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i think he was brighter than we thought. i think what it was, he was rash. he would rush to -- when i first got there i had a case that somebody in the department signed the wrong slips and it looked like we were going to have to let about 400 criminals loose. it looked like it had political overtones, somebody screwed up. i went down to see him and said this is what we face. i have three options. i said, one, i gave him the first one and he said do that. i said wait a minute. you didn't even hear the other two. he was like that. he would draw and shoot very rapidly. >> the special prosecutor -- the watergate special prosecution force had just been assembled when you arrived. please explain to us what, if any, connection there was between the office of the solicitor general and the wspf. >> what there was what? >> what relationship, if any. >> almost none. i'm trying to think. at one point the white house began to scream about investigations into matters that were not related to watergate, and elliott called me in and said he clearly had intended, the specia
i think he was brighter than we thought. i think what it was, he was rash. he would rush to -- when i first got there i had a case that somebody in the department signed the wrong slips and it looked like we were going to have to let about 400 criminals loose. it looked like it had political overtones, somebody screwed up. i went down to see him and said this is what we face. i have three options. i said, one, i gave him the first one and he said do that. i said wait a minute. you didn't even...
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madam nhu was worried saigon was becoming a party. there were pizza stands and, you know, girly bars, all of that stuff starting in the '50s, and she said no, we have to take this seriously. she outlawed dancing along with prostitution, she outlaw hand holding and kissing. she outlawed underwire bras, but she wore them. the best was her sister had been married off young like madam nhu had, and she was married to a guy who worked for the ngo government, and they fell out of love, i guess, you know, it happened. she felt in love with a french guy, a big game hunter. madam nhu thought you can't leave a good upstanding vietnamese guy for a french guy. this is looking sort of colonial. when her sister tried to divorce her husband, she outlawed divorce. the story goes -- there's no records of this, but the story goes her sister slashed her wrist and running through the palace, and it take their own mother to come down to saigon to break out the daughter who then goes to the united states and marries the french guy anyway. >>> and they're st
madam nhu was worried saigon was becoming a party. there were pizza stands and, you know, girly bars, all of that stuff starting in the '50s, and she said no, we have to take this seriously. she outlawed dancing along with prostitution, she outlaw hand holding and kissing. she outlawed underwire bras, but she wore them. the best was her sister had been married off young like madam nhu had, and she was married to a guy who worked for the ngo government, and they fell out of love, i guess, you...
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the american ambassador was a man named dean hayden who was forgotten by history.he united states assisted the government of el salvador that was headed and they turned over the death squads headed by a man in the ensuing civil war there were 100,000 dead almost all of them on the rebels hide. at one point, the army did a sweep of the countryside and there was a massacre in el salvador at a village called i forget the name of the village but had any event, the ambassador to el salvador was asked to comment and they didn't think that anything on the tour have happened. they were asked to comment across the border something must have happened. elliott abrams who was then the assistant secretary in washington said nothing had happened. finally he got fed up and got several months later declared publicly 30,000 people in the salvador had been murdered by the worst ally to the government and the speech was cleaned up thabit at the state department after he delivered it, but the effect was the vice president george bush, the elder was sent to el salvador to read the act
the american ambassador was a man named dean hayden who was forgotten by history.he united states assisted the government of el salvador that was headed and they turned over the death squads headed by a man in the ensuing civil war there were 100,000 dead almost all of them on the rebels hide. at one point, the army did a sweep of the countryside and there was a massacre in el salvador at a village called i forget the name of the village but had any event, the ambassador to el salvador was...
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it was a low point. i was beyond embarrassed. i was still walking out with this pathetic bravado like i don't care. i don't care. by the time i got in the car, i started crying. i felt like an idio. >> you threw a chicken wing at don cornelius's forehead. wrong. i thank you goodness we were able to make up before husband passing. way before his passing. and, you know, but that's what i mean. it's like am i really enjoying my life? if i am this person holding on to this anger from the past, am no. >> do you think the temper was innate in you? was that something you had as a circumstances? >> you know, my therapist told me that it was probably -- probably became a part of me once my mother gave me away. >> the anger? >> the anger. and that was when i was a week old. >> have you ever fully come to grips with that? >> yes. >> or is that something that still rises in you sometimes. >> it still rises in me, but i have learned to control it, and i have learned to modify it. you know, through the references through cognitive therapy, beh
it was a low point. i was beyond embarrassed. i was still walking out with this pathetic bravado like i don't care. i don't care. by the time i got in the car, i started crying. i felt like an idio. >> you threw a chicken wing at don cornelius's forehead. wrong. i thank you goodness we were able to make up before husband passing. way before his passing. and, you know, but that's what i mean. it's like am i really enjoying my life? if i am this person holding on to this anger from the...
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dmou batista was the -- now, batista was the man and there was a patient-client relationship and it wasart of cuban politics and batista got some of the money from bennettez, so he was interested in having the money but he wanted to be elected as president and since there was this anti-semitic campaign, he did everything to hide himself from the public to not appear as the defender of the jews which seemed at that time not to be popular. now the story is very complicated but i just -- apparently there was an ultimatum of 48 hours to get the money. but [ inaudible ] didn't want the passengers. but in the end, he was accepted to negotiate with a grandson and if all of the passengers would have paid the money, the deposit according to the law, this came to about half a million. and they negotiated if this was legal. but batista apparently sent people -- sent army people to berneson asking for money for their own pockets, not the legal money that would be deputied with the government. and he was a jvc lawyer and he couldn't negotiate something or bribe something not legal. so he was ready t
dmou batista was the -- now, batista was the man and there was a patient-client relationship and it wasart of cuban politics and batista got some of the money from bennettez, so he was interested in having the money but he wanted to be elected as president and since there was this anti-semitic campaign, he did everything to hide himself from the public to not appear as the defender of the jews which seemed at that time not to be popular. now the story is very complicated but i just --...
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this was 1964 and i was talking with wally sharad.my wife was in the hospital and he looked and he said who shot your dog? i told them i said well i told him about it. he and i got to talking about it. most people didn't know he even had a daughter let alone that he had lost her. that was while he was flying the x-15 out of edwards which is now named after neil armstrong. it's been neil armstrong research center. so anyway we just got to a point that we were trusted friends is what i like to say. the ap -- people say you were neil's best friend and i say i wasn't neil's best friend. i don't know who the heck neil's best friend was. we were trusted friends and we work together. when the challenger blew up he was called to be the vice chairman to actually do the investigation. i broke the story two days later on the tom brokaw show and the first person to comment when i got off the air was neil. he said what do you know that you didn't tell brokaw? i said i told brokaw everything. we worked together on that in all through in a couple of
this was 1964 and i was talking with wally sharad.my wife was in the hospital and he looked and he said who shot your dog? i told them i said well i told him about it. he and i got to talking about it. most people didn't know he even had a daughter let alone that he had lost her. that was while he was flying the x-15 out of edwards which is now named after neil armstrong. it's been neil armstrong research center. so anyway we just got to a point that we were trusted friends is what i like to...
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the collection was there. iraq, the collection was there. the decline of the soviet union, the information was there and gates did not allow them to do what they needed to do with the intelligence. the hard the collection is quite good. >> i have read some portions of some of the books you have written, and i recommend them to everybody in here. they are excellent. >> i have nothing to do with you saying that. [laughter] >> that is correct. i thought i would shine you on a bit before i asked the last question, which is this. commented on edward snowden, that he is in big trouble and has violated many laws. i also noticed you made a linent somewhere along the about violations of the fourth amendment. is that a fair statement? >> certainly. snowden as werd know him. at this point in the life of the intelligence community, did there need to be an edward snowden to expose what is going on in the diligence community -- intelligence community? >> there is a contradiction between being right and legally designed. the edward snowden in interview he
the collection was there. iraq, the collection was there. the decline of the soviet union, the information was there and gates did not allow them to do what they needed to do with the intelligence. the hard the collection is quite good. >> i have read some portions of some of the books you have written, and i recommend them to everybody in here. they are excellent. >> i have nothing to do with you saying that. [laughter] >> that is correct. i thought i would shine you on a bit...
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that was it. that was the only condition. nobody had the right to preview or detail so you sort of ask yourself, why did these people agree to that? the answer is actually if you think back on it now it looks like and of course you know they were there with some critique of the book that is the greater glory of this group about the case but if you go back at the time there were only two states that allowed marriage equality. the majority of the country was opposed. so these guys could have been the people that invited me a reporter and a film crew because there's also an hbo documentary that came out today and to document how through sheer hubris and ignorance they set back the movement by losing the supreme court. no one had any idea how this would turn out but you know the lesson of harvey milk, harvey milk was the san francisco and i hope somebody saw the movie milk, but harvey milk last thing was come out and tell your story. telling your story matters. telling your story can change minds. they believed and they agree to
that was it. that was the only condition. nobody had the right to preview or detail so you sort of ask yourself, why did these people agree to that? the answer is actually if you think back on it now it looks like and of course you know they were there with some critique of the book that is the greater glory of this group about the case but if you go back at the time there were only two states that allowed marriage equality. the majority of the country was opposed. so these guys could have been...
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was. location wasthat fenced off and left in the public doe main and sort of watched over by officials from the department of the navy with expectation that the developers would steer clear because this is federal land that we're talking about. wasr to 1921, albert fall new mexico's first u.s. senator. career in the southwest developer, as a miner, mineralsess a land prospector. when warren g. harding was ofcted president in november 1920, he announced that albert fall, one of his poker playing u.s. senate the would be secretary of interior. about theteresting story is that albert fall did not have authority over the -- me trel naval me trel yum because that was the nave.ty of the u.s. it wanave -- navy. so the secretary of navy was playing buddy of coaxed or convinces transfer the authority over naval petroleum reserves where albert fall had a plan. was later convicted of accepting bribes from a couple of oil men for allowing them to these navals petroleum reserves. revealedial, it was su
was. location wasthat fenced off and left in the public doe main and sort of watched over by officials from the department of the navy with expectation that the developers would steer clear because this is federal land that we're talking about. wasr to 1921, albert fall new mexico's first u.s. senator. career in the southwest developer, as a miner, mineralsess a land prospector. when warren g. harding was ofcted president in november 1920, he announced that albert fall, one of his poker playing...
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wanted was a motor that was fast enough to create risk. but he realized is that the trick of the controlled flight was actually controlling the airplane in the air. everyone else and there were lots of other people working at the time, everyone else thought that the best way to have an airplane in the air was to have a facsimile stable kind of like a car that you drive around. and what they did was they had the wings go slightly in the shape from the center of the aircraft which is called the dihedral and that is for reasons i won't go into creat create a t deal of stability in the aircraft. but you cannot do, however, is turned except very broad terms and you're very susceptible to wind currents. what wilbur recognized as the best way to create an aircraft that could fly successfully was to have an aircraft that was inherently unstable. the wings of the flyer and if you go to see you will see this it goes down from the center of the aircraft and that is called him and he drove into that creates instability. but, you must have the means of
wanted was a motor that was fast enough to create risk. but he realized is that the trick of the controlled flight was actually controlling the airplane in the air. everyone else and there were lots of other people working at the time, everyone else thought that the best way to have an airplane in the air was to have a facsimile stable kind of like a car that you drive around. and what they did was they had the wings go slightly in the shape from the center of the aircraft which is called the...
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clue to where he was, was taken down. mozdir chose to run and he stayed out there for two years, and he chose to have a gun and he chose to shoot those cops first. they wanted to bring him in. they wanted to take him in alive. they only had to fire because he shot each one of those three cops. i always believed that the public was the best ally to law enforcement. all i asked was go online, make that phone call, give us the tip. we'll take it from there. and they came through again. you came through again. >>> back in 1981, i had the american dream, the beautiful wife, the house in the suburbs, and a beautiful 6-year-old son. and one day i went to work, kissed my son good-bye, and never saw him again. in two weeks, i became the parent of a murdered child and i'll always be the parent of a murdered child. i still have the heartache. i still have the rage. i waited years for justice. i know what it's like to be there waiting for some answers, and over those years, i learned how to do one thing really well. and that's how to
clue to where he was, was taken down. mozdir chose to run and he stayed out there for two years, and he chose to have a gun and he chose to shoot those cops first. they wanted to bring him in. they wanted to take him in alive. they only had to fire because he shot each one of those three cops. i always believed that the public was the best ally to law enforcement. all i asked was go online, make that phone call, give us the tip. we'll take it from there. and they came through again. you came...
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the entry fee was $10. later it was raised to $100.u would have 15, 20 competitors taking part in a six-day race and, again, the same moves, sunday night, monday morning they would take off. it's 1/7 of a mile or 1/8 of a mile. a team of judges would keep track of the results. one part of the foot had to be on the ground at all times. this was walking. some of the most famous matches took place very close by here, first madison square garden, 23rd and 5th maybe. this was built by p.t. barn number in 1874. barn number when he built it named it in his typical low keyway, the grand roman hipadrome. it was neither grand nor roman, pa dome. there were 10,000 seats and sometimes barnum would cover it with one of the big tops from his circus. i thought 1876 it was covered. it was 1877 i believe that one of the vanderbilts that owned the property took it over and he decided to name it after the nearby park, madison square, and hence we have madison square garden. this is the first madison square garden. the one open now is the fourth. they kee
the entry fee was $10. later it was raised to $100.u would have 15, 20 competitors taking part in a six-day race and, again, the same moves, sunday night, monday morning they would take off. it's 1/7 of a mile or 1/8 of a mile. a team of judges would keep track of the results. one part of the foot had to be on the ground at all times. this was walking. some of the most famous matches took place very close by here, first madison square garden, 23rd and 5th maybe. this was built by p.t. barn...
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it was huge.e thought we were gone. >> debbie is working the grill. >> that was the day i thought i was going to die. >> the car explodes right in front of her and her customers. >> the front and the front tire went through that building there. >> patrons from the diner check on the driver of the truck that was clipped before the explosion. >> i remember seeing people coming out of the restaurant. it was just a flurry of activity. >> the police try to extinguish the fire, but it spreads. >> too much fire. the fire was too big. we even ran in here and got our fire extinguisher. it just wasn't enough. >> somehow, everyone at the diner escapes injury. >> imagine if you had a group of people walking into the restaurant on the sidewalk at that hour. it was just sickening to think what the consequences could have been. >> the driver of the mini van and the truck in the parking lot both suffer minor injuries. >> i felt so relieved at least that no one innocent was injured severely as a result of this per
it was huge.e thought we were gone. >> debbie is working the grill. >> that was the day i thought i was going to die. >> the car explodes right in front of her and her customers. >> the front and the front tire went through that building there. >> patrons from the diner check on the driver of the truck that was clipped before the explosion. >> i remember seeing people coming out of the restaurant. it was just a flurry of activity. >> the police try to...
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so jose mendez was them. and he was cuban. they had john donaldson an african-american out of missouri, one of the greatest left-handers that ever lived. they had an italian guy, they had a couple of guys that played formerly in the major league. they had whites, blacks, a native american that played with them, and the first professional japanese player played on wilkinson's team. so that team played right up until world war i and they were pretty much decimated by the draft in world war i. so when the opportunity comes in 1920 because of his goodwill and friendliness and his relationships with various races, he was picked to organize a team and that's how he became the only white owner in the negro league. mendez, outstanding player. monarchs first manager. he started with wilkinson years ago. he also has been enshrined in cooperstown, new york. also, along the way they had other players that joined them. this gentleman by the name of andy cooper. andy cooper was born in waco, texas, but raised in wichita, kansas. 1920 he pla
so jose mendez was them. and he was cuban. they had john donaldson an african-american out of missouri, one of the greatest left-handers that ever lived. they had an italian guy, they had a couple of guys that played formerly in the major league. they had whites, blacks, a native american that played with them, and the first professional japanese player played on wilkinson's team. so that team played right up until world war i and they were pretty much decimated by the draft in world war i. so...
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but there was a feeling and there was also a lot of pride. it was a different feeling. was there anything that prepares you because it seemed like what happened hadn't been for a long time and i wondered who in the academic programs don't prepare. >> the question is was i prepared for what i was going to see and the answer is no i was in a way prepared. i had no idea what i was doing when i walked in i was completely floored. i remembered the first patient i saw who was combat injured and how completely blown away i was and i remember it was a physical reaction i remember feeling my heart speed up and i couldn't understand why i was feeling that way because i had seen bad injuries before. but i think it was because it was the first time i had seen anyone that was maliciously or deliberately hurt so i wasn't prepared by have to say i worked with a great team of people and everybody pitched in and helped each other out and there was a lot of education and nobody has ever seen injuries like this before. we sent our soldiers and marines and ground troops off to battle this
but there was a feeling and there was also a lot of pride. it was a different feeling. was there anything that prepares you because it seemed like what happened hadn't been for a long time and i wondered who in the academic programs don't prepare. >> the question is was i prepared for what i was going to see and the answer is no i was in a way prepared. i had no idea what i was doing when i walked in i was completely floored. i remembered the first patient i saw who was combat injured and...
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it was the way it was done and the look between them that it was more of a look between lovers but itu know, put your finger on and say yes for sure, because you know, you thought well, i shouldn't be thinking that way, i shouldn't be having these thoughts, they're wrong thoughts, so you know, and leadership wouldn't do things like that. those are the things you think. and that's what keeps you silent. >> nobody wants to accuse someone of sexual abuse. could it be my priest, could it be my minister. anybody that can rape a child, they know how reprehensible their act is and they are counting on you not to have the courage to do something about it. ♪ >> victor was a very close friend of mine. i was married, he was married. i felt that i could trust him. one day, victor wanted to speak with me. we walked down together to his cabin. i had my guitar and we were talking about playing for god and how to do it with our whole heart. he wanted me to learn to play without any qualms. so he asked me to take my shirt off. he said just play it like i'm not even here. he continued to tell me about
it was the way it was done and the look between them that it was more of a look between lovers but itu know, put your finger on and say yes for sure, because you know, you thought well, i shouldn't be thinking that way, i shouldn't be having these thoughts, they're wrong thoughts, so you know, and leadership wouldn't do things like that. those are the things you think. and that's what keeps you silent. >> nobody wants to accuse someone of sexual abuse. could it be my priest, could it be...
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it was an accidental discharge, no one was injured and the driver was arrested after investigation this was found to be not in policy and the last one that we reviewed at the review board was 05-14 this is again involving a dog april 24th, 2014, officers went to investigate a domestic violence call upon arrival they saw a suspect both officers fired at the dog and that was found to be in policy. the next is tentative ly scheduled and i'll give you a recap of where we are in open investigations. when i last talked to you was may 7th and there were 20 open cases currently 19 open cases but we've made significant progress as you will hear. we did complete as i talked about 11-08 and you did receive that summary report shortly after the fdrv since that time and with a lot of work by the commissioners i appreciate what you did. we got 9 charging decision letters from the da's office after that meeting. the last presentation and homicide has received those 9 charging decision letters and i'll say on the da side there's some other agencies so they cleared a lot of those cases out of there. we
it was an accidental discharge, no one was injured and the driver was arrested after investigation this was found to be not in policy and the last one that we reviewed at the review board was 05-14 this is again involving a dog april 24th, 2014, officers went to investigate a domestic violence call upon arrival they saw a suspect both officers fired at the dog and that was found to be in policy. the next is tentative ly scheduled and i'll give you a recap of where we are in open investigations....
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that was something i was proud of. as a tribal member, i was able to get, with the help of my reasons why we needed constitutional bylaws. that was an exciting time. went around the different homes and explained about a constitutional bylaws, because the men were not very happy with us. it turned up to be an all woman tribal council. we thought this was a good idea that there was. to organize and have respect in the community. we were not just letting things go bad. position that we listen to the city. you have to listen to learn, to make a right decision. we did not always agree with the city or do with the city wanted we have this relationship, we can talk about it, discuss it. the men did not think we should be doing that. not think we should be talking to the city that much. it was one of those little things that had to be overcome. the city helped us at different times when we needed help. it became a good working relationship. >> as opposed to the traditional structure of male leaders. they were very close. they
that was something i was proud of. as a tribal member, i was able to get, with the help of my reasons why we needed constitutional bylaws. that was an exciting time. went around the different homes and explained about a constitutional bylaws, because the men were not very happy with us. it turned up to be an all woman tribal council. we thought this was a good idea that there was. to organize and have respect in the community. we were not just letting things go bad. position that we listen to...
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shovel that was found where the fire was started. then this tag right here, all you can make out, you see the o-c-h-h-d. so in '76 when they found this, that's the only clue they had. >> but we did not have any stores in north carolina that ended in o-c-h hardware. so myself and another agent left north carolina inquiring about having any hardware stores with those letters in the name. every department bent over backwards to try to help us. they just didn't have any information. then we went to the metropolitan police in washington, d.c., and they were familiar with a store in potomac, maryland, and the name of the store was poch, p-o-c-h hardware. >> investigators speak to the hardware store owner. they post a flyer at the hardware store of the victims. they only put four of the victims on the flyer because one was so badly injured. >> at that point we didn't know how to proceed in that area, and myself and the agent returned back to north carolina. >> one thing that i've learned firsthand unequivocally, it only takes one small tip
shovel that was found where the fire was started. then this tag right here, all you can make out, you see the o-c-h-h-d. so in '76 when they found this, that's the only clue they had. >> but we did not have any stores in north carolina that ended in o-c-h hardware. so myself and another agent left north carolina inquiring about having any hardware stores with those letters in the name. every department bent over backwards to try to help us. they just didn't have any information. then we...
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that was newton was about. it was a pretty high-risk gamble.ohn also put a lot of women into positions executive positions in apple i hadn't seen a lot of in the valley in those days. there was woman in charge of manufacturing and software. this woman sara clark had her baby and rarely left the building. this was changing culture in the valley. that is commitment. would sleep while the code was compiling and breast feed behind the curtain. raises issue why is diversity important, why does it matter? is it social justice? of course. but it also is, whoever writes the code controls the machine which impacts the user behavior and wider culture. if the people who write the code have different priorities, features are different, the product is different and i think it is better. the team was burning out. they were wearing down. they were given a year to write a million lines of code with only 30 engineers. and they did it but at the end of that year there was a decision made to switch the chip which was a good decision but they went back to the team
that was newton was about. it was a pretty high-risk gamble.ohn also put a lot of women into positions executive positions in apple i hadn't seen a lot of in the valley in those days. there was woman in charge of manufacturing and software. this woman sara clark had her baby and rarely left the building. this was changing culture in the valley. that is commitment. would sleep while the code was compiling and breast feed behind the curtain. raises issue why is diversity important, why does it...
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was exporting more than it was importing so it was building up reserves and gold and a guaranteed gold standard after the first world war and the whole settlement was based on this value of the dollar at $35 an ounce. that was the ounce of gold and that was the relationship and that lasted from 44 to 71 as we were talking about earlier. given where they've come from the last 25 years they have forced the courtesy to be much lower in the outline that in the book if you look at 1980 i think that it was 1.5 to dollar and then over 20 years it went down as low as about eight and a half and now it is six and a half, that sort of thing but they had a very cheap low value for the currency so they could arrive at the export so you are right to suggest if they went to gold that would be a complete reversal of how they have been building their economy through this export growth. i think it is in practical. what i'm saying is the current system is very vulnerable and in a way it explains what happened in 2008, and i talk about that. i mentioned the fact that many economists actually predicted thi
was exporting more than it was importing so it was building up reserves and gold and a guaranteed gold standard after the first world war and the whole settlement was based on this value of the dollar at $35 an ounce. that was the ounce of gold and that was the relationship and that lasted from 44 to 71 as we were talking about earlier. given where they've come from the last 25 years they have forced the courtesy to be much lower in the outline that in the book if you look at 1980 i think that...
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>> it was the civil rights. >> it was a window. what was that? >> i don't know.omething in 1974, '75 allowed me to make -- use those words. >> this is blaxploitation era, too, though. >> yeah. i had differe titles. the first title andrew bergman came up with a rough draft and called it texx. i said that's great, and too hip. that's never going to fly. then i came up with a simple western title "black bart" who is the name of the sheriff. they sauld -- calley was very smart. he said, no, blaxploitation, that's sounds like -- >> yeah. then i came up with blazing saddles because then you're emphasizing you're making fun of the west, it's not just blaxploitation. but you had to be very careful. i think they bought the idea that there was such a thing as fairness, goodness and -- that somewhere out there, there was a thing like goodness and fairness and that enough people would sign on and enjoy it and seeing it. and not necessarily afro-americans, just everybody. and there was. there was enough. and it became like -- you know, in that year, i got two movies. i won th
>> it was the civil rights. >> it was a window. what was that? >> i don't know.omething in 1974, '75 allowed me to make -- use those words. >> this is blaxploitation era, too, though. >> yeah. i had differe titles. the first title andrew bergman came up with a rough draft and called it texx. i said that's great, and too hip. that's never going to fly. then i came up with a simple western title "black bart" who is the name of the sheriff. they sauld --...
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i was in high school, i was a freshman when the wall fell. sorry. >> at least you weren't there when the wall went up. >> i don't know where my parents were. let me play the role of splitter you suggested there was a contrast. you can say on the whop happened those that tried to stand against the crowds with violence, then sort of succeeded, but those who acceded to the crowd, kind of their regions went away. where do we put romania in that? >> i think the roamanians like to be different. i think we have to put them in a third category because we should raoul that ceausescu did not have the opportunity to act as he wanted. he was forced to flee when he didn't want to. to the first question's point, it was he and hon kerr the ones telling the rest of the soviet bloc that gorbachev had gone too far. this is crazy. we must hold fast to socialist roots and hold fast to the crowd. they were increasingly outnumbered. romania is the first place we can see more importantly less interaction between the crowd and regime than really the first steps of a
i was in high school, i was a freshman when the wall fell. sorry. >> at least you weren't there when the wall went up. >> i don't know where my parents were. let me play the role of splitter you suggested there was a contrast. you can say on the whop happened those that tried to stand against the crowds with violence, then sort of succeeded, but those who acceded to the crowd, kind of their regions went away. where do we put romania in that? >> i think the roamanians like to...
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i thought she was -- she was pretty. now that was a pretty woman and she seemed to me always to wear voile, which is an old cloth, old material, it's like a cotton chiffon, which waves. and she would wear talcum powder and there'd always be a little of the talcum on this pretty black skin. and she spoke as softly as my grandmother. she'd walk up the road and pass going to her house. she had a summer house here. one day she stopped and she talked a few minutes with my grandmother. my grandmother would come off the porch. and they would stand together and talk. so this day mrs. flowers said she wanted to invite me to her home. it was during the time when i couldn't talk and wouldn't talk. >> how old were you? >> i guess i was about 8, and mama said, "sister, mrs. flowers is inviting you to her home." well, the beauty of the town, the most wonderful person in town to invite me, i couldn't believe it. it was just -- it was as if someone had said, "here's a million dollars. do anything you want with it." i followed her to her
i thought she was -- she was pretty. now that was a pretty woman and she seemed to me always to wear voile, which is an old cloth, old material, it's like a cotton chiffon, which waves. and she would wear talcum powder and there'd always be a little of the talcum on this pretty black skin. and she spoke as softly as my grandmother. she'd walk up the road and pass going to her house. she had a summer house here. one day she stopped and she talked a few minutes with my grandmother. my grandmother...
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bad idea was good. instead they came up with a plan to vilify pasternack and force them to renounce, which they did. pasternak was the first recipient of the nobel prize to be forced to renounce the since i did the same to some german in the 1930s. [inaudible] >> i think one of the problems we have is that i first read the book in the 1950s when it was tossed out and i came to work for the cia. but then i had to read again when i discovered the significance of the book. it was so complicated, but nonetheless the cia currently does in fact plan to have more special event related to the book. many of us have been musicians in the field pick the right, place, you can hear me playing. >> thank you very much. appreciate
bad idea was good. instead they came up with a plan to vilify pasternack and force them to renounce, which they did. pasternak was the first recipient of the nobel prize to be forced to renounce the since i did the same to some german in the 1930s. [inaudible] >> i think one of the problems we have is that i first read the book in the 1950s when it was tossed out and i came to work for the cia. but then i had to read again when i discovered the significance of the book. it was so...
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because you just see, okay, well, he was 22. he was 19. he was 26. and it kind of reminds you the essence of the story. thanks, sir. yes, ma'am. >> good morning. this question comes to you from my 93-year-old father-in-law who was an officer in the 361st infantry. i will relay your answer to him. so please be careful. >> okay. all right. >> on behalf of my father-in-law and the thousands of allied troops who fought their way up the boot, through the gothic line, and up to the pogh river, can you elaborate on why you did not more fully describe their endeavors in your book? >> yeah. okay. well, tell him i'm sorry, first of all. >> i will. tell him that when you sign his book, please. >> i'll tell him that. right. tell him to write his own damn book. >> i'll tell him that too. [ laughter ] >> as an author you're constantly making narrative decisions. and yes, i know there's a big bloody campaign that goes on after the liberation of rome on june 4th, 1944. i also know that i cannot get distracted by it. tell him that i write not a word about the pacific
because you just see, okay, well, he was 22. he was 19. he was 26. and it kind of reminds you the essence of the story. thanks, sir. yes, ma'am. >> good morning. this question comes to you from my 93-year-old father-in-law who was an officer in the 361st infantry. i will relay your answer to him. so please be careful. >> okay. all right. >> on behalf of my father-in-law and the thousands of allied troops who fought their way up the boot, through the gothic line, and up to the...
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that was nice, it was great. and when we were doing sign-- when i read those scripts of larries and i thought are we going to be able to get away with this because that show was not written like most television shows. >> how so. >> it was the conversations were not particularly meaningful. they were small conversations that were funny. >> rose: funny right. >> and that appealed to me tremendously. >> rose: for more about this program and early episodes visit us on-line@pbs.org an charlie rose.com. >> funding for charlie rose has been provided by the coca-cola company sporting this program since 2002. american express, and charles schwab. additional funding provided by: and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. >> you're watching pbs. >> the following kqed production was produced in high definition. [ ♪music ] >> yes, check, please! people! >> it's all about licking your plate. >> the food is just fabulous. >> i should be in psychoanalysis for the amount of money i spend i
that was nice, it was great. and when we were doing sign-- when i read those scripts of larries and i thought are we going to be able to get away with this because that show was not written like most television shows. >> how so. >> it was the conversations were not particularly meaningful. they were small conversations that were funny. >> rose: funny right. >> and that appealed to me tremendously. >> rose: for more about this program and early episodes visit us...
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it was a decision that was very broad. it said that people couldn't be restricted from taking their slaves into federal territories any longer so it opened up the western territories to the possibility of slavery. it was one of the main deciding factors in leading the nation on on a path toward civil war. there were a lot of other things that happened, the kansas/nebraska act. all kinds of things going on at the same time, roughly in the late 1850's. any one of those, you could say, well, it is one of the place where is the civil war really began, where the roots of the civil war are. long before the first gun was fired at fort sumpter in south carolina, there were many things leading the country on the road to civil war and one of the was the case heard in this building the case of dread and harriet scott. it is told on this large level as someone sues and it is a deciding factor of the civil war. the people themselves get lost in the story. dred scott was a st. louisian. he came here and lived here. he was born probably
it was a decision that was very broad. it said that people couldn't be restricted from taking their slaves into federal territories any longer so it opened up the western territories to the possibility of slavery. it was one of the main deciding factors in leading the nation on on a path toward civil war. there were a lot of other things that happened, the kansas/nebraska act. all kinds of things going on at the same time, roughly in the late 1850's. any one of those, you could say, well, it is...
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to secure the big record deal charlie was sure was coming.anson "family" made a dilapidated old movie set called spawn ranch their home. >> everybody was really happy and we would help taken care of the horses. garbage runs were a lot of fun, we would hop in the back of, you know, those dumpsters behind the stores and you'd find all kinds of vegetables. >> george pawn, the old owner, was nearly blind. lynette fromme was signed by manson to live with george and to fulfill his every whim and george liked to pinch her a lot and she would squeal and george is the one that nicknamed her squeaky. >> manson hosted lsd-fuel orgies, gave persuasive sermons and made ensuring his success as a recording artist a priority. and charlie was angry. recordi ing recording executives weren't interested. by 1968, race riots, the black panther movement and anti-war violence convinced manson that armageddon was coming. he called it helter-skelter after famous beatles' song. vincent buggly yossie named his best-selling book after manson's strange philosophy. >> one
to secure the big record deal charlie was sure was coming.anson "family" made a dilapidated old movie set called spawn ranch their home. >> everybody was really happy and we would help taken care of the horses. garbage runs were a lot of fun, we would hop in the back of, you know, those dumpsters behind the stores and you'd find all kinds of vegetables. >> george pawn, the old owner, was nearly blind. lynette fromme was signed by manson to live with george and to fulfill...
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my father was very political but my mother was not. and he was a dedicated communist and supported the soviet union and he favored studying and when he went on vacation he went to the promised land of his mind and he really liked to discuss politics and my mother did not. and so i was not interested in politics at all and i found it boring and uninteresting and the politicians, especially the guys that my father favored, they never smiled and they seemed so serious all the time. and my father was a member of some organization and they were the same photo of the new guys, a big framed photo. and then he was touched by this and he started talking with my mother and saying where shall we hang these. and then they would have these arguments about where they should be. and they always ended up in the cellar where my father would hang them with framed photos and that is where they hung up. and so i have this vivid memory for when i had been a teenager and started smoking and i have gone into the cellar smoking in all of them were hanging the
my father was very political but my mother was not. and he was a dedicated communist and supported the soviet union and he favored studying and when he went on vacation he went to the promised land of his mind and he really liked to discuss politics and my mother did not. and so i was not interested in politics at all and i found it boring and uninteresting and the politicians, especially the guys that my father favored, they never smiled and they seemed so serious all the time. and my father...
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he was not a good student in yale. he was popular. he had good friends there, but he was warned repeatedly that he was on the edge of being kicked out just for poor grades and things. eventually, he left at one point with the encouragement of the administration of yale. they said, "come back when you are a little more ready. he tried coming back area did not work again. he went back and actually worked as a lineman for power companies in wyoming. that's a rough life with rough people. he lived that way. spent some time in bars. gotten a little but of trouble, , and eventually found himself in a jail cell in rock spring. this is a big element in dick cheney's life and the things that shaped him. at that point, you could say this is a guy with a pretty limited future. but he came back to casper with , hisncouragement of lynn future spouse. changed his ways. went back to school. started at casper college, ended out at the university of wyoming. pulled himself together. who were now married, went to the university of wisconsin for graduat
he was not a good student in yale. he was popular. he had good friends there, but he was warned repeatedly that he was on the edge of being kicked out just for poor grades and things. eventually, he left at one point with the encouragement of the administration of yale. they said, "come back when you are a little more ready. he tried coming back area did not work again. he went back and actually worked as a lineman for power companies in wyoming. that's a rough life with rough people. he...
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everywhere i was sitting in the truck was shot. there's no reason i shouldn't have been shot. >> it's obvious that mike neill was a hero in this case. had those two got out of that van and got in walmart, there is untold how many lives would have been lost. >> still, the question remains why all this happened in the first place. the west memphis police discover that jerry and joe cane were radical right members of the sovereign citizens movement, the canes traveled america giving seminars on how to avoid following some of the laws of this country. this video was posted on youtube by one of the seminar's participants who wanted to spread their message. >> you're being lied to just so we can wrap our hands around your throat. they don't have to go by any rules of this country. they misinterpret the constitution. they say that the federal laws do not affect them, that they have their own laws. >> at the time of the murders, of officers evans and paudert, no one at the west memphis police department had heard of the organization. >> we
everywhere i was sitting in the truck was shot. there's no reason i shouldn't have been shot. >> it's obvious that mike neill was a hero in this case. had those two got out of that van and got in walmart, there is untold how many lives would have been lost. >> still, the question remains why all this happened in the first place. the west memphis police discover that jerry and joe cane were radical right members of the sovereign citizens movement, the canes traveled america giving...
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i was certain that i was right.me, once i'm certain about something, hell or high water, i'm going to prove my case. >> reporter: it's time for another brennanesque shot in the dark. figuring his suspect works in food services year round, he starts investigating the bigger concession venues around new orleans. places like zephyr field, the local minor league baseball stadium. and, of course, the superdome. but finding folks in new orleans is no simple task. between the time of the 2005 miami boat show and brennan's investigation, new orleans had endured tragic and tough times. >> tonight, the overwhelming, catastrophic damage from hurricane katrina. >> reporte >> officialsest nate 80% of new orleans is now under water. >> i didn't know if he was going to be alive or not anymore. >> reporter: "batman" brennan explains his situation to captain demma. and he asks demma's help finding any information on his suspect. >> it wouldn't be in a computer because we really didn't have any information on him per se that i know o
i was certain that i was right.me, once i'm certain about something, hell or high water, i'm going to prove my case. >> reporter: it's time for another brennanesque shot in the dark. figuring his suspect works in food services year round, he starts investigating the bigger concession venues around new orleans. places like zephyr field, the local minor league baseball stadium. and, of course, the superdome. but finding folks in new orleans is no simple task. between the time of the 2005...
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it was hometown. it was beautiful. it was tall trees. it was flowers in the spring. it was fishing.how on earth could somebody be that evil? and to take and think about your own children, what it would take potentially to have that kind of rage in order to look your own child in the eye and shoot them multiple times? it was a very, very dark day for us here. >> i was told by a co-worker what had happened and i was just stunned. i probably shouldn't have been, but i was. >> mike, i got my hands on this summary drafted by the shasta county sheriff's office. it says deputies interviewed a handful of shane and sandy miller's family members. sandy had apparently told them that on the day of the homicide, sandy was going to tell shane that she wanted to get a place of her own for her and the kids. >> miller has an extensive criminal history. he's a felon. >> he served four years in a california prison and was released in 2007. >> convicted of growing marijuana in 1996. >> felony hit-and-run charge. >> dui and a drunk in public. >> mendocino county. miller was charged with child neglect in
it was hometown. it was beautiful. it was tall trees. it was flowers in the spring. it was fishing.how on earth could somebody be that evil? and to take and think about your own children, what it would take potentially to have that kind of rage in order to look your own child in the eye and shoot them multiple times? it was a very, very dark day for us here. >> i was told by a co-worker what had happened and i was just stunned. i probably shouldn't have been, but i was. >> mike, i...
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it was a good plan. it was a very good plan. and initially, it unfolded just as sherman hoped it would. on may the 8th, the thomas' troops and schofield at rocky face ridge. mcpherson gets through snake creek gap. which the confederates have left unguarded. they'd been there all winter. one of johnson's -- one of the criticisms you can level at johnson is that even though he had been in camp around dalton for many months, he really hadn't studied the geography very closely south of the town. the confederates certainly knew about snake creek gap, but wheeler didn't have any thickets protecting it. so johnson's men are able to march through without a fight. and then when they come out of the eastern end of the gap, very short distance in front of them is the western and atlantic. they see some earth works around the small town of rasaka. clearly there are some confederates there. but mcpherson didn't have any cavalry with him, which was a terrible mistake on the part of the federals. mcpherson becomes worried. he doesn't know how
it was a good plan. it was a very good plan. and initially, it unfolded just as sherman hoped it would. on may the 8th, the thomas' troops and schofield at rocky face ridge. mcpherson gets through snake creek gap. which the confederates have left unguarded. they'd been there all winter. one of johnson's -- one of the criticisms you can level at johnson is that even though he had been in camp around dalton for many months, he really hadn't studied the geography very closely south of the town....
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that was not private enterprise that was the problem, what was it? we can find the clue in the majority opinion of the supreme court which used this case to affirm beyond a shadow of a doubt that the united states congress have the power to do whatever it wanted with public lands regardless of who live there. this included granting large tracts of land to railroad corporations, industrial cattle ranches, timber companies, and other corporate interests regardless of who had some of that land previously. and thene had the land land had not been surveyed admitted on have clear title, they could lose it to these more powerful interests. sayere does this opinion anything at all about environmental preservation or even national parks even though it was written in the same year that yellowstone national park was created in 1872. case wasv hutchings indicative of the post-civil war government. hutchings was not just interested in development but his claim to private property within the grant, claim that would undermine the power of yosemite's commissioners t
that was not private enterprise that was the problem, what was it? we can find the clue in the majority opinion of the supreme court which used this case to affirm beyond a shadow of a doubt that the united states congress have the power to do whatever it wanted with public lands regardless of who live there. this included granting large tracts of land to railroad corporations, industrial cattle ranches, timber companies, and other corporate interests regardless of who had some of that land...
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nothing was the same once the war was over. word to describe world war i was disruptive. >> i would choose the word, mistake. stupid. that's how i would encapsulate the first world war. world war i did not have to happen. no inherent reason. done. rally was >> the person doing world war 1 thought they were doing a new age. a fascinating new world. the world that produced the titanic, aviation, and incredible advances in medicine. it seems like everything was in before world war i. and all of these would be battlefields of europe. >> from the very beginning, the comes everything that out of the war and the peace it's not just one mistake, a series of mistakes. to choose the option peace and time and again seemed to make the wrong decisions. of communication, it was intellectual rigidity. it was a simple falling of dom fall. that never needed to so the children of the renaissance, the age of reason, nd the enlightenment ended up massacring themselves in the mud and blood of the trenches. >> not just destructive in terms happens t
nothing was the same once the war was over. word to describe world war i was disruptive. >> i would choose the word, mistake. stupid. that's how i would encapsulate the first world war. world war i did not have to happen. no inherent reason. done. rally was >> the person doing world war 1 thought they were doing a new age. a fascinating new world. the world that produced the titanic, aviation, and incredible advances in medicine. it seems like everything was in before world war i....
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was saying he was going for this sort of tune-up. he hadn't fallen off the wagon, so everything was looking great. so to hear this just shocking. >> the w that he was very depressed lately. he talked a lot about financial woes, about downsizing. he made a lot of jokes about all of the money he lost through his divorces. anything that you're hearing about what may have been at the heart of that depression? >> he was a tortured soul. some people that's in their dna and i think you see that with a lot of celebrities that really span the spectrum. everyone from the likes of halle berry even. but people in hollywood, they're very complex characters. he said he was depressed. from the outside we wouldn't get that. he had all these incredible films behind him. he has four more films coming out over the next 12 months including holiday films. >> he worked a lot. >> so we're going to be seeing him on film, especially for christmas time, it's going to be unbelievable. and like you mentioned, i interviewed him before and i'm a huge fan of his.
was saying he was going for this sort of tune-up. he hadn't fallen off the wagon, so everything was looking great. so to hear this just shocking. >> the w that he was very depressed lately. he talked a lot about financial woes, about downsizing. he made a lot of jokes about all of the money he lost through his divorces. anything that you're hearing about what may have been at the heart of that depression? >> he was a tortured soul. some people that's in their dna and i think you see...
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a new he was there. he was able to observe and have a good memory so we wouldn't have to write it down with fort looked like, the number of french soldiers, et cetera but he could have no feel for those french forces that were outside the fort or the indian allies they had. what do you do in his spare time? he walked up and down the river bank and counted all the canoes and extrapolated from there except the what type of a force could be moved at any given time. egypt in 1754, and he goes back out and involves himself in fighting with the french and you find these able to use deserters not only in terms of very sophisticated debriefings but also in terms of spreading disinformation and using them as propaganda value to encourage more desertions from the enemy. by the time to get to 1755 we needs in a common unofficial aide to general braddock, you find that he's also learning a great deal about the operational security aspects of military movements, of putting a trick against troops, but also the mistake
a new he was there. he was able to observe and have a good memory so we wouldn't have to write it down with fort looked like, the number of french soldiers, et cetera but he could have no feel for those french forces that were outside the fort or the indian allies they had. what do you do in his spare time? he walked up and down the river bank and counted all the canoes and extrapolated from there except the what type of a force could be moved at any given time. egypt in 1754, and he goes back...
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was beautiful, i thought. >> the flight was a ten, al shepard's flight was a one or two, okay, in terms of the capability that it demonstrated. so russians clearly were ahead of us so the attitude is we would like to do something really big but small enough to accomplish it. >> i believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal before this decade is out of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth. no single space project in this period will be more impressive to mankind or more important for the long-range exploration of space. >> i don't know how he decided we could do that because when we heard about it, we thought they, you know, lost their mind. each year, 95% of homeowners won't have a claim. that's why allstate claim free rewards gives you money back for every year you don't have one. and why if you're part of the other 5%, allstate offers claim rateguard. so your rates won't go up just because of a claim. no matter what comes your way, your home protects you. ...protect it back allstate home insurance from an allstate agent. okay patrick,
was beautiful, i thought. >> the flight was a ten, al shepard's flight was a one or two, okay, in terms of the capability that it demonstrated. so russians clearly were ahead of us so the attitude is we would like to do something really big but small enough to accomplish it. >> i believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal before this decade is out of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth. no single space project in this period will...
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you had the student nonviolent coordinating committee, there was the naacp, there was the sdlc. all of these different groups decided that they could achieve much more working together. they've partnered on doing voter registration work and civil rights activism across the state. mississippi had a reputation quite rightfully as the most the civilplace for rights movement to make progress. there was a very interesting notion of white supremacy. blacks were disempowered economically, politically. the the real focus was voter registration. understanding the political power that stemmed from the vote was most appropriate focus and goal for them here in mississippi. wasof the issues demographics. there were counties in the state that were black majority and so african-americans have the right to vote, they would in a sense be able to control that county politically. the stakes were higher on the part of whites trying to keep themselves in charge. it was the nerve center. cofo at offices all over the state. they brought activists into mississippi and sent them to small towns around th
you had the student nonviolent coordinating committee, there was the naacp, there was the sdlc. all of these different groups decided that they could achieve much more working together. they've partnered on doing voter registration work and civil rights activism across the state. mississippi had a reputation quite rightfully as the most the civilplace for rights movement to make progress. there was a very interesting notion of white supremacy. blacks were disempowered economically, politically....
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>> soon, she was back in action. here she is at a tournament in chicago -- the bars, the beam, and the floor exercises, all in top form. >> good job, hailey! >> but just a month later, at a different meet, she suffered a seizure. feeling herself losing control, she struggled to hang on. >> well, i kind of fell out of my turn, and so i was, like, out of it for a second. and so, i just finished up the turn, and then i had to dance into a corner. i danced, and then i was like -- had to get back in focus, and i focused, finished my routine. and that was it. >> the seizures continued. one happened during a sleepover party at the home of her best friend and teammate. >> it was at 4:00 in the morning, and i was awake. everybody had fallen asleep. and i look over, and hailey -- it looks like she's almost, like, twitching. and then, i went and got my mom, and we found out she was having a seizure. >> the tumor was back. her parents took her to md anderson cancer center. the doctor recommended a new kind of radiation called pr
>> soon, she was back in action. here she is at a tournament in chicago -- the bars, the beam, and the floor exercises, all in top form. >> good job, hailey! >> but just a month later, at a different meet, she suffered a seizure. feeling herself losing control, she struggled to hang on. >> well, i kind of fell out of my turn, and so i was, like, out of it for a second. and so, i just finished up the turn, and then i had to dance into a corner. i danced, and then i was...
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>> it was not a voting record that was stellar. she was candid enough to say when she made her last speech in congress. it was a democratic hunger is. -- democratic congress. it is very difficult for a republican to get things through. >> what did she do after she was in congress? >> after she left congress, she was hoping to go back to the theater. by then she had had three broadway hits. all three were made into movies and were successful. she had to go back but she found that the kinds of plays she wrote, which were satirical, rather acidic wit, she found that hard to do after what she had seen in world war ii. her particular gift was that. to go back to writing melodrama, she wasn't really equipped to do. she simply couldn't write the funny comedies anymore. she then went on the lecture circuit. she used to do a lot of public speaking. then she converted to catholicism. then she got back into writing. she went back to hollywood. she had already written a play about china before she went to congress but it was never made. it was
>> it was not a voting record that was stellar. she was candid enough to say when she made her last speech in congress. it was a democratic hunger is. -- democratic congress. it is very difficult for a republican to get things through. >> what did she do after she was in congress? >> after she left congress, she was hoping to go back to the theater. by then she had had three broadway hits. all three were made into movies and were successful. she had to go back but she found...
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and it was just madness. at that point, it was just insanity.people piling in, screaming, running for their lives to get on this helicopter. >> i was trying to get in position where i could shoot them without actually being knocked down by them. the helicopter was moving around. you're trying to hold on to something. i could see ivan in front of me helping people on. but my job was to make sure i could record what was happening. >> they were frightened. they were horrified. and that was like a punch to the gut, because here you are trying to get people in, and trying to be happy for them. we're going to try to get you out of here. but they're terrified and they're weeping and they're screaming. then there was this beautiful little girl right in the middle of this who was just crying and crying and weeping and weeping. >> we've got little aziza here. she is not happy. she says her father got left behind. >> how do you comfort a child that has been through this ordeal? and there is a machine gun blasting away next to you. and god knows we could ge
and it was just madness. at that point, it was just insanity.people piling in, screaming, running for their lives to get on this helicopter. >> i was trying to get in position where i could shoot them without actually being knocked down by them. the helicopter was moving around. you're trying to hold on to something. i could see ivan in front of me helping people on. but my job was to make sure i could record what was happening. >> they were frightened. they were horrified. and that...
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nell harper was driving, and alice was in the passenger seat, and i was in the backseat, so that was kind of a common configuration. but we passed this beautiful old home, and nell harper admired it. but then she said one thing about us, referring to her and alice, is we can appreciate beauty without needing to possess it. and i thought what a lovely look at the way, in my experience, they kind of dealt with the world of material things. i think people even now when they hear how simply they lived are surprised. and maybe a little bit inspired by that. i think it's so easy to spend time onward robe or on updating a house or on things. and in my experience there just -- or on television. these were not things that took very much of their time, in this my experience. and it was refreshing. >> great. that's -- >> well, i'm sorry, i -- >> that was a wonderful, no, that was a wonderful perception that so many of us think of her as mysterious, but you made her seem just as normal as blueberry pie in many aspects. >> well, and i have to say, you know, getting a sense of them in that town wh
nell harper was driving, and alice was in the passenger seat, and i was in the backseat, so that was kind of a common configuration. but we passed this beautiful old home, and nell harper admired it. but then she said one thing about us, referring to her and alice, is we can appreciate beauty without needing to possess it. and i thought what a lovely look at the way, in my experience, they kind of dealt with the world of material things. i think people even now when they hear how simply they...