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Grounds. >> there were some vatican trucks that would go around and take food and blankets and try to bring additional supplies to where it was needed. some believe that will pope pius xiis silence is a cover. that will throughout the war, he is secretly involved with covert operations with the allies. >> the pope did secretly tape his conversations during the week of his election in 1939 is, the vaticans tapes show quite clearly that he opted for public acquiescence with the nazis and at the sa...

Is faced with a daunting task. he must navigate the role of a religious leader in an increasingly secular world. >> i think it compels popes to ask themselves who they will represent. and for whom should they speak. >> pius xii was trained as a papal diplomat. he deeply internalized the doctrine that be the papacy functioned best as a neutral force but can a papacy really be neutral in the face of naziism? >> six months after his election, it the nazis invade poland. and world war ii is official...

It was a very public, violent attack on jews and after that, it was game over. >> bishops from all over europe write to the vaticans secretary of state eugene know pacelli demanding a response to the violence in germany. >> is the primate of the catholic church in england wrote to pacelli and said we need to be clear that this is nazi terrorism against jews. can you make a statement? and pacelli writes back saying well, its a difficult issue and what we need to do is just issue a statement of ge...

>> more men, women and children are sent to concentration camps. despite the vaticans neutrality treaties it, pope pius xi can no longer remain silent. >> its quite clear when pius xi was dying, he was about to denounce fascism is quite explicit terms. >> pius the xi begins to draft on the human race, an encyclical in which he condemns anti-semitism but he dies before it is ever released. now with europe on the brink of another war, the cardinals must elect a new pope. >> the conclave in 1939 co...

The turkish backed forces? >> the concern is turkish military would invade syria and race to seize oil fields currently held by u.s. backed kurdish forces. officials are concerned about growing fighting among the groups. we asked what would happen to any potential u.s. withdrawal from syria. >> when we got something thats working, as we have in northeast syria, we dont want to pull everybody out of there and risk what happened in iraq. >> what would happen if the u.s. pulled out of the middle ea...

Roosevelt told his secretary later hes pink and. white all over. this was the moment of lighting the christmas tree. churchill has been trying to seduce roosevelt since september of 1939. we forget and the reason for this story is, you know, as churchill also said, can you always count on americans to do the right thing once theyve exhausted every other possibility. and we had not been as engaged in the world as we ought to have been in the 1920s and 1930s and as hitler was on the move in europe...

Continental in 1939, very limited-edition, they are only releasing 80 of these, estimated cost $100,000, very expensive but there will be more released in model year 2020. iconic car making a come back. todd: officers emotional plea going viral this morning, the unidentified person posting on facebook after pulling over a teen going 100 miles an hour saying the driver nearly caused a christmas tragedy and, quote, part of your soul disappears every time you have to tell parents their kid is dead....

Guidance? >> the fact that its controversial shows how insane our politics have become. in 1939 there was the hatch act which bans political activities with the exception of a small group of people by federal workers in the workplace. upheld by the supreme court twice. amended by congress in 1993 and 2012. signed into law by president obama. the law says when youre in the workplace you cant engage in political activity. you have to behave in a nonpartisan way. what the office of special counsel ...

You were a columbus, ohio and indianapolis, indiana and got all of it. you would be a boom town. big passing stan lee. >> what a cultural icon. some of the most beloved super heroes of all tie. he wrote the line with great power comes great responsibility. he was a writers writer. back in 1939 when he started his career nobody wanted to talk to him because the high brow of society didnt want to talk to a lowly comic book writer. fast forward 70 years. some of his characters are in the top grossi...

In 1939, he moved the operation inside, right here. now, the last restaurant on the street. lurking inside waiting for us is john t. edge, who leads the southern foodways alliance. mr. edge, how you doing? >> john t. edge: im well, sir. >> anthony: who makes a point, a mission, out of knowing and teaching as much as he can about the real culinary traditions of the south. and doing what he can to keep them alive and unmolested. >> server: all right. >> man: thank you. >> anthony: oh, man. >> john...