you also might know this, but brian lamb is a nixon republican. in fact, he was an operative in the nixon wte house who was sent by nixon to try to get the pbs to observe the letter of the law that created it and be fair, objective and balanced in current affairs programming. and failed. so he, he formed c-span which is funded by cable companies. -- cable companies. that's the only way you're going to get fairness. in our universe here. when i look at the debates that dominate our political landscape, i'm struck by the way in which the abuse of language plays a major role in shaping the outcomes. defenders of liberty appear on these political battlefields as conservatives which implies that we are defenders of the social status quo. yet, in fact, we are the party of change and reform. we are the party that wants to stop the cancer of government power which is rapidly eroding the freedoms that were bequeathed to us. we are the party that wants to rein in the nanny state, protect the integrity of the ballot box, remove race categories and race prefe

caller: i just want to say there aren't a lot of people in this world that could fill the shoes of brian lamb and you do a magnificent job keeping level and asking pointed questions and not in searching yourself overly in the conversation but bringing out the best. >> guest: both proud sons of indiana too. >> caller: a privilege to speak to michael beschloss. i have been a c-span and for decades and the last person i was able to talk to on a program was edwin meese. that makes me pretty far back. i have reference to michael's second book "mayday: eisenhower, khrushchev and the u-2 affair". i believe it is on page 10. i don't have the book in front of me but it is in my collection where he relates a conversation that he had with president eisenhower's son john was a close aide to the president during the incident -- that is the focus of that book. i was hoping michael beschloss might be able for the viewers to paint a picture of the order president eisenhower gave to the then director of the cia concerning no more overflights after the end of april and of course we know from history and from m

i just want to say that there aren't a lot of people in this world that can fill the shoes of brian lamband you. you to do a magnificent job. in keeping level, asking points, not inserting yourself overly in the conversation. but bringing out the best. >> host: both proud sons of indiana, to. >> caller: it is a privilege to be able to speak to michael beschloss. i've been a fan for decades, and i think the last person i was actually able to talk to on the program was edwin meese. >> guest: we are two peas in a pod. >> caller: in reference to michael's second book, "mayday", i don't have the book is for in front of me, although it is in my collection -- where he relates to a conversation that he had with president eisenhower's son, john eisenhower, who was a close aide to the president. during the incident, which is the focus of that book. i was hoping that michael beschloss might be able to pay a picture of the order that president eisenhower gave to the director of the cia, allen dulles, talking bout no more overreaching flies at the end of april. we know from history and mr. michael be

i just want to say that there aren't a lot of people in this world that can fill the shoes of brian lamband you. you to do a magnificent job. in keeping level, asking points, not inserting yourself overly in the conversation. but bringing out the best. >> host: both proud sons of indiana, to. >> caller: it is a privilege to be able to speak to michael beschloss. i've been a fan for decades, and i think the last person i was actually able to talk to on the program was edwin meese. >> guest: we are two peas in a pod. >> caller: in reference to michael's second book, "mayday", i don't have the book is for in front of me, although it is in my collection -- where he relates to a conversation that he had with president eisenhower's son, john eisenhower, who was a close aide to the president. during the incident, which is the focus of that book. i was hoping that michael beschloss might be able to pay a picture of the order that president eisenhower gave to the director of the cia, allen dulles, talking bout no more overreaching flies at the end of april. we know from history and mr. michael be

brian shactman is keeping an eyes on sears. >> up more than 6.5% and eddie lamb period of time and the various companies 2.4 million shares. in terms of direct and indirect ownership he owns about 58 plus million shares at present. the stock is up sharply year-to-date, about 75%, and in the last six months as lagged a little bit. back to you. >> stephanie, a trade on sears? >> i think eddie lamb period of time has done a lot of good thing at the company. i was impressed with the gross margins in the most recent quarter. the problem i have with series is he doesn't have this aggressive policy or plan to increase sales, to increase the top line. they haven't grown the top line in several years. if you were looking for a value play, j.c. penney is the one. i am not buying it up 5% here. i think ron johnson does have an aggressive play in terms of making sure they can grow sales over the long-term with the store in the store concept. >> as we though break, take a look at the markets. it is a big day, materials, financial stocks leading the way higher today and the s&p health care sector re

brian: why? >> there is just no work. we manage large projects all over the country. lambe income coming in, everything else domino effects. >> brian: katie, you are ceo of tyler 2 construction. you voted for president obama last time. how are you guys doing? >> we're coming back. 2008 was a tough year for us. 09 was horrible. 10 was horrible. 11 was a little better. i've got high hopes for 12, 13 and 14. >> brian: dr. wideman, people still coming to your office? >> with some of the elective procedures, patients are holding back on those. but what i take care of, serious retina problems, back of the eye type of things, you can't put those things off. so i'm a very busy doctor, but my main concern has been with my patients. over 21 years, i've developed a rapport with patients and they share with me the difficulties and struggles they are having. i've had more patients than i can ever recall in the past three or four years share with me as their eye surgeon how they've lost their job, or their spouse lost their job, whether business is going bankrupt. >> brian: i understand

lamb 10 miles from the prison. he survived in the woods eating acorns. he worked on the farm because of good behavior. brian: president obama trying to score political by using ads like >> down side would be horrible. but he reasoned i can't in good conscious do nothing . he took the harder and more honorable path. >> brian: one special ops this. the special forces veteran and survivor of the 9/11 attack on the pentagon. it is disappointing that you use bin laden raid as a basis an ad. it is an mistake and you can order it to be removed. joining me is the man who wrote it 9/11 survivor major david king. major, thank you for your service. i can hear by the tone of your letter you are outraged and what was the reaction? >> there was no reaction other than the forn letter that touted the white house's everything except their military and intelligence capabilities. they sent back a form letter that was a re-election letter. >> brian: you are kidding? wa have an exexert. dear david thank you for writing. each day i hear from other than canned men and women who are struggling in this economy. nothing to do with y