Narrator Joel Patrick Courtney was sitting in jail in albuquerque. It was december 2004. The married father of three was facing decades in prison if convicted of kidnapping, sexual assault, and battery charges. As investigators began checking out the possible link to Brooke Wilbergers case, a call went out to her family. They had waited more than six months for news, any news, about their daughters disappearance. Now, there was a man in custody who they thought might be able to reunite them with their daughter, just as Elizabeth Smart had been returned to her family. What are you thinking in that when you hear this . Actually, i had prayed so faithfully all fall that whoever had done this would make a mistake. And when i heard the news, i thought, they made a mistake. They tried it again. And No One Else knew what id prayed, because i hadnt told anyone else, because it was always, Find Brooke. You know, help us to Find Brooke. I guess that was a selfish prayer, you know, to help whoeve
A deeply divided splitting america politically at the nominally im scripturally this is a journey through this socalled land of opportunity. For. Writers filmmakers and lets all go 1st capture the current mood in the states. Our 1st stop is new york city. And new york used to be the city that never sleeps that was before congress and the pandemic since passed its peak year but the big apple is still far from being back to normal. On weekends when the weather is good people can at least gather and central part they were masks to keep saying. Donald trump during his Election Campaign even back that few well known artists and intellectual supporters have this hasnt changed since although now 4 years later when people know what to expect warnings about reelecting trump us president. More urgent and. Weve come to new york to meet 3 of the most renowned authors in the country. To find out what they expect and why. Paul auster. The beginning of the air and democracy as we know is that city ho
Representatives and a member of the advisory meeting on the records of congress, to which the legislative records reports twice annually. He is a longtime friend and supporter, as well as a source of guidance to the center through his service on the advisory committee. Matts here today to discuss hispanic americans in congress, 18222012, which was published last year. This is the third in a series that has come out of the house office of the historian under leadership, the previously published volumes being women in congress 19172006, and black americans in congress, 18702007, published in 2008. The total page count for these three volumes is 2573, and still counting. I believe there is a fourth volume in the works. [laughter] so, this series obviously represents a very substantial effort for which were all grateful and eager to hear about this latest publication and thank you so much for joining us, matt. Matt thanks for inviting me. Its a pleasure to be here. Pleasure to see so many
Served in congress. Prior to the mid20th century, many served as territorial delegates and commissioners as opposed to voting representatives. Archives hosted this event and provided the video. Historian at the center for legislative archives. Thank you for attending todays talk on this last day of july. This is the last talk in the series until we resume in september. For those of you in attendance, our guest hardly needs an introduction. Matthew wasniewski is the historian of the u. S. House of representatives and a member of the advisory meeting on the records of congress. Friend andgtime supporter, as well of us as well as a source of guidance to the center through his service on the advisory committee. Matt is here today to discuss hispanic americans in congress, which was published last year. This is the third in a series that has come out of the house office under his leadership. The previously published volumes being women in congress 19172006, black americans in congress, 1870
Called golden passports documents obtained in cyprus by a british people from a number of countries the aim for some is to access the e. U. One of void corruption rock downs at home or elsewhere but is that legal and whats come the e. U. Do to stop with this is inside story. Hello welcome to the program. And aljazeera investigation has revealed that cyprus has being given european passports to convicted criminals and high level political figures in return for an investing 2 and a half 1000000. 00 in the country the logs leak of possible data to our Investigative Unit expose a serious flaws to the islands so cold golden passport scheme thats generated more than 8000000000. 00 for its government there will be and Justice Commissioner says hell consider legal action against cyprus Deborah Davis reports. The European Parliament has repeatedly demanded an end to schemes where one country can sell passports which open up access to the rest of the European Union in an exclusive interview with