lincolnalk about the -douglas debates in the book.ou spent a lot of time on this network helping us get through the story of lincoln. list ofdown a whole things that are going on today in the media and in politics. i wanted you to relate them to abraham lincoln and the things that you found in this book. the first one on my list is press conferences. >> he never had a press conference. he would welcome journalists into his office, banter with ask forey would usually advance copies of speeches, he would say no, that would be the end of it. he wrote letters to journalists, to editors, but there was no such thing as a news conference in lincoln's day. >> second on my list is, did he prosecute anyone back in those days for leaks? >> yes. during the war itself, when leaks were considered advantageous to the enemy, the confederacy, there was one case in missouri. a general was upset because his promotion was leaked. detail andimportant no big deal in terms of the war, but he asked the guy to identify his source. he refused and he wound up i

other blacks followed douglas' lead. on september 24th the publisher of the anglo-african told his readers that, quote, we may have thought mr. lincoln has not done what we think he could have done for the overthrow of oppression in our land. but that is not the question now the great and overshadowing inquiry is do you want to see the many noble acts which have been passed during mr. lincoln add administration repealed? slavery fastened again maryland, new jersey, louisiana, portions now free. this is the only question now. if you are a friend of liberty, you will give your influence and cast your vote for abraham lincoln who, under god, is the only hope of the oppressed. john rock, who would become soon the first black attorney to argue a case before the u.s. supreme court, an appropriate person to be citing here today, told the convention of the national association of colored citizens that there are only two parties. the one headed by lincoln is for freedom and the republic, the other headed for mcclellan is for desp

and douglas was well-known. she represented a district that encompassed a part of los angeles, california. but she was known nationally for her she was a star of the stage. she was married to melvyn douglas, the actor. she became involved in california politics and was a progressive and began to speak a on behalf of democratic candidates. she won election to the house for a couple of terms of the 1940's. she wasn't really a legislator. she was not introducing a lot of bills. she was not what we would call a entrepreneur.n to prin she would often come onto the floor and talk about improving housing, african-american civil rights. so, she was known as a great speech maker. so, here's a campaign bill or ingter which advertises speak engagement that douglas made in 1948. i happenst in oakland which is far from her district. get the sense that she was on the speaking circuit a lot, speaking for democratic candidates and democratic issues. she serves a couple terms in the house, and in the early 1950's she decides to

douglas: the urgency fin renewable transportation fuels is at least twofold. one is energy security. our nation is almost wholly dependent for transportation fuels on petroleum products. and most of that petroleum comes from overseas. and it is becoming more and more scarce and harder and harder to find. in addition to that, burning of petroleum in cars, buses, planes has been identified as a primary contributor to the amount of carbon dioxide that's going into the atmosphere, which could contribute to climate change. and so there's an environmental benefit to finding a renewable resource. narrator: at the national renewable energy laboratory, or nrel, in golden, colorado, scientists and engineers working for nrel's biomass program are developing new ways to get fuel from plants. their goal is to replace a third of the united states' gasoline consumption with plant-based biofuels, or ethanol, by the year 2030. douglas: when you burn fossil fuels you're releasing carbon dioxide that was fixed in the earth millions of years ago when those ancient plants died. bu

dropped by douglas. stay tuned for the dodge post game show on cbs sports. >> gary: there is only one player that is active on georgia's roster that was active the last time georgia lost. hutson mason was the back up quarterback the last time. everyone else on this football team. a couple were redshirted. no one else ever lost to florida. >> verne: mason. got him. that's bennett again. marcus maye missed defending the play. coach boom is back. >> gary: wrap them up. we don't need those hits. those highlight lites that look good. all of the coaches are telling their players, wrap up. we don't need the big collision hits. >> verne: good coverage by hargreaves. tipped and incomplete. >> gary: perfect coverage. hargreaves is anticipated it. i don't want the deep ball. mitchell has no chance to catch that ball. >> verne: gorman came over just in case. 1:41 to go. >> gary: will doesn't want a targeting call against one of his dbs. he is telling them wrap it up. on the other sideline for georgia, they have thei

douglas fraser headed the united auto worker it was 1979. i was president of the union.a asked to meet with me. he says, "after all these years "we no longer can afford in chrysler "to follow the pattern that's been established in ford and in general motors." he laid out the economic case, and it's convincing. you're talking about the very survival of the corporation. much more important to me was the survival of the workers. fighting for survival, union workers agreed to pay-cuts more than $450 million worth. but what could chrysler give the union in return? we had to make horrendous concessions and in those negotiations, we were able to get profit sharing. and we were able to get some assurances against additional plant closings. we wanted a voice in the decisions that affect the lives of our members. they proposed to offer the union a meaningful voice in all levels of management, including the board of directors. chrysler needed more than cost cuts to design and build and market cars america wanted. it needed credit. chrysler's troubles had cut it off from traditional

i had a question, are you familiar with the meeting with frederick douglas and what he asked douglas to do? >> again, this is not an element of lincoln's schedule that i'm familiar with. i did hear about this recently. what -- what douglas, to the best of my memory was meeting with him about was one, to continue to support emancipation but also pushing for voting rights. >> in addition, again, this is a wonderful period. lincoln asked frederick douglas to organize an underground movement in the south, if he lost the election, that would get as many slaves to escape as possible from the south, if he lost the election. and to have that underground movement in place in case the election went the wrong way. it's an extraordinary colvert operation he was glad he didn't have to carry out. >> this is keeping with the emancipation proclamation itself designed to go at the soft underbelly of the confederacy, which was slavery. if you get -- the reason 80% of military aged white, southern men can be in the military is because you have this huge work force of 4 million people at home who can ke

this tree is a douglas fir. frasier fir is also a type of pine tree. >> are you going to wax poetic? >> those are the only trees that i know. athena, this is part of all the white house christmas parries because we're entering the white house christmas party season. >> exactly we are. people can come in and tour the white house, see all the christmas decorations. this tree will be in the blue room. and, of course, this is a room with a very high ceiling because 18.5 feet tall is pretty tall. so it will be put up in the blue room and i can tell you next week, next wednesday military families will be the first to get to come in and see the decoration this is year in the white house, they will be coming in for a tour next wednesday. and just like in years past, many of the decorations on the first floor of the white house here will be honoring military families so it's the beginning of the exciting holiday season here and this is the launch we'll be witnessing in a few minutes. guys? >> i think we were just seeing

frein is acuted of killing douglas and wounding dickson. in delaware, police are searching for an armed robber that wounded a convenience store clerk at a holdup at this 711 at 3:00 a.m. the cash ear got shot when he was slow to meet the gunman's demands and the clerk is in stable condition and the armed robber got away with cash. >>> at the "action news" big board, for weeks drivers are enjoying lower prices at the pump. drivers in philadelphia were paying 3.06, and now it's down 3.01. new jersey $2.72. as we gear up for the holidays people are wondering if they will continue to save on fuel as they go to visit their loved one. vernon odom is live with more. >> reporter: as you drive down the high ways these days you cannot help but be elated when you see the price of gasoline and how it dipped. what sparked this was simple supply and demand. >> i'm glad and i hope it stays down. >> the mood is happiness and contentment, as consumers hail the lowest pump prices in years, that the middle east turmoil has not turned things upside down and wi

township in upper pottsgrove, at moyers road in douglas township it cleared out. but in e ton, a vehicle fire on the ramp from the 202 southbound bypass to westbound. emergency crews are responding to the scene and partially blocking the ramp. watch out for the activity. and a crash at fairmount park at the lincoln drive close to gypsy lane. a slow go off the bring, use ring avenue, or the roosevelt boulevard. over on the schuylkill expressway volume has not been too bad, it's wet of course and the ramp from the schuylkill to spring garden is closed overnight and traditionally it's one of the most dangerous nights of year with the slippery conditions, we want you to take it easy if you head out this evening. >> thank you. it's a tale of two storms in new jersey, the southern and central parts of new jersey were hit by rain but the northern parts were hit by snow. and chris christie, called a state of emergency, nora muchanic is live with more in trenton. >> reporter: the icy rain continues at this hour, we have rain and sleet all day making conditions for holiday

douglas said mr. president if it was a sacred efforts of that relationship between the agitator and the politician had its moments of tension but in the end was an extraordinary positive thing for the men. >> let's take another question from the audience right over here. >> hi. i was interested that you met with barack obama and of course i know he read team of rivals. i wish you would have read the roosevelt book because my biggest frustration with barack obama has been his lack of using "the bully pulpit." i mean i feel whether it's health care or syria or any other issues it seems during elections to have that ability to be verbal and inspire people and then you know i just miss that from his presidency. why do you think that is some also i wish you would eventually do a book about him because i think he has a head full of interesting ideas. >> you know it's a very interesting question i think to ask, to what extent is "the bully pulpit" today as powerful as it was in earlier times? when you think

it merged with competitor mcdonald douglas.ith two very different business models. >> the merger was all about transforming our successful culture and business model into the same business model that mcdonald douglas used unsuccessfully. >> you basically shortchange engineering, stop doing product development - you run the business for crash. >> the new boeing moved the headquarters from seattle, the only home it knew, to chicago. it began slashing investment in research, in order to cut costs. and maximise wall street returns. >> i felt it was wrongs, i felt it was going to take the company in the wrong direction. and i thought that quality would suffer. and the integrity of the product would suffer. i feel that that legacy, history and competence has been hijacked by a bunch of corporate thugs. >> by 2003 it was time to launch a new plane. but boeing's new board was reluctant to invest the billions needed. >> the board made it clear they wanted the plane made for less money, they wanted it made for $5 billion. they wanted par

stephen douglas says all men are created equal. doesn't mean savage indians. it is in the fijians, doesn't mean they lens. that is what lincoln douglas said. he said now that means men. jefferson knew what he was saying. that means men. then he says there are also people who hate the constitution. this is the abolitionists. william lloyd garrison had burned it. he said is a deal with the double because of the guarantees that it gives slavery. lincoln always says i am the man who stands with both. so in answer to your question, yes the declaration is more important, but they are equally important. and lincoln with number untangle them or just tangled them. that is what he would tell you. >> average provo city manchester the rule of law. >> file, link and put a lot out there, but i think he is the one who is going to uphold both of them. >> yes, sir. >> i was like college fund successful as a president without a real education? >> well, he was self educated. he went to these 51 room school houses, two in kentucky before you excited and three more in indiana. the

can build the best case in order to achieve justice on behalf corporal bryon dixon, trooper alex douglasnd the pennsylvania state police family. >> u.s. marshals continue to search for weapons in and around the abandoned air plan hangar where frein was found last night. he'll be held in the pike county correctional facility until his first preliminary hearing on november 12. >>> people in monroe and pike counties who have lived through this manhunt say they're relieved it's over and tonight as our natasha brown found out, they're especially happy the kids can trick-or-treat. >> reporter: a collected sigh of relief from a community held hostage by fear for seven weeks. a crowd cheered and booed as eric frein was led into the courthouse friday to be charged with murder. >> it's just such a relief to finally be over and be done and know that, you know, they could go outside and play. >> reporter: some sense of normalcy came to neighborhoods hours after the manhunt ended. the police presence replaced on this halloween by the sight of children enjoying trick-or-treating an activity that was s

>> the short answer is yes, after 1997 boeing merged with mcdonnell douglas, another large aerospace company. and focused on investors and shareholder return, less on engineering, and in order to keep cost low on the development of their 787 aircraft which came along a few years later and convince the board this new boeing to green light this aircraft they came up with an unprecedented way of building an aircraft, to outsource not just the manufacturing but the design of the parts to dozen and dozen and dozens of companies around the world. boeing was unable to make what in many cases is an unprecedented aircraft in terms of new technology. >> john, you're a former ntsb board member. you saw mark and will's documentary. did it raise ongoing issues for you about the safety of the 787 aircraft or are you looking at this thinking all this was already resolved? >> well, i'm thinking that the issue of drug use, that why haven't -- that we haven't touched yet in the workplace is far more concerning to me than what we have identified so far as quality issues. one of the things that we shoul

stephen a douglas certainly. these people were struggling desperately to try to work out compromises to keep the union afloat and avoided splitting up. >> we have a lot of talented younger members. it is not just mrs. pelosi. she is been a great leader. she is really good at raising money. -- one of myhat fortes. i was never good at that. they have to start training younger people and bringing younger people into the caucus. to become the hopefully future leaders. that ithe things certainly believe with all my heart and soul -- you have to know when to leave. on thursday, thanksgiving day, we take an american history to work of various native american tribes. that is at 10:00 a.m. eastern, following washington journal. the ground0 p.m., 10 breaking ceremony of the new diplomacy center in washington with former secretaries of state. supreme court justices, clarence,, samuel alito, and sotomayor at a 30 p.m. eastern. giving week things on c-span. for our complete schedule, go to c-span.org. here on c-span, the comm

we want to bring in douglas brinkley a historian at rice university and he joins us now from austin,. good morning to you. let's talk about the importance of this trip starting with the first stop china. things have been tense recently. what do we expect from that visit? >> well tense to put it mildly. this is not going to be a historic trip. this is a richard nixon going to meet the leader. you're really looking here now try to get china to cooperate with us on a few things like fighting ebola, china saying they are going to build a hospital in liberia, which is good news. so some things on the medical front and dealing with climate change. you know, issues. so maybe the president can have private talks that will lead to something but i'm not at all hopeful we'll get much out of this trip. >> douglas, i don't think anybody can dismiss the fact that the timing is very interesting, that he's going asia and have these conversations. north korea, most likely is going to be on this agenda and this coming right after the release of these two americans. what do you make of that? >> well, t

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we'll head out to central new jersey where douglas, he checks in at 41 degrees, a about 11 miles perour. he sends in a comment here clear, chilly and a bit on the blustery side. that's for sure. looks like these conditions continue. let's one more spot. we'll head to avondale pennsylvania, gary checks in also at 40 degrees, a northerly breeze at 14 miles per hour. do you really like the weather? you can be a part of the eyewitness weather team by joining the eyewitness weather watchers program. just check it out on our web site cbsphilly.com n-watchers. you can be featured right here on our touch screen. let's see what's happening in center city philadelphia. clear skies, pretty quiet, still some gusty winds across the region but this is going to change as far as temperatures go. it's cold right now but watch what happens this week. average high is 61 degrees for the delaware valley but temperatures return to go above average in the next few days. tuesday wednesday and thursday low 60's for the afternoon highs. by the end of the week looks like another shot of colder air. 43 at the a

you get a call from michael douglas one day, who wants to ask you if you will give a script to jack. help me out. getting this script to jack. and the script happens to be -- >> "one flew over the cuckoo's nest." yeah. >> that wasn't just a script. i mean that wasn't just any script. >> no. actually, i met michael when i was first in l.a. i had a very good friend from london who was a set designer, and i guess when he came to l.a. a few years before i did, he had this whole codery of friends and michael douglas at the time was going out with brenda vacarro and they were part of the group. so i think michael was a little bit trepidatious, a little scared to approach jack directly. so he asked me if i could get the script to him. and, of course, i never read it. i said to jack, you know -- michael's got this script he wants you to read. jack was like, oh, okay. >> yeah. >> but, of course, it was -- it was a script that michael's father had wanted to do for years. kirk had wanted to play this part for, you know, as long as he could remember, and finally wasn't -- wasn't young enough to

. >> douglas freeman had a idea of when you know you're at the part where you can actually start writinghe said it's when you can hear the people talk. and that does happen. if you read widely enough and get into the archival material with due diligence and a real eye to what you're doing, at some point things begin to make sense and the people become real. they cease to become merely figures from the distant past but become real to you, and once you have done that, then folks assume their own kind of logic, and when they don't, you know, you're doing something wrong. the hardest book we have ever written was a social history of the early republic which we thought would be something of a departure, something fun to do, and it wasn't. i mentioned to other people, it was like doing a samuel beckett play. there was the thing was so broadly conceived. that it was very difficult to do, some when we finished it, we more or less vowed we'd never do something like that again. it's actually a pretty good book, as it goes, but the fact is there's a lot of blood, sweat, and tears on the pages. just

funding for to the contrary provided by the cornell douglas foundation. committed to encouraging stewardship of the environment. land conservation, watershed protection and eliminating harmful chemicals. additional funding provided by the colcom foundation, the wallace genetic foundation, the oak foundation. >> this week on to the contrar contrary... first, with the midterm elections mean for women voters and candidates. then the downside of maternity leave. behind the headlines, women, peace and security around the world. [♪] >> hello i'm bonnie erbe welcome to to the contrary a discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. up first, women and the midterms. the republican wave that succeeded in turning the senate from blue to red will include six female g.o.p. senators, the largest number to date when shelly moore capito of west virginia and joni ernst of iowa are sworn in. there will be the same number of female senators, 20, and possibly a 21 after a december runoff decides the fate of louisiana. one democrat kay hagan was unseated. i

>> funding for "to the contrary" provided by: the cornell douglas foundation, committed to encouraging stewardship of the environment, land conservation, watershed protection, and eliminating harmful chemicals. additional funding provided by: the colcom foundation, the wallace genetic foundation, the oak foundation, the e. rhodes and leona b. carpenter foundation, and the charles a. frueauff foundation. >> it's been a fascinating career for me. i wouldn't change any part of it. i have had challenges. i'm often the only woman in the room. >> it is important for the world to see the face of america. they need to understand that we are a diverse society and that diversity is our strength. >> bonnie: diplomats in the foreign service are the face of america around the world. they're charged with promoting peace and prosperity, advancing the interests of the united states and protecting. americans abroad. in the past two decades three women and two african-americans have served as secretary of state, the top u.s. diplomat. butts diplomacy has not always been diverse about. >> lia miller: the

the cornell douglas foundation committed to encouraging stewardship of the environment, land conservation, watershed protection and eliminating harmful kemp camps. chemicals. additional funding provided by the colcom foundation, the wallace genetic foundation, the oak foundation. >> this week on to the contrary... first, women, children and the immigration showdown. then rape charges against bill cosby and why states place time limits on prosecution of the crime of rape. behind the headlines what gloria steinem says sexual assault can be eliminated. [♪] >> hello i'm bonnie erbe welcome to the contrary, a discussion of news and social trends. up first, women, children and immigration. supporters of president obama's executive order on immigration say it honors american values by keeping more families together. opponents say it's unfairly being imposed without bipartisan support. according to the migration policy institute about one-third of immigrants illegally in the u.s. live with a child who is a u.s. citizen. the president's order could shield five million people most of them women and

so the politics in syria are just much, much more difficult. >> brangham: douglas ollivant, thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you, william. >> brangham: and now in tonight's signature story, the nationwide controversy over teachers and tenure. supporters say tenure provides important job protections, but opponents say tenure makes it hard to fire bad teachers and difficult to keep good teachers with less time on the job. last spring, the newshour traveled to california to talk to students, parents and advocates who went to court to change their state's tenure laws. tonight, we look at the outcome of that legal fight and how challenges to similar tenure laws are spreading to another state. megan thompson reports. >> reporter: sisters beatriz and elizabeth vergara attend public high school in a low-income, mostly hispanic section of northern los angeles. the girls are aiming for college and would be the first in the family with higher degrees. but the vergara sisters say that in middle school, they faced obstacles in pursuing their education-- chaotic classrooms and little to n

douglas, these reports this report actually coming from "the new york times," citing house officials and according to it that says obama could push things through executive action. what does this plan involve? >> it involves getting immigration back on the table. this is a giant issue earlier on in barack obama's term. they came to blows on it, democrats and republicans. it was pushed onto a back burner, pending the mid term elections. he had promised to get it back onto the agenda and he recently said he's not going to sit there and wait. immigration has been close to barack obama's legislative agenda, he's wanted to get it through. there are over 11 million, 11 million you could say unauthorized or undocumented immigrant in the united states. this plan would apply, depending on the figures, up to five or six million of them, which is about half of all of them. what it isn't about, it's not about the free pass. the republicans will say this is an executive amnesty. it's not a free pass for anyone and everyone to stay in the u.s. just because they've been here. the focus will still b

tell some of the people involved in togress back in the 1830's 1860's like henry clay or stephen a douglas. these people were struggling desperately to try to work out compromises to keep the union afloat and avoided splitting up. >> i think we have a lot of talented younger members. it's not just, by the way, mrs. pelosi. i think she has been a great leader and she is really good at raising money. that's not one of my fortes. i was never good at that. they have to start training younger people and bringing younger people into the caucus. to become hopefully the future leaders. that ithe things certainly believe with all my heart and soul is you have to know when to leave. >> also on thursday, thanksgiving day, we will take in american history tour of various native american tribes at 10:00 a.m. eastern following "washington journal." at 1:30 p.m., 10 the groundbreaking ceremony of the diplomacce

douglas was shot in the pelvis and has been recovering from that injury.in after a 48-day manhunt. >>> officials in ferguson missouri say they're getting ready for the grand jury to finally announce its decision in the killings of michael brown. brown was the teenager who was shot by a police officer over the summer and the grand jury has been deciding whether or not the officer involved will face charges. month's governor says state, county and local police will work together to secure that area in case the decision leads to more protests. he also said that he's prepared to call in the national guard. now, the grand jury has to announce this decision by january but it's actually expected to do so this month. >> president obama continues his visit to chain in a today and and announced a series of new agreements with the nation overnight. president obama and chinese president made deals on military cooperation and trade. the biggest agreement was on climate change as both leaders agreed to cut greenhouse gases but there were still tensions between the two l

now, douglas was shot in the pelvis and has been recovering from the injury.e captured accused gunman eric frein on a -- after a freight day manhunt. >>> preliminary hearing scheduled in philadelphia today for murder defendant dion jordan. police say jordan confessed to gunning down dallas long last month. jordan is also facing bank robbery charges. they say he wore a $1,500 mask and wig to rob banks in philadelphia and bucks county, plus police say jordan kidnapped a man and held him for ransom last month leading to his arrest. >> new this morning president obama and the president of china announced new agreements that cover military cooperation trade and global warming. the president talked about the global warming deal during a news conference this morning with chinese president. >> i commend the president, his team and the chinese government for the commitment they are making to slow, peak and then reverse the course of china's carbon emissions. >> the president says the new u.s. goal is to cut emissions by 26 to 28 percent by the year 2025. that's up from

as we mentioned, alex douglas is set to undergo a special surgery, according to the times tribune of scranton. state police did not provide details about the surgery, but say it is not an emergency, frein accused of shooting a we said douglas, and brian dixon. >> so, new this morning, former philadelphia police inspector serving time for extortion was released from prison early. a source tells fox 29 that daniel castro was release from the federal prison two weeks ago, but still had two years left after five year sentenced. prison locate or system shows that castro should still be an inmate. new details in the case surrounding the death of three year old scotty mcmillan, the coat ville area school district says that it tried reaching out to the boy's parent. prosecutors have charged the boy's mother, jillian tate, and boyfriend, garren fell end bomb in the torture and murder of this little three year old last week. the school district says after scotty's older brother, ryan, was absent for more than a day, officials called the home. after ryan missed school now for a second week, the

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. >> but i had not realized the douglas aircraft, the c 47, became it was basically a passenger plane that they managed to turn into a personal carrier. >> that is right. it was the revolutionary douglas dc-3 airliner from the late to mid 1930s and the army air corps recognized this has tremendous potential not only as a transport on a cargo airplane but it can deliver paratroops, we could not have conducted the normandy campaign as we did without c 47s and fighters. >> like everybody did. and even though we won the war in the atlantic against overwhelming forces, not like 1943 or something. >> the turning point in the battle of the atlantic came in may of 1943 when if you look at the chart, the number of thinkings of merchant vessels that we're taking supplies to britain, the bill but to d-day fell below the number of german submarines that were being sunk. so he essentially the battle of the atlantic was won 13 months before the day. >> the theme is the germans were better equipped and probably had better strategy, better training, everything else, once they develop the world wide t

>>>he white house christmas tree will be delivered today. 18 and a half foot douglas fir will grace the blue room. it will be presented to the first family this morning at the north portico of the white house. >>> it is the most wonderful time of year in alexandria. the city will light its christmas tree today. special performances by local choirs and high school groups and will include a special visit from mr. and mrs. claus. >>> protecting your personal information as you do your holiday shopping. tips that could help keep you from becoming a hacking victim when you pull out the credit card. >>> a new push to get you to use the icc. the new proposal that could make that trip more affordable. >>> a cool start to the day. change is on the horizon. storm team 4 meteorologist amelia siegel is tracking a warmup in our future >>> this morning there are some calls to lower the tolls on the inter county connector. not many people choose to go drive on the icy sea and are clogging up back roads. it runs from i-270 to route 1 in laurel. it will cost you $4.40. >>> vdot is working, making sure y

with paul douglas from illinois, they stood up to it. he was unmoved. he was unthreatened. that was the wonderful thing about him. that is that wonderful characteristic, how liberating it is to know what you believe and not to be moved or terrified or inhibited. he was not a plaster saint. don't get me wrong. he was not a perfect man. he was a public man. he was a wonderful boss. >> among the best or two very long interviews with his wife, ellen proxmire, she is very candid, very sharp minded, very clearheaded and honest about his successes and failings. she was there for everything. she and he rejuvenated the democratic party in wisconsin. there have had been no democratic party to speak up for 20 years in the 1950's when they and a handful of others brought it back to life. >> the democratic party did not exist in wisconsin. there was the progressive party and the republican party. there was a small group of men, including warren, carl began the murmurs of a political unit that would oppose or be different from the progressive movement and republican party. he ran three t

these guys with $600 shoes, now with $6,000 argument,hey made the with paul douglas from illinois -- they just stood up to it. he was unmoved. that's just the wonderful thing about him. that is that wonderful characteristic, how liberating it is to know what you believe and not to be moved or terrified or inhibited. he was not a plaster saint. don't get me wrong. he was not a perfect man. he was a public man. he was a wonderful boss. are two the best interviews with his wife ellen proxmire. candid, very clearheaded, and honest both about his successes and his failings. she was there for everything. she and he actually rejuvenated the democratic party in wisconsin. her had been no democratic party to speak of until the early 1950's when they brought it back to life. >> the democratic party did not exist in wisconsin. it was a progressive party and republican party. ,here was a small group of men including carl thompson, jim began theor, who murmurs, shall we speak, of a political unit that would oppose or be different from the progressive movement and the republican party. he ran thre

douglas has that. >> reporter: yeah, jon, traveling on thanksgiving is almost always difficult and madese with wet weather. we were supposed to come in yesterday and we are here today. >> i want to get home and i can't get home. >> reporter: passengers sthuk in the airports on a holiday weekend. and almost always the cause is weather. low clouds cutting visibility for pilots and they can no longer see the runway. >> it was like seeing the runway from a certain distance. if he can't. he has to try to land somewhere else. a pair of sunglasses. >> reporter: now a former commercial pilot said travel delays will soon be a thing of the past with the invention of sky lens. >> it is a pair of sunglasses with a transparent video screen that allows the pilot to land in any weather. >> we are giving the pilot who can't see anything outside a image of the oud world. >> reporter: pilots will wear them on take off and landing and night and dense fog. sky lens will make it feel like it is midday with a cloudless sky. >> control the role- time image coming from the camera. and symbolology to guide you

much to douglas' favor. >> i agree. >> the knights of the golden circle were a secret society. it's hard to know how -- because they were secret. we don't know how many people were involved in that or how widespread they were. there were a number of federal agents who seemed to be fairly successful in penetrating these organizations. they had secret handshakes. they were dedicated to opposing the war. it varies from place to place. if they did anything more than just talk about it, if they assaulted troops coming home on furlough, if they organized resistance to the draft, although i think in some places that clearly was the case -- there's been an argument that this was really kind of a republican boogie man and that they didn't exist. i don't agree. i think there's evidence that they did exist. the question is, how widespread were they and how much damage did they do? i think that varied from place to place. >> certainly, those confederate conspirators we talked about before with their mac nations trying to disrupt the northern election, they could find evidence of talk on th

paul douglas senior me meteorologist and saujor of sheparding the sea.at to have you both with us. we have more weather knowledge than ever before. how long is this east coast snow going to go on? what are we looking at? >> it's going to wind down pretty fast tomorrow morning. it's moving quickly. it's an i-95 storm. east of i-95. enough warm air to allow for mix of rain and sleet pellets. west of i-95 you have the heavy wet, this is a heart attack snow. shoveling snow is more strenuous then being on a treadmill because it involves your upper body, much more taxing on your heart, then your outside to boot which constricts your blood veins and arteries all of which increases potential for heart attacks. every year thousands the of americans wind up in hospitals because of core nary problems brought on by too much shoveling, too fast. but the worse will be tonight and it will quick wby get bette tomorrow. >> any other weather systems expected over the weekend. >> it looks pretty quiet for the next couple days. we're not seeing more coastal storms but as yo

douglas brinkley, thank you so much. we'll be back in just a moment. >>> ray and general nis rice are set to testify separately today in an appeal hearing. commissioner roger goodell suspended rice for two games for hitting his fiancee but then changed that to an indefinite suspension. cnn's andy scholes joins me now. >> everyone was waiting to see if roger goodell would take the stand in this case. he did. the big question with goodell is what did he know and when did he know it regarding the tape of ray rice striking his then fiancee in the elevator. goodell was the first person to take the stand in the hearing yesterday. goodell testified for more than two hours. there's a gag order on the hearing so what he said is still unknown. there's no clear time frame when u.s. district judge barbara jones will decide on rice's appeal. but all signs point to next week when the hearing is over. if rice's suspension is overturned, he should be available to play right away. whether any nfl team will take a chance on rice this seas