so we have charles ii, cromwell and then the next volume is concerned with the hanovers, the industrial revolution, the scientific revolution and the commercial revolution which causes a change in the shape of the society. >> why are you writing the history of england now? >> why not. it seems a natural thing for me to do. i've written so much in the past about the specific period, specific people. i thought it was best and judicious to try to attempt the panorama of the history of arrangement in its entirety so that i could look back upon the six volumes and say this is a sort of testament. >> peter ackroyd, you also write about the history of london in fact we found a quote of you saying that london is a living being within each of my looks. >> yes, it is an obsession of mine since i began to write in the first novel by competed what is the great fire of london some years ago and i think all of my novels are very, very few exceptions have this landscape of their imagination itself with her is a biography of william blake or thomas more who are from london by birth. whether it is a nov

and he had a cousin that was a friend and fought with cromwell, but then after he died, she was one of those who supported the charles ii she was given every opportunity and his young cousin got a very good job in the needy and in the office and made his career. the most interesting thing about him is that he had learned shorthand at cambridge and started keeping a diary in the 16 sixties when they came back. for nine and a half years this young man wrote a diary of what it was like to live and work in london and it is one of the most marvelous documents ever written to the he was a renaissance man curious about everything. he was interested in everyone and he noticed she had the knack of being in the right place at the right time. so the fire of london, he was there. he was actually he went to see charles i and went back to his school and boasted about. he was very strongly against him at that time. his diary is unique because most of us if we write a diary is we want to look good in them but he didn't come he wanted actually to show this person and that is exactly what he does come a

churchill said he was like cromwell. it is a very interesting way to define it. i'm not winston churchill, but eisenhower was a good president before him. -- he was chairman of the board. excitingjust an administration. they didn't stay around long enough to really be appreciated or reach the greatness i thought he could have gotten. was saving -- the same awful, crazy guy from vietnam. he should be recognized as a great president. he went out to create the new deal. or to complete the new deal but he did something else. he is the guy that began the leadership and brings to the end of the terrible civil rights we had. thingsid some wonderful and he did some bad. they carter was one of finest people but regrettably he did not have the successes that we would have liked to see him have because he was so concentrated on detail he did not have time to concentrate on the bigger questions. he is probably the most underrated presidents. jerry ford was probably the most underrated guy served with. >> what a point of distinction. sam rayburn used to get really worked abou

. >>> in less than 24 hours, our all new morning show beginning tomorrow, once again, with chris cromwelluit designer checked into a swanky hotel room with her boyfriend in december of 2010. she never checked out. now her boyfriend, nicholas brooks, the son of a grammy winning song writer, is on trial for her murder, and a jury is seeing these erie surveillance photos, probably the last time the woman who was killed was seen alive. cnn's alina cho is following this trial from new york. alina? >> reporter: alison, good morning. this is a story that gripped new york city when it happened. i'm sure you remember it. think about it, a young, beautiful swimsuit designer allegedly murdered at a private club by her own boyfriend, at least that's what prosecutors say happened. now a series of surveillance photos taken from video of that club just may back it up. in the first photo, if we can play it, you can see boyfriend nicholas brooks and victim sylvie cachay checking into the soho house hotel. this was 12:31 a.m., just after midnight on december 9th, 2010. the next photo, just four minutes lat

this is the paul weiss sullivan and cromwell worst bill.r like it? how is that going to change the way that the government approaches the cases? >>> it is not realistic, and the lawyers will fight until the end rather than have anyone admit it. look the plaintiffs' lawyers will come all over them, and that is who i fear. i fear the plaintiffs lawyers coming in to tie up good business people to make money on the shareholder who make $5 billion. >> by the way, there is going to be a lot of cases going away, because they have a flimsy case to begin with. >> yes. >> and so i would think that you would say to yourself, therefore, the shakedown game is over. it is much harder? >> look, look, maybe i was a pioneer, but when they came after me, and merrill was paying all of the profit sharing stuff, and it was nonsense and i said to hell with you and i we went to court and we whipped them and whipped them bad and it cost a lot of money, but the thing is that it was more of my reputation than the wallet and some of the people are going to wake up an

at the travelers championship in cromwell, connecticut, duke faced a tense playoff with chris stroud.ter stroud had chipped in on the 18th hole, the men were neck and neck, both with 12 under pars. but ken pushed ahead, making a 2 1/2-foot birdie putt on the second playoff hole to clinch his first pga tour victory. this was not only a great shot and a great round of golf but it's also a great american story. arkansas is very proud of ken and we hope that there are many, many wins in the future. and i just wanted to say congratulations. and, madam president, with that, i yield the floor and suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. rockefeller: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia. mr. rockefeller: madam president, i ask that the order of the quorum call be rescinded. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. rockefeller: madam president, i have the honor to chair the commerce committee and, thus, have enormous interest in who our next commerce secretary is going to be. i don't think the