But we begin with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Austria welcomes thousands of refugees stuck in hungary. Its the news theyve been waiting for. Theyre finally on their way again. Some arriving by bus, others by foot. This man has traveled all the way from syria with his family. A new apology from hilltryary about the emails. It wasnt the best choice. It would have been better to have two. Marriage licenses are granted for samesex marriages in kentucky while the clerk who refused to honor them spends the night behind bars. They used batons to bash windows and pull drivers out. Thousands of Law Enforcement officers paying their respects for the officer gunned down last week. Darren go forthforth was one of the good guys. They packed their pillows and beat their classmates with it. All that rescuers are working to free a whale from a fishing line off the coast of california. And all that matters. Rafael defeated. I dont think it gets more impressive than that. On c
Of reconstruction. I would suggest that probably very few of you could pick these rebels out of the group. William sylvan died young, so there could be a reason why youd dont William Sylvis died very young, said there could be a reason why you dont recognize them. Red cloud yes, most of you recognize him. He won a war against the u. S. Government, and he had largely been written out of American History. And you might have a shot of recognizing Susan B Anthony or elizabeth caddy stanton. These are not faces that you would know if you think about reconstruction or you think about the reconstruction days. These are people you read about in your textbooks that you dont think about them in popular culture. Lets try this. The marlboro man has been recognized in every single country in the world, and i will talk more about the marble man marlboro man in a moment. The image that everybody in america and most people in the world recognize is the american cowboy. The american cowboy operates fro
Their symbol has far outweighed their numbers, and it was not a viable job. This hourlong talk was part of a symposium hosted by the vermont humanities council. This afternoon i am supposed to be talking about why cowboys mattered in the postwar years. They mattered more than anything else. I want to show you some images of reconstruction. I would suggest that probably very few of you could pick these rebels out of the group. William sylvis died very young said there could be a reason why you dont recognize them. Red cloud, yes, most of you recognize him. He was the most important indian in america at that time. If you came off a boat, you would have known who red cloud was. He won a war against the u. S. Government, and he had largely been written out of American History. And you might have a shot of recognizing susan b. Anthony or elizabeth caddy stanton. But you might not. These are not faces that you would know if you think about reconstruction or you think about the reconstruction
This is the cbs morning news for thursday, april 9, 2015. Good morning. Im alison harmelin. This morning millions of americans in the heartland are under threats of dangerous weather. Forecasters are warning about second day of hail and high winds and strong tornadoes could form in Oklahoma Kansas and missouri. Residents got a preview wednesday as severe storms lashed the plain states. A huge funnel cloud darkened the sky over southern kansas. A tornado was reported just over the state line in oklahoma. Also in kansas, a storm chaser was rolling video wednesday when massive chunks of hail smashed into his windshield. The impact destroyed the glass, leaving cracks in the patterns of spider webs. The rumble of thunder filled the air in dayton, ohio, wednesday as an electric storm lit up the sky. Lightning struck at least one person. A College Student hit in the parking lot is hospitalized in serious condition. Our boston stage says theres more violent weather ahead. We saw quite a bit of
It is enormously significant that the cattle industry and the face of the cattle industry coincided with reconstruction after the civil war. That coincidence has been handed down to the present in our political channel and in the way that we understand american politics, and that is why the american cowboy remains such an incredibly potent image today in American Society. But start with that. We all know the civil war was about the north and south, right . Wrong, it was not about this north and south sides, it was between the north and south but it was about the west. There was the issue of slavery for the dakota territory since the beginning of slavery. It was not a problem until the Louisiana Purchase in 1863. The question with what to do with those western lands, first the Louisiana Purchase, which were divided by the missouri compromise, but that comes a new question in 1850. But then an extraordinary expedition with the land between the treaty of waterloo bay in 1846 treaty of gua