allen writes that because gates looked like he was 13, they decided allen should go alone to pitch theiritting by an old original altair, he showed me how he fed the computer a paper strip with their code punched into it and typed, "print 2+2." >> and then i hit return to send it, and lo and behold, it printed "4." and a wave of relief surged over me because i couldn't--i almost couldn't believe it had worked the first time. so that night, i call bill up and i say, "billy, it's unbelievable; it worked." and we were just over the moon. >> it was the beginning of the age of a computer in every home on every desk. almost overnight, people started buying these small computers, and their software was in high demand. in 1977, gates was even interviewed on a tv show. >> there's a lot of people who are forecasting that there'll be software stores just like there are record stores today and that there'll be thousands and thousands of those. and i think i'd have to agree with that. >> allen writes that gates had a rare gift for programming. he was also the shrewder businessman. from the beginning,

the judge ordered that smith and allen be tried together.hat way, the children would not have to testify twice. >> they wanted a separate trial for nancy and one of the reasons because joseph had a prior conviction. >> reporter: jack bradley was nancy smith's attorney. >> just sitting them in the same courtroom together would automatically give a connection. not a connection that could be established through evidence, but just because they were sitting at the same table together. >> reporter: the prosecution of the head start case was assigned to jonathan rosensbalm. >> he was a good man to have on your side when you were prosecuting a case. he was like a pitbull. very aggressive. >> reporter: rosenbaun declined our requests for an interview, but in e-mails he says the case was strong, highlighted by the testimony of five children and their parents. >> so the prosecutor would tell the jurors, just go back to the children, listen to what the children say. that is where you determine this case. >> reporter: what the children said to the jury w

>> police catch deric allen. melissa and her baby daughter are both safe. >> she could have been killed. i mean, without question. if she didn't stay on that phone, absolutely, she could have been killed. >> when melissa's dad first hears the 911 call, he's overwhelmed with emotion. >> i've never heard anything like that in my life. i picture her laying on that bed, with this maniac on top of her. you can only assume what might have been happened, but it wasn't going to be anything good. >> in the courtroom, margalia says allen appears to have no remorse, and hearing his daughter's voice on that heart-wrenching 911 call again is too much. >> i just said, the hell with it. and i tried to reach him. and unfortunately, i didn't. i came within probably a foot or so, and got tackled by this middle linebacker bailiff there. he hit me around the waist and i fell to the ground and he was on top of me. so i could picture myself really doing some serious harm to him, so maybe it's a blessing i didn't. >> in 2008, deric all

all because of this man, james allen. two people have been murdered and detectives say that he is dangerous and violent. >> we're putting absolutely everything into finding him, tracking him down, bringing him to justice. if you see james allen, dial 9- and 9-9 -- dial 999. on monday, and 81 year-old was found dead in his house. another body was discovered. police said that james allen knew one of the victims. he lived next door to him. they still don't know why he was killed. they don't know if he ever had a problem with james allen or if anything was taken from his house. >> it was here at this local working man's club where he greets his friends. it was the same friends who ran police when he stopped coming in. >> he got a very wary. >> the police have joined the search for james allen. they hope that it can end quickly. >> this is "bbc news." why does the dutch government want to ban foreign tourists from its cannabis cafes? let's have a look at what is making headlines around the world. we began with the "financial t

isn't john allen -- what is in john allen's mind? general allen is a troop leader. he said, i'm not above americans fighting this war anymore. i am about turning this war over to the afghans. he is focused on turning the war over to the afghan security forces. host: here is what our guest writes -- host: tell us more about who general allen is. he is not as known as general petraeus and other leaders. guest: john allen is a marine troop commander who came from april school and was looking to go to princeton but decided he would go to the naval academy. the marines always seem to be in the thick of battle. his father and teachers fought in world war ii with great distinction. he decided he wanted to be a marine. he got caught up in leading troops and he loved it. he is intellectual. he studies problems and listens very carefully and he has no pride of authorship. he will take an idea and he could say, we will go with your idea. is courteous -- he is courteous unless the bureaucracy take care of what a bureaucracy will take care of. he focuses on what the commander is

tim kaine versus george allen in your case. larry? don't know if i mentioned the word coat tail. but this is a pure coat tail race. chris, think about it. how many voters who vote for president obama are going to turn around and vote for george allen? seriously. you can count on both hands and a lot of mistakes. tim kaine is not just known here as former governor. he is known as former obama dnc chair. so people who vote for mitt romney are very unlikely to turn around and vote for tim kaine. i think the winner of the presidential contest in virginia gets a bonus senate seat. >> wow. that powerful. >> yeah, i think it is definitely a nationalized race and i think the kaine campaign it looking at the obama campaign movement. how much do they plan virginia. does that help or hurt come november. if you watch kaine's campaign, he has been very careful to distant himself from president. >> i don't think he needs coat tails. let's go to missouri. what do you think, a very familiar face here on our show. we like her. she has been a great ope

what is in john allen's mind? guest: general allen is a troop leader. he said, i'm not above americans fighting this war anymore. i am about turning this war over to the afghans. he is focused on turning the war over to the afghan security forces. host: here is what our guest writes -- host: tell us more about who general allen is. he is not as known as general petraeus and other leaders. guest: john allen is a marine troop commander who came from april school and was looking to go to princeton but decided he would go to the naval academy. the marines always seem to be in the thick of battle. his father and teachers fought in world war ii with great distinction. he decided he wanted to be a marine. he got caught up in leading troops and he loved it. he is intellectual. he studies problems and listens very carefully and he has no pride of authorship. he will take an idea and he could say, we will go with your idea. he is courteous unless the bureaucracy take care of what a bureaucracy will take care of. he focuses on what the commander is supposed to do.

all because of this man, james allen. two people have been murdered and detectives say he is dangerous and violent. >> we are putting absolutely everything in defining him, tracking him down, bringing him to justice. again, i would appeal to people, if you see james allen, idal 999. do not confront him. >> this is an investigation that covers most of the northeast of england. on monday, and 81-year-old was found dead in his cell three on wednesday, 30 miles away, the body of judy davis was discovered by her sister. today, police said james allen knew colin. 12 months ago, he lived next door to him. the detectives still do not know why he was killed or if he had a problem with james allen or if anything had been taken from his home. it was here, at this local working man's club, where colin would meet his friends. the same friends who rang police when he stopped coming. >> as soon as he was caught -- >> armed police have joined the search for james allen. they hope will end quickly. >> leading politicians from the west afr

mike allen. guest: not only hear about president obama in the next book. one of the big advantages of the democratic campaign is that they've been able to build this amazing machine. sort of with the garage door closed, while the republicans were fighting their race, the folks in chicago, 300-plus, are already building up the obama machine. we talk about here in the book how mitt romney has fewer offices in a single state -- excuse me -- mitt romney has fewer offices in the few country than obama has in a lot of states. michigan, florida, ohio, rit romney has already geared up. one has a story this morning how he went to visit the former romney office in new hampshire which is a swingish state in the top 10 or 12, probably top 10, and the romney office in new hampshire is closed with a for lease sign while the obama one has a couple offices. they've done events in 10 counties. so they've had the luxury of building the organization, working their muscle, whereas romney has to hop scotch and build

i wanted to get your perspective on that and understand do you agree with general allen? are you looking to him as far as his guidesance, his thought about how we utilize our current forces there as we're drawing down, what's necessary past 2013. because i think of all these parts of what happens in the middle east but also in afghanistan and obviously our efforts there in iraq are all intertwined. i wanted to get your perspective on that. >> congressman, you bet we are listening to general allen. he's the best. he's exercised tremendous leadership out there and tremendous dedication. and he's put together -- more importantly he's put together a very good plan for the future with regards to afghanistan. as i pointed out 2011 was a turning point. we have seen the taliban weakened. they have not organized an effort to regain any area that they've lost. they've engaged in sporadic hits. we expected that we'll continue. they're resilient. but they have been weakened. more importantly the afghan people themselves have rejected them. more importantly than that the afghan army i

ben jealous joins me for that discussion. >>> and congressman allen west's red scare. she says there are communists in congress. >>> he is troubled by everything that has happened. and i could not imagine living in george zimmerman's shoes for the past number of weeks. >> welcome back to "the ed show." that was george zimmerman's attorney, mark o'mara. george zimmerman has been officially charged with second-degree murder and is in police custody in florida. florida state attorney angela corey clearly dealt with the possible claim of self-defense in her decision. >> all murders are homicides, but not all homicides are murders. and florida's law clearly says that if there is the affirmative defense of, for example, excusable homicide or justifiable homicide, that should be determined before you go to the degree of the crime. this case is just like many of the shooting deaths we've had in our circuit. if stand your ground becomes an issue, we fight it. if we believe it's the right thing to do. so if it becomes an issue in this case, we will fight that affirmative defense

suggest about a link between going to the dentist and you know up with him and finally representative allen west says there are eighty or so communists who have taken over congress and while he's running our congress in congress he's not far off when it comes to other radicals in congress i'll explain it tonight still a chick. in screwed news the next few months you'll likely see a flurry of political advertisements touting paul ryan's republican trickle down austerity budget and the members of congress who support it these ads will be brought to you by a group called ending spending which recently purchased three hundred seventy five thousand dollars worth of advertising and dean's spending is just the latest super pac creature born out of the supreme court's citizens united decision and like all the other super pacs there's a disturbing link between big business high powered lobbying firms and our politicians joining me now to expose these links and for most of all what else we need to know about the corporate buyout of our government is leaf on estimated were reported with united republi

when it comes to allen west saying that they are communists again, ho-hum.ongressman like he is u.s. congress congressman goes in front of a crowd and said, i know that 81 members of the republican party are members of the fascist party, they are fascists i feel like that would be national headlines. everyone's heads would explode and we would have an enormous issue. wouldn't we? >> it's but you have this polarization. allen west is a radical right-wing fringe guy and the people he is denouncing as communists are mainstream democrats. it's the world we live in right now where republicans say crazy all the time and democrats don't have that license. >> i see you self-sense orred censored. >> allen west said during the proceedings, i wish standing here before you was allen west and president obama. we could have a simple discussion, but that ain't ever going to happen cuz he was too scared. i found that interesting. we invited allen west to have a discussion with us on the show. it turns out he was too scared. so if you ask somebody for a discussion, and they

ben jealous joins me for that discussion. >>> and congressman allen west's red scare.there are come ewie con congress. ear. that's about 34 million pounds of mail every day. ever wonder what this costs you as a taxpayer? millions? tens of millions? hundreds of millions? not a single cent. the united states postal service doesn't run on your tax dollars. it's funded solely by stamps and postage. brought to you by the men and women of the american postal worker's union. that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. for half the calories plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. >>> he is troubled by everything that has happened. and i could not imagine living in george zimmerman's shoes for the past number of weeks. >> welcome back to "the ed show." that was george zimmerman's attorney, mark o'mara. george zimmerman has been officially charged with second-degree murder and is in police custody in florida. florida state attorney angela corey clearly dealt with the possible claim of self-defense in her decision. >> all murders are homicides, but not all homicides are murders. a

ben jealous joins me for that discussion. >>> and congressman allen west's red scare.e are communists in congress. ok! who gets occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas or bloating? get ahead of it! one phillips' colon health probiotic cap a day helps defend against digestive issues with three strains of good bacteria. hit me! [ female announcer ] live the regular life. phillips'. a simple way to make dinner fresh and new again. just stir it in. now it only takes a moment to make the moment. ♪ spread a little joy and see ♪ need a little happiness to be ♪ ♪ living the life >>> he is troubled by everything that has happened. and i could not imagine living in george zimmerman's shoes for the past number of weeks. >> welcome back to "the ed show." that was george zimmerman's attorney, mark o'mara. george zimmerman has been officially charged with second-degree murder and is in police custody in florida. florida state attorney angela corey clearly dealt with the possible claim of self-defense in her decision. >> all murders are homicides, but not all homicides are murders. an

allen west, i mean, he may not be safe, but is allen west sane? >> that's the question. remark that sarah palin made, i mean, she should know of anybody whether or not experience matters on a v.p. ticket because she had very little of it and was a radical pick and ploou blew up in the republicans faces. i think what's going to happen, no one literally knows what's going to happen. probably the best bet given the fact we have been watching romney for such a long time from governor of massachusetts and several months on the trail is the fact he is likely to pick somebody who is relatively conventional, someone who will complement what he doesn't have and where we start on that list and including the charisma, some kind of legislative experience beyond just being governor, and that narrows down the list considerably. i think a lot of people still think chris christie is probably a dark horse but someone like rob portman who has national level experience, someone like paul ryan, might be an outside pick but brings a lot to the table that romney doesn't have. >> crystal, you

>> 78 -- first of all -- >> vice president allen west. >> yeah, vice president allen west. >> soon to who are these three members still on the fence, not sure if they're commies or not. seriously, he's comparing members of congress, dan senor. >> you know -- >> no, hold on. let's talk about this. with the republicans on the set. let's talk about this out. he's connecting american legislators to a movement that was responsible for upward to 100 million deaths in the 20th century between joseph stalin and tung and gulags, and still today, from china to cuba, still the most repressive, the most evil political movement in the history of man responsible for more deaths than any other movement. and allen west is comparing american legislators to that movement. saying they're part of that movement. now, is there a responsibility of somebody in the republican party to stand up and point at him and say, that is not an acceptable norm of behavior in our political party? and you must go out and apologize to these 78 to 81 american public servants who you have defamed and compared to joseph stali

allen pizzey reports from kabul. in colombia bill plante has the latest on its investigation into misconduct involving secret service agents and prostitutes. and change-up, 65 years after jackie robinson broke the color barrier, tony guida tells us the face of baseball is changing, dramatically. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> glor: good evening, i'm jeff glor. it was only the second time in history the storm prediction center issued a high risk warning more than 24 hours in advance. all eyes were on the plains this weekend as conditions were unusually ripe for tornado outbreak. through last night, at least 122 tornadoes formed, one of them hit the small town of woodward, oklahoma, killing at least five. that is where dean reynolds is tonight. dean, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, jeff. well, the storm system is still playing itself out across the nation's midsection at this hour. and this town provides a good reason to remain alert. because the weather that hit woodward was bo

nbc's ron allen is outside the court. take us to the scene there. ween that this is the first appearance, we understand from his attorney he's going to ask for bond and then make the argument as to why this meets the standard. and the judge will be looking to his connections to the community, the seriousness of the case and the other related issues as to whether to release him. >> right, andrea. it's a first appearance. it will happen inside the county jail and secure courtroom. we have a live picture inside that courtroom. you can now see where there are sheriff's deputies making final arrangements for this event. during the first appearance, as i understand it, the judge will inform mr. zimmerman, go through the arrest avffidavit and make sure there's possible cause. there may be a discussion of bail and what arrangements mr. zimmerman has with his attorney. there could be a discussion about bail or bond. it's not certain that we'll get that far. later, there will be an arraignment in later days to come when he'll enter a plea of not guilty accord

that was allen west of florida being very, very specific about exactly how many communists there arethe united states congress. as you heard him say there, "i believe there's about 78 to 81 members of the democrat party that are members of the communist party." that's how he put it. congressman west wasn't just talking about any old 78 to 81 members of the democrat party, he was talking about a very specific group of them. his spokesperson put out a statement after that, not to apologize for it or to walk it back, but rather to tell everybody exactly who congressman west was talking about. "the congressman was referring to the 76 members of the congressional progressive caucus. the communist party has publicly referred to the progressive caucus as its allies." so allen west doesn't have a secret scrawled out list of 76 democrats in congress who are commies, it is specifically the congressional progressive caucus. this right here is the congressional progressive caucus website. what kind of things do these guys do? these accused communists? well, the thing that the congressional progr

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ok it's time for tonight's truth on award and this time because representative allen west if you follow republican fear mongering in my paper has bill infiltrating the u.s. you know latin america is a bad scenario threat number one but this week allen west exposed a different infiltration that he claims is widespread already happening at a government level. this is. the. world. at right everybody get ready because it's time to take a trip down the rabbit hole with wet eyed into the twenty first century very own red scare welcome to the year one hundred fifty i mean twenty twelve buckle your seatbelt because it's a valid you get we are canniness or being out in the u.s. government i know not alger hiss these are members of our very own house of representatives but you have communists once again made their way into the u.s. government where you have to ask out holding secret meetings working behind the scenes the spread of communism to the u.s. only one man knows for sure. it was responsible mr truman conclusion those responsible. for winning the competition but. i know it's not doesn't m

so 1993 allen's walking into his favorite bar, the merwin tap.t another normal night. as he walks in the door he looks at the wall right here and there's a wanted poster with a composite sketch that some of the patrons said looked just like allen. a few weeks after this picture was posted, alan was at the bar next door. >> i went to go make a pool shot on the side of the pool table. and as soon as i put my hand back, a cuff went on my wrist. and of course, i instantly said, "no, you've got the wrong guy." >> reporter: they did have the wrong guy. but nobody other than alan would believe it for 17 years. he was charged with kidnapping and raping a housekeeper inside this home. with no physical evidence linking him to the crime, prosecutors relied on the eyewitness testimony of the victim. even though she had been blindfolded during most of the attack. >> what i was saying, they'll figure it out, that it's not me. >> reporter: what did you think when they pronounced you guilty? >> oh, i was devastated. i couldn't believe it. you know, me? you think

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brian. >> ron allen here in new york tonight. ron, thanks. >>> up next here this evening, something we have always been told is bad. well, a new study says it's good for us. >>> in mooresville, north carolina, just north of charlotte today, a warm welcome home for marine corporal garrett carnes. he lost parts of both legs when an ied exploded near him in afghanistan in february. hundreds of people turned out along the route to welcome corporal carnes who was escorted by hundreds of patriot guard riders from north carolina and virginia. >> we don't know for sure how he got there, but there was a kid on the field in chicago yesterday. top of the seventh inning. white sox versus the baltimore orioles, when everyone noticed someone smaller than a player. at first, he was macaulay culkin like in his capture avoidance ability. running past security before being captured by the left fielder. he and his parents were ejected from the game, which the orioles won. >>alize there's a danger this next item will be used to justify behavior by f

vice president allen west? would you consider it if you were asked?well, first of all, happy easter to you, kyra. and when you consider the fact that five years ago i was sitting in the desert of kandahar, afghanistan, as a civilian military adviser and training to the afghan army, no one would have ever thought that i'd be a congressional representative for here in south florida and speaking to you today. so we don't know which path your life may take. and if someone were to believe that i have a capacity to serve this country at a higher level is very humbling, very honorable. and as i did back in 1982, as my father did, as my older brother did, as my young nephew does, we will continue to serve this country in whatever capacity we can. >> okay. so bottom line, you're telling me yes, if mitt romney comes to you and says, i want you on the ticket with me, i want you to be my vice president, you would say yes? >> yeah. well, right now, you know, the focus is, of course, being a good congressional representative. but if someone were to make that call t

allen led presentation, put that in your bucket list. you want to get that one. i enjoyed one some 20 years ago. and stacey brings a passion and knowledge of shiloh that no one can really match. and if you haven't bought your copy yet, this is the last plug of the day. the shiloh film that embodies stacey's passion and scholarship about the battle is, of course, available here today at the event. and is being shown, i guess, as we speak at the visitor's center at the battlefield. stacey will go first and sort of give us his judge, you know, very tightly judged view of what the battle meant and its significance and then following stacey will be someone else who used to walk those fields of shiloh on a regular basis when he was a ranger at the battlefield and that's dr. tim smith. tim is now a professor at the university of tennessee martin. and tim is glass prolific author on the civil war, particularly civil war preservation and then in particular shiloh itself. i brought along several different tim smith books but the one oil promote ri