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And on that day, in that moment, he needed a favor. he was trying to get something done for his district in georgia and he needed help with getting it through the senate. now, i was ready to do whatever he asked for before he said a word. the bridge he was beaten for trying to cross, the bridge that he eventually successfully crossed with martin luther king, jr., was named and is still named the edmond pettis bridge. edmond pettis was born in 1821 into a wealthy slave owning family. he became a ...

The bridge he was beaten for trying to cross, the bridge that he eventually successfully crossed with martin luther king jr., was named and is still named the edmond pettis bridge. edmond pettis was born in 1821 into a wealthy slave owning family. he became a decorated confederate general in the civil war and then became the grand dragon of the alabama klu klux klan. university of alabama history professor john gigi says -- >> if edmond pettis had still been alive and in command of the alabama s...

Back of the book segment tonight, watters world. we hope everybody had a nice thanksgiving. its a great american holiday in honor of giving thanks, we asked jesse watters to go to plymouth, massachusetts where the pilgrims landed in 1620. ♪ ♪ >> what year was the first thanksgiving? >> 1642. [ buzzer ] >> 1621 somewhere around there. >> around 1821. [ buzzer ] >> last thursday of november, right? >> sure. >> what countries did the pilgrims come from? >> denmark, i believe, am i right? [ buzz...

Positive much more willing to be practical. its a pretty ugly business right now. i am not saying woe is me dont get me wrong but there is not a level i wouldnt subject to my family. thats my life. i think people kind of appreciate that. i am sorting that out. >> we will sees what he is saying. >> plymouth rock is an important symbol in history. jesse waters went to find answers about holiday history. didnt go so well. >> what year was the first thanksgiving? >> 1642. >> around 1821. >> last thu...

Back of the book segment tonight, watters world. we hope everybody had a nice thanksgiving. its a great american holiday in honor of giving thanks, we asked jesse watters to go to plymouth, massachusetts where the pilgrims landed in 1620. ♪ ♪ >> what year was the first thanksgiving? >> 1642. [ buzzer ] >> 1621 somewhere around there. >> around 1821. [ buzzer ] >> last thursday of november, right? >> sure. >> what countries did the pilgrims come from? >> denmark, i believe, am i right? [ buzz...

Leave any time we want, so were kind of thinking about that again. [ laughter ] >> at one point, what is now texas was part of france. at another point in history, it was part of spain. from 1821 to 1836, it was part of mexico. it was mexican texas. texas was then its own country for a little bit less than a decade before texas ultimately became an american state. but, say, just for the sake of argument, that pseudosecessionist texas governor rick perry got his way and texas decided to go back t...

Leave any time we want, so were kind of thinking about that again. [ laughter ] >> at one point, what is now texas was part of france. at another point in history, it was part of spain. from 1821 to 1836, it was part of mexico. it was mexican texas. texas was then its own country for a little bit less than a decade before texas ultimately became an american state. but, say, just for the sake of argument, that pseudosecessionist texas governor rick perry got his way and texas decided to go back t...

>> at one point, what is now texas was part of france. at another point in history, it was part of spain. from 1821 to 1836, it was part of mexico. it was mexican texas. texas was then its own country for a little bit less than a decade before texas ultimately became an american state. but, say, just for the sake of argument, that pseudosecessionist texas governor rick perry got his way and texas decided to go back to one particular era of texas good old days. back to the country it used to be p...

President to officially start a term on a sunday which messes up inauguration plans in washington, the answers are james monroe and ronald reagan. the first time the inauguration date fell on a sunday was the second was monroes second in 1821, and the most recent in 1985. president obamas second inaugural will fall on a sunday which means he will take an oath and well do it all for the public the next day. if you have a political trivia question for us, e-mail it to us. well be right back with p...

We asked who was the first president and the most recent president to officially start a term on a sunday which messes up inauguration plans in washington, the answers are james monroe and ronald reagan. the first time the inauguration date fell on a second was monroes second in 1821, and the most recent in 1985. president obamas second inaugural will fall on a sunday which means he will take an oath and well do it all for the public the next day. if you have a political trivia question for us, ...