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so today we're gonna be talking about the question of what it was like to be arrested. the subject is the arrest in the united states 1880s to 2001. now, the reason i chose that, periodization, is that we've been in class talking about the 19th century up through. the 1880s with our tj stiles book and with our timothy guilfoyle book and and i didn't want to go any past 2001 because it's a i think that there are so many people who have so much sort of living experience about being arrested in these 20 years that it seems silly for a historian to begin to tackle it at this point. so i...

Bruce was born in Quakertown, Pennsylvania and moved with his family to Livermore as a young boy. He graduated from Livermore High School in 1967. He served in the Army

Erupted in applause when they released morten. he was convicted of murdering his wife christine in their bedroom. now blood evidence found in the bedroom matches a convicted felon who was their neighbor. wow! that man, mark allen norwood is now under arrest. can that guy get his life back? the other one? i don't know. firefighter trapped. his body engulfed in flames makes a desperate dive from a second story window to save his own life. the incredible scene captured on a bystander's cell phone camera. watch this. that is new york city firefighter robert weidman hanging from a second story wind...

senators have left town. why? because they passed a two month extension of the payroll tax cut. they passed unemployment benefits coming to people in the new year. but now the g.o.p. in the house say they're going to kill this thing this morning. 9:00 a.m. is when the showdown will happen today. they're looking for this long-term fix. i get that. is this the right time and place to be doing that? i have a scary suspicion that this is going to fall real hard on the house republicans and the general public isn't going to be happy about it. >> bottom line is the premise of their argumen...

what the heck is going on there? senators have left town. why? because they passed a two month extension of the payroll tax cut. they passed unemployment benefits coming to people in the new year. but now the g.o.p. in the house say they're going to kill this thing this morning. 9:00 a.m. is when the showdown will happen today. they're looking for this long-term fix. i get that. is this the right time and place to be doing that? i have a scary suspicion that this is going to fall real hard on the house republicans and the general public isn't going to be happy about it. >> bottom lin...