The man who didnt get it, charles hughes, Supreme Court justice, all but won the election in 1915. In fact, when president Woodrow Wilson went to bed the night Election Night, he thought he was beaten. If he would have been elected how American History goes in several different directions, on suffrage for women, civil rights. What does he do on Foreign Policy . Germany baited us into war. Hes the one you could write novels about. Charles evans hughes who is on the Supreme Court and then left the Supreme Court when he ran for president and then went back on the Supreme Court. One of the finest minds on the court. Fellow justice called Charles Evans hughes, the greatest in our great line of chief justices. Why hughes . Robert jackson provided part of the answer when he was attorney general. Jackson said that hughes, quote, looks like god and talks like god, end quote. 1916 footage of charles hughes, that years president ial nominee campaigned soon after the Republican National convention
Pushing prosecutors to charge protesters with a rarely used not in portland and the new world best in athletics swedish ball valter Mondo Duplantis smashes a 26 year old wrecked. Thank you for joining us we begin with a warning from the World Health Organization over what it says is an alarming surge in coronavirus cases in europe something it says should serve as a wake up call the number of cases has now passed 30000000 worldwide the United States is the worst affected country followed by india and brazil but as we mentioned its once again spreading in europe theyve been more than 300000 infections say in the past week the w. H. O. Is edging countries not to call cut quarantine periods warning that could waste the sacrifices being made at the British Government has admitted Testing Capacity there is unsatisfied at the battery for some london. Newcastle northeast england major city and now part of a huge region on the new covered restrictions from friday more than 1500000 residents ca
Contained but the smoke isnt going away yet. You can still smell it in the air. Good evening. Im frank somerville. And im jewel jul. Experts tell us the longer the exposure the more potential for damage. We have Team Coverage tonight. Chief meteorologist bill martin is tracking the smoke and where its the worst. First, its ktvus Jana Katsuyama with the prolonged effects andesh poseur. Reporter julie, they say that smoke particles can inflame the lungs even in healthy peoplement and air quality told me today they might have to extend the spare theair alerts through the week. Reporter smoky skies have hovered over the bay area through the weeks. In the north bay and santa cruz and east bay. Our house smells like smoke and my husband insists that we close the windows instead of letting in the cooler air. You can still smell the smoke now. Reporter the bay area air Quality Management district sparetheair alerts have been extended to tuesday, a record 15 days. Thats one more day issued in 2
I had been looking for a way into the Kennedy Administration for sometime. Artists maybe to believe, but one of the most seminal days of my life was november 22nd, 1963, one as an eight year old i learned of the assassination of president kennedy. It isnt unusual for someone like me or any of my generation to remember where here she was, but it did seem to me like to change something. It develop for me a fascination. As i grew up, my friends were interested in captain cook and the final frontier. And i was interest in jfk and the new frontier. Through my career as a journalist, as a student before that, i had been looking as a washington correspondent for away as well for way into the kennedy. Story of course colin there, were a monumental biographies. There were heavy memoirs, there were academic studies, there were scarcely a part of jfks legacy that had not been dissected and inspected and examined. But i wanted to see if theres an i wasnt sure if there is nothing new to say. When i
Many aspects of daily life. That includes food, socializing and science. The u. S. Capital Historical Society provided video of this event. Today is the inaugural scholar series. We thought we would start with our own. Hes really one of the nations finest scholars on the First Congress. And the early period in the development of our country. We have been fortunate to have chuck as part of the u. S. Cbs society team for five years prior. Prior to that he was working on the First Congress program. He has put together a very imaginative presentation using primary sources like letters of the times. Where people wrote to one another about the science, the food, the culture and the back and forth that made early days in washington. That being said, we invite you to stay with us for your questions and answers. Chuck will do his presentation and i will work through the questions. We have a couple of questions. We may be able to do a couple of questions during the presentation, but the majority