anderson says, noon on the 15th. if i'm not relieved before noon on the 15th, i'm going oh have to leave anyway. beauregard knows though, that federal ship will be there resupplies the fort before the 15th. we'll be back in this purgatory that they've been living in for months. this has to come to a head. beauregard sends a message back saying, that's not going to work. you have to surrender the fort. anderson sends a message back saying, i can't. as long as i can hold out, i am under orders to hold out. so at 4:30 in the morning on the 12th of april, 1861, confederate forces inside charleston open fire on federal forces in ft. sumter. that is the shot that starts the american civil war. okay? in four years you're going to have 620,000 americans dead. that doesn't include wounded, okay? that's just dead. 620,000 in four years, north and south. again, remember, but we know that. nobody else knows that now. what a lot of the sides are hoping, there's worries that this might be longer than they think it will be. a lot o

and anderson, we believe, introduced menard to gordon. menard instantly becomes involved in jamaican politics as a newspaper publisher, as a pamphleteer, as an advocate on the right of the free black population in jamaica. and above all of that, he starts a literary and debate society with the explicit purpose of increasing participation in politics and spreading literacy to the blackul

he played his high school football here, anderson. this whole community today has been absolutely rocked. they're all wondering why, anderson. >> yeah, it's a question everyone asks in the wake of a suicide. it's hard to know if it was related to anything he experienced because of playing football, but he had had struggles in recent years n 2010 i understand he drove himself off a california cliff. is there much known about that incident? >> reporter: yes, there is. what happened was is junior at the time had a 25-year-old live-in girlfriend. there was an arrest of junior for spousal battery, as they put it here in oceanside. he bailed himself out and then later, nearby in carlsbad, he did drive off a cliff. there's two versions of this. his former teammates will say, well, we talked to junior and he said he fell asleep at the wheel. the other side of that is did he do so deliberately and was he trying to commit suicide. when authorities found him, he was conscious and talking and he made no mention of an intent to kill himself at tha

in the case of admiral anderson, admiral anderson was not nominated for a second term. and the reason -- it had nothing to do with the tfx. it had to do with the cuban missile crisis. during the time that soviet ships were sailing toward cuba, perhaps with reinforcements, admiral anderson decided that he was in command. that, of course, is quite contrary to the statutes of the united states. the chief of naval operations, despite his title, is not in charge of naval operations. admiral anderson didn't realize that, or chose to ignore it. and when mcnamara went to the cno operations center, and asked what the navy was doing, admiral anderson said, why don't you just leave and let me run this operation. and i think that speaks for itself. had subordinates of admiral anderson said that of him, dismissal would have been the least of the consequences. did mcnamara occasionally tangle with individual military people? in many ways, i think his arguments with general may, under whom he had served during world war ii, were more consequential and more substantive. but in the end,

anderson cooper is his name. silver fox. anderson cooper.ar that guy is reported more in gossip columns to be at the gym or that bar or restaurant than he is in the studio. i hear more stuff about anderson cooper at a bar or a gym or a health club than i do about what he's doing in the studio. and cnn probably thinks that's great. yeah, that'll help the demo. anderson out there dog all this stuff. people will tune in to watch. it isn't working. >> i don't know if you noticed, but he spoke for quite a while therend he didn't call me a slut even one time. i don't have my clear rush dictionary, but i think it means we're best friends. he was talking about cnn's ratings and ratings go up and down. but can we just play that part again where he's supposedly reading about me in all the gossip columns. >> i swear, that guy is reported more in gossip columns to be at that gym or bar or restaurant than he is in the studio. >> first of all, is there a place called "that bar"? i don't know where that is. but look, i have no control over what some gossip

and the scene she describes, anderson, is just amazing. she talks about wild partying, about vodka flowing like water, about the fact that the agent that she eventually left for the hotel with was lifting up his shirt to show off his six-pack, and it's just a number of things that happened that night. then they go to the hotel, they had already agreed on a price of $800. she speaks just a couple of words, but just enough to understand what he was after, and her understanding is that they had agreed to a price of $800. the following morning, when he got up, he was a totally different man, she says. he was not loving anymore, and she told her using an expletive to get away from him, and they was not going to pay her anything, anderson. >> i also want to play just a little bit more of this interview. she talks about how the agent fell asleep back in the hotel room. let's listen. >> at that moment, if i had been a member of one of those terrorist gangs, it's obvious that i would have been able to get everything. just like the newspapers say, i

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anderson? >>> the teachers at the abby kelly high school are using a video to prove they're the class clowns. just like whitney houston sings "i want to dance with somebody." you better watch your back, take a look. ♪ ♪ i wanna feel the heat with somebody ♪ ♪ yeah, i want to dance with somebody ♪ ♪ with somebody >> i don't know what's going on there. i don't understand it. >> on the kids are being asked to, you know, talk about the favorite memories from the school. >> they don't realize the teachers are in the background. >> they don't realize the teachers are buzzing some moves. >> that's funny. >> i thought it was pretty cool. >> all right. the ridiculist is next. meineke's personal pricing on brakes. i tell you what i can spend. i do my best to make it work. i'm back on the road safely. and i saved you money on brakes. that's personal pricing. >>> time for the ridiculist. tonight we're adding the folks behind a line of sneakers called skechers shape-ups. according to the federal trade commi

at 5:00.onight "anderson." a woman fakes having cancer to wedding anddream husband knew nothing about it. >> that is right. an entire town rallied together this woman the wedding .f her dreams a free wedding dress, freak rings. was all amoon period lie. husband said he was bamboozled. the wife's mother was strict as well. was he really as bamboozled as he says? he comes on to talk about it. >> we lost anderson. >> are you still there anderson? trouble hearing you. >> i am still here. >> sorry about that. >> ok. the husband -- she is still in prison. the husband is standing by her. there are still questions about not he was involved in this or not. >> tough story. tough situation. tough when you see anything like this happening. >> absolutely. there are multiple stories of this deception on anderson's today at 4:00. we then hope you stay on for abc news at 5:00. >> we apologize for that, anderson. a great like it will be show. at the weather. it is improving. right, adam? >> right. a few days' worth. thursday, b

. >> let's end with you giving us the back story to the iconic concert that marianne anderson gave at the lincoln memorial. >> well, i love eleanor roosevelt. i love franklin roosevelt. their pictures are in every room of my house. we have to give harold ickes a shoutout. he's the one that really got the lincoln memorial. we need to give both roosevelts credit for is eleanor's understanding of how to use her newspaper column, "my day," to turn this concert in from a local, i.e., regional washington, d.c., slap in the face, to turn it into a national civil rights event. when eleanor resigned from the d.a.r. in 1939 that column goes on the front page of 483 newspapers, and marianne anderson stays on the front page of 483 newspapers for seven weeks. and it's eleanor who goes to the radio programs to say, you -- you know, basically in polite eleanor language, which i will never in my life be accused of having, if you want me on the radio, you need to carry this. and so it's eleanor's pressure on the radio stations that make it the first live coast-to-coast nationally broadcast radio event

. >> good for you, anderson. this is a total case of being absolute double standard by the democrats on this issue. president obama proposed $4 billion program. you know, the bigger problem here, anderson, when people say you can't turn anything and they turn it into the manufactured wars against women, wars against children, this is why the government is so big, spends so much and we have trillion dollar deficits as far as the eye can see. hilary decried the republican budgets. there are no budgets in washington. the senate hasn't passed a budget in three years. the house is at least trying. and president obama has given up on even trying to bring the parties together to achieve a consen us this year because it's an election year. he won't even try. >> that's not true. >> washington is broken and this is one of the biggest reasons why. it's picking the issues, war on women and children and people are trying to make rational decisions in washington. on the student loan, i don't know why the federal government is

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follow me on facebook and twitter at anderson cooper. let me know what you think about that, mark, and marcia's assessment on anderson cooper. >>> mitt romney is back saying he helped create 100,000 jobs while he was at bain capital. we'll check the facts, when we come back. >>> another keeping them honest report. this one, presumptive republican nominee mitt romney. he spent the week talking about his private sector business career and said again he helped create 100,000 jobs when he was ceo of private company bain capital. the numbers don't add up. i'll explain that in a moment, but first some background. romney's claim on creating jobs came in response to a new series of ads released this week by the obama campaign attacking romney's record at bain. now, one ad focuses on the closure of a kansas city steel mill which led to big job losses. it features workers who say that romney and bain ruined their lives. watch. >> bain capital was the majority owner. they were responsible. mitt romney was deeply involved in the influence that he ex

she also had -- before the -- the debacle that was -- the insult to marianne anderson. eleanor invited her to the white house, she had stayed in the white house. eleanor had talked about her voice in the column and said singing, hearing marianne anderson singing is like sitting in the lap of god. and after the concert, eleanor went july 4, 1939 to richmond, the capital of the confederacy, where she give marianne anderson the spring arm medal and gives a speech on -- in non confrontational terms about the horror that unequal education inflicts on the united states. so in many ways to me, the back story of marianne anderson is how this extraordinary woman got the courage to come up and shift from being an artist to a symbol which she knew absolutely she was going to become, she was terrified of doing it, i talked with her before she died. and the courage s

. >> here are facts, anderson. governor romney has based his candidacy for the oval office on his tenure as a corporate buyout specialist. he said that's the record we should evaluate, that's the type of economic philosophy he would bring into the oval office. and we took a look at the record. took a look at the fact that he loaded up companies with debt across the country. this case of the plant in marion, indiana, 250 workers lost their jobs. romney and his partners came in. they loaded the company up with debt, laid off all the workers. security guards bolted the doors, they went through -- >> i get it, people were laid off. >> the benefits were stripped down. >> and romney -- >> romney supporters walked away. >> cory booker said, if you look at the totality of bain capital's record, they've done a lot to support businesses, to grow businesses. do you not agree with that? >> you know what mayor booker also said? >> do you not agree with that? you're picking and choosing what people should focus on with bain capi

>> anderson, i think it's a mixture.thing of this nature has a political element to it, you can't deny that. on the same token, who is going to try to do something about the debt. that's why this does become a showdown because washington for too long have never done anything about the debt. and you're right, paul ryan, the republican's budget with increase the debt by $5 trillion over ten years but president obama's budget, if he gets everything he's asked for would increase it by $10 trillion, twice the amount, taking us from $15 tril lion in the hole to $2 trillion in the hole. so the question is why are politicians on both parties not doing anything about it before the election. we have massive tax hikes going to hit. the payroll tax reduction gets taken away. we have mass if sequestered across the board cuts coming to defense and health care providers and a debt ceiling that we face. why are they punting? isn't this what we elect them for, to judge them so we can vote them in or vote them out? >> since they're puntin

we've got to put this in context, anderson. let's not forget that trayvon martin was fighting a man with a 9 millimeter gun. he was in a battle for his life that tragically he lost, and we also have to remember that he didn't start this fight. george zimmerman got out of his car and pursued trayvon martin, a had he just stayed in his car, had he stood down, there would be no need for george zimmerman to stand his ground. i have to say this because we just got a glimpse of this report, anderson. it says why he came to the doctor. he sought an appointment with the doctor to get legal clearance to return to work. so it is very suspicious that he doesn't have to go to the doctor february 26th, when he shoots and kills trayvon martin, doesn't have to go to the er, but then the next morning he has to go. we do know one thing, anderson, and that is trayvon martin was taken away in an ambulance. he lost the battle for his life. >> jeff toobin, what do you make of all this? >> i just wonder if i ask ben a question there. you said you kn

and that's what the silver fox, anderson cooper, is his name. silver fox. anderson cooper. more in gossip columns to be at the gym or that bar or restaurant than he is in the studio. i hear more stuff about anderson cooper at a bar than what he is doing in a studio. and cnn probably thinks that's great. yeah, that will help the demo. anderson doing this stuff and people will be curious and tune in and watch. it isn't working. >> i don't know if you noticed, but he spoke awhile and didn't call me a slut even one time. i'm pretty sure that means we're best friends now. he was talking about cnn's ratings. but can we play that part again where he's reading about me in all these gossip columns? >> i swear that guy is reported more in gossip columns to be at the gym or that bar or restaurant than he is in the studio. >> so first of all, is there a place called "that bar"? i have no control about what gossip columnists write about me, but i count the number of bars i have been to in the last year. i have no interest in doing that now. but because i'm sure he cares about accuracy,