the ohio river. if we were going to fall as a republic in the country than it would be us and we would do it to ourselves. not knowing what happened here in the united states of america from the founding through its travails and its victories, not knowing that it s a recipe for disaster. it s a recipe for ending it not continuing it in giving this generation the hope that it inspired in the past. next is norman lear the popular producer of shows such as all in the family and good times. this program is about an hour. tonight we are in for a great treat. norman lear is one of our nation s great storytellers but until now he has kept his best stories for himself, his own. we are very fortunate he chose to share his life and work with us in his brand-new memoir, even this i can experience. we all know that norman lear is responsible for some of the most groundbreaking and successful television programs of all tim times. with all in the family good times mary hartman
hosted by the white house historical association, u.s. capitol historical society and james madison s montpelier. next andrew lambert, author of challenge, brittain against america in the naval war of 1812. this is 45 minutes. my name is stewart mcwarren and i m the president of the white house historical association where we are privileged to convene today for this significant event. we re honored to have with us today two members of the board of directors of the white house historical association, the honorable ann stock and mr. nide kiplinger. we re also honored to have with us mr. william alman who s the curator of the white house. this commemorates the bicentennial of one of america s most critical yet overlooked conflicts. with the gathering of these extraordinary scholars and experts in the history field, the next two days are sure to educate, inspire and enhance our understanding of the war of 1812. the white house historical association s mission echos the goal o
indeed less dangerous to their interests. the continental system, not this continent but the european continent, was beginning to destroy the economies of other european states. napoleon protected france from the economic war by asset stripping all of the conquered territories. first country to rebel would be russia, napoleon s only serious ally, and a major trading nation with a big export trade geared towards supplying the british market. inside the continental system from 1807 to 1811 russia saw their economy collapse. being part of napoleon s team was very bad for your business. in 1811 the czar of russia, alexander, realized that if he carried on like this his country would be bankrupt and he would follow his father to an early grave. the last time russia had made war on brittain the czar was murdered and they changed the government. basically most of the landowners in russia relied on selling goods to the british to pay their bills. so the czar decided that bankruptcy a
enough to write a vast symphonic work, to inspire a magnificent novel and bring down a great emperor. on this day of battle more russians died than were killed or would die of illness in the whole of the war of 1812 on all sides. this really was a titanic clash of two emporers and two vast armies numbering close on 200,000 men each. the war of 1812 would not be fought by armies of 200,000 men. in fact, it wouldn t be fought by 200,000 men all told. as 1813 began james madison knew that napoleon had lost. his army was in full retreat. indeed, it was in complete collapse. he had taken his country to war on the premise the french would win. they had lost. now what was going to happen? this also took the pressure off brittain and it released naval reinforcements from the british fleet in the baltic which had been keeping it open for trade the previous five years. those ships and key personnel were moved across to the north american station. the british picked out the right ships
sparring between the president and the white house press corps. a joint announcement from andrew cuomo and five other no stealing others s another group of governors on the west coast been together too. state executive signaling they will be making decisions together about when and how to lift the shutdown. we start with rick leventhal in new york about what these governors are planning. today we heard four words new york and america have been waiting to hear, the worst is over. over cuomo admitted that was his opinion but is based on facts, on the numbers flattening and now we know of preparations on going on a shared approach to restarting the economy, opening schools and businesses, the governors from 7 states coordinating efforts to get people back to work in a gradual organized way. connecticut, delaware, massachusetts, new york, pennsylvania and rhode island which account for more than half of the cases in the us and more than 62% of the deaths, governors working on i