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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 make fun of, but thats what i have been doing, digging around in the script and pointing out the sm...

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 scene is just a hollywood chase scene. Its no different than the airport race scene in argo and i have...

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 out its embassy. And this front right now in talks with cairo. Just the type of hardware that egypt ...

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 operation in libya visible from miles away. The military was going after targets affiliated with the Islamic...

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, and from there it grew. We partnered with Historic Columbia. Sponsoring this event also is the His...