and in 1992, william f. buckley jr. invited rush limbaugh onto his original "firing line," and you wrote about that interview in your book. you said, quote... here is buckley and his introduction of rush limbaugh on "firing line" in 1992. take a look. >> his medium is opinion, and only the humorless are really offended. in this sense, it's fair to say, i suppose, that he gets away with his scams as no one since norman lear got away with his and his series, "all in the family." >> so can you explain, matthew, to the uninitiated how relevant and significant rush limbaugh became to the conservative movement in the 1990s? >> well, i mean, limbaugh is one of the most significant conservatives in american history. here's why. he was an entertainer, first and foremost. he came out of the shock-jock tradition, but he discovered that you could communicate political ideas in an entertaining format. and so he's able to kind of package conservative ideas that you would find in more intellectual journals in this very entertaining f

william f. buckley jr., the creator of the national review and the host of "firing line" for 33 years. >> senator goldwater is both a republican and a conservative. >> over the years, conservatives have coalesced around key ideas -- anti-communism, free markets, and opposition to modern liberalism. >> he likes big government in washington. we want to decentralize back to the states. >> and the movement has evolved. >> this is the rebirth of a principled opposition. >> it's even changed to the point that it's difficult to recognize. >> we fight like hell, and if you don't fight like hell, you're not gonna have a country anymore. >> these are all subjects of the definitive new book on american conservatism by matthew continetti. >> fht for trump!re? and where is conservatism heading next? >> for conservatives like me, our beliefs are not always going to be reflected by the republican party any longer. that doesn't mean we abandon our beliefs. >> ts week on "firing line." >> "firing line with margaret hoover"

former alameda county sheriff's deputy, devin williams jr was in court today but did not enter a plea. williams is charged with killing a married couple in their dublin home. last month. williams was off duty at the time of the killings. the 24 year old is charged with two counts of murder for the deadly shootings , and maria and venison tran. investigators say he was romantically involved with the wife. williams is now being held without bail at the same jail, where he was working just hours before the double homicide reward is now being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever killed the teenager in the east bay today, governor newsom announced a $50,000 reward in the unsolved killing of lamar murphy. the 16 year old was fatally shot in january of 2017 while riding his bike in alameda county, right near the city of hayward. sheriff. investigators have exhausted all their leads and have requested that reward be offered. murphy's family has also offered up a $10,000 reward in the case. police in santa rosa are now investigating two women who were attacke

former alameda county sheriff's deputy , evan williams jr did not enter a plea during his arraignment say he killed a married couple in their dublin home last month. williams was after me at the time of the killings. investigators say he was romantically involved with the wife has been held without bail at the same jail, where he was working just hours before the couple was killed. california now offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction in the 2017 killing of a bay area teenager. the 16 year old was shot while riding his bike in the maryland neighborhood of unincorporated alameda county, just outside hayward. sheriff's investigators say they do not have a motive for the killing and asked the state for help in solving the case. and santa rosa and investigation is now underway after two women say that they were attacked under similar circumstances. now police are trying to figure out if those two cases are connected. the most recent happened at a park along third street in west santa rosa, when a man knocked a woman to the ground and tried to kiss h

the audit of the deputies was prompted by former deputy devin williams jr he was charged with killing a man in his wife with whom he was having an affair in their dublin home back in september. on his first full day at the helm of san francisco based twitter, elon musk announced a new group will be keeping an eye on what's posted on the site today, musk tweeted twitter will be forming a content moderation council with widely diverse viewpoints, no major content decisions or account reinstatements will happen before that council convenes. musk has been critical of twitter for suspending accounts and other actions over harassment and extremist views today must hinted at more of his plans for the platform. ktvu is tom baker talked with experts about what might lie ahead. whether from the air or down on the ground, twitter had no obvious signs of masses of blade offered fired employees, leaving it san francisco headquarters. its new private owner, ellen must said at some point in time, he would lay off three quarters of twitter staff, saving him a billion dollars while eliminating some 56

united states, the person in charge of the american institute for the development of free labor william doherty jr brazil, they began to take a direct part in some covert operations of the revolution in the same sixty-third. the pentagon has already begun to look for leverage, in addition to sanctions through rebels. the operation received the code name, brother m. the first stage of the boat to the military march 30, 1964, military attaches. the us in brazil will confirm in the telegram the military will. against the goulart, through the cia, the us provided supplies and funding for the coup, and also provided a naval task force to intimidate the goulart supporters and be able to intervene militarily if the fighting dragged on. support for the military coup was part of a broader anti-communist agenda. according to nsa documents, the white house feared that brazil would become the china of the 1960s. it is known that president goulart was friendly towards trade unions, limited the profits of multinational corporations that they could withdraw from brazil and planned to trade with communist countri

united states, the person in charge of the american institute for the development of free labor william doer tim jr, returning to brazil, they began to take a direct part in some covert operations of the revolution in the same sixty-third. the pentagon began to look for leverage in addition to sanctions through rebels.

united states, the person in charge of the american institute for the development of free labor william doherty jr. reported. returning to brazil, they began to take a direct part in some covert operations of the revolution in the same sixty-third. the pentagon began to look for leverage in addition to sanctions through the rebels. received the code name brother sam, the first stage of bribing the military on march 30, 1964, military attachés. us in brazil to confirm military in telegram will act against the goulart through the cia the us provided supplies and funding for the coup, and provided a naval task force to intimidate the goulart supporters and be able to intervene militarily if the fighting drags on support for the military coup was part of a broader program of anti-communist action, according to nsa documents, the white house feared that brazil would become the china of the 1960s. it is known that president goulart was friendly towards trade unions and limited profits. multinational corporations that they could withdraw from brazil and planned to trade with communist countries on april

union was imminent, russian scholar richard pipes joined the original host of this program, william f. buckley jr. take a look at this clip. >> i don't think you could go back to the old ideology, but you could -- you could inflame russian nationalism in its chauvinistic forms. >> and in what ways would it likely express itself? >> well, that -- >> will you become a nuclear terror again? >> well, we russians are a great nation. we are a supreme nation. and we will not let go of this -- of the ukraine. we will not let go of the other republics. and we ought to be a world power, and we ought not to give up eastern europe. that was a mistake, and we possibly should -- we should recover eastern europe. >> i mean, even that is coeivable. >> it's conceivable, so nothing has changed. so all you have to do is just change the labels, and you're back in business. >> so what does the world need to understand about putin's mind-set? >> just believe what he says and act upon it. everything he's said, from the famous notion that the breakup of the soviet union has been the biggest tragedy, it's all out there.

. >> in 1971, on the original "firing line," hosted by william f. buckley jr., buckley hosted his brother, james buckley, after he had won an election to be the new senator from the state of new york. and james buckley was not a republican. he represented a third party, the conservative party. >> the formation of a third party in a -- in a two-party situation tends to suggest, does it not, that there is either a breakdown in communication between the existing parties and the people or that three distinct points of view crop up, right? >> that's correct. one of the dangers we may be moving into in this country is that we are maybe working away, for the first time in our national history, from a general consensus as to what is good or what are the ideals, what are the values, what are the norms. if you start questioning the very premise on which, say, the constitution is sounded, then you are introducing some new elements into the political structure which make the two-party system impossible to cope with this new situation. then you start getting a fracturing,

. >> in december of 1979, on the original "firing line" program that was hosted by william f. buckley jr., his guest was former congressman allard lowenstein. they were discussing how the united states is inconsistent in its application of human rights. >> i would like to say that i think that there is inherent, in the approach to human rights ofost of the political leaders of this country, an opportunism which is -- which shatters the possibility of genuine progress across the board by people agreeing on the kind of formulation that we all know is right, namely that human rights is a concern regardless of where it occurs, where the violations occur. but that at no point should we forget that a government which is willfully repressive of its own people ought to be the object of concern on the part of people everywhere else. >> the biden administration came into power arguing that they would advance global human rights and especially women's rights. so why is the plight of iranian women not getting more support? >> i think that the biden administration are lost when it comes to women's ri

dnc, in 1971, before he ever ran for president, reverend jackson was on this program with william f. buckley, jr. look at what he said. >> at this point, i'm more caught up in moving toward solutions to our economic crisis than i am in arguing about who best states our pain. you see? in one sense, it doesn't make sense to try to attach a value judgment to the pain. as i see it, the problem for us is essentially economic. and if the problem is economic, then the solution is economic. and to that extent, we need to begin to start looking at economic alternatives as opposed to organizational alternatives. >> i think you're quite right, and i've been saying that quite fervently for 10 years. >> have we made any progress? is that still true? >> it's still true. it's still true. >> it's your experience. >> yeah, absolutely. we have not closed the racial wealth gap. we have not closed the gender pay gap. we don't have a living wage. yeah, so we have not fixed the problem. >> representative cori bush, i'm very grateful that you came to "firing line." there is much more i'd like to talk to you about, and

former alameda county sheriff's deputy, evan williams jr did not enter a plea during his arraignment ide. investigators say he killed a married couple and their dublin home last month. williams was off duty at the time. investigators say he was romantically involved with the wife, williams being held without bail. now the same jail where he was working right before the couple was killed. october is domestic violence, awareness month and bay area advocacy groups are working to make sure people know that support is available. several groups came together to hold a candlelight vigil outside fremont city hall last night. they're trying to raise more awareness and resources to fight domestic violence. research shows one in three women and one in four men in this country say they've been physically abused by an intimate partner. the most dangerous time, according to experts is when someone is trying to leave their abuser. oftentimes the abuser takes a survivor trying to leave as an infringement on the control and the power that they've been trying to exert in that dynamic, so i'm having a s

one of the movement's leading luminaries was william f. buckley jre national review and the host of "firing line" for 33 years. >> senator goldwater is both a republican and a conservative. >> over the years, conservatives have coalesced around key ideas -- anti-communism, free markets, and opposition to modern liberalism. >> he likes big government in washington. we want to decentralize back to the states. >> and the movement has evolved. >> this is the rebirth of a principled opposition. >> it's even changed to the point that it's difficult to recognize. >> we fight like hell, and if you don't fight like hell, you're not gonna have a country anymore. >> these are all subjects of the definitive new book on american conservatism

. >> one of the key voices of the civil rights movement, josea williams reacting to the death of martin luther king jrn christian leadership conference, a civil rights organization which among other things taught recruits how to effectively protest in a nonviolent manner. joining us now, pulitzer prize winning journalist tom ricks. tom is back with us for day two of his "morning joe" book residency. his book is officially out today entitled "waging a good war," a military history of the civil rights movement, 1954-1968. also with us this morning for this conversation is member of the editorial advisory board at washington monthly magazine, deborah dickerson. she reviewed tom's book in a recent piece entitled "how to get from bravery to victory", and tom, today we look at the supreme discipline and organization of the movement. can you tell us about that. >> sure. they were inside the movement. they knew they needed discipline and organization. i have found that the reader reaction to my book has been surprised that the preparation was so meticulous that it sometimes was weeks, months and even in a cou

william the conqueror had built 900 years earlier. nobody else did but george did. what about george smith patton jr. when his family immigrated over from scotland? they came locally to fredericksburg and they married into the humeruser family. you can go down down to old town, fredericksburg. you can see the humeruser medical apothecary shop. it's still there. he was a very famous doctor during the revolutionary war with the continental army personal friend of president, washington. patent patton wants to go to west point in the worst possible way. but he has dyslexia. and it's not until age 16 that he can read and write so before going to west point. what does he do? he goes to vmi to prep for a year. and when he walks into the tailor shop at vmi to be fitted for his uniform the taylor says oh mr. patton, i fitted your father. here's my log book and you have the exact same measurements of your father. and you say your grandfather went? to vmi. i'll get his measurements. they're the exact same as yours in your fathers this reinforces george patton's belief in reincarnation. he goes to west point. bu

williams jr. here. is he expected to enter a plea today? >> reporter: correct. that is the idea. good morning to you, marcus and laura. later this morning around 9:00 alameda county sheriff's deputy devin williams jr. will be arraigned. he is expected to enter a plea of not guilty or no contest to charges he murdered a married couple inside their nearby dublin home. williams jr., who is 24, had been with the sheriff's department for a year, was working at the oakland courthouse when he allegedly broke into the home of maria and benison tran and shot and killed them. law enforcement confirmed the deputy was involved in a romantic relationship with maria tran for several months. police say four other people were inside the home including the couple's child, none of whom were hurt after an hours long manhunt williams jr. pulled over, called police, the dublin police chief convinced him to turn himself in. williams jr. has been charged with two counts of murder with an enhancement of intentional disch

united states, the person in charge of the american institute for the development of free labor, william doherty jr., reported. returning to brazil, they began to take a direct part in some covert operations of the revolution in the same sixty-third. the pentagon is looking leverage is already in addition to sanctions through suppliers. the operation was codenamed , brother m. the first stage of bribery, the military on march 30, 1964, military attachés. the us in brazil will confirm in the telegram the military will. against goulart, through the cia, the us provided supplies and funding for the coup, and provided a naval task force to intimidate goulart supporters and be able to intervene militarily if the fighting dragged on support for the military coup was part of a wider anti-communist agenda. according to nsa documents, the white house feared that brazil would become the china of the 1960s. it is known that the president goulart was friendly towards the unions, limited the profits of multinational corporations that they could withdraw from brazil and planned to trade with the communist countr