Tom and then you see the parsing of debate between ed morse of citigroup and Dennis Gartman of the gartman letter code right now we need to get to our news from our desk. Here is vonnie quinn. Vonnie it is chaos for house republicans. They now have no clear leader and they have to raise the debt ceiling within four weeks. Kevin mccarthy took himself out of the running yesterday. Kevin mccarthy if we are going to unite to be strong, we need a new face to help do that. The conservative caucus did not want him to become speaker. John boehner was planning to leave at the end of the month, but he will stay on as speaker until a successor is chosen. Russian says some missiles are not reaching their targets in syria. Rockets fired from russian ships in the caspian sea hit iran. Insident obama will be oregon today to meet with survivors and relatives of those killed in the campus shooting last week. Not everyone is pleased about the visit. The region is rural and conservatives. The region is r
And also with that we have [laughter] we have a commentary on the constitution of the United States, two volumes. This is gorgeous. And also what we call the familiar exposition of the constitution of the United States by the joseph story, and with all modesty i must say it has a foreword by me. [laughter] [applause] now if youll join us all, and we have in the foyer we will have a reception where you can personally meet the judge, but before we leave i just want to thank you again personally for being with us for all youve done for the law, and particularly for being with us tonight. Thank you very much. Thank you. [applause] [inaudible conversations] we take you live now to the National Press club for remarks from Veterans Affairs secretary robert mcdonald. You will be speaking today but efforts to improve medical care and other services for veterans. Secretary mcdonald has been on the job for just over 100 days. It took over the department after former secretary Eric Shinseki retire
Professor dirck argues that prior to his presidency lincoln was very much a typical american. he also spoke about lincolns interactions with both slaves and White Supremacists and how attitudes changed during the era. This class is about an hour. We are dealing with the american slave system in roughly 40 years time, called the antebellum period, leading up to the civil war. This is when american slavery is in its heyday. This is when more americans are making more money off the forced labor of africanamericans than they ever have before. And economist who studies this, the amount of wealth from cotton exceeds every other investment in america. Hans of money has been made off the cotton empire. And we see how americans have gotten into the cotton empire with the invention of the cotton gin, americas transition from agriculture to cotton agriculture. If there is one thing i want you guys to get out of this class slavery is not just a southern history topic. It is an American History top
Our experience to come in was different than any other family. Probably will never happen again in history. We took a picture of the family behind the oval office desk. That night we did not get to move into the white house because nixon had left so quickly, so unexpectedly, they had left their daughter and soninlaw to pack all of their clothes and belongings. We had to go back to our little house in alexandria, virginia, suburbia the neighborhood surrounded by secret service. We have been living there as dad was Vice President. I will never forget that. Mom was cooking dinner. We were sitting around the dinner table and moms cooking dinner and she looked over at my dad and she goes, gerry something is wrong here . [laughter] steve you just became president of the United States and i am still cooking. Literally, dad would commute to the office every day, which was the oval office. We got there a little different way than the rest of the family did. Jenna . Jenna we got there a little b
In lincolns republic, there was in principle no one but fellow citizens all the way up in all the way down. Lincoln knew his physical egalitarianisnm, immersing himself in crowds in richmond put them at risk for being targeted by anyone willing to exchange is alive his own life for the president s. That price he was glad to pay it made him unconcerned about the possible threats to his life. Lincoln was thinking on april 14 then, according to schuyler colfax, was that he would continue embracing popular republicanism, as his chosen way of life. We have arrived at our third witness to what lincoln was thinking on april 14, secretary of the navy Gideon Welles. Who attended the threehour Cabinet Meeting on april 14 between 11 00 a. M. And 2 00 p. M. Naturally, the president and his colleagues, including their special guest, general grant were all feeling chipper that day, still reveling over all of the good news received from virginia since the fall of richmond on april 3. Those present re