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The president, when it came to that terror attack. >> the president also took some heat today for tweeting out a reference to an alleged historical or piece of american history that is not actually true, right? >> thats right. he was tweeting about something that he used to talk about on the campaign trail. he was talking about general john pershing. we can show you this tweet. "study what general pershing of the united states did to terrorists when caught. there was no more radical islamic terr...

True, right? >> reporter: thats right. he was tweeting about something that he used to talk about on the campaign trail. he was talking about general john pershing. we can show you this tweet. "study what general pershing of the united states did to terrorists when caught. there was no more radical islamic terrorists for 35 years." general john pershing back in the philippine/american war, a legend has it and president trump has talked about this, he talked about it on the campaign trail, that p...

And for 25 years there wasnt a problem. >> so. that story is not true. there is no evidence backing up president trumps claim that in the early 1900s, general john pershing tried to quell a muslim uprising by dipping 50 bullets in pigs blood which is offensive to muslims and shooting 49 muslim insurgents and telling the fifth to tell even what he say. there is zero evidence to that. none. not true. there is evidence that a different military leader in the philippines may have buried dead insurge...

ulysses grant will never be anything other than resolute, taciturn and tenacious. in an effort to make him less ignomatic, it is my privilege and pleasure to introduce to you not only two fine schoolers, but two old and dear personal friends. josiah bunting the third was 13th superintendent of the vmi. record as an academic, administrator, included terms as president of briarcliff and hampton sydney colleges and head master at lawrenceville school. he has taught courses at west point, ...

admired and praised his abilities. this is the third in a series of sessions we are airing. the theme of this years gathering was leadership and generalship in the civil war. the virginia military institute in lexington, virginia, hosted the conference. this portion is about an hour and ten minutes. good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen and welcome back. teachers sometimes complain that the class period immediately after lunch is the deadest and most sleep-inducing hour of the day. i ...

leading the union army of the potomac and robert e. lees army. and they talk about how other officials admired and praised grants abilities. this is the third in a series of sessions we are airing from a conference organized by the virginia civil war commission. the theme of this years gathering was leadership and generalship in the civil war. virginia military institute and lexington, virginia, hosted the conference. and this portion is about 1:10. ♪ ♪ good after, ladies and gen...

that church. many people are going in to pay their respects and also the significance of that american flag, ted. >> yeah. well, first off, the scene is, as you can imagine, very somber here. people in tucson have rallied around this family. people around the country and the world have gotten to know christina green since last saturdays tragedy. you saw that little coffin just being taken into the church, just a few moments ago. right now the bishop is doing a blessing inside, just ins...

conquer violence and division, and competition can be converted to collaboration. although burdened by the weight of his passing, lord, help his co-workers and collaborators raise the torch of his convictions and commitments for a new generation, one yet even to beorn and to all, in all those parts of this nation and the world who are still untouched by the social responsibility inherent in every aspect of human freedom. faithful servant of the people and long-time spokesman for govern...

raise the torch of his convictions and commitments for a new generation, one yet even to be born and to all, in all those parts of this nation and the world who are still untouched by the social responsibility inherent in every aspect of human freedom. faithful servant of the people and long-time spokesman for government of the people, go now to your place of rest and meet the lord, your god. we thank you, lord, for the short time you have given us to work together, to be together. to ...

That a trump re-election campaign press secretary will face every day, why did the president lie about that? in this historic sequence that you are about to see from the white house press briefing room, the white house press secretary does not dispute for a second that the president has repeatedly told a horrible lie. the trump lie that goes undisputed here is the trump lie that the white house press secretary essentially confirms is a lie about a u.s. army general, john pershing, having bullets...