narrative official story the seeing if you follow the major official narratives the thing coming up from lebanon there is obviously different narratives official narrative coming out from the country itself so it seems there's no agreement on what exactly happened we should just wait for the investigations however if the investigations lead to some sort of negligence do you just storage of explosives or even chemicals in the port of beirut then the question is will someone be held responsible for this crime major western newspapers are calling this incident disaster econd to hiroshima what we're seeing is we posed kind of atomic bomb scenes in battle because it is there. because of the cloud and people are also calling each other not to be exposed because no one knows what kind of chemicals might still be there in the air so we are on the verge of a real humanitarian catastrophe that only adds up to the economy crisis to the failed state that lebanon is in and it is indeed time for the international community to take its. and actually show real supports that in these people the prim

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that is the official narrative, we dropped the bomb to an void -- to avoid an invasion. there is no truth to that. there may be a little truth to that, but no basic truth. japanese,y was the from the battle of saipan onwards knew they could not win, but they hoped to get one more victory. the big obstacle to them was the emperor. they wanted to make sure they could keep the emperor. command aest pacific shooter ground briefing in 1945 the said the hanging of emperor would be like the crucifixion of christ. all would fight to die like ants. that is what macarthur understood. almost every advisor of truman had told him to let the japanese know they could keep the emperor. america planned all along to let them keep the emperor but we refused to signal that, we were calling for unconditional surrender. what else was going to possibly end the war? ad y'all talk, roosevelt got promise from stalin that three month after the eight end of the war in europe, the red army was going to come into the war against japan. truman said he went to potts dam in july to meet with churchill a

the official narrative says the united states dropped the bomb to expedite the end of the war without having to invade. truman says an american invasion would cost a half million lives. the number keeps going up. truman saved thousands of lives and tens of thousands of lives and a quarter million lives in his 1955 memoir. that's the official narrative that we dropped the bomb to avoid an invasion at the bomb ended in the pacific. there's no truth to that. maybe a little truth to that. the reality was the japanese from the battle of psi pan onwards knew they could not win. all would fight to die. so that was what they did. almost every adviser of truman's urged him to change the surrender terms. let the japanese know they can keep the em perrer. they plan ned to keep them. but wit refused to signal that. so what else was going to possibly end the war. february '45, roosevelt got a promise that three months after the end of the war in europe at the big red a army was going to come into the war against japan. truman went to pots dam in july to meet with churchill to see that the soviets

that is the official narrative. that we dropped the bomb to avoid an invasion. the bomb ended the war in the pacific. there is no truth to that. in -- toittle too not be a little truth in that in truman's mind. the japanese from the battle of saipan onward new they cannot win. they hoped to get one more victory for better surrender terms. the big obstacle was the emperor. they wanted to make sure they can keep the emperor. macarthur issued a report in 1945 that says the hanging of the emperor to them would be like the crucifixion of christ to us. all would fight to die like ants. almost every advisor of truman urged him to change the surrender terms. let the japanese know that they can keep the emperor. that was in america's interest. america planned all along to keep the emperor, but we refused to signal that. we were calling for unconditional surrender. what else would end the war? at yalta, roosevelt finally got a promise from stalin that three months after the end of the war in europe, a big massive red army was going to come to the war against japan. truman

that is the official narrative. we dropped the bomb to avoid an invasion. the bomb ended the war in the pacific. there is no truth to that. bury little truth to that in -- very little truth to that of truman's mind. the japanese from the battle of saipan onward new they cannot win. they hoped to get one more victory for better surrender terms. the big obstacle was the emperor. they wanted to make sure they can keep the emperor. across the southwest, pacific command issued a report in 1945 . that says the hanging of the emperor to them would be like the crucifixion of christ to us. all would fight to die like ants. almost every advisor of truman urged him to change the surrender terms. that was in america's interest. america planned all along to keep the emperor, but we refused to signal that. we were calling for unconditional surrender. what else would end the war? roosevelt finally got a promise from stalin that three months after the end of the war in europe, a big massive red army was going to come to the work against japan. truman met with churchill and

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no one can be sure how bad things really were here the state's official narrative is heavily disputed but their version of history is written there are already covered 1000 exhibitions where hazmat suits signed by emergency workers are on display. while the city is certainly alive again business has taken a hit street vendors have not yet seen the same level of activity as before. things aren't where i would like them to be but they are improving going business restarted i was selling just 200 to 401 a day but now it's above 1000. other sectors such as real estate have also been slow to return to preplan demick levels . just got off the market performance is still relatively conservative in the 1st half of the year we returned to some projects that we were already working on before the. brick. in the 2nd half of the year controlling the pandemic still needs to be considered and so the business volume has been reduced. the people of this city went through a trauma together but the scenes here today suggest a better time could be coming for the rest of the world however far away that mi

no one can be sure how bad things really were here the state's official narrative is heavily dispute it. but their version of history is written there are already covert 1000 exhibitions or has marked suits signed by emergency workers are on display. while the city is certainly alive again business has taken a hit street vendors have not yet seen the same level of activity as before. good things aren't where i would like them to be but they are improving business restarted i was selling just 200 to 401 a day but now it's above 1000. other sectors such as real estate have also been slow to return to preplan demick levels . of all the market performance is still relatively conservative in the 1st half of the year we returned to some projects that we were already working on before the outbreak. in the 2nd half of the year controlling the pandemic still needs to be considered and so the business volume has been reduced. the people of this city went through a trauma together but the scenes here today suggest a better time could be coming for the rest of the world however far away that mig

no one can be sure how bad things really were here the state's official narrative is heavily dispute it. but their version of history is written there are already covert 1000 exhibitions or hazmat suits signed by emergency workers are on display. while the city is certainly alive again business has taken a hit street vendors have not yet seen the same level of activity as before. things aren't where i would like them to be but they are improving when business restarted i was selling just 200 to 401 a day but now it's above 1000. other sectors such as real estate have also been slow to return to preplan demick levels . i think of off the market performance is still relatively conservative in the 1st half of the year we returned to some projects that we were already working on before the outbreak. in the 2nd half of the year controlling the pandemic still needs to be considered and so the business volume has been reduced. the people of this city went through a trauma together but the scenes here today suggest a better time could be coming for the rest of the world however far away that

narrative is heavily dispute it. but their version of history is written there are already covert 1000 exhibitions or hazmat suits signed by emergency workers are on display. what can be believed is that it has made a remarkable recovery. to. you that it feels like our city has had a serious illness. but given time and with the right treatment and medical resources. it has slowly recovered its health and vitality. things are back to normal now again. while the city is certainly alive again business has taken a hit street vendors have not yet seen the same level of activity as before. things aren't where i would like them to be but they are improving business restarted i was selling just 200 to 401 a day but now it's above 1000. the people of this city went through a trauma together but the scenes here today suggest a better time could be coming for the rest of the world. however far away that mess seem right now. let's hope so that's our self thanks a lot for. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand.

against the islamic state but last year president trump contradicted the official narrative by publicly announcing that the u.s. mission in syria isn't really about securing its oil fields unbelievable. draft dodger donald trump told the truth he told. the reality of why we're there i've got news for you people the only reason we have an interest in the middle east is oil it's always bad blood for oil and i encourage people when it comes to these war situations please read general smedley's butler's book war is a racket let me repeat that 2 time congressional medal of honor winner general smedley butler his book war is a racket he will explain to you how we go to war and were lied to we never fight for the reasons they tell us we're fighting for and in the middle east believe me it is all blood for oil it is that simple if there was an oil in the middle east the united states wouldn't give a damn about it because we're here to support the international oil companies our government supports them and our military is their strong arm again please read smedley butler is war is a racket. and

against the islamic state but last year president trump contradicted the official narrative by publicly announcing that the u.s. mission in syria isn't really about securing its oil fields unbelievable. draft dodger donald trump told the truth he told. the reality of why we're there i've got news for you people the only reason we have an interest in the middle east is oil it's always bad blood for oil and i encourage people when it comes to these war situations please read general smedley butler is book war is a racket let me repeat that to time congressional medal of honor winner general smedley butler his book war is a racket he will explain to you how we go to war and were lied to we never fight for the reasons they tell us we're fighting for and in the middle east believe me it is all blood for oil it is that simple if there was an oil in the middle east the united states wouldn't give a damn about it because we're here to support the international oil companies our government supports them and our military is their strong arm again please read smedley butler is war is a racket. and

against the islamic state but last year president trump contradicted the official narrative by publicly announcing that the u.s. mission in syria isn't really about securing its oil fields unbelievable bruges draft dodger donald trump told the truth he told. the reality of why we're there i've got news for you people the only reason we have an interest in the middle east is oil it's always bad blood for oil and i encourage people when it comes to these war situations please read general smedley butler is book war is a racket let me repeat that to time congressional medal of honor winner general smedley butler his book war is a racket he will explain to you how we go to war and were lied to we never fight for the reasons they tell us we're fighting for and in the middle east believe me it is all blood for oil it is that simple if there was an oil in the middle east the united states wouldn't give a damn about it because we're here to support the international oil companies our government supports them and our military is their strong arm again please read smedley butler is war is a racke

you mentioned, martin luther king, the official narrative's not necessarily true. why did it take this long for us to learn about george washington? >> yeah, a very -- and i think, josh, you kind of said it in your last answer. if you look at the date of when the hanging happened, because that's the question, right? we just sat here and said there was a plot against george washington, they're going after the first president, why don't i know that? and that's exactly what we asked. and you know, again, you can have all these theories that george washington didn't want to put the word out there that his men had turned against him, that's not how you portray strength. that's one theory. i think one of the key ones, to answer your question, that date that josh mentioned, june 28, 1776. that's when it happened. finish and the first draft of the declaration of independence was handed in around then, and the british are literally coming. and when that's happening and you're investigating, it's sad to say, but even 20,000 people watching a man hang becomes a footnote compa

the united states in the official mythology, the official narrative is the united states dropped the bombs because that was the only way to force japan austria surrender without an american invasion and if the u.s. invaded, truman said in his boysr, a half-million would have been killed in the invasion. years later, they add to that the fact that many japanese, millions of japanese would also have been killed. the reality is there are two the main obstacle to japanese surrender was the u.s. demand for unconditional theender, which means execution of the emperor to them would be like the crucifixion of rist to us. that understanding was pervasive about the advisors around truman. secretary of war stimson. almost all of truman' is close advisers urged him. the main impediment was jimmy burns. truman relied on burns more than anyone else. from the day he becomes president to his first day in the time that burns is secretary of state he is relying on burns for device and burns told him you will be politically crucified if you let the japanese keep the emperor. stimson and the others were

the official narrative says the united states dropped the bomb to expedite the end of the war without having to invade and truman says an american invasion would cost a half million lives. the number keeps going up. is 1955, his memoir says a half million lives. there is no record of that anywhere. a lot of americans would have been lost in an invasion. that is the official narrative, he dropped the bomb to avoid an invasion and the bomb ended the war in the pacific. there is truth to that. japanese, onas the the battle of saipan in july of 1944, they hoped to get one more victory. the big obstacle was the emperor. they wanted to make sure they could keep the emperor. across the southwest pacific command, issued a report, background briefing in 1945 in the summer that says the hanging on the emperor to them would be like the crucifixion of christ to us. almost every advisor of truman's advised him to change surrender terms. let the japanese know they can keep the emperor and that was in america's interest. america planned to let them keep the emperor but we refused to signal that, we

there's obviously different official narratives coming up from the country itself. it seems there is no agreement on what exactly happened. however, if the investigations lead to some sort of negligence due to storage of explosives or even chemicals at the port of beirut, will someone be held responsible is the question for this crime? major western newspapers are calling this incident disaster akin to hiroshima. what you are seeing a post atomic bomb seen in beirut. it is destroyed. people are also calling each other not to be exposed, because no one knows what kind of chemicals might still be in the air. we are on the verge of a real humanitarian catastrophe that only adds up to the economic crisis, to the failed state that lebanon is in. it is indeed time for the international community to take a step and actually show support to the lebanese people. brent: the prime minister has declared tomorrow a day of mourning in lebanon. which we expected to happen. what happens after that? what would be a best case scenario, in your opinion, for the people of lebanon movin

that is the official narrative. that we dropped the bomb to avoid an invasion. that the bomb ended the war in the pacific. there is no truth to that. maybe a little truth to that in terms of truman's mind, but no basic truth to that. the japanese from the battle of saipan onward knew they cannot win. but they hoped to get one more victory for better surrender terms. the big obstacle was the emperor. they wanted to make sure they could keep the emperor. they issued a briefing in the summer of 1945 that said the hanging of the emperor to them would be like the crucifixion of christ to us. all would fight to die like ants. so that was what macarthur understood. and almost every advisor of truman urged him to change the surrender terms. let the japanese know they can keep the emperor. that was in america's interest. america planned all along to let them keep the emperor, but we refused to signal that. we were calling for unconditional surrender. so then what else was going to possibly end the war? in february of 1945, roosevelt finally got a promise from stalin that

. >> so, there is a lot of leaf that the official narratives of the assassination of key leaders, jfk, martin luther ki king, official narrative is not necessarily true so i didn't take this long for us to learn about george washington? >> gosh, you kind of set it in your last answer but if you look at the date of when the hanging happened because that is a question, we sat here a washington and they are going after the first president so why don't i know that and that is what we asked and, again, you can have all of the series that george washington did not want to put the word out there that his own men had turned out there and that's not how you portray strength. that is one theory of course. we'll see all the theories in the book and one of the key ones to answer your question is that june 208, 1776 that is when it happened and the first draft of the declaration of independence handed in around then and the british are coming. when that happen and you're investigated and write about this place is sad to say but even 20000 people watching a man hang becomes a footnote compared to t

well, you know, the stated reason for droropping the bombm, whwhich has become the official narrative to this day come as we have seen again with the media coverage in the past month, was ththat it was ththe only thing t could enend the war. it saved a million american lives. the japanese would not have surrrrendered, we would have haa costly invasion of japan and we needed to drop the bomb bebecaue it was the only thing that worked. this came out of truman's initial statement, calling hiroshima a militaryry base. so from the beginning it was impoportant to communicate to te american people that this was a decent and necessary act. and of course evidence has emerged over the decades which shows that t there were alternatives. truman had just gotten russia to promise to declare war on japan, around august 9 stop many people believe that -- including truman -- believed that japan would have surrendered quickly after the russian declaration of war. also some evidence has emerged that the use of the bombmb was t necessary, that it could have been delayed or not used at all. what was impor

that's the official narrative -- that we dropped a bomb to avoid an invasion. there's no truth to that. maybe a little truth to that but no basic truth to that. the reality was the japanese, from the battle of saipan onward they could not win, but they hoped to get one more victory and better surrender terms. the big obstacle was the emperor. they wanted to make sure they could keep the emperor. across the southwest command, they issued a report in the summer of 1945 that says hanging of the emperor to them would be the crucifixion of christ to us, all would fight to die like ants. that is what macarthur said and almost every advisor of truman urged him to change the surrender terms and let the japanese know they could keep the emperor. america planned all along to let them keep the emperor, but we called for unconditional surrender. what else was going to possibly end the war? at delta in february of 45, roosevelt finally got a promise from stalin that three months after the end of war in europe, at the -- the big massive red army was going to come into the wa

theunited states, in official mythology, the official narrative, is that the united states dropped the bombs because that was the only way to force japan's surrender without an american invasion. if the u.s. invaded, truman says in his memoir, that marshall told him 500,000 boys would have been killed. years later, they add to that japanesethat many would have also been killed. the reality is there were two ways to the war without using the atomic bomb. the first was to change the surrender terms. the main obstacle to japanese surrender was the u.s. demand for unconditional surrender. the emperor would be tried as a war criminal and probably executed. as douglas macarthur's southwest command said in the briefing, execution of the emperor would be like the crucifixion of christ to us. they would fight to die. the understanding was pervasive among the advisers around truman. almostry of war stimson, all of his close advisors -- all of truman's close advisors, urged him to change the terms of surrenders. the biggest impediment was burns. from the day truman becomes names burnstil secretar

narrative of what took place on this terrible day in march of 2019. begun preparations for this rampage as early as september 2017 when he bought a firearms license in new zealand. and described how he traveled repeatedly to christchurch to do reconnaissance around the mosques that he subsequently attacked, including even flying a drone over the al-nur mosque where the most casualties were incurred. and that he had done research about the islamic calender and the times of days when there would be the most worshippers in the mosque. and it turned out that the attack was carried out during friday prayers. that is one of the busiest times in the week for a mosque. then going on to describe in quite gruesome detail how the confessed terrorist here went back and killed already wounded people at pointblank range. including a 3-year-old child. another part of these hearings is giving a chance for dozens of survivors and relatives of victims to speak, to give their own testimonies to the court and to the convicted killer himself. take a listen to what one gri

the united states, in the official mythology, the official narrative, is that the united states dropped the bombs because that was the only way to force japan's surrender without an american invasion. if the u.s. invaded, truman says in his memoir, that marshall told him 500,000 boys would have been killed. years later, they add to that the fact that many japanese would have also been killed. the reality is there were two ways to end the war without using the atomic bomb. the first was to change the surrender terms. the main obstacle to japanese surrender was the u.s. demand for unconditional surrender. the emperor would be tried as a war criminal and probably executed. as douglas macarthur's southwest command said in the briefing, execution of the emperor would be like the crucifixion of christ to us. they would fight to die. the understanding was pervasive among the advisers around truman. secretary of war stimson, almost all of truman's close advisors, urged him to change the terms of surrenders. the biggest impediment was burns. from the day truman becomes president until names burn

the united states, in the official mythology, the official narrative, is that the united states dropped the bombs because that was the only way to force japan's surrender without an american invasion. if the u.s. invaded, truman says in his memoir, that marshall told him 500,000 boys would have been killed. years later, they add to that the fact that many japanese would have also been killed. the reality is there were two ways to the war without using the atomic bomb. the first was to change the surrender terms. the main obstacle to japanese surrender was the u.s. demand for unconditional surrender. the emperor would be tried as a war criminal and probably executed. as douglas macarthur's southwest command said in the briefing, execution of the emperor would be like the crucifixion of christ to us. they would fight to die. the understanding was pervasive among the advisers around truman. secretary of war stimson, almost all of his close advisors -- all of truman's close advisors, urged him to change the terms of surrenders. the biggest impediment was burns. from the day truman becomes p

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the united states -- the official mythology, official narrative is that the united states dropped the bombs because that was the only way to force japan's surrender without an american invasion. if the u.s. invaded, truman says in his memoir that a half million would have been killed in the invasion. years later they add to the fact that many japanese -- perhaps millions of japanese would also have been killed. the reality is there were two ways to end the war without the use of atomic bombs. the first was to change the surrender terms. the main obstacle to japanese surrender was u.s. demand for absolute surrender, which meant the emperor would be tried as a war criminal and probably executed. as douglas mcarthur said in a background briefing in the summer of 1945, execution of the emperor to them would be like the crucifixion of christ to us, all would fight. the understanding was pervasive in the advisers around truman. secretary of war stimpson, pretty much all of truman's close advisers urged him to change the surrender terms. main impediment was jimmy burns. truman relied on burn

the united states -- the official mythology, official narrative is that the united states dropped the bombs because that was the only way to force japan's surrender without an american invasion. if the u.s. invade, truman says in his memoir that a half million would have been killed in the invasion. years later they add to the fact that many japanese -- perhaps millions of japanese would also have been killed. the reality is there were two ways to end the war without the use of atomic bombs. the first was to change the surrender terms. the main obstacle to japanese surrender was u.s. demand for absolute surrender, which meant emperor would be tried as a war criminal and probably executed. as douglas mcauthur said in background briefing in the summer of 1945, execution of the emperor to them would be like the crucifix of christ to us, all would fight. the understanding was pervasive in the advisers around truman. secretary of war stimson, pretty much all of truman's close advisers urged him to change the surrender terms. main impediment was jimmy burns. truman relied on burns more than

the united states, i mean, the official mythology, the official narrative is that the united states dropped the bombs because that was the only way to force japan's surrender without an american invasion. if the u.s. invaded, truman says in his memoir that marshall told him a half million boys would have been killed in the invasion. years later, they add to that the fact that many japanese, perhaps millions of japanese, would have also been killed. the reality is there were two ways to end the war without use of the atomic bombs. the first was to change the surrender terms. the main obstacle to japanese surrender meant the emperor would be tried as a war criminal and probably executed. as douglas macarthur's southwest command said in a background briefing in the summer of 1945, execution of the emperor to them would be like the crucifixion of christ to us. all would fight to die like ants. that understanding was pervasive about the advisers around truman. secretary of war stimson was almost all of truman's close advisers urged him to change the surrender terms. the main impediment was jimmy

narrative that was put out there 75 years ago. i've never 25 years ago during the smithsonian, when the exhibit was canceled, the day the final exhibit opened, the enola gay plane. i published an op-ed in the washington post. critiquing the exhibit and what had happened to it. entire letterse page of the washington post was devoted to letters attacking it. on what? the issue was, i had sent we dropped the bomb without a warning to the japanese. all these veterans of world war ii piled on and said there were leaflets dropped and they were right, there were leaflets dropped, the day after the bombing of hiroshima. the day after nagasaki. and yet, you know, the mythology seems to be so immovable, you cannot debunk it enough. for example we recently heard in books,ss and in various the notion that a million american lives were saved. that is not true. this figure was never given to truman. about byver bandied the war secretary stimson. , when i did my biography of bundy, i asked about this because he was the ghost writer for stimson o

republics, on the other hand, say that is a political narrative, there is a plan, and these officials have written up reams of guidelines on how toop up the economy, which have been followed in a patchwork way. but they have also come in this political views to approachir topics that are controversial whether it is saf to reopen hools, whether the political protests have led to a spread of the virus. some of the congresspeople have turned to the health officials to bolster their political narrative. we are hearing a unified message from those testifying. i think they may have coordinated ahead of time. they keep saying, make sure you wear masks, wash hands, stay away from crowds. if you did that, it would have the same impact of shutting down the economy again. >> the head of the world health organization has said the fx on the group -- fx of the global coronavirus will be felt for decades to come. he was speaking to the ergency committee meeting to assess the after first to clearing a group global -- a global public health emergency. >> the pandemic is a once in a century health cris

left-wing narrative people pushing identity politics. you say the origins are much more specific involving a small group of people and is highly intentional. who is behind it? >> is not a grassroots effort. in fact it was written by elite activists and ideologues who formed a bureaucracy to create these groups and then promoted this at the universities and in the sixties the ford foundation gave $600,000 to ucla for mexican americans and they came back that mexican americans did not feel they were minorities or a victim group they did know they were facing discrimination but they thought they could solve their own problems at the individual level use their own agency to overcome the problems. this was very bad news for ucla researchers in the foundation that started the process to create identities the ford foundation was already giving money to instill those identities and then the ford foundation begins to support all of this and behind all of this postmodernist that wanted to replace the narrative and to replace what is the american d

the united states in the official mythology, the official narrative is the united states dropped the bombs because that was the only way to force japan austria surrender without an american invasion and if the u.s. invaded, truman said in his boysr, a half-million would have been killed in the invasion. years later, they add to that the fact that many japanese, millions of japanese would also have been killed. the reality is there are two the main obstacle to japanese surrender was the u.s. demand for unconditional theender, which means execution of the emperor to them would be like the crucifixion of rist to us. that understanding was pervasive about the advisors around truman. secretary of war stimson. almost all of truman' is close advisers urged him. the main impediment was jimmy burns. truman relied on burns more than anyone else. from the day he becomes president to his first day in the time that burns is secretary of state he is relying on burns for device and burns told him you will be politically crucified if you let the japanese keep the emperor. stimson and the others were

. >> any further assertions by the media or elected officials is furthering a false narrative to the american people. >> the postmaster general was speaking at a congressional public hearing. the democrats suggested he's forcing r reductions in m mailb and sorting machines on behalf of trump. dejoy described the claims as outrageous and vowed to deliver every ballot on time. dejoy became postmaster general in june. he's been carrying out reforms to cut the postal service's huge financial deficit. delivery delays have been common ever since. the situation has sparked protests nationwide including a major rally in front of dejoy's home in washington. >>> u.s. authorities are charged a texas university professor for deliberating lying about his ties to the chinese government. they allege he was part of a program designed to bolster china's scientific, economic and security goals. jhung dung cheng is accused of conspiracy, making false statements and wire fraud. augt thortsds say the 53-year-old knowingly provided faltsz information to secure a grant from texas a&m university and nasa. a

that is the official left-wing narrative by the people pushing identity politics. you say the origins are different. you say the origins are more specific, involves a small group of people, and it was highly intentional. which is it at who is behind it? >> guest: it is not a grassroots effort, it was driven by elite activists, different groups of people who formed a bureaucracy to create these groups who promoted this at universities. in the 1960s the ford foundation gave a great deal of money to the researchers to go in, mexican-americans, thinking back, horrible news to the activists, mexican-americans did not feel they were minorities or victim group, they didn't know they were facing discrimination. at the individual level at this agency, this is bad news for ucla researchers which undertook a process to instill, the ford foundation in the late 60s, the ford foundation, the mexican health fund, they support this group creation, behind this, the thinking of the frankfurt school to replace the metanarrative, the hegemonic narrative. the american dream obviously w

as the official left-wing narrative for the people pushing identity politics. you say the origins are a little different. you say they were much more specific involving the small group of people and it was highly intentional so which is it and who's behind it? >> it is not in all grassroots effort. in fact, it was written by elite activists, different groups of people who formed the bureaucracy thing is to promote this in universities and in the 60s, the foundation gave money, $600,000 or so to ucla researchers, the horrible news for the activists, mexican americans did not feel there were minorities, they didn't know they faced discrimination which they did they thought they could solve their own problems at an individual level. use their own agency to overcome their problems. this was very bad news for researchers which then undertook a process to create identities, is giving money already in the late 60s, the gift to really support all of this creation. behind all this is post modernist that wanted to rephrase the narrative, with the american dream, which we

and so how do you -- how do we change this narrative? how do we make it -- i don't want to say more positive because that makes me pollyannaish but how do we get it closer to reality i guess? >> a, i think journalists and members of congress and, you know, out of the respect of the public suspicions that are out there, don't dismiss all the on-line conspiracy theories they are widely believed. i start the book talking about the church commission which was created in the late 70s after the watergate and the church commission exposed abuses by the cia around the world and inside by the fbi in the u.s. itself. it was john tower, frank church was a democrat from idaho. john tower a republican from texas. people can laugh at this, but it was a bipartisan investigation. it stuck to facts. i mean clearly there's politics in all situations. we haven't had a sort of bipartisan investigation in years. but there have been successful investigations, the iran contra investigation, the report was accepted by most americans as factual. the 9/11 commiss

is furthering that false narrative to the american people and others the e.u. has called on russia to launch an independent and transparent investigation into the suspected poisoning of opposition leader alexina valley doctors in germany have confirmed test results show the kremlin critic was poisoned he's now in an induced coma at a hospital in berlin being transferred from siberia on sunday the long time opponent of president vladimir putin collapsed on the plane on thursday after he reportedly drank a cup of tea but told port dominic cain has more from the german capital. the doctors treating alex in our valley have been quite categorical about what they believe is the cause of his ordeal they say that there is a toxin a poison in his system which has laid him low they say they don't believe that this is life threatening now but they can't guarantee that he's going to be able to recover fully from the extent of his ordeal the specific poison in his system belongs to a family of chemicals which have very few civilly and there are a few take applications only

is furthering that false narrative to the american people the german chancellor angela merkel has called on russia to investigate these suspected poisoning of opposition leader alexina valley and to hold them accountable doctors in germany have confirmed test results show the kremlin critic was poisoned he's now in an induced coma at a hospital in berlin after being transferred from siberia on sunday the long time opponent of president vladimir putin a collapsed on a plane on thursday after he reportedly drank a cup of tea at tomsk airport dominic cain is following developments from the german capital. the doctors treating alex in our valley have been quite categorical about what they believe is the cause of his ordeal they say that there is a toxin a poison in his system which has laid him low they say they don't believe that this is life threatening now but they can't guarantee that he's going to be able to recover fully from the extent of his ordeal the specific poison in his system belongs to a family of chemicals which have very few civilian therapeutic applications only for conditi

any further assertions by the media or elected officials is furthering a false narrative the american people. >> bret: dejoy, during at times intense questioning from democratic lawmakers has voter should request their mail-in ballots at least 15 days before the november 30 election and get them in the mail at least a week before election day. with mail-in voting being such a major factor, this fall's election might end up being decided by which ballots are rejected. national course on it william la jeunesse has that story tonight from los angeles. >> >> it's going to be a complicated, difficult, challenging situation. >> remember the hanging chance? was that a vote or not? expect a similar battle this year. does the signature mashed driver's license? is there a postmark? when was the ballot mailed? does the envelope display a complete signature? is the ballot ripped or torn? >> if every state were to switch to a vote by mail it would be extremely challenging. >> a survey found 30 states rejected more than half a million mail-in ballots in this year's primary. >> you not only have to

that we're getting from the officials there in authorities there. you know val line is basically that we're seeing offers ition figures is not a simple case of a democratic uprising taking place these are opposition figures as officials have tried to cast them as being manipulated by outside powers and to use your analogy you won't be driving a test lay will be driving a tall because the alternative to look at shanghai was a lot of instability which foreign powers ultimately want for better if that's the official line how do you respond to that peter. well you know what we don't really know but seems like it's very very possible it may come out with these some of the candidates it leaving those who were thrown in jail may have harbored a secret symbol of these or made secret deals with russia at least about their ego for example the one who's in jail he is he was. in fact in charge of a corporation that was affiliated with the gas from the russian oil giant so these things are unknown for now and and develop. you know the current leaders such as the

that we're getting from the officials there in authorities there. you know val line is basically that we're seeing offers ition figures is not a simple case of a democratic uprising taking place these are opposition figures as officials have tried to cast them as being manipulated by outside powers and to use your analogy you won't be driving a tesla won't be driving a tall because the alternative to look at shankar is a lot of instability which foreign powers ultimately want for better if that's the official line how do you respond to that peter. well you know what we don't really know but seems like it's very very possible may come out of this some of the candidates even those who were thrown in jail may have harbored the secret sympathies or made secret deals with russia mr bush recall for example the one who's in jail he was. in fact in charge of a corporation that was a silly with the gas wrong for russian oil john so these things are unknown for now and discover you know the current leaders such as the i have spoken with them i spoke with them

that we're getting from the officials there in authorities there. you know val line is basically that we're seeing offers ition figures is not a simple case of a democratic uprising taking place these are opposition figures as officials have tried to cast them as being manipulated by outside powers and to use your analogy you won't be driving a tesla won't be driving a tall because the alternative to look at shankar was a lot of instability which foreign powers ultimately want for better if that's the official line how do you respond to that peter. well you know we don't really know but seems like it's very very possible may come out of this some of the candidates including those who were thrown in jail may have harbored the secret sympathies or made secret deals with russia mr bush recall for example the one who's in jail he was. in fact in charge of a corporation that was a silly with the gas wrong the russian oil john so these things are unknown for now and discover you know the current leaders such as the i've spoken with them i spoke with them

that we're getting from the officials there in authorities there. you know val line is basically that we're seeing offers ition figures is not a simple case of a democratic uprising taking place these are opposition figures as officials have tried to cast them as being manipulated by outside powers and to use your analogy you won't be driving a tesla won't be driving a tall because the alternative to look at shanghai was a lot of instability which foreign powers ultimately want for better if that's the official line how do you respond to that peter. well you know we don't really know but seems like it's very very possible that may come out of these some of the candidates even those who were thrown in jail may have harbored secret sympathies or made secret deals with russia mr bush recall for example the one who's in jail he was. in fact in charge of a corporation that was a silly with the gas wrong for russian oil john so these things are unknown for now and discover you know the current leaders such as the i've spoken with them i spoke with them he

any further assertions by the media or elected officials is furthering a false narrative to the american people. let me describe the two actions i have taken in 70 days since my appointment. i came to the postal service with decades of experience in solving large and complex logistical problems. i plan to use this experience to help lead the operating change required for the postal service to grow and embark on a path of sustainability. on the day of my swearing-in, the postal service inspector general issued an astonishing report about the scheduled delays and postal service transportation and a substantial costs associated with our weaknesses in this fundamental operating principle. upon review i directed the postal service operations team to develop and execute on a plan to improve our adherence to the transportation schedule of our over 40,000 trips a day. we have accomplished this goal. as our on-time departures are approaching 98% and wasteful extra trips are down by over 70%. while we have had temporary service decline which should not have happened, we are fixing this. in fact, l