and i approached it and i told bill phillips this -- host: your editor? guest: yes, my editor bill tphreupls. as if i was making a quilt. and i think this got a little off in the "new york times" artic article, that i would focus on that story that week, the invasion of russia. well, there was always something else happening that week, too. now we've two or three stories that have to be intertwined and i can't go down too far in the road to august of 1941 with the russian front and ca come all the way back to june 20 then go down to august with the african front. it wouldn't work. so, a read a lot. i bought harriman's memoirs. bill man westchester, in his notes, would xerox a page and cut out a little paragraph and 50 pages later you may find another paragraph from harriman's family worries but there was no context. with became before, what came after. clearly he wanted to use something from that excerpt, which kind of pointed me in a direction. but when i have 5,000, 6,000, 7,000 pages of such directions. so i read harriman's memoirs. host: how much of wi

the preamble i did -- bill phillips and i came up with this. bill came up with it first. he was in a son of mr. manchester's pages and said, you have something here on page 90 of bills pages that really should go in a preamble. a character sketch. we are already 90 pages into the book and we hear his favorite scotch is johnnie walker red. let's pick up these paragraphs, these outliers, and put them all together. of the first 35 pages, eight or 10 of them are bill manchester's and i fleshed them out with depression and alcohol -- to give the readers a sketch of winston. a movie trailer sketch. so that when you start the book you have got a feel for the guy. you are not going to be surprised when you find him having four brandies on page 50 does he do this every day? you already know that he does. there was a way -- we wanted this to be a standalone book. you were under no obligation to buy the first two volumes or martin gilbert's official volume it is a stand-alone story. >> had you ever met martin? >> i had not. >> have you talked to him? >> i spoke to sir john keegan. h

phillips'. >> bill: facing to follow up segment tonight, new rasmussen survey released this week says 68% of american adults prefer the greeting merry christmas this time of year. just 23% like happy holidays. michigan federal appeals court has reversed decision that banned nativity display folks in warrant, michigan put up a crest. atheists complained, nativity was removed. group defeated the atheist and we love that and now it's back. jewish guy thinks the whole war on christmas is insane. you say that for quite some time, mr. stein, right? >> i have. you can call me ben. i'm jewish. all of my ancestors are jewish. my son is jewish. i don't mind people saying merry christmas to me. i like calling it a christmas tree. it's a christmas holiday. it's a christian holiday. it's not a holiday, holiday. it's on not a atheist holiday but a christian holiday. >> it's a holiday that atheists can celebrate certainly under the banner. >> absolutely and jews can celebrate. it's a holiday. >> everybody can have a good time. >> it's a holiday marking the birth of a man or a some call him the son o

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hazy >> earlier, phillipe djegal mentioned murderers given a second chance. senate bill 9 says some prisoners who commited murder as a child could now have a chance of returning to the streets. instead of life without parole. some offenders can fight for a new term of 25 years to life. and, drivers licenses for illegals. some 400-thousand undocumented immigrants will be able to apply for a license. this applies to those in a federal program supporting states as a child and have not broken the law. another bill out of the assembly. gives women greater access to birth control. a-b 23-48 will now allow certified nurses, midwives, nurse practicioners and physician's assistants to prescribe that medication. the homeowner bill of rights will also go into affect at the start of the year. it's meant to give battle forecloser. this set of bills will restrict dual-track foreclosures. when lenders act like they're working with a borrower to modify a loan, while still moving forward with foreclosure. assemblywoman joan buchanan's bill regarding metal purchases passed. the fine for d

bill the modest effect on our t.v. . we're trying to. move. from science to. welcome back we are speaking with kevin phillips are we i spoke to him earlier and now though he was a republican political strategist he now is very critical of both parties and one reason progressives have been a big fan is because he's been hugely critical of financial deregulation over the years i had to ask him about it take a listen. let's go through first some of the history of deregulation and money let's play a couple of clips. i have directed secretary of the treasury to be necessary to the dollar are going to record. i have directed secretary connally. of the convertible with a dollar. or. true problems of our nation a much deeper. than gasoline lines or energy shortages these are even than inflation or recession. so you have nixon taking us off bretton woods once and for all carter marking a period of horrible stagflation that paved the way for a massive deregulatory measure in the form of the monetary control act and then here you have bill clinton after he had signed the repeal of glass steagall with his cronies paving

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billings is 31, a musician and college student in l.a., who has smoked since he was 16. >> kind of grassy. >> smells good to me. >> phillip morris and r.j. reynolds have been selling their brands of marlboro and camel snus for about a year. at $4 a can, about half what a pack of cigarettes usually costs, the company say sales show that snus is starting to catch on. >> i have a cigarette when i get up in the morning. >> here's justin at 7:00 a.m., smoking while he checks his email. he used to dread being stuck someplace where he couldn't feed his habit. now he's buzzed on nicotine practically 24/7. as he heads off to the gym, he pops in a snus. >> and i'll put the snus in. and instead of walking, i can jog to the gym because i'm not carrying a cigarette. you can't jog carrying a cigarette. and-- >> but you jog with the-- >> yeah, i jog with the snus in. >> and at the gym, he snuses while he's working out. >> and i feel really good and healthy and in shape. >> later at school, he lights up before class and snuses during class. at night, there's more snusing when he's out with friends at a bar. and unbeknownst to me, he was

phillips'. >>> shortly after president obama took office, therein an unusual new force on the international scene, a conservative protest movement. kill the bill. well, the tea party organized around intense opposition to vote obama and republican incumbents who were deemed inefficiently conservative. unlike most beltway organizations, the tea party combined the resources of well funded management with an authentic grassroots arm. by tapping the grassroots tea party, freedom works grew its annual budget from $7. to $42 million. and the tea party helped mobilize the base. and now many insiders are saying the tea party is losing steam because of obama's re-election. the "new york times" made the front page with "clout diminished, tea party turns to narrower issues." and "the washington post" reports tea party stays on the sidelines as obamas, republicans in congress tackle fiscal cliff. the most visible former elected official in the tea party and, of course, chairman of freedom works tried to oust several freedom works officials this fall. in fact, according to the post, army thieves control momentarily of the group. and he brought a gun carryi

phillips'. >>> furious at michigan's republican controlled house and senate quickly passed controversial right-to-work bills're disgusting? >> the bills limit the right to strike and picket and employees cannot be forced to pay union dues. democrats and union supporters say this is a huge -- of workers' rights. >> terrifies me that they are trying to pass this through so quickly with no discussion from the other side and no understanding of what is important in it. >> poppy harlow joins from us lansing. poppy, so -- it is -- damaging for unions, right? >> it could be extremely damaging for unions if you ask union workers. they say this would be bad important the entire michigan economy for all of the workers here. that's a position of labor in this state which, don, cane overemphasize is that the heart of organized labor in america, it is the birth place of the united autoworkers, uaw. here is what's at stake. if this becomes a right-to-work state, it would make it illegal for unions and employers to mandated that employees be part of the union or pay any am of money to that union. that would then become il

phillips that's panda dance. it will be very exciting. then megyn kelly poe billount down and then a million dollars quartet. we're going to have elvis presley and all the big stars doing "blue suede shoes" and a whole lot of shaking going on. >> i'm so excited for this coming up tonight. and the show, all american new year is at 11:00 p.m. eastern time. we'll go through 12:30 in the morning to ring in the new year. at midnight, we actually, you let down about a ton of confetti and some of those confettis will have some wishes on them, right? >> it's amazing, yes. people from all over the world come to the times square and write their wish. and we mix that in with the mid knight confetti. as it slopes down in that blizzard of confetti and you reach into the sky to grab some, you're pulling down wishes and you can read them and they'll tell us their wish and we'll mix that in as well. >> clayton, one of our anchors yesterday brought up the clean-up as to how quickly it occurs and if we have any time left, video of that occurring, so how quickly exactly do they clea

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phillips'. ♪ . [cheers and applause] >> welcome back to fox and friends christmas special. we're so glad once again you could join us. >> what better way to kick off this half hour then by making billthe hot seat on the culture quiz. but on christmas i turned the tables. so how did he do? take a look at this. the spin starts here. >> we thought it would be great if you wore this antler elf hat. >> you know i thought it would be great if you buy me a condominium in monaco in monte carlo. but neither is going to happen. >> somebody has to wear the hat. >> looks lick it will be you lincoln chaffey. >> question number one, bill o'reilly, what dissanta spin into tinsel, icicles, our fruitcake wrappers. >> icicles. >> but it is close. spider web. >> santa and spiders. >> a woman who didn't have money for decorations used food. spiders ate it and santa spin it into tinsel. >> that is fascinating. what is next? >> this is good for my image the hat. >> that is great, doocy. whatever you want. get on with it, will you? >> the first christmas card was created in england in 1843. what were people doing on the picture in front of card? hanging candles on a tree, opening presents, waiting for in

bill. mr. president, i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. mr. cardin: i would ask unanimous consent that an intern from senator merkley's office, phillip hay, have the privileges of the floor for the balance of the day. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cardin: mr. president, i would suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from montana. mr. baucus: mr. president, i understand that in effect -- i ask that -- i ask further proceed ftion of the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. baucus: mr. president, i understand we're in effect debating russia pntr. robert louis stevenson once said -- quote -- "the mark of a good action is that it appears inevitable in retrospect." when i traveled to russia in february, many doubted that congress would establish permanent normal trade relations known as pntr earlier this year. but in july the finance committee unanimously approved legislation to do just that. and last month the house of representatives passed very similar russia pntr legislation with 365 yes