A boarding house near the legislature building. And putnam came to him. Putnam was old enough to have been his father, came up to his room and said youve got to get up out of bed because were going to cast the vote today. And he said i cant. He said youve got to. So he did. Some people say he was carried in on a stretcher. I found no proof of that. In any event, he got to the legislature. He gave a powerful speech, and he voted. And the measure to introduce slavery into ohio and thus the whole Northwest Territory was defeated by one vote. [applause] and yet nobody has ever heard of his name. [applause] people have said to me, if you had put this in a novel, your editor would say no, this would never happen in real life. It did happen in real life. And we should know about that and know about him and hes the one who did more than anybody else to get education passed by the Legislature Later on providing School Public schooling public learning all the way through the university of ohio.
Here is a little damp and cold, we just drove back en route to from williamstown, massachusetts. So our first snow of the year in, of all places, the top peaks en route to in the berkshires, in the town of wait for it, florida and florida, mass situations. I always thought that was some kind of a joke. But anyway, it gets the first snow. This year and just a little harbinger of things to come and not enough to make the roads impassable, which will happen later on in the year. But anyway, i want to first thank a couple of folks who are here to thank our friends from cspan, who are going to be recording this for future use on television. Thank Rachel Hobson from the library, who was here making sure everything is set up properly and and most importantly, thank chris meyer, who is the sponsor of this series, a member of our board and a longtime member of the wellesley historical society. And also, just so you know, there will be refreshments. Youre after the talk by tom paine, although ma
The republicans plan. There was a vote expected today. This being the oneyear anniversary of the a. C. A. , the current obamacare law. No vote though came through today for republicans. They could not muster the votes that they needed between republicans in the house and the white house. And we wanted to get your phone calls, your reactions to what happened in the house today. Or for that matter, what did not happen. Phone calls, phone numbers for to call for democrats host House Republicans, their caucus is expected to meet in a little over half an hour. Then were going to take you live to the floor of the house tonight, 8 00 p. M. Eastern. They will be having some votes, procedural votes, but not on the measure itself. House expected to be in session tomorrow. And of course thats friday. To work on the measure, possibly voting on the measure tomorrow as well. A look at some of the numbers here. How House Republicans are planning to vote on obamacare replacement. This is from the New
Election if his loses to Hillary Clinton. We will get response and air more from their showdown in vegas. Mr. Trump john podesta said you have terrible in stinks. Bernie sanders says you have bad judgment. I agree with both. Mrs. Clinton should ask who Bernie Sanders is supporting for president mr. Trump which is a big mistake. Mrs. Clinton youre the most dangerous person to run for president in the modern history of america. Amy we will get response from dr. Jill stein and then bring you a debate between the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist chris hedges and Princeton University professor eddie glaude, about how progressives should vote in november. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Donald trump and Hillary Clinton squared off at the third and final debate at the university of nevada in las vegas wednesday night. In one of the most extreme statements of the night, donald trump said he might not accept t
The election, donald trump refuses to say whether he will accept the results of the election if his loses to Hillary Clinton. We will get response and air more from their showdown in vegas. Mr. Trump john podesta said you have terrible in stinks. Bernie sanders says you have bad judgment. I agree with both. Mrs. Clinton should ask who Bernie Sanders is supporting for president mr. Trump which is a big mistake. Mrs. Clinton youre the most dangerous person to run for president in the modern history of america. Amy we will get response from dr. Jill stein and then bring you a debate between the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist chris hedges and Princeton University professor eddie glaude, about how progressives should vote in november. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Donald trump and Hillary Clinton squared off at the third and final debate at the university of nevada in las vegas wednesday night. In one