wouldn't have been custer civil war came. was really that made custer custer. it was a terrible thing for west point. brothers, cadets had to split between the northerners southerners. custer had a lot of friends on the southern side who have to be the class.in he had to go fight them. they still remain friends. was the way it was. but the war became the perfect to display his talents. point to them west battlefield faster than any graduate in the military academy in history. within four days, he was delayed. class went on. he was busy being court-martialed. in the summer of 1861 hot.things were getting within four days he went from west point to new york to washington. into northern virginia and got there in time as he said run with the rest from bull run then back to arlington all days.ce of four he realized quick what he would be an aid to to commanders. he realized in doing n he'll have freedom of action. with hisan just being unit all the time, he would be like the eyes and ears-his commander. he would be at headquarters when things are going to happen. ca

that custer became the real custer too many people. he was a blowhard, he had no anitary ability, he was indian hater, a genocidal maniac and things like this. a dominant image of custer in the last 30 years or so, 30 or 40 years. now we have representation like this from night at the museum. i do not know if you have seen this museum -- this movie. general custer and ben stiller. that is bill hader playing custer in which he laments i will always be famous for my biggest failure. who likefor people custer this is progress because he is actually one of the good guys. lovable loser,s but at least he is one of the good guys in this movie. a little bit of a different thing. along the way, we have had custer comics, custer the action figure. there is night of the -- there is night at the museum. we have had custer the playset , articles,ral books songs, movies, tv, every medium possible talking about general custer. whether he approves of that, i do not know. he is not amused. , why george custer, why is he so famous? why is he more famous

george armstrong custer. now, custer served in sherman's army, and i don't mean the army he led to the sea during the civil war, but the army that sherman commanded as commanding general in the late 1860's and early 1870's. and awaiting custer and others was a native american society undergoing its own profound changes. to understand those changes, let's focus back on lakota. they were powerful residents of the missouri valley, and they had eyed the united states with some degree of suspicion. they saw it as their role to connect trading routes. throughout much of the 18th and early 19th centuries, they had sought to establish and preserve their own authority and their own autonomy. much of their own diplomacy, much of their negotiation and conflict in the 19th century was with their native neighbors. but in the final decades of the 19th century, they faced a new challenge from the united states, from an army led by men like george armstrong custer. one of the leaders was a man named red cloud. his father was

on the life and military career of general george custer. custer'sns recounts childhood and formative years as well as his time in battle from the civil war to his defeat at the battle of little bighorn. we recorded this event in 2014 at the hudson library and historical society in hudson, ohio. james: i would like to thank all the hudson library team. it has been great meeting some of you in the audience. it is great to be out of the beltway. ohio, alsoer is from grant, sheridan, sherman all have ohio roots.

correspondent custer phenomena who joins us from washington a welcome cost and what impacts our visa allegations having on the race while it was already a very tight race even before those allegations came out roy moore has been a controversial figures for many years in alabama he was removed from the state's supreme courts twice for not obeying federal laws and court rulings and so normally in alabama any republican should easily win but in this case the democratic contender doug jones is actually ahead in a few polls of course most polls still see roy moore heads but the bottom line is this race now is too close to call and why is the senate race getting so much attention wiped away the international audience care. well because this is a lose lose situation almost for the republicans and basically it is also a test election all on trump and his agenda donald trump of course has after some hesitation now fully backed roy moore and he is banking on the fact that his core supporters are also roy move his core supporters at least in alabama so but it's a lose lose situation as i said b

that's -- because you beat custer at -- >> the government hates our people.> let it go. >> white people. >> let it go. you got your ass kicked one time. let it go. i'm sorry to swear. let it go, white people. let it go. they beat you. they beat you. you got beat. let it go. ♪ ♪ >>> the brewer family was amazing. here they were at what happened -- had to be one of their worst moments ever and they made me laugh. and i saw that same spirit through all the natives i met this week. joy, generosity and laughter. when malcolm x said we didn't land on plymouth rock, plymouth rock landed on us, he was talking about my people. but for natives, nobody landed on plymouth rock. because it wasn't called plymouth rock. it's way past time for a real look into how we've treated the inr indigenous people of this country. and again, at standing rock, they're not fighting for their water, they're fighting for all of our water. now it's our turn to finally fight for them. ♪ ♪ >>> on this show, we're talking about muslims and arabs. that's how i can tell i'm in the bay area. that

. >>> south dakota, custer state park partially reopened to tourists they work to actually contain aion for a week. two main roads in and out of the park are open again. how much, height ends trails, and interior roads remain closed, the fire there last consumed more than 84 square miles since it started from a downed power line on december 11. the park just south of mount rushmore is a top tourist destination. >> have you ever gone south dakota. >> i've not. bismarck, south dakota, or north dakota. >> north dakota. i confuse them, too, but i hear south dakota is real beautiful. so you hate to hear stories like that. >> yes. >> you wouldn't think this time of the year either that wild fires would be an issue, but yes, just goes to slow. >> berks oh, boy. >> here at home, speaking of warmer wetter. >> definitely. today will be a mild one, we flirt with 6o but i think we will hit zero six where the week is done, ups and downs, curve balls thrown our way, with millions of us expected to travel for the holiday, with the big storm likely to break out leading into the holiday weekends, i w

will stay on until april two months longer than planned due to the damage caused by hurricane wilma custer in his late older brother fidel have ruled the country for nearly sixty years and police in western australia say they have made the country's largest ever seizure of metta infamy the one point two ton hall has an estimated street value of more than six hundred million euros eight men have been charged with offenses carrying a maximum life prison sentence. it watching news still to come with germany still waiting for a new government a former chancellor tells his party to get its act together care how twitter speaks to you names. but first it was supposed to be a big strike that pilots have failed to disrupt ryan airs flights from germany and it was a significant strike but not for the reason that the pilots wanted it's the first time ever that ryanair pilots have gone on strike in the company's thirty two year history a major warning strike was announced in germany this morning but they had limited effect withdrawing estell able to operate most flights as planned always delay its pil

notes.ve the handwritten senator john custer did a great video with a handwritten note. that's not that for big pieces of legislation as they are moving forward. amendments get written in hand, then it gets distributed. i go back on this to the early 90's, late 80's. we have seen that on other bills. i don't want to get too caught up in the fact that it was handwritten, but it tells us the idea that the house is going to take this bill and approve it, and it will suddenly become law, that is very low probability. we will get a conferencing, in that conference they are going to have to fix the mistakes that have been made. paul: you have been seeing the handwritten notes, i will take your reports that that is something we can go on. you lead me to my next question about reconciliation. moving ahead, what is the top sticking point for you out there that you think will be the biggest hurdle? >> i think they are going to raise the corporate rate in order to drop more controversial provisions out of this bill. you have a lot of interest groups that are making the argument tha

you had the only known flag that survived custer's last stand at little bighorn, and then you had thecompetition. the flag from little bighorn sells for $2.2 million. the emancipation proclamation beats that easily -- $3.7 million. >> you could feel the tension building throughout the other two sales. >> the comes harlem globetrotter curly neal to introduce the basketball rules. the bidding races to $3 million. it's a jump ball between david booth and one other phone bidder. >> did you know who it was? >> i didn't at the time, but it turns out it's a good friend of mine -- david rubenstein. >> rubenstein, also a billionaire, once purchased a 13th century copy of the actual magna carta for more than $20 million. >> about $3.2 million, you could feel mr. rubenstein starting to slow down. he had to think about each bid more carefully. >> and then, the final bid. >> on my left, $3,800,000. >> sold to david booth! >> you paid more than the emancipation proclamation. >> yeah, well, that's because there's only one original rules, and the emancipation proclamation, i think, had about a dozen.

. >> meantime, snow is helping firefighters trying to put out the flames at south dakotas custer state park. officials say the wild fires there, which consumed more than 84 square miles, is now 90% contained. but, popular to advisors to there, burned in the wild five , unclear if they'll survive. >>> a week every shopping days just before christmas, retailers say they've seen surge in holiday spending this year. as roxanna report, analysts say saturday was considered one of the busiest shopping days of the entire year. >> as the countdown to christmas continues, shoppers are feeling generous. >> you always find the latest and greatest, whatever it is, and you always want to get it. >> she is not alone. americans, are spending more this holiday season. >> toys. electronics, appliances. home furnishing. and home repair items, really the big sellers, where you'll seeing 8%, 10% increases over last year. >> trees jones covers business and the economy for usa today. >> are why are people spending more? >> i think people are feeling a lot more confident about the economy, just a little bit,

wes: and could this rusty, old bayonet be a rare relic of custer's last stand at the battle of the littlen? ♪ watchin' the detectives ♪ i get so angry when the teardrops start ♪ ♪ but he can't be wounded 'cause he's got no heart ♪ ♪ watchin' the detectives

civil war commander george custer is said to have uttered the famous words, "it's not how many times you get knocked down that counts. it's how many times you get back up." nowhere is that spirit more evident than in las vegas, and we found one spot where it looked like they might not get back up, but they did. ♪ so, here i am in reflection bay in henderson, nevada, a place that went from riches to rags and now back to riches, one of the greatest stories of redevelopment and resurgence in america. this entire area five years ago was ground zero of the real-estate crisis in america, and today it is an american success story. ♪ lake las vegas is a beautiful, 328-acre lake that was actually man-made. it was a massive project spanning decades, creating the lake, the golf courses, hotels, and luxury communities in the middle of the vegas desert. but when the recession hit, the area was devastated. >> this was the kind of situation that's very rare -- to have a 300-acre lake and have all these residential areas around it, with the hotels and golf, but when the economy changed, people walke

but people like custer in 1868, you know, like here's the indian village, it's dawn. the indians are sleepy, right? we can surprise them. they hit the village. of course, the village is full of women and children. now, the soldiers aren't being ordered to kill women and children. by and large, the soldiers aren't ordered to kill the women and children. i mean, if you've got several hundred women and children in a village and 10 or 15 get killed, that's, you know, tragic and regrettable, but, you know, it's not the same thing as lining up 200, 300 women and children and killing them. kind of like in terms of prisoners, right? we talked about atrocities in taking prisoners. when are prisoners most vulnerable is the moment when they surrender. i had my machine gun and i have been shooting down your buddies for the last five minutes. finally you get up close to me, i surrender and now to you, you surrender, right? all right, that's the rules or do you get angry and, you know, you're probably already pretty angry and you shoot me. right. and then do we call that an atrocit

with thelly happened army i would say is that you get custer, but also mckenzie, and they will say what is the best way to catch the indians? to attack them at dawn in their village in their winter cap -- camp. it is hard for us to chase them around the planes. they are better horseman then we are. they know the land better than we do. we have a hard time catching them, but historic drought in american history. kind of true in the counterinsurgency if you like in general but certainly an american history, it's like where will the indians be? they will be in their villages, so they will either have to defend their village, in which case we can kill them or kill the warriors at least, or they will run the way -- runaway and we can burn the village and burn the food supply and they will starve. if you call that an atrocity or not depends on your historic context. that. today would call it in world war i, we would call it the british blockade of germany. we call it economic warfare. the result, then, is that people 1868 -- asuster, in the indian village, is dawn, the indians are sleeping, w

the result is that people like custer in 1868, like here's the indian village, it's dawn, the indians are sleepy, you can surprise them, they hit the village. of course the village is full of women and children. now, the soldiers aren't being ordered to kill the women and children. and by and large the soldiers aren't trying to kill the women and children or i think you'd see a lot more women and children killed. if you've got several hundred women and children in the village and 10 or 15 get killed that's tragic or regrettable, but it's not the same thing as lining up 2 or 300 women and children and killing them. so it's kind of like in terms of prisoners. we talked about the atrocities in taking prisoners. when are prisoners most vulnerable? it's the moment when they surrender, right? so i've had my machine gun, i've been shooting down your buddies for last fbi minutes, and finally you get up close to me and surrender. do you like you surrender, that's the rules or do you shoot me, and do we call it an atrocity and blame you or do we blame the commander because he didn't have his ha

but the result then is that people like say custer in 1868 hires the indian village, it's dawn, we can surprise them, hit the village, of course the village is full of women and children. now the soldiers aren't being ordered to kill the women and children, and by and large they aren't trying to kill the women and children, otherwise you would see a lot more killed. if you have several hundred women and children in the village and 10 anza get killed, that's tragic and regrettable, but it's not the same thing as lining up two or three hundred women and children and killing them. so it's kind of like in terms of prisoners, right, so we talk about atrocities in taking prisoners. when are prisoners most vulnerable is the moment when they surrender. so i have my machine gun, firing down your buddies, fine will you you get up close to me you surrender, okay, do you go that's the rules or do you get awningry and shoot me. do we blame that as an atrocity, or your general, at that point things get a little less black and white. >> thank you. by the time of the civil war, a lot of the enlisted s

brokerage firm saying it will allow custer ins to trade bitcoin futures. bob pisani has more. >> hello, kelly. etrade is now going to alloy customers to trade cboe, cboe futures in bitcoin joining td ameritrade and interactive brokers. the e-brokers have been actively recently particularly on bitcoin. more venues for trading bitcoin future are starting to open up cboe, futures contract, down recently, 18,000, when it started trading. that was december 10th now 15,500 that's down 15% last week and a half speaking of bitcoin, i asked art cashin what might happen with bitcoin in 2018? particularly how the federal reserve and other central banks might react in cryptocurrencies got really big >> i don't think they want bitcoin, but there's an aspect of it that they would like and what they would really like to do is get us out of the cash business have me stop carrying around green pictures of dead president s and id stead have an all-digital economy. they can keep track of that. i think what you'll see is the fed, itself, may wind up helping somebody top a dig