in winter, the skies over northwest indiana where dr. mark weinberger practiced medicine, usually have all the luster of wet cotton. but for weinberger and his wife michelle, late december 2001 was just another blue-sky caribbean holiday. mark weinberger: it's a beautiful day here at paraguay. narrator: it's perhaps good the happy couple couldn't see the future on a day such as this, because there was so much unhappiness ahead. in three years, he would be on the run, somewhere in europe, and she would be alone, broken-hearted and bankrupt. of course, they had no way of seeing any of this coming, not here, not on this night. mark weinberger: new year's eve 2002. i've never been so happy in my whole life. this is my dream. narrator: but far to the north in indiana, one of dr. weinberger's patients, phyllis barnes, could clearly see her future was looking grim. my sister went through hell. narrator: phyllis' sister, peggy hood, says phyllis' road through hell began three months earlier when she went to see dr. weinberger. she had trouble ca

northwest ordinance passed by the congress. and as the veterans of the revolution and that was only $0.10 of thenl dollar. and that was north and west and illinois and indiana and michigan that was among the most important decisions. as a new book on the northwest territory coming out?. h >>. >> en next call comes from maryland. >> caller:. >> are you with us. >> caller:. >> we will move on. let's go to california. we are listening. go-ahead in. >> caller: hello. i have read several of your books one of my fondest memories is went off you did a political realm table can you talk about that for a minute? of course david is no longer living to share those innermost thoughts and feelings and that was a delight of my professional life. and he was always full of good cheer spending his summers on the island in nantucket when i went to give a talk which i don't very often to take a stroll on the main street. but a car came along with the window pulldown and the voice shouted get off the island there isn't enough room for two of us. [laughter] so there is surely a good guy per girl he never let the importance go to his head? that is what we all needed. so don't ge

up of the west as it was then known, the northwest, north and west of the ohio river, which ultimately became immensely important states of ohio, illinois, indiana, michigan and wisconsin. that was among the most important decisions that congress and that came just before the decision on the constitution which happened that same year, 1787. >> host: there is a new book on the northwest territory coming out. >> guest: it is in the books. i'm deep into it and enjoying it greatly. >> host: next call for david mccullough from maryland. are you with us? we are going to move on. let's hear from ron calling in from valencia, california. we are listening, go ahead. >> caller: i own and have read several of your books, but one of my most fond memories and thoughts of you is you did a political roundtable with david halvorson and george will. i wonder if you could talk about that for a minute. >> guest: both david and george are wonderful men, david no longer living. the honor of sharing innermost thoughts, feelings and interpretation this, and good spirited men, one of the delights of my professional life. david was always full of good cheer and he spent

northwest which was north and west of the ohio river. which ultimately became immensely important states of ohio, illinois, indiana, michigan and wisconsin. and that was among the most important decisions of that congress. and that came just before the decision on the constitution which happened that same year. >> there is a new book on the northwest territories coming out, isn't there? >> is in the works, yes it is. very deep into it and i enjoyed it greatly. >> next call for david mccullough comes from -- in maryland. are you with us? we are going to move on, let's hear from ron. ron is calling in from valencia california. ron, we're listening. go ahead. >> hello mr. mccullough. i read several of your books. but one of my most fond memories and thoughts of you is when you did a political roundtable with david -- and i wonder if you would talk about that for a moment. >> i would like to talk about that because both david and george are wonderful men. david is no longer living. the honor of sharing innermost feelings, interpretations of what was happening in the world with those two, it was a good spirited -- one of the translated david

notice how they are out of the west instead of the northwest today and that's going to allow for that milder air from places like ohio and indianacome in. versus the cooler air we had from the great lakes and canada the last couple of days. and then overnight tonight, clear skies. not quite as chilly. 51 degrees the overnight low in philadelphia. and 46 in the cooler suburbs so as you step outside tomorrow a jacket probably still appropriate but it won't be quite as chilly as the last several mornings. high pressure centers are going to be rolling through over the next degree three days. we didn't have a cloud in sight yesterday and it's going to be the same tomorrow straight through the rest of the work week. highs will be in the 70's. high pressure ensures light winds and low humidity. a really stretch of october weather. your exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast, today's high 72, chilly to start out but sunny and milder later today. sunny and nice on thursday, 73. on friday, lots of sun and pleasant, a high of 74. and then that gets us set for a nice weekend. mostly sunny and warm on saturday, 74 degrees and then on sunday, p

the northwest territory north and west of the ohio river. and now constitutes the states of ohio, indiana, illinois, michigan, in wisconsin. it is as big as all of france. no slavery. so half of our country would be no slavery. imagine with one vote of congress, one man put it through. and yet, i never knew anything about it and most people know nothing about it. he was once asked about how he got his ideas and so forth. but i thought our town was one of the greatest things i ever saw on stage. i still love to see it. if it's been done again. and i've always wanted to write a book about people you never heard of to see if i can get you into the tent that tent is at work without relying on historic celebrities so none of the characters except one or two are of this people that you ever heard of. but all of their letters and diaries have survived and there in the archives at marietta college in marietta ohio. and zero my goodness what they talk about what they reveal in the adversities that they face and they would not give up. >> as we wind down the time we have available. two final questi