[laughter] so for a van buren from the early hours of his presidency was played with the first economic crisis to figure out what to do now presidents give far too much credit and too much blame he has been defeated by a famous ticket that is famous for the slow given to the canoe and tyler too. though big party agreed they did not like jackson that was a good enough basis they did not even adopt the platform at the convention they knew they had the democrats on the ropes and would win the race if they could stick together. so over states' rights ultimately jackson had stared down self care line with the nullification crisis getting them to capitulate. some of them were angry where he and refunded the bank's deposits but for other reasons they stuck together was the we party harrison the famed indian fighter and john tyler senator from virginia who voted use the venture -- who voted to sensor jackson it was the equivalent of the 2008 barack obama a campaign with a new innovation that they judge jackson had increase the suffrage more people could vote than ever before more people could r

the van buren administration, the entire slave dr. c -- slaveocracy -- van buren was very much a colleague of and in sympathy with southern values and ideas. the administration and a good deal of the country would have been happy to have seen these amistad prisoners either returned to the white people who claimed that they belong to them and sent to havana, but of course the abolition movement, we're talking the late 1830's, this is 1839. the supreme court cases 1841. the abolition movement which is growing stronger and stronger, even though it is a small minority, and even though most of the north, even though it is uneasy about slavery, it is willing to tolerate it for the sake of the national harmony. certainly most of the north is racist. the whole issue, the whole problem is really causing tremendous concern. what will we do with these people who we have cap sure? how can we satisfy the supreme court? of course, it makes a decision after looking at all the evidence and after hearing john quincy adams. the decision written by just

state department official peter van buren told us everyone knew blackwater was simply out of control. the state department was so afraid of its mission in iraq being slowed down or delayed by replacing blackwater as a contractor that they were willing to accept almost any standards of behavior out of the company in order to continue the contract even though they understood it was detrimental to u.s. aims blackwater was an organization out of control in iraq and we now have absolute proof that the state department who was supposed to control them knew that they were out of control knew that they were dangerous people knew that they were acting contrary to u.s. policy aims and did nothing ok we're going to go to a very short break but stick around because we've got a report about the expectations that western oil companies have of the conflict in iraq coming right up. speak your language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on. reporting from the world talks seven c.o.r.p. interviews intriguing story to tell you. the arabic to find out more visit our big. dog called. back

above the law but the american embassy sided with blackwater former state department official peter van buren told us washington knew about the reckless and dangerous behavior the state department was so afraid of its mission in iraq being slowed down or delayed by replacing blackwater as a contractor and that they were willing to accept almost any standards of behavior out of the company in order to continue the contract even though they understood it was detrimental to us aims blackwater was an organization out of control in iraq and we now have absolute proof that the state department who was supposed to control them knew that they were out of control knew that they were dangerous people knew that they were acting contrary to u.s. policy aims and did nothing. just weeks after the death threat a blackwater unit murdered seventeen people in the iraqi capital u.s. officials said they were shooting without cause and that innocent lives were lost there not that it stopped the firm from getting other lucrative contracts it's believed to have assisted the cia aides drone mission in pakistan but o

mercenaries they reported behaved as if they were above the law one former state department official peter van buren the says that everyone knew blackwater was out of control. the state department was so afraid of its mission in iraq being slowed down or delayed by replacing blackwater as a contractor that they were willing to accept almost any standards of behavior out of the company in order to continue the contract even though they understood it was detrimental to us aims blackwater was an organization out of control in iraq and we now have absolute proof that the state department who was supposed to control them knew that they were out of control knew that they were dangerous people knew that they were acting contrary to u.s. policy aims and did nothing the recent revelations will do little for the already tainted reputation of the mercenary company over the years of the groups accused of doing the us dirty work believed to have assisted the cia drone mission in pakistan the government paid millions of dollars to the contractor in afghanistan and allowed it to have its own military bases all of

embassy at the time sided with blackwater former state department official peter van buren telling us that washington knew about the dangerous behavior the state department was so afraid of its mission in iraq being slowed down or delayed by replacing blackwater as a contractor that they were willing to accept almost any standards of behavior out of the company in order to continue the contract even though they understood it was detrimental to us seems blackwater was an organization out of control in iraq and we now have absolute proof that the state department who was supposed to control them knew that they were out of control knew that they were dangerous people knew that they were acting contrary to u.s. policy aims and did nothing just weeks after the death threat of blackwater unit murdered seventeen people in iraq he capital officials said they were shooting without cause and that innocent lives were lost not that it stopped the firm from getting other contracts is believed to have assisted the cia the drone mission in pakistan blackwater also got millions of dollars from the u.

state department official peter van buren told us everyone knew blackwater was out of control the state department was so afraid of its mission in iraq being slowed down or delayed by replacing blackwater as a contractor that they were willing to accept almost any standards of behavior out of the company in order to continue the contract even though they understood it was detrimental to us aims blackwater was an organization out of control in iraq and we now have absolute proof that the state department who was supposed to control them knew that they were out of control knew that they were dangerous people knew that they were acting contrary to u.s. policy aims and did nothing. of her so break we bring you a report about the expectations that western oil companies have a with the conflict in iraq. they all told me my language as well but i will only react to situations i have read the reports from. the pollution and no i will leave them to the state department to comment on your latter point of the month to save the exists or k.l. a car is on the docket no god. no more weasel words when

and a crash by van buren street. and i hope you had a nice weekend. and we will check more of the situation coming up in the next half-hour. >> thank you, matt. >>> the defense department offering up nearly three dozen mobile field kitchens used during training. online bidding began today for 32 of the fully-equipped kitchens. they were used during field training beautifully functional. each kitchen on a 1.5 ton two-wheel chasy trailer. more information monday our website with for information on biddings running through wednesday. >>> and researchers at temperature celebrate a break through in the quest to cure h.i.v. monica malpass with this story and more. >> and one. challenges of h.i.v. it asserts its genetic material into the person's cells. but a researcher says they had success. and we take you in the lab where they made major progress. >>> a museum like any other you may have visited. nora muchanic showing us the sand museum that is set to open its doors tomorrow and sure to be a treat for the eye. >>> those stories and more coming your way on

born in 1839 during the martin van buren administration, our eighth president. you knew that. he was 22 when the civil war began, and he went out for. she was born in 1906 in paris while her father was serving in the u.s. senate fighting teddy roosevelt's an enormous reforms. twenty-six presidents. and here she was alive and to the force second presidency, still alive during the obama administration. was hard to believe. well, where was she? it turns out that she was in a hospital in new york city living at beth israel medical center, had been first and one osbourne, then another, living in a single room, i standard, ordinary, symbol of the room with your chief paneling and a trillion know, bathroom and television. and by that time she died in 2011 she had lived in the hospital for 7,364 nights, 20 years in two months. while her monet painting, waterlilies and three when renoir and tear stradivarius violins were over in the fifth avenue apartment she was living in acquire hospital number. maybe you can see, this is the view from our room. the air-conditioning unit is outside.

officer jeffrey westerfield was shot and killed, at 26-th and van buren, sunday morning. he was found dead in his patrol car. westerfield was responding to a call of shots fired in the area, but it's not clear if that's related to him getting shot. police say they arrested three people around the corner from the murder. the three people being we had a tip that something hit the house at the 26 bar. three individuals were taken into custody. they were being taken in for interrogation at this time. >> the three people being questioned were all arrested at the same home. no charges have been filed. westerfield had been on the gary police force for 19 years. he had four daughters, and he was engaged to be married. the wedding was less than two months away. >> i want them to look me in the eye and tell me why they killed my fiance. why they killed these girls' father and stepfather. he has for other kids. i want them to explain why. why? >>westerfield joined the gary police department in 1995 after he served in the u-s army during operation desert storm. he's the first gary of

the last president to be renominated by his party at that time was martin van buren in he 1840lp who lost amid rumors he wore women's underclothing to help a bad back. see, my knowledge of sex goes far beyond carmichael's knowledge of civil war sex.u ge you say something about blogging, you get it in return he also found out that he thought lee was an impressive opponent, his army was flawed. at one point he turned to james h. wilson and went what's wrong with this armor? how do i fix this up? tom you have an indian chief on staff, give him a tomahawk and let him go to work. and grant interesting in this notion -- who should he target? indiscriminate violence and kill ing by the end of june, 1864, grant is stuck around richmond o and petersburg. he has achieved one goal here, . goal that robert e. lee does ft understand, which is if he's stuck, so is robert e. lee, lee's effort to become unstuck this is awfully daring. lee has sent jubil early north lee's detaching a significant part of his army to try to haveo mischiefn. that will catch somet off balance, threaten n' washington, get

van buren, hello. this was used as a promenade. people could observe what was going on on the water. a very modern idea. like everything made of wood in central park, lack of maintenance meant this gradually fell apart and was ultimately demolished. and today, the boathouse is an early 20th-century construction. and when you came up the mall, why were you coming up the mall? was it idle curiosity? you were coming up the mall because directly ahead of you in the distance you did not see bethesda terrace, no, but you saw in the distance belvedere castle. you would be coming up with a -- up the mall mall like coming up the rhine river or the hudson river. you would see a castle in the distance and be fascinated and pulled up the mall. all of a sudden, you would be on bethesda terrace, walk up the bow bridge and onto the ramble. the ramble originally had small, open meadows. there is only one left. that meant after you went over the bridge you would go forest, meadow, forest, meadow, and you would constantly see your goal, belvedere ca

. >> martin van buren. >> correc incorrect. >> andrew jackson. >> correct what two former presidentsthe same date? >> adams and jefferson. >> correct. although the u.s. celebrates on july 4th, the continental -- >> july 3rd. >> incorrect. >> july 2nd. >> correct. at the wire for bob. we have a barn burner. 1600 bob, 1300 mike, frank, you can still make it up. we're about to embark on the round of champions. hardest questions. most valuable questions. this is where we sdecide the champen i don't. we dim the lights for dramatic at the time. andrew jacobs, democratic congressman from indiana in the 1980s and 1990s, was best known for his attempts to replace the star spangled banner with this. >> america the beautiful. >> correct. the president in a television drama the west wing shares the name of in second person to sign the -- >> bartlett. >> correct. there are four states that share the same first letter as their capital cities. name two of them. i'll call time. dover, honolulu, oklahoma. >> who is the last losing vice presidential candidate to win the presidency? >> nixon. >> incorr

. >> peter van buren of reuters and opinion piece put your opinions, this way, he says 18 billion in job training equals lots of trained unemployed people. >> well, there really isn't. as i was saying, truthfully, when you drop $18 billion on an economy with -- that has 145 million workers, 10 million or so that are unemployed at the moment, it was much higher than that before, 5 million or so unemployed 6 months long and take the 10 million and the 5 and figure how much you have to spend for each, it is a small piece of money. and the training needs go well beyond the unemployed. there are lots of young people in america out of the labor force and not looking for work so they're not unemployed but they're just people who don't have the skills to get in the labor market. so, and same with middle aged and older americans. we have never built a training system in america. we have an education system. for the most part, we use our education system as our workforce development system and it works in kind of a rough and ready way but the education system pays very little -- the college ed

the last president to be renominated by his party at that time was martin van buren in he 1840lp who lost amid rumors he wore women's underclothing to help a bad back. see, my knowledge of sex goes far beyond carmichael's knowledge of civil war sex.u ge you say something about blogging, you get it in return he also found out that he thought lee was an impressive opponent, his army was flawed. at one point he turned to james h. wilson and went what's wrong with this armor? how do i fix this up? tom you have an indian chief on staff, give him a tomahawk and let him go to work. and grant interesting in this notion -- who should he target? indiscriminate violence and kill ing by the end of june, 1864, grant is stuck around richmond o and petersburg. he has achieved one goal here, . goal that robert e. lee does ft understand, which is if he's stuck, so is robert e. lee, lee's effort to become unstuck this is awfully daring. lee has sent jubil early north lee's detaching a significant part of his army to try to haveo mischiefn. that will catch somet off balance, threaten n' washington, get

and so work that was being done in india is now being done in van buren township in michigan as they have brought jobs home. we know that because of the explosion in natural gas and the current low prices, this is an incentive. i want to thank the presiding officer, mr. president, for your understanding of that and the importance of supporting american manufacturing, american businesses. we have a number of advantages right now to bring jobs home, to create jobs in america, including not only low energy costs, but the finest workers in the world. we have creative minds with new ideas and hard work and innovation at university labs and public research and public-private partnerships that are going on, forging technology, powering world-class innovation. so there's a lot that we can be proud of, and manufacturing is in fact coming back. and i'm proud of the fact that part of that is the fact that we stood with our american automobile industry at a time when they needed america to be with them and keep manufacturing jobs. more than 12 million americans are working in manufacturing today