c-span: fred smith. >> guest: fred smith is the founder of fedex. and my wife is from memphis, her family's there. so we get back and forth. i remember when fedex was nothing. and as i go back and forth to memphis and seeing the explosion of that company, i realize that this was a true bootstrapper. he thought he had an idea, and he used that idea to develop a whole revolutionary approach to--to delivering packages and mail and so forth. c-span: how much did you think about the use of all these names through it? >> guest: well, actually, donna and i had a lot of discussions about them. and as she threw various names out and we talked about what they did, i felt that it was important to kind of include them in--in the book, to make it--to give it some substance and people understand that everybody who's a bootstrapper was not born with a silver spoon, but they came with the creative idea, or they gave themself in service to somebody, or they did something special. one of the real special ones in there that you didn't name was freddie dill. freddie di

call fred smith, he'll tell you come to memphis. so do i. so there are plenty of reasons why when we look at the merger, i understand wonderful things i've heard about the two of you. and may need to look it at differently. we heard from richard anderson. but the basis upon which he made these are vailed. it's a fine airport, great service, great weather. great opportunity to save on fuel. and a great city to serve. i appreciate your being here, i appreciate mr. bacchus scheduling this hearing. i look forward to the testimony and u.s. airways and american serving memphis, the great city. the great airport that it is. thank you, mr. bacchus. i give you a statement also, and ask you to answer this to enter a statement from mr. mcgee on the consumer union expressing concern. >> without objection. >> thank you. i yield back the balance of my time which doesn't exist. it's traditional to yield it back. >> i guess let the record show that mr. cohen doesn't want you to merge with delta airlines. [laughter] our witness, our first witnesses without o

the fred w smith national library for the study of george washington, is scheduled to open in washington's hometown in virginia on september 27th. ♪ >> mindy mccready hit the top of the country music charts in the late '90s before a series of problems sidetracked her career. she was found dead at her home in arkansas. >> reporter: megyn, the bizarre twist here she apparently took her own life on the exact same front porch where her boyfriend killed himself just one month ago. and investigators are still looking into his death. she described him as her soulmate and he was the father, also, of her ten month old son. mindy mccready had a very public battle with drug and alcohol addiction, is she'd been arrested multiple times, hospitalized for a drug overdose, in and out of rehab, even appearing on the celebrity rehab reality show, the 37-year-old had been in a custody battle over her children and kidnapping one of them from her mother who was the legal guardian. a few weeks ago, both of her boys put into foster care because mccready's father said she's no longer able to take care of herself

fred burns returned for san jose,. this game wag -- was all about the goalize. antti niemi. glove save. then braun in the third period. game went to a shootout, which smith to shine, stopping james shep argued right there. neimi gave um two goals. the backhand for the win, sharks lose their fourth straight. 1-0 the shutout. >>> spring training right around the corner, pitchers and catchers reporting on tuesday, but time to give back to the fans. gianting hosting their annual fan fest where fans got to enter act with the world series champ crops, are youing shoulders and getting autographs. sergio romo was given a new $9 million contract, two years. >> give myself that security. it means a lot to me. so don't ever -- i owe this organization a lot and it starts with the good effort on the field, and preparing myself to get to that point. so, yeah, definitely ready. >> mike: a lot more from pebble at 6:00. >> ama: a shocking stowaway, the >> ama: a shocking stowaway, the crete --an) 3 days of walking to give a breast cancer survivor a lifetime-- that's definitely a fair trade. it was such a beautiful experience. (jessica lee) ♪ and it's beautiful (woman) wh

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fred inglis. >> thank you, mark we'll see you right after the game for our live postgame show and wouldn't it be something if alex smithmvp of super bowl xlvii. former team owner eddy debartolo, jr. did not get elected into the nfl hoax. ex49er and sack master charles haley came up short. larry leaven got in his first year of eligibility. he spent 126 his 14 nfl seasons with dallas, but finished with san francisco in 2006-2007. he was as domnant a blocker that i have ever seen. he spent 96 his is seasons with tampa bay. and sapp finished with oakland in 2004-2007. sapp gets in and michael strahan did not. strange. joining sap upis bill parcells and curley culp and david republican son. >> minnesota's viking running backd adrian participatedson pederson was named the mvp. there was some question whether peterson would play this season after major knee surgery. he beats out peyton manning who won today's come back player of the year. robert griffin iii was an easy winner of the offensive rookie player year, colts and luck got 11, seattle's rustle wilson had 10. and bruce arians becomes the first interim coach to be voted