[laughter] have got in trouble for saying that he looked like errol flynn and also one of the best surgeons who ever lived. when he started to do heart surgery they didn't have a heart lung machine you had to cart one - - cut into the heart and get out before the person had been problems. that this was the same of the sky - - size and scope of ambition otherwise they were completely opposite and hated each other and ended up with the dueling hospitals and this was the most famous medical feud maybe even to this day. it made the artificial heart possible and also me the texas medical center possible because if somebody got their own hospital than the other doctor had to have his own hospital phone got an award and the other doctor had to do something more dramatic. it really created the medical center we have in houston today. that the reason of the main character and then to with the artificial hearts but the people he attracted were equally ask them - - eccentric but he's also from houston and harvard trained surgeon that is also a magician who plays trombone and band. i don't think he sle

i was allowed to go see the eahawk with errol flynn. >> do we have any more questions? >> what a fascinating history. it did not take place that ong ago. mr. shapiro: 76 years? >> thank you, chris kelly. thank you, isaac shapiro. please stick around to sign copies for us. mr. shapiro: i would be happy o. >> every weekend american history tv brings you 48 hours of unique programming, exploring our nation's past. to view our schedule and an archive with all of our programs visit c-span.org/history. >> in 1968 republican presidential nominee richard nixon appeared in a series of campaign-funded live tv broadcasts in key states. the programs were produced and directed by 28-year-old nixon campaign consultant roger ailes. here is a review. >> mr. nixon, because of the recent widespread demonstrations on american campuses, there seems to be quite a bit of public pressure on campuses and administrators to get tough on american ebels. >> i'm for it. i'm for dissent. as i look back over the 190-year history of this country as i am sure you have as a student at ann arbor, dissent

men who ever lived, and he also -- i've gotten in trouble for saying that about he looked like errol flynn and was one of the best surgeons who ever lived. so fast which was important because when he started doing heart surgery, they didn't have a heart-lung machine so you lad to cut into the heart, get in there do what you could do and get out before at the person had brain problems. but these two were sort of the same in this size and scope of their ambition, but otherwise they were completely opposite, and they hated each other, and they ended up with dueling hospitals and this was the most famous medical feud probably even to this day. it made the artificial heart possible. it also made the texas medical center possible because if something got -- if dr. cooley got his own hospital, well, then, dr. debakey lad to get a bigger hospital and if dr. cooley got an award, dr. debakey had to do something more dramatic and it really created the medical center that we have in houston today. then as -- the reason bud frazier is the main character is because he studied with both of these people a