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At 6:55 p.m. on december 5th, 1933, fdr signed an official proclamation and prohibition was finally repealed throughout the land. mr. roosevelt urged all americans in all states to proceed to the drink with caution. and he added specifically, quote, i ask especially that no state shall by law or otherwise authorize the return of the saloon. despite fdrs request that states not authorize the return of saloons, states did, in fact, authorize the return of saloons. and how. but dozens of states als...

1933, fdr signed an official proclamation and prohibition was finally repealed throughout the land. mr. roosevelt urged all americans in all states to proceed to the drink with caution. and he added specifically, quote, i ask especially that no state shall by law or otherwise authorize the return of the saloon. despite fdrs request that states not authorize the return of saloons, state the did, in fact, authorize the return of saloons. and how. but dozens of states also restricted booze sales to...

Bank foreclosed on john and sophie sperenga and the county sheriff kicked them out with their four children. in cleveland, the local small home and landowners federation spread the alarm up and down the neighborhood streets. thousands of people showed up to defend the sperenga family. quote, as police arrived, they were greeted by taunts and jeers and rocks, bricks, sticks. this account was filed in "the nation." in 1933. quote, this is a crowd that wont scatter, a crowd thats determined. they w...

After families went on rent strike over prices they could no longer afford. they rioted in cleveland after a bank foreclosed on john and sophie sperenga and the county sheriff kicked them out with their four children. in cleveland, the local small home and landowners federation spread the alarm up and down the neighborhood streets. thousands of people showed up to defend the sperega family. quote, as bliss arrived, they were greeted by taunts and jeers and rocks, bricks, sticks. this account was...

Creators act. for example, one of the things right now in america, if youre a small business owner and you want to attract investment into your company, you have to prove you have a relationship with somebody prior. and if you dont have a bunch of billionaires on your speed dial, youre out of luck. >> right. and the rule goes back to 1933. i think we have a new world. so if you have a great idea, you cant go out if you dont already know the individuals and theyre trying to get capital and the ru...

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Congress created this problem, and congress can fix it. in the spotlight tonight, 96-year-old tennessee resident dorothy cooper has been voting since 1933. last spring, tennessee passed a new law requiring voters to have photo identification. cooper took a trip to the department of safety to get an i.d. but was turned away because she did not have her marriage license. >> stood in line for a while and we were thinking we were going to get it. then we found out i would have to have my marriage ...

Street movement and a historical context, what do you see? >> i see it much the same or in a similar way of the protest of the 1930s, and it took, by the way, four years from the start of the great depression for up risings to occur. in 1933 we see people out in the streets creating social disorder and disruption, and whps they began to take notice, and they were concerned about all the unemployed folks, and even the capitalists say we need social order. >> thats fascinating. the way we think ab...

both of you. >> thank you, kyra. we start in texas. exhausted fire crews are battling an enemy is astonishing and relentless wildfires burning somewhere in the state for nearly ten months without any break. today is the 296th consecutive day of work for those firefighters. just in the last week, 120,000 acres have burned. more than 700 homes have burned since sunday and then near austin, a blaze has killed two more people raising the overall death toll to four. jim spelman is in bsat...