Counterbalance to the reconstruction dominance of the republican government. She also says that they are lasting symbolism for american culture, and far outweighs the actual numbers. This hourlong talk was part of a symposium hosted by the vermont humanities council. This afternoon, im supposed to talk about why cowboys mattered in the postwar years. They mattered more than perhaps anything else. As an example. Com i want to show you some images of reconstruction and ask you how many you know. I would suggest that probably very few of you could take rebels out of a group. Shortly after the civil war, he died, so you may not know one. How many of you would know red cloud . There you go. He was so important after civil war. He was the most important indian at the time. If you came off of boat from europe, within two weeks, you would know who red cloud was, however he has largely been written out of American History. You may have a shot at recommending to the b anthony but you may not. Th
This is the cbs morning news for thursday, april 9, 2015. Forecasters are warning about tornadoes and high winds. Residents got a preview wednesday as Severe Weather lashed the plain states. A huge funnel cloud over 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 slammed into his windshield. It left cracks in the windshield like 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 struck in a parking lot is hospitalized in severe condition. We saw quite a bit of Severe Weather on wednesday and ill be tracking all of this east as we head into thursday. Low pressure moving toward the great lakes. A lot of warm, humid air moving through the southeastern states. A clashing of air masses producing thunderstorms as we head through thursday and friday as well. Heres a look
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Thank you and with that can i ask members of the body to join me in thanking joshua muravchik. [applause] he will be outside at the table if you want to buy books and i think we should also have some sandwiches out there in the atrium. Thank you. My book is an intimate portrait of Israeli Society in israelpalestine, the single state under one discriminatory regime area and at the culmination of a transitional phase that began after the crushing of the second intifada with the rise of what israeli planners called hebrew for separation and bears eerie resonances of the term apartheid which means separateness. This is manifested in the separation wall which cuts deep into the west bank which was built in the words of netanyahu to prevent spillover. Its manifested inside israel as im going to discuss what it also led to a psychological transition in Israeli Society and a the political transition which has resulted in, which seems to be a a permanent rightwing majority at least permanent ri
Relationship with president obama, and her own president ial aspirations. And date with destiny . Hes ready to run. Hes ready to rock n roll. Were track side as California Chrome makes his final preparations at the Belmont Stakes and his shot at the first triple crown in 36 years today, friday, june 6th, 2014. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a friday morning. This is an important day in world history. Its not an overstatement to say this generation of soldiers who stormed those beaches at normandy saved the world. Thats right. It is our top story today, those events marking the 70th anniversary of the greatest military invasion in history. President obama and other World Leaders taking part in an emotional gathering in normandy this morning. Nbcs Brian Williams and tom brokaw are there. Well talk to them coming up. But well begin with nbc National Correspondent