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Now the lawyers are saying he cant get a fair trial around here and the judge criticized them. what do you want? we are not playing around. >> look, i think this judge is if there is a judge this manafort can get a fair trial this is the judge. not that you cant from other judges. but he is equal opportunity. he is going to be tough on both sides but fair to both sides. and juries follow judges lead. and the judge is not going to tip the scale one way or another. he has a reputation for being qu...

Is taking too long to reach him. now the lawyers are saying he cant get a fair trial around here and the judge criticized them. what do you want? we are not playing around. >> look, i think this judge is if there is a judge this manafort can get a fair trial this is the judge. not that you cant from other judges. but he is equal opportunity. he is going to be tough on both sides but fair to both sides. and juries follow judges lead. and the judge is not going to tip the scale one way or another....

Citizen. her background, it turned out, was as a sort of eccentric, kind of a lower-rung political figure. she was kind of an odd duck. >> when gerald ford became president, within the space of one month were two attempts on his life, squeaky fromme and sara jane moore. both tried to shoot him. its like, whats going on? why cant this be stopped? >> so once again this nation has narrowly escaped the tragedy, the trauma of the assassination of our president. above all else, this points out the nee...

Um, for one thing, it was exceedingly remote. when you were here, this seemed like one of the farthest reaches of the globe. i mean, initially, americans began coming here because they perceived that santa fe was so remote from the rest of the spanish empire that it was possible for the united states to pluck it. i dont think anybody becomes a romantic about it probably until the taos painters arrive. >> anthony: starting a long-running tradition of artistic pilgrimages to catch the spiritual gr...

Some say that this area was used for sinister experiments, german-speaking cyborgs. youd need to find some crackpot scientician. this is even better than area 51. this is like, area 61. area 61 turns out to be a fenced-off view of essentially kirkland air force base. >> norio: the leading edge of military research developing and testing. at night, theres a lot of lights. uh, its a huge complex. >> anthony: the fact is, there was and still is some pretty cool stuff being tested out there in the d...

A farmer his family has been working the land for four generations. hes also raising six children on his own like his forefathers before him servia wants to live at one with nature now large scale cultivation on the chemicals organic farming which makes him something of an eccentric. me i look at what everyone here says im crazy but ultimately this isnt my land its borrowed im just visiting that for fifty six day or sound three years it has to be here for a future generation of. you know looking...

A farmer his family has been working the land for four generations. hes also raising six children on his own like his forefathers before him sophia wants to live at one with nature now large scale cultivation on the chemicals organic farming which makes him something of an eccentric. me i look at what everyone here says im crazy but ultimately this isnt my land its borrowed im just visiting that for fifty six day or sounder years so it has to be here for a future generation of. you know looking ...

A man of god with a desire for peace and a mind for war. but behind every misfit stands a man, and behind every legend lies the truth. >> thomas "stonewall" jackson is one of the civil wars most intriguing generals -- an eccentric, deeply religious man, uncomfortable in social settings but at home in the heat of battle. known for his rigid, inflexible temperament, some psychologists actually suggest that jackson struggles with autism, and yet his military brilliance makes him general lees most g...

The union. colonel william tecumseh sherman is one man committed to preserving the union at any cost. >> sherman is passionate and driven and has a tremendous resentment on the part of northerners, like himself, that the southerners have caused this, in his eyes. >> colonel sherman! crest that hill! >> yes, sir! >> this way, men! this way! >> as confederate casualties mount, general barnard bee orders his south carolina brigade to fall back. >> retreat! retreat! >> with the confederates in retre...

The union. colonel william tecumseh sherman is one man committed to preserving the union at any cost. >> sherman is passionate and driven and has a tremendous resentment on the part of northerners, like himself, that the southerners have caused this, in his eyes. >> colonel sherman! crest that hill! >> yes, sir! >> this way, men! this way! >> as confederate casualties mount, general barnard bee orders his south carolina brigade to fall back. >> retreat! retreat! >> with the confederates in retre...