Republic headlined, a world war were under attack by climate c change and our only he is to mobilize like we did in world war ii. Then in the first ever override of an obama veto, Congress Votes to allow americans to sue saudui arabia over the 9 11 attacks. There is mounting evidence that the saudi government, at least organizations and operatives within the saudi government, aided and abetted one of the most massive crimes in the united states. In our system, the truth behind those facts deseserves to be presented in court. Comes as the Obama Administration declassified 28 pages from the september 11 report detailing possible ties between the saudi government and the 9 11 attacks. We will speakith medeaa benjamin, cofounder of cododepi. Author of kingdom of the , unjust behind the u. S. Saudi connection. And inin news from the campaigin trail, a new investigation by newsweek reveals one of Donald Trumps businesses violated the u. S. Embargo on cuba, s secretly doing business there in
The casualties were astounding, a stouinstounding to soldiers, generals and those left back home. Amidst the staggering losses at cole harbor, for every soldier killed, wounded or captured, there was a family. Mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, sons, daughters that also felt the loss. The loss of the men that fell at cole harbor in the spring of 1864 reverb rasreverberated thr kmunlts a communities across the north and south. The battlegrounds left indelible kbag impacts on the living left behind. So, too, were the believes of the men who fought that bloody spring. Indeed, in spite of so many lost lives, those believes and ideas about nation, government and home became even more deeply enslie enshrined in the hearts and minds of those left to fight on tonight to reflect upon and learn from today. Writing soon after the war with a perspective on hindsight. Sally putnam came to believe that in its own unique way, cole harbor had been a landmark event in the 1866 Campaign Across Central
music narrator thomas moran embarked on his first trip to the west in 1871. The United States at the time was still recoveng from the ravages of the civil war. Americans turned with hope to the western frontier. By painting the pristine grandeur of these remote places, moran enabled 19thcentury americans to visualize a magnificent landscape most would never see. His paintings transformed their perceptions of the west. From 1867 to 1879, the United States government sponsored four western expeditions, now known as the great surveys. Of all the ais who accompanied them ne is more associated with the surveys than thomas moran. The watercolors he brought back from wyoming, the first color images of yellowstone, played a key role in the creation of the National Parks system. Yellowstone had long been familiar to American Indians mountainmen, traders and travelers. Legendary,eemingly unbelievable stories made their way east. The canyon was said to be a fearful chasm the river a frightful tor
I am on, hope is light enough for you. Welcome, everyone, to panel number 3117 entitled hands up, dont shoot. Requiem for an American Police state. Dont you wonder about the people the wonderful volunteers who put these titles together in some room somewhere this winters a and this will get them going on wednesday morning at 9 00 a. M. Ambiguity where you can too. But i cant handle it. This panel certainly can. Here is good for. Let me introduce myself, i am ginny corsi. I love being part of this all. All cellphones off, get them off 5 break too so we have no information in the landing. I will open it up to the panel and ask each of them to give us a 10 minute opening. After which i will hope there are questions. After that, then we go to these microphones. First i might have a question or two. I could be coming up with a great question and dont want to waste it so i might ask a question or two but the questions are from you and you know you come to the microphones and dont be afraid.
music narrator the thousand yearsgo in souern mexico an urecedent culture flourished in the jungle nearhe gulf coast. Rivers meandering through the hot, tropical lowlands were the regions lifeblood. Theswaterwayfor transportion and tra encouraged agriculture. Annual floods left deposits of fertile soil ideal for growing maize, squash and beans. More than two thousand years later, the aztecs called this region olman, or rubber country, for its many rubber trs. The name of the people who dwelled there in antiquity is lost but they have become known as olmec. To express their political and religious beliefs, the ancient olmec invented imagery of spellbinding power. They carved monumental sculptures fm volcanic rock without mel tools, ing hamms and chisels made ostone. They transported massive blocks of basalt weighing up to 2ns across miles of teory thout benefit of the wel. They built the First Pyramid in the americas, rising 100 feet anma of ren the half millionubic f ofpa th fasoned de