In the mid1940s, if you had asked who is the bright star in american politics, on a national scale, someone who will be governor or president , a lot of people would have said it printed ed pritchett of kentucky. He worked in the white house in his early 20s. He came back to kentucky in 1940s and was indicted for stuffing a ballot box. He went to prison. So that incredible promise flamed out. We also visit ashland, the former home of senator henry clay. The mansion at ashland is unique. His original home had to be torn down and rebuilt. It fell into despair and couldnt be saved. So what we have is a home that is essentially a fivepart federal style home, with italian details and architecture. Plus an added layer of detail by his granddaughter. See all of our programs from lexington today on cspan3. Each week, American History tv rings archival films that help to tell the story of the 20th century. The American Revolution bicentennial commission was authorized by a joint resolution of c
The fighters take off first to form cover, then the bombers heavy laden with distraction. Destruction. As our first fighters race towards marcus island, they stay low. Then they climb suddenly and dive, is apprised strafing attack. These red balls are antiaircraft fire. There are three times as much of it as we can see. They are tracers from our own wing guns. The antiaircraft fire is much heavier than expected, but through it we go. We are looking straight down our own gun barrels. These pictures are taken automatically by the same mechanism that operates the guns. They even shake as the gun recoils. The eye is the eye of our fighting aircraft. The enemys supply ships are thoroughly strafed. They are no longer bringing , sake, and munitions to markets. As the fighters and bombers swing away from marcus island, columns of smoke show that thorough job our boys have done. Aboard ship, they are tracking flowers with care to make sure that no enemy planes are trying to follow them out to o
Some of this work will be solemn. Some will be festive because the 200 day of our country should be at once a joyous celebration and a solemn rededication. Members of the American Bicentennial Commission and representatives from various states gathered at the white house at the invitation of president nixon. They heard him charge them with the responsibility to not just move forward in reaching for material goals, but to move forward also in the realm of the american spirit as we enter century three of american life. The president said as all of you know, we are gathered in this Historic House for an opportunity that comes to a people once in a century the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the United States, which will take place in 1976. We are starting to plan now. We have representatives not only from the federal government that from most of the states of the nation here, to plan for the celebration. I would like to speak to that subject very briefly, to speak to it in perhaps
Each week, American History tvs reeel america brings you archival films that help to tell the story of the 20th century. The American Revolution bicentennial commission was authorized by a joint resolution of congress to prepare an Overall Program for commemorating the 200th anniversary of the United States. The commission was asked to plan, encourage, develop, and coordinate observances and activities commemorating the Historic Events that preceded and are associated with the American Revolution. It will give special emphasis to the ideas associated with the revolution and its implications for future generations. The commission itself is composed of 17 public members appointed by the president. Eight congressional members, four each from the house and senate, and 11 members who are secretaries of various federal agencies. The commissions charter is broad. The responsibility is great. The bicentennial is more than a ceremonial occasion. The way that we as a nation choose to celebrate t
Submitted to the fda came from hundreds of patients. If you had used ten patients, its like studying twins in a way because its all the same disease. So if they had used ten patients and given a kind of conditional approval, then everyone would have gotten the drug a lot faster possibly. So things like that, you know, could be in the are in the works. But its difficult to get them working. Jessica, youve outlined the fda is coming up with a new designation, a breakthrough designation status which really fast tracks drugs perfectly. It puts the companies in contact with the data and helps them shepherd it through very quickly. But these Breakthrough Status are for these targeted drugs meaning with cml the package actually is about a thousand patients. But the response we got in the first hundred was the same we got in the last hundred. And so the reality is if we could have taken that first hundred and had a breakthrough designation status, we could have had this on the market in a year