This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening and thank you so much for joining us. Were going to begin tonight with breaking news. President trump says he is commuting the prison sentence of Rod Blagojevich, freeing the former illinois governor and apprentice contestant from federal prison. Blagojevich was convicted in 2011 for trying to sell Barack Obamas senate seat to the highest bidder. And the president isnt stopping there. Hes also pardoning bernard kerik, whose spectacular fall from new York City Police commissioner and cabinet nominee ended in prison time for tax fraud and other crimes. All in all, the president issued four commutations and seven pardons, including one for 1980s junk bond king michael milken. Weijia jiang reports tonight from the white house. Rod, youre fired. Reporter former illinois governor Rod Blagojevich lost Celebrity Apprentice but won his freedom back today when President Trump commuted his 1
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The northeast. So on the far left one of the earlier monopoly players was rex tugwell. He later joined fdrs cabinet but was also a teacher at columbia and in the center you have ernest angel who was a National Chairman of the aclu. He had been playing the game here in new york and his son roger angel is a writer for the new yorker if youre a great narrative sports journalism fan. Scott nearing plays the game, he was a professor at wharton who was involved in a very important Academic Freedom case. Some consider him to be the father of the green movement, so he was far ahead of his time on that one. He probably would have gotten a kick out of brooklyn. Art and delaware is a single tax colony where the arden, delaware, was frequented by upton sinclair, and his house in arden was called the jungleo which is a ridiculous pun because his book was called the jungle, and there was this salacious sex scandal that took place. It was played at wharton, harvard, it was played everywhere. So in 19
December of 2014. You can watch this and other programs online. On booktv any event from the museum of American Finance on the origins of the board game monopoly. Mary pilon, author of the monopolists obsession, fury, and the scandal behind the worlds favorite board game refuge the commonly held history by the dms manufacturer parker brokers that an unemployed salesman sold the idea of smallcompany in 1935. What the plan is the history of the gate and opened up to questions and answers but we are not just yet during and getting insight on what you find useful. This is the cover of the book. Monopoly as we know it today, and houses and mr. Monopoly, if you talk to them say Parker Brothers which is now owned by hasbro, for years this story, this gentleman went to the game at the height of the Great Depression and in america one of americas darkest hours egos to his basement and innovates and makes this game and put Atlantic City properties on it as an homage, and here is the regional mon
In the military because someone is looking at Something Else and they are making a decision based on their own understanding of race still anxiously part of this. So he is sent to the old west, this is 19 is there in the 1940s. Basically this is a moment where they are priding themselves over 100 years of being this really why university and here is kerry murphy and hes having the time of his life, he is dancing with white women, he is running on the track team and he even participates in a protest against Theodore Bilbo who was the fanatic segregationist to calm the cutest bear. I think that part of it was in 1944 and 1945. You know he is described by people as being arrogant, a loud talker, its not like you trying to keep a low profile. Hes like ,com,com ma i am here, im going to have the time of my life as a student at ole miss. Interestingly when James Meredith tries to integrate old men. Saying that they are fighting a battle but they have no idea that they lost and they have grea