american plane went down in russia. the pilot, a 30-year-old american, named gary powers, he was captured alive by the soviet union. captured alive. >> in moscow, nikita khruschev, gary powers of the downed american reconnaissance plane was alive, and russia seized spy photographs 14 miles inside the soviet borders. the plane was brought down on may day. mr. k. was quick to play on it for propaganda advantage. the story of the most sensational intelligence operations yet revealed. america admits extensive flights over russia by unarmed planes during the last five years. state department spokesman lincoln white used the reasons for the flight. >> given the state of the world today, intelligence collection activities are practiced by all countries, and post-war history certainly reveals that the soviet union has not been lagging behind in this field. >> soviet union has not been lagging behind in this field. that's what the united states said officially. right? but there was no denying that this was a huge deal. for the world to find out not just the cia was spying on the soviet union, but for the world to find out ab

the american union against militarism, sort of the most prominent one. that was sort of the very nascent structure that would aclu after the war. the fellowship of christian group.t and he sort of started working. hey worked through political channels and also grassroots organizations. evan didn't believe in politics. -- i mean, wanted to he had a kind of a martyr dom in him. to come he decided back to the united states to take a stand. ralph thought he was heeding a call for freedom. arthur went back and forth. whether to go west or become an officer. -- he ened up joining wanted to be a fighter pilot. very adventurous. wanted to move himself too. very much a part of that ethos. favorite. i identified the most with him. graph.you to read this >> conscious can be a notion.tic it's hard to say what it is. too rigid a person or self-righteous. it can be used to justify ones, a ven heinous group of right wing germans, the party for conscience. it can encourage egotism and self-absorption or assume a full speech. thine own self be true. it can merge with tol

the civil war began, african-americans citizens enslaved in the united states. after the civil war was over in 1865, there was zero, okay. that is the most significant event in the history of african-americans. the unionther. the south was fighting for something called state's rights. but the african-american u.s. color troops were fighting for their freedom. as well as they're manhood. slavery had a way of emasculating the men and families when they couldn't protect their families against the cruel actions of the slave holder. so part of this war was about reclaiming and recapturing our manhood. it made a difference when you had a uniform and you have a weapon and you went on to free your family. you got a different response than just saying a few kind words to some slave holder when he saw that gun coming at him. it made a difference. we also tell people that slaves freed themselves. pride of 1863 and emancipation proclamation, the south was winning the war. lincoln decided it was a military strategic plan to issue the emancipation proclamation at a time when you had no control over the slave areas. right? he freed all the slaves. but in that emancipation proclamation that was a clause that allowed

documents concerning many of the important events that led to american independence to the confederation of the american states and to the establishment of the federal unionese are some of the best-known papers of american history. among them are the resolution moving for independence and produced in the continental congress in 1776. by richard henry lee of virginia. the articles of confederation, the 1st constitution. the treaty of paris by which great britain recognized the independence of the former colonies. in on the walls on either side 1783. are two colorful heroes, one shows thomas jefferson submitting the declaration of independence to john hancock in the continental congress. the other shows james madison of virginia delivering the completed constitution to george washington, president of the constitutional convention. these murals are the work of the artist barry faulkner. the three great charters are carefully preserved for future generations to protect them from harmful dust and chemicals in the air, each parchment sheet has been separately sealed within a glass of bronze case containing only the inert gas, helium, and the proper amount of mo

the history of african-americans in this country. equally as important, as you heard earlier, the north might have been fighting to keep the union togethere south was fighting for something called states rights. but the african-american in u.s. .s. coloredamerican u troops were fighting for their freedom. as well as their manhood. slavery had a way of emasculating the men and families when they could protect their families against the cruel actions of slaveholders. part of this war was about reclaiming and recapturing manhood. it made a difference when you had a uniform, and a weapon, and you went on to free your family. you got a different response than just saying a few kind words. to some slaveholder. when he saw that been coming at him, it made a difference. we tell our family members to recall the fact that slaves actually freed themselves. let's be clear. prior to 1863, the south was winning the war. lincoln decided it was a military, strategic plan to issue the emancipation proclamation at a time when he had no control over the slave areas. right? but he freed the slaves. in the emancipation proclamation there was a clause that al

even erik can't for with a rating over 80% from the american conservative union was derided as too liberaly the primary challenger who beat him. a new poll shows on the left and right we're more divided than any time in the last 20 years. in 1994 10% of americans were consistently conservative or consistently liberal. that number has doubled to 21%. what does the middle look like? it's shrinking. in 994 1994 49% had mixed views. now it's down to 29%. 20 years ago there were unfavo unfavorable views of democrats. and democrats had unfavorable views of republicans. do redder reds and bluer blues threaten the well-being of the country? the poll used that word "threatened." more than one out of three republicans think so, and one out of every four democrats do, too. can the partisans and those they support come together? they believe their side should get the enter end of a deal. it's the opposite end of compromise. it's called gridlock. >> polarization and purity today on "inside story." joining us, michael democrat mick, the lead author of the pew study, the polarization of the american publ

you may remember david for many years was the chairman of the american conservative union. he was also president of the national rifle association. i know a lot of you are opposed to that, but he's done great things all his life and has been in and out of government, in positions advising presidents. then just to my far, far right is herman pirchner. herman has been a longtime president of the american foreign policy council. and they do great work looking at all the time to hotspots around the world and trying to anticipate what's going to happen long before it does. you could sort of say they are different from the obama administration because they actually look ahead. herman doesn't have to pick up the newspaper as being surprised by what's going to happen next in the world, because he and his staff have been there, know what's going on, and do great jobs anticipating it. most recently, he was in front of the ukraine-russia difficulties. it's a great publication. i suggest those of you who of a few hundred dollars, you may want to join the american foreign policy council.

even eric cantor with a rating over 80% from the american conservative union was derided as too liberalthe primary challenger who beat him. a new poll by the pew research center for the people in the press show on the left and right we are more divided than at any time in the last 20 years. in 1994, 10% of americans were consistently conservative or consistently liberal. >> number has doubled to 21%. what's the middle look like? it is shrinking. in 1994, 49% had mixed views. today, it's 39%. it's important to point out that it's still the largest group of americans. they are in the mixed middle, but remember, it's the partisans who are the most politically active. >> these numbers show our politics of getting more polarized and, as a result, nastier. 20 years ago, 17% of republicans had unfavorable views of democrats and 16% of democrats had unfavorable views of republicans. those numbers have jumped to 43% and 39%. do redder reds and bluer blues threaten the well beg of the country. >> the poll used that word, threatened more than one out of three republicans think so. more than one ou

it shouldn't be that much of a surprise being part of a labor union has always been and still is one of the best ways for everyday americans to climb into the ranks of the middle class which is why it's totally bizarre that this week millions of americans are being told the unions are the biggest threat to their liberty that's right this week is national employee freedom week an annual event which american workers are told that if they just quit their union everything will be a whole lot better but is that really the case and who really stands to benefit by getting americans to leave their unions joining me now for more on this is gene carter labor economist with the american federation of state county minnesota employee welcome thank you so much for having me and great to have you with us so the national employee freedom week what is this where did it come from so it started out as a small campaign in nevada last year from the nevada public policy research institute which is the state policy network affiliates where they mailed letters to for two teachers to drop their union membership and this is this is a respectable so

the cultural heritage museum in north carolina which is dedicated to the 200,000 african-american soldiers who fought with the unionmy and the american civil war. presently, dr. beech is president of the united states color troops living history association, the national organizations of re-enactors, historians, story tellers, scholars and students dedicated to preserving the history of african-american participation in the civil war. he is senior vice president of the national business league, national business trade association founded by dr. booker t. washington in 1900. also he is the past chairman of the district of columbia chamber of commerce, largest business membership organization in the metropolitan washington area. it is my privilege this morning to introduce to you dr. malcolm beech sr. >> thank you very much. dinlt realize i was that long and been around that long. you start to do these reenactments and you start thinking about the 1800s. maybe i have been around for a while. good morning to all of you and i really wanted to thank you all for coming out. this stamp and the ceremony surrounding it mean

where was the american civil liberties union about that? isn't it strange that they have been remarkably silent? but willy-nilly we have been willing, through one method or another to give to the media whatever method they want to use it, every shred of evidence that exists. and most of it is not evidence. the interesting thing about this, too, is what happened the other day just for example. one thing that apparently the media hadn't had yet was a large document that had 715 pages in it about miscellaneous documents. i was asked and so were the other members of this committee asked, vote for the this that's hardly the way you conduct a good hearing, is it? but that's the way we have been work i working. fortunately, that was defeated. and now another thing that happened the other day, i raised a question, which i thought was a good one. i wanted to know whether or not counsel could advise me as to whether or not the articles of impeachment should be specific. should each article involve a similar subject, i thought it should. and the chairm

possibly even causing the dissolution of the american union.ross had come to see it that way as well. he was quite eager to end this war. he wanted to get back to his wife, who was sending him -- indicatingbing she was on the verge of a nervous breakdown. she had not expected her husband, after fighting with wellington in the financial luck, to now have to go fight another war in america. believes that capturing washington will be the stroke that ends the war. as they were approaching the capital, they do make some effort at parlay. rolling, and men are sent forward to see if there's anyone to negotiate with. are very nearurn the capital, when suddenly shots ring out. and ross has come under fire. house,rom inside the actually strike his horse and hit several soldiers. because of some casualties. ross quickly orders that the house be surrounded. some of the people inside the house have artie escaped. -- already escaped. the best evidence is that these are some of barney's flotilla men who didn't want to surrender , and took some shots of the br

the african-americans suffered tremendous casualties. out of the 504 unionops killed, 433 were african-americans. 744 were wounded and many were captured for a total of a little over 1,200 known casualties. now, in most civil war battles, people who surrendered, some of them get killed after they surrender, it happens all the time. it happened here. some of the african-americans were killed after they surrendered. killing the enemy soldiers after they sur render is more common than you think. both sides did it, all races did it. it happened at least in four other battles during the siege of petersburg. it happened on june 15, the first day of fighting, it happened here at the crater, it happened on september 29 at fort archer and it happened again at fort greg on april 2. so it happens in all wars. we hear about the germans killing americans after they surrendered. well, one of my distant cousins was over there in world war ii and he said they weren't the only ones doing it, the americans did it, too. now in conclusion, the battle of the crater was a great t

you may remember david for many years was chairman of the american conservative union. and also president of the national rifle association -- i know a lot of you would be opposed to that. but he has done great things all his life and been in and out of government and had positions guiding presidents. and to the far right is herman pirchner. he has been the long-term president of american foreign policy council and they do great work looking at all of the hot spots around the world and trying to anticipate what is going to happen long before it does. you could sort of say they are different than the obama administration buzz because they look ahead. and herman doesn't have to pick up the newspaper surprised on what happens is because he and his staff have been there, done a great job anticipating it. he was out on the ukraine-russia difficulties not too long ago and they turned out a great publication and i suggest those of you with a few extra dollars may want to join the american foreign policy council. i expect all of you here are interested in foreign policy. it is l

good because he's a friend of the americans and the european union but you know those of us that have studied ukraine know it's a very complicated country and always has been rather fragile but western media just likes a black and white picture it's easy to explain yes we face the media or we speak it all of that this is information and media war and it just knows your own site and the enemy side we speak now in terms of enemies and of allies and of course for the western media which place the role as a sort of well let us say a media or information artillery off western politics there is no division anymore between western governments and the mainstream media of those countries they are close together and by the way this is a really problematic situation because the media itself claims about itself that it should be a sort of critical. companion or company of politics they should request they should this is not happening anymore i see two very dangerous developments in western media and we can say i'm from germany what we witness here so we have on the one side this is the media conc

the civil war began, african-americans citizens enslaved in the united states. after the civil war was over in 1865, there was zero, okay. that is the most significant event in the history of african-americans. the unionther. the south was fighting for something called state's rights. but the african-american u.s. color troops were fighting for their freedom. as well as they're manhood. slavery had a way of emasculating the men and families when they couldn't protect their families against the cruel actions of the slave holder. so part of this war was about reclaiming and recapturing our manhood. it made a difference when you had a uniform and you have a weapon and you went on to free your family. you got a different response than just saying a few kind words to some slave holder when he saw that gun coming at him. it made a difference. we also tell people that slaves freed themselves. pride of 1863 and emancipation proclamation, the south was winning the war. lincoln decided it was a military strategic plan to issue the emancipation proclamation at a time when you had no control over the slave areas. right? he freed all the slaves. but in that emancipation proclamation that was a clause that allowed

united states and the congress to see both sides of any story even if it involved the soviet union there's an old american at age there are two sides to every story and to understand the stand the other side you have to walk in the other person's shoes a bit try as an intellectual exercise that's an obligation in my judgment for policymakers who may control the fate of the world we don't seem to have that codger a elder statesman i think henry kissinger is one such person but you're not he's ninety years old but his mind works very well but you don't see him popping up on television you don't see him he published an op ed article in the washington post back in march but he came and went and that was it but there used to be quite a few people like that who would say to the president yes probably moscow is guilty but let's take a look at this let's see how we are perceived as john would put it around the world how do you explain that i don't know that those people are gone but meanwhile because they are gone the american mainstream media seems to instinctively filter out dissenting voices john and i appeare

. >> a recent study by the american still liberties union entitled war comes home, the excessive militarization of policing found that of almost 800 raids, 7% were for an original purpose, like a hostage situation. warrants. >> it's believed that the first prominent police unit for special records and tactics for swat were established here in loss. initially consisting of 15 teams of four men each, the unit was comprised of volunteers within the l.a.p.d. an inspector initially named the platoon special weapons assault team. after popular protests it was rejected for sounding too much like a military unit. >> lynch argues military culture seeped into police departments nonetheless. a culture celebrated in videos like this, produced by athat teams. >> when you look at the culture of the police departments. when you see some of the recruiting videos that they put on the websites, their officers are conducting themselves in an aggressive fashion, acting and dressing like soldiers. so this is becoming a part of policing. >> a scrutiny. >>> let's talk a bit more about all of this with cory, a former

. >> the american civil liberties union says police officers may not confiscate or demand to view your digital photo or video without a warrant. but antioch police told abc7 news if a person is not willing to turn it over voluntarily, an officer can sometimes seize the device containing the video. the police would have to get a search warrant to retrieve the video from the device. antioch police would not comment on the details of the incident. alan wang, abc7 news. >>> new at 11:00, one person was killed after a trailer with a pizza often broke free from a van. it happened on lakeville highway south of town at 7:30 p.m. it went directly into on coming traffic. he slammed into a car with a family of four inside. one parent was killed. the other parent and two children were rushed to hospital with major injuries. officers are now trying to determine if the trailer was hitched correctly. >>> golden gate park is packed tonight with music fans on the first night of outside lands. but a lot of people didn't get in because they were taken. there are counterfeit tickets given to concert goers

american jobs. it's time the unions focus on american jobs. but that doesn't work. are here and if they're unrepresented and if they're exploitable, vulnerable to exploitation by corporations because they're scared of their legal status they'll take jobs for less money and drive down wages wages of american workers. >> why not pun u-the american companies that allow that to happen? >> you're right. one has to represent this workers so they're not a exploitable. on the other hand they need to try to get lawmakers of both parties to finally actually solve a problem. because as long as it's just a system of immigration that is broken you'll have this kind of chaos. >> the problem is, illegals are marching outside the white house for rights. they're not entitled to. >> and they have already pushed prices down, already working under the table for cash in all sorts of businesses. so, we just have come down because of them to begin with. i don't know why we would support this for our whole economic system here, baby health care and social -- between health care and social

. >> the american civil liberties union says police officers may not confiscate or demand to view your photo or video without a warrant. but antioch police told abc7 news if a person is not willing to turn it over voluntarily, an officer can sometimes seize the device containing the video. the police would have to get a search warrant to retrieve the video from the device. antioch police would not comment on the details of the incident. alan wang, abc7 news. >>> new at 11:00, one person was killed after a trailer with a pizza often broke free from a van. it happened on lakeville highway south of town at 7:30 p.m. it went directly into on coming traffic. he slammed into a car with a family of four inside. one parent was killed. the other parent and two children were rushed to hospital with major injuries. officers are now trying to determine if the trailer was hitched correctly. >>> golden gate park is packed tonight with music fans on the first night of outside lands. but a lot of people didn't get in because they were taken. there are counterfeit tickets given to concert goers. now a

you may remember david for many years was in the american conservative union. he was also president of the national rifle association. i know a lot of you will be opposed to that but he has done great things all his life and has been in and out of government and had positions advising the president. then to my far, far right is herman pirchner. herman has been a long-term president of american foreign policy council and they do great work looking at all the time the hotspots around the world and trying to anticipate what's going to happen long before it does. you could sort of say they are different in the obama administration because they actually look ahead. herman is not to pick up the newspaper and be surprised by what's going to happen next in the world because he and his staff have been there, know it's going on and do great job of anticipating it and most recently he was on front in the ukraine russia difficulties. they turn out a great publication so i suggest those of you who have a few dollars it might want to join the foreign policy council. i expect

could be racially motivated the american civil liberties union has released a report in reaction to the violence in the ferguson the group says historical issues have created a climate of racial profiling targeting the black population human rights advocates stressed of that young black americans in particularly are subjected to killings beatings and are otherwise harassed by police even when they're doing nothing wrong . another story of over the top police actions this time back across the atlantic coming up after a short break watching our two international. those who want to get involved to stop isis in iraq are allied with isis in syria we still should be doing everything we can to support the free syrian opposition who will continue to provide military assistance and advice to the iraqi government and kurdish forces as they battle these terrorists. as russia and the west continue to drift apart into a new cold war russia's worldview of international politics is largely neglected in western media and in the halls of power russia will defend its national interest and also has its ow

could be racially motivated the american civil liberties union has released a report in reaction to the violence in ferguson the group says historical issues have created a climate of racial profiling targeting the black population human rights advocates stressed about young black americans and particularly subjected to killings beatings and are otherwise harassed by police even when they are doing nothing wrong. another story of over the top police actions of this time in europe coming up later in the program. and horrific video of an american journalist being beheaded by a jihadist from the islamic state group has left the whole world terrified before his own killing the man who was forced to read a statement blaming the u.s. for his death also chilling the was the revelation that his killer is likely to be a radicalized britain according to media sources british intelligence has already identified him through voice recognition in the video the jihadist says the beheading is in retaliation for u.s. airstrikes on iraq the islamic state has also threatened to execute another captive ame

could be racially motivated the american civil liberties union has released a report in reaction to the violence in ferguson the group says the story of the shoes created a climate of racial profiling targeting the black population human rights advocates stress thoughts young black americans in particular are subjected to killings beatings and are otherwise harassed by police even when they're doing nothing wrong . another story of over the top police actions this time back across the atlantic coming up after a short break. those who want to get involved to stop isis in iraq are allied with isis in syria but we still should be doing everything we can to support the free syrian opposition we will continue to provide military assistance and advice to the iraqi government and kurdish forces as they battle these terrorists. and west into new sanctions against russia and obviously russia retaliated and. confrontational rather it goes on and on what do you think about sanctions that isn't a way of solving economy and business hostage to politics is russia did invade east ukraine i mean that i

could be racially motivated the american civil liberties union has released a report in reaction to the violence in ferguson the group says historical issues have created a climate of racial profiling targeting the black population human rights advocates to stress that young black americans in particular are subjected to killings beatings and are otherwise harassed by police even when they are doing nothing wrong. at least ten people were injured five of them seriously when mounted riot police charged and demonstrators in sweden on saturday police horses trampled several people while one man was hit by a van several people were arrested a plan to rally against the swedish neo nazi party spiraled out of control in the city of mama as clashes erupted between police and protesters it all started when around fifteen hundred activists gathered to disrupt a speech by the leader of the swedish neo nazi party tension mounted when firecrackers and smoke bombs were thrown and rest comes ahead of the country's parliamentary vote. and one is after the break here on t.v. national. the west introduce

could be reached the motivated the american civil liberties union has released a report a reaction to the violence in missouri the group sees the start of polish use have created a climate of racial profiling targeting the black population human rights advocates stressed that young black americans in particular are subjected to killings beatings and are otherwise harassed by police even when they're doing nothing wrong . another story of police brutality this time in europe coming up after a short break. but those who want to get involved to stop isis in iraq are allied with isis in syria we still should be doing everything we can to support the free syrian opposition we will continue to provide military assistance and advice to the iraqi government and kurdish forces as they battle these terrorists. eugenics but eugenics vulgarize ation of darwin science punishment for an uncommitted crying i was never really stolen from believing in eighty feebleminded still today for the few i don't know why. but i still don't know why genetic improvement through forced sterilization the basis for

in a separate survey we asked, should the union employees without force or penalty be able to get of union member should? yes. of americans said workers should have that choice. they should be able to make the decision about union membership that is best for them. we have 4 million americans who want out of their union, and an overwhelming majority of americans who support their right to make the decision about union membership that is best for them. and now we have a national employee freedom week. 81 organizations around the country telling union members went and how to leave, and that they can leave. as you are going to hear, this is information union officials don't want their members to find out about. thank you. rebecca? >> good afternoon.] thanks for having me here today. i would like you to imagine with me a little bit. imagine that you finished your college journey you have entered your dream job, and upon accepting your offer, you are told that you have to join a labor union as a condition of your employment. you will pay $1000 a year to an organization that claims to have your best interests in mind. imagine th

the fears of american officials about the appeal of communism. american officials prefer to have the situation 1990 thaned after what had existed before. liked having they the soviet union around as a framework. . really don't lessons, irhetorical think, yes, american officials and american journalists and the american media and quite a few historians and scholars have an exceptional list view of triumphalism. i've taken issue with that exceptional list view -- exceptionalist view. many people in this room have taken exception with it. what i think is important is for us to carry on, to continue to views.communicate our i think a very good example of this has happened in the last two weeks. some of you who read "the new york times" and "the new know that bob kagan has written an incredibly what weial essay about should learn from the experience of the 20th century, from world war i, world war ii, about american leadership. the bottom line, bob kagan argues, is that what is necessary to have a peaceful, stable, and democratic world order is for the united states, , tot has done in the past assert its power and assume leadership. obamadly, president called bob kagan to th