The most intelligent president s we have ever had. I mean, he is up there in the top half dozen. And when we go through his life, by the end of it, or the middle of it, youre going to start laughing because youre just going to say no, that cant be, he cant be that good in that field, its just not possible. And then well find something else. And youre going to say, no, he is just incredibly bright. And the hope for his presidency was enormous. And so were going to discuss an absolutely brilliant human being. I was chatting with a friend before. And he asked me if i thought garfield was the most intelligent. Its i dont know how you test Something Like that. Its not as if you give president s iq tests. Its a lot easier with things that are easy to measure. Tall and short. I mean, we all know that madison was our shortest president , lincoln was our tallest president. Thats easy. I dont know how you know who the most intelligent. Certainly the two adams, jefferson, madison, lincoln. Garfie
They are weighing new investigations. A record turnout in hong kong as prodemocracy looks set for big gains. It is the first opportunity for hong kongers to vote after months and months of violent protests. Paul lets get you across some breaking news on the bloomberg terminal. Carl icahn is said to seek control of occidentals board. He plans to nominate 10 directors in an attempt to seize control of the u. S. Oil and gas producer. This is according to people familiar with the matter. Is said to be looking to seek control of occidentals board. We will bring you more details on that as we get them. For now, trading has begun here in australia. Lets take a look at how we are tracking. Currently higher by just over. 1 . We have a staggered open here in australia. Stocks coming online in alphabetical order. We are currently in the as. The one we are really looking forward to is westpac in the ws. This packet slipping about 7 in the last week on the back of this Money Laundering scandal. 4 o
To have actual images of when i give a talk. This is something of a departure for me. Heres how the structure is going to work. Im going to give very brief introductions for the four people who are sitting here at the table with me and ill do all of them at once. And then im going to go in the order in which these images are going to appear and have each of our Panel Members talk about why they decided to be part of this project. And why they selected the image that they selected. Theyll talk for a little while about the image and then well see where the conversation goes after that. Youll be able to have questions. Let me introduce everybody up here. Ill start with carol riordan, the professor of American History at penn state university. Carol and i taught together there for a long time. Shes the author of a very important book on civil war memory, the military side of it. With a sword in one hand, the problem of military thought in the civil war north. And shes a coauthor with tom v
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a bright and beautiful teen invites a friend to sleep over. the next morning, she s dead. oh, my god! i don t feel a pulse. what in the world happened? how could this be? turned out this was no ordinary slumber party. we know from their phones that this was a planned event. they had discussed it. they took pictures. stories surfacing of a dangerous experiment. the main purpose of having the sleepover was to try it. an experiment that just might tempt other teens. we know it s entered our high school. why the clues in this mystery could save a life in your family. you have a lot of people watching dateline that need to talk to their kids. welcome to dateline. parents always worry there are so many dangers out in the world a teenager can face. but at a slumber party in your own basement? how could something deadly have found its way there? taken a bright, talented girl. and could it happen in your town, to your child? here s kate snow with one small d