group opposed to president reagan s foreign policy. in 1998, there were two capital policeman shot and killed at the capitol. there have been those instances over time. and yet, the capitol has remained remarkably open building. senate historian emeritus don ritchie and race mock ray smo ck on history of the house and senate, its leaders and prominent events, tonight at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span s q&a. recently, american history tv was at the organization of american historians annual meeting in st. louis, missouri. we spoke with professors authors and graduate students about the research. thi interview is about 15 minutess. you are a lecturer in history in american studies at the university of tennessee in knoxville. your panel at the organization of the on capital punishment in the 19th century south. how common were executions? bob hutton: executions nationwide were common. in certain rural areas, they were relatively seldom because people did not like t
yesterday. features today, the picture not much better. 108.5 sans the dow futures. again, even your bond market signaling slower growth ahead. they talk about an agenda and jeopardy down in d.c. global market action you can see across the board in europe. ftse 100 in england the biggest losers they are. asia overnight declines across e board. shanghai in custody in south korea. communicate down more than 1%. in the meantime, an emergency landing in washington. passengers warned to brace for impact upon landing at after the plane had occurred. cisco announcing more layoffs over 1000 jobs will be unpacked it. companies warning of another decline in revenue. wal-mart will be a key factor watch today. first quarter results over the opening bell comes amid a record in season for retailers so far. shockey is. chris cornell, the front man for soundgarden and audio slave dead at the age of 52. shocking death comes hours after cornell was performing in detroit. so much going to cover
this sunday night at 8:00 eastern, we will look into the personal lives of two first ladies from 1850 s. jane pierce and harriet lane. jane pierce loses her son and a tragic train accident. grieving, she does not attend her husband s inauguration and spent much of her time in the white house writing heartbreaking notes to her son. orphaned at a young ancient harriet lived with her uncle and later became s hostess at the white house when her uncle becomes president. 8 p.m. eastern on c-span s original series first ladies, examining the public and private lives of the first ladies and their influence on society from martha washington to michelle obama. also, you can see c-span s book, first ladies. it is available online and where books are available. recently, american history tv was at the annual meeting in st. louis. we spoke with professors offers, and graduate students about the research. this interview is about 15 minutes. you are a lecturer in history in americ
counterpart. polk besides he has to accept the treaty because there is no longer congressional support. he writes in his diary about it saying the probability that congress would not grant man or money to prosecute the war and i might lose new mexico and california. to conclude here, did the antiwar movement achieve its goals? certainly not. henry clay wanted the united states out of mexico without taking territory. i do not know if it was an extremely realistic position but it was clay s session. did the anti-way position. did the antiwar movement and the war? i think it forced him so i think you can say it ended the war. it did limit the territorial acquisition. had polk been allowed to continue fighting mexico would have been forced to give up more land will stop mobilized to the public land. it mobilized to the public in support of bringing a war to the close for the first time. it is important to recognize that antiwar movements existed in the past, they can work,
to his charity, and it all began with one simple story. it s a beautiful story, and it s a lie. we wanted to talk to mortenson about that and some other things, but he didn t want to talk to 60 minutes. steve kroft. nice to meet you. how you doing? thanks. got five minutes for us today? um. [ticking] we wondered how the man who could whistle up a corporate jet on a whim. let s rock. or throw a $2 million birthday party was doing in his reduced circumstances. what s it like to go from king of the world to prisoner number 05a-4820 serving 8 to 25 years behind bars? in my wildest imagination, when i would project myself into my late 50s and early 60s, where i would be or what i would be doing, if i make a list of 100 different places or 100 different things, here would never make that list. welcome to 60 minutes on cnbc. i m morley safer. in this edition, we look at stories of crime, punishment, and what money can buy. first, the high-stakes world of ja