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Now we kick off the weekend with th who recounts George Washingtons journey. Currently the james marsh professor at large at the university of vermont a guggenheim fellow, professor t. H. Breen has taught classes at oxford, yale, university of chicago and also Northwestern University which he just retired from. Hes written several books on an Early American History on subjects ranging from the Tobacco Culture of early tidewater planters to the consumer politics of the American Revolution. His ne...

Government is applying economics to the fight against illegal drugs. 28 passengers on a bus in kenya have been shot dead by al shabab fighters in what they say is a revenge attack for kenyas military involvement in somolia. Reporter witnesses said the victims were forced from the bus at gunpoint. They were ordered to read verses from the koran and then shot in the head at point blank range. Nine women and 19 men were killed. Amomongrel among relatives reporter the attack happened near the kenyon...

And as russia accuses the west of trying to topple president putin, we report from the arctic on the signs of a new kind of cold war. 4 hello. 28 bus passengers in kenya have been shot differential diagnosis by al shabaab fighters, the group saying its revenge for some alia. It took place near mandera. Nonmuslims on the bus were separated from the rest of the passengers and killed. Harry smith reports. Reporter witnesses said the victims were forced from the bus at gunpoint. They were ordered to...

Bolivia, where the government is fighting economics in the fight against Illegal Drugs polls are open in tunisia for the first president ial election since the revolution in 2011. Voters have 25 candidates to choose from. Three main frontrunners have emerged. Ahead in the polls is 87yearold beiji. He is chairman of a party that won the october parliamentary elections. Second is Current Interim president who has been in the position since 2011. And third is a business tycoon, his party has the Th...

Today im talking with William Burroughs about his work the asteroid threat. I guess i would characterize it as the story of how astronomers, scientists, engineers might someday save the world and how would you characterize the . Guest i think you did very well. I would characterize it by saying my point is that we dont have to be the hapless hopeless victims of nature. My friends at nasa and elsewhere in the Space Community say that they would have to Dinosaur Program and still be here. We have ...

Year into indefinite detention people are willing to confess to anything in order to get there case moved into the court system. You see people get to court and want to repudiate their confession. Of course, what does the court turned around and do . You cant repudiate. Repudiate. I think that it is true that we didnt we do tend to assume that people detained are guilty. If you look at the number, in fact, it is not actually true. There is an earlier stage in which they accept the case. They use...

A captive audience. You can work with them in so many different ways to make sure that you do more and get that recidivism rate down to the 20 percent where taxpayers are no longer paying 30 some thought to 530 some odd thousand dollars a year to house these people. It is a win win for everyone involved. The notion of talking about reentry and figuring out Practical Solutions is something we need to continue to dialogue as we go forward. Thank you for that. We have time for two really good and s...

What is the proudest moment of your career so far . Guest wow. I dont mean to sound snarky or snippy here, but i hope it is yet to come. I feel very fortunate in just a few days well start our 12th season on pbs. Im now on 15 years in public radio. I feel very blessed at start of this year to do all weve done so far. I hope the proudest moment is yet to come. If i had to i hope the proudest moment is yet to come. If i had to pick something it would be that i am still in here and so many people t...

[inaudible conversations] finish good afternoon. Welcome to the Cato Institute. Im roger pilon the director for constitutional studies and your host for this event. I want also to welcome our cspan audience and those of us those who are looking at the event on cato Live Streaming and later through the archives. Were here to discuss religious liberty as it may or may not be exercised in the context of the modern Business Corporation pursuant to both statutory and constitutional law. More immediat...

Introducing choice and vouchers and expanding Charter Schools again, we had to fight with the tradition of public schools. It was very hard and difficult at the time to convince my colleagues in the carcass, the black caucus that it did not matter where it was perceived that this will movement you know the thing i used to tell my colleagues was it doesnt matter. Show an i can honestly say today we are getting much much more many more of our colleagues in louisiana understand that this is not abo...