Tweet us. Join the cspan conversation, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. Since 1985, John Douglas Hall has been portraying president james madison. He has been in mount vernon, montpelier, and gatsbys tavern in alexandria, virginia. Next, to mark the 200 anniversary of the signing of the treaty of ghent by the president ending the war of 1812, the Octagon Museum hosted an event. Using his 30 years of experience researching and portraying president madison, mr. Hall discusses popular opinion of the time and the origins of the world 1812 or it this event is about 30 minutes. Good day to all of you. I am pleased to welcome friends here to the home of the which we have been occupying since last weve been here since february september. Of 1815, certainly in anticipation of great alterations to national circumstance. This is well to be evidenced. I find that, from time to time as president there is a necessity of explanation to the American People. As the circumstances press forw
Not just a southern thing. Omaha, nebraska. St. Louis, chicago, illinois. All erupted in race riots. Millions of workers, about 4 million workers are going to go on strike in 1919. And this wave of labor unrest then fed into this conservative mood. It seemed to spark hysteria. This is a time when we are dealing with the red scare. The red scare with the bolshevik revolution being so fresh, that americans now determined that perhaps bolshevism had come to the american shores and were undermining the capitalist system as we speak, right . So in this climate there is a very harsh reaction to labor unrest in 1919. There were accounts of violence that seemed to be tied to the labor unrest. The u. S. Post office during 1919 intercepted dozens of bombs that were being mailed to prominent americans. They did not intercept all of them. One of them blew up on the front door of mitchell palmers house. Mitchell palmer was the attorney general of the United States. Heres the thing about the red sca
Its thursday, june 19th, 2014. Good thursday morning. Im richard lui. Its just after noon in iraq at this hour, and the region is reacting to president obamas impending decision on military action. One of the key bases, the u. S. Could fly from is in turkey. Its Prime Minister warning just this morning u. S. Air strikes would result in a serious number of civilian deaths, something washington does not want. Nbcs tracie potts joins us now from washington d. C. Whatever the president does, he says he is willing to go it alone. Reporter we heard democrats and republicans coming out of the Leadership Meeting with him saying the president does not think that he needs to go back to congress to get approval if he decides to take military action in iraq. Reporter u. S. Navy planes and drones are flying over iraq this morning gathering surveillance. Its not as easy as looking at an iphone video of a convoy and then immediately striking it. Reporter the white house says president obama is still
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Quickly moving into san jose, the Santa Cruz Mountains we have had reports of hail and some brief downpours and snow in the Mount Hamiltonmount diablo area and one Lightning Strike east of fremont. As you look here the cold is settling in. Another freeze warning for the santa clara valley. 2 00 a. M. To 8 00 a. M. Freeze damage to crops and sensitive plants. Light purple and bay shoreline under a frost advisory. Temperatures in the low to mid30s. Ill be back to show you exactly how low the temperatures will drop and how long the chill will president could. Your weekend forecast is coming up. When it gets this cold it is tough on pets, plants and people. For most it is uncomfortable, but for some it can be dangerous. Alan wang is live in berkeley with a look at the consequences of the cold. Alan . Dan, it may not freeze out here tonight, but some people have a lot at stake so they are not taking any chances. It is good to get lower side of leaves as well. Thats where most of the leave o