>> reporter: but, says sig hecker, a former director of america's own secret nuclear city at los alamos, stopping production still leaves russia with 150 tons of plutonium. >> they have so much material that the concern of russian nuclear materials getting out of the proper facilities and out of the proper hands remains very high on my own agenda. >> reporter: hecker visited russia's secret cities in the chaotic years after the fall of the soviet union. >> when i saw their practice of how they did the protection, the control, and the accounting of the nuclear material, i was terribly concerned. >> reporter: hecker says the controls have gotten better. but krasnoyarsk 26 was the last of 13 reactors that once turned up weapons-grade plutonium for the soviet union. the nightmare scenario of a terrorist group like al qaeda getting its hands on a ten-pound chunk and turning it into a weapon still remains. >> i would say that's a very difficult process, but not one that's impossible for a terrorist group. >> reporter: think they industrial a stockpile of nearly 100 tons. katie? >> couric: dav

you shouldn't leave out the liberty bell and you shouldn't leave out the alamo and when there are two important sides of the story to tell, you should tell the two important sides to the story. there is a kind of reduction as you might find in a lot of the journalistic accounts of these debates which make them seem simple minded. i always when i entrepreneurer into the debates, try to find out from the people what they actually said and it's usually different from what's reported. this may come as a shock to some people, but you would know this business. but i think these debates are fine. look, the education of our children, plateau said the two most important questions, who gets to teach the children and what do we teach them. so have at it. : >> guest: i don't think there's any question people who wrote these documents were writing out of the tradition. to get if you read "the federalist" papers, this is what all the references are. it's pretty hard to understand a phrase like we hold these truths to be self-evident, and all men are created equal. certain enable right. the key i th

and he was right because of the massive losses of the forces at the alamo. he had to regroup and started chasing sam houston. houston was moving east and headed towards the sabine area, which is next to the united states and we call that louisiana. he had yet to fight a battle. the armies had been successful and defeated the texas armies in almost every battle. and sam houston had yet to fight, but find himself on april 21, 1836, between the buffalo and the river. there he stood to fight. most battles are fought in the morning after sunrise. on april 21, the texas army was so eager that at 3:00 in the afternoon, they decided to march on the forces, which jut numbered the texas two to one. they were an odd-looking bunch. there were frontiersmen, lawyers, doctors, made up of texans and led by a captain. and they were part of the cavalry. the texans had no uniform. they wore a playing card in their hat band to make sure they knew who they were. they marred on the forces completely by surprise and defeated them, overwhelmingly defeat one of the big upsets in mil

i'm not sure what the equivalent american place would be, i suppose alamo or 9/11, in fact. so imagine if your people died on the way to commemorate the victims of 9/11. >> and there is a geopolitical aspect to this, of course, which is that katyn was a massacre that the soviet union long denied and russia had only very recently come to terms with. this was the first joint commemoration, and yet the crash takes place over russian air space. were there suspicions in poland that somehow this might have been -- there might have been some russian hand in this crash? >> there are always conspiracy theories. this time, i think they are -- we haven't seen many serious ones. because the russian authorities have been completely open and i think we will have quick preliminary results of the investigation. russian response has been more than correct. the russian authorities and the russian people have shown empathy with our suffering. i think, partly, because prime minister putin was with our prime minister at that place three days before, and he felt the horror of katyn for us, where

you shouldn't leave out the liberty bell or the alamo and when there are important sides of the storyto tell you should tell the importance sides. there's a kind of reduction as some might find in a lot of the journalistic accounts of the debates that makes them seem simple minded. always before i enter into the debates particularly this one try to find out from the people what they actually said and it's usually different from what is reported. this may come as a shock but he would notice. but these debates are -- look, the education of the with children. plato said the two most important questions, who gets to teach the children and what we teach them? so, have at it. >> host: to me it is lifeline to the decline, its glory as some people argue how come what for wilson gets more than ronald reagan for example who was a better president can are giving over what robles and ronald reagan who shaped the republic more is great which oversight you come down on. >> guest: absolutely. now what's interesting everyone in folks the founders of course, the left and the right. i just would like p

texas soldiers followed the bombardment and yelled and shouted, remember the alamo, remember goliad, stopping a few yards from mexican soldiers and opened fire in a surprise attack. the mexican soldiers were better trained. they were caught off guard. it was a bold attack in broad daylight. sks general sam houston, former member of this congress from tennessee, future president of the republic of texas, future u.s. senator and governor of texas, a shot at his ankle was shattered. he was captured that day and held prisoner and signed peace treaties to give texas the independence. the battle's moralized on the sampson river in our district in la port, texas. a panel on the side of the monument says it was one of the decisive battles in the world. it led to annexation into the mexican war, resulting in the acquisition by the united states of the states of texas, new mexico, arizona, nevada, california, utah, and parts of colorado. while -- wyoming, kansas, and oklahoma. nearly one million square miles changed sovereignty. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for wh

you should leave out the liberty bell and you shouldn't leave out the alamo. when there are two important sides of the story to tell, you did tell the two important sides to the story. there is a kind of reduction i find and a lot of the journalistic accounts that make them seem very simpleminded. i always before him into the debates, particularly this one, try to find out from the people what they actually said. it's usually different from what's reported. this may come as a shock to people, but you would notice. but i think these debates are fine. look, the education of our children, plato said the two most important questions, who gets to teach the children and what do we teach them? for at. >> host: to me it's not only fine, it's glorious when people are arguing how come woodrow wilson gets more than ronald reagan for example? who was the better president? and arguing over woodrow wilson versus ronald reagan, who shaped the republic more, is great, whichever side you come down on. >> guest: these are great debates. now it's interesting everyone in folks th

also has played sam houston in the alamo.e has received critical acclaim for such films as the big easy, traffic, my personal favorite is breaking away. [applause] >> and most recently starred in legion, and g.i. joe, the rise of the cobra. [laughter] >> for his role in far from heaven quaid won best supporting actor awards from new york, chicago and online film critic. he won the independent spirit award for best supporting male actor and has received nominations for both golden globe and the screen actors guild. today's topic will be real health care reform, chasing zero harm. and also to note as we introduce dennis quaid, he is a recent 56 year old with a birthday last friday. and i believe in the first in the history of the national press club, we have brought forth a national press club with candles being lit. what's the code for those candles? i'm the president here. national press club, come on down, birthday quaid -- cake i hope there's no quake, for dennis quaid. thank you and welcome to the national press club. [app

in the wake of the feat at the alamo on april 21, 1836, houston rallied the army of texas to victory decisively defeating santa anna and the mexican army at the battle of san jacinto, securing independence for texas and his heroic place in our nation's history. shortly after securing independence, sam houston was elected the first president of the republic of texas, beginning a long and successful career in texas politics. he went on to serve a second term as the president of the republic before being elected as the united states senator after statehood in 1845. in 1859 houston continued his public service when he was elected as governor of the state of texas and became the only person in u.s. history to serve as a governor in two states. though sometimes embroiled in controversy, sam houston was a passionate, dedicated statesman who played an important role in shaping this great nation. i urge my colleagues to support this resolution and honor the accomplishments of this important, if not heroic, figure in american history and the history of my home state, the great state of texas.