Be a hell of a place to its going to change a lot of girls lives because we and in in in theres some phenomenal women out there just for someone to reach out to, you know. So thank you all for coming. I mean, if anybody has another question or something, they want to ask me. We all can go home or every every day, everybody good . All right. Is books outside . Everybody. Elizabeth williamson who has family in the area i just learned has written an incredible book and has come to wisconsin to talk to us about sandy hook. I dont that sandy hook has a topic needs introduction though having been in the news more and more often over the last couple of weeks just means that ive been reliving and also celebrating the fact that elizabeth is going to be here to talk to us about it. This book is so important it is not just to look at a tragedy is look life after a tragedy and how people and communities recover from one experience one and where we go. Id like to turn it over to elizabeth williamso
Beneath these sand dunes lie 18 billion barrels of oil, more than four times the proven reserves of alaska. And its costing billions and billions to tap into it. With all the talk about kicking our addiction to foreign oil, the kingdom of saudi arabia is doing everything it can to keep the oil age going. Let me be blunt is it your hope to prevent a switch away from oil . Somebody said the country is the oil business. I mean, you absolutely need to do this for your own survival. And whats wrong with that . [ticking] when the u. S. Oil companies came here in the 40s and 50s, the americans moved into the area with their families and developed it to suit their tastes and their way of life. They created a replica of american suburbia. Today you could be in the outskirts of houston or los angeles. Its almost like its an enclave within saudi arabia. Itsdifferent from the rest of the country. Yes, thats true, because very different. It kept a lot of the american ways. Yes, of course. But block
The book, we decided this is getting very serious. We know im going to be called on this because of my background in making movies. This was part fiction, part fantasy, but we decided to go ahead and go with this book. Peter took over the book. I was running the film, and we were crossbreeding all the time and checking each other constantly. But i took about four and a half, five years now. Thats where we are today thank you that was pretty thorough. We have been friends for the altered since 1996. Then we decide record to go ahead with this project. Ive had a sabbatical, thought it was going to be a 60 minutes documentary. Now a 10 adversaries. What i thought was going to take one semester ended up taking four years, four and a half years so its been a big project. Its important for us to have the book because i was surprised how Little Information you can convey in a 60 minutes documentary. In each episode. The book, an 800 page book, we cut out 200 pages to get down to 800 page it b
theme music playing what are you doing . Looking at you. What for . Because i like it. You nearly gave me a heart attack. Makes us even then, doesnt it . cause you almost gave me one last night. Youre in a weird mood. No, im in a really good mood. So while it lasts, why dont you get up, go and buy some clobber, get your hair done and ill take you somewhere nice for lunch later . What is all this . To tell you the truth i dont really know what it is. I just woke up. I looked around. Then i looked at you. And i felt really good. Simple as that. Oh, jake, have you met dannys new friend . Whats your game . Dont follow ya, bruv. Then again, i dont really need to ask, do i . cause thats all you do these days play stupid games. No. Still dont follow ya. Danny, you walked away from the club again last night. So . Have you completely lost the plot . Johnnys going to go ape. A few hours after getting your job back, you lose it again. Ruby was being mugged. You think thatll impress johnny . This
I want to make it as exciting as it can be. History is an interesting subject. We want to report what actually happened. You cannot just except what is handed down. This is the key to the whole series, is to find out how we got to where we are. It is a great, great story. That was the trailer for the untold history of the United States. It will air on monday evenings at 8 00 p. M. And is available on demand. Oliver stone joins us here in new york, and we are joined by his coauthor, peter. We welcome you both to democracy now. Oliver stone, you have been working on this for years, and be announced to people. Why . It was apri big job for need. I have been working on it for four and a half years. I recently discussed wallace and the bomb at one of his glasses and we ended up talking for about an hour, hourandahalf. Wallace was a key to the link would we have dropped the bomb . That is the origin mess. Still my daughter, in a good school, a private school, is learning that we dropped the