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. >> a conversation now with wesley morgan, journalist and author of the hardest place. why is the story an important want to tell? >> this is a place in northeastern afghanistan. it is one of the few places that operatives fanned out into in the and medially after 9/11. counterterrorism mission trying to find osama bin laden after he escaped up through this gradual escalation into much more expensive counterinsurgency and nationbuilding until his efforts essentially collapsed and u.s. forces returned to a coward terror -- counterterrorism foster in recent years before leaving. host: when did you first go to pech and why? guest: i first visited in 2010. i was a journalist covering president obama's surge that year when u.s. troop levels had been rising to their all-time high of 100,000 u.s. troops in the country. i was embedding with different infantry battalions in different parts of the country in a tough fight. the patch was one of them and i got fast -- pech was fascinating. host: why was a fascinating? guest: there was a huge dichotomy with what was going on there a
. >> a conversation now with wesley morgan, journalist and author of the hardest place. why is the story an important want to tell? >> this is a place in northeastern afghanistan. it is one of the few places that operatives fanned out into in the and medially after 9/11. counterterrorism mission trying to find osama bin laden after he escaped up through this gradual escalation into much more expensive counterinsurgency and nationbuilding until his efforts essentially collapsed and...
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c. wesley. good to have your company was the prison biden's, torn earlier was kind of fiercely unapologetic and he said it was just simply time to leave this forever war. do you agree? i'm not going away in with you know, whether i agree with the decision or not. i mean, i think there's a wide range of opinions among military veterans i've been talking to over the past couple weeks, ranging from relief that the united states has left the country to just real anger and not understanding why why it had to be done or why it had to be done in the way that it was. and wesley listening to the president's and i, he gave me quite a sort of detailed breakdown of why he thought it was time to leave afghanistan. when we look back in the g. u. s. his involvement over the past 20 years. how, how can we characterize the, the role the u. s. is played and done a son. well, it's changed a lot over time. and soldiers and marines have deployed there at different moments in the war and at different places have seen
c. wesley. good to have your company was the prison biden's, torn earlier was kind of fiercely unapologetic and he said it was just simply time to leave this forever war. do you agree? i'm not going away in with you know, whether i agree with the decision or not. i mean, i think there's a wide range of opinions among military veterans i've been talking to over the past couple weeks, ranging from relief that the united states has left the country to just real anger and not understanding why why...
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they were like john wesley, for the most part, loyalists. they were english. so i want to talk about a couple frameworks or kinds of ways to frame the way people looked at the bible in the revolutionary period. because as i argue, many colonists could not assess their wars without their religion. when going to war, dealing with a new nation, they naturally appealed to scripture. scripture was not only the authority in all of life for many people, but it was also a consoling text. people went to scripture in all kinds of trials. the death of a loved one, any kind of crisis. so it was natural that people who were going to war, thinking about war, would appeal to scripture. and when they appeal to scripture, they could not read scripture without referencing war. as they read scripture, they came to -- and in many of them were very, very proficient scripture. they saw there was a lot of war in the bible. there was a lot of conflict in the bible in various cut of ways. and just outright wars. so a biblical letter of society knew the bible was full of war. they unde
they were like john wesley, for the most part, loyalists. they were english. so i want to talk about a couple frameworks or kinds of ways to frame the way people looked at the bible in the revolutionary period. because as i argue, many colonists could not assess their wars without their religion. when going to war, dealing with a new nation, they naturally appealed to scripture. scripture was not only the authority in all of life for many people, but it was also a consoling text. people went to...
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eastern, author discussions on afghanistan, including wesley morgan with his book "the hardest place:s about his book and from freedom fest, libertarian institute director scott horton that the war on terror has been counterproductive and too costly to continue in his book, "enough already." watch american history tv and book tv every weekend on c-span2 and find a full schedule on your program guide or visit c-span.org. >>> general dwight d. eisenhower ordered that the horrors of the holocaust be documented as world war ii came to an end, determined that the evidence be preserved for future generations. it was a signature move by the man who later occupied the white house. next, on the presidency, his granddaughter, susan ei
eastern, author discussions on afghanistan, including wesley morgan with his book "the hardest place:s about his book and from freedom fest, libertarian institute director scott horton that the war on terror has been counterproductive and too costly to continue in his book, "enough already." watch american history tv and book tv every weekend on c-span2 and find a full schedule on your program guide or visit c-span.org. >>> general dwight d. eisenhower ordered that the...
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we can speak to retired general wesley clark, who is in little rock, arkansas. he's nato's almost supreme allied commander on a former us presidential candidate. he's now senior fellow at u. c. l. u. c. l. a's burkle center for international relations. very warm. welcome to the program. president biden today described the afghanistan evacuation as an extraordinary success. what do you make of his assessment? i think jeff president met a very strong speech. i think he cast it exactly as it should be. it was time to stop the war and do something else. we have other security issues. but also the mission of ghana was a sensually and anti terror counter. terror mission. that part of the mission was accomplished. you can't keep american troops in there in an effort to build a country for someone. the african people have to do that themselves. i think a lot of people are still struggling to understand though, that despite the hundreds of billions of dollars we outlined some of the money spent that the us spent on afghanistan in the last $2.00 decades. this, the u. s. j
we can speak to retired general wesley clark, who is in little rock, arkansas. he's nato's almost supreme allied commander on a former us presidential candidate. he's now senior fellow at u. c. l. u. c. l. a's burkle center for international relations. very warm. welcome to the program. president biden today described the afghanistan evacuation as an extraordinary success. what do you make of his assessment? i think jeff president met a very strong speech. i think he cast it exactly as it...
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this network or the dissenting network, the awakened network people like george matfield and john wesley have extensive correspondence across the atlantic. john erskine in scotland writes a number of letters and the other huge branch of this, and these are available on microfilm, widely digitized now is generated by the anglican missionary arm and those are again thousands of letters. a lot of these letters are i need more money for mymission . i converted this number of people. and then there's usually at the end of the letter there will be a paragraph where they talk about politics and did you hear this has happened, i'm worried about what's going on with the stamp act doesn't look like a good idea, that kind of stuff so there's a fair amount of politics embedded within that . >> that you sam, here's another one from ability. was there anything in the protestant system of beliefs that resulted in this imperial protestantism being used by the government or for were religious beliefssimply the unifying factor ? >> that fantastic question. there were a variety and in each of these differe
this network or the dissenting network, the awakened network people like george matfield and john wesley have extensive correspondence across the atlantic. john erskine in scotland writes a number of letters and the other huge branch of this, and these are available on microfilm, widely digitized now is generated by the anglican missionary arm and those are again thousands of letters. a lot of these letters are i need more money for mymission . i converted this number of people. and then...
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general wesley clark, let's talk about what you heard. you listened closely to the pentagon briefing. what jumped out at you? >> most important thing is we are continuing with the evacuation. now, obviously we have choked down access, so we're trading off the flow for the security of the marines and soldiers there. that's the command tradeoff. we've obviously got everything in the air, doing everything we canon security. but we have choked off flow. and i am hearing from official sources and chitchat how difficult it is for people trying to get out of the airfield. can't find a way in, don't know who to contact, et cetera. we have to put the security up there as prime consideration now for our troops. they've done what's necessary for security in the force and getty evacuees out. the flow has diminished. we can expect it to continue to diminish the next two days as we are retro grading. eventually you reach a point you don't have security on the ground as barbara said, this may be for the last flight. before that, security is diminished.
general wesley clark, let's talk about what you heard. you listened closely to the pentagon briefing. what jumped out at you? >> most important thing is we are continuing with the evacuation. now, obviously we have choked down access, so we're trading off the flow for the security of the marines and soldiers there. that's the command tradeoff. we've obviously got everything in the air, doing everything we canon security. but we have choked off flow. and i am hearing from official sources...
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then a conversation with wesley morgan, author of "the hardest place."ashington journal is next. >> i will not mislead the american people by claiming just a little more time in afghanistan will make all the difference. nor will i shrink for my responsibility of where we are today and how we must move forward from here. i am president of the united states of america and the buck stops with me. ♪ host: that was president biden defending his decision to withdraw forces from afghanistan. as the evacuation effort continues we are opening our phone lines to get your reaction. asking you to call in on phone lines with this way, republicans (202)-748-8001, democrats (202)-748-8000, independents (202)-748-8002. and a special line for those who are veterans of afghanistan, (202)-748-8003. you can also send us a text to that number. catch up with us on social media on twitter @c-spanwj, on facebook at facebook.com/c-span. you can go ahead and start calling as we show you more from president biden's address yesterday. [video clip] >> i stand squarely behind my deci
then a conversation with wesley morgan, author of "the hardest place."ashington journal is next. >> i will not mislead the american people by claiming just a little more time in afghanistan will make all the difference. nor will i shrink for my responsibility of where we are today and how we must move forward from here. i am president of the united states of america and the buck stops with me. ♪ host: that was president biden defending his decision to withdraw forces from...
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they were, for the most part, like john wesley. they were english. so i want to talk about a couple of frameworks or kinds of ways to frame the way people looked at the bible in the revolutionary period. because, as i argue, many colonists could not assist the war without assessing scripture. let's talk about that a second. when people were dealing with going to war, dealing with the new kind of nation, they naturally appealed to scripture, because scripture was not only the authority in all of life for many people, but it was also a consoling text. people went to the scripture in all kinds of trial. the death of a loved one. any kind of crisis. it was natural that people going to war would appeal to scripture. when they appeal to scripture, they cannot comprehend it without referencing war. and by that i mean, as they read scripture, they came to -- and many of them were very very proficient at scripture. they saw there was a lot of war in the bible. there was a lot of conflict in the bible in various kinds of ways and outright wars. and they unders
they were, for the most part, like john wesley. they were english. so i want to talk about a couple of frameworks or kinds of ways to frame the way people looked at the bible in the revolutionary period. because, as i argue, many colonists could not assist the war without assessing scripture. let's talk about that a second. when people were dealing with going to war, dealing with the new kind of nation, they naturally appealed to scripture, because scripture was not only the authority in all of...
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leaders i was looking at and a lot of reasons for that they are overwhelmingly loyal to the domination wesleyl leader is probably the best spokesman for the parliament during the first couple of years so the conservativism of those movements on issues of empire and race i think precluded them and then when you get down to the individual level you can find plenty of individuals who found that connection there as they were understanding those choices with a particular ideology or the tenant of their faith but i don't see that systemically. >> and try to draw that direct link and i am not a religious scholar about plot clarifies for things a great deal now i can change my lecture. >> you are smart enough to not see it. [laughter] and then to have a biography and real close detail and then to do the question and why he was committed to the british empire and he was and then as a spiritual founding father? i have a very hard time to understand and then as he nears the end of his life and then he defers to them and then tries to draw as much attention as he can but ultimately with the oath he took
leaders i was looking at and a lot of reasons for that they are overwhelmingly loyal to the domination wesleyl leader is probably the best spokesman for the parliament during the first couple of years so the conservativism of those movements on issues of empire and race i think precluded them and then when you get down to the individual level you can find plenty of individuals who found that connection there as they were understanding those choices with a particular ideology or the tenant of...
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tuesday morning, we will discuss the fall of afghanistan with wesley morgan, military journalist anduthor of "the hardest place: the american military adrift in afghanistan." watch washington journal, live at 7:00 eastern tuesday morning. join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. >> even more on the situation in afghanistan, one of the authors of this op-ed, h.r. mcmaster,
tuesday morning, we will discuss the fall of afghanistan with wesley morgan, military journalist anduthor of "the hardest place: the american military adrift in afghanistan." watch washington journal, live at 7:00 eastern tuesday morning. join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. >> even more on the situation in afghanistan, one of the authors of this op-ed, h.r. mcmaster,
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coming up tuesday morning, we will discuss the fall of kenaston with wesley morgan military journalist author of the hardest place the american military adrift in afghanistan's valley watch washington journal, live tuesday morning. joint with your facebook comments, text messages, phone calls, and tweets. >> a couple of briefings on the situations i
coming up tuesday morning, we will discuss the fall of kenaston with wesley morgan military journalist author of the hardest place the american military adrift in afghanistan's valley watch washington journal, live tuesday morning. joint with your facebook comments, text messages, phone calls, and tweets. >> a couple of briefings on the situations i
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then discussions on afghanistan including wesley morgan with his book the hardest place. the american military adrift in afghanistan. the national security analyst peter bergen talks about his book the rise and fall of osama bin laden. from freedom fest, libertarian institute director scott horton, a use the war on terror has been counter productive and too costly to continue in his book, enough already. time to end the war on terrorism. watch american history tv. and book tv. every weekend on c-span2. and find a full schedule on your program guide or visit c-span.org. brigham young university professor jay buckley teaches a class about lewis and clark's expedition across the american west after the louisiana purchase in 1803. this class was taught online due to the coronavirus pandemic, and brigham young university provided the video. >> so today we're going to be looking at the lewis and clark expedition and discussing some of the ramifications of this most important expedition. some people have classified the lewis and clark expedition and compared it to the odyssey of
then discussions on afghanistan including wesley morgan with his book the hardest place. the american military adrift in afghanistan. the national security analyst peter bergen talks about his book the rise and fall of osama bin laden. from freedom fest, libertarian institute director scott horton, a use the war on terror has been counter productive and too costly to continue in his book, enough already. time to end the war on terrorism. watch american history tv. and book tv. every weekend on...
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>> general wesley clark, thank you. thank you so much for your insights and analysis. i want to call our attention to the screen right now as we have live pictures of president biden arriving back in washington d.c. he was at camp david over the weekend. he's returning to the white house this afternoon and will be addressing the american public in a matter of just a couple hours or so from now to speak specifically about what is unfolded in the last couple days in afghanistan, the impact it could have on the united states. >>> i want to bring in our chief national affairs correspondent, jeff zeleny and white house correspondent kaitlyn collins. let me start with kaitlyn. what do we expect to hear from the president when he speaks to the american people around 3:45 is when it's scheduled to happen today. >> reporter: we should note the white house told us this morning before president biden left camp david to come back to washington to make the remarks, his first remarks on afghanistan since last tuesday, they say he was briefed by his national security team. including
>> general wesley clark, thank you. thank you so much for your insights and analysis. i want to call our attention to the screen right now as we have live pictures of president biden arriving back in washington d.c. he was at camp david over the weekend. he's returning to the white house this afternoon and will be addressing the american public in a matter of just a couple hours or so from now to speak specifically about what is unfolded in the last couple days in afghanistan, the impact...
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joining me now, cnn military analyst general wesley clark.e ally commander. very difficult and disturbing to watch not knowing what is happening. general clark, does that look like precision to you? >> i'll tell ya, laura, our military did a good job get tlg and president biden is right, there is no other military in the world that could take 6,000 troops to take control of that airport like we did. that's only half the problem. the other half is getting people out. now what we haven't heard yet is where are the americans? are they all in hotels in kabul or scattered in other capitals out in little villages? who is doing inventory? who has the list of americans? i'm getting calls, friends getting calls from people they know saying please help me get so and so out. i'm hearing stories of c-17s being hired commercially and there is a lot going on that we're not seeing here. but in the end when the president made the pledge that we're going to get you out, what that means is every american wants to come out so let's start by figuring out where t
joining me now, cnn military analyst general wesley clark.e ally commander. very difficult and disturbing to watch not knowing what is happening. general clark, does that look like precision to you? >> i'll tell ya, laura, our military did a good job get tlg and president biden is right, there is no other military in the world that could take 6,000 troops to take control of that airport like we did. that's only half the problem. the other half is getting people out. now what we haven't...
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brian: wesley, i feel the frustration of those in texas and arizona.much about because democrat run states. but most of the media is not even covering this catastrophe. 96% decrease of coverage by abc, cbs, and nbc since they initially thought there was interesting back in march. how do you explain it because the problem has gone and effects everyone? >> how do i explain this? well, let's just talk about covid. what about covid? 20% higher infection rate of those illegally entering our country right now. and this were actually about covid, then the biden administration would simply shut down the border and say this is an issue of national health. but it's not. it's an issue of control. it's an issue of allowing these extremists into our country and there is no stopping them. so let's really point out what the issue is. it's actually our media that's not covering this because it's actually pretty big cover up going on and america better wake up because we are in trouble. brian: it's a shame. the watchdogs are not watching certain parties. colonel wesley
brian: wesley, i feel the frustration of those in texas and arizona.much about because democrat run states. but most of the media is not even covering this catastrophe. 96% decrease of coverage by abc, cbs, and nbc since they initially thought there was interesting back in march. how do you explain it because the problem has gone and effects everyone? >> how do i explain this? well, let's just talk about covid. what about covid? 20% higher infection rate of those illegally entering our...
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and i spoke just a short time ago with retired general wesley clark about the situation at the kabul airport and why the evacuation plan wasn't put in motion a lot earlier. >> i think there is good reasons why it wasn't conducted earlier, because once you started this, you would have triggered the very thing that happened. and it would have been our blame for having started this. now, will they all get out? first of all, it is not just americans. there are other nationalities there and there are afghans who work with those nationalities also, not just the ones who work with the americans. so this really is an international effort to pull out the people who consider themselves and are considered to be most at risk by the taliban. and so there are many, many thousands trying to get in, they have to be identified, checked in some what i, they have to have visas to go somewhere and they have to have and he were tickets commercial or they have to be on somebody's list to get a military flight. >> and the biden administration have set themselves a deadline for the end of august. can it be
and i spoke just a short time ago with retired general wesley clark about the situation at the kabul airport and why the evacuation plan wasn't put in motion a lot earlier. >> i think there is good reasons why it wasn't conducted earlier, because once you started this, you would have triggered the very thing that happened. and it would have been our blame for having started this. now, will they all get out? first of all, it is not just americans. there are other nationalities there and...
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joining me now, wesley morgan a journalist covering the pentagon and military affairs and author. wesley, when we look at this, what barbara just laid out for us, what we're all waking up to this morning, the fact that the taliban is now moving into cities where maybe there was pushback before among the afghan forces with some help from the u.s., that is just not happening right now. what is all of this add up to for you? >> well it is not the first time taliban has taken provincial capitols but it is the first time they've taken a bunch at once. and will they be able to hold them. when they take one capitol and taken kunduz city before for instance, that a more limited problem for afghan special forces sh the units that could go on the offensive to go and push back in there and take it back. you take a whole bunch of provincial capitols and it is much more difficult for the limited number of afghan special forces to do something about it. and even if the taliban isn't able to hang on to these capitols, something that is gearing down the forces and the other elite unites to make i
joining me now, wesley morgan a journalist covering the pentagon and military affairs and author. wesley, when we look at this, what barbara just laid out for us, what we're all waking up to this morning, the fact that the taliban is now moving into cities where maybe there was pushback before among the afghan forces with some help from the u.s., that is just not happening right now. what is all of this add up to for you? >> well it is not the first time taliban has taken provincial...
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general wesley clark, thank you so much for being with us this morning. >>> up next, u.s.t veterans on a mission to make sure none of their afghan allies are left behind. we go inside their operation next. >>> and the supreme court hands a big victory to landlords and property owners in the u.s. with voltaren arthritis pain gel my husband's got his moves back. an alternative to pain pills voltaren is the first full prescription strength gel for powerful arthritis pain relief... voltaren the joy of movement ♪ ♪ ♪ aloha! isn't this a cozy little room? sorry your vacation request took so long to get approved, so you missed out on the suite special. but lucky for you, they had this. when employees are forced to wait for vacation request approvals,it can really cramp their style. i'm gonna leave you to it. um, just— with paycom, employees enter and manage their own hr data in a single, easy-to-use software. visit paycom.com and schedule a demo today. it's moving day. and while her friends are doing the heavy lifting, jess is busy moving her xfinity internet and tv services. it
general wesley clark, thank you so much for being with us this morning. >>> up next, u.s.t veterans on a mission to make sure none of their afghan allies are left behind. we go inside their operation next. >>> and the supreme court hands a big victory to landlords and property owners in the u.s. with voltaren arthritis pain gel my husband's got his moves back. an alternative to pain pills voltaren is the first full prescription strength gel for powerful arthritis pain...
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the methodist are moving within the church of england, whitefield is a methodist, you may note john wesley who is a founding father of methodism, he's almost always in britain but wesley's missionaries and pastors start to become active in the first great awakening and especially after the american revolution the methodist go out on the frontier and establish eventually thousands of new churches so by the time of the civil war the methodist have gone from being nonexistent from the beginning of the first great awakening to the time of the civil war the largest protestant domination in america. so the congregationalist, the church of england, the principal church, they are left behind in terms of numbers in the baptist and methodist come to the floor. obviously for baylor, that is significant baptist and they get as far out as central texas in the 1840s and establishing only churches but a college. baylor. that is pretty important to us the revivals you can see in new england and middle colonies new jersey, pennsylvania very heavily affected by the rivals slowly spread into the southern col
the methodist are moving within the church of england, whitefield is a methodist, you may note john wesley who is a founding father of methodism, he's almost always in britain but wesley's missionaries and pastors start to become active in the first great awakening and especially after the american revolution the methodist go out on the frontier and establish eventually thousands of new churches so by the time of the civil war the methodist have gone from being nonexistent from the beginning of...
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army general wesley clark, former supreme allied commander of nato and a cnn military analyst. clark, great to see you. the situation in afghanistan is deteriorating at shocking speed. it's just incredible. we just heard john kirby say he's surprised by this lack of resistance that the taliban is facing. what has happened to these afghan security forces? it is just remarkable to see them melt away in the fashion that they have been. >> well, it's years and years of mismanagement and corruption and people who were half-heartedly committed in order to get a paycheck and leaders who took pay from them and didn't provide logistics and at the top politicians who lined their own pockets. corruption from top to bottom. and no real support from the cit citizenry of the government and no loyalty up and down the chain of command. once the momentum started, it unraveled pretty quickly. a lot of observers noticed this over the years and yet we lived with this illusion that we were doing something really profound there and trying to shape up these forces. now we see that it wasn't strong en
army general wesley clark, former supreme allied commander of nato and a cnn military analyst. clark, great to see you. the situation in afghanistan is deteriorating at shocking speed. it's just incredible. we just heard john kirby say he's surprised by this lack of resistance that the taliban is facing. what has happened to these afghan security forces? it is just remarkable to see them melt away in the fashion that they have been. >> well, it's years and years of mismanagement and...
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john wesley becomes founding father of methodists, wesley's missionaries and pastors start to become active, after the american revolution, established, the methodists have gone from being nonexistent at the beginning of the first great awakening by the time the civil war, the largest prominent -- protestant denominations. the congregationalists, church of england and episcopal church, left behind in terms of numbers, the baptist methodists, for baylor, get as far out as central texas by the 1840s. that is pretty important. the revivals begin in new england and middle colonies, very heavily affected by the revival slowly spreading to the southern colonies, also happening in britain, continental europe, the great awakening, i talked exclusively about america but it is international. a transatlantic scene most obvious in whitefield who comes to america. what is the importance of the great awakening? some historians have argued it is an important prelude to the american revolution. it is debatable issue because the way the argument goes, if it is a big social upheaval 30 years before th
john wesley becomes founding father of methodists, wesley's missionaries and pastors start to become active, after the american revolution, established, the methodists have gone from being nonexistent at the beginning of the first great awakening by the time the civil war, the largest prominent -- protestant denominations. the congregationalists, church of england and episcopal church, left behind in terms of numbers, the baptist methodists, for baylor, get as far out as central texas by the...
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wesley will come back to that. thank you for the introduction into pentecost. we are with carol sp's and mr. hopkins. please stay with us. >>> welcome back to mosaic. we have been talking about pentecost and that is why we are in the red. red symbolizes the spirit coming on that day of pentecost. acts two, if you see a diversity of people responding to the spirit. we have talked a lot about the spirit and your definition of the spirit. tell us a little bit more about what you think happened at pentecost. >> the questions could be asked about pentecost. was a primarily an auditory experience or was it primarily a hearing experience? was it speaking in tongues or hearing in a new way? i don't know if we can file back. but i know that listening is always very important. and pentecost is a challenge to listen and hear each other in new ways and trust that the spirit will be in the process of this this thing. and this is one way we can bind the nations and heal the planet. >> which after that carol? >> i as jim will say, it was definitely a process of discernment an
wesley will come back to that. thank you for the introduction into pentecost. we are with carol sp's and mr. hopkins. please stay with us. >>> welcome back to mosaic. we have been talking about pentecost and that is why we are in the red. red symbolizes the spirit coming on that day of pentecost. acts two, if you see a diversity of people responding to the spirit. we have talked a lot about the spirit and your definition of the spirit. tell us a little bit more about what you think...
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we have general wesley clark, a cnn military analyst and former nato supreme allied commander. sanger, political and national security analyst and white house and correspondent for "the new york times." and we also have with us cnn international diplomatic editor nic robertson. thank you for being here. bob baer, i want to start with you because of your expertise in intelligence and security because we had the intelligence. it was last night that the u.s. embassy in kabul did put out the intelligence there was a likely -- there was a credible terror threat and told americans to stay away from the airport, but still we couldn't completely protect our troops. so what do you see that's happened here? >> well, the problem is there's no hard line around kabul airport. normally at an embassy you have barriers, sandbags, bullet-proof glass, and a stand-off force like the afghans to keep -- you know, screen people as they come through. so it was inherently a dangerous situation and, frankly, it was just a matter of time, if it was the islamic state, that they would through to do someth
we have general wesley clark, a cnn military analyst and former nato supreme allied commander. sanger, political and national security analyst and white house and correspondent for "the new york times." and we also have with us cnn international diplomatic editor nic robertson. thank you for being here. bob baer, i want to start with you because of your expertise in intelligence and security because we had the intelligence. it was last night that the u.s. embassy in kabul did put out...
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wesley spoke out in support of black lives matter.e have for a long time, our philosophy as an organization was don't say anything. i think what has changed is the society we all operate in as corporations these days, whether it is employees or customers, the expectation is i want to know what you stand for. there is an art and science to this but i think by and large, i feel good about where we have spoken out and where we have chosen not to. >> do you think that companies should be more active in speaking up on public policy issues? >> the bar should be very high when you speak out. i don't think by and large that it is appropriate for companies to be speaking up but i think there are certain situations, george floyd being one, the capital attacks on january 6 where it was appropriate for corporations to speak out and mcdonald's made is voice known. quite the business roundtable said don't worry, -- don't worry about shareholders. you have a response ability to your employees. is that your view? >> i do believe that. customers want
wesley spoke out in support of black lives matter.e have for a long time, our philosophy as an organization was don't say anything. i think what has changed is the society we all operate in as corporations these days, whether it is employees or customers, the expectation is i want to know what you stand for. there is an art and science to this but i think by and large, i feel good about where we have spoken out and where we have chosen not to. >> do you think that companies should be more...
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that evening, a mob went to the jail, broke in and removed wesley everett who the people believed had actually done most of the killing of the legionnaires earlier in the day. they beat him. they stabbed him. they shot him, and then they took him to a railroad bridge over a local river, and lynched him. they lynched him three times because the first two times they discovered that the rope wasn't long enough but the third time was a charm. now, it's interesting how sometimes we start to reinterpret history when we go along. so in 1997, in addition to the monument to the legionnaires, the city of centralia commissioned this mural, commemorating wesley everett. now, what is interesting to me at that time, and what is interesting to me now is what degree of fear and loathing had to take place in america to have americans killing americans over their political differences. now, one of the electives i teach at fort leavenworth is the history of homeland security and that elective sort of examines the domestic use of military forces, the domestic concerns of security. and one of the question
that evening, a mob went to the jail, broke in and removed wesley everett who the people believed had actually done most of the killing of the legionnaires earlier in the day. they beat him. they stabbed him. they shot him, and then they took him to a railroad bridge over a local river, and lynched him. they lynched him three times because the first two times they discovered that the rope wasn't long enough but the third time was a charm. now, it's interesting how sometimes we start to...
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you may know the name john wesley who becomes sort of the founding father of methodist in. these are almost always in britain, but wesley's missionaries and pastors start becoming active in the first great awakening and especially after the american revolution, the methodist go out on the frontier and establish, eventually, thousands of new churches so that by the time of the civil war the methodists have gone from being nonexistent in the beginning of the great awakening to by the time of the civil war they're the largest protestant denomination in america. so the congregation lists the, church of england, anglican church, what comes to be known as the episcopal church, they are kind of left behind in in terms of numbers. and the baptist and methodists come to the four. obviously, for baylor, that is a significant baptist. get as far out of central texas by 18 forties and establishing not only churches but in college, baylor. okay? so that's pretty important to us. the revivals, as you can see, begin in new england, in the middle colleges, new jersey, pennsylvania very hea
you may know the name john wesley who becomes sort of the founding father of methodist in. these are almost always in britain, but wesley's missionaries and pastors start becoming active in the first great awakening and especially after the american revolution, the methodist go out on the frontier and establish, eventually, thousands of new churches so that by the time of the civil war the methodists have gone from being nonexistent in the beginning of the great awakening to by the time of the...
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eastern, author discussions on afghanistan, including wesley morgan with his book. national security analyst talks about his book. and from freedom fast, scott horton argues that the war on terror has been counterproductive and too costly to continue in his book. ♪ watch american history tv and book tv every weekend on c-span 2, and find a schedule on your program guide or visit c-span.org. a former u.s. ambassador to afghanistan
eastern, author discussions on afghanistan, including wesley morgan with his book. national security analyst talks about his book. and from freedom fast, scott horton argues that the war on terror has been counterproductive and too costly to continue in his book. ♪ watch american history tv and book tv every weekend on c-span 2, and find a schedule on your program guide or visit c-span.org. a former u.s. ambassador to afghanistan
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. >> a conversation now with wesley morgan, journalist and author of the hardest place. why is the story an important want to tell? >> this is a place in northeastern afghanistan. it is one of the few places that operatives fanned out into in the and medially after 9/11. countert
. >> a conversation now with wesley morgan, journalist and author of the hardest place. why is the story an important want to tell? >> this is a place in northeastern afghanistan. it is one of the few places that operatives fanned out into in the and medially after 9/11. countert
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tuesday morning, we will discuss the fall of afghanistan with wesley morgan, military journalist and author of "the hardest place: the american military adrift in afghanistan." watch washington journal, live at 7:00 eastern tuesday morning. join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. >> even more on the situation in afghanistan, one of the authors of this op-ed, h.r. mcmaster, former white house national security advisor from 2017 to 2018. just a little of what he wrote. pundits repeat the mantra there is no military solution in afghanistan. the taliban seemed to have come up with one on their own. self-styled strategists in washington rationalize the withdrawal as necessary to focus on china, but the refusal to provide the afghan people with the support necessary to stem a humanitarian catastrophe emboldens china and russia and other adversaries eager to proclaim the u.s. an unreliable power and declining power. calls from afghanistan -- calls from washington urged afghanistan to fight harder, but that insults the tens of thousands of afg
tuesday morning, we will discuss the fall of afghanistan with wesley morgan, military journalist and author of "the hardest place: the american military adrift in afghanistan." watch washington journal, live at 7:00 eastern tuesday morning. join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. >> even more on the situation in afghanistan, one of the authors of this op-ed, h.r. mcmaster, former white house national security advisor from 2017 to...
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eastern, author discussions on afghanistan, including wesley morgan with his book. a national security analyst talks about his book. and from freedom fast, scott horton argues that the war on terror has been counterproductive and too costly to continue in his book. ♪ watch american history tv and book tv every weekend on c-span 2, and find a schedule on your program guide or visit c-span.org. a former u.s. ambassador to afghanistan discuss to the country on the -- and the taliban takeover. he served as the top diplomat in afghanistan during the george w. bush presidency. >> i am the executive director of the mepc, a nonprofit, nonpartisan educational organization founded in 1981 and based in washington, d.c. to contribute to the american understanding of the political, economic, and cultural issues that affect the middle east. you can learn more about us on our website at mepc.org. discussions like today are designed to inform u.s. policymakers with the most current insight and analysis on urgent foreign policy matters in the middle east. in this historic week in af
eastern, author discussions on afghanistan, including wesley morgan with his book. a national security analyst talks about his book. and from freedom fast, scott horton argues that the war on terror has been counterproductive and too costly to continue in his book. ♪ watch american history tv and book tv every weekend on c-span 2, and find a schedule on your program guide or visit c-span.org. a former u.s. ambassador to afghanistan discuss to the country on the -- and the taliban takeover. he...
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. >> an i am wesley saber and i am the policy manager for glide. glide was one of the original co-sponsors of prop c. and i will reserve the majority of my comments for later update, but the previous caller couldn't have said it better. covid-19 is making a resurgence and poor air quality days and the dixie fire has been a problem identified as a vehicle for spreading the viruses and we don't know where people are going or what options are. we are seeing all sorts of people at glide stores and throughout the outreach asking for housing linkage and not getting the level that we would expect with the majority of what i have for later and this was a people's initiative and how the resources are being aligned for folks who need them and this body was incorporated to prop c to insure homeless needs were centered. you have done a tremendous job of doing that as you compile the recommendations. we ask you continue to do so and really keep pressing the city for that level of transparency that we need as we provide our service linkage and tlifry. awe thank
. >> an i am wesley saber and i am the policy manager for glide. glide was one of the original co-sponsors of prop c. and i will reserve the majority of my comments for later update, but the previous caller couldn't have said it better. covid-19 is making a resurgence and poor air quality days and the dixie fire has been a problem identified as a vehicle for spreading the viruses and we don't know where people are going or what options are. we are seeing all sorts of people at glide...