of senator joe mccarthy and his fight against america's enemies. turning a proper name into a verb is a science of historical significance but the verb to mccarthy is historically inaccurate, mr. evans will tell us. mr. evans? >> thank you very much. very honored to be here. with you folks folks and with p. we go back a few years. goldwater days and even before. and a long road, and in many ways a bumpy one, but one that has been well worth traveling. and glad to be here with phyllis and you today. as the intro suggests i've been around a while anyway, and now we want conference q & a. >> yes, 15 minutes and then 15 minutes of questions. >> speak from where you are

now in stanton discusses his book "stalin's secret agent." this was part of the summit hosted by the heritage foundation in washington, d.c. our next speaker is one of the great long-term long time leader of the conservative movement. he's been with us from the beginning and he still keeps going. he's worked as an editor, journalist, television and radio commentators, and he founded the national journalism center. he serve -- and stanton evans served adds chairman of the american conservative union from 1971 to '77. he has new book out called "blacklisted by history; the untold story of senator joe mccarthy and his fight against america's enemies." turning a proper name to a verb is a sign of historical significance, but the verb "to mccarthy "is inaccurate. as he's going tell us. mr. evans? [applause] >> i'm honored to be here. we go back a few years. gold water days and even before. it's been a long road and many ways bumping -- bumpy one but one well worth traveling. we have time for q & a? fifteen minutes and fifteen minutes for questioni

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. >> on the women's suffrage movement, and the famous name, elizabeth cady stanton, part of the civil rights movement, came to the white house and saw the president, and how did hayes react to her personal petition to be involved? >> they rejected it and they did not support women's uffrage. elizabeth cady stanton at that point had become an exceedingly controversial person in republican circles. she had cansity gated lincoln for his abandonment, her word, of women during the civil war. she was very much opposed to the 15th amendment. it excluded women. she had really campaigned against the principles the hayes dedicated their lives to, the basic principles of reconstruction. she was not well received at all. >> was lucy hayes interested in any women's rights issues? >> yes. she was absolutely passionate about women's education and encourage young women to go to college, which was a radical thing to say during her time at the white house. she saw temperance to a certain extent, as a way to help women. if you are asking about women's wages, where women work, women's rights to join a un

next to jen is john stanton who also has "rollcall" roots.e is the chair of buzz feed here in washington. smith, the editor described him as a reporter's reporter with being in his veins. he's a third-generation news man and it probably doesn't hurt he's a former bouncer as well. at the end of the table is alex mueller, currently with "rollcall." he is currently the design editor, so he gives us a graphic perspective. he has a background graphics, graphic design and journalism and web design and production. his current career niche is making our legislatures look at least interesting online and in print. not sure we envy him that one. that's a great group and we are happy to have them here. i would ask you not to make any kind of hesitation. mercifully, none of them brought power points. i thought we just throw out some questions and jump in, panelists, jumped in with each other and we will talk about whatever you want to talk about. we want to hear your views on the washington post and the transitional state it is in now. but we want to say

if you like those, 20 reasons why john stanton should be in the 20 most beautiful people in washington. i have a question about the archiving of your content. a lot of you are born digital and only think about digital. as someone who thinks about capturing content for the future, what, if anything, could you go back and get from years ago or that is continuing on in the next 10 years is someone going to be able to get content from today 10 years from now? >> that is a great and important question. as someone who is moving on to academia, i cannot tell you how many broken links i have found in the past two-three weeks. it is so frustrating. when we created this, we said it was going to be as important for people to be able to look things up as it is for people to see the latest fact checks. there has been a commitment from the start to archiving. the commitment was that we would .lso give the content to nexis it is preserved in both places. you just want someone to put some energy at every news organization to go put energy into fixing the link. some of these will time out. a news organ

elizabeth cady stanton, susan b. anthony and the like.ut the women's movement. he he evokes seneca fall and selma and stonewall in his second inaugural address, president obama. this week he may bring the women's movement. what's amazing about the king speech in the moment is it's no longer just about civil rights. it's about human rights. >> you mentioned women. do you think a march of this magnitude could ever be replicated? >> i think times have changed. there would be different security concerns. but, yes, we might see it with nelson mandela's a funeral. a million people might be in the streets of capetown and johannesburg to honor mandela. you never know. we haven't seen a rally like this one, one that's seared itself in the annals of history since 1963. it is appropriate. we now have an african-american president. to think about the progress that's been made and all that's yet to come king's message was one of aspiration that will never be old. it will be evergreen because it is about hoping and dreaming. humans will always be doing

she has fled and gone to new york, stanton island, to live with her mother. -- staten island to liveith her mother. so there are enslaved people left behind. and it is reported that some of them take over the plantation. certainly the house is -- there are some things that are done by the union army, probably, and perhaps by local people as well. the plantation is in a bit of a mess when the war is over. this is not that unusual for plantations in certain areas of the south. at that time. they certainly do -- enslaved people certainly do suffer during the war but they get their freedom as a consequence of it as well. and so there is an incident where julia writes to president lincoln because one of her eighbors, who is a notorious you is sessionest -- secessionist is arrested by the union army and it happens to be a part of the union army that's under the control of general wilede who is commander of the african -- wilde who is commander of the african brigade. and some of the people attached to that unit had been enslaved by this gentleman, and they are allowed to beat him and julia

bookies recent visit to providence with the author and pulitzer prize-winning journalist michael stanton talks but his book, "the prince of providence: the rise and fall of buddy cianci, american's most notorious mayor." >> the "the prince of providence" is a book of buddy cianci with the longest-serving mayor in rhode island history and one of the more colorful mess you'll find anywhere in the country. he was part to his long and part tony soprano but he was this lovable rogue who helped transfortransform the time intel city of providence into a city that was rated one of america's most livable by a number of publication. and he also presided over a breathtaking corruption over three different decades that ultimate landed them in federal prison. and he's a very colorful character. i call him america's longest-running -- he would be squirelly about the city in his chauffeur driven limousine with a big jackbooted police officer by his side in the he would have a couple of vodka in one hand and a cigarette in the other hand, and the keys to the city. he was really to me when i set out to w

booktv's recent visit to providence, rhode island, author and pulitzer prize-winning journalist michael stanton talks about his book, "the prince of providence." >> the prince of providence is the story of buddy cianci who was our longest serving mayor in rhode island history and one of the more colorful mayors you'll find anywhere in the country. he was part huey long and part soprano. he was this lovable rogue who helped transform this dying industrial city of providence into a city that was rated one of america's most livable by a number of publications, and he presided over a breathtaking array of corruption over three decades that ultimately landed him in federal prison. and he's a very colorful character. i call him america's longest-running lounge act because he would be squired about the city in his chauffer-driven limousine with a big jack-booted police officer by his side, and he'd have a cup of vodka in one hand and a cigarette in the other hand, and, you know, the keys to the city and -- [inaudible] in the trunk of the car. and he was willing to meet when i set out to write a book a

secretary of war stanton. and they like being the buffer. they're running the war.grant understands, you're really not his friend. that is one reason my love this. it's one reason why grant cut his communication with washington. the telegraph lines, when grant is in mississippi the nearest telegraph is meant this. if you want to get a telegraph, washington wants to gripe but then, it takes forever for word to get to grant's army. that is just fine with grant. that's not lincoln. lincoln is given granted carte blanche to do what he wants to to take the city of the -- expert. that is the order. whatever it takes do it. and that's passed to grant from lincoln. and that freedom is something no commander has had up until that point. lincoln learned the art way. burnside and hacker and these other disasters. but he can depend on grant. granta's get the job done. in that sense lincoln is a presence. he's not the physical presence. [inaudible question] >> nathan bedford forrest, a major character in the shiloh book, one of the characters is a young lieutenant who rides with