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Good meal. so, this was the house of, or, one of the houses of the notorious madame lynch. >> guido: right. exactly. >> anthony: journalist, poet, and author guido rodriguez alcala has written books on paraguay's history. now, who exactly was madame lynch? a murky background would you say? >> guido: there's a lot of talk about that. >> anthony: right. >> guido: somebody say she was a great woman or that she was a very evil one. >> anthony: she came over on the famous trip from france. >> guido: right. >> anthony: succeeding de francia in 1840s lopez senior reversed many of paraguay's isolation...

America's new ambassador to britain, joseph p. kennedy, faces a battery of cameramen as he's about to depart for st. james court. >> when president roosevelt sends joseph p. kennedy in 1938 across the atlantic to be the ambassador to the united kingdom, he was a star, a celebrity. he had run a studio in hollywood. and he was already a success in business and politics. he was among the top 20 richest men in america. it was big news. >> the rise of joseph kennedy is as remarkable as it is seemingly unstoppable. >> joe kennedy came from an irish family, and they worked their way from the bottom t...

>> his grandparents came during the great potato famine of the 1840s to boston. so the family is just two generations removed from the peasantry of ireland. >> mr. joseph kennedy, the american ambassador, left the palace to present his credentials to the king. >> having an irish catholic in that job, it was just like the perfect victory in the struggle of my grandfather to feel accepted. >> and as for me, i'm delighted to be here. >> you cannot underestimate joseph kennedy's ambition in 1938. >> my grandfather had ambitions, right, to be president himself. >> and what do you think he finds, al...

Florida, rick scott denies climate science and cut environmental protections contributing to the red tide traces that is devastating for businesses, killing wildlife and threatening families and here is a bit of an ad from the league of conservation voters. >> rick scott took 1 million bucks from corporate polluters have savaged environmental safeguards slashing $700 million from water protection. no wonder he doesn't want to talk about it. shannon: how the response? >> red tide has been around since the 1840s. is naturally occurring. we have done a bunch of things to help our local communitie...

Killing wildlife and threatening families health. and here is a bit of an ad from the league of conservation voters as well. >> rick scott took over a million bucks from corporate polluters and savaged environmental safeguards, slashing 700 million from water protection. no wonder he doesn't want to talk about it. >> shannon: how do you respond, governor? >> live in reality. first off, red tide has been around since the 1840s and it's naturally occurring. we've actually done a whole bunch of things to help all of our local communities. senator nelson has never done one thing. we've also had is...