flight man was james calhoun. the man who was the cousin of john c. calhoun. he was an oran when he left south carolina without a penny in his pocket at the age of 17 and he rode west. he rode into the frontier. that was at the time western georgia, the boundary between the european american advance hand for the preceding indn territory. that boundary was very near atlanta. team is much like another south carolina border frontiers select n, and new jackson, who was born many years before him. he came here, he became - he was an indian fighter,e grew rich as a lawyer, then he became a politician. james calhoun had it all. and he seemed to be dtined for great things, like his cohorts in the state legislature, alexander stephens, robert combs and howell cobb, all of whom went on to important national office in the u.s. government prior to the civil war and played major roles in the confederate government. but james calhoun never made more than local and state office. why was that? though he supported state's rights can't considered himself a great southern patrio

calhoun, the philosophical bedrock of southern states' right to james calhoun was also a slaveholder. he was the father of a badly wounded confederate captain who fought in the tranches of vicksburg and against sherman's army in the north of georgia, a n whose own nephews from atlanta or killed in virginia the fighting. that night, when the confederate army moved out and the union army moved in, he had dinner th lieutent colonel charles morris and captain newton tony of the second massachusetts voluntary infantry regiment. they would provost marshal and the captain of the day who had moved into calhoun's city hall office. the yankees were shocked to learn that the mayor opposed secession. and i am sure the mayor was equally shocked to discover that these men hated-- gone ofor the past almost 40 days. that dinner to my mind marked the beginning of the possibility that out of the civil war, out of that, out of all that bloodsoaked grams, one nation, permanent and insoluble wycherley emerg know the story of a plan tub, which is so central to this story of the civil war and the story of t

calhoun states' rights. his quotes could have come out of john c. calhoun. this conservativism is very much a part of the modern republican party. >> but in terms of trying -- i think that states' rights -- and you're right, that it does surface in conservativism over time and time again, but what we're seeing right now, i'm trying to tie together the different surprising and radical seeming things that we're hearing from conservatives right now. it's succession, this tenth amendment stuff, it is the birther thing, the idea that the president is not legitimately the president. and it's also a form of tactical extremism and sort of disrespect toward federal authority. if there's a fundamental belief that succession is a good idea, the sort of extremism around states' rights, is there a connection between that and these other things. the basic idea that the federal government is an illegitimate source of authority right now? >> oh, absolutely. we're not seeing this talk of secession come up by accident. this is what these folks have always believed, but they'r

and some include north charles at west lake, west lafayette at calhoun. one more in severna park. watch for standard delays if you're traveling on 95 northbound. between 895 and the top side of the beltway. speaking of the beltway, there's a look at your drive times and your speeds on the top and west sides of the beltway. the slowest spots at this hour is going to be the 95. 37 miles an hour with the 16- minute drive time. that's because of that accident on the outer loop at york road. there's a live look at the west side, looking pretty good there, at wilkins avenue. this traffic report is brought to you by the cochran firm. if you've suffered a personal injury, call the cochran firm. back over to you. >>> thank you, sharon. >>> it was a whose who in television news today. a final tribute to walter cronkite in new york city. drew levinson reports for wjz, even two presidents took time to honor the most trusted man in america. >> reporter: walter cronkite always wanted to know the way it was. >> he always wanted to know everything about everything. and he wanted to know it before

senator john calhoun to shift positions and defend the union rather than persist in the defense of states' rights. when the letter became public, an angry mob appeared at his home, where he proclaimed his willingness to die for the union. fortunately the mob dispersed. the story ends badly as the pro-union grimke dies two years later and south carolina slipped toward the civil war a few decades later. nevertheless, this political scandal of 1832 might make some south carolinians proud today. we are not always so pleased with our more recent scandals. my name again is brian mcgee, chair of the department of communication and i have the distinct pleasure of introducing tucker eskew of the dment of communication advisory council. [applause] >> thank you, brian, thank you, all, to my fellow council members. we are here for political scandal, a truly bipartisan activity. we are very pleased to have a truly bipartisan panel. tripartisan if you count the media because gena smith is with us. i'll introduce them after a few introductory comments. in which i want to stress we are here as council me

. >> reporter: then, there's cora calhoun, a 65-year-old grandmother, who uses words as weapons.r her head, raising three grandkids. and they are out of control. >> i just want to kill him. you guys don't know. i want to pick him up and smash his damn head. you discipline children the way i discipline them, they would put me in jail and prison. that's dangerous. stop. >> reporter: cora admits the only form of discipline she knew growing up was violence. as a child, she was beaten repeatedly with a switch. >> my mother says, i brought you into this world. i can take you out of this world. >> reporter: cora uses a hands-off approach. but she can't get her kids to behave. >> you need to be shot. >> when it's not working, it escalates. >> reporter: our team of experts will break down six weeks of video and show what's not working and why. >> you don't start screaming and shouting and making threats. that will only make it worse. >> reporter: you'll hear why punishment, threatening, spanking, you name it, does not work. and a solution to tantrums that is right under your nose. that ac

the first three were the obvious ones: clay, calhoun and webster. the last two, senator la follette of wisconsin a senator taft of ohio, who were more controveral but nonetheless i think were accepted as fine contributions to that room that celebrates those that we recognize as having contributed the most to this body and to our country. i was asked a couple of years ago then to add a couple more names to that honor roll, renowned and celebrated members of this body. along with several other peopl and historians, we concluded that senator vandenberg, who made such a contribution to the post-world war ii foreign policy of our nation, along with senator wagner of new york, who was the author of much of the social legislation that we celebrate in this country today, back in the 1920's and 1930's and 1940's were fine additions to those who had been recognized in this reception room off the floor of the united states senate. but i believe one day it will be appropriate to add the overly of our -- add the owe valve our colleague a -- add the oval of our c