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for this portrait by thomas aiello and thomas aiello, one of the great american portrait artists, the 19th century. and he was also known to flatter his subjects. so if you to have your portrait done, you would probably want solely your artist. now, we want to remind our viewers about the book america's collection that just came out because i'm seeing something that reminds me of that. well, they are a pair of vases that made in paris for the american market and americans absolutely loved porcelain. in fact some of our first presidents would go to france to choose their service for their dining room table and remind us about america's collection. america's is is our book. the first one in 20 years. and we are so excited that is finally out that at all the artifacts up here in the museum. absolutely including some of the pieces we have here. that's with eagles. why eagles? it's an interesting time period you think of after the revolution, americans began to embrace national symbols, not merely in their ideas and in their writings, but rather in their interiors. and here we have a coupl
for this portrait by thomas aiello and thomas aiello, one of the great american portrait artists, the 19th century. and he was also known to flatter his subjects. so if you to have your portrait done, you would probably want solely your artist. now, we want to remind our viewers about the book america's collection that just came out because i'm seeing something that reminds me of that. well, they are a pair of vases that made in paris for the american market and americans absolutely loved...
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so please join in welcoming talmage boston and evan thomas evan thomas. thank you. brad is a politics and prose the greatest bookstore there is? yes. a dream come true. it's been on my bucket list to come to this store. well, here we are. so you're a big lawyer. why? you become an historian. what happened? i grew up in a history family and from the time i was six and seven years old, which happened to coincide with the centennial of the civil war. there were a lot of documentaries on television, children's books about the civil war. abraham lincoln, who became a hero early on and is still my number one hero. and through the years, i kept reading, as brad mentioned. my first two books were about baseball history. and then after finish the second one, i realized i'd written about everything in baseball that truly interested me. i was ready to move on, so the next book was on legal talking about abraham lincoln, the lawyer atticus, who was really harper lee's father, james baker, leon jaworski. people like that. but increasingly it's been more and more the focus has be
so please join in welcoming talmage boston and evan thomas evan thomas. thank you. brad is a politics and prose the greatest bookstore there is? yes. a dream come true. it's been on my bucket list to come to this store. well, here we are. so you're a big lawyer. why? you become an historian. what happened? i grew up in a history family and from the time i was six and seven years old, which happened to coincide with the centennial of the civil war. there were a lot of documentaries on...
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well, thomas jefferson. and he as he's of coming up with the idea for west point and the idea for this train corps of engineers. also is talking to a little guy, no offense named napoleon about this. louisa can a territory that exists to the west of the limits of american expansion right to the west of the mississippi river. remember we'd had that proclamation line of 1763 and the americans very quickly been like, yeah, we're going past by this point. they reached the mississippi saint louis is becoming a prominent river town. remember that at end of the revolution, the british and, the americans agreed to unimpeded of the mississippi. they would share that river. well, france is on the other side and france is in possession. this territory of louisiana, which basically hugs the mississippi from its headwaters in minnesota to where it discharges in the gulf of mexico, at the city of, new orleans and france wants to get rid of it. it is bogged down in a series of wars. the european continent. france doesn't h
well, thomas jefferson. and he as he's of coming up with the idea for west point and the idea for this train corps of engineers. also is talking to a little guy, no offense named napoleon about this. louisa can a territory that exists to the west of the limits of american expansion right to the west of the mississippi river. remember we'd had that proclamation line of 1763 and the americans very quickly been like, yeah, we're going past by this point. they reached the mississippi saint louis is...
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justice thomas? justice thomas: robinson actually included a crime of, as i read it, either to use rcotics or to be addicted to the use of narcotics, and the court was concerned about being -- the status of being addicted to the use. is there a crime here for being homeless? msevangelis: no, there is not. chief justice roberts: justice alito? justice alito: robinson presents a very difficultonptual question. do you thinkhasomeone who is a drug addict is absolutely incapable of -- that all peoe o are drug addicts are absolutely incapable of refraining from using drugs? ms. evangelis: well, i think that for some, that may be true, and for sorhaps they can abstain. but that's a question of free will and agency that's true every law and what conduct we choose to regulate. that's a -- justice alito: all right. then compare that with a person who absolutely has no place to sleep in a particular jurisdicon does that peonave any alternative other than sleeping outside? msevangelis: so i think we'd have to as
justice thomas? justice thomas: robinson actually included a crime of, as i read it, either to use rcotics or to be addicted to the use of narcotics, and the court was concerned about being -- the status of being addicted to the use. is there a crime here for being homeless? msevangelis: no, there is not. chief justice roberts: justice alito? justice alito: robinson presents a very difficultonptual question. do you thinkhasomeone who is a drug addict is absolutely incapable of -- that all peoe...
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. >> us ambassador to the united nations linda thomas-greenfield discussed diplomacy at an event by the strategic and international study center. she talked about increasing us engagement to build long-term relationships with pacific island nations, meritorious services stability and how the united nations and congress can support programs in the region. this is 50 minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> good morning, good afternoon and welcome, see where i've been sleeping all day. good afternoon, we are delighted to have you here and it's a real privilege to welcome ambassador thomas greenfield and just a word of introduction, charlie is going to do that. i want to say i'm glad to see all of you here and when i was talking with charlie i thought having a program on a monday afternoon about pacific islands, would we get anybody to come and he said yeah, people are interested and i'm most impressed that you, ambassador are so interested. let me say a word of welcome to joann, assistant commandant for policy for the coast guard. the assistant secretary for insular
. >> us ambassador to the united nations linda thomas-greenfield discussed diplomacy at an event by the strategic and international study center. she talked about increasing us engagement to build long-term relationships with pacific island nations, meritorious services stability and how the united nations and congress can support programs in the region. this is 50 minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> good morning, good afternoon and welcome, see where...
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that was the the socialist cover back norman thomas. norman thomas. so he delivered newspapers for the hardings newspaper, the marion star. now, he also had many mistresses and some of them obeyed his caution that when he wrote them letters, they were supposed to destroy them all. but one of tm did. woman named keri phillips, and she saved the letters. and later, as indeed when he was running for president, she blackmailed him with the knowledge of her husband, who who knew all along what had been going on between harding and so another safeguard he had was to make a coal card that he sent her. that's a couple of pages long. but they were the code was to do, for example, the most notorious example was he called his --. jerry in the letters. so after he died, the, the whole story of the letters is rather long and checkered. but it wound up in the hands of the library of congress. and they finally got permission to publish the letters a few years ago. and those are ones that we some of the some of the ones we don't we don't give them all. and we don't h
that was the the socialist cover back norman thomas. norman thomas. so he delivered newspapers for the hardings newspaper, the marion star. now, he also had many mistresses and some of them obeyed his caution that when he wrote them letters, they were supposed to destroy them all. but one of tm did. woman named keri phillips, and she saved the letters. and later, as indeed when he was running for president, she blackmailed him with the knowledge of her husband, who who knew all along what had...
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adams, abraham lincoln gore vidal, and now thomas jefferson in his masterly pen. kaplan offers us a biography of thomas jefferson by giving an english professor's kind attention to jefferson's written words. jefferson only published one book in his lifetime notes on the state of virginia. but, of course, jefferson wrote consul treatises like a summary view of the rights of british north america legal briefs, memoranda the declaration of independence, and above all letters, thousands of them, which kaplan calls among his most powerful and revealing writings throughout his masterly pen, kaplan brings a skilled biographers attention to how jefferson reveals himself through his writing, often without without intending to, as kaplan says of notes on the state of virginia. it's a book about jefferson partly because jefferson did not want it to, a book about himself. the jefferson we meet here is not surprisingly learned and forceful. but kaplan also shows this jefferson as a writer who's often evasive with holding anxious self-pity and inconsistent, eager to shield hims
adams, abraham lincoln gore vidal, and now thomas jefferson in his masterly pen. kaplan offers us a biography of thomas jefferson by giving an english professor's kind attention to jefferson's written words. jefferson only published one book in his lifetime notes on the state of virginia. but, of course, jefferson wrote consul treatises like a summary view of the rights of british north america legal briefs, memoranda the declaration of independence, and above all letters, thousands of them,...
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memorials to thomas jefferson, franklin d roosevelt and martin luther jr stand on its banks. the tidal basin started as an engineering project, but has also served as a swimming hole, a protest ground and scene of a political scandal. national mall and memorial communications chief met us on site to talk about the area's history and famous japanese cherry trees. we are at the edge of. the tidal basin in washington, d.c. home to the world famous cherry trees which blossom every spring. well-known to washingtonians, people across, the country, and in fact, people across the world. but had you been here before 1890 or so? we would be in the middle of the potomac river. this area has evolved over the years. there's always been an element of recreation out around the tidal basin. but with passing of time recurring, fashion has become much more important than initially was. now, as early as 1890, there was an established swimming area around what we know today as the tidal basin. with the planting of the cherry trees originally in 1912, that really created interest and tourism and
memorials to thomas jefferson, franklin d roosevelt and martin luther jr stand on its banks. the tidal basin started as an engineering project, but has also served as a swimming hole, a protest ground and scene of a political scandal. national mall and memorial communications chief met us on site to talk about the area's history and famous japanese cherry trees. we are at the edge of. the tidal basin in washington, d.c. home to the world famous cherry trees which blossom every spring....
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so back to thomas kanza. so he he's a fascinating figure and wrote this wonderful memoir in the seventies he had studied at harvard he met eleanor roosevelt there and he was lumumba's ambassador to the u.n. and how old 26, i think all right. all these people were in 20, 30 years. lumumba at this time was 34. okay. i'm 40 now, and i have not yet run a country. you would be the grand old statesman. exactly. it's politics and and yeah. thomas kanza was, you know, endlessly frustrated with his friend lumumba was an ally of his. but lumumba sort of rubbed a lot of people the wrong way. he was impulsive somewhat erratic, but he was also dealing with a fast moving and lots of, you know, various plots against him. right. and then talk about a couple of other figures, kasavubu, for example, tell us a little bit about him. so he was congo's. so lumumba was prime minister. kasavubu was president. he was older. he was taciturn and silent and not a man of action, but much more a wait and see and stand back and make his na
so back to thomas kanza. so he he's a fascinating figure and wrote this wonderful memoir in the seventies he had studied at harvard he met eleanor roosevelt there and he was lumumba's ambassador to the u.n. and how old 26, i think all right. all these people were in 20, 30 years. lumumba at this time was 34. okay. i'm 40 now, and i have not yet run a country. you would be the grand old statesman. exactly. it's politics and and yeah. thomas kanza was, you know, endlessly frustrated with his...
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right now, that's thomas. so he has that he has. preeminence in questioning to go first and all of that so there are some ceremonial aspects he leads something called the judicial conference and, calls it every year to an annual meeting that he holds that helps direct administrative stuff in the court. and he's the court's chief administrator and those things come up relevant to this in two ways. one, you saw that when that alito leak went out of his draft opinion. they all got mad as hell and they said, we're to investigate this. the chief justice said, i've the marshal to investigate this. so he clearly demonstrated his belief that he had the power to order an investigation. and what i've been asking him and telling him and indeed told him at the last judicial conference meeting, which i get invited to, not his favorite invite, i'll tell you, is, okay, now that you establish the proposition that you can order investigations into matters, investigate what thomas knew and when he knew it about his wife's activities, the insurrection
right now, that's thomas. so he has that he has. preeminence in questioning to go first and all of that so there are some ceremonial aspects he leads something called the judicial conference and, calls it every year to an annual meeting that he holds that helps direct administrative stuff in the court. and he's the court's chief administrator and those things come up relevant to this in two ways. one, you saw that when that alito leak went out of his draft opinion. they all got mad as hell and...
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tom thomas hazlett. well this does take us back and the comments of henry goldberg are quite well informed. he was there, by the way. i'll just say not all of the panelists were there during the during the nixon administration. but if i had been eligible vote, sure, i would have been happy, participate. but the the comment that struck me too is that what a mess was in 1969. at the same time, there no question that the united states was far ahead of other country. and one of the ironies here is that, yes, there were a lot of challenge in the us and we knew it. we knew things weren't working as they might. had a lot of opportunities that we were not taking advantage of. but you look the world and there was no model nobody was doing it better. in fact, all our peer countries were were lost in state monopolies. so you go to the british telecom or ntt in japan, deutsche telekom. these were countries that not only had monopoly, they had monopolies and no chance to jump ahead and to competitive world. given the
tom thomas hazlett. well this does take us back and the comments of henry goldberg are quite well informed. he was there, by the way. i'll just say not all of the panelists were there during the during the nixon administration. but if i had been eligible vote, sure, i would have been happy, participate. but the the comment that struck me too is that what a mess was in 1969. at the same time, there no question that the united states was far ahead of other country. and one of the ironies here is...
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well, the reason michael and i used thomas paine as an inspiration in the book and thomas paine in 1775 wrote a pamphlet called common sense, and it was a time when he was actually reaching out to the his fellow. they weren't citizens yet. they were settlers, i guess they were was the the. the actual existence of the united states. and he was calling out a question for know for folks. and he was saying, look, we a choice to make. we can either continue to be subjects of a monarch and just have, you know, few or no human rights own little and and really just by the by just, you know, fates born into a royal family and they only control me. and i'm you know, i get to in the case of my ancestors, you know, just work the land and maybe keep to survive. and the rest of what we they produced went to you know, went to the royal manor, so to speak, or we could be citizens and with that came a whole list rights, right? that we could, which became known as rights in our declaration of independence. in other words, you're born with it, you have the same rights as the king or the queen. and and you
well, the reason michael and i used thomas paine as an inspiration in the book and thomas paine in 1775 wrote a pamphlet called common sense, and it was a time when he was actually reaching out to the his fellow. they weren't citizens yet. they were settlers, i guess they were was the the. the actual existence of the united states. and he was calling out a question for know for folks. and he was saying, look, we a choice to make. we can either continue to be subjects of a monarch and just have,...
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. >> madam president thomas majority leaders recognized by. >> at a moment i will ask unanimous consent to allow for skdebate time. to allow for republicans to offer and have votes on trial resolutions and allow for republicans to offer and have votes on points of order. so i ask unanimous consent senator lee be recognized to offer a resolution the text of esther is 624 the full senate trial. senator cruz would be recognized to offer resolution as the text of s resin 622 the trial committee. there then be up to 60 minutes of debate on the resolution concurrently and equally divided between the two leaders or their designees. following that use or yielding back of that time the senate vote on or relation to the resolution and the order listed with no amendments to the resolution and order. further following the tidisposition of the trout resolution they are not agreed chto comment senator schumer as designee be recognized to make a motion to dismiss the first article of impeachment. the motion be subject to only seven points of order. there be up to 60 minutes of debate concurrently equa
. >> madam president thomas majority leaders recognized by. >> at a moment i will ask unanimous consent to allow for skdebate time. to allow for republicans to offer and have votes on trial resolutions and allow for republicans to offer and have votes on points of order. so i ask unanimous consent senator lee be recognized to offer a resolution the text of esther is 624 the full senate trial. senator cruz would be recognized to offer resolution as the text of s resin 622 the trial...
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kelly did, an engraving called the sheridan's ride and it's actually named after a poem written by thomas buchanan read. and there was a famous now you got to remember this was a time in american history young young schoolchildren had to study and, memorize poetry and recited in the classroom. well, probably the most popular poem of the day was sheridan's right. and you'll see the painting over there on the wall of the author of that poem is also the painter, and that's thomas mchenry's painting of sheridan's. right. well, when kelly was drawing this his version of sheridan's right. his father just commented and say, well, the poem says that as they make a statue one day of that event. and i wonder going to be the sculptor to create statue. and kelly said, may, i'll do it. yes, sorry. and that was kelly's very first attempt at sculpture. you'll see on the table there is a copy of kelly's statuette bronze of general sheridan at the of cedar creek. it was a very popular bronze. it was in the window of tiffany's in manhattan and a young college student was walking past tiffany's window, and
kelly did, an engraving called the sheridan's ride and it's actually named after a poem written by thomas buchanan read. and there was a famous now you got to remember this was a time in american history young young schoolchildren had to study and, memorize poetry and recited in the classroom. well, probably the most popular poem of the day was sheridan's right. and you'll see the painting over there on the wall of the author of that poem is also the painter, and that's thomas mchenry's...
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thomas, specifying no mention of jenny, of course. this is serious. by shrouding in clubby secrecy judicial colleagues' violation of judicial disclosure laws, judges may also be covering up crimes, a problem reaching well beyond internal business of the judiciary. plus covering up crimes is just a bad look for judges. so to the straight stick how other government offices have been treated when the unreported gifts come to light. if it is the judiciary's position that issueries are subject -- judiciaries are -- i would like to hear them say that outright. but if the standard for justices is not lower, than these cases are very relevant comparisons. to keep it simple, today let's just compare cases involving nondisclosure of free gifts, of vacations, event tickets, lodging and travel, like those gifts which thomas and or alito received from wealthy donors. in 2016, the government accepted a guilty plea from the resident agent in charge of a mexico dea field office. the dea agent had failed to disclose gifts of private air travel provide
thomas, specifying no mention of jenny, of course. this is serious. by shrouding in clubby secrecy judicial colleagues' violation of judicial disclosure laws, judges may also be covering up crimes, a problem reaching well beyond internal business of the judiciary. plus covering up crimes is just a bad look for judges. so to the straight stick how other government offices have been treated when the unreported gifts come to light. if it is the judiciary's position that issueries are subject --...
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thomas you know more about that. >> a gentleman here. the former president became well-known for his criticism of the media. particularly with the failing "new york times." did that have any impact on the reporting or the culture of the media? >> i am happy to take that. i was covering the white house at the time. it was quite interesting within the white house press corps mysense was the president overt and provocative attacks on the press gave the press, they felt, white house correspondents gave them license to take an opinion and take a stand. her trump the right loves to hate the media. it was a wonderful political talking point for him. for the press these guys and that briefing room and everybody else they got enormously famous. the more famous than they had been going in. standing up, talking about the threat how many books did you see come out from him and all these other people? their time covering trump the courage they surged standing up to his bolding with this, that, and the other. there is a mutually beneficial back-and-fo
thomas you know more about that. >> a gentleman here. the former president became well-known for his criticism of the media. particularly with the failing "new york times." did that have any impact on the reporting or the culture of the media? >> i am happy to take that. i was covering the white house at the time. it was quite interesting within the white house press corps mysense was the president overt and provocative attacks on the press gave the press, they felt, white...
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or leah thomas, trans athletes, women, you know, trans women dominating. can any of you name a single other trans woman athlete who who's ever. well, actually, can you name a single other trans an athlete who can name more than two? seriously, look, okay. we got one day before school. all right. all right. so literally person this time, if trans one were dominating sports, don't you think? you'd be able to name more than two, right? i would actually challenge people to name even two non trans women just. women athletes. okay. so do we care about women's sports and we care about controlling women. but so let me bring it to the other point, though, which is so what do we do. i read the book read the book. women could what do we do? so i genuinely believe that education is a big part of. this because it had so many conversations, even good friends and we'll sit down, especially year and not this past year, but the one before that, leah thomas, a swimmer at university of pennsylvania. she swam for three years on the men's team and one year on the women's team.
or leah thomas, trans athletes, women, you know, trans women dominating. can any of you name a single other trans woman athlete who who's ever. well, actually, can you name a single other trans an athlete who can name more than two? seriously, look, okay. we got one day before school. all right. all right. so literally person this time, if trans one were dominating sports, don't you think? you'd be able to name more than two, right? i would actually challenge people to name even two non trans...
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charles story and thomas smallwood ran a successful operation in washington d.c. they both the city in 1843. as the authorities closed in on them. tarry later returned was captured and sent to prison where he in 1846. his place, as we have seen, was taken by william chaplin of upstate new york. one of the driving forces behind behind the attempted escape of the poor. there were other escapes in 1848, near midnight. in early december, the nashville in nashville, tennessee the constable caught richard dillingham as he crossed the cumberland river with three slaves. the 25 year old quaker had been teaching in cincinnati, ohio, at his trial. dillingham admitted his guilt and was sentenced to three years of hard labor in the state penitentiary where he contracted cholera and died in 1850 weeks later. william and ellen crawford escaped from macon. phenotypically ellen disguised as a slave holder traveling to philadelphia for medical reasons. william accompanied her as her slave. they left over the christmas holiday, traveling by train and carriage. the couple it to phil
charles story and thomas smallwood ran a successful operation in washington d.c. they both the city in 1843. as the authorities closed in on them. tarry later returned was captured and sent to prison where he in 1846. his place, as we have seen, was taken by william chaplin of upstate new york. one of the driving forces behind behind the attempted escape of the poor. there were other escapes in 1848, near midnight. in early december, the nashville in nashville, tennessee the constable caught...