2011. It is about an hour. Thank you very much. It is wonderful to be here again. I love this venue. I get lots of good questions, which we will save time for at the end. This is an interesting occasion for me. This is the first time i have been in front of an audience talking about Andrew Johnson. Forgive me if i say jefferson occasionally. I had to write that and do a spell check to make sure i didnt have jefferson where i should have had johnson, because the temptation was actually quite great. If someone had told me a number of years ago that i would have written a book about Andrew Johnson, i would have said you are crazy. Its not that i dont think hes interesting. He really is. Not that i didnt know anything about him. But for most of my career as a historian, i have tried to avoid the period of reconstruction. It sounds strange for someone who writes about slavery, which is a difficult topic to write about, but i find it easier to deal with the 17th century and 18th century, and
Across the globe. The now, the question is, whether the president will make good on that Campaign Promise here or could he change his mind like he changed his mind on nafta, not repudiating more like fixing it, a few moments ago saying he doesnt want to reestablish the israel in jerusalem, more like the present location in tel aviv. He is open to being flexible on this subject. And the devil is in the details. Whether he will find a middle ground on all of this. He is being pressured on both sides. Well devote next two hours on what is at stake. There is a twigs within the administration, the president is known to string people along, make them think one way, boom go the other way, like varney with the citizenship thing but that is another story. We have former Goldman Sachs senior partner, peter keirnen and democratic gift david bernstein. Lets pick what we have here. Right now the president could opt to say im out of this. Ive been promising during the campaign. It is damaging u. S.
To wrongheaded progressive policies backfiring. Progressive officials making the wrong choices. Coasttocoast coverage they are. Shootings and Gang Violence rising in chicago a socalled antitrust antifascist groups open and physically fight back. The representative physically threatening donald trump on his face the age. Yet another u. S. Citizen killed by an illegal immigrant, this time in nebraska appeared the drunk driver deported seven times. Tax hikes on Small Businesses in seattle at the government worker tension tidal waves. Wait, theres more. Police officers in new york city turning their back on democratic mayor build up lazio for skipping a memorial for slain officer to instead protest in germany were hundreds of cops were injured. A panic over a shortage of marijuana. And now this in minnesota. A monument eating built to. Yes, you heard that right, to lucifer in a war veteran park. All those stories tonight. We are fighting for real change, for all americans. Thank you, mr. I
Won with the young, we won with the old, we won with highly educated, we won with poorly educated i love the poorly educated. Amy winning 45 of the Republican Caucus vote in nevada , donald trump usually wins the caucus in his third victory in a row. We will go to reno. Then we remember black lives matter activist Marshawn Mccarrel, who shot himself to death at the entrance of the ohio statehouse in columbus earlier this month. He was a young man that could see all of the our precious oppression and injustice, committed himself to working for, and still bring light. Even if he was angry at the system, he managed to somehow bring a positive energy to the work he did. He was remarkable. Amy we will speak with one of Marshawn Mccarrels former teachers as well as the highs will students who worked with him closely. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President obama submitted a plan to close Guantanamo Mili
Guantanamo to close or is he just relocated to a new zip code here in the United States . Then to nevada. We won the evangelicals, we won with the young, we won with the old, we won with highly educated, we won with poorly educated i love the poorly educated. Amy winning 45 of the Republican Caucus vote in nevada , donald trump usually wins the caucus in his third victory in a row. We will go to reno. Then we remember black lives matter activist Marshawn Mccarrel, who shot himself to death at the entrance of the ohio statehouse in columbus earlier this month. He was a young man that could see all of the our precious oppression and injustice, committed himself to working for, and still bring light. Even if he was angry at the system, he managed to somehow bring a positive energy to the work he did. He was remarkable. Amy we will speak with one of Marshawn Mccarrels former teachers as well as the highs will students who worked with him closely. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to