there's an actor, writer and producer, director in hollywood. made a bunch of indie films and e-mail our company maybe three years ago and he wanted to do some sort of documentary or show having to do with the second amendment. he set of what you talk to someone so i can get the perspective. that's nice, nice someone in hollywood cares enough to talk to someone who likes the second amendment. he came in, spent about an hour half, talked, very nice guy and as he's leaving i said listen for your own good don't tweet you were here. as a friendly piece of advice. you tweeted you get a bunch of nonsense. there's no reason to do. you got what you needed and it's nice to meet you and all the rest. a couple weeks later he decided he would be a nice guy and so we went on twitter and tweeted at something like i might disagree with what most of what ben cheever has to say but he's a goodhearted person. he got hit so hard by the left that he pulled down the tweet and instead to up upper new t thing i did not realize my own sin in doing this. i didn't realiz

there's an actor, writer and producer, director in hollywood. made a bunch of indie films and e-mail our company maybe three years ago and he wanted to do some sort of documentary or show having to do with the second amendment. he set of what you talk to someone so i can get the perspective. that's nice, nice someone in hollywood cares enough to talk to someone who likes the second amendment. he came in, spent about an hour half, talked, very nice guy and as he's leaving i said listen for your own good don't tweet you were here. as a friendly piece of advice. you tweeted you get a bunch of nonsense. there's no reason to do. you got what you needed and it's nice to meet you and all the rest. a couple weeks later he decided he would be a nice guy and so we went on twitter and tweeted at something like i might disagree with what most of what ben cheever has to say but he's a goodhearted person. he got hit so hard by the left that he pulled down the tweet and instead to up upper new t thing i did not realize my own sin in doing this. i didn't realiz

>> well, i mean, he certainly has the charisma of a hollywood actor. if you see him in films, my students all think robin williams is theodore roosevelt from the movie "a night in the museum." but there's so many films about theodore roosevelt that include that rough rider image, the cowboy on horseback. so, yeah, absolutely. and the charisma, he knew -- roosevelt -- the power of motion pictures. and he tried to capture that essence in many ways. >> and he was a man of the tomb. it was such a period of change. >> the introduction of airplanes, submarines, motion pictures come in during his time at the white house. this is a remarkable period of change. and he seems to be the first modern president because he understands capturing the imagination of the american people is really a pr exercise and he needs to reach out to them in order to get congress to do something or in order to extend american power throughout the world. roosevelt is a revolutionary figure for the white house because he reshapes the office itself. >> we're going to take questions fro

every single one is -- >> i thought if hollywood movies had really been invented a few years earlier, a thing in 1900, teddy roosevelt would have been the perfect action hero. he would have eclipsed john wayne and all those marvel heroes. >> he certainly has the charisma of a hollywood actor. my students all think robin williams is theodore roosevelt from "night at the museum." and there he is a man of action. many images include the rough rider image storming up a san juan hill or something like that. absolutely and the charisma, he knew, roosevelt knew the power of motion pictures and he tried to capture that essence in many ways. >> he was a man of the time. it was such a period of change. >> absolutely. the introduction of airplanes, submarines, motion pictures, in fact, and this is a remarkable period. he seems to be the first modern president, because he understands capturing the imagination is a pr exercise and he needs to reach out to get congress to do something or to extend american power throughout the world. roosevelt is a revolutionary figure for the white house because h

well, i mean he certainly has the charisma of a hollywood actor and you know if you see him in films you'll you know, my students all think robin williams is theodore roosevelt from the movie a night at the museum and there of course, he is a man of action, but there's so many films about theodore roosevelt many of which include that rough rider image the cowboy on horseback storming up a san juan hill or something like that. so, yeah, absolutely and the charisma he knew roosevelt in his own lifetime the power of motion pictures and he tried to capture that essence in in many ways. and he was a man of the time it was such a period of change. absolutely. i mean the introduction of airplanes submarines motion pictures. in fact come in during his is time at the white house. so this is a remarkable period of changing he seems to be really the first modern president because he understands that capturing the imagination of the american people is really a pr exercise and he needs to reach out to them in order to get congress to do something or in order to you know, extend american power thr

they plotted to connect 25 prominent hollywood jews and hang them. and he hoped it would spark a program against the jews. they plan to shoot poison gas into the homes and synagogues in the jewish neighborhoods and they were quite well defined in los angeles printed a plan to firebomb jewish houses in the conspirators only got cold feet because an this was a jewish organizational response to the leaders of the anti- defamation league in los angeles and actually hired spies to infiltrate these networks and when the conspirators realize the networks had been infiltrated, they got cold feet and the never went through with the plots but they were there in part because bo said. salome concluded then we will take final questions. in 2020, the peer research center reported the astonishing figure of 84 percent of american adults, able to identify the holocaust, and knowing referring to the persecution of jews by the but were not focusing on this class and the holocaust yes, when americans talk about anti-semitism they talk about it that led to the holocaust

big tech hollywood late-night shows academia government big tech, all big corporate america. they control -- but what happens is in the '90s it was the advent of talk radio and they started to go how do we come around that? then they took over big tech and suddenly republicans and conservatives started think we can use twitter so what did they do? started canceling. our team is gone to build two platforms. we need to be willing to go and migrate. look it's amazing. we launched newsmax to you in half ago. there are probably more people in his room that watched the first episode now were averaging hundreds of thousands a night. people -- we don't do a ton of advertising. it's word-of-mouth people are coming say like the network i like your show. that's because there's alternatives and are losing their grip. that's what, if they don't want you to see anything but what they show you. but i'm a big believer in whether it's newsmax the blade heritage we need to support the big team and get out there share stuff, encourage other people to get involved. it is part of our duty as amer

if you were pitching this story -- if you were pitching the battle of the alamo to hollywood right now without the historical weight of it, you try to pitch travis and you'd pitch bowie and all these guys and crockett, and you could see a modern movie producer saying, yeah, yeah, yeah, tell me about that jose guy. he snuck out, warned houston, led the cavalry at the battle and became mayor of san antonio. he was run out of texas and joined the other said. within a couple of years he was occupying san antonio. he's got an incredible story. if you're telling the story right, he would be the most widely known person in texas and not jim bowie. >> if you don't know his story, it's worth picking up a book to read it. >> yeah. you talked about how -- i'm sure, your next -- what is the -- there's a question about your analysis of the narrative and films, media about -- what is it that you think has been the most accurate and i'll collapse that with another question from somebody. what's the book that you think has the most integrity. most accurate, most integrity the one, nobody is reading th

that's the only strike they've ever had in those days hollywood was very close place. for five of these moguls running the place. reagan himself his future career was already up for grabs and he called the strike. in that strike he got a lot of concessions not just for actors but for the screenwriters of the people behind the camera whose pensions were at stake and work through it just did that. i want to also ask, it's up for grabs anyone tackle this. he learned about handling unions from the other side. he learned how to be a very tough messenger of free enterprise and free markets and capitalism. he went to all of these factories, all around the country. who was? there is a fabulous book and i will never remember the author because i'm way too old, about this experience and what he taught reagan. sound money helps a blue-collar worker which is something jack has taught all of us. reagan learned a lot of that stuff. we talked about the gop now has become a workers party, or a lot of trump's own messaging and so forth. reagan was right there he was doing his best to f

both of those books thereafter turned into wildly successful hollywood productions in which they are the key protagonist. that leads us to a process of historical memory of which these two officers served notably and bravely had it not been for the other characteristics they have otherwise may have been a footnote to history. so historical memory by a really interesting and sometimes unusual component in regards to all of it. so really the story is about dick winters, the man behind the legend and what has a letter sent artifacts have to tell us these three quarters of a century later. to tell us a little bit about that were going to learn about eric's collection. >> in 2016 i was fortunate enough to obtain the major collection after a lot of effort. we thought he was appropriate for the museum because we interpret not just civil war but other conflicts and especially world war ii. besides the artifacts that were in that collection, his uniforms, metals, weapons, things like that were his files. he kept a file from every man from easy company. he worked very closely with steven ambro

he said, listen, there was a saying in hollywood, never do a scene with dog, a little kid or wallace. it was my seen, i was the only one on camera. wallace was to my left. i was the only one with any lines. by the end of that scene, do you realize wallace was the only thing i could see and i was off camera and talking to the back end of the horse and it was supposed to be my scene. that's my point. he understood that -- and, by the way, this is exactly what happened. they were always prepared, mark at one point had to crawl across the oval office and old the pen up -- my marker is working again because the lights had tried it out. that was the point. ronald reagan was set in force. >> and he could handle anything. >> and let me finish on this. let me finish this one line. when he gave a speech, there were no thee yacht tricks. the great communicator let the words speak for themselves. >> steve moore? >> the benefits of reagan's optimism. there are few people who are optimists who believe as bad as things may be, they can be turned around. as big as the soviet union was and powerful, i

in those days, hollywood was very closed, moderna monopolistic, all of our skull. regan himself his future career was very much up for grabs. he was already moving away from it and he called a strike. and in that strike, he got a lot of concessions, not only for actors but also for the screenwriters and the people behind the camera, whose pensions were at stake and work rules were at stake. and he just did that. it's like patrick oh where before there was a path co-. i also want to ask, the years he was at ge, he learned about handling unions from the other side. he learned how to be a very tough messenger of free enterprise and free markets and capitalism. all the factories all around the country -- who was it? the fabulous book, all never remember the author -- about the experience and what reagan was stopped. judy was talking about found money helps the blue collar worker, which is something jack kemp talk all of us. reagan learned a lot of that stuff. we talk about how the gop now has become a workers party. a lot of trump's own messaging and so forth. reagan w

that was the only strike they had, and in those days hollywood was a ma nye cal place. reagan p himself, his future careers were in place. people behind the camera whose work rules were at stake, and he just did that. it was like patco before there was a patco. the years he was a ge, he learned about handling unions from the other side. he learned how to be a very tough messenger of free enterprise and free markets and capitalism. he went to all these factories all around the country. who is it, bovar? who was that? there's a fabulous book, and i'll never remember the author because i'm way too old, about this experience and what bovar taught reagan. judy was saying sound money hems the blue collar worker, which i think. we talked about how the gop has become a workers party. that's a lot of trump's own me say ajing -- messaging. in those days they had a thousand factories around the country, it's not like today, and he would go and talk to the blue collar people, argue with them back and forth. reagan was a i was a democrat, who became republican and i still, to this d

but once again if you are pitching this story, you are pitching the battle of alamo to hollywood without the historical weight of it, you try to pitch travis and you pitch buie and all of these guys and crockett, you can see a modern movie producer saying tell me about that guy. snuck out warned houston became mayor of furniture store run out of texas and then he was occupying san antonio. that's an incredible story. retelling the story right he would beat the most widely known person in texas. not jim buie. >> the gain is really the great tragic hero. if you do not know the story it's worth picking up a book to read it. >> you talked about next acts series with a question here about your analysis what you think is been the most accurate and i will add it to another question with the book that has the most integrity. most accurate, most integrity and put my only block on there. and the one think no one's reading this book everyone should be reading this book have a fuller understanding. >> i'll leave the last question to you all. the intersection of the best fictional account of the alam

he was in a couple of hollywood movies, but he also wrote plays when he was in the prison, so i know how those systems work. it is just interesting that you ended with rockefeller because rockefeller was the one who stopped the whole system from doing any kind of education. >> that's right. >> so you're doing some hard work. i appreciate what you're doing, and keep it up. >> have you read heather ann thompson's book "blood in the water". >> that's the one they did on rockefeller. >> on attica. it is brilliant. the way she ends the book is the response by the ruling white oligarchy because of attic shgs a -- attica. it is fascinating to read the internal documents of the nixon white house. they believe it is the beginning of a malice revolution. she argues the demonizing of especially black men, but also the foundation of this draconian carcel state as a response. one of the characters in the book based on a real figure, who i interviewed for about six hours because i wanted exactly what you said this old consciousness from the 60s and early 70s by black radicals so he was a member of

carter, reagan, george hw bush, clinton, or w bush, obama, and trust as well as the cia, joint chief, hollywood and the supreme court. his most recent book is carol, which he co-authored with robert costin the moderator for our opening discussion is douglas brinkley, in humanities and professor of history and bronx university and professor douglas brinkley is a best-selling author the grammy award-winning producer had he served as presidential historian for both new york post new york historical and sandinista a contributor to the new york times, the washington post, the boston globe and the author of numerous books in his most recent new york times bestseller, is american moonshine, john f. kennedy in the great space race. just before we begin i ask you please turn off your cell phones and other electronic devices and remember to keep your mask on. please note with the exception of her house photographer, we are not permitting photography this morning afraid and please join me in welcoming our guests. thank you. [applause] >> good morning, welcome bob fast, robert caro and as the added attract

they are reworking hollywood movies not to anger china. on and on and on. when does that stop and when do we say that that market is not worth it? they are threatening taiwan. the source of most of the chips in the world. taiwan and japan, we have nuclear weapons. we are getting into a very dangerous plan here. they will have to make some very serious decisions very soon. >> catherine has a question. she wants to know your thoughts. much like california, there are constraints on water, energy, other environmental challenges. you just talked about some of the geopolitical concerns, what about concerns of the environment especially when it comes to things like water. >> i thought, why they are? and then you realize they have been there for decades. and, so, you have a large popular, they are pretty good at putting on the bunny suit. when you have a body of trained people, you will go there. you will not go to dubuque or oklahoma or something like that to start over. i think it will put a lot of pressure on the infrastructure of arizona and new mexico, but, th

historians who had some different glasses on the narratives than what we are typically hearing in the hollywood versions >>? as i think he'll call it the heroic anglo narrative. i have to ask if this is something you all thought about. you all are three angle anglo men. it is something that costs remain as rioters? people tell the stories they feel they are compelled to tell. i'm just kirsten know what you're thoughts are as three anglo writers writing about that particular topic from this vantage? >> our first thought was, and this really addresses what you asked earlier about why now -- a majority in the state, and we argue in the book that there is never been a better time really for there to be a conversation about the historical alamo. the real alamo. as opposed to the alamo of our dreams. and also at a time where the country is undergoing this sweeping reassessment of its racial past, in large part because of george floyd. texas history has largely gotten a pass. and that certainly surprises. i would say going in that i had absolutely no understanding of the latino experience with the ala

several of the westerns became major hollywood movies including the fighting shepherdess based on the life of lucy morrison more, the so-called sheep queen of wyoming. readers and moviegoers loved the mastery of western speech. since we are talking playing, i don't like you know how. i don't like the way you act. i don't like the way you talk. i don't like the way your face grows on you. and if i never see you again, it will be soon enough. the hard drinking hard parting cowgirl never married but enjoyed many unofficial liaisons. at the age of 54 she became a cattle queen in her own right on her 6000-acre ranch and lived to the age of 91. just as the westgate ambitious women unique opportunities to own land and attend college, it gave them special advantages in the pursuit of more rights. indeed in 1854 just six years after seneca falls conference and one year after the washington territory was founded, a suffrage bill failed to pass in the washington territories legislature via a single vote. the national movement made them based in east but when the cause reemerged after hiatus impo

squabble with bob and he is a very bright guy that was involved financial interest with a fight between hollywood and new york and the networks were in a position to call the shot. so with abc, cbs, nbc, i have a great show and they say maybe, that we will see and by the way you are asking way too much and then you don't ask during get the same thing. and then the guys who would put the show on the air but they thought that was unfair so i set about changing it with a bill that would cause that to end. so i lobbied the hell. and then the bill came on the floor it was appropriation i said i don't care dammit i will do this anyway. mr. president, i offer and appropriation and atwood said mr. president the senator from california is attempting to amend for the appropriation which we cannot do. the senator from oregon and is correct in the amendment is rejected. i said item in the rollcall that. and the ruling of the chair which i challenged and ted stevens is behind me. and said oh god. [laughter] and said he can't win what the hell do i have to lose? and we one. [applause] a time things were strain