and ericsson wasn't that interested in managing that part. he just felt that if they didn't do it absolutely right they're not following my directions. but it was so novel and it was so hurried that it was difficult to get all that really right. good question. >> you have talked a lot about the ship itself. but how about some of the systems inside the ship that would have advanced our technological understanding from the 1860s? >> good question. there were a lot of very state-of-the-art systems from the toilets to the anchors to the, as we just heard, the pumps. and again, ericsson really imagined this mechanical environment. it was a kind of fully automated -- it's again -- to the modern mind it's not that foreign. when you think about -- i mean, every time you go into a subway or into an airplane, you're living in that kind of environment. it was quite radical for the time. and you know, there's a myth that people say oh, there were 15 -- there were 50 patentable inventions on the ship. nobody actually went through and counted them. but isa

and ericsson wasn't that interested in managing that part. he just felt that if they didn't do it absolutely right they're not following my dire

they actually liked ericsson. the people who tended to oppose him were people like this, jeffers, young officers, highly trained in engineering, very familiar with steam engineering. they called them the steam generation of officers. in fact, jeffers was a protege of the great ordnance pioneer dahlgren who designed the "monitor's" guns, became the first head of the technical organizations in the navy. and this generational conflict was not the radical lone inventor versus the old fogies in the navy. there was a lot more going on there about the technology. similarly, and we saw a few of these already today, this is the illustration from harper's which is pretty famous about life inside the "monitor." it looks a whole lot more spacious and comfortable. it looks like you might as well have a gymnasium in here and a beautiful galley here and the lovely ward room, which actually was pretty lovely. that's the one part of it that may be accurate, although not quite that big. and everybody enjoying a grand time below dec

very much the idea that john ericsson had about what he called his new system of naval attack. very much the reaction that i'll come to when you i close that nathaniel hawthorne had about the battle. and here you see it again in its new form in world war ii. and of course in the last ten years the original book, i talked a little bit about unmanned aircraft now in development. but they've of course been used a great deal in the last ten years, particularly really the last 15. this particular one, predator, and then the armed version, which is called reaper. and all the different technologies about it. you see this all the time on the news, and i've had students now do dissertations about it, about what does it mean that these people are fighting in afghanistan and killing our enemies from air-conditioned, darkened trailers in las vegas? and how do they feel about it? and what do they say about it? and what is their reaction to it? one of my students who just finished his dissertation last summer was an air force fighter pilot, and he went in and did an anthropological study of

that is, after ericsson's monitor proves itself to be capable of taking on the "merrimac," many people write in with all sorts of add-on gadgets. that this, their invention, can make the "merrimac" -- or pardon me, the "monitor" the ultimate killing machine. and again, if only the government will buy. and one of the other things that i was lucky enough to be able to find, this is an original drawing that ericsson submitted to the french government for his original "monitor" in 1854. indeed, you can tell the basic elements of the "monitor" that we know and love is there. but already in the 1850s ericsson has this idea floating around about how to create this ultimate warship. as i said, the fear that is -- that you find in northern cities, especially the seaboard cities after the events of march the 8th is tremendous. that the fear is the "merrimac" is going to be showing up the next day in new york harbor or baltimore or philadelphia and that these cities will be either raised or laid under contribution. one of the easiest ways that some people at least first write in on is saying that

and again, ericsson really imagined this mechanical environment. it was a kind of fully automated -- it's again -- to the modern mind it's not that foreign. when you think about -- i mean, every time you go into a subway or into an airplane, you're living in that kind of environment. it was quite radical for the time. and you know, there's a myth that people say oh, there were 15 -- there were 50 patentable inventions on the ship. nobody actually went through and counted them. but isaac newton once came on board and said, wow, there must be 50 patentable inventions here. and that number has always kind of come down as the classic number. but there were a lot of very interesting modern pieces. some of them worked better than others. and again, it's possible that the rudder -- sorry, the anchor compartment, the hass hole in the rudder may have been one of the things that contributed to the flooding and the sinking. and we just heard also there was a new pump installed in the yard period. so there were a lot of new con triechbss, contrivances as they

and the secretary of the navy asked john ericsson if he will come down to fort monroe and look at the "monitor" and talk to the crew. he said i just ordered six more of these from you, i think you should come down and talk to the crew and talk to the engineers and see what needs to improve. and ericsson responds, oh, they know how to operate the machinery very well, they're competent men, they don't need any help from me. and he refuses to come down and learns relatively few of the lessons that were needed to be learned for the following six monitors. but now i want to talk a little bit about up until really about 1999, 2000, when the book was published, i knew this ship through these documents. very rich documents. and i pretty much think that i read every document relative to the "monitor" that was accessible at that period. and then began this period where i and all of us in a way began to encounter this ship in other ways and simply added to the experience of what was going on. one of those was a really kind of distinct and remarkable pleasure that i had which was filming a docume

ericsson was furious about that when he found out and later was proven correct that had the navy used the full amount of powder that he recommended the shells would have gone through the "merrimac's" skin. but you have all sorts of northerners proposing different styles of shell, that bolts, steel-tipped shells. you have jay byers write in saying the way to break the hull or the plating is to coat iron balls in led. and that once they hit the en y enemy's casement the lead will flatten out and therefore sort of concentrate the thrust of the shell and that this will either crack or actually go through the casement. sounds great on paper. actually probably not very viable. you even have a carriage maker from elgin, iowa write in saying, "i have created a special shell that can go through any sort of plating. and he sends in all sorts of drawings, most of which look terribly complicated and not very workable. jesse strum writes in to the president and says that i have a specialty shell that can destroy the monster from the deep from richmond. the only sticking point is the special shells

miami misery maria sharapova surface her fourth so we ericsson open final defeat going down in straightsets that poland's i can ask around this time or it's. cruise control russia's women's football squad hit macedonia for eight to keep right on track for next year's european championships in sweden. here zero zero new york knicks basketball sensation germy lin looks set to miss the rest of the n.b.a. season after suffering a knee injury. first the tennis for maria shriver's wait for a first title of twenty twelve must go on the russian losing her third final of the year in miami over the weekend the clash with likeness it was sure was forward sony ericsson final appearance in florida having lost all three previously she would come up short yet again after an even contest in the first set the three time grand slam winner was serving to stay in it out six five but lost serve thanks to four on four stars it was a similar story in the second with earning only one breakpoint in the whole set to turn out to be the last one of the much meaning sharapova has not lost in the final of the a stri

fourth sony ericsson final appearance in florida having lost all three previously and she would come up short yet again a crandon park after an even contest in the first set this time grand slam winner was serving this the six but lost serve thanks to four unforced errors it was a similar story in the second would have been scaring only one breakpoint in the whole set on a turned out to be the final point of the match meaning tropical has not lost in the final of the. control of the seven five six four victory earning reference to her night. football on a couple of big games are gone for discussion in the russian premier league title group today. for the couple bragging rights later while now underway is the routine match up approaching the half hour mark the score nil is nil. green will leapfrog the fifth with a win while angie would move for thinking control three points luck and also a plenty of reason to call our victory for the real. would mean their finish the weekend second only to leaders in need earlier in the day meanwhile and car they jump further away from their draft so

miami misery maria sharapova suffers her fourth sony ericsson open final defeat going down in straight sets the poems i guess to run this time are. cruise control which is women's football squad hit macedonia for eights to keep right on track for next year's european championships in sweden. tiro zero new york knicks possible sensation jeremy lin looks set to miss the rest of the n.b.a. season after suffering a needy injury. were not coming up but first to tennis where maria sharapova as wait for a first title of twenty twelve must go on the russian losing her third final of the year in miami on saturday clash with like nascar advance that was sure up of us fourth sony ericsson final appearance in florida having lost all three previously and she would come up short yet again at crandon park after an even contest in the first set the three time grand slam winner was serving to stay in it at sixty five but lost serve thanks to four unforced errors it was a similar story in the second with red bones curling only one break point in the whole set on a turn to be the final point of the much

it was fourth the sony ericsson final appearance in florida having lost all three previously she would come up short the again after an even contest in the first set a three time grand slam winner was serving to stay. by all serve thanks to four unforced errors it was a similar story in the second would run fine scare earning only one breakpoint in the whole set and it turned out to be the last one of the much meaning she has now lost in the final of the a stream open indian wells and miami in twenty. seven five six four victory earning robin sky nine. talking football now where it's taken a while but. finally won a league match that design side notching their first victory in five at the expense of headings on g g how proving to be a tough match off for rubin this season winning both of their previous meetings but it was the home team who struck shortly after a goalless first half obafemi martins winning a battle against christopher somebody to head home on the fifty minutes mark. he gets up well and heads home she went all out for an equaliser in the final fifteen minutes of the i'm

the deal with eric ericsson?tance it has been an evolutionary stance but they fighting mode, they are not willing to compromise i follow a couple of gop on twitter, and with romney as the nominee the tone now is so much more aggressive, and anyone that goes to congress that wants to compromise is going to be out of the party. it is amazing. >> yeah. >> no wonder we're screwed like we are. >> exactly. by the way we just had the obama guy from -- the national security advisor. [ nbc "nightly news" theme ] >> and i was saying we have to get in the dee -- delorian. americans know we cannot go back to the future. shout out you are either with us or against us. isolate america instead of our enemies. thank you, exactly. [ applause ] >> according to chuck grassley the ruskys are the biggest problem. [ applause ] >> speaking of the columbian prostitutes. senator mccain is getting to be a dirtier old man. he wants more details. >> i want more details. >> i'm very disappointed in the briefing from the military today. they

government will buy one and one of the other things that i was lucky enough to be able to find, thisat ericsson submitted to the french government for his original monitor in 1854. you can tell the basic elements of the monitor we know and love is there. already, in the 1850s, ericson has this idea of how to create this ultimate warship. the fear that you find in northern cities, especially the seaboard cities after the events of march the 8th is tremendous. the fear is that the merrimac will be showing up the next day in new york harbor, baltimore or philadelphia and that these cities will be razed or laid under contribution. one of the easiest ways some people write in on is saying, we need to lock the merrimac in the elizabeth river. either lock her in or lock her out. and to use submerged hulks, stone boats, whatever, barges to prevent the ship from leaving its harbor and revising -- or launching another attack on the u.s. navy in hampton roads. this idea also is applied to the potomac, that is, the fear that the merrimac is going to come up to the potomac and shell the capital is palpable.

i don't know how, you know -- i'm sure ericsson would have fainted had he seen such a thing attached to his vessel, not to mention i think it would have, you know, been completely unworkable to say the least. f.j. bidwell writes in saying that while -- how about embedding a heavy gun in the false prow of a tug and in a sense fire through its own hull and sink the "merrimac" that way? torpedoes are also -- and i use torpedoes in the 19th century sense. using spar torpedoes to destroy the "merrimac" is also extremely popular. this idea, which in a smaller with way is actually used during the civil war, if you think of cushing's attack on the albemauer, that is how it is sunk. by using a more scaled down version of this spar torpedo. again, the "monitor" could eliminate it that way. you also have alan smith writes in with an extremely detailed plan. again, i don't know how it would work. that the "monitor" would be equipped with this burr torpedo that has prongs on it and would be basically shoved into the "merrimac's" hull or he even -- again, how it would be possible in 1862 i don't k

in miami right djokovic playing to sony ericsson tiger correct time with a straight sets win over themarriage. first the football in the weekend's bragging rights in moscow belong to dinara after their two you know when. alexander culkin opened the scoring just before half time a real crack it's a beautiful control and he finds the net no problem at all and then at the end of this match it was alexander semin of whom is not down in the penalty area and then this image exclude the second from the spot when they used the nomic in faith which is the last year i play league sport but they are only three points off a champions league place. well just behind them in the league or ruby who got a narrow one zero win over angie's guus hiddink this their first win in five games not much between the sides but it was the home side who struck first shortly after i got was. not in winning the battle against chris of december that ahead on the fifty minute mark and while angie went all out for me call isaac last fifteen minutes of the guy called stood firm in the group even go so what was the final

and miami right djokovic trains the sony ericsson title for a third time with a straight sets win over the very. first anonymous showcase still in has praised his team's fighting spirit after their two know when i was city rivals locker it was only their second win in nine games and alexander corkery in open the scoring just before half time the points were wrapped up to at the end when alexander simmons of went down in the box and down with similar beach scored from the spot so the two no victory seized in our occupy the last europa league spot in the table me although they are only three points off a champions league place. in the legal rubin who got a narrow one. and gee this is their first win in five games not much between the sides but it was the home side who struck first just after half time with amy martin say winning the battle against christopher sam better head while angie went all out for an equaliser in the latter stages health. and in the bottom half of the table and car remain unbeaten the share a two no win for them over terry and they have the opposition go people sof

and miami strifes know the brokerage claims the sony ericsson title will serve time with a straight setin over around you laurie. let's start with i thought you were having god have edged regular season one as quite so one else like a two one lead in the best of seven series in the playoffs i mean finals in the k h l but on board with outs for what about lunch a blank that there was the postseason points leader but they didn't need him colleen instructs soon after the first interval his goal making all the difference in arms to give our guard the overall series lead while on sunday when i'm not so moved within one victory of reaching the finals ought to take me three no seriously i was cast in petersburg as far as their latest win was which unfortunately to. score some petersburg would have had high hopes coming into this season's playoffs and all was going well beyond. that goes until the end to the western conference finals series with konami which has turned out to be a mite map of the team from russia's second city its very last both a mattress at home however that is just to get ou

third final appear in miami over the weekend but clash with agnes it was sure up was forward sony ericsson final appearance in florida having lost all three previously she would come up short yet again after an even contest in the first set the three time grand slam winner was serving to stay in it out six five but lost serve thanks to four on force there as it was a similar story in the second would run found skep earning only one breakpoint in the whole set turned out to be the last one of the much meaning sharapova has not lost in the final of the strictly an open indian wells on miami and twenty twelve alone a seven five six four victory earning night career title. talking football no where it's taken a lot of rubin cousin have finally won the league much side notching their first victory in five at the expense of guus hiddink on g m a. proven to be a tough match up for rubin this season though winning both of their previous meetings but it was the home team who struck first shortly after a ghoulish first time off over femi martins winning that battle against christopher some but to he

beach claims the sony ericsson title for a third time with a straight sets win over the mary.that stopped the football though in this weekend's bragging rights in moscow belong to the nama after that so you know when i have a lot of might see some good quality in the school here just before the real cracking go see and at the end of the match alexander simmered over to the man who was knocked down in the penalty area and savez down seam of each school with the second from the sports the win leads the number in fifth which is the last year i pull. spot but they are only three points off a champions league place but just behind them in the league to be we've got a marijuana when angie this is their first win in five games not much between the sides but it was the home team who struck first shortly after a goal is first half i mean marty's winning the battle there against christopher sam back to head home on the fifty minute mark a mile and she went all out for an equaliser in the final fifteen minutes of this game. stood firm. so one was how it finished. and in the bottom half o

and miami for life no longer which claims the sony ericsson title race third time with a straight setwin over andy murray. oh thought well i was tennis to come but first why sulky where i haven't gone without profit forward. as they take on regular season when a strike so in the playoffs won't have the most top top line goals and seven assists which is more than any other player so far this season but the track is sitting on the same no reasons why i have been on the rails well this best of seven series is even a poised one minute piece and he still goes after the areas for me while on sunday i'm also moved to within one victory of reaching the finals after taking a three nil series late as the skulls and petersburg times watching their latest win the switch from hopefully to. score some petersburg would have high hopes coming into this season's playoffs and always going well beyond him and that was until the end to get western conference finals series with the nominee which turned out to be a mind made up of the team from russia's second city its very last good play matches at home h

and miami strifes novak djokovic claims the sony ericsson title for a third time with a straight set when i look. for let's kick off this court all and manchester united could go five points clear at the top of the english premier league if they win it got burned this monday night well the red devils are looking to capitalize on second place manchester city's three three draw with sunderland on saturday the reverse true or false from bottom to stand united three two in the reverse if you are told that on new year's eve and are aiming for a surprise double good for something champions meanwhile on sunday emmanuel out of i was late and move level on points from third place arsenal after a three one win to find just one zings spurs also have a goal difference of just one behind the north london rivals while newcastle want to know at times you tend not lovable to seriously scored an h.r. already passed by raina was sent off in the dying minutes when moved them on paes level on points with fifth place chelsea playing european football little calls live defeat with their six in seven games

. >>> the top-tennis player looked the part in the sony ericsson open in key biscayne in florida.ovic rolled past murray. . >>> vanderveer watching the other semifinal game between notre dame and wins 83-75, if stanford can beat baylor in tonight's second game, that is who the cardinal's next omit would be. >>> currently 8th in the western conference playoff race the sharks have today off and monday before their next most important game of the season. that is tuesday in dallas. the stars are 1 point behind san josi right now in 9th position. >>> in the east, the penguins finally have sydney crosby back on the ice. that is what the flyers did. joe vitale flies into danny briere. it's and on. two coaches on the the side. tony granato and peter laviolette was ejected. the flyerses were flyers were 6-4 winners. two of the nba's high-profile teams meeting in oklahoma county. bulls come up empty against the thunder. they go the other way. russell westbrook lets one fly. kevin durant right there for the spectacular jam. those two dwight a one-two punch. oklahoma city wins. the bulls no.

donna brazile and derek ericsson are standing by live. our strategy session is next. something worthwhile. when i earned my doctorate through university of phoenix, that pride, that was on my face. i am jocelyn taylor. i'm committed to making a difference in people's lives, and i am a phoenix. visit phoenix.edu to find the program that's right for you. enroll now. >> let's get right to the strategy session and the cnn contributor donna brazile and our cnn contributor eric ericsson, editor in chief of redstate.com. a quick reaction to what we just heard from darrell issa. he expects within the next few days, if it hasn't happened yet thashths inspector general of the gsa will ask for potential criminal charges, bribery, against gsa officials. if that's true, that's a huge deal, eric. >> it's a huge deal, wolf. government bureaucrats going out of control is a story not told enough. once you empower the bureaucracy things like this tend to happen and congress and the president both have abdicated a lot of responsibility they shouldn't have abdicated. >> it's one thing fo

government component to it but i'm short ericsson and juniper. you've seen the definite slowdown in telco spending, definitely in europe and now asia. i don't think it's a question of austerity that will affect this more. >> pete, clearly technology was a treasure. >> right. >> in the first quarter based on its performance and certainly in the very early dayis of where we are here. does it become the trash moving forward here? >> no, absolutely not, and i think when we start to talk about the dollar being something that will affect them in some sort of a negative way, that's a real reach and i think it's overreading what's going on. look at the fundamental story. look at the gross margins that these folks are really putting up right now. absolutely incredible. look at an f-5, for instance, the expressive move to the upside and gross margins at ridiculous levels that even if those are actually pushed to the downside, these are companies that can earn a lot of money. i look at intel, they had sandybridge but now they have the latest chip that will

. >> yeah, along with eric ericsson. >> but mitt romney sought after ted nugent's endorsement.at was like him saying about rush limbaugh oh i wouldn't have phrased it that way i would have called her a trolllup or something. i don't understand how people can go -- i don't know what he meant by that. >> next year i will be dead or in jail. >> right. >> and because you know you'll be completely unsuccessful you'll justen up shooting a police officer for no purpose. like that guy in pittsburgh who called the cops to his house and then shot them when they showed up because he said obama was going to take his guns away. they said he is going to take your guns. >> on the second day on his second term. that's what he said. >> they kept the situation in place so the banking could roll in and take everything. you still have your gun, but your house is being foreclosed on, you can't afford laundry, but you still got your gun. >> at least one romney tag, was very excited about the endorsement. that tag he is the rogue romney. >> he was excited that ted was the second musician to endorse r

. >> like eric ericsson. >> yeah. look my friend cenk is quoted here on think current tv program.g-standing guys to the white superry group caused him to step down from the pat buchanan campaign. wow. >> terry over at current, he said was that the setting sun or the giant vat of pasta as it slowly sank closer and closer to jim. he said i couldn't stop watching. [ laughter ] >> wayne in connecticut. >> he has been pushing it all morning. >> hello wayne. >> thanks for taking my call. >> yes, go ahead. >> on the picture for george zimmerman on the back of his head if those injuries occurred on his back why doesn't the blood flow two directions. >> yes and i still don't understand how they had time to stop at the laundromat! >> yeah. >> it's like something -- you have a haunted house, oh put your hand in the kech up. [ screaming ] >> oh it's brains. >> or peeled grapes. oh, it's eyeballs. [ screaming ] >> touch the eyeballs. that's it for us. we'll see you tomorrow on the "stephanie miller show." ♪

. >> eric ericsson. >> it was the feminist the nagging as the godfather of radio called them, the nationalyourself and the other side. i'll tell you a dirty little secret they get even more hacked off with you when you are having fun and they are not. >> oh. oh, i used to be bitter but then i go the no-no hair removal system. >> it's another thing to be a second-hand massagist and koreaton. >> yeah. hal, it's for you. hi, jeff. >> hi, jeff. >> hey, i have one for hal. >> yeah. >> hal you say a lot about you don't drink, and you don't smoke pot or anything like that -- >> what do you do? >> and my response is so what? who cares? you're -- you say it like it is a badge of honor, and it's like big deal -- >> i was saying -- for the record because you quack a lot more -- [ laughter ] >> i don't know where that noise came from. i was making it in the context of being supportive of the marijuana policy project and not being a user because that makes a difference when people perceive the legalization movement. they assume it's all users and they are just trying to avoid the legal situation. >> i'

ericsson terms of spending his campaign. we want to hear what you have to say -- rick santorum suspending his campaign. we want to hear what you have to say. go to facebook.com/cspan to let us know what you think. coming up, we will take you to boca raton, florida. president obama will be talking about the buffett rule. he will be speaking at florida atlantic university. that is at 2:55 eastern. we'll take you there live when it starts. mitt romney has a campaign event today. he picked up the endorsement of the governor of iowa. he will speak this afternoon at 5:55 eastern. >> while we wait for the president, we will bring some of this morning's "washington journal." host: vice president joe biden will make another pitch for the bill on thursday during a campaign stop in new hampshire. the white house is targeting gop senators in florida, ohio, missouri, pennsylvania, iowa, north carolina, and that, as well as tennessee, massachusetts, maine, nebraska, alaska, and indiana. democrat, 13 of whom have co- sponsored the bill, gi