richard whalen's papers were left to the hoover institution.s them when i was working on a book on richard nixon here he also wrote two books by richard nixon. i'm sort of familiar with what's here but i don't know what's actually in the joseph kennedy boxes. there is a chance that we be finding excellent gold or just a bunch of media clips that will help me very much. >> can you tell me a little bit about richard whalen and what kind of items you hope to find in his boxers? >> sure. richard whalen was in new york journalist, a magazine journalist. he spent some time, i believe, working for fortune magazine. he was also a liberal republican and he got caught up in the nixon campaign, richard nixon's presidential campaign in 1968. as a speechwriter. it did not go well. he clashed with some of the other aides and left the campaign and ended up writing two books about republican politics in the late 1960s. that's what brought me here last time. because he had that business background he also was very interested and he went for richard nixon who fa

with a memotart off from arthur kroc to richard whalen. arthur kroc was a friend of kennedy and was a news man who had to cover him. confidential, musings of senator neil maclean of new brunswick during a visit to our office in 1966. and it says, in recalling .ncident about joseph p kennedy good newskroc, as a man, interviewed senator neil maclean who told him this story about joseph kennedy. mr. robinsoner and were extremely friendly toward franklin roosevelt, who over the years spent much time in new brunswick. but my brother and mr. robinson came home to st. john's and were understandably upset over conversations they had with employees and nurses at the kennedywho reported mr. was doing a lot of talking against president roosevelt and saying he must be stopped from getting the united states into war. hitler's, kennedy reportedly said, was already master of europe -- dler -- new light hitler, kennedy reportedly said, was already master of europe. trying tos reportedly stop movies already being made picketing hitler's's cruelty to jews.

like it's not just for investing and for exchanging it's also being used by profits to help out as whalen's for example and heaps of examples absolutely i mean myself living here in germany we're lucky that we developed a stable euro but elsewhere in the world like in venezuela for example they have absolute hyperinflation of thousands of percentages turkey argentina way are facing the same people are fleeing into bitcoin although being very volatile it's still a safe haven for dam in comparison to. government backed currencies. people have to watch out because there's still money laundering going on there are still critical criminal activities that use is because to get away with it yeah i think people shouldn't bother with it i think in fact there's people busted by by laundering money through bitcoin i think we're past that stage right now i think that we are seeing more mainstream adoption and actually the f.b.i. likes it in in a way that people use the bitcoin because they can track it once it reaches into our accounts all of us thank you very much for coming in today. and nice to busi

vanessa norman has accused the international community of squabbling like children over bennett's whalen speaking to conflict zones tim sebastian and she said why does movement against president nicolas maduro was united and being betrayed by the outside world. then your decision to go this way that is then the president i voted for you know critically no i didn't give or did no i'm sorry i'm sorry to what has happened is this after many years of the international community blaming ah say oh you can't get your act together and you need to unify we have unified we have a president according to our constitution called one by the will every single party is behind him my appointment for instance was approved by every single political party in the national assembly by noon and then pretty high on ironically what has happened is now that we are unified the international community has structure now you have the montevideo initiative the international contact group the lima group conversations and have anna and conversations are now all over the place and the irony is that that's the ultimate hy

with us whalen's feel the bite of u.s. sanctions is scarce leading to long lines at the pump and growing tensions to give you the details. also on the show as the greek economy emerges from crisis is the country's real estate boom a blessing or a curse. and celebrity chef jamie oliver loses part of his business empire and hundreds of his employees stand to lose their jobs. welcome to the business i'm stephen beard's in berlin thanks for joining us. life in venezuela has been hard in recent years and occasionally crushing from the country's hyperinflation to its lack of basic goods and declining medical care at least gasoline was always dirt cheap and generally available now that's under threat u.s. sanctions are making fuel more scarce take a look. money doesn't count for much these days in venezuela hyperinflation is rampant and u.s. sanctions are making things worse. gasoline has been heavily subsidized for years in the country and now costs practically nothing to contrast with other items is stark going to a middle acco

one is whalen foreign the venezuelan foreign minister has already branded the u.s. actions illegal the day benjamin from the peace group code pink says that the arrest is a violation of international law. we got an urgent call from the people inside it 19 this morning that the police had broken down the door and that they were going to be arrested so the rest are under way right now we denounce this is a violation of the vienna convention speakers the group has been there with the permission then as well in government i was just at the u.n. yesterday with the embassador to the u.n. who was calling on the u.s. to sign a protective power green minch with venezuela so that both the embassy in washington d.c. and the u.s. embassy in caracas would be protected the venezuelan government has said it is not given permission for the opposition representatives to enter that building and there is still time to negotiate a solution that would be a mutual agreement to both the government but it will be a tremendous step towards greater conflict with the u.s. if indeed the wedo r

they are blocking resources for this mission when i meet this mission is the initiative of david is whalen government to meet the needs of sick children suffering from chronic diseases that cannot be treated in the country . that's a global news wrap up for now but i'll be back at the top of the hour with the latest thanks for tuning in. yes. i. was. there is a cyclical nature to things to stick a label zation just globalization lowering interest rates rising interest rates so when the interest rates rise hit the impact it is said will be instantaneous death . this is a story about what happens auster a stray bullet kills a young girl in the street. what happens to her family and daughters and. the mother daughter is buried in a cemetery meaning messes with your head. what happens to the community the public was screaming for a scapegoat the police need is a scapegoat so why not choose a 19 year old black kid with a criminal record who better to pin this on than him and what happens in course. shot after shot. our society. we don't know this is for the. end of this fortunately. still not k

furthering relations in talks with the representatives of the man who would be leader of them as whalen it's a similar story in other nations in spain for example they also welcomed the representative of one without conveying any diplomatic rank basically it means that mystic why doe's representatives could meet and talk with foreign ministry officials but very little else despite european leaders joining in the cheese for a change early on in venezuela the reality today is they've taking a position it's much more on the fence but one of these days they're going to have to come down on one side or the other as they find out it can be quite easy to make big political statements but if you don't think through how they're going to be put into action just cause more problems down the line. under who go and pay for germany's the last party things e.u. states and germany in particular have good reason not to recognise quite as ambassadors. foreign policy always recognize states but not individual persons and though we see all the. costs coming out of the situation because of why there was no

as the situation got worse ms whalen their ready oil production dropped and they'd stopped the export went to 0 including 2 to cuba in my suspicion is that their production will drop even more they'll have it at that or will be soon that you will be in a cuba is dealing with the situation by. having more rational food and basic goods that as a new but they're doing even more of it what it was solve cuba's fundamental problems than that and does end point so much of what it means but cuba imports 80 percent of the food that it gives them but this is an agricultural country which used to export and now imports if you can imagine import sugar from friends. they can't support themselves and foreigners in the industry. tourists come from abroad obvious they want to eat well and so they're getting top priority on the suit and they're eating fancier food cubans than ordered. the only thing in economic terms tourism is an export right now the ready thing that worries. this is shapiro thank you very much for your time your analysis on this we do appreciate it charles shapiro live in atlanta th

venezuelan because you're good for your group and others shouldn't be interviewing members of them as whalen issues so why are you a new movement in humans well couple of things one is that we worry that if this embassy is taken over by y. dole then government's going to say i guess we better take over the u.s. embassy in caracas and then the u.s. could say that's an act of war reason to go in that's one reason the other is there were about one hundred venezuelans working in that embassy intil the u.s. in venezuela relations and we would like there to be some kind of agreement if it's not going to be the madeira government comes in and takes over the embassy at least to say let's have a third country be like a protectorate that's happened around iran where the pakistani government is the protectorate of their what's called interest section the u.s. embassy the u.s. government is talking to this switzerland about being the protectorate in caracas so we want them to work out a diplomatic agreement and so we feel we're there just as the placeholders intil that agreement can be worked out where

on january twenty seventh or twenty fourth of this year of ennis whalen president nicolas maduro responded to the u.s. government's recognition of venezuelan opposition leader at the national assembly one white go as president by closing the venezuelan embassy here in washington d.c. since then relations between the current venezuelan government run by my door and the united states have soured to say the least within the borders of the united states of america the fight for democracy in venezuela is happening in and around that very embassy in order to keep the gw i do appointed ambassador out of the building anti-war group code pink joined forces with other activists to create the embassy protection collective and since april tenth of this year the embassy protection collective and code pink have a sensibly occupied the embassy at the invitation of the venezuelan government joining us now to discuss the embassy production collective and the crisis in venezuela is the co-founder of code pink an icon of the anti-war movement medea benjamin and joining like oh my. god i'm tired of war moveme

that's an accusation these programs and his whalen's strongly reject they same two thousand and eighteen election victory is in dispute and why do as leader of the national assembly is the rightful president i would love for them to read the initial. conditions definitely not a jewish. ok to emphasize that point the venezuelan counter protesters have surrounded the embassy trying to pressure those barricaded inside to leave. at times the tension has escalated into strewn issues i need to get up having their way through a letter which they don't even know where venezuela is because none of them have this this is my venezuelan id i'm venezuela that tony bennett told that the united states recognizes. as venezuela's president the state department says anyone inside the embassy without authorization is a trespasser but the vienna convention bars u.s. police forces from entering to physically remove anyone and thus the standoff the protesters locked inside why dove's newly dispatched diplomats walked out. why dove's newly appointed ambassador to the u.s. can only stand outside the embassy doo

living inside washington's venezuelan embassy since april are venezuelan officials or even then it's whalen they're members of an american left to screw cold code pink and they moved in after the diplomats of president nicolas maduro moved out for about four weeks now we have been living in inside the venezuelan and they see. as guests of the legitimate venezuelan government the only legitimate government of venezuela material administration code pink says the rise of opposition leader. who has declared himself interim president is the result of a u.s. led. that's an accusation these programs and his wayland's strongly reject they same two thousand and eighteen election victory is in dispute and why do as leader of the national assembly is the rightful president i would love for them to read eventually. and. this is definitely not a jewish click. ok to emphasize that point the venezuelan counter protesters have surrounded the embassy trying to pressure those barricaded inside to leave. at times the tension has escalated into strewn issues i need to get up having made it through a network th

thing that was left abundantly clear is the keys to the kingdom here are in the hands of the senses whalen. they've been behind nicolas maduro. until they decide that he is no longer useful to them, they will remain behind nicolas maduro. guaido is trying to use peaceful protest to encourag t doesn't work. what's going on is to the detriment of the people, and i think he's trying to appeal to the troops directly. these aren't folks that live apart. these are folks who have families living through the nightmare created by nicolas maduro. and if they're suffering, that could make all the difference. >> all the difference in the world. the challenge is the high command, the military high command, the folks who apparently were in secret negotiatio negotiations. >> make money off of the hardship of the venezuelan people. so the twinges from the rank-and-file troops and the military leadership, is one of the variables to see which way this is going to go. the military holds the key to the long-term durability of nicholas at the maduro or not. >> dan restrepo, thank you. >>> we'll talk more, next

it ruled to keep paul whalen behind bars another three months >> for sanctions there is absolutely noacy i've been threatened my personal safety has been threatened there are abuses and harassment i'm constantly subjected to. >> protesters are holding rallies to demand tougher action against global warming thousands attending a rally in berlin were mostly young people waving banners saying save the plan planet that's the news update this hour, back downtown to squawk al ri. >> when we come back, amazon 3,000 the piper is predicting that 60% jump happens within about two years. we're going to talk about their call today major averages we were up 180 on the dow this morning. ckn mont0.up 5 ba ia me >>> turning back to the markets, major indices higher a bit this morning after yesterday's selloff. the dow still on track to post its first five-week losing streak in about eight years. can stocks shrug off these trade concerns over is this more than just a normal pullback our mike santoli and steve liesman both join us now mike, what is this what is going on no headlines that i can see that

russian court has extended the arrest of an american accused for spying for three more months paul whalened at the end of december in moscow and charged with espionage. the former marine denies being a spy. in afghanistan two people were killed and at least 16 wounded after an explosion in a mosque during friday prayers in the afghan capital. police official said the bomb was planted in the microphone used by the prayer leader. no group has claimed responsibility for that attack yet. across europe, protesters held rallies demanding tougher action against global warming. thousands attended rallies in several european union countries as the 28 nation block you had votes to fill the european parliament. the movement was created by a swedish student and now known as friday's for future. some of the stories beyond our borders tonight. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ prevagen. healthier brain. better life. be right back. with moderate to severe crohn's disease, i was there, just not always where i needed to be. is she alright? i hope so. so i talked to my doctor about humira. i learned humira is for p

for more i'm joined by cory whalen, a former communications director for amash.tin amash won't talk to the press directly about this. it's great to hear from you. one of the things he said is he's heard from other republicans who share similar views. they are just scared to come forward. have you heard from other republicans who share the view that the president committed impeachable offenses? >> yes. congressman amash said that. i have seen certain republicans say one thing in private and another thing publicly due usually to being concerned about political consequences and certainly congressman amash is a unique, principled member of congress. he's doing a pure legal analysis of the mueller report in line with the constitution without considering the political ramifications. >> congressman dent, have you heard from any other republican member of congress who said the president committed impeachable offenses? >> i have heard from republican members who are simply appalled by the president's conduct in office. i don't know that they have gone as far as to call th

living inside washington's venezuelan embassy since april are venezuelan officials or even that is whalen they're members of an american leftist group called code pink and they moved in after the diplomats of president nicolas maduro moved out for about four weeks now we have been living inside the venezuelan embassy as guests of the legitimate venezuelan government the only legitimate government of venezuela the material administration code pink says the rise of opposition leader. who has declared himself interim president is the result of a u.s. led. that's an accusation these programs on his way list strongly reject they same two thousand and eighteen election victory is in dispute and why do as leader of the national assembly is the rightful president i would love for them to read eventually. and. this is definitely not a jewish. ok to emphasize that point the venezuelan counter protesters have surrounded the embassy trying to pressure those barricaded inside to leave. at times the tension has escalated into strewn issues i need to get up having their way through a letter which they d

business whalen's feel the bite of u.s.sanctions gasoline is scarce leading to long lines at the pump and growing tensions to give you the details. also on the show as the greek economy emerges from crisis is the country's real estate boom a blessing or a curse. and celebrity chef jamie oliver loses part of his business empire and hundreds of his employees stand to lose their jobs. welcome to business i'm stephen beers in berlin thanks for joining us life in venezuela has been hard in recent years and occasionally crushing from the country's hyperinflation to its lack of basic goods and declining medical care at least gasoline was always dirt cheap and generally available but now that's under threat u.s. sanctions are making fuel more scarce take a look at money doesn't count for much these days in venezuela.