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You are for me with the story. The late 1950s, a young attractive president ial candidate, scion to financial fortune, a one man force field of celebrity good looks and charm, fresh off a loved one victory in his home state in the northeast and patient with the status quo under president eisenhower, itching to get the country moving again and encountering his main impediment to the white house in the form of richard m. Nixon. That description applies of course the john f. Kennedy but equally fit...

This is about an hour and half. Let me address our speaker today. Someone who i have known for a number of years. I should mention right off the bat, i see her quite regularly. She is on the board of advisors of the International Spy museum. And she and her husband, tony, whom many of you know from his fame in particular from argo. Tony could not be with us today but we are delighted to have jonna. Jonna began her career overseas in germany where she was working and was recruited by cia. In 1966...

Live at 11 00 on cspan. Those two topics of discussion for open phones for this halfhour. If you want to go, the numbers are on the if you want to call, the numbers are on the screen. You can post your thoughts on social media as well. Just to give you a sense of some of these stories as they are currently happening funding for the department of Homeland Security, heres is the cnn story that came through last night. There was an effort to get this bill to conference and that failed in the senate...

Ramadi a joel very questions iraqi soldiers will a fight. Good morning live from new york city. Several people are still missing, more than 2,000 spent the night in shelters in the South Central u. S. After deadly flooding. The Severe Weather is not taking a break this memorial day holiday. Two were killed, including a firefighter swept away by the waters while trying to rescue people. In texas the belong co river southwest of austin rose 26 feet in just one hour. One person was killed in nearby...

He became one of the most reknowned performers in the country in the late 19th century. His stage name was blind tom. He was born blind. And was what we probably now would call autistic. But he was a musical genius. He could hear a piece played on the piano one time, and then play it note for note. He composed some of his own music. That was mainly based on natural sounds like birds or thunderstorms. One of his famous pieces recreation of a civil war battle on the piano. The sad part about blind...

I was being polite to say he might be the greatest ballplayer of all time. [laughter] and the 1967 world series at fenway park in the bleachers we won that one we lost the next one. Justice was done. [laughter] from 1946 . I was there. Saying something about politics at the end talking about the book things that matter charles and the introduction of talks about the importance of do we get. In the world were it is less important. I industry and the appeal as a sports fan it is okay to root for y...

Very destructiveness of those weapons that predicted the deterrence of great power war since 1945. Why . Great power landlords had been the scourge of eurasia for 34 years before the United States dropped atomic weapons. Wars that it can to have killed tens of millions on the battlefield and tens of millions more through disease and political upheaval. Seventy years ago most responsible people expected a third world war to follow the 1st and 2nd with consequences far worse. Thankfully that war n...

We look back on the American Mission that left tokyo in ruins. Welcome to our viewers on Public Television here in america and around the globe. Hillary clinton wishes she had used to separate email accounts during her time as u. S. Secretary of state. She was responding to the controversy surrounding the news she only used a private email account as americas top diplomat. In a press conference ms. Clinton also said she had destroyed some 30,000 personal emails from that time. Nick bryant has mo...

Gang attack of a woman in delhi. This is a society that treats girls as unequal from the day they are born. Woodruff and saving the famed manuscripts of timbuktu from the threats woodruff and, saving the famed manuscripts of timbuktu from the threats of war, scholars work to revive a nations pursuit of knowledge. Mali is definitely a poor country when it comes to the budget, but when it comes to civilization, culture and dignity mali is a very rich country. Woodruff those are some of the stories...

This is a society that treats girls as unequal from the day they are born. Woodruff and saving the famed manuscripts of timbuktu from the threats woodruff and, saving the famed manuscripts of timbuktu from the threats of war, scholars work to revive a nations pursuit of knowledge. Mali is definitely a poor country when it comes to the budget, but when it comes to civilization, culture and dignity mali is a very rich country. Woodruff those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs ne...