bill beck. we are in washington, d.c., crystal city hilton. it's november 12th, 2005, about 1:15 p.m., and we are here commemorating the reup, the 40th anniversary reunion of the battles in the idrang valley, x rarks alb ray,albany, and falcon. columbus. tell me about those days in novemb november. before you all get in, tell me about tony nadal and the guys around you, your buddies, before you all arrive on sunday. >> all right. well, we all trained at fort bening, georgia. advanced infantry division is what i was doing down there. we went overseas. we were best buddies back in the states. we were close knit in on-kay. we were in country about two months before the ballot of the idrang valley. so we worked together, we played together, we shared things together. we were close. and we were good friends. our sergeants were good friends, good buddies. our officers we respected. our lieutenants, our captains, right up to colonel moore himself. we all knew each other. so we were pretty much a close-knit family. >> was that unusual, do you think, f

he said bill beck. i said why. he said because he kept the gap filled. he saved the whole situation right then when it was so critical and he kept me alive, our headquarters, the cp where it gets stable and not be, you know, that gap was huge. and he -- credited so much to you and russell. and -- so -- >> he is a very kind man with his words. at the time we didn't know where the cp was. i didn't know where the rest of our men were. i didn't know where captain nadal was. i didn't know where the rest of my buddies were. last time i saw them they were heading into the jungle. like i said i didn't know the creekbed was there at that time. found that out later. but -- we ended up there because of russell. that's where he went. i stayed with russell. so that happened by fate or blame it on russell. russell adams. he got me up there. wherp when we were there we came to fight for survival. russell got shot. >> how soon after you guys got done? >> things happening up there. russell was doing his thing. i left important more ammunition because -- we didn't have an

after that oral histories from the vietnam center and archive featuring bill forest and bill beck. this weekend marks the anniversary of the bloodiest battle to be fought during the civil war. up to that point, the battle of shiloh with almost 24,000 casualties. and sunday night at 7:00, the angel of the battlefield and founder of the red cross, clara barton on operated the missing soldiers office until 1868. join us as we discover the third floor office as it's prepared for >> each week american history tv sits in on a lecture with one of the college professors. this week a look at north vietnamese strategy during the vietnam war with donald stoker, professor at the naval war college in monterey, california. the class is part of a course called "strategy and war," which examines the relationship between political goals and the use of military force. this is about 50 minutes. >> a couple of pieces of background first to think about this to set up for this. always think about here, what is this war about? for the north vietnamese? what are their objectives? now, the vietnamese -- no

all the all of a sudden this woman comes on and goes glenn beck and bill o'reilly. ck is not in any party, okay, at all. beck is where he is. and i'm certainly not in any party and gave you the examples of the republics that are simply don't want to come in and do the joust here. but, i'm so tired of this branding fox news as a republic outfit. i can't tell you. >> let me tell you what i think this is about since her answer didn't make any sense. let me give you an educated guess. i think you, bill o'reilly, have become the poster boy for every liberal complaint about anything on cable tv for a couple of reasons. not because you're corrupt or you are the most biased person. it's because you are the most well-known person. that's the problem. and, of course, because you work for fox. nobody out there is saying cable tv would be so much better if we could only get rid of dillon ratigan people right now are saying who? who did he just say? >> you are well-known, that's the price you pay for being well-known. it is garbage, i grant you that some free advice from a friend

all the all of a sudden this woman comes on and goes glenn beck and bill o'reilly. rty, okay, at all. beck is where he is. and i'm certainly not in any party and gave you the examples of the republics that are simply don't want to come in and do the joust here. but, i'm so tired of this branding fox news as a republic outfit. i can't tell you. >> let me tell you what i think this is about since her answer didn't make any sense. let me give you an educated guess. i think you, bill o'reilly, have become the poster boy for every liberal complaint about anything on cable tv for a couple of reasons. not because you're corrupt or you are the most biased person. it's because you are the most well-known person. that's the problem. and, of course, because you work for fox. nobody out there is saying cable tv would be so much better if we could only get rid of dillon ratigan people right now are saying who? who did he just say? >> you are well-known, that's the price you pay for being well-known. it is garbage, i grant you that some free advice from a friend, if barack obama a

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you saw glenn beck out of fox news and bill o'reilly. hink that damage is the fox news brand. >> beck and o'reilly were not party activists in the way dick morris or karl rove are. >> that is a good point. i think 9 heavy reliance on had the party activists does damage the news brand. >> asked romney about advisory, got to that point the other day saying on cnn, she is your employee at cnn, not our employee. >> formal tie to the obama campaign. i thought she was reveling in the attention when she agreed to go on "meet the press" this morning, but she cancelled that appearance. let me turn to rick santorum, who of course dropped out this week. 3-year-old daughter bella, she spent the weekend in the hospital. and it seemed to me that all the journalists ignored that and portrayed merely political calculation. was that fair? >> i think in some of the coverage there were references to his daughter's condition. i think it was a matter of his own financial situation, which was precarious as he said to tony perkins this week, going into debt, wa

. >> you saw glenn beck on fox news and bill o'reilly and that damages the fox news brand. >> it can'tamage as the fact the highest rated primetime news program in the country. ms. mason is willfully uninformed and dick cheney won't come on the program and i give you scores of other republicans who don't want any part of "the factor." >> i think she missed the point. o'reilly has spent his career in television news and the reason i didn't argue with her, as bill insists i should have, i was trying to steer her back to talking about people with political agendas that double as tv pundits. she was talking about all partisans. >>> speaking of dual roles in cable news. current tv has now gone a step further by hiring an incumbent. al gore's channel has given a weekly talk show to california's lieutenant governor, gavin newsom. his position will help him line-up guests. >> and engage them in a way that complements my job as lieutenant governor and doesn't take away from that job. >> this is current tv giving free airtime to an elected democratic official. what is next "the obama hour" "romn

i'm going to use the beck rule -- the beckel rule, which is i want bill maher to never stop talking thever stop talking. bill maher, that face lost a 1 million republican votes. no surprise that the initials are b.m. >> eric: it's a billion dollar campaign for obama what is $1 million -- is it about the million dollars or he doesn't want to tick off the far left liberal -- -- listen, the bigger issue -- >> bob: the issue is should bill maher be associated with the campaign? no. romney won't release name of his bundlers. and a contributor was a buddy of his at bain capital. that doesn't bother me me. >> kimberly: a friend of his gave him money? >> bob: no. they tried to hide it. bill maher puts democrats on the defensive. >> dana: i have a thought, which is last week, within the hour of hillary rosen make comments, they had distanced themselveses frothemselveses fry rosen. president obama delivered a final blow with a comment, it was ill advised statement made by a person on tv. as if he doesn't know her. then bill maher hasn't done any favors. >> eric: a billion dollar campaign. can't b

bill which makes me uncomfortable. i think he is associating with tw glen beck. i hate him and i hate all libertarians and could give them a bad name. >> whatever you think about beck, i don't think he hates brown people. >> beck doesn't do anything. >> he just hates you, andy. >> all right. >> greg, you said is you don't think jones was the main speaker in the rally. i looked at the schedule. it looked like he was. >> how can you understand? we collectively are the speakers. that's a good poit. point. why was he using a microphone? why were they doing a mic check 1234* he didn't have to use a mic. he could have said all of that. it sounds like they are not all in. >> they are not all in if they are using a microphone. if you go back to anthony ace history they are all in there. >> lastly, regarding the obama who came out as gay and used the vote thing. ultimately that was true. i was close to saying it at the end of the day. i said ultimately. exit polls found 70% of california's back voters propped the -- backed proposition 8. the gay marriage officials. they s

bill o'reilly's book on lincoln which is the number one best seller. at least the last time i saw. and it's ridiculous. it's as ridiculous as glenn beck actually, almost. of course, there are also journalists who write terrible history as well. i think the connection between journalism and history strengthens both things and i really appreciate all of the people who came today and our colleagues here on the panel. thank you. >> we talked a lot about consensus today. please join me in expressing consensus of appreciation to alan and our panelists. [ applause ] >> thank you very much. >>> next, william fowler on his book "american crisis, george washington and the dangerous two years after yorktown 1781-1783" washington's struggles as he dealt with ineffective congress and continental army on the verge of mutiny. the 50-minute event was hosted by the social law library in boston. >> can i ask you to take your seats please? welcome to the social law library. my name is robert brink and i'm the executive director. we're honored to have all of you and also delighted to welcome back william fowler, who will talk about his new book "an ameri

bills that have been signed or will be soon to help businesses. the state has been winning over companies lately. headquarters moving to virginia include california defense contractor northrop gum man, beck teleand -- bechtel. last year -- [indiscernible] as for living social, just five years it's become one of the largest private employers in the district. mayor gray says keeping the company here would -- could give the city $133 million in revenue over a ten-year period. the d.c. city council would have to approve this measure. we'll have to see what happens with that. >> nothing like jobs around here. we can use them all the time. >>> did you catch the space shuttle taking its ride over washington tuesday? in five minutes we're on discovery's homecoming and the big events planned at the smithsonian tomorrow. >>> compared to the last two days, sort of a chill in the air this morning. next we'll learn when things will get back to the warmer side. good morning, mr. president. 60:8. we'll be right -- 6:08. we'll be right back. . >>> a much different day today. yesterday we were 70. today cloudy, cool, occasionally showers. highs won't be moving much, only around 60 but back in the sun tom

the same thing that happened to glenn beck for companies that care about this country not to at this on his program. and let that show collapse. >> this is the bill'm a political junkie. this show is my fix. governor is ... >> taking your e-mails on any topic at any time. this is the bill courtpress show live on your radio and at current tv. >> at the top of the next how are we go to the white house and say hello to dan pfeifer, the communications director from president obama joining us exclusively here on the bill press show. lots of e-mails on trayvon martin. peter says one thing that has come out is a statement by the man at the mortuary who prepared his body. according to him there was absolutely no indication on trayvon's hands he had hit anything or anybody. they were undamaged. i think we need to spread the word on this peter. you are absolutely right. meanwhile, we have been at this now on current tv for over a week, actually, this is day number 7, believe it or not. and the reviews are pouring in. >> bill fully says hisafter nbc's decision to feature the half-term governor after, i decided to give your show a look. love it t you have a

bill press show or current tv you are not eligible. >> all right. >> we have lots to get into and lots of good friends to help us do it. remember van jones, the guy that glenn beckrove out of the white house, he will join us. eric byrnes is the co-founder of full strategies and dave zyron who covers supports for "the nation" magazine will be along to talk about what we might expect tonight, kentucky and kansas. i have got kentucky. >> of course. >> this is the full court press. >> i notice all four of us showed up for work this morning which means none of us won the mega millions jackpot and none of thefree jack pontiac winners have come forward. three tickets match the winning numbers for the record $640 million jackpot. each winning ticket will get $213 million before taxes. americans as a whole spent nearly $15,000,000,000 trying to hit this jackpot. >> can you believe it? yeah no. i got -- first thing i did man when i got up sought morning was check those numbers. i was relieved because otherwise, we would have spent the whole weekend trying to decide how to spend that money. >> that's a real burden. >> yeah. it would have been. google does an april fool's p

beck. and i reserve the balance of my time. mr. lieberman: mr. president, i oppose this amendment. this is taking a bill that has the urgent purpose of saving the u.s. postal service, changing it to save it and bringing in a matter of internal labor union business. the fact is that no postal employee is forced to join a union. but once one does, the union leadership can guide the policy positions the unions support through the democratic processes within the unions. no postal employee, himself or herself is forced to involuntarily support the advocacy or political activities of a union. that's their choice whether to join it. but once they do, their leadership has the right to participate in the political process. i urge my colleagues to vote against this amendment. the presiding officer: all time has expired. mr. demint: mr. president, i'd like to yield the balance of my time to senator collins and ask -- the presiding officer: all time has expired. mr. demint: i ask unanimous consent that she might have 30 seconds to explain her position. the presiding officer: is there an objection? without objection