again, william mckinley never set foot on the mountain. never saw alaska.o travel to alaska was warren harding. he went in 1923. we do not have video of his 1923 trip for obvious reasons. we do know, though, when he was there, the u.s. navy ship on which he was traveling, shot mortar rounds into glaciers while they were up there so the president could see the glaciers blow up for fun. why not? they'll always be there, right? shoot that glacier. well, president obama is in alaska today. this is the first day of his three-day trip to the state. he has not yet asked the navy to blow up glaciers for his amusement. president obama spoke in anchorage on the topic of climate change. in the speech tonight he said definitively he recognizes america's role in having created this problem. >> the fact is that climate is changing faster than our efforts to address it. that, ladies and gentlemen, must change. we're not acting fast enough. i've come here today as the leader of the world's largest economy and its second largest emitter to say that the united states recogni

just outraged about president william mckinley, our country's 25th president. members of the ohio congressional delegation including the top republican in the house, john boehner, what they wanted to talk about was how terrible it was, what a tragedy it is that the obama administration has decided to let the name of the tallest mountain in north america revert to its originative alaskan name denali. it was only in the late 1800s when a random gold prospector from new hampshire decided to declare a new name for denali in honor of the news he had just heard that william mckinley won the republican nomination for president. william mckinley had nothing to do with that prospector or with that mountain. he never set foot on denali. he never set foot in alaska. he was from ohio. even though alaska broadly speaking has long wanted to change the name back and they even d did officially at the state level in the 1970s, the federal name mt. mckinley stuck mostly because ohio republicans insisted that it not be changed for years now. so now that president obama has gone a

house speaker john boehner and governor john kasich say it disrespected william mckinley. t far from the football hall of fame which i visited this summer. donald trump is going further than boehner and kasich. he says president obama wants to change the name of mckinley to denali. great insult to ohio. i will change it back. >> how many years was it denali before mckinley? >> forever. mckinley wasn't even president when it was called mckinlckinle. the gold prospector hiking up there and he said let's name this mckinley. >> this is why you are a celebrity "jeopardy" champ. >>> president obama now just three votes short of the iran nuclear deal. 13 democrats still undecided. later today, we will find out how two key swing votes play out. democratic senators ben cardin and chris coonz are set to announce their answers for the deal. >>> and the satellite images confirming the bel temple in palmyra has been destroyed. the images show the temple of bel obliterated. >>> time for an eitharly start your money. disappointing numbers on chinese manufacturing. europe shares are down.

congress named it to honor president william mckinley of ohio in 1917. officials in mckinley's home state say changing the name now is inappropriate. >> because you just don't go and do something like that. >> reporter: the white house says it will work with ohio to find another way to honor the nation's 25th president. danielle nottingham, cbs news, los angeles. >>> the white house is rolling back reports that the president will be coming to new york to work at columbia university after he leaves office. mr. obama graduated from columbia in 1983. the talk started when columbia's president mentioned he looked forward to welcoming back the world's famous alumist. in a statement the president stayed he has long respect for columbia university and his desire to continue working with them, however, at this point, no decisions have been finalized about his post-presidency plans. >>> the penalty phase of the trial starts today for the white supremacist convicted of killing three people at jewish sites in suburban kansas city last year. the jury found phrafrazie

congress named it to honor president william mckinley of ohio in 1917. officials in mckinley's homestate say changing the name now is inappropriate. >> because you just don't go and do something like that. >> reporter: the white house says it will work with ohio to find another way to honor the nation's 25th president. >>> a new poll out of iowa shows donald trump and ben carson in a tie. the emergency mon -- monmouth university poll shows trump and carson with 23%, carly fiorina with 10%, scott walker with 7% and jeb bush with 7% as well. >>> the indianapolis home where authorities say child pornography images were secretly recorded is now at the center of a lawsuit filed by former subway pitch man gerald fogle. fogle alleges that russell taylor, a one time friend who headed fogle's charitable foundation, defaulted on an agreement to repay a loan taylor used to buy the home. authorities say taylor secretly filmed children changing clothes, showering and bathing in that home. taylor faces child porn charges. fogle faces prison time after agreeing to plead

named for william mckinley, and many in the hometown of ohio are not happy with a change, saying it isn insult to his political legacy. the president is in alaska for a three-day conference to be focused on climate change. >> we do nothing, temperatures in alaska projected to rise 6-12 sgre sgre degree the by the end of the century with for fires and melting of the thermafrost. >> and he is the first president to visit alaska. >>> and releasing 7,000 emails from hillary clinton server including 150 emails with information deemed to be classified. they say none of the emails were classified at the time they were sent. and clinton reportedly consisted she did not send emails marked classified from her private server during her time as secretary of state. >>> to vote 2016, donald trump no longer running away with it in iowa. the latest poll shows neurosurgeon ben carson tied with trump at the top. they're dead even, each with 23% support among republicans. however mr. carson is beating trump among evangelicals. conservative voters and women. and speaking of women the only female running f

when a gold prospector renamed the continent's tallest peak after then-presidential candidate william mckinley. today, karen johnson put a thank you sign outside her anchorage cafe. >> it didn't seem right to name something that had already been named by the native people that lived there after someone who had not set foot in alaska. >> reporter: the park surrounding the mountain was renamed denali back in 1980. denali was even sarah palin's secret service name when she ran for vice president. but one current presidential candidate is defending his state's native son. >> in ohio, we felt that it was appropriate. a guy saw that mountain when he was one of the first up there and named it after the president. no reason to change it. >> reporter: mckinley's presidential library, though, doesn't even mention mount mckinley. >> it's really outside of what president mckinley's legacy is. >> reporter: already, the park service has started changing its maps. tour operators will have to reprint brochures. and mckinley t-shirts may soon end up on ebay. last year, only about a third of the climbers who tr

the way the story goes, a prospector named the alaskan peak for ohio's william mckinley, after hearing mckinley had won the 1896 g.o.p. presidential nomination. well, now, barack obama has renamed it denali, to the delight of native alaskans, that's what they've always called it, and to the disappointment of native ohioans, including house speaker ehn boehner. the change came on the eve of mr. obama's visit to alaska today, and bill plante is there. >> reporter: alaska's vast, awe- inspiring natural beauty is the backdrop for president obama's call for action on climate change. secretary of state john kerry set the tone today. >> but what we discuss here today is important not just for the arctic. it is important for the rest of this planet. >> reporter: climate change is impacting fish and wildlife in the arctic. like these walruses, who gathered on land in northwest alaska because the ice they preferred had melted. the president will see evidence of that melting when he tours a glacier like this one called portage. 100 years ago, the portage glacier came all the way here, to the end

everyone in the entire state of ohio talking about this, william mckinley incidentally never visited i have tons to say and i'm chomping at the bit. so okay, so what is the real hubris here? >> it's interesting that we think that they can rename the mountain and it makes a difference. you know, you know, and it's like finally to answer this, and then we switch it up. >> and it's like, what is going on in that house. >> the people of alaska wanted this name change. so i think, looking it up, campbell hill is the highest. kennedy: obama goes there, they wave the scepter. kennedy: i hear that you are very upset about it. >> i go to there about once a year. and i think that since obama got in and this has been well covered that he has been trying to ruin the legacy and he's done a fine work. and so if you live in the southwest, that is the reason, it's like, okay, fine. but still, he held it down for at least 100 years. >> why not rename part of the american southwest of mount mckinley? >> we all like that candy. >> oh, yes, it's that chocolate covered peanut butter, either way, it's qui

vp for william mckinley. called mckinley a man with a spine like chocolate eclair. all theodore roosevelt's opponents were weasels. end of the day, theodore roosevelt would shake hand with him. you saw, donald trump beating up on rick perry. rick perry steps out. and send the nice tweet. rick perry you are a good guy. for trump entertainment and staying on top of the polls. i think the public is maybe more in on the game. they're not interested in the policy aspects of trump. they're enjoying the, sucker punching. >> i need to move on. i want to talk about some one who, you know, people say is authentic and maybe is animated as donald trump. that is vice president joe biden. his emotional interview. here is part of it on stephen colbert where he talks about the moment, what it takes to run for president. >> i don't think any man or woman should run for president, unless, number one, they know exactly why they would want to be president. and two, they can look at folks out there and say "i promise you, you have my whole heart, my whole soul, my energy, and my passion

it's not sitting well with people in ohio where former president william mckinley was from, although he never visited mount mckinley, and they named it after him. >> all i know about william mckinley was that his first name was william. [laughter] actually, i believe he was assassinated in office. welcome, it is september 1st. this happens to be my favorite song every month of the year, but it's particularly appropriate today, huh? shall we? earth, wind and fire, "september." guess what? it's just a joyous song. here's a little bit. do you remember 2 the 1st night, september -- 21st night, september? >> isn't it fun? >> my husband's favorite song too. i guess you have good taste. >> definitely my top five. the moon looks fine. in the meantime, maybe we'll turn up the volume in a little bit, but let's not get done about the summer being over, heck, it's not over yet. >> even still most people extend it a few more weeks after that. >> the actually change is, like, september 18th. >> mike woods, everybody. >> and actually 21st of september, which it says in that song -- which also is one

congress named it to honor president william mckinley of ohio in 1917. ficials in mckinley's home state say changing the name now is inappropriate. >> you just don't go and do something like that. >> reporter: the white house says it will work with ohio to find another way to honor the nation's 25th president. danielle nottingham, cbs news, los angeles. >> president mckinley never saw the peak which bore his name for 98 years. alaskan lawmakers have been fighting to change that name of mt. mckinley back to denali since 1975. >>> after days of high winds and rough seas, royal deutch shell has resumed operations off alaska's northern coast. the company is still waiting for the okay to begin drilling again. they need to pass a systems check to make sure it's safe following the rough weather. last month shell got the green light from the federal government to drill in the arctic ocean, the first time in two decades. >>> they say the numbers prove that needle exchange programs not only work but are cost effective investments in the battle against h.i.v. accord

it was renamed after -- well, originally officially named after ohioan william mckinley by a gold prospector who admired the then candidate support for the gold standard which was just incidentally a terrible idea. president mckinley never visited alaska and they have long called it denali and have sought to have its official name changed. for decades, a below the surface proxy war, the delegation has fought off attempts to take mckinley's name off the peak by the alaskan delegation. until now, president obama, issuing an executive order returning it to its native name, denali. and while alaskan senator thanked the president for the decision, ohio senator rob portman blasted it as another example of the president going around congress. speaker of the house john boehner who represents ohio said he was deeply disappointed in this decision. all of this as the president makes his very first visit to alaska to highlight the effects of climate change even as he faces intense criticism for drilling off the alaskan coast. i will ask his press secretary about that ahead. e dishes are c. i just gotta

bush and author of the book the triumph william mckinley. how are you doing? >> fabulous.hank you for showing the footage of me breaking out there at the white house correspondence dinner. i am norwegian. we don't dance we look at our feet. >> i want to ask what do you think of this? >> warmer fuzzyer hillary. is this reboot going to work? >> it never works when you go out and ask we are being to do something that sounds contrived. but pretend that it is not contrived. >> notice the apology. how convincing and authentic was that apology. she didn't apologize for her principal offense she had a private e-mail server in her home in order to conduct all of her business as secretary of state off-line. she also in the same interview repeated the ultimately which was this was all permitted and allowed. i worked in the white house for search years. if you wanted to do something like this in the federal government if you are secretary of state you are working in the white house you ought to and should go to the legal council's office white house general council or the office of le

north america's highest mountain was name after william mckinley from ohio back in 1917. >> the guy sawthat mountain when he was one of the first up there and named it after the president. no reason to change it. >> reporter: but as the obama administration points out, president mckinley never visited the mountain, nor did he have any historical connection to alaska. alaskan tribes have been fighting for this name change for decades. >> when you realize that something is more appropriate or when you can write a historic injustice, it's important for us to do those things. >> president obama will also test his survival skills in alaska. he will tape an episode of "running wild with bear grylls," a popular reality show set to air on nbc bay area later this year. jessica, raj? >> ooh, bear grylls. >> bear grylls? >> running down alaska. >> okay. all right. let's turn things over to jeff. i'm just still stumped by that. >> i know. i was thinking about it earlier. they do a lot of ariels, the helicopter shots. you can see all the secret service guys. going to have detail out there. let's get

. >> william mckinley never visited alaska and never saw this natural wonder towering over the tundrahe was republican nominee for president and named it after him and it stuck and he won the white house and in 1917, 16 years after he was assassinated, the government formally recognized the name mt. mckinley, trouble is it already had a name. >> for generations alaskans have known this majestic mountain as the great one and today we are officially able to recognize the mountain as denali, i would like to thank the president for working with us to achieve this significant change to show honor, respect and gratitude to the alaskan people of alaska. >> reporter: not everyone is thanking president obama especially not politicians from mckinley's home state of ohio. ohio senator rob portman said he was a proud person from ohio and named after him in the way to remember his rich legacy after his assassination. speaker of the house john boehner also from ohio said the name is a testament to his legacy as a politician and soldier and served with distinction in the army and i'm deeply disappoi

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president, william mckinley, who's an ohio native. ohio lawmakers are not happy about the name change, but mr. obama says he'll use executive authority to rename the mountain to its historic, native-american title, denali. now of course donald trump, as usual, did weigh in. he tweeted that if he's elected president, he will change it back. >> barack obama is the first sitting u.s. president to visit the alaskan arctic, a region where climate change is being felt more intensely than anywhere else in the world because it's warming at almost twice the global average. but alaska is also heavily dependent on oil revenue. victoria herman is the u.s. director of the arctic institute and joins us now from anchorage. thank you for being with us. you heard that speech by president obama, what didn't he say that you think he should have? >> i think one of the things that he didn't address is the role of oil in alaska and renewables. he talked about the future and needing to act on climate change. but the fact is non-renewable sources are going t

. >> reporter: the mountain was named in honor of president william mckinley who was assassinated in is drawing cheers in alaska. >> it's about time it goes back to its original name. >> reporter: but in mckinley's home state of ohio, some republicans say this is no mole hill. >> we think it's too bad that the administration has chosen to go around congress and to do this. >> reporter: in anchorage the summit held its opening session. >> if all the ice on mother earth melts, we will all live in water. >> reporter: president obama delivered a call to action, if we do nothing temperatures are projected to rise between 6 and 12 degrees by the end of the century triggering more melting, more fires, more thawing of the permafrost. >> reporter: on tuesday, the president will go hiking on a glacier, the white house says to see the effects of climate change firsthand. richard cantu, abc news, new york. >>> thousands of phoenix area residents are without power. a line of strong thunderstorms roared through central arizona last night dumping more than an inch of rain in less than an hour. high

house made another kind of history, announcing that mount mckinley, the nation's highest peak, will be returned to its native name, denali. williamngham has more more on the president's trip. >> brangham: on his three day trip, the president will attend a meeting of what's known as the arctic council. and, to stress for action on climate change, the president will visit some of alaska's glaciers and then meet with native alaskans whose lives have been affected by rising tides and temperatures. for more on the president's trip i'm joined by journalist elizabeth arnold who's in anchorage. three days salon trip for a president to make. we know he's go stressing the need to act on climate change but why now and why alaska? >> well, it started out as just a drop in by secretary of state john kerry then turned into this three-day visit by the president when the house saw this as great opportunity for the president to build a sense of urgency for addressing climate change and build momentum for the upcoming meeting in paris with world leaders will try to negotiate agreement to cut carbon emissions. the idea, obviously to, put a face on

william marble's book on andersonville. do you consider that the best book or do you recommend any other books, history books on andersonville? and also, have you read the novel "andersonville" by mckinleyhank you. >> thank you. i think will marble's book still stands as the best comprehensive history of the prison. there are others. lonnie spears' book is very good as a sort of overview of prisons also. there's been some good books that have started to look at the memory of the prison and the effects of, and also p.o.w.'s and brian gordon just did a great book about veterans in general and he has a chapter in there on the ex-prisoners and what happened to them when they came home. marvel is very dismissive of a loft the post war writings of the prisoners and i'm not as questioning of them. particularly one member of the 16th, very dismissive of it. i don't agree with everything marvel had to say but it is a very important book and a good place certainly to start and then from there -- i think there is much that we need to learn and explore about the topic of civil war prisons. it's really being neglected as a topic. i have read mckinley canter's book. i read it many, many years ago whe