Narrative sweep of the civil war and only 50 objects . About when i was asked to undertake the project for the Historical Society and that was a lucky day for me. Threemember we got to see arrayed befores us on a conference table and the Historical Society. That was a matter of picking representative objects which stand in for a big history of the civil war, item by item, personal story by personal story. It was remarkable at the end that we constructed the history of the war from the Abolitionist Movement to the 13th amendment which abolished slavery. And it was great fun to work with you on that project. Yes. Our topic this evening as fighting slavery, the bumpy road to black freedom. This evening we will be looking at three objects related to the topics and theyre all paperbased objects. Petition to Abraham Lincoln for the recruitment of black troops. A broadside by Frederick Douglass. And a sketch, the arrival of slaves to chickasaw bio. Bayou. Petition toe is a ever handling and f
For a larger historical. Arrative so for those of you who missed last weeks program, lets talk for a moment about this the , civil war in 50 objects . How did it come about, and how effective do you think it is in conveying the narrative sweep of the civil war in only 50 objects . When i wascame about asked to undertake a project from the historical society. It was a lucky day for me. Someemember, we got to see of the objects only from the conference tables at the historical society. It was a matter of picking representative objects which, as you say, stand in for the big history of the civil war. Story bytem, personal personal story. Valerie it was wonderful to work with you on that project. So our topic this evening is fighting slavery, the bumpy road to block freedom. We will be looking at three objects but speak to the topic. Objectre all paperbased. The 1862 petition to him lincoln , and a veryside small sketch of the arrival of Jefferson Davis to the chickasaw bayou. They are our
Millions of immigrants to illegal status to this country. The action is expected to explode within days or hours of the decision. It is a time of conflict and troubling time and important time to follow what is going on most importantly the facts of each issue. Even as people see the manners of historic importance the devil will be in the details especially for those trying desperately to find the ground of truth that lies in the middle. Democratic from massachusetts and republican from north carolina, the cosponsor of the legislation, north dakota. Let me start with you. You are a cosponsor of the bill. Why is it so important to the country that we have this pipeline completed . Its about energy. Its about jobs. Its baseball Economic Growth and an energy plan for the country which is a National Security issue. The American People support this project. Every time it is polled 60 to 70 of the American Public says build the pipeline. How many permanent jobs . The state Department Says ab
The big fights are on the immediate horizon. The president expected executive order and welcoming perhaps millions of immigrants to illegal status to this country. The action is expected to explode within days or hours of the decision. It is a time of conflict and troubling time and important time to follow what is going on most importantly the facts of each issue. Even as people see the manners of historic importance the devil will be in the details especially for those trying desperately to find the ground of truth that lies in the middle. Democratic from massachusetts and republican from north carolina, the cosponsor of the legislation, north dakota. Let me start with you. You are a cosponsor of the bill. Why is it so important to the country that we have this pipeline completed . Its about energy. Its about jobs. Its baseball Economic Growth and an energy plan for the country which is a National Security issue. The American People support this project. Every time it is polled 60 to
Their party. Obamacare on life support while President Trump delivers the death blow to the Affordable Care act. More on all of those in a moment. We begin this hour with the iran deal just days after President Trump threatened to pull out of the gaemt if Congress Fails to fix serious claws. The Trump Administration sending out its big guns to defend the decision. Take a listen. If we cannot see movement, if we dont see some encouragement that well begin to address these then theres no reason to stay in. Its not that were getting out of the deal, were trying to make the situation better so the American People feel safer. Irans foreign minister spent two years bringing the deal to fruition. Whatever the white house says, iran is going to stick by the nuclear accord. This is not a bilateral treaty between iran and the United States. So whatever domestic politicking he wants to do, thats his business. I want to go now to nbc correspondent in tehran whose talking over these talks and the d