crockett. [applause] last but not least, this other new book, and this book is filled with all kinds of rascal sons and daughters. there are no white hats. there were no black hats. they were all gray hats. as you'll come to find out. i co-authored this with my good wife, suzanne fitzgerald wallis, and we acquired the services from our pal down in the hills of santa fe who has my favorite research library, 12,000 books in the american west in that old adobe. rare books, one of a kind books, and it's just intoxicating to go into that library, and hundreds of thousands of images, the biggest collection of western photography anywhere. he supplied all the photos for the billy the kid book, and 700 of them grace the paces, several never seen before of all kinds of people. it's about the size of an adobe brick -- [laughter] a little smaller, and 23 you don't like it, you can use it as a doorstop. [laughter] i will tell you this, don't be intimidated by it. there's old jim himself, bloody buoy, becau

crockett contradictions extended beyond politics. he had only a few months of formal education yet he read ovid and the bard. he was neither a buffoon nor a great intellect but a man who was always evolving on the stage of a nation in its adolescence, a pioneer whose dreams aptly reflected a restless nation with a gaze pointed towards the west. perhaps more than any one of his time, david crockett was arguably our first celebrity hero, inspiring people of his own time as well as the 20th century generation. the man, david crockett, may have perished on march 6, 1836 in the final assault on the elmo, but the mythical david crockett, now an integral part of the american psyche, perhaps more so than any other frontiersmen, lives powerfully on. in this way his story then becomes far more than a one note walt disney legends. while his life continues to shed light on the meaning of america's national caricature. a spoonful from the chapter entitled killed him a bear. [laughter] david crockett believed in the wind and in the stars. the son

that's how crockett got in trouble. he started opposing the jacksonians and it cost him his seat in congress and his life at the alamo basically. crockett was at the alamo as opposed to being further east, because houston was a protÉge of andrew jackson, and the political rivalry from the state of folic crockett and houston here to texas. but i feel divided with great admiration, and, obviously, some great reservation about figures like andrew jackson. >> certainly jackson was i believe our last president to personally shoot other people in duels. i mean, which i think in political discourse and debate would probably make you cause when you argued with him when you knew this back story on old hickory. well, if jackson of course is kind of the saintly bully, the person who is a saint is john chapman. i very much enjoyed your chapter on johnny appleseed was sort of a disney character i think in our minds, a character of folklore. is there really was a real john shadegg. he really did bring apple to the west. i love the wa

crockett's contradictions extended beyond politics. he had just a few months of formal education, and yet he read. he was neither a monkey nor a great intellect, but always evolving on the stage of a nation on its adolescence, a pioneer whose dreams reflected a restless nation with a gaze pointed towards the west. perhaps more than any one of his time, david crockett was arguably our first celebrity hero inspiring people of his own time as well as the 20 #th century -- 20th century generation. the man, david crockett, may have per riched on march 6th, 1836 in the final assault of the alamo, but the mythical david crockett, a part of the american psyche, more than any other frontiersman lives powerfully on. in this way, his story, then, becomes far more than a one note wallet disney legend while his life continues to shed light on the meaning of america's national character. a spoonful from a chapter entitled "kilt him abar." [laughter] david crockett believed in the wind and in the stars, the son of tennessee could read the sun, the sh

crockett's contradictions extended beyond politics. he had only a few months of formal education yet he read the bard. he was neither a buffoon or great intellect but a man who was always evolve in on the stage of the nation and its adolescence, a pioneer whose dreams reflected a restless nation with a gaze pointed toward the west. perhaps more than any one of his time david crockett was arguably our first celebrity hero. inspiring people of his own time as well as the 20th century generation. the man, david crockett may have perished on march 6th. elite team 36 in the final assault on the alamo but the mythical davy crockett the bigger still valid interval part of the american psyche perhaps more so than any other frontiers and lives powerfully on. in this way his story becomes far more than a one node walt disney legend. his life continues to shed light on the meaning of america's national character. a spoon full from a chapter entitled killed in a bar. david crockett believed in the wind and in the stars. the son of tennessee could

once again, with no shame, i'm crockett keller. >> crockett can afford to have no shame in mason, texas. mason is right in the middle of the state and home to just over 2,000 people. now, according to the census bureau, none of them are of arab ancestry. nothing to worry about there, crockett. furthermore, 546 people in the surrounding county voted for president obama in 2008. so crockett's not really losing too much business, is he? however, the texas department of public safety has opened an investigation into keller's situation and his discrimination could result in the loss of his firearms instructor's license. but crockett, well, he's willing to take that chance. >> i will give up my license to teach before i will teach them. if you are a devout muslim, then you cannot be a true american. why should i arm these people to kill me? that's suicide. >> and you still want to know how rick perry got elected three times in texas? crockett, keller's anti-liberal, anti-muslim ranting amounts to a whole bunch of shameless "psycho talk." >>> herman cain keeps explaining what he remembers abou

police say carol crockette was driving while extremely drunk. >> the bus was swerving around.t hit a jogger and other buses. >> she fell asleep a couple times. >> shouldn't be driving. >> reporter: no one was hurt, some kids were so nervous they got off before their regular stops. >> i was scared. i felt butterflies. >> reporter: after getting texts and calls from kids, parents alerted school officials who contacted police. crockette was trying to pick up more students at this elementary school when the principal removed her. >> she submitted the breath test, a .25. she was driving a commercial vehicle. >> reporter: they say crockette has been fired from the bus service which provides transportation for students. she was released after posting $85,000 bail. no one answered her door. crockette has been charged with numerous offenses including dui and endangering more than two dozen children. >> the students were able to get ahead and call and stop something from happening further. >> if you realize you are going to drink, don't go get the bus and put the responsibility of each

now a few spoonfuls from crockett, the lion of the west. the first is a graph or two from my preface. the authentic davie crockett was a three-dimensional human being, a person with somewhat exaggerated hopes and weld checked years, a man who had as we all do both good points and bad points somewhat idiosyncratic, possessed of often unusual views, prejudice and opinions that governed how he chose to live his life. he could be calculating and self aggrandizing but also as valiant and indeed as resourceful as anyone who roamed the american frontier. as a man he was both authentic and contrived. he was wise in the ways of the wilderness and most comfortable when deep in the woods on a hunt, and yet he also could hold his own in the halls of congress. in fact that distinguished him from many frontiers men, remarkably he enjoyed fraternizing with men of power and prestige and the fancy parlors of philadelphia and do york. he is like my mother and 19th century indignant. he fought under andrew jackson and the ruinous in the anno war only leader t

the wilderness was indeed crockett's cathedral. you can watch this and other programs on line at booktv.org. >>> next, military historian lewis sorely recounts the career of general william westmoreland, who led american forces in the vietnam war met from 1964-1968. mr. lewis sorely speaks of the national archives in washington, d.c. for about an hour. [applause] >> there are many people here who have encouraged and supported me over the long years of research and writing. i would like to acknowledge one in particular. former colonel who's come from houston to be with us today. we've been friends since 1961 when, as captains, we were classmates at the school but fort knox. he served briefly and honorably during the long years of the vietnam war including an assignment as the chief. after the war he and his family came to america where things to incredibly hard work and find family values, they had prospered. he's also written steel and blood, an excellent book about vietnam war. ladies and gentlemen, colonel viet. [applause] >> as

police found crockett as she was trying to pick up students from another school.he has now been charged with dui and with endangering children. >>> texas drivers will not be able to buy confederate license plates after all. a state board unanimously rejected a proposed design that included the confederate flag. the sons of confederate veterans sponsored the license proposal and vows to sue over the rejection. the organization has successfully sued to have these plates made in 3 of the 5 states. >>> police are hoping to find others involved in a girl scout robbery. the girls were selling cookies at the walmart on crane highway in bowie last month when someone grabbed their cash antibiotbox. in the meantime, police are still collecting donations for the troop. if you'd like to help out, we're posting information on our website at nbcwashington.com. just search "girl scouts." >>> the second phase of the dulles rail project finally appears to be back on track. transportation secretary ray lahood says he's reached a deal with the major stake holders that are paying for

on the cover there, the artwork is by crockett dawson. >> did you add the sign he's holding? >> no, no, that was in there. he was an art editor. many of the most popular and well-known children's book authors were directly active in radical movements or quite sthettic to them -- sympathetic to them, so john is another example. >> when you look at the examples, particularly the mid-20th century, does it seem -- is it a little bit comical or a little bit naive the way these are set up, is that fair to say about them? >> absolutely. we were trying to include people would actually want to read. there was, you any, the nice thing is we had tons to choose from. even though there's 44 pieces in there, we were able to select it down, but we wanted to also have historical accuracy, and we wanted to include what might seem like totally ridiculous things today because they existed and because it's kind of funny in their naivety. the best example of that is abc for martin, called the communist abc, and it has things like k is for kremlin where our stalin lives, and b is for bulshe, thorn

. >> carrol crockett was driving while -- >> amazing. >> crockett has been fired from the bus service that provides transportation and. >> there really is unbelievable. still ahead -- black friday has been an american tradition for years. new numbers show consumer numbers on that they are winning. why it has nothing to do with the economy. >> it was known as the great war. even though those who served and world war i are no longer alive, there is a new effort to remember >> a brazen robbery inside ed goodwill store today. what is old is new again at the inner harbor. the reopening of philip seafood. man: my electric bill was breaking the bank. so to save some money, i trained this team of guinea pigs to row this tiny boat. guinea pig: row...row. they generate electricity, which lets me surf the web all day. guinea pig: row...row. took me 6 months to train each one, 8 months to get the guinea pig: row...row. little chubby one to yell row! guinea pig: row...row. that's kind of strange. guinea pig: row...row. such a simple word... row. anncr: there's an easier way to save. get online. go

and i want to thank davy crockett. i'm sure you'd be happy to sign your books. if you'd like to form a line that way, you can come up. and we want to thank you so much for coming and for this wonderful evening. >> good to be with you. [applause] >> you put me on the spot there, but i like that. [inaudible conversations] >> for more information, visit michael wallace.com. in march 1964, jacqueline kennedy sat down with arthur schlesinger junior to record seven interviews totaling over eight hours and includes include the first lady's remembrances of her husband's purse will and political life on the campaign trail and in the white house. caroline kennedy presents her mother's recordings next followed by a panel discussion that includes michael basch luscombe and ted widner and richard tonio. >> good evening. you've read the news stories, by your copies of the book, watch the abc primetime special morning television and even "the daily show" with jon stewart. and now tonight, live from the kennedy library, with visceral history so carefully house for the past half

police found crockett as she was trying to pick up students from another school.'s been charged with dui and endangering children. >>> recescuers recovered anothe body in turkey, bringing the death toll from the most recent quake to 13. the 5.6 magnitude quake shook the country on thursday, in addition to the 7.2 quake that shook the country in october. officials believe more buildings might have been severely weakened from october's quake. >>> today the media will get a look at the repairs made at the national cathedral. the cathedral will be open for the first time tomorrow since it suffered damage from the earthquake back in august. three of the four pinnacles were destroyed, and the complete repairs will cost millions of dollars. tomorrow the cathedral will help celebrate the consecration of the ninth episcopal bishop of washington. other events include a celebration of the u.s. marine corps and an interfaith day of prayer. >>> fema will help repair louisa county, virginia, schools damaged from the august earthquake. thomas jefferson elementary and louisa coun

our observer out in crockett said, okay, it's about a third of a mile visible. on the coming -- cumming skyway, be careful. you can go from clear to foggy. it will be sunny but some of this fog is very slow -- is very low. 32 to 50. fog, it's fair. there's a few high cloud. but any will clear out -- high clouds. but they will clear out. at 3:00 now, i used to put 4:00 now, but it's dark at 5:00, so i changed it. 60s to 70s. santa rosa, 70 degrees. storm track stays to the north at least until thursday night and friday, then it will get much colder ard here. already cold for some. 30s from 34 to los altos and 30s in between for palo alto, gilroy, nocasio. petaluma, yeah and santa rosa. low 40s, fairfield and also livermore p with 44 in redwood city. but woodside is in at 3. not much of a breeze. a little minute of -- hint of a north or south northeast. a little breeze. everything cons to ride up and over. there's projections up in seattle. our pattern will change after wednesday. actually, about thursday afternoon. it will start to change. patchy fog, chilly morn

ler, concord, fairfield, out it crockett, american canyon.here will be here for a while. i think inland you are okay. the coast, you might have to deal with some clouds. >> mountain view, san jose, it's pretty nice and mild to warm. mostly cloudy on friday, maybe some rain along the coast. your weekend always in view, we'll clear it out saturday morning. a weak system from the north on sunday, then cool, breezy. >> all right. looks good. thank you, steve. >>> another possible crackdown on "occupy protest." this one in a city just outside the bay area. yeah, i'm married. does it matter? you'd do that for me? really? yeah, i'd like that. who are you talking to? uh, it's jake from state farm. sounds like a really good deal. jake from state farm at three in the morning. who is this? it's jake from state farm. what are you wearing, jake from state farm? [ jake ] uh... khakis. she sounds hideous. well she's a guy, so... [ male announcer ] another reason more people stay with state farm. get to a better state. ♪ >>> oakland police are investigating

. >> the bus driver is carol crockette. she's 46 years old.er blood alcohol level was five times over the legal limit. she's been fired. >>> still ahead, it's been a week since the chaos at the convention center. why the occupy d.c. protesters are not a public safety threat. >> reporter: i'm darcy spencer at fedex field. the university of maryland takes on notre dame tomorrow in a rare saturday evening football game. today, all the talk is about what's happening at penn state. i'll have the story ahead. >>> another hurdle cleared to bring a metro station to the airport. >> reporter: coming up in sports, what w the devils green with envy. news 4 at 6:00 continues. >>> penn state assistant football coach will not be at tomorrow's game against nebraska. he has been placed on administrative leave. he was an important witness in the sexual abuse case that engolfed the school. there's a candle light vigil tonight in support of those abused. >>> a catcher was kidnapped in venezuela this week. wilson ramos was abducted. there have been no demands yet,

monday back-to-work commute, folks, so sorry, you will get stuck in traffic from crockett through herculesnole into richmond. at the bay bridge toll plaza, it is backed up to the macarthur maze. the metering lights are on. >> monday. >> it's monday. >> but we're here. >> and you did a good job despite the fact they were horsing around during your traffic hit. >> you know, i have blinders on now. [ laughter ]

elsewhere, the carquinez bridge westbound 80 traffic, live look, great, no issues towards crockett, all the way towards richmond. bay bridge toll plaza, drive time westbound 80 from the carquinez bridge to the maze a light 18 minutes. this overnight roadwork was supposed to wrap up by 5:00 but we have slowing on our sensors. they had three rate lanes blocked southbound 280 by 92. again it was supposed to wrap up a few minutes ago but it's still slow in the area through san mateo county. more traffic in a bit. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 5:09. he picked the wrong girl to mess with. >> yeah. this one knew a little something. how a feisty bay area teen escaped an attempted kidnapping. >> and more victims come forward aspen state's former assistant coach speaks out. why he says he is no pedophile. >> and they were separated just weeks ago. twin sisters making their first public appearance yesterday. how the mother says the surgery has changed her little girls, all coming up. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, state football scandal. thew york times reports... up >>> welcome back. 5:11. there could be m

>> guest: toure got, and i have a blogger on toure.at tightpat.com and follow me at twitter@davy crockett -- twitter@toure. >> host: the book. who is afraid of post blackness. the authors toure. he has joined us from the miami book fair to take your calls. coming up several hours of live coverage on our set on booktv on c-span2. from miami. several more authors coming up to talk about. if you are interested you can watch our web cast on line, booktv.org. we are webb casting several water events including toure. he will be speaking in half an hour. you will be able to watch him on line as well. coming up next is the author of this book, james gleick called "the information". mr gleick sat down for booktv's afterwards program in may and talked to frank rhodes of wired magazine. we will show you that after words and that james gleick will show you -- know from miami to take your calls. >> fascinated by the year 1948. clearly there was a banner year to speak in terms of studying the states and the world we live in. that was the year the transistor was invented and year claude canning came up

when police found crockett she was at another school trying to pick up more students. >>> let's talkight now. the price of the traditional thanksgiving dinner is up sharply this year. up 13% according to the farm bureau. the total price tag just over $49. brian sullivan is here with what's moving your money. we look at that price increase. what's behind it? hopefully it will result in 13% less eating. >> i have a fundamental problem with the thanksgiving bird. let's move on from that. the bird is the problem. we're talking about a 16-pound turkey will cost you four bucks more this year. problem is underlying commodities costs. droughts in texas. crazy rain and snow we've had here. wacky weather in the united states driving up underlying commodity costs. the whole costs of a dinner 13% more this year. slightly under $5 per person. there's your numbers. you have to blame the bird. i recommend a delicious ham. >> go to a ham or meat substitute for those who don't like to eat meat. >> tofu turkey. >> doesn't have a good ring to it. talking about holidays, walmart going big trying to outs

and heavy fog, especially reported on the crockett side of the span.ffic advisory there, and one for the dumbarton bridge just issued. one for the benecia bridge. one for the bay bridge as well. here is a live look, coming up toward the toll plaza. you can see the drive time toward the east shore freeway, okay, about 18 minutes from the carquinez bridge to the maze. but a lot of that fog is pretty scary, as you come across the macarthur maze on 24 where it meets up with 580. all of a sudden, visibility gets down to next to nothing. and more fog advisories, 101, near ellis and mountain view, and another one reported 280 near edgewood road. and so thick fog all the way through san mateo county. much more traffic and weather coming up. in the meantime back to you. >> 5:44. a check of today's top stories. university of california regents are meeting this morning to talk about state funding. the meeting was planned earlier this month. but it was postponed because of security concerns. and as well as concerns that violence could break out. and protesters are

the forests were, indeed, crockett's cathedral. >> watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. .. this august group assembled here this evening, which has been the repository for so many great speakers over the past few years. tonight we are really lucky. we have a native daughter of michigan, born and brought up in my hometown, flint, michigan, home of the flintstones. she was born in the old women's hospital that formerly attended governor jim brickley unlike me, women's hospital doesn't exist anywhere, but stare with the school part of her youth that at least school and then unfortunately, her father who worked for gm was transferred several times in places to rochester, new york into the blue villa hills area, it dares older sister, sue fitzgerald. the big thing about our speaker tonight, our author is that sir fitzgerald was the first female editor in chief of the michigan daily. i was really some pain. so she was a pioneer in journalism for women as an undergraduate in college and it kind of fits right in to what i think she sensed when she first saw elly peterson. it wa

wilderness was indeed crockett's cathedral. .. >> here's our lineup on booktv on c-span2. in just a minute we'll be joined by toure whose most recent book is called "who's afraid of post blackness?" then in about an hour james glick will be here. he's a technology writer, and he's written a new book called "the information." you'll be able to talk with him as well. in about two hours, we'll show you an event with condoleezza rice. it's the second half of her memoirs. she was in conversation recently with donna she lay who is the president of the or university of miami. in three hours we're going to introduce you to author leslie brody who has written a book on jessica mittford, and then we'll be joined by john avlon, newspaper columns and their impact on american politics. and then in about four hours we'll wrap up live coverage from miami with jim rasenberger who's written a new book on the bay bf pigs incident in the early '60s. that's our lineup on c-span2, but you can also watch author events on book the.org. booktv.org. here on the campus of miami-dade college. so if

it will be a week before we know about the raise on taxes for properties between el cerrito and crockett. the vote is being conducted by a mail-in ballot. all ballots have to be received next tuesday, november 15th. >>> 7:17. voters in mississippi rejected a ballot measure that would have effectively made abortion illegal in this state. the so-called personhood initiative asked voters to change the state constitution to define life as beginning of conception. that would have removed abortion as an option even for victims of rape and incest. it could also restrict -- could have restricted in vitro fertilization. >>> this morning, democrats are rejecting a new republican plan that would raise some taxes. as alison burns report, time is -- reports, time is running out to cut a deal. >> reporter: tori, they have two weeks to reach a deal or big federal budget cuts automatically kick in. now, it looks like democrats on the committee have reejected one of the first significant concessions from republicans. until now, republicans have rejected tax increases. they are suggesting to lower the max

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you are not looking at a new fountain in crockett.t's what happened after a west contra costa county bus hit a fire hydrant last night at the corner of 2nd avenue. it took fire crews several minutes to cut off that connection to the hydrant. they did it, luckily, no injuries were reported. >>> 8:10. a simple halloween party invitation, why it's provoked outrage and the attention of the secret service. aaron, you're all set. great, thanks. mike, thanks for doing that discount double check. you saved us hundreds. what was that? the discount double check? it's when we comb through your policies and make sure that you're getting all the discounts you deserve. no, i get that part, but you guys are doing my move. the discount double check move? that's my touchdown dance. so you're a dancer? no, i'm a quarterback. oh, a quarterback. mrr. i'm a robot. mm, mm. ee, er, ee, er. get out of here. [ male announcer ] aaron rodgers got his. how about you? rodgers! discount double check! [ male announcer ] get to a better state. state farm. >>> good m

alameda, walnut creek, livermore, castro valley, out to pinole, crockett. 64 morgan hill.warmer. a little bit more stun. southern end of the peninsula, the same. as you head towards san mateo, millbrae, daly city, pacifica, half moon bay. low 60s. cloudy with rain coming in. that takes us into thanksgiving and then that will clear out. the weekend looks good, dry, warmer. but there will be some thick fog in the valley. >>> it's 8:10. the republican presidential candidates face off over national security. >> the party that says it's the party of the family, they are gonna adopt an immigration family that will destroy families who have been here for -- >> what may cost nit -- cost newt gingrich votes. >>> the new new honor for a -- the new honor for a legendary guitarist from the '60s. san mateo keurig has a wide variety of gourmet coffee and tea to choose from. keurig is the way to brew fresh, delicious coffee in under a minute. way to brew. so with keurig, every cup tastes like it's brewed just for you. because it is. ♪ [ female announcer ] we know you've got a lot on your