On cspan3. Next, the president of the society of the honor guard, tomb of the unknown soldier, talks about the history of Arlington National cemetery and the tomb of the unknowns. He describes how confederate general Robert E Lees mansion became a Burial Ground during the civil war and discusses the role and creation of the tomb guard and tells stories about some of the notable people interred at Arlington National cemetery. Is a little over 90 minutes. [applause] all, thank you for the invitation and thank you, Jessica Jones were doing the legwork and getting this organized and put together. This is very much we have guys in their 90s, guys in active duty, and females in our society who have guarded the tomb because the tomb was guarded first in 1995 by corporal heather johnson, the first female to walk them at in 1995. The tomb guard badge depicted on case here,d in this this is the second least awarded badge with the exception of the astronauts badge. The astronaut is in the low 200
We will get the latest from investigative journalist Patrick Cockburn and speak with Ghaith Abdulahad, an iraqi journalist working with the guardian to embedded with shia militias fighting the sunnis. Then, a new film is out called kill the messenger. Webb,ls the story of gary one of the most maligned figures in Investigative Journalism. One of the deas most wanted. Brought in thousands of kilos to the u. S. Every day. Jesus. Talks in 1996, gary webb published an explosive series in the San Jose Mercury news titled, Dark Alliance that revealed ties between the cia, nicaraguan contras, and the crack cocaine trade ravaging africanamerican communities here at home. We will speak with veteran , arnalist robert parry reporter who originally broke the story in the 1980s, who devised webb before he published his series. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The first patient diagnosed with ebola in the United Sta
Islamic state remains in control of most of the territory it has seized, and is now threatening to capture the syrian town of kobani, just 6 miles from the turkish border. We will get the latest from investigative journalist Patrick Cockburn and speak with Ghaith Abdulahad, an iraqi journalist working with the guardian to embedded with shia militias fighting the sunnis. Then, a new film is out called kill the messenger. Webb,ls the story of gary one of the most maligned figures in Investigative Journalism. One of the deas most wanted. Brought in thousands of kilos to the u. S. Every day. Jesus. Talks in 1996, gary webb published an explosive series in the San Jose Mercury news titled, Dark Alliance that revealed ties between the cia, nicaraguan contras, and the crack cocaine trade ravaging africanamerican communities here at home. We will speak with veteran , arnalist robert parry reporter who originally broke the story in the 1980s, who devised webb before he published his series. All
Over and so is our feeling for children. I think it is good in the world, there is quite enough to divide people, so we should cherish the language and the emotion that unites us. Jacqueline kennedys 1000 days as first lady was defined by images, young mother, advocate for the arts, fashion icon. Footage of the assassination of president kennedy and his funeral cemented her in the public consciousness. Welcome to the cspan series, first ladies, influence and image. We have two guests at the table, to tell you more about her story. He has a special focus on the cold war era and the Kennedy Administration. Robert parry is a political scientist and as part of the modern first ladies series, he has written the Jacqueline Kennedy biography. Before we get into more details about her white house years, i want to talk about the images of that assassination. Anyone who was alive at that time has those images in their mind. This is a collective consciousness. She was just 34 years old. Just 34 y
We know so much about this story. He was shot and into her arms, for five minutes they were there and she felt that they left the hospital to go back to washington, but they had to do something to make sure that he had the historical reputation. What would a 34yearold woman have sense of that experience . What did she draw from . There are so many Iconic Images together in such a short time. She said when she was young woman, my ambition in life is to be the art director of the 20th century. And she almost turned out to be that. And she felt one thing that would be important for his legacy, as horrible as dallas was, to wipe out the view of that, and having three or four days of ceremony that she wished would be what they would remember, not the tawdry miss of what happened. This is not the first president ial assassination and president president ial widow. As a political scientist you talk about the power of television, how did this work in this case. She wanted to go back to the rig