Us from history books as the great compromiser. During his 49year political career, clay served as secretary of state, speaker of the house, and as a u. S. Senator. And he was a contender, making sure president ial bids including the election of 1824. 1832 against Andrew Jackson, and 1844, when he ran against james k. Polk. Tonight we are on location at ashland. Henry clays home in lexington, kentucky. For the next 90 minutes, we will explore the life and legacy of this man. Unsuccessful in his long quest for the white house, yet having an outsized influence on American History. We are in henry clays parlor. Let me introduce you to jim klotter, 25 years now as kentucky state historian. Jim thanks for being with us. Glad to be here. Why henry clay . Why is he relevant to americans living in our time . Think a couple of counts. First of all, his famous counts, i would rather be right than be president , still speaks to us. Its a clarion call to people across whatever were during. Whether
Ashland. Henry clays home in lexington, kentucky, and for the next 90 minutes we will explore the life and legacy of this man, unsuccessful in his long quest for the white house, yet having an outsized influence on American History. And we are in henry clays parlor r parlor right now. Let me introduce you to jim plotter, historian. Thank you for being with us. Good to be here. Why is he relevant to americans living in our time . On a couple of accounts, his famous quote, i would rather be right than be president. Its a call to people whatever were doing, which is to do the right thing. In a sense, politicians need to remember the country and sacrifice for the country and i think that is still something that we need to remember, as well and the man known as the great compromiser, and a man that forges these compromises that not only kept the nation together, but were constructive and those are the kinds of things we need to remember about henry clay as well as the things that he did in
in the united states and around the world. i m alex marquardt in washington. and i m anderson cooper on the canadian coast. a new mission to investigate the debris of the imploded submersible. the company under intense scrutiny, as we re learning about early warnings that the sub might be unsafe. cnn s new reporting on the special counsel s january 6th investigation. sources revealing that at least two fake trump electors were given limited immunity in exchange for their grand jury testimony. and the chief of the wagner private military group makes a powerful claim, accusing leadership of killing a huge amount of its mercenary force, describing its actions as evil. we ll break down what this could mean for russia s war in ukraine. you re in the situation room. we are coming to you live from canada, st. john s, newfoundland. this is a key staging ground for the investigation of the deadly submersible. many critical questions remain unanswered, as a new mission is und
the same robot that found the titanic sub is back at the wreckage site, the lead starts right now. what went so tragically wrong? causing the implosion that killed five people on that v voyage. first on cnn, a new mission today for that remote vehicle that discovered the sub debris. plus, a cnn exclusive. fake electors compelled to testify. as a special counsel investigation looking in efforts to over turn the 2020 election heats up. and in the shadow of trump, 2024 republican hopefuls converge on a conservative conference and try to separate themselves on one of the most divisive issues of this election cycle. welcome to the lead, i m abby phillip in for jake tapper here in washington. and i m anderson cooper in saint john, newfoundland, where the sub started one week ago today. this afternoon the canadian government is announcing it is launching an investigation into the implosion of the sub which killed all five people on board. mothership is set to arrive in