the mob stories into the jail and shoots and kills joseph smith and his brother and joseph smith falls out of the window and he's had. and then brigham young isxÑ essentially there to pick up the pieces. >> where is joseph smith buried? >> he is buried in illinois. >> so brigham young takes over essentially in illinois? >> he takes over. >> and how does he get to you talk? >> once again the mormons are forced out. the death of joseph smith doesn't satisfy the political opponents of the church in illinois. but then about another year there are moms that are burning mormon homes, and under address brigham young agrees to leave and contemplates do we fight back, it do we try to fight these mobs, but ultimately they've got to go. >> at that point, john turner, had the mormon population become integrated into the illinois life? >> not really. the church had gathered there for about five years, and were predominant in this one part of western illinois. but it had been a pretty transitory existence for a lot of people. so when they leave brigham young west they go across the body what territ

spent where it is joseph smith buried? >> he is buried in illinois. >> so brigham young takes over essentially in illinois? >> he takes over in illinois. >> and how does he get to utah's? >> once again, the mormons are forced out. the death of joseph smith doesn't satisfy the political opponent of the church in illinois. then about another year there are mobs that are burning them out. under duress, brigham young contemplates the we fight back, do we try to fight these mobs, but insultingly they got to go spent at that point john turner, had the mormon population become integrated at all into the illinois like? >> not really. the church had gathered there for about five years, and were predominate in this one part of western illinois. budget had been a pretty transitory existence for a lot of people. and so when they leave, brigham young leads them west, across the iowa territory, and spends time on the banks of the missouri river, and then in 1847 brigham young leads a group of little bit more than, about 150 pioneers tha

shortly after that he baptized, becomes a member of joseph smith's church. after that two-year hesitation once he decides to join in this baptized he is fully committed for the rest of his life, and it gives his life great sense of purpose and direction, and that is his identity for the rest of his life. >> where does that term mormon come from? >> it comes from the book of mormon which joseph smith claims was an ancient record, a variety of peoples who had come to the new world. jesus christ had appeared to these people in a new world, that their descendants were being a native americans, indians, that white americans knew well in the early 1800's, so that is where the term came from. his early followers were called more minutes or mormons as a pejorative term. essentially they got used to it and claimed it as their own identity to a large extent. >> why did joseph smith and his followers leave of state new york? >> well, the first 15 years or so of the churches existence, there is a story of the mormons more less getting kicked out of one place after anoth

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and in that treasure trove of material, letters from william randolph post joseph kennedy back in court, i glimpsed a man who is different from everything i had heard about. so i told jean kennedy smith at some point that her daughter should write a biography of her grandfather and that the man was absolutely fascinating. a good word to use if you don't know if a felon or a hero was fascinating is that it wants to do a biography. by that a year later, i saw jean kennedy smith again. she approached me and wanted me to do it, to write that biography. they recognize there is a need for such a biography. i said well, i'm in the mid-of writing another book by andrew carnegie. she said when he went to to be finished? you can't say no to a kennedy. i said i don't know, six months maybe. six months to the day, we got a call at home from someone i was convinced was a ted kennedy impersonator. i don't know if nav corp. in new york or listen to don imus. he had a ted kennedy impersonator and sounded just like this. so i listened to the message and after listening to it the second and third time, i

and uncles had put me onto as in that treasure trove of materials, letters from randolph hearst to joseph kennedy back-and-forth on a glimpse of a man who was different from everything i have heard about him and so i told jean kennedy smith at some point that her daughter should write a biography of her grandfather, and if the man was absolutely fascinated. it's a good word to use when you don't know if you are going to be writing about. was fascinating i said and somebody should do a biography about a year later so jean kennedy smith again approached me and said the family wanted me to do it, to write that biography that they recognized there was the need for such a biography. and i said i'm in the midst of writing another book about andrew carnegie and she said when are you going to be finished? we can't say no to the kennedy fisa i don't know, six months maybe. six months to the day we got a call at home from someone i was convinced was a ted kennedy impersonator. i don't know if any of you grew up in new york or listened to don imus. he had a kennedy impersonator and sounded just like

the youngest to, the ambassador to ireland, jean kennedy smith, who was essential enraging piece. and senator edward kennedy, the longest-serving senator at his death in the united states senate. the story of joseph kennedy is the story of the man who spent his life moving back and forth from outsider to insider and back into outsider insider. story of an irish catholic who is not ashamed of his irish heritage, but refused to be defined by it. he was a third generation immigrant. his parents had been born in the united states. his grand parents had come here when they were young people. joseph kennedy cared little about the countries whose grandparents had been born in. he had no desire to visit ireland or read about it. he was 100% american. and he couldn't quite understand why anyone would think of him as less than 100% american. his anger was the catholic church growing up. being irish catholic in boston, he needed an anchor. he was born in east boston is kind of local royalty. everyone knew his mother's family and his father's family and his father was a well-known prominent a

this story first surface to be i files released at the end of last year and in joseph goldman's tell all book confidential this was a very limited operation in fact when the account which is the hebrew acronym for science liaison bureau with the nablus even the mossad with unaware of its existence and only it was basically created behind the back of this with the purity of nablus look only of this year the f.b.i. released these documents from a seven year investigation which began in one thousand nine hundred five they show how a network of front companies connected to these weighty defense ministry smuggled nuclear triggers out of the united states to israel what's apparent in the documents is that the israeli ministry of defense would place an order for prohibited items with an israeli company called he light trading the light trading is where benjamin netanyahu worked and would meet with richard kelly smith. when he visited israel then they would transfer the order to an organization called milko in california to fulfill the order violating export control act and shipping the trig

and in that treasure-trove of material, letters from william randolph can hearst to joseph kennedy and back and forth, i glimpsed a man who was different from everything i had heard about him. so i told jean kennedy smith at some point that her daughter should write a biography of her grandfather. and that the man was absolutely fascinating. it's a good word to use when you don't know if you're going to be writing about -- [laughter] you know, a villain or a hero. it was fascinating, i said, and somebody should do a biography. about a year later, i saw jean kennedy smith again, and she approached me, and she said the family wanted me to do it, to write that biography. that they recognized that there was need for such a biography. and i said, well, i'm in the midst of writing another book. i'm writing a book about andrew carnegie. she said, when are you going to be finished? you can't say no to a kennedy. [laughter] i said, i don't know, six months maybe. six months to the day -- [laughter] we got a call at home from someone i was convinced was a ted kennedy impersonator. [laughter] i d