and he sees andrew johnson across the room and johnson looks at him and a fleeting moment, he realizes that this is a man who had contempt for african-americans. what johnson realized, he does this face up and respond appropriately. but he says he saw -- the title of the chapter, the index of his heart and in that moment he could see this was a guy who was no friend of black people and it turned out to be -- turned out to be the case. there was no relationship between the two of them at all. at one point he comes to the white house with a delegation of blacks and johnson is very hostile. he basically says black people, slaves and slave masters were in league with one another to keyboard white people down. you would love to see frederick douglass's place as he explains what do the slaves get out of this little arrangement? there is no relationship. >> frederick douglass has several meetings with lincoln. lincoln famously hatches a plan with him which i often cite as evidence of lincoln's sincerity in making sure emancipation was promulgated even if he was defeated in the 1864 election t

the first was andrew johnson in 1868. >> rivals continue to play up ties to freddie mac on the trail.nderstanding this scathing editorial in the "wall street journal." >> i will let the lawyers decide what is and is not lobbying. when it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, typically it's a duck. >> we earned the editorial by not stopping and handling this from day one. the facts are i didn't get that kind of money and went to a consulting firm and had officers and the share i got was relatively small. >> he is washington bureau chief for the comcast network and staff writer covering national politics. the author of the take. welcome all. listening to newt there talk about his consulting firm. >> it was his. >> now we know why haley barber didn't run. it is tough to be able to make that argument. my name is on the firm. >> didn't get much of those. we saw them and he tried to run. >> tough to make that. you write today on the gingrich campaign. it is now in the fourth and potentially decisive phase. the 30 was rebirth and fourth, testing is now under way. how is he doing? >> not

. >> reporter: comcast spokesman andrew johnson says the company's technicians will never show up at your door unless you're expecting them. johnson says she did the right thing. when the men showed up the next day she asked to see their i.d. >> they didn't have anything. and all he had was just a faded polo shirt that said "comcast." it's a shame, very scary. >> reporter: berkeley police are encouraging residents to call them. they say if someone shows up at your home, claiming to be a utility worker who doesn't have i.d. or it doesn't seem quite right, call the police. they say they'll come out and help. right now we're talking about jewelry theft. but this could have been so much worse. just last week in san francisco, a man was sentenced to 50 years to life after he posed as a pg&e worker to gain access to a woman's home and then he brutally murdered her. live in berkeley, traci grant, nbc bay area news. >>> in an about-face, pg&e seth it wants to give customers the option of using analog mechanical meters instead of the wireless smart meters that now are required. the utility ha

the success for andrew johnson intended to have him tried for treason a crime and a punishable by debt. they went under the white house and told john thune that he was protected by the parole that he had given. if he were arrested he would immediately resign from the army and protest. johnson and his prosecutors had no intention of arguing with the immensely popular victorious commanding general of the united states army. lee was never arrested the remaining years of his life he never allowed a word against grant to be spoken in his presence in 18694 years after the war ended grant was sworn in as president of the united states, the position he held for two terms the first term as a success and the second was not. during the second term his political opponents launched 37 separate investigations and corruption in the administration. despite their efforts to could not demonstrate he was involved in any of the scandals many of them resulting from the politically naive grant misplaced trust in those he believed honest men taking the action of the presidential history he writes to congress

the success of andrew johnson and tentatively tried for treason, a crime punishable by death. grant walked into the white house and told johnson that lee was protected by the parole i.t., grants, had given me a appomattox. grant added if we were arrested he would immediately resign from the army in protest. johnson and his federal prosecutors had no intention of arguing with the immensely popular commanding general at the united states army. they quietly called the treason proceedings. he was never arrested. for the remaining five years the property's life, he never allowed a word to be spoken in his presence. in 1869, four years after the war ended, it is a sworn in as president of the united states, a position he held for two terms. his first term was a success in his psyche was not. during the second term, his political opponents bunched 30s seven separate investigations into corruption in this administration. despite their efforts, they could not demonstrate he was involved in any scandals. many resulting from the politically naÏve grant of misplaced trust in those he beli

presidential pardons of note. 1869, and johnson pardoned and the doctor who treated john wilkes booth -- andrew johnson pardoned the doctor who treated john wilkes booth. in 1974, gerald ford pardoned richard nixon. 1979, jimmy carter commutede patricia hearst's sentence for the armed robbery. in 1992, george h. w. bush pardoned six defendants in the iran-contra investigation. can we go back to the 1989 pardoned by ronald reagan of george steinbrenner's? what kind of illegal contributions was mr. steinbrenner's making to the nixon reelection campaign? guest: steinberger is a universally beloved figure. he was a big republican -- steinbrenner is a universally beloved figure. he was a big republican donor. they can get pardoned by a president of their same party. post in a back to the phones -- host: back to the bones and our line for -- host: back to the phones. go ahead. caller: from the quantitative standpoint, how has the president's -- affected their ranking among presidents over time? i am thinking of lincoln and his pardoning of all the confederate generals and officers with a simple statement lik

>>> andrew bruce catrel lead out of class at an east bay middle school. i'm carolyn johnson. dan ashley has the night off. the middle school math and science teacher is under arrest, and police say he confessed to a number of sex crimes with a student. neighbors and fellow teachers are in shock. thomas roman is at diablo middle school with the story and reaction for us. thomas? >> carolyn, last week the parents of the young woman involved in this case contacted clayton and walnut creek police regarding the suspected abuse. after a week long investigation police figured out they had enough evidence to arrest catrel today. at about noon, walnut creek police officers came here to diablo school. they took the science and math teacher out of class. officers brought him to another room away from students and arrested him. >> he confessed to the several allegations, and at that time he was then taken to the contra costa county detention facility. >> he faces multiple charges of abuse with a student. a young woman school sources tell us he has allegedly been having relations with for

. >>> andrew bruce catrel lead out of class at an east bay middle school. i'm carolyn johnson. dan ashley has the night off. the middle school math and science teacher is under arrest, and police say he confessed to a number of sex crimes with a student. neighbors and fellow teachers are in shock. thomas roman is at diablo middle school with the story and reaction for us. thomas? >> carolyn, last week the parents of the young woman involved in this case contacted clayton and walnut creek police regarding the suspected abuse. after a week long investigation police figured out they had enough evidence to arrest catrel today. at about noon, walnut creek police officers came here to diablo school. they took the science and math teacher out of class. officers brought him to another room away from students and arrested him. >> he confessed to the several allegations, and at that time he was then taken to the contra costa county detention facility. >> he faces multiple charges of abuse with a student. a young woman school sources tell us he has allegedly been having relations with for

andrew luck finished a distant second. meantime, will the real ray lewis please stand up? that's the fellow linebacker jarrett johnson95 wearing his teammate's jersey in practice yesterday. he expected do watch from the sidelines for a third consecutive week versus the colts tomorrow might miss a play, never know with a toe turf it might make more senses to keep him sidelined until he's really need in the playoffs. right, coach? >> makes sense on we just depending ons how well he's coming along and i think he's -- very close. one of those injuries where you just got to see how it goes, take everything into consideration. and maybe could have played in the last couple weeks, maybe we just decide to mitigate the risk. just have to see where we're at. >> and with that, ravens-colts right here on wjz starting tomorrow afternoon at 1:00. finally, baltimore blast defender mike lookingglass from the left side with the left foot scores on the syracuse knights. millwood down the middle. but syracuse wins it 12-9. so coming off the win streak, the blast have lost two straight in as many nights. loyola over mount st. mary. and

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