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This is Aljazeera America live from new york city, im stephanie sy. Negotiations on Irans Nuclear program are down to the wire this morning. The u. S. And five world powers are in a final push oh to reach a freedom Work Agreement by tomorrows deadline. Leaders on both sides of the table say a deal is doable, but last minute challenges are coming up. Lets go live to james bays who is in lausanne, switzerland where the talks are taking place. James, good morning. What is happening on the eve of this deadline . What are the final Sticking Points . Well, there are final Sticking Points, but thats ...

Voters. Gary i want to move to Something Else here. And that is how did proponents of what we will call the union memory of the war, the war that did this and did that, how did that play out the rest of the 19th century . While the wartime generation lived . Everyone knows about lost cause monuments in the former confederacy. We have four of them in silence filled in charlottesville. We have a confederate statue in the University Library in the University Cemetery not in the library. Joan just in your office. [laughter] gary i will be sending my resume around beginning on monday. [laughter] ga...

We have a confederate statue in the University Library in the University Cemetery not in the library. Joan just in your office. [laughter] gary i will be sending my resume around beginning on monday. [laughter] gary in the cemetery. John i think you succeeded more jokes. Gary they talked about the decoration day, confederate memorial day and so forth. What is going on in the way of commemorating the union cause while the wartime generation still lives . What are some of the things that went on . Joan most of what i know is from reading john neff. [laughter] gary one of you please say something...

Makes the case of the number of men from slave states that wore blue uniforms gave a decisive edge to the union in the end. He finds 450 thousand men from slave states were union blue. This is a new framework for thinking about the war. Lets talk a little bit about men in the ranks and give some examples to the audience of some of these troops and their stories. Prof. Gannon there are so many. One of the things people have no idea is how many medal of honor winners there were among colored troops there were 14 in one battle. Christian fleetwood was one of those medal of honor winners. Robert p...

Think thats terrific. Wait for them, they are ages 10, 7, and 5. A female president is terrific but the question, ladies and gentlemen, is not do you want a woman to be president , but do you want that woman to be president . [ applause ] shes not a hypothetical. Shes hillary. Every election is about the future and not the past. Every election is about you and not me, the candidate. And every election with one exception since 1960 has had voters support the candidate that they told pollsters they saw as more optimistic, uplifting, and just pleasant. [ inaudible ] [ cheers and applause ] free s...