douglas is not sure yet. but he is sure the kidnappers knew in advance the lindberghs would be here at hopewell when they would normally have been in englewood. douglas: they had to have inside information coming from someone inside this house to know that lindbergh was going to be here on this particular night. narrator: the police never found that inside source. but this man believes he knows who it is. well, i think that no one's ever going to be satisfied with all the answers, but... narrator: lloyd gardner is a respected rutgers historian who authored a major book on the kidnapping with a controversial theory about the crime. douglas: so lloyd, in a nutshell, what do you think really happened? what do i think really happened? i think that someone on the inside had to have coordinated what happened that night. and my conclusion is that charles lindbergh himself was involved in coordinating the kidnapping. narrator: as shocking as this sounds questions about lindbergh's behavior emerged soon after the kidn

and why is john douglas looking for him? douglas's interest in knoll comes from this man-- bob zorn. zorn's quest to link john knoll to the crime goes back to his father, gene zorn who as an adult read an article on the kidnapping that triggered a memory of a dramatic childhood incident-- a memory that put father and son on the trail of a lost kidnapper. this whole story begins in the summer of 1931, when my dad was a 15-year-old boy growing up in a german neighborhood in the south bronx. and my father had a neighbor who lived three doors down from him, a german immigrant and a deli clerk named john knoll who encouraged my dad to take up stamp collecting. and one day in the summer of 1931, john invited my dad to go to palisades amusement park in new jersey where they had the world's largest saltwater swimming pool. and there waiting for john were his younger brother walter, another deli clerk whom my father knew, and then a third german-speaking man. well, my dad heard that these two men john and walter, were calling this th

frederick douglas was tireless. frederick douglas was working as a journalist, he was lecturing, he was aj agitating, he was knocking on the door of the white house, whether the white house wanted him to come in or not. he was not seeing social change with the development of lincoln, so why would we see change with the president barack obama. my beloved friend who died three years ago january -- >> historian, agitator -- >> historian, agitator, activist. he dismissed barack obama saying he would have to be enveloped in a social movement. we have to push him in the right direction. and the question i ask is, did we? did we do enough? or did we put our weapons down and did we then sit back and wait for something to happen, again, forgetting that the change that we want comes from below, it comes from a movement. it comes from putting pressure on those who have power to do the right thing. so when people tell me one way or another that what i represent is a utopian vision, i say, bring more poetry into those schools th

and why is john douglas looking for him? douglas's interest in knoll comes from this man-- bob zorn. zorn's quest to link john knoll to the crime goes back to his father, gene zorn who as an adult read an article on the kidnapping that triggered a memory of a dramatic childhood incident-- a memory that put father and son on the trail of a lost kidnapper. this whole story begins in the summer of 1931, when my dad was a 15-year-old boy growing up in a german neighborhood in the south bronx. and my father had a neighbor who lived three doors down from him, a german immigrant and a deli clerk named john knoll who encouraged my dad to take up stamp collecting. and one day in the summer of 1931,

and bill douglas believed as a young man coming on the court, douglas much, much younger when he was nominated by fdr. douglass believed that you've got to have a lot of other pursuits. i think it's rehnquist was bored, if he had not been nominated to be the chief, he just needed fast stimulus really because he was so smart. so i think if he had not been nominated to the chief, it's clear to me, going back and read an interview transcript with him, that he would've retired in 1989 because i mention not, i specifically said are you ready to retire? this is the end of 1984. he was nominated in 86. but at that point, he said i will be, when i reached the age of 65 in 1989 with more than 15 years of service on the court, i intend to leave and he could decide to take cases that he wanted, he would be making his full salary. he said i want to do some other things. i think he would've been been bored stiff teaching, by the way, but he was also trying to write novels. i was personally fascinated by this that i read the novels because they are newspapers. so he was trying to become the first

none agreed then two-time olympic gold medalist gabby douglas. >> she also is an offer. she joins us -- i imagine it is a big deal for you. >> this is definitely a big deal. my family is here. he are very excited. >> she has rubbed shoulders with the president. this is not the first time you will meet them. >> the second time. i have not met -- i have only met the first lady and the president. i have not met the dodgers hit. >>-- the doaughters yet. >> you will be quite busy. you are not only at the swearing, you are also heading to some of the balls. a year ago, could you have imagined doing this? >> i cannot imagine even going out to london, i never thought it would get me here. at the inauguration. this is mind blowing. >> any of your teammates going to be here? >> i think it is just me. >> kind of special. >> you have taken some time off from gymnastics, you have been busy with her new book. talk to me about that. >> it is all about my struggles my success, and the road to london and my life story. >> most teenagers would say they have not exactly had struggles and s

did he go read shaken by the wind, douglas? a jewish friend of his like bill safire or arthur byrnes or kissinger, did he speak one way and went home was a bit of a nazi came in the room? did he talk differently to him? that's pretty pathetic. that's my reading of the guy. >> you're spot on with it, chris, exactly. this is guy named luke at texas a&m who has transcribed all the nixon tapes, and it's still an ongoing process. the devil was brought out in nixon by holdman and chuck colson in particularly. whenever they're there, the dark side of nixon comes out. you listen to nixon on nato affairs, on detente, dealing with the apollo program, he comes off as quite wise and shrewd. so you're spot on. >> he would never talk like that with bill clinton, reagan even. >> bill safire once described negatives as a layer cake, eight, nine layers there is the realist, the conservative person, the progressive, but also a loner, a realist overseas, a hater at some level, and also really good poker player. so he was a much, much more complic

. >> his new book, america's great debate, stephena douglas and the compromise that preserve the union. what is so great about the great compromise? >> most people don't know anything about the compromise, have a vague recollection for junior high school. the nature of the crisis was this come in the kutcher ratcheted right of civil war. most of the political culture in americans that war was going to take base. the deep house was going to succeed as and ever closer to secession of most americans today realize. certainly the deep south states. texas is arming, other southern states. why am i talking about texas? had there been a collision? said were begun in 1850 that would have begun charles and for santa fe, new mexico. why? texas its own imperial ambitions could move westward supported by the slaveholding out and to invade the new mexico territory. there's many other parts to the crisis fundamentally with whether or not the west would be slaves or free. in 1850 assizes militarized. southern nationalism sap. jefferson davis and that the southern confederacy was to be formed now, he w

the suspect, arthur douglas harmon was appear tending a meeting at a law office when he allegedly opened fire. a 48-year-old man was killed, two others were wounded in that attack. harmon took off in a 2013 kia optima and he then opened fire on a witness who tried to follow him. >>> a senate hearing on guns opened with pretty powerful words from former arizona representative gabrielle giffords. it was two years since giffords was shot in the head at a political event in tucson. she was there yesterday to urge congress to do something about gun violence. let's listen. >> you must act. be bold, be courageous. americans counting on you.

take map ---autoridades del condado de douglas, en el area de lake tahoe, confirmaron que el cadaver de alyssa byrne, de 19 aÑos de edad, fue encontrado cerca de un banco de nieve al sur de la ciudad south lake tahoe. take vo ---esta noche en petaluma, cientos de personas se congregaron en la preparatoria "casa grande" para recordar a la joven, horas despues de recibir la noticia de su muerte. take 2 box ---mayra tostado nos tiene todos los detalles... adelante mayra. 0:01 0:07 0:17 1:34 1:47 take pkg fue una maÑana de abrazos y de lagrimas para la familia de una adolescente de petaluma que desaparecio el primero de enero en south lake tahoe luego de asistir a un festival de musica.. paul howell - vocero, oficina del alguacil, cdo. douglas "we have recovered the body of alyssa byrne.. she is deceased" hoy, las autoridades confirmaron que alyssa byrne, de 19 aÑos de edad, fue encontrada muerta. el cadaver de la joven fue descubierto alrededor de las 8 y media de la maÑana en un banco de nieve, a unos diez piez de una carretera.. segn la policia, un trabajador del municipio que via

in henrietta oklahoma a douglas with anyone. douglas. hello . now ok let's let's move on to do you han in alexandria virginia. suzanne. the wanted oh i'm sorry i'm mispronouncing. i said one quick sure. i want to. want to super program in my living room that i went through. and now when there are about marijuana i do not begin to marijuana. but it's it's been decriminalized now in colorado and washington state and. well it's illegal in virginia it's a it's illegal federally too as well john thanks a lot of calls thanks for raising the topic i think that this is this is one of those issues that in the united states we go back and look at the original anti-drug laws and you know there is a real racist pieced to starting them back in the in the ots of the. teens in the early parts of the twentieth century. in addition to that and along with prohibition what they did was basically created an industry that's all there's this whole anti-drug industry that they're fueling the private prison industry there's there's. you know in the end

in henryetta oklahoma eight douglas what's on your mind. douglas. below. ok let's let's move on to do zhen in alexandria virginia. do. you want to oh i'm sorry i'm a mispronouncing so you. won't quit sure. i want to know a homework to. remember mark. and i want to know about marijuana i do not begin where i want to. well it's been decriminalized now in colorado and washington state and even pretty. well it's illegal in virginia it's illegal federally too as well john thanks a lot of call thanks for raising the topic i think that this is this is one of those issues that in the united states we go back and look at the original anti-drug laws and you know there is a real racist pieced to starting them back in the in the ots in the teens in the early parts of the twentieth century. in addition to that and along with prohibition what they did was basically created an industry this whole there's this whole anti-drug industry there are fueling the private prison industry there's there's you know in the end the fallout from this has been lots and l

it's a ticking time bomb. >> douglas burden was once a ticking time bomb himself. it has been almost two years since he exploded in anger and attacked a 64-year-old deputy in his housing unit. today, burden says it wasn't personal, but the result of frustration. >> i thought i was being treated unfairly, because i wasn't going to court very often. i would go to court and i wouldn't get to get my word across to the judge or to anyone, so it felt like i couldn't get my voice out there. so, one day, i just snapped and i decided to choke out a deputy. while he wasn't looking, i just jumped behind the counter and grabbed him in a choke hold and i started choking him. >> could you have killed him? >> easily, but that's what we're taught in the marine corps. >> since then the jail's medical staff has kept burden stable through medication. >> i've been taking my meds. i've been doing a lot better. this is the best i ever felt, ever since i was diagnosed with schizophrenoform. >> are you a threat to these deputies here? >> no. >> why not? >> because me being ex-military, i

. >> virginia beach native jack douglas made history at the 2012 london games. now some of the items associated with that special time will be on display in the district. later today the national museum of american history will install a number of objects donated by gabby douglas including the leotard that she wore in 2003 her mother's ticket to the 2012 olympic games, and other items that she used in london. the exhibit opens to the public tomorrow. >> i look forward to seeing that. apparently she has a lot of personal photographs from her experience as well. 4:35. is the 35 hostess'20 brand is getting closer to a revival. >> -- twinkie brand. >> ellen braitman has that story and more. >> it's all about jobs on wall street. 8:30 this morning, weekly jobless claims. tomorrow we will have the labor department january jobs report. job-seekers who are blind will soon be able to look for jobs on monster.com a lot easier. monster will make the website and mobil app compatible with technology that translates information to braille or speech. this could be completed wi

take map ---autoridades del condado de douglas, en el area de lake tahoe, confirmaron que el cadaver de alyssa byrne, de 19 aÑos de edad, fue encontrado cerca de un banco de nieve al sur de la ciudad south lake tahoe. take 2 box ---mayra tostado esta en vivo y nos tiene todos los detalles... adelante mayra. mayra live ---asi es blanca, el cuerpo de la joven fue descubierto esta maÑana por un trabajador que viajaba en un camion en south lake tahoe.. 0:01 0:10 1:26 take pkg fue una maÑana de abrazos y de lagrimas para la familia de una adolescente de petaluma que desaparecio el primero de enero en south lake tahoe luego de asistir a un festival de musica.. paul howell - vocero, oficina del alguacil, cdo. douglas "we have recovered the body of alyssa byrne.. she is deceased" hoy, las autoridades confirmaron que alyssa byrne, de 19 aÑos de edad, fue encontrada muerta. el cadaver de la joven fue descubierto alrededor de las 8 y media de la maÑana en un banco de nieve, a unos diez piez de una carretera.. segn la policia, un trabajador del municipio que viajaba en un camion fue quien e

here you know that scene from the oliver stone film wall street when gordon gekko played by michael douglas in a role that would win him an oscar appears at a shareholders meeting of a company or paper to defend his actions and his grotesque worldview and delivers the now famous speech where he says. the lack of that at a very is good. right. works. creek. and can. get a louche least. well not the state tells us that other malfunction of the. audience is flipped out they cheered everybody in the eighty's wanted to be gordon gekko but the thing is this all over stone road is a piece of satire but nobody got it just the opposite all over stone was trying to send up the excesses of the reagan era michael douglas's portrayal helped inspire a whole generation of slicked back hair doos in double breasted suits adopting the greed is good ethos and pursuing the american dream as it had come to be defined. now delivers obscene wealth for a very few all running poverty and misery down on many and serving as a homicidal force for others because people do in fact die for lack of access to health care i

excesses of the reagan era michael douglas his portrayal helped inspire a whole generation of slicked back hair doos in double breasted seats adopting the greed is good ethos and pursuing the american dream as it had come to be defined now delivers obscene wealth for a very few poverty and misery down on many and serving as a homicidal force for others because people do in fact die for lack of access to health care in the richest country in the world that's the us of a human consumption is in fact accelerating the instruction of our planet people do in fact die in wars waged based on lies that profit the precious view over five million children globally each year do not reach their fifth birthday because they die of starvation all of this is not because the system that puts man on the moon or can squeeze an entire library onto a computer chip the size of a thumbnail has failed to find a way to solve these problems rather our system without apology places corporate greed. and greed take back the popular phrase is not good now the question many within the occupy movement are trying to s

douglas county sheriff's department officials announcing just about an hour ago the body of 19-year-old alyssa byrne from petaluma has been found in the area. she went missing new year's eve. the sheriff's spokesman saying a utility worker found her body alongside a road that leads to the hotel where she was staying with some friends. that's the horizon hotel and casino in tahoe. at this point, officials say they do not suspect foul play. we are continuing to follow this story, and we will have the latest tonight at 5:00 and 6:00. all day long also on nbcbayarea.com. >> such a sad conclusion to that story right there. >>> in other news, neighbors who live right next to the flooded san francisquito creek say they want the city to fix it now. in response the city council last night declaring it an emergency after storms damaged that levee. it is hoped that governor brown will declare that a state of emergency. that would bring the moneys needed to cover the cost of the repairs. it shows 12 different areas in need of immediate help. storms right before christmas caused that water to overfl

douglas brinkley joins us live. hillary clinton had a fairly smooth ride as u.s. senator and secretary of state. where does this secretary, this great woman, secretary of state, first lady fit into the historical landscape sph. >> there's no one quite like her. there is eleanor roosevelt, but hillary clinton is constantly surprising people just by her sheer competence at whatever she traiks on. she was a popular first lady and then a very popular new york senator and even more popular secretary of state and as she prepares to leave she will write a memoir on what the last four years were like. she traveled a million miles on behalf of our state department going to korea, vietnam, pakistan, vietnam. on and on. >> that earns one the platinum card when it comes to flying, i spoiz. they do talk about her, the hillary doctrine. and this great secretary of state, but what can she point to specifically as her accomplishments in that role? >> well, she promoted smart power, meaning after george w. bush and the iraq war sending troops abroad. finding other ways to achieve

>> funding for "to the contrary" provided by: the cornell douglas foundation committed to encouraging stewardship of the environment, land conservation, watershed protection and eliminating harmful chemicals. additional funding provided by: the colcom foundation. the wallace genetic foundation and by the charles a. frueauff foundation. >> this week on "to the contrary" first, children as human shields in the gun debate. then, who's leading the way for women in the workforce. behind the headlines: as we introduce you to some new female members of congress, this week it's arizona's kyrsten sinema. >> hello, i'm bonnie erbe. welcome to "to the contrary," a discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. up first, the gun debate rages on. children move to the f of the gun control debate as both sides use kids in their campaigns. first, the nra released a web ad accusing president obama of being a hypocrite. >> just another elitist hypocrite. >> that because he's skeptical of putting armed guards in schools while his daughters are protected by the secret service. then, flan

>> funding for "to the contrary" provided by: the cornell douglas foundation committed to encouraging stewardship of the environment, land conservation, watershed protection and eliminating harmful chemicals. additional funding provided by: the colcom foundation. the wallace genetic foundation and by the charles a. frueauff foundation. >> this week on "to the contrary" first, more women in the new congress including iraq war veteran tammy duckworth, then, -- outrage over a fatal gang rape of a woman in india, and declining birth rates in the u.s. ♪ >> hello, i'm bonnie erbe. welcome to "to the contrary," a discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. up first, diversity in congress. the new congress is the most diverse ever with 20 women senators and 78 women in the house of representatives. the house democratic caucus has more women and people of color than it does white men, another historic first. we will explain what this means to you. but first we introduce you to one of those freshman. illinois democrat tammy duckworth, one of two female war veterans to be s

>> funding for "to the contrary" provided by: the cornell douglas foundation committed to encouraging stewardship of the environment, land conservation, watershed protection and eliminating harmful chemicals. additional funding provided by: the colcom foundation. the wallace genetic foundation and by the charles a. frueauff foundation. >> this week on "to the contrary" first, a combat win for women. then, secretary clinton testifies on capitol hill. then, women and hollywood awards. hello, i'm bonnie erbe. welcome to "to the contrary," a discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. up first, women move to the front lines. the ban on women in combat has been lifted. defense secretary leon panetta addressed the country this week, explaining his decision. >> it's clear to all of us that women are contributing in unprecedented ways to the military's mission of defending the nation. >> 14% of the military's active duty personnel are female. many women have called for ending the ban on combat positions for them for years. but not everyone is happy about women serving on t

>> funding for "to the contrary" provided by: the cornell douglas foundation committed to encouraging stewardship of the environment, land conservation, watershed protection and eliminating harmful chemicals. additional funding provid by: the colcom fndation. the wallace genetic foundation and by the charles a. frueauff foundation. >> this week on "to the contrary" first, women and minorities are missing in obama's inner circle. then, women are binge drinking more. behind the headlines: the country's newest female governor: new hampshire's maggie hassan. >> hello, i'm bonnie erbe. welcome to "to the contrary," a discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. up first, cabinet concerns. president obama is catching flak for his first few cabinet nominations for his second term -- that for leaving out women and persons of color, especially after women voters secured his victory in last fall's election. although president obama wanted to nominate susan rice as secretary of state to replace hillary clinton, so far he's appointed men to head up the departments of state, tre

i think douglas described it beautifully. what the president was trying to -- what the president was trying to do. the republican party has a really big problem. it's not just a message problem. they have a demographic problem. they are going to continue to be, and i keep saying this over and over again, a regional, reactionary party until it figures out how it's going to deal with the demographic changes in this country. not just the latinos, but with women, african americans, gays and lesbians. >> well, we is a little too narrow when they say we. doug, "the new york times" has said the first year for his agenda is crucial. he has, perhaps, as little as a year to accomplish his big-ticket goals for second term. their window of opportunity narrows with each passing month. is that true from your assessment as a historian? and if so, how does he deal with the majority in the house still being republican and being in someways captors of a small minority of extremists in the republican caucus? >> i think he's got to focus on a co

douglas, and the compromise that preserved the union." what was so great about the great compromise? >> guest: most people say anything about the compromise haven't the vaguest recollection from junior high school that there's a crisis in 1850. the nature of the crisis was the country with a different civil war. most of the political culture of most americans thought it was going to take place commended the deep south is going to succeed and they were much closer to secession than most americans today realize. certainly the deep south. texas is arming other southern states. why am i talking about texas? had there been a collision that would not become in charleston. it would have begun in santa fe, new mexico. because texas with its own imperial ambitions to move westward supported by the slaveholding south came to invade the new mexico territory. there were many, many other parts of the crisis. fundamentally whether or not the west would be slaves or free. 1850 the south is militarized. other nationalism was at a peak. jefferson davis on

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