The food, its not the best. But youre there. We conduct nonviolent workshops. We went bang songs. So old pharaoh to let my people go. Coetzee silas, bound in jail. No money to go in that bail. But it was there that we became a circle of trust, a band of brothers and sisters. Guest the cocacola policy considered south africa they were influenced to change the plight of things in south africa with another major corporation. Host washington please go ahead with your question or comment for representative lewis. Guest . Caller thanks for cspan. I watch daily and love it. Thank you, congress then lewis for your endurance and your hard work to build a more Perfect Union. I am a little nervous. The conservative movement i was watching bill moore the other day and they had a guy on there that was a part of the tea party and they said that they were winning. The conservative movement has been winning by using narratives that pull this country further and further to the right. Arent the socalled
Those days are not quite as distant as some suppose. We remember that a few people still alive today lived through them, albeit as children. 2014 will mark that centennial of the drama which profoundly influenced the history of the world. I spent the last three years writing a book describing both how the war came about and what happened on the battlefields during its first months before the french lapsed into a stalemate. There is a widely held view, a delusion, as i shall argue, that the two world wars belong to different moral orders. Nineteen robo one was a good war, world war ii was bad. The first subject was so horrendous that turned is that makes it of the two sides causes could badly to meant barely managed. They add a view of what they think happened. Until 1941 britain defied the vast evil of nazism, berlin. In russia and the United States took this train encompassing the destruction of hitler. The struggle was nothing like as bloody as its predecessor, says some people kid t
We look forward to seeing you tomorrow. Next, Elizabeth Varon recalls robert e. Lees surrender to the ulysses s. Grant led union forces said the mclean house on october 9th 101865. This is about 45 minutes. [applause] thank you so much for that very, very kind introduction. Its a pleasure to be here. Property surrendered u. S. Grant in 1865 which is for most americans a familiar tableau. The two men met your mama Central Virginia at appomattox courthouse. Lee wore a fine dress uniform and vow gentility of the southeasterly. Create test crack early and represented the hardscrabble farmers and wage earners had molded in to so formidable a fighting machine. After awkwardly exchanging pleasantries about service in the mexican war, the two men agree to the surrender terms and ended the civil war. In essence, grants term salve for the army of north virginia on there arent. The promise that they would never again take up arms against the United States. Great magnanimity in this relates to the
War, in essence, grants terms set free a concord soldiers of the army of norfolk, virginia on their honor. The promise that there would never again take up arms against the united states. Magna many in this hour in stock resignation not only reunited the north and south that prepared the way for americas emergence as a world power. This is an edifying story, a comforting one. The cash surrender is an ominous feeling that transcended politics. Today and will tell u. S. Altogether different dramatic story and suggest that what happened here on april 91855 is even more significant and fascinating and we realize. The surrender was an inherently political moment that would set the terms of an unfolding debate about the meaning of the war. Lee and grant consummate leaders both knew this. So each man moved to state and opposition. For lee the surrender was a negotiation in which he secured honorable terms for his men. The piece was contingent upon the norths good behavior. The Union Victory i
Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. When is the last time you took a flight with an empty seat next to you . That unoccupied seat is of course a rare sight these days, and we learned today the u. S. Justice department has taken notice of all those full airplanes and is starting to get suspicious. The question theyre asking is in a shrinking Airline Industry are some airline competitors actually quietly working together to make sure we all pay higher ticket prices . Nbcs tom costello covers aviation. He has more on the governments investigation. Reporter tonight the Justice Department is looking into whether some airlines have been colluding, agreeing among themselves to limit their seat capacity in order to maintain ticket prices and profits. The doj telling nbc news, we are investigating possible unlawful coordination by some airlines. Investigative sources say theyre looking at how often Airline Executives h