Youre looking at some of the images from the 1884 election and listening to songs in support of james g. Blaine of maine and his running mate, john logan. Tonight our series continues and were live in the home of james g. Blaine, and since 1920, the official residence of maines governor. Were inside the blaine house with governor page. Welcome to maine and welcome to the peoples house. Mr. Blaine is here every day and we see his spirit every evening, because we always say good night to him. What is your sense of living the house was built many years ago, many people have lived in it over the years, but he really is president in a lot of ways. What have you come to learn about the man by living in his midst . He not only was a very strong supporter and founder of the Republican Party in maine but a national leader, and started maine on its course to where we are now. And very, very influential both in the press, in state government, federal government. The man was a powerhouse, bigtime
Us from history books as the great compromiser. During his 49year political career, clay served as secretary of state, speaker of the house, and as a u. S. Senator. And he was a contender, making sure president ial bids including the election of 1824. 1832 against Andrew Jackson, and 1844, when he ran against james k. Polk. Tonight we are on location at ashland. Henry clays home in lexington, kentucky. For the next 90 minutes, we will explore the life and legacy of this man. Unsuccessful in his long quest for the white house, yet having an outsized influence on American History. We are in henry clays parlor. Let me introduce you to jim klotter, 25 years now as kentucky state historian. Jim thanks for being with us. Glad to be here. Why henry clay . Why is he relevant to americans living in our time . Think a couple of counts. First of all, his famous counts, i would rather be right than be president , still speaks to us. Its a clarion call to people across whatever were during. Whether
Doctors tell us theyre overwhelmed and authorities have declared a state of emergency in the capital madrid. Also back to base scientists return from a year long study on the polar ice bringing with them some devastating findings the expeditions leader says the arctic is warming fast. Thanks for joining us russia broke it brokered ceasefire in the disputed region of nagornokarabakh has failed to hold as about john and armenia blame each other for breaking the truce and escalating 2 weeks of fierce clashes shelling has killed several civilians and wounded dozens more the conflict between the 2 former soviet republics dates back to the 1990 s. For an evening walk on the streets of ganja azerbaijan 2nd largest city taking comfort in a strained ceasefire. A safe spot that hasnt held following shelling in a residential area of ganja locals describe a night of terror. These were sleeping it was around 2 in the morning we heard an explosion and after that our house blew up it was washing with
Leave the city in exceptional cases the virus would be less destructive if ill put it to actually did that job its a sentence that you hear more and more on the streets of madrid people are increasingly tired of a political system in which power games seem more important than pragmatic Crisis Management and they hardly see any sign of improvement. Dr and overall it isnt done yet she takes a short coffee break 3 hours after her shift was supposed to end and will then attention 2 more patients. Shes worried that the coming days will even be longer for her and her colleagues. And in germany authorities have brought in the new restrictions asked coronavirus cases in some cities reach what they call worrying levels the Southern City of munich is now classed as a virus hotspot private and public gatherings that a limited to 10 people and only 25 guests are allowed to attend bigger events like weddings and birthdays in the capital berlin and the western city of cologne new curbs put in place
I stand before you without a single pledge or promise or understanding of any kind except for the advancement of your costs and that your cause and that of democracy. [applause] i expect the republicans, in we want wilkie, and as we watch on images of him on the campaign trail, we are joined here, in russia indiana, with wilkie. I want to introduce her audience, to some of these iconic images, of the campaign, they really surrounded the ground or thought. He ran for president , and try to defeat roosevelt, who is seeking a third term. The end of the hovered ministration, going for eight years in the result administration, roosevelt was president roosevelt right at the height of his power, and that opened up a time for a dark horse candidate to come outside of the political spectrum. Keep in mind the state of the Republican Party, this was a party that had been defeated by roosevelt in 1932. Off landed in 1836, so, what were the republicans looking for, and why was your grandfather the