This is a film about storytelling, about how we tell the story of our countrys past. Why do we want to believe one version and not another . Maybe because it makes us feel safe at night. There is one episode of americas history that is told very differently, depending on who you are and where you live. It is the story of our civil war and what came after. The Hot Winds Of War blew across the land. Made of it, a country divided. Friend turned into foe. Brother fought against brother. It was such a long and drawn out struggle. And the feeling on both sides was so intense. Were all just romantics, lost in contemporary times you might say. Every one of us feels like we were born 125 years too late. To introduce myself, my name is rachel boynton. This is nelson walker. We are independent documentary filmmakers. Were making a film about how we tell the story of the civil war. Were filming in different schools all over virginia and were going to place this with a deep connection to this histo
no better example of that and this week s conservative political action conference, cpac, once a platform for leading conservative thinkers, now a extremism. cpac attendees are doubling down on trumpism ahead of the 2024 race for president. this afternoon, trump got to the cpac florida governor ron desantis trailing with just 20% of the vote. results fueled by cpac s growing devotion to the former president. a columnist for the washington post writes, quote, year by year, cpac has become less and less of a wonky conservative movement networking event and more and more of a circus. the guest list features fewer and fewer policy experts debating the correct path for conservatives and more and more telegenic faces who usually populate the fox news green room. one after another, at cpac, serving up red meat. the tone is now indistinguishable from one of trump s campaign rallies. in a set of talk for a economic solutions to help american lives, cpac mainly focus on a politics
presidency, also new details in how fast the trump administration did intel on the current president. as you expect, democrats are fuming. plus, immigration and child labor, the latest in the msnbc exclusive investigation into how and why migrant kids were forced to work and slaughterhouses across this country. and later, tending to the whole flock. we ll speak to a bishop working to make sure that lgbtq community has a home in his church. this is american voices. we begin this hour with the story of donald trump and how he transformed the republican party into his own image. no better example of that and this week s conservative political action conference, cpac, once a platform for leading conservative thinkers, now a extremism. cpac attendees are doubling down on trumpism ahead of the 2024 race for president. this afternoon, trump got to the cpac florida governor ron desantis trailing with just 20% of the vote. results fueled by cpac s growing devotion to the former pr
the new reporting that they are the latest targets of the special counsel investigating donald trump and january 6th. and ron desantis is cashing in, giving donald trump a run for his money, and the florida governor hasn t even jumped into the race yet. let s go outfront. good evening, everyone. i m kate bolduan in for erin burnett. outfront tonight a major warning from president biden to vladimir putin, as new images show the true state of putin s fighting forces. take a look at this new video of ukraine attacking russian positions on the front lines of bakhmut. putin s troops are suffering heavy losses. and you can see that on stark display in this new video posted on social media and verified by cnn. dozens of coffins containing the bodies of russian fighters. they had reportedly been fighting with putin s private force, the wagner group, which is fighting in bakhmut. you can see death certificates with names and even the russian region that they were from. and i l
this is a film about storytelling, about how we tell the story of our country s past. why do we want to believe one version and not another? maybe because it makes us feel safe at night. there is one episode of america s history that is told very differently, depending on who you are and where you live. it is the story of our civil war and what came after. the hot winds of war blew across the land. made of it, a country divided. friend turned into foe. brother fought against brother. it was such a long and drawn out struggle. and the feeling on both sides was so intense. we re all just romantics, lost in contemporary times you might say. every one of us feels like we were born 125 years too late. to introduce myself, my name is rachel boynton. this is nelson walker. we are independent documentary filmmakers. we re making a film about how we tell the story of the civil war. we re filming in different schools all over virginia and we re going to place this with a deep