Power and the election of ronald reagan, probably those who remember, or those who read, know that on november 4, 1979 in tehran, as a result of the seizure of the embassy , 60 american hostages were taken diplomats, they were released, released to america on november 4. Falls a few minutes later as reagan takes the oath of office. For a long time everyone broke their spears, what happened that on november 4, in exactly one year, they were captured, life will take us through a famous military operation, which was called the plate of rice, it was also called the eagles claw, it had many names. Where the Carter Administration simply failed and within this operation they asked the military to cancel it, although 10, i think 10 soldiers died, a lot of equipment was lost, but after a few minutes, as soon as reagan was inaugurated, the hostages were released, what happened when they asked president elect royld reagan, what are you . Did what you did so well achieve results quickly, he
Kevin obviously today were going to talk about the 1960s. Stephen stills wrote it. Crosby stills nash and young. It talks about he wrote the song after a protest. It they put a law on how long people could be outside of bars in los angeles. All of the young people protested. I dont want to go to edit 10 00. I want to party at the whiskey a go go. The cops came, they beat some heads. There was a protest. Stephen stills writes this song all about the contentious nature of the 1960s. The thing about that song as a key protest song, you nice know it all. It was written 40 years ago 50 years ago. The thing about that song is its not so much a protest song im right and youre wrong but it is about look at whats happening to our society. Battle lines being drawn. Whos right when everybodys wrong. Its a key song of the 1960s. Not because its a good lefty song or a good conservative song, but because it talks about the rise of this contentious nature that we know of as the 1960s. There are a lot
Was a of the people 14yearold boy. [indiscernible] thehe guy who appeals to confederate officer to spare the boy, that was the guy who got unlucky numbers. Yearold boy go. [applause] you are watching American History tv, all weekend every weekend on cspan3. To join the conversation, like us on facebook. Illinoisversity of professor Kevin Schultz talks about the politics of 1960s and what freedom meant to different groups. Including students, women, africanamericans, and latinos. He describes how the goals of these groups are often at odds with the federal government. Minutes. Es about 15 50 ultz obviously today were going to talk about the 1960s. Stephen stills wrote it. Crosby stills nash and young. It talks about he wrote the song after a protest. They put a law on how long people could be outside of bars in los angeles. All of the young people protested. I dont want to go to bed at 10 00. I want to party at the whiskey a go go. Right . The cops came, they beat some heads. There was
To join the conversation, like us on facebook. Week, american artifacts takes you to museums and Historic Places to learn about American History. The heurich house was built by Christian Heurich, a german immigrant who started a successful Brewing Company in 1872. Today we tour several rooms in that mansion, also called the brewmasters castle, to learn about the heurich family. This is the first of a twopart series. This is the home of Christian Heurich, washington, d. C. s most important brewer. He was a philanthropist, and he also was the largest employer during his lifetime. He lived to 102. When he died he was still operating his brewery, he was the oldest brewer in the world at that time. We are standing at his Dupont Circle mansion which was really his i have arrived statement after he made it in america and built up his brewing empire. This was built between 1892 and 1894. It was a technological innovation of its time. It had all of the latest and greatest in it. He lived here w
In fact, the countrys ambassador to the uk is saying they wont be pardoned or released before he completes his 15year sentence of hard prosecutors will seek the Death Penalty against dzhokhar tsarnaev. U. S. Attorney general eric holder cited the cruel and cut a trip short after nearly 700 true and passengers got sick once again. Hard to keep all of them straight. President obama speaking to jake tapper in his first interview since the stun address. The commander in chief promises twout will be a year of action. And hes moving forward with or without congress chl the president revealing his plan right here on cnn. Talking about it, the anchor of the lead, jake tapper. Your last name should be french. Its not. Its not. I have to say ive been covering president obama since he was senator obama. And youve had several interviews with him. I was covering him on the campaign trail. There was a time after he clempled enough delegates. June 2008. He clenched enough delegates. And he talked abo