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The phillies defeated the astros 7-0 and take a 2-1 lead. game four is tonight there back in philly. joining us now, terrance moore, the author of the book "the real hank aaron, a look at the life and legacy." terrance, great to see you. well talk about the world series in a minute but all of us onset are fascinated by your book because youre a hero to a lot of us, hank aaron. boy, you have a great personal story of being a fan as a kid and developing a relationship with hank aaron to the point ...

Recall in june of 1963 and june of 1968 and thats one on average every 12 months and i looked back at that period and think that this environment that were in now as the mid 1960s and respectfully, its unfortunate. im sure the pelosi family doesnt feel that way. what happened to paul pelosi is terrible. its fortunate that nobody was injured on january 6th and the speaker herself who the mob was looking for was not injured on january 6th and the vice president was not injured on january 6th. desp...

And it would ultimately lead to war. and 1968 is exactly as the secretary was mentioning it, is exactly right, what happened to paul pelosi, remember, it always looks crazy and unlikely until it happens. >> yeah. and its now being said by many who dont really want to discuss any connections here that hes just deranged and carolyn, you point out that of course someone like david depape did not get this idea out of thin air, and his ideas rhyme with a lot of other violent things we have seen and h...

Most divided moment in american history, when lincoln was president. the pulitzer prized winning historian jon meacham released a biography on lincoln called "and there was light." meacham occasionally advises joe biden and he now joins me. occasionally advises me, as well. >> to the same effect. >> do you think there is a parallel between, you know, when you look at the data, it shows that we are the only time we were similarly divided was after the civil war. do you think there are comparisons...

Today, i want to look back more than a century and a half to the most divided moment in american history, when lincoln was president. the historian john meacham released a biography on lincoln called "and there was light." meacham occasionally advises joe biden and he now joins me. occasionally advises me, as well. >> to the same effect. >> umm, do you think there is a parallel between, you know, when you look at the data, it shows that we are the only time we were vsimilarly divided was aftr th...

To one of the most tumultuous and perhaps darkest chapters in american political history. on november 22, 1963, viewers who turned in to cbs were met by this chilling report. >> from dallas, texas, the flash apparently official, president kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. central standard time. >> only five years later, april, 1965, walter cronkite again. >> good evening. dr. martin luther king, the apostle of non-violence in the civil rights movement, has been shot to death in memphis, tennessee. >> th...

Kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. central standard time. >> only five years later, april, 1968, walter cronkite again. >> good evening. dr. martin luther king, the apostle of non-violence in the civil rights movement, has been shot to death in memphis, tennessee. >> think about that, the leader of the civil rights movement preaching the importance of non-violence murdered in cold blood. only two months later, june, 1968. >> weve heard an alarming report that robert kennedy was shot in that ballroom at t...

For the families of the leadership, its not really viable. its-- i dont see it happening and quite frankly, its not something that the american taxpayer should be footing. neil: you know, im wondering, too -- youve seen a lot in your years doing this, people talk about particularly violent at times or extreme, tense times. i get that, but im old enough to remember what 1968 was like. of course, that was a violent year and americans were sharply divided over the vietnam war. it was the year that ...

Thing to say. it is, i think, a genuine stress test for citizenship for all of us. >> jon, we talk about the stakes, you and i got a chance to sit at an event a couple of nights ago and talk about your excellent book, number two on the "new york times" best seller list. only behind some harry potter book. we need to investigate the numbers on that. but anyway, you were talking about 1865, a few months ago, and definitely in the last couple of years, you have said, yes, were divided but its not q...

And imagine a world where you say youd like it to be like 1968. 46 americans every day died in vietnam on average. dr. king, senator kennedy were killed. democratic convention descends into chaos and violence. george wallace gets 13.5% of the popular vote and carries five states in the general election in 1968. 1933, fdr comes into office at an hour of immense distrust and crisis both economically and in confidence in the institutions. heres the difference, and heres why i do think we are in a m...