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I know exactly the year, with then congressman Dick Gephardt who was running for president. And i knew dick quite well and i was chatting with him and i asked him, do you know the last member of the house who was elected from the house to become president . And he said no. I said, well, let me give you a hint. Do you know who the only member of the house who was elected straight from the house to be president . And he still said no. And i said garfield. And he said they shot him. And i said youre running for the job, im not. But garfield, as well see, in a brief period was president elect, sen...

Funeral friday. Solving the mystery of malaysian airliner flight mh17. An independent investigation says the malaysian airliner was brought down by a russian missile, killing all on board. Russia denies the claim. Shona the u. N. Secretary general, the situation in aleppo is worse than a slaughterhouse. Ban kimoon says wednesdays air strikes against a Major Hospital in the embattled city constitute war crime. Hospital staff blamed the attack on russian or syrian aircraft. Another hospital, as well as a bakery were also damaged as Ground Forces intensified the assault on a rebelheld neighborhoo...

Comes to us from the Macarthur Fund in norfolk virginia. The only thing that is really equitable in the cap thing he is overseeing would be a president ial library. That is a really significant thing. Think about what Douglas Macarthur did during world war ii during the years afterwards. He really shaped the face of the pacific in a way that no one else has. And so that repository of documents and memorabilia and artifacts is really a significant component of the 20th century. That is his day job. By 19 is still in love with the american civil war. He has since gone on to perryville hes got on...

Up next, a visit to the National Museum of American Jewish history in philadelphia to learn about their exhibition, tracing the history of the jewish people in america from 1654 to the present day. This is part one of a twopart program. Welcome to the National Museum of jewishAmerican History. My name is clear pingel, im the associate curator at the exam and im happy to be a tour today. The museum was started in 1976 by one of the five original jewish congregations that date back to the colonial period. We shared a building with them for 35 years and open in this location of november of 2010. ...

It is custers last stand that inspires americans to the conclusion weve got to eliminate native americans. So the settlement represents americas most shameful power. We went out and exterminate a race. We killed the buffalo to start them to death and those we didnt starve we shot until the west was open for settlement. You have to point a strong finger of guilt towards philip sherman. A great gentleman and the civil war but a man notorious for having said the only good indian is a dead indian. I devote a chapter to Wild Bill Hickok simply to show the absurdity of american mythmaking. These gun...