mark freeman is the translator. absolutely cannot tell that this is a translation. and i did not have a spanish copy of the books like couldn't make any of these comparisons, but i am really impressed translation. >> guest: and the other translator i had before -- >> host: he translated this, right? >> guest: open veins, yes. we had a very special relationship. very, very special. he had such a close connection with me that when he blows translating i think there are three volumes, yes, and he died during the book of embraces, and when he arrived to check one of the 1,000 stories, which he would not write. i wouldn't say that. i wouldn't say that. i disagree with this bomb, it was his right of course. he sent me terrible letters insulting me. how could you say something so false, stupid, such a lie, for instance about chaplin, he was working in hollywood 40 years and in these words to prove the evidence that we were becoming the same person because otherwise he allowed me to have my own thoughts, ideas, feelings, but no, we were the same person so when he died a par

to tell thomas jefferson, a man you must admire is julius caesar, which hamilton did once, joanne freeman argues he was pulling jefferson's leg and i think he was right, big mistake. thomas jefferson had no humor and he thought the plot is real. this is something, i just got an e-mail from a friend of mine who is considering a political biography of bill. the parallel he came up with, this was fascinating, was frederick douglass. frederick douglass was also a private man, in a voice held office but he was a journalist, an eloquent organizer, and that worker, he was obviously an outsider for obvious reasons. i am eager to see how he worked this out. it is interesting. there are people you can find some resemblance to, we just have -- we can't produce the next one, we'd just have to be sure the opportunities are there and when they knock on the door, the doors will open. >> at the moment that we speak, we have 2 book very much on hand, chris buckley's book has been on the best-seller list for weeks. >> i haven't looked. >> seriously, in each case, we have 2 brilliant writers writing about t

is committed to full transparent indeed committed implementation of the security freeman -- implementation of the security agreement. the iraqi people should be proud of the dedication and sacrifice of the iraqi security forces and government of iraq. their accomplishments in preparing for this day are commendable. the american people can also be very proud of the soldiers, sailors, marines and civilians who have worked so hard over the past years and sacrificed so much in helping the people of iraq progress towards a peaceful and democratic society. with that, i would be happy to take your questions. >> we will start with andrew. >> you talked about a small number of u.s. forces remaining in the city's to train and advise. how many u.s. forces will remain? >> people have been trying to get me to say figure for about a month. the reason i won't do it is because it will be different every single day. it will be based on how much training and uprising and coordination is required. -- how much training and advising will be required. it has very specific missions, train the iraqi security forc

joann freeman said she was pulling jefferson's leg. big mistake because thomas jefferson nod humor and he thought the plot is revealed. [laughter] >> federalism tipped its hand. i just got an email from a friend of mine, a historian named al felzenberg and he's considering a political biography of bill and the parallel he came up with -- and this was fascinating was frederick douglass. and frederick douglass was also a private man. he never held office. but he was a journalist. he was an eloquent orator. he was an organizer. he was a networker. he was a wire-puller. he was, obviously, an outsider for the obvious reason that he was, you know, a black man in pre-bellum america. i'm excited to see al work this out 'cause i thought, gee, this is interesting. there are people that you can find some resemblances to and we just have to -- you know, we can't produce the next one. we just have to be sure that the opportunities are there and that when they knock on the door those doors will open. yes. [inaudible] >> at the moment that we speak,

i think it was -- it was a famous kind of working class city to quote another book by joshua freeman.t was a city that had had a lot of business during world war ii and its industries had been employing many, many new yorkers. and it was also a growing media capital. it was expanding its office infrastructure. it was growing in terms of the it was getting a lot of international attention in a new way politically and it was part of, you know -- it was seen internationally kind of as the capital of a resurgent u.s. following world war ii. yes, very much so. so its star was rising in that period. >> what happened to new york in the 1970s? >> well, it's a complicated question that has global, national, local reasonings behind it, political, economic, culture. it was a period of crisis on many levels. and it was a period that began, really, in the 1960s, the decline and really reached a nadir in the 1970s that had to do at the local level with a mismanagement of funds and a fiscal crisis of the state that led to the city technically going bankrupt. and when i say a mismanagement of funds,

john freeman -- the dr. from louisiana, dr. paul broun from georgia and i would like to refer to my colleague from louisiana to yield time to him at this point. mr. fleming: thank you to my friend and fellow physician and colleague, dr. gingrey. you know, you made reference to the 30-something democrats. and i watched that debate, that discussion with great interest, because to be honest with you, 32 years of medical practice and also owning businesses for nearly as long, when i hear this discussion about how a public plan can work, i really try to view that and try to understand that, but always come out totally mystified with how this sort of thing could ever work. and to clarify the debate, basically congress right now is looking at three different options. one is a total single heyer nationalized health care system, medicare for all. one would be a private system for all, which is what we on the republican side back. and the other is a public and private system that are competing with one another. . i really watch with grea