the book is "napoleon: a life" and the author the historian andrew roberts.e you on. >> thank you very much. great to be back on the show. >> i remember reading somewhere a long time ago that there were three people about whom the most biographies had been ever written, which is jesus, lincoln, and napoleon. napoleon was this massive figure, particularly in the 19th century, and he sort of faded. why was he considered so important. >> you are so right about the number of books. there have been more books written about napoleon than days since his death. so why write another? because he is still so important. in fact, if anything, in china he's getting a revision. he's becoming much more popular there. he was the one, of course, who said that china was a sleeping giant and when it wakes, it will shake the world, which obviously has happened. >> but why is he sort of such a large figure in history? >> he's the man who creates what's modern france really and so much of modern europe. when one looks at france and when one sees the code napoleon which is so import

too long but i'll tell you that one of the great things to see was this young man to see andrew there with robert buchanan, one of his fellow marines who had been an officer. as robert testified at that hearing, he said this is one of the bravest young marines i've served with. they were both wounded in afghanistan together. i think part of the support system besides his family, besides those who served with him are also, all of the outpouring of support by those who served in the military and all americans concerned about his fate. one of the great things about this experience was the number of people throughout the united states that were pushing for his release. i should also mention michael veesy who helped us get him transferred from that first prison where things were so tough in tijuana. myself and matt salmon visited him in taqanti. michael was pressing on the judge with the arguments that we had made, that i had made to the attorney general. he was in the courtroom every day, so we thank the consulate there in tijuana for their support in this effort as well. >> congressman salmon, how d

andrew luck at home. >> the offense did look better today under colt mccoy with him under center as oppose to with robertffin iii the last couple of weeks. andrew luck carved up the redskins secondary throwing for five touchdowns and a blowout win at home. dan snyder and jay gruden were all smiles before the game kicked off. plenty of reasons to smile. first offensive play of the game. andrew luck off the play fake gets sacked and stripped of the football by ryan kerrigan. you see jason hatcher jumping all over it. one of three turnovers for the redskins. they came away with three points from the turnovers. later in the game, luck finding his groove. a wide open kobe fleener. doesn't get much easier than that. 30-yard touchdown. the colts take a 7-approximate lead. third quarter, up 21-10. mccoy trying to bring his team back. making a few guys miss. stays on his feet. he finds logan paulson. first touchdown reception for him this season. redskins down by just four. but indy answered back. third down, luck taking his time, dante moncrief. getting behind the defense and indy starts to pull away. they're up

robert griffin iii head to indianapolis. griffin has played 33 regular season games, 13-20. in the time he's thrown 38 touchdowns, 20 interceptions, qb rating 90.8. andrew luck has played 43 games, 75 touchdowns but has thrown more interceptions. quarterback rating just slightly lower because of that. the colts are poised to take their second straight afc title. >>> baltimore ravens took full advantage of their bye week to work out issues on offense. it was a balanced attack last night starring runningback justin forsett. he was on his way out of the league before signing with the ravens. he had a career night leading the ravens to a much needed victory over new orleans. >> obviously the way it was working, we had to keep -- justin, did an awesome job obviously all year but the work he's putting in and the results he's getting, what he's doing for this team, it was huge today. >> i put a lot of work in through my whole career, been in the shadows. tonight i showed what i can do. the ravens gave me a chance to show what i do it was a blessing. >> the division quite impressive this season. every time has seven wins. according to a sports bureau, the afc i

andrew spencer reports, a former navy seal suggests the man may have put himself in danger by claiming to have killed bin laden. >> reporter: former navy seal robert o'neill now works as a motivational speaker but at least one fellow former seal said -- >> i wouldn't be anywhere close to this guy. whether he is the real shooter or not, he put a bull's eye on his back that's bigger in a lot of ways than the bull's eye that osama bin laden had on his. >> reporter: national security analyst peter bergen doesn't think it likely that a jihadist would attack o'neill but the claim of killing osama bin laden does create another problem. >> it's the issue of going out and being public about it and secondly, there are people who basically are undercutting his version of events. >> reporter: reportedly part of the seal team which conducted the raid on bin laden's compound, o'neill claims to have shot him in the head first killing him instantly but sources say a wing man hit him before two other people hit him. >> there was a day and age when the silent professional was the person who did the job and didn't look for the glory. now what you have is classified

andrew spencer reports, a former navy seal suggests the man may have put himself in danger by claiming to have killed bin laden. >> reporter: former navy seal robertworks as a motivational speaker but at least one fellow former seal said -- >> i wouldn't be anywhere close to this

'90s and with rob mcclure and david josephsburg and it's written by andrew bergman who wrote a number of great shows. then jason robertshows a week, which what's grueling is we're now in tech. you inch through the show with all the elements and i was up 'til 12:00 o'clock last night and back at it again today. but we're really close. we open for previews next tuesday night. our dress is monday. i'm telling you, here is the thing, i'm going to invoke a great new york hero, the great joe namath who said, i guarantee it. that's how good the show. i want people to come. it's family friendly. it's a love story. it's got great music. it's a real broadway musical playing at the neederarounder. >> in times square. on 41st street. >> i got a gene kelly number. >> you sing and dance at night. are you an advil or alief man. >> lately an aleeve guy. >> 'cause i watch the commercials. it works. >> but my father used to say something when i was a kid, he used to say, but it's lovely work. >> yeah. >> today, that's what it's like. it's unbelievable. it's a dream come true. it really is. i just can't wait for new york to see it. >> y

roberts. e's the anchor of the national radio station, sam donaldson quite america and he's simply one of the most respected journalists working today. to introduce sam donaldson. [ applause ] you, andrew, john. what does that little book say about reporters. some people feel if we have an armageddon, there will be three life on earth, cockroaches, coyotes, and reporters. i was lucky. did serve in the army for 2 1/2 years. but we didn't have a warp on at that time. the closest i got to it was in nevada three yards away from when they blew up an atomic device equal to the and nagasaki bombs, some people say that proves it. letters are a dying art. telephone., and a i have the privilege of reading three letters from world war ii. begin. though i know i can never become a young navy pilot wrote to his mother in 1942. fight. being physically able and young enough, i belong at the front, the better. ess than a year later, the young pilot was in combat. home, i hope rote children have to fight a war. not ds disappearing, it's right. that's george herbert walker bush. 1944, bush r 2, almost became a casualty himself in the war when his plane was caught on fire off of an island. the plane, om

robert griffin iii is out. colt mccoy is in. this weekend, the redskins will travel to indianapolis. mccoy he'll face one of the best young quarterbacks in the entire nfl. andrewg yards and is third in passing touchdowns. if the skins plan to keep pace with indy, jay gruden needs to see a few things from his quarterback. >> he's got to keep his poise, number one. he's going to be excited. monday night football, the first couple drives, he's shaky. heart beating too fast. you've just got to calm down and play within himself. the big thing for him is just to stay poised, have a belief in the system and the players around him and let them go. >> he does have poise and gets the ball where it should go. and distributed accordingly to whatever defensive look he's seeing. and we're optimistic to see how it goes on sunday against a very good indianapolis defense to where, you know, coach presents a lot of looks you have to be ready to adjust to. >> colt may not have the poise, but he certainly has the percentage. here are the top five best single-game completion percentages for redskins' quarterbacks. colt's performance against the cowboys on monday night, fourth-best

robert griffin, iii, the timing unfortunate for griffin. this weekend would have been the time that he faced the man that was taken one spot ahead of him in the 2012 nfl draft, andrewk. griffin did speak for the first time since being benched while leaving the practice field today saying "you know, it's coach's decision, i'm here to help this team win." now, yesterday routen explained why he decided to bench the team's franchise quarterback. >> when you're preaching production, you're preaching accountability and all that stuff and it's important that you hold everybody to the same standard. and like i said, i know robert can play better, i know we can coach him better but the bottom line is we didn't get much production from the offense with him as a starter and that's why we had to make a change. it's not all him. it's offensive line sometimes and sometimes we turn the ball over and poor field position. ultimately it's the responsibility we have to put the best player in at that position and now that's colt. >>> else in where in detroit, 75th year the lions have hosted the game on thanksgiving taking on the chicago bears today. the bears had the upper hand early

roberts" he . he's also quite simply one of the most respected journalists working today and it is a great honor to introduce sam donaldson. [applause] >> thank you. >> thank you, andrew. what does that little book say about reporters, by the way? i think some people believe if we do have a final armageddon, there will be three forms of life left on earth, cockroaches, coyotes and reporters. i would like to argue against it. i was very lucky. i did serve in the army for 2 1/2 years, but we didn't have a war on at that time. the closest i got to it was in nevada, the 3,000 yards away from ground zero when they blew up an atomic device equal to the nagasaki bomb. some people say that explains it, but i think that's a cunnard that we had better leave at that point. letters are a dying art. we have e-mail, not just the telephone. and it is a wonderful thing that you're doing with these and i have the privilege of reading three letters from world war ii. let's begin. though i know i can never become a killer, a young navy pilot wrote to his mother in 1942, i will never feel right until i've actually fought. being physically able and young enough, i believe i belong out in

roberts with us. joining us, we have the co-host of cnbc's "squawk box" and editor of "the new york times" "deal book" andrewee you. did you eat a lot? >> i am stuffed. >> we want to know exactly what happened yesterday for quite some time. or actually -- >> later today. >> all right. let's do that one more time. you guys are going to have to cut it. ready, 3, 2, 1. we're not going to know how the day turns out. what is wall street expecting as far as consumer confidence goes? >> you look at today, black friday and shopping, as sort of an indicator of confidence. i think actually we've given up on friday as an indicator of anything anymore. >> why is that? >> in part because black friday isn't black friday anymore. people have been shopping yesterday. shopping on thanksgiving. >> they shop online. >> walmart, target. everybody. macy's. they opened yesterday. it's being pulled forward throughout all of frankly november at this point. black friday by the way has been always a bit a myth for a shopper. if you're sitting ground watching us this morning, you're thinking of going to the store to get a great deal.