all of which brings me to dr. seuss. you all read dr. seuss, right, growing up? anybody read "the butter battle book"? it's about the cold war, folks. i'm not talking about the foot book and the abc book and all those classics. dr. seuss wrote a book about the cold war. "the butter battle book." i don't have time to read it to you. the library has a copy. i've got it in my office. classic. it's about two groups, zooks and the yooks. they don't like each other. why? because one group butters their bread butter side up and the other is butter side down. now, there's a reason to go to war. how you butter your bread. but it's a children's story about the cold war and the escalation of it. i said i wasn't going to read it to you, but i actually -- no, i'm just going to read the end of it. very end. because it's about developing weapons and one side getting something and the other side responding with a bigger weapon. but at the very end they have developed the big boy boomeroo, okay? right here at the very end the yooks and zooks are clashing. both of them have the bi

>> well, you know, i read dr. seuss' books when i was a kid and i read them with my children, of course, when he was no longer writing them and i was struck by something which anybody who has read them seriously, at least not all of them but a lot of them, he was a man to the left, but the battle book and the sneeches and lorax which was recently made into a not very good movie, language creative ways, art creative ways really reflect and represent the views of the left about racial quality, anti-authoritative and anti-fascism, and i could keep going. and so i started the book saying it was inspired by dr. seuss because i thought about writing this book re-reading dr. seuss to my children and realizing that the left would be influential sometimes without even the creators of these ideas saying, i'm on the left but in fact they become part of the cultural bloodstream, if you will. >> i think this is a great place to go because one of my favorites is all of the places you'll go. and it's one of my favorites because i kept

all of which brings us to dr. seuss. you all read dr. seuss growing up. anybody read the butter battle book? it's about the cold war. i'm not talking about the book and the abc book and all the classics. dr. seuss wrote a book about the

zac and danny both star in the movie "the lorax," so they're the perfect pair to read the famous dr. seuss mustache? >> you guys excited? [ cheers and applause ] >> getting kids excited about reading is the goal of the national education association. that's why it creates special occasions like this every year, all across the country. >> "from the ripulous pond came the comfortable sound of the humming fish humming while they were splashing around." >> i've always wanted, if i would have a chance to read back to the kids, "the lorax," which was read to me as a young boy. >> read across america is a celebration on dr. seuss' birthday, but it's also the beginning of another year of really reinforcing year-round literacy. >> here's a piece of trivia for you -- dr. seuss isn't his real name. it's actually theodor geisel. >> it's very important for kids to pick up books these days and keep reading, you know? "where the lorax once stood." >> "the lorax" tells a very important message about helping the environment. >> it's about a community doing things for the planet. one person can't save the w

and so i started the book saying it was inspired by dr. seuss because i thought about writing this book re-reading dr. dues to my children and realizing that the left would be influential sometimes without even the creators of these ideas saying, i'm on the left but in fact they become part of the cultural bloodstream, if you will. >> i think this is a great place to go because one of my favorites is all of the places you'll go. and it's one of my favorites because i kept getting it at every smile phone in graduation. one of the things that it speaks to, to what mining kell is describing, is the embrace of the contradictions of life's journey, that the part of the sort of main stay of the left is to take on the challenges and the uncertainty of a future and to be vigilant about what it means to protect democracy, not to simply embrace aspiration as the key to the future, which is very much conservatism because aspiration becomes about the individual, becomes a retreat as to what an individual is willing to give to their future. what i love about

dr. seuss. anyway. it's an arms race now. what is the soviets' response? here we go. it's not enough. they want to have the largest standing army in the world. they are going to develop one that encompasses nearly 3 million men. that's a lot of folks. they are going to escalate their atomic weapons program, if we're working on a hydrogen bomb, then they're going to work on it as well, or something else. the most interesting thing in terms of the soviet response is this. support for the satellite. i use that term in quotes because i mean not only their countries. they're going to ensure that their control of eastern europe is solid, solidified. no threat of being overthrown. but satellites in terms of technology. the soviet union is going to pour a lot of money into their weapons development program, as well as their space technology program. and they will put into space rockets and satellites and in 1957, they are going to do something that absolutely terrified us. what is launched in 1957? >> sputnik. >> sputnik, this little thing, ball-looking device that is orbitin

all of which brings me to dr. seuss. you all read dr. seuss growing up? anybody read "the butter battle" book? it's about the cold war. i'm not talking about the "foot" book and the "abc" book and all those classics. dr. seuss wrote a book about the cold war. "the butter battle book." i don't have time to read it to you. the library has a a

dr. seuss. anyway. it's an arms race now. what is the soviets' response? here we go. it's not enough. they want to have the largest standing army in the world. they are going to develop one that encompasses nearly three million men. that's a lot of folks. they are going to escalate their a comic weapons program. if we are working on hydrogen bombs, they will work on it as well or something else. the most interesting thing in terms of the soviet response is this. support for the satellite. i mean not only the countries and they ensure that their control of eastern europe is solid. solidified. the soviet union is going to throw a lot of moninto weapons development and space technology program. and they will put into space rockets and satellites and in 1957, they are going to do something that absolutely terrified us. what is launched in 1957? sputnik. this ball-looking device orbiting the earth. beeping as it is going across the horizon. it absolutely terrified us. we don't have that. we have not successfully put a satellite into space and they v. the realization is the

. >> she can thank dr. seuss, a six year-old making history. and the national spelling bee, coming out.,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,, >> how do you spell precocious? in this case is l o r i, the six year-old is the youngest person ever to qualify for the national spelling bee which starts tomorrow in washington d.c.. but if you think her big dream stop there, you can think again. >> i want to be an astro biologist because i like astronomy and biology. i am also aiming to be in the swimming olympics. >> did i mention that she is six? she will be competing against 300 other kids in the spelling bee, and most will be twice her age. she is amazing. >> she is. lawrence karnow have a lot of people watching him right now. >> a lot of special kids in the studio right now. they come to see the weather. thanks for being good hosts. head around the bay area, the clouds beginning to park. more sunshine on the way, high pressure building in now. out over the day we have clear skies and we're looking good as we sail into the afternoon. right now 67 degrees in concord

one of the things that i love about not only dr. seuss' work but the left as well, that the left is not worried to confront and which is why the government has a role in sort of maintaining the best ideals of human society and how it should be organized. finally, i would say for conservatives, the appreciation for the art is exactly why the endowment for the humanities, free radio, because ultimately the expressions themselves. >> khalil muhammad and michael kazin, thank you. it's been a pleasure. >> thank you very much. >>> this week on the civil war, two historians discuss the wartime leadership styles of abraham lincoln and jefferson davis. this is a conference organized and the theme was leadership and generalship in the civil war. the event took place in lexington, virginia. this portion is a little over an hour. ♪ >>> good morning. welcome to our first session on leadership and conferenceship in the civil war. our vantage point in this session is a stra teej cal one in the examination of roles of abraham lincoln and jefferson davis

of good and evil that exists in all of us and that's one of the things that i love about not only dr. seuss' work but the left as well, that the left is not worried to confront and which is why the government has a role in sort of maintaining the best ideals of human society and how it should be organized. finally, i would say for conservatives, the appreciation for the art is exactly why the endowment for the humanities, free radio, because ultimately the expressions themselves. >> khalil muhammad and michael kazin, thank you. it's been a pleasure. >> thank you very much. >>> frederick pabst was born in germany. he worked his way up from cabin boy on the great lakes. in 1862 he married maria best, daughter of german brewer phillip best. soon after, captain pabst purchased half of the small best brewing company, and by the 1890s the renamed pabst brewing company was the largest lager brewery in the world. next, a visit to restored gilded age mansion of milwaukee beer baron captain frederick pabst. this is part two of a two-part program. >> the exterior of the mansion has been restored by se

her speech, based on the dr seuss classic, "oh, the places you will go."d go on to harvard and then briefly teach elementary school before going on to graduate last week from medical school. zuckerberg recently spoke of his bride to be with abc's robin roberts. >> she was going to be a pediatrician, so our dinner conversations are about facebook and kids and the kids that she's meeting. >> mark zuckerberg's wife may have been the subject of the blockbuster, the social network, but as for priscilla chan, she wasn't mentioned once in the movie. by now, everyone knows that story. what we don't know is what their next status update will be. cecilia vega, abc news, los angeles. >>> coming up, what an incredible story, a 13-year-old boy, a ferocious waterfall, a desperate father watching, and an astonishing tale of survival. watching, and an astonishing tale of survival. little did i know that one week later i wasn't smoking. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix is proven to help people quit smoking. it reduces the urge to smoke. some people had change

>>arthur: look, he is playing with spiderman and takes dr. seussand you can hear the voice and he says it is not appropriate, and he is mouthing the word that an adult said, it is not appropriate to say those things in the classroom. >>randy: i hope when he has the interview someone remembers this. >>shepard: how does he process this? he did something bad and the other kids ... >>arthur: like you took this kid' train or this doll. it is the same thing. but he doesn't know what he did. it is like he broke the rule but he doesn't understand. don't sing "sexy," where are we going do draw the line? >>shepard: i'm not sure. a gum ball cost 25 cents usually. they are now 25 cents arthur, until a kid is stuck in a machine and the fire department has to come and gum balls are free, then. with less chronic low back pain. imagine you, with less pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is fda-approved to manage chronic musculoskeletal pain. one non-narcotic pill a day, every day, can help reduce this pain. tell your doctor right away if your mood worsens, you have u

>> i think dr. seussher than most commencement speakers in terms of entertainment value and brevity i think. >> all right. scott, thanks again. really appreciate it. good advice for those who have speeches to give and public announcements and all those good thing and for the rest of us who have to stay up and awake during all those, too. thanks. >>> memorial day drivers enjoying relief at the gas pump. but it's all relative. peter. i can see that you're busy... but you were gonna help us crunch the numbers for accounts receivable today. i mean i know that this is important. well, both are important. let's be clear. they are but this is important too. [ man ] the receivables. [ male announcer ] michelin knows it's better for xerox to help manage their finance processing. so they can focus on keeping the world moving. with xerox, you're ready for real business. >>> if you sat in memorial day traffic, small consolation it actually costs you less to sit in traffic. the average price in gas in the country is $

her speech based on the dr. seuss classic oh, the places you will go. she would good on to harvard. then briefly teach elementary school. before going on to graduate last week from medical school zuckerberg spoke of his bride to be with robin roberts. >> she was she is going to be a pediatrician our dinner conversations are about facebook and kids and kids she meets. >>reporter: his life may have been the subject of blockbuster but she wasn't mentioned once in the movie. everyone knows that story. what we don't know is what the next status update will be. abc news, los angeles. >>> happy couple. worth 50 billion. he gave her australia as a wedding gift. >> we have the forecast next. >> thanks. f feed mega straight line. >> cooler out there. >> much cooler today. temperatures dropped 15 degrees in some spots from yesterday high and right now we are looking live from our high definition roof top camera agent embarcadero sky mainly clear inland but we have had low clouds and fog working their way across the bay from the coast throughout the evening hours. so high today in the large num

her valedictorian speech based on the dr. seuss classic, "oh, the places you will go."and then briefly teach elementary school before going on to graduate last week from medical school. zuckerberg recently spoke of his bride-to-be with abc's robin roberts. >> she's going to be a pediatrician. so our dinner conversations are, you know, often about facebook and kids and the kids she's meeting. >> reporter: mark zuckerberg's life may have been the subject of the blockbuster "the social network, but as for priscilla chan, she wasn't mentioned once in the movie. by now, everyone knows that story. what we don't know is what their next status update will be. cecilia vega, abc news, los angeles. >> i'm happy he's had all this business success and found love on top of it. i think it's great. of course, the buzz topic, is there a prenup? did you sign something? what's going on here? of course we were all heading out a few nights ago on our second date. we went out with them. >> already talking about babies. >> can't believe he made us pay. >> $17 billion. we've still got to pay.

it was like an adult version of dr. seuss. we're going to have an election. the aftermath is only going to be more dysfunction after the election. less of a margin in the senate and the house, no matter holds them. no sense in the country that there's long-term version from either one of them about how to solve the dysfunction in washington and creating some trust in the government. that's the problem here. until we solve that problem, nobody buys into anything these guys say. >> i agree with that. but i'm not sure it's that bad. we're going to have several elections to start this out. the country is of two minds of this. i think ron brownstein, of the national journal, the parties are converging in ideologies, that makes for a stalemate. we'll have to live with that until several big elections -- this will be one. only one. >> we have 30 years talking about tax cuts, tax cuts, we have to have a year that we talk about creating jobs, stabilize the economy, how to invest infrastructure. >> that's all great. but we have no money. this is like a big fantasy. we'

. >> yeah, let me talk to you about dr. seuss if i could. do you recall the name of the zoo?he mcgrew zoo. look it up. i swear it's absolutely true. >> well done. >> good morning to you. i have a gadget. you remember the jam box. this was a couple of weeks ago, a small wireless blue tooth-powered speaker. well they've come out with a bigger one and they're calling it the big jam box. it's about $300. now we have a tradition we play music on gadget friday, you get to choose the music i play. and our fine weather person said wanted "dead or alive" by bon jovi. it's really good sound. >> nice. ♪ >> playing for keeps -- >> it's a good bass sound. there's christina in the background. good bass sound. >> love it. >> wanted. >> dead or alive. >>> let's get right to our bon jovi fan, christina. >> if you're going to take a ride on your steel horse, mike's got that traffic update in a minute. 68 degrees at 4:00 p.m., grab that umbrella, grab the jacket, ditch both as of tomorrow. back to you, mike. >> well, might be a little windy for a lot of folks riding those motorcycles. we'll loo

>> can you imagine the sweating the kids do if they read a dr. seuss book.ader right now watching our show and that's the average age. >> sure. >> write us and tell us if you know of a camel. >> would a camel throw you? i have to write about a camel. >> you know they spit at you. >> i heard that. >> both one and two humpers. >> how many kids in the state of florida has had an opportunity to ride a camel? come on! >> they've seen one. >> i have never -- i will never ride a camel. >> my daughter has been on a camel only because she had a camel ride at a zoo. >> ok. >> and the car broke down. >> but my son has never been on a camel. i have no idea how he would answer that. >> imagine what happens on this camel ride so, you know, it's all about creative writing and they thought it was going to be good. but anyway, now they have lowered the standard from if you got four right, you pass. now if you got three right because they've thrown out the camel question. what do you think? e-mail us, friends at foxnews.com. >> i wonder how many adults would fail that questio