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Democracy central. thats all right, gcn, that side is actually we do have where the rangers attacked the nazi positions at a particularly really difficult area because of the huge cliffs that were there and the isolationism that reagan spoke, spoke about is really the type of thing that i think affected a lot of the people during the world war ii generation because what they were looking at was they had been isolated because of tendencies in us politics during the 1920s and 30s but then they had...

Died to build, to make it possible for the peace that followed the wake of world war two. what does this anniversary mean in those contacts? >> well, the resolve that was shown by the young men 80 years ago today and they will young man 18, 1920. putting it all on the line for liberation and for freedom and for democracy on a continent that they had never been on before. fighting for these values. i think we can draw strength from from the incredible resilience that they showed. and also show th...

But lets talk about donald trumps base, they have stuck with him, regardless, but he is really using that language, you and i were talking about it this morning, the language that mussolini used, the language that a lot of these dictatorial sorts use about, im here between them and you, i am your adventure, i am your retribution. >> well, and donald trump is not hitler but hitler used the same language and hitler was jailed in the 1920s and exploited that to say that he too, was a prisoner of co...

Felony convictions become president? the constitution contains eligibility requirements but the founding fathers didnt think to block candidates with criminal records. if trump does end up behind bars, he wouldnt be the fun first to run for office while in prison, that was party nominee eugene debs who ran for president in 1920 while serving a federal sentence for encouraging orders to resist the world war i draft. this time the circumstances could not be more different. joining me now is michae...

And had low quotas limiting the number of people allowed from each country and limiting all immigrants except those from western and northern europe. the impact of the bill was extreme. the u.s. saw a sharp decline in immigration, which lasted for the next 40 years. as a professor wrote recently, communities that lost immigrants because of the 1920 quotas received significantly less investment capital from the countries where the immigrants wouldve come from and businesses invest less abroad as ...

Thank you for joining us. for some of our viewers, who are less familiar, can you talk a little bit about the role the leagues played in professional baseball, and why it is such a significant step forward for the sport to have the statistics from that era, officially integrated into the records. >> for the first part, the reason the leagues existed from 1920 until roughly 1960 was because major-league baseball ran a racist operation. they did not want african americans in the game, because they...

As construction crews tore down an old high school building, a school employee alerted them to an engraved cornerstone that read "AD 1920." He was just in the nick of time, and folks are glad to take an unexpected peek back at their local history.

He acted as his own attorney and file the motion to vacate the conviction based on inadequate legal representation. finally, in 20 1920 years after his initial arrest, the first district illinois appellate court vacated his conviction and ordered a new trial, and burrell was finally released on bond but it wasnt until just last month that the prosecution finally dismissed the case, preventing borrell from having to stand trial. again, joining me now, is that man frank borrell and his attorney, d...

Theres broken glass on the sidewalks either from just the force of the blast or the degree that was sent flying. this explosion happened just after 4:00 this afternoon eastern time. the fire department at least initially believes this was a gas explosion. there were dozens of firefighters responded to the area. police have taped it off. a big part of downtown, at least a couple of blocks in each direction. right now we are told 11 people were injured, one critically, another couple in serious co...

Greg gutfeld, do you have any plans in your house?ave >> greg: yeah, actually i have a loo t of plans. i dont water thems f. thats for the wife, as you know. she waters them barefoot, thate the only way i have it. i think you witnessing kind of the last final gasp of the climate change movement. youre seeing a lot of historical activity. people are beginning to realize, the public, that if it wasnt for the hysterics, we might have made progress in some real som areas. for example, nuclear power....