This. That was independent candidate ross perot during the second of three residential debates in 1992 talking about the u. S. Debt. The alexion biz the taxes businessmen won 19 of the vote. He ran a second independent president ial campaign in 1986. Tonight, he is our focus on the contenders. Thanks for being with us. We are doing this series as a way to look at American History through the lens of president ial candidates who failed in their quest for the white house but had an impact on American History. Ross perot is our final 14 people we are profiling. Tonight, joining us for our discussion is historian and biographer Doug Brinkley. As a person who has done a number of powder fees on 20thcentury political figures, what interest you about ross perot . He has a pioneer spirit in him. He harkens back to the 19th century. He is not politics as usual. He cares about the country. Patriotism has become a cheap word. Ross perot is a super patriot. He is less interested in money and polit
Some ople asking if amazon is a monopoly. The question for the democracy is, are we okay with one company essentially winning capitali . How do you and jeff think about the call to break you guys up . Simply because the companys beenes suul doesnt mean its somehow too big. Narrator now on frontline. Domination was very much the idea. Narrator amazon empire. Frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. And by the corporationor public broadcasting. Major support is provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. T and Ford Foundation working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. Additional support is provided by the abrams foundation, committed to excellence in journalism. The park foundation, dedicated to heighteublic awareness of critical issues. The john and helen glener family trust. Supporting trustworthy journalism that informs
Fellow, a prestigious position. He has been using items to investigate the origins of the militaryindustrial complex through wartime and immediate postwar, meaning postworld war ii, evolution between Scientific Research, industry and National Defense. Advised congress on defense issues. I was a colleague of his at crs for several years, he did things in connection with things i knew, a whole range of things, defense production act, appropriations, and he does many more things at crs. Degree in Political Science from George Washington university, and as many of you know, he is the author of numerous reports on defense, trade and security. This project is the latest example of the work undertaken by staff fellows showcasing their knowledge and passion of their areas of expertise. Gift left byd by a the late john w kluge. Nearly 100 scholars passed through the center each year. It is our honor to have dan with us the bulk of the last year. Please join me in welcoming dan. [applause] danie
Weekend on cspan 3. To join the conversation, like s on facebook cspanhistory. Filmmaker and author john wilingman discusses his book how filmmakers reimagined america which explores the history of nonfiction films and television from late 199 century edson films to 21st century reality tv. The pur bank Public Library hosted the event and the video is provided by the burbank channel. I just wanted to say thank you all for coming. Im hubert cozak of the Library Staff and tonights program is part of a series of programs that the library presents from time to time on topics related to the film industry. Sometimes we take a look behind the scenes at how films in a specific genre are made or explore how a particular movie was made and we did it recently, for example, with queens of animation and the look at the making of chinatown just a few weeks ago now. Tonight were presenting a program on the craft and varied history of documentary filmmaking. And the spring we hope to present a program
So as a forecaster when you have to cover for that cover storms into the 5 00 a. M. Forecast, you have to get up really early. It is really challenging. Sometime some time ago, i read erik ons storm larsons book. It is a remarkable account of the worst National Disaster in history, the galveston hurricane of 1900. The book brings to life america at the turnofthecentury and the destruction of the city, at the time the jewel of the south, the new york city to be of the gulf coast. Author joins us here today and brings to life human drama, survival from a massive hurricane that slammed galveston almost 100 years ago, coming up on september 8. Given that it is the 100th anniversary, this is the great time for us to look back on the tragedy in the nonfiction andunt of erik larson the nonfiction account of erik larson. Before i introduce him, i want to discuss the anatomy of hurricanes, how we go about cutting it forecasting, and i want to step back in time to show footage taken after the da