there are similar records in abilene, kansas. thanks thanks too bad i am one of the few published others in america that can actually produce a copy of the first novel i ever wrote. [laughter] did this is when i'm tenure so. i'm in the white house. i had a cousin by the name of janet thompson. she made a huge impression on me so i wrote the novel in the summer of 1958 entitled, janet stinks. according to the end wittman records, and wittman was dwight eisenhower's secretary, she sat in the office in the oval office where the secretary said today she notes on july 15 david age 10 came in bearing the manuscript of the short story and i walked up to the president secretary and i said please type this up. [laughter] so she went to work and type that the manuscript of janet and it turns out july 15, 1958 with a great day to have a copy, a printed copy of your first novel on him. we walked over to the xerox machine and ran off a number of copies because marines were landing in lebanon that morning so you get a picture of the west wing

sometimes a little publicity if it which projects to the rule that a christian american morning is in abilene and islam a country and performing christian rituals in the palace of the former dictator of that country the former islamic dictator that this morning country i think says very concerning and disturbing things and then for the military to tout that to put into law that activity or into a war that chappell in. the designation air force chapel in the year is is mind boggling to me quite frankly. in the military the kinds of extreme training that you go through are not justified by saying after all these are matters over life did. not. have. the same justification it is used in in christian fundamentalism in terms of say there is this kind of alternate closeness warfare going on so i am willing to commit myself wholly to be sufficient principles just as i myself to this rigorous military life which justify a certain kind of intensity and radical the goals of my nation or the goals of god almighty god almighty will make sure that. does the will of the song from god is fulfilled through t

we do have wet weather in the forecast and abilene and that is good to arrive coming up later on. >> think you. we're getting into the headlines where workers are assessing it damage to the metrodome. heavy snow caused the roof to collapse and is the home of the minnesota vikings were the game was scheduled for today and had already been postponed because the visiting new york giants could not get to minneapolis because of this storm there. there's no word of how the roof collapsed will affect the postponed game. just to be a sense of the conditions in the midwest take a look at the video. these are the roads and minneapolis. the eight states are under a blizzard warning and they are also dealing with subzero temperatures, a massive flight delays and six hours of flight delays at o'hare international in chicago. back here in the bay area there's a long history of violence were sixth people were killed and wounded. we video from one of the crime scenes, this is 92nd avenue at international boulevard and happened last night as 7:00 or one person was killed of our other people were hosp

a lit you ferries wheel at this home in plantation florida, and also an inspired display in abilene, as promised we're taking you live to your favorite display in cathedral city, california, courtesy of homes spring affiliate local 2. the "early show" special contributor is with us. looking adorable in that hat. >> thank you. such a phenomenal week filled with dazzling displays but time for the grand finale. outside the simmons home and we'll meet the fae in a moment. what do you get when you can buy 100,000 l.e.d. lights, computer wizardry and magical holiday music? you get dancing lights like no other. let's start the show. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> reporter: oh, absolutely spectacular. i love it. every time i see it. i want to you meet the masterminds behind it. this is phenomenal. >> thank you. >> thanks for having us. >> reporter: what makes you want to do this every year, the past four years? >> when i grew up i've always wanted to have my own christmas, do it my way and now i can. i make my lights dance to music. >> how does it make you feel when you have hundreds come every night to see it? >

however, someone who lives in abilene, texas might think that is a waste of money.is really hard to sort out, again tomorrow -- what did we say? there are 6000 of these things? it came out tuesday night and then of us have been able to sort through all of them. the one of them is $10 million for congressman john murtha's foundation. he was a congressman for many years and passed away in february and someone wanted $10 million for his foundation. is that a good or bad thing? i cannot judge that. but you would have to look into this bill to find it. host: i to -- i was just about to ask you about that your market -- that earmark. it is sponsored by folks in the house. how did it end up in a senate omnibus bill? guest: this conversation started nine months ago. both the house and senate were processing bills through the records of legislation throughout the summer. they just never got around to passing any of them. when you look at the bill in this kind of remarkable. none of this stuff is actually in the bill. there is a piece of legislation that lays out funding, jus

host: abilene, texas on the republican line, sandy. caller: i don't know where to start. i'm starting to feel that you are either an american or local list and you cannot be both. maybe you should move to south korea. he obviously has no love for america. the free-trade agreement has gutted this country. we cannot produce anything. quds all i have to say. i'm sad for our country. he looks very well fed and rich. is money is probably in hedge funds in another part of the world anyway. hostguest: i'm sorry if i look l fed. i do my best on that. rich, i don't think so. live within government 30 years. 20 years on capitol hill and eight years on the clinton administration. i discovered the private-sector if after the 2000 election. i am new to this part of it. i don't want to talk about who is the better american. i have always been an american and always will be. as i said before, we have to with the world that we live in and not the one we would like it to be. when you say we don't make anything anymore, i have a concern about that. something the previous caller mentioned.

i think that if that's the way things are going to go and that's what we called abilene, where you buy, you know, you buy the book and pay a few dollars more and you get the e-book for free or something like that. that that the way the industry is going to be going, i think google is a front runner for the understanding what consumers want. >> host: when it comes to digital books, here is some information about some of the devices you can use to read him books. kendall. kendall three has become amazons best-selling product ever. and while amazon does not divulge its numbers, and sources say that over 8 million kindle have been sold this year alone. that was reported by bloomberg. 8 million. >> guest: 8 million. >> host: that is a lot of kindle three. >> guest: that's a whole lot of kendall. you know, it's interesting. it is a best-selling product ever. you know, i always wonder little bit how we -- i think the numbers can be a little subject is, but 8 million is a time. something interesting to think about on that 8 million number, which is keep in mind that very few electronic or e-bo

i think that if that's the way things are going to go and that's what we called abilene, where you buy, you know, you buy the book and pay a few dollars more and you get the e-book for free or something like that. that that the way the industry is going to be going, i think google is a front runner for the understanding what consumers want. >> host: when it comes to digital books, here is some information about some of the devices you can use to read him books. kendall. kendall three has become amazons best-selling product ever. and while amazon does not divulge its numbers, and sources say that over 8 million kindle have been sold this year alone. that was reported by bloomberg. 8 million. >> guest: 8 million. >> host: that is a lot of kindle three. >> guest: that's a whole lot of kendall. you know, it's interesting. it is a best-selling product ever. you know, i always wonder little bit how we -- i think the numbers can be a little subject is, but 8 million is a time. something interesting to think about on that 8 million number, which is keep in mind that very few electronic or e-bo