[laughter] and my guest david mccullough has a new book about americans in paris. sounds like somebody wants to deduct his vacation. [laughter] a six-year-old beauty queen has retired. i'm not surprised -- she was starting to get crow's dimples. this is "the colbert report." captioning sponsored by comedy central ["the colbert report" theme music playing] [cheers and applause] thank you very much. woo! woo! boom boom boom boom! [cheers and applause] [crowd chanting stephen] [cheers and applause] welcome to the report. good to have you with us. that kind of chanting makes me want to say, you are the man! but -- [laughter] i don't want to get that wrong. [laughter] nation, we all know the gop's number one priority is to make sure obama is a one-term president. but i say, aim higher. make him a no-term president. let's build a time machine, go back to the 1970's, and convince young barack to go into dentistry! [laughter] he would have been good. i would have trusted him for that. [laughter] but on the slim chance that my time machine plan doesn't work, there may be an

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i'm very pleased to have david mccullough back at this table. welcome. >> thank you, charlie. i'm very glad to be back. i feel most at home. >> charlie: this table welcomes you didn't. here's what happened, i assume. mccullough wanted to spend time in paris so he said where's a story. >> nothing else. well, no, charlie, it didn't work that way. as much as i love tush able to sa it was that simple. i have been interested in paris since i was probably 15 when my older brother came back and sat at the dinner table in pittsburgh, p.a., talking about his experiences in paris. and i then went over requestmy wife rosalie in 61 -- indeed and i was then with the u. information agency. we were on our way to morocco. i was specializing in the middle east. we had never been out of the country. it was before jet travel we landed in paris after dark on a veryold februar night, raining like crazy. we checked into our hotel over in the left bank and went out and started walking. in the rain at night i february, miserable, miserable night. and we could not have been happier. and i've gone back

. >> charlie: david mccullough for thhour, next. every story needs a hero we can all root for. who beats the odds and comes out on top. but this isn't just a hollywood storyline. it's happening every day, all across america. every time a storefront opens. or the midnight oil is burned. or when someone chases a dream, not just a dollar. they are small business owners. so if you wanna root for a real hero, support small business. shop small. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> charlie: david mccullough is here. he's been called a master of the art of narrative history. he is twice won both t litzer prize and the national book award. in 2006 he received the presidential med of freedom the nation's highest civilian award. his story teps tells of adventurous americans in the 19th century. he says not all pneers went west. it is called the greater journey, americans in paris. i'm very pleased to have david mccullough back at this table. welcome. >> thank you, charlie. i'm very glad to be back. i feel most at home. >>

. >> suarez: and jeffrey brown talks with historian david mccullough about 19th century artists and thinkers who brought lessons home after living in paris. >> these were people who created the american look. people don't realize to what degree we are affected the french and by french history. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> oil companies make huge profits. >> last year, chevron made a lot of money. >> where does it go? >> every penny and more went into bringing energy to the world. >> the economy is tough right now, everywhere. >> we pumped $21 million into local economies, into small businesses, communities, equipment, materials. >> that money could make a big difference to a lot of people. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy productive life. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs

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there are millions of us, like two-time pulitzer prize winner author david mccullough. >> my anaconda't want none unless you got buns, hon. >> stephen: see? so tell me, nbc, where's butt week? i want hard-hitting reports on high and tight apple bottom booties you can bounce a quarter off and get back two dimes and a nickel. in-depth exposes on the sweet beachy curves you just want to polish with windex until you see your face in it. i'm talking about something so firm you can snap a pool cue across it. are you saving that scoop for brian williams? i'm sad to say this is a pattern with the peacock. they have a network-wide anti-butt bias. watch any of their news coverage. their anchor, world leaders always shot waist up and from the front. because that's where nbc's precious boobs are. and more to the point, it's where the butt isn't. you almost never see ass on nbc except on celebrity apprentice. i mean... [cheering and applause] i mean, you've got. to he's talking out of it. [laughter] so i hereby call on the colbert nation to go down to the "today show"'s window in rockefeller plaza

and on "art beat," find a preview of jeff's interview with historian david mccullough on his book "the greater journey: americans in paris." all at and more is oour web site, newshour.pbs.org. jeff. >> brown: and that's the newshour for tonight. on monday, we'll look at what lies ahead for the u.s. space program. i'm jeffrey brown. >> lehrer: and i'm jim lehrer. "washington week" can be seen later this evening on most pbs stations. we'll see you online, and again here monday evening. have a nice weekend. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: chevron. we may have more in common than you think. and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group

he was my be father's favorite president, and i've read the wonderful biography of truman by david mccullough, and he really is a tremendous man when you think he did not have a college degree. and yet he had to deal with the korean war, and he had to deal with the dropping of the bomb. he had so many issues that came on his plate all at once. and he stood strong. he stood strong, for instance, for our ally, israel, when 11 minutes after israel declared her sovereignty, it was harry truman that had israel's back. and that having of israel's back has made all the difference for stability in the middle east. i have great admiration for him as well as, obviously, as abraham lincoln, but my all time favorite would be george washington. >> let's have a round of applause for our speaker today. [applause] >> thank you for the honor. thank you. >> thank you very much for coming today. i'd also like to thank the national press club staff including our library and broadcast center for organizing today's event. thank you, and we're adjourned. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudibl

i read david mccullough's wonderful biography. he is a tremendous man. when you think that he did not have a college degree and yet, he had to deal with the korean war and he had to deal with the dropping of the bomb. he has so many issues that came on his plate all the ones. he stood strong. he stood strong for israel. went 11 minutes after israel declared her sovereignty, it was harry truman that had israel's back. that has made all the difference for stability in the middle east. it is abraham lincoln but the all-time faired is george washington. >> around of applause for our speaker today. [applause] >> thank you. >> thank you for coming today. i would like to thank the national press club staff including our library and broadcast center for organizing today's event. thank you, and we're adjourned. >> there will be no vote tonight on house speaker john but -- john boehner's debt limit bill. a bill -- a vote earlier today was postponed. he spent the day in meetings tried to get the 216 votes needed. the bill is headed back to the rules committee to wo

. >> charlie: david mccullough, the greater journey, americans in paris. thank u for joining us for this hour. see you next time. captning sponsored by rose communications h.orgioned by s