crisis itself in october, 1962. that will pick off a little bit where we left off in the last class. the last class we talked about july 26, 1953 launch of the revolution, the communist revolution in cuba. and that was when fidel and a force of 100 to 200 rebels launched an attack on the army barracks in santiago, cuba. 15 years in prison, so less than a year in prison, 11 months altogether. with that, he was on the run, he was in exile. he went to mexico. his brother, raul, as well. they would eventually come back and try to recommence the revolution, taking over in january, 1959. that is about where we left off. one thing i didn t mention the last class, but you re going to read the article on this, it s the herb matthews piece in the new york times. if you have not read it yet if you have, you have probably been shocked, right? by this article, you are thinking what is this? what is this piece? herb matthews was a reporter for the new york times. he wrote a february 24,
think you re going to have another election in this country if you don t have one where we win. certainly not one that s meaningful. more rhetoric by donald trump over a rally in ohio over the weekend. we ll bring his incendiary remarks straight ahead. and it comes as mike pence takes a stand against his former boss. we ll show you what pence said about his former president and january 6th. and, meanwhile, president biden s campaign is reporting one of its strongest fund-raising months in almost a year. we ll look at what s driving the large hauls of campaign cash. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, march 18th. we hope you had a nice st. patrick s day. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us. and we begin this morning with a race for the white house where donald trump delivered another divisive speech over the weekend, this time while stumping for an ohio senate candidate. just outside of dayton, the 2024 republic
crimes in the january 6th attack on the capitol on his first day in office. going to work with the this sunday, trump s promise. donald trump vows to free those charged and convicted of crimes in the january 6th attack on the capitol on his first day in office. going to work with the people to treat those unbelievable patriots as mike fence says he won t be backing him in 2024. i will not be endorsing donald trump this year. i will talk to bill cassidy of louisiana one of the serve republicans who voted to convict donald trump. plus, growing frustration. senate majority leader chuck schumer calls for new leadership in israel warning prime minister netanyahu is an obstacle to peace. netanyahu coalition no longer fits the needs of israel after october 7th. this is unprecedented. you should not feel fellow democrats this way at all. is israel s relationship with the u.s. in danger? i ll talk to democratic senator ben carden of maryland the chairman of the house f
it did not go well. a bunch of them, a bunch of rebels were killed. fidel was actually sentenced to 15 years in prison for that. did not quite serve 15 years in prison, so less than a year in prison, 11 months altogether. with that, he was on the run, he was in exile. he went to mexico. his brother, raul, as well. they would eventually come back and try to recommence the revolution, taking over in january, 1959. that is about where we left off. one thing i didn t mention the last class, but you re going to read the article on this, it s the herb matthews piece in the new york times. if you have not read it yet if you have, you have probably been shocked, right? by this article, you are thinking what is this? what is this piece? so herb matthews was a reporter for the new york times. he wrote a february 24, 1957 front page piece for the new york times. major, major, major piece. and books have been written about this. herb matthews and the york times and what it did with fid
history tv. all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. to join the conversation, like us on facebook on c-span/historyhistory. each week, relel america brings you films of the past. up next, the entire 26 minute meet the press interview from 1965. mr. brooks: this is ned brooks inviting you to meet the press. meet the press is a public affairs presentation of nbc news. mr. brooks: our guest today on meet the press is dr. martin luther king, jr., who led the civil rights march from selma to montgomery, alabama. dr. king, who is the winner of the nobel peace prize, is president of the southern christian leadership conference. he is in san francisco, where he delivered a sermon this morning for bishop pike at the grace cathedral. our panel of reporters is in washington, d.c., and we will have the first question now from lawrence e. spivak, permanent member of the meet the press panel. mr. spivak: dr. king, former president truman was quoted by the a.p. as saying that the march