the late great jimmy stewart's character, jefferson smith, ed come to washington full of national pride and wonder and yet in a short time, he has been framed and scandalized by the forces of washington corruption. he is about to be banished from the u.s. senate. it's in a pivotal scene, he stands with his suitcase in hand, literally sobbing in the shadow of the statue of abraham lincoln. he is implored to resist the forces of corruption. she says the following -- your friend, mr. lincoln, had his enemies. so did every other man who try to lift his thoughts up off the ground. odds against them did not stop them. they were fools that way. all the good that ever came into the world came from. faith like that. they're not all tailored in washington. that kind just throw big shadows. you do not have faith in any other living man. you had faith in something other than that. you had decent, everyday, common rightness and the country can use that. you said mr. lincoln was sitting up there waiting for someone to come along. you're right. he was waiting for men to see his job and sailing to and

thomas jefferson was the preeminent scientist of his day. size andpple with the ask the basic questions. i did -- i think the scientific -- ance is overwhelmingly overwhelming consensus that the climate is changing in ways that negatively impact the planet and humans have a significant defect. not the only effect. there are plenty of others. we'll continue. human effect is significant. when i hear from witnesses or anybody who contacts me about this when not grapple with the signs who denies it or pretense have as -- pretends, i hard time taking deposition. -- taking that position. i think any organization should only yes or no. you can acknowledge some continued debate. i think people should take a position on the science and all willingness to take a position troubles me. i think those of us making decisions about we have to started their and take a position. i think the science is clear. i have lived and i am seeing it. sea levels are rising. there are people i know who live in homes that they cannot sell them now. they were built 100 yea

i view your undertaking jefferson would write. as the germ of a great free and independent empire on that side of the continent and at liberty and self-government spreading from that site as well as decide well in sure their complete establishment over the whole so there is a lot of weight writing when he's making his decision. wrestling bear on the island with his thoughts. so another leader in this is a scottish third traitor by the name of duncan mcdougal, and he was one of the first traders that astor had hired from canada where the experts were and there were many different personalities among them in many different degrees of expertise. but duncan mcdougal don't know if a thumbnail sketch of him would be short, feisty, manipulative and looking out for himself. he had made him the second in command in the west coast colony. hunt was supposed to be the first in command but in his abstinence he said mcdougal should be in charge. what happened with wilson price hunt and the overland party by the kentucky ends, they were supposed

thomas jefferson gave it his enthusiastic endorsement. it was astor's idea to try to capture, essentially, all the furs in the western part of the continent, funnel them through a set element at the mouth of the columbia river and sell them to china. and in china these furs would fetch extremely high prices because the chinese mandarins, for instance, used sea otter furs which were extremely luxurious, something like a million hairs per square inch. i think the finest, most densely coat of any mammal in the world. the chinese mandarins would pay incredible prices for these furs. so astor, he was not the first ship here on the west coast, but he was one of the earlier ones, and he came up with this idea of sending trade goods from new york around cape horn by ship to the mouth of the columbia, trading them to the coastal indians here for furs, trading things like knives and beads and and then taking those furs to china, trading them to the chinese for, you know, incredible markups at both places, taking chinese luxury goods such as civiles