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We want to go outside of washington to get your take. How confident are you in president obamas Foreign Policy . 202 5853880, 202 5853881, interests. Join the conversation on facebook. Com. Here is the headline in the wall street journal this morning, front page above the fold, pressure is upped on putin. Here is what the president had to say at the white house yet. We emphasized our preference to resolve this issue diplomatically, but that we have to see condition greet actions and not just wor...

Theyre really quite intelligent, very intelligent, but are trained in a way that theyve been trained differently from the way we have so that they are interested in, you know, the impact visually and what people hear. And the overarching story or theme or thesis they want to put forward. And so whenever they come to historians, its not as theyre writing the work. It is usually after theyve already worked out in their mind what the opening scene is going to look like and the rest of it. And the s...

Worth mentioning. 1848 is this wonderful moment where people like Thaddeus Stevens, Abraham Lincoln and Alexander Steven are all young, rising whigs who are supporting taylor and working together. It was stevens who was one of the confederate peace commissioners lincoln is dealing with in the end. When we thing of the civil war in military terms, we talk about the mexican war as a precursor, a prelude, but the congress that lincoln served in has Horace Greely and Alexander Stevens and sidelines ...

My sons came up with the idea a few years ago i should take p n plantation mistress to hollywood and say, real housewives of the old south. You should. But the patriot, at the same time, youre sitting there and these little freshmen come in, and why are you here, whats your interest . And they saw the film. Part of it is to get people excited about the past even if its not our past, even if its nobodys past, some fantasy past. Vampire past. And this brings us a question of what constitutes a fil...

For example in january 1865, ab maryland has abolished slavery. Bn. The confederates are talking about offering limited emancipation in order for talk service in the army. Things have changed. This was not a debate they woult have in the cabinet in the way that Tony Horowitz or steven in spielberg portrayed. Such its such a wonderful thing to see, a film addressing such a fm complicated issues, but the timing is all wrong. Timi ecti from ave dramatic perspective, frostbite an Artistic License pe...

Theres a scene on the day of the vote where Fernando Wood is waving papers saying i have affidavits. Thats not 19th century congress. Thats what you realize when you see a movie like lincoln. Or think about mr. Smith goes to washington, almost all of what we think we know about past politics comes from movies. And popular culture, and we absorb it so much, we think its real. Thats why its so important to try to sort it out. I dont want to be one of those scholar squirrels that gore vidal used to...

Climactic scene on the floor of the house on the day of the vote, january 1st, 1865, they have james spader and john hay running to the white house to get the note from lincoln. None of that happened. The note, we think, is real, though we dont have the original of it. Its a recollection from james ashley, but James Spaders character, william bilbo, was in new york at the time, at the st. Nicolas hotel. The lobbyists were in new york in the final weeks of the fight working the press. The race sc...

We meet a team credited for taking out two of the rarest predators in the world. First to libya where egyptian warplanes have carried out war strikes held by isil. Its in response of beheading of 21 egyptian hostages on the beach. Egypt strikes which you can see have caused devastation on the ground, and come at a time of deep crisis. We look at how the egyptian intervention could affect the already fragile security situation there. We have reaction were Key Players Like italy that have cleared ...

Ceasefire is implemented. Well take you into the forest of russias far east where two of the worlds rarest predators face a threat of their own. Egypt is caring out airstrikes in libya as part of a coordinated effort with the libyan air force. Both say they are targeting fighters affiliated with the Islamic State of iraq and the levant. Egypt france and italy are calling for the u. N. And nato to take stronger action against isil. We have the latest on the strikes. Egypt retaliates. The operatio...

And recovery. The morning. Good morning. Welcome to our panel on columbia burning a sesquicentennial reappraisal. My name is don doyle. I will make a few introductory remarks. I want to thank robin waits for all they did to make this such a success. Not just this panel, but the entire event. I think it has been a wonderful example of how to commemorate a painful episode in this citys history. Thanks especially to jessica whose idea it was to do something for this commemoration. We met over lunch...