The more i learn about them, the more interesting they get. It seems to be a bottomless pool of interesting facts and passions and contradictions. They are both fascinating characters. What makes them so interesting . Part of the interest for me is that there are parts that are famous and very well known. They have heard of the infamous caning. Thing they the only know about. His career came after that. He came back in 1859 and the het important part was when becomes a dedicated advocate for civil rights laws. He was contradictory and ordinary. He was arrogant and most of his colleagues hated him. He has left a Lasting Legacy that i think is quite profound. He was from a different perspective. In 1969. He was probably the most effective minority leader weve ever had. This is the time of heavy party dominance. He managed to shave every bill that came through. He was entertaining and clownish. The voters loved him. Behind the clown was this very serious legislator. He just had endless la
Clearly, it can happen very rapidly and we need to be aware that. Ctly i dont want to go further on that. They are not the only threat that we face on iran and syria. Suggestshe evidence [indiscernible]. I wonder what preparations we have taking place. Know they are already attacking the allies we are supporting, what Additional Support are we offering . Well, this is one of those most extreme hardline groups and it emerged in syria in 2011 and it is probably the strongest a cube franchise globally. A has its stronghold in province and it is certainly a spoiler in the political process in syria and it might represent it which becomes might represent a petri dish. Significantt, a portion are syrian focused that provide a wider wrapping to those much more specifically a qa aligned forces that might 48. A qition aligned forces that might harbor ambition. Small a potentially a potentially small element of British Foreign fighters associated with it, the specifics are unclear. To strategy i
This historic beautiful nation of 9 11. There is a double standard with respect to that, we dont need another clinton in office i dont have any party affiliation, but we do not need to have somebody who supports terrorism, has terrorism back on our end, commits lives with benghazi and other situations, we just cant deal with it. This country is too beautiful, my parents were thickly hear from the country of macedonia, they were able to live, my grandparents came with nothing, this beautiful country is to be great again and no party affiliation, we cannot have another clinton in office. It is ridiculous in the serving people were innocent. We decided to bomb them. If you for policy was molly, it just not happen. Have aou particular call great evening. Next up is bill, democrat. Democrat. Ways voted just want to say i support hillary in 2008. However, i do believe she is a crook like donald trump says. Donald trump it out to shutout to you because you are doing a pair broadcasting. A lot
Each week american artifacts takes viewers into archives, museums and Historic Sites around the country. Next, we tour some of the oldest rooms in the u. S. Capitol with senator mitch mcconnell. We hear about the Historic Events that occurred in what is now the Republican Leaders suite, the very rooms that, early in the 19th century, hosted the u. S. House of representatives, the u. S. Senate and the library of congress. Senator mcconnell recalls his own political career and the historic moments in which he participated. We are in the United States capitol in the senate wing and about to be given a tour of the Senate Majority Leaders Office by the majority leader himself. Thank you, senator mcconnell. Where are we in the capitol right now . We are actually not in the senate wing which is just further down. Were in the main capitol, the government came down from philadelphia in the summer of 1800 and the capitol looked quite different at that point. The two wings were added right before
Republican leaders Conference Room and his private office, and he recalls his own political career and the historic moments in which he participated. We are in the United States capitol in the senate wing and about to be given a tour of the Senate Majority Leaders Office by the majority leader himself. Thank you, senator mcconnell. For your graciousness in opening up to this week. Where are we in the capitol right now . We are actually not in the senate wing which is just further down. Were in the main capitol, the government came down from philadelphia in the summer of 1800 and the capitol looked quite different at that point. The two wings were added right before the civil war during the 1850s. But this particular space, like every space in the capitol, has its own history. And we do know that during that general period, they began to develop what subsequently came known as the library of congress in this particular space. Its been the office of the republican leader of the senate, w