louis latimer, by doing alexander graham bell's and duplication was right there at the foundation of telecommunications and electronics and also because of what he did with elimination. these are important things all around the world. modern life would not exist without artificial lighting. his invention is very important. dr. charles drew saved 7 lives and impacted so many lives because of the knowledge we have through the science of blood typing. this is an important contribution worldwide. i hope that answers your question. i don't have time to answer all three questions. >> host: charlotte, you are on. >> caller: what an honor it is to talk to you. i wonder if you would talk about the buffalo soldiers. the book he wrote about the buffalo soldiers and the significance of the buffalo soldiers to american history. >> the history of the buffalo soldiers is important to american history. the west for expansion of our nation was the key elements becoming a world power. we have not been able to utilize all of the land mass the united states comprised of and in order to do this it took p

abraham lincoln who preserved the union by winning the blood yis war in american history, alexander graham bellmade the fist telephone and last but not least steve jobs the man who started apple, the world's most valuable company and he started it in the garage. >> that would be fun to put that list together, wouldn't it? >> first lady wraps up her trip to britto-- britain. she spent time with families and posing for pictures as well. she cheered on the u.s. basketball team at olympic park. that is your 5@5:30. the count down is on the election 99 days away. both candidates kicking up their campaigns into high gear today doug luzader is live from washington with all of the details for us. >> mitt romney is on his way to poland getting ready for the final stop on the big overseas tour where he is carefully making his foreign policy case. over the weekend he was in israel. he left a prayer at the western wall there. that leg of his trip was intended to fort fy his ties to israel but also jewish and evangelical voters back home. he also hosted a big campaign fundraiser there that's the first time

in a panic to find the bullet still lodged in garfield, bliss called on alexander graham bell.at bell, the inventor of the telephone. bell's task? use the metal detector he had invented to find the bullet so it could once and for all be extracted. but unbe noants to bell garfield was lying on a bed made of metal springs rare at the time. >> which is obviously going to affect a metal detector but worse than that, bliss believed and had publicly stated that the bullet was on the right side of the president's body. he would only let bell examine that part of the president's body. of course, the bullet had gone to the left. >> reporter: once again just willful ignorance? >> you know, it's just one of the incredible dangers of ambition smtion he was. he did not want to be proven wrong. >> reporter: president garfield finally died on september 19, 1881. the autopsy confirmed bliss' ignorance. >> president garfield didn't have to die. president garfield died because of what his doctors did and what they didn't do. >> reporter: but from this senseless horror came good. the use of antis

wasn't for those people, if it wasn't for the people that, you know, the steve jobs, the alexander graham bellsn the day, we wouldn't have great american companies. and it takes those people. and we should be encouraging and applauding and supporting them. sure. and giving them what they need to do that. >> and they help others along the way. just a final note. there are a lot of things that small business owners would like about mitt romney. small business owners, and i'm speaking generally here, don't like health care, right? they don't want to raise the minimum wage. and obama hasn't gone there, but mitt romney certainly hasn't gone there either. they like those things about mr. romney. so why isn't he coming out and talking about these things that would help small business people instead of endless attack ads? >> well, first of all, the first thing is i don't know how it's an attack ad when you're saying here's what the president said. all we did was take his exact words and play them and say, here is what he said. you decide for yourself if that's talking down small business. second, with

you think about alexander graham bell, henry ford, bill gates, steve jobs and others. and yet, they were able to develop these new technological breakthroughs with private dollars and not government money. i'm delighted we are moving in on this program. at this time of i.t. all time to the chairman, mr. fred upton. >> thank you both, chairman. we all watched the innovation and breakthroughs in the energy sector and i believe the federal government can play a constructive role in encouraging them. but when the department of energy program is not delivering on the polar costing hundreds of millions of dollars, we owe it to the american people to pull the plug. unfortunately, we've reached that stage, which is one of the reasons why i co-authored the no more solyndras act. i want to thank mr. stearns, the subcommittee for is very hard work, determination. let's not forget what we started the investigation, and right up until its bankruptcy last summer. it's a stimulus success story the next addition they pile up by a message to the american people has to be clear there's

you think about alexander graham bell, henry ford, the wright brothers, bill gates, steve jobs, and others. and yet they were able to develop these new technological breakthroughs with private dollars and not government money. so i'm delighted we are moving in on this program. at this time, i'd like to yield time to the chairman, mr. fred upton. >> thank you, thank you both chairman. will want to see innovations and breakthroughs in energy sector, and i believe that the federal government can play a constructive role in encouraging them. but when a department of energy program is not delivering on the goal while costing hundreds of millions of dollars, we go into the american people to pull the plug. unfortunately, we've reached that stage with a loan guarantee program which is one the reasons why i co-authored the no more solyndras act. again, i want to thank mr. stearns, chairman of the oversight and investigations subcommittee, for his very hard work and determination in getting to the bottom of the story. let's not forget that when her team started the investigation, both the administr