garfield. this is her third trip to the search between research and other things she's done, and it's a great pleasure to welcome her. make her feel welcomed, candice millard. [applause] >> thank you, thank you for that introduction, todd, and thank you, all, for coming. it is a real pleasure to be here, and it is a great honor to speak at the james a. garfield national historic site, and i also wanted to say a particular thank you to the garfield family as well, which has been incredibly kind and generous and helpful to me throughout the whole process so thank you so much. at heart, this book is not about politics or science or even the shooting of a president. it's about an extraordinary drama that took place inside the white house of over more than two months. in the 130 years since garfield's death, his story has been largely forgotten, but even at the time, even though the entire nation, the entire world was watching, no one really understood what was happening. what began as a shooting be

garfield.. garfield national historic site in mentor, ohio. >> my great pleasure to introduce to you tonight our speaker, candace millard is an excellent writer formerly of "national geographic" magazine, and now we're very excited to have her here to talk about her second book. the first book was "river of doubt," and we're very, very pleased here that she's chosen to tackle another interesting presidential subject, that being the assassination of president james a. garfield. i believe this is her third or fourth trip here to the site between research and other things she's done here with us, and it's really a great pleasure to welcome her here tonight. please, make her feel welcome, candace millard. [applause] >> thank you. thank you for that introduction, todd, and thank you all for coming. it is a real pleasure to be here, and it is a great honor to be able to speak at the james a. garfield national historic site. and, um, i also wanted to say a particular thank you to the garfield family a

reporter: garfield taylor's name is -- behind the scheme.eporter: garfield taylor's name is on the sign, but he's not there anymore. we've knocked on doors, called on the phone. there are a lot of people who would like to track down garfield taylor, the owner of gibraltar asset management. it's said taylor was running a ponzi scheme. one victim told fox 5 i feel used and lied to and i hope all involved are prosecuted to the full extent of the law. another described taylor this way. he shows no remorse. he's as cold as ice. >> what we hear on the news, you know, this is not the same guy we thought he was. reporter: kwame forson cut taylor's hair at universal barbershop and salon at college park. when you take out a picture of taylor -- >> everybody knows him. he's been coming to the shop quite a while. reporter: the sec says taylor cost his victims $27 million. >> that's a lot of money. i wish i got better tips than that. reporter: in taylor's neighborhood in north bethesda. >> he walked the dog right in front of my house of. reporter: have y

first of course is garfield's would be an assassin. he tells me deeply, dangerously delusional man that he was very intelligent and highly articulate. if you read nearly any other account of garfield's assassination, he is described as a disgruntled office seeker. but that doesn't cover the smallest part of it. he was a uniquely american character. he was the product of this country at that time it time that there was a lot of play in the joint and no one to really understand what he was up to and falls into account for it. he tells of a self-made bad man who was scrappy, a clever opportunist and would have been very successful if he hadn't been insane. he had tried and failed everything come on wall, in evangelism, even a free love, and in the 1800's and he had failed even at that. the when in the commune nicknamed him charles get out but he succeeded on audacity and traveled the country by train and never bought a ticket. he took a great pride moving from boarding house to boarding house slipping out when the rent was two. and even w

the sic naming garfield taylor of -- the sec naming garfield taylor of bethesda as one of the accused. >>> albrecht muth who is 407 years old is accuse -- 47 years old is accused of beating and strangling to death his 91-year- old wife viola drath. she was a socialite and journalist. the two lived in georgetown. he toll the judge today he thinks his -- told the judge today i thinks his wife's death was a hit -- he thinks his wife's death was a hit by iranian agents. >>> there will be electricity cut tonight to a large area of the national mall and memorial park. that will several hours. many traffic signals will be affected if you're driving through the area. >>> rescued from kidnappers one week ago tonight. now wilson ramos is back in d.c. with a message for his fans. >>> plus we're uncovering the scam that's draining certain bank accounts. >> cold out there tonight, but we'll have a nice little warm- up as we head through the weekend. question is do we have any rain on sunday? the full forecast is coming up. >>> check out some of the other stories on the rundown. the news edge at 11

they're called garfield taylor, incorporated and the gibraltar asset management group, neither of which is registered with the s.e.c. the feds say garfield taylor and his partners pocketed some 5 million including 73,000 for his children's private school. here's how the alleged ponzi scheme would work. the group would collect the money ensuring investors they were covered by a, quote, reserve account and the group would invest in high-risk options and suffer massive losses. they would use the new money coming in to pay off earlier investors and themselves. the s.e.c. along the group used high- pressure tactics to get investors on board with often disastrous results. >> we along that the -- mr. taylor and his associates were trying to persuade people with some measure of pressure to take out home equity lines on their homes, to take their retirement money and invest, and we saw in these kinds of circumstances some tremendous losses. >> reporter: both companies shut down last year. this is a civil action. the sec is looking to get an injunction. they're also trying to reclaim money for th

. >> reporter: federal investigators say garfield taylor has victims in germantown and all over the d.cmetro area: greenbelt, upper marlboro, alexandrea, arlington, d.c. the securities and exchange commissioned the victims of garfield, taylor, and his company gibraltar assets are all over. some invested their, quote, entire retirement savings and one had told gibraltar employees about being hesitant to invest because of, quote, bernie madoff and other publicized scams. >> whether any time you have someone come to you and they have lost thousands of dollars, it's heartbreaking, really and to find out it's not just one person but hundreds or thousands. >> reporter: the attorney has represented two victims. >> educated, well, you know, well to do people who were taken for a ride. >> reporter: the sec calls it a ponzi scheme and investigators said taylor promised low-risk investing and committed fraud. a d.c. non-profit children hillcrest center lost $8 million. and mckenzie got a $300,000 judgement from one of his clients. >> we find it hard to believe that they spent every dollar that cam

no question. >> so we've had no luck tracking down garfield taylor and lots of others are looking for him. somebody knows where he is, unfortunately it's not us. in montgomery county, beth parker. >>> maryland residents are facing tax and fee hikes. where is the money going? also ahead tonight, imagine walking from manhattan to downtown d.c. without your shoes. one man did as part of the occupy wall street movement. we'll have the litest the latest. >>> drinking, doing drugs on their lunch break. as if that's not bad enough. wait until you hear what these factory workers are making for our military at 11:00. ♪ [ female announcer ] we know you've got a lot on your plate at thanksgiving. which is why safeway has everything you need to get it all done. right now, get a safeway frozen turkey 8 to 24 lbs, for just 58 cents a pound. cook your thanksgiving turkey perfectly with our free chef assistant app. it's foolproof. safeway. ingredients for life. >>> big day for maryland commuters. the last stretch of the intercounty connector opened this morning. 18.8-mile toll road. known as maryland

the securities and exchange commission charged garfield m.ylor and his company gibraltar asset management with running a ponezy school. >> we came -- ponezy scheme. >> he came across as someone who was very professional, astute and competent. caring, presenting that he had a mission to help charities, a mission to help children and families. >> reporter: the board took a lot of precautions before hiring taylor and associates to manage the money. after a trial period, they handed over $8 million, half of the hillcrest endowment. according to the sec, it was not the conservative investment strategy that taylor promised. >> he would tell people that there their principle wouldn't be touched and promised them 20% on their money. >> reporter: instead, hillcrest lost nearly $8 million. we knocked on the door of the million-dollar home in mont groomery county, no word for him. hillcrest would love to hear from him. their plans to renovate a new facility are on hole. they're still providing some support to low-income families. >> all of the plans and

. >> james garfield? 3% for garfield. >> really?that's the cat. >> that is the cat. >> patagonia tells people not to buy jacket. here is a hint, if patagonia really feels that way, why do they make the jacket? >> there you go. >> instead of telling people not to buy it,. >> this is what i'm saying. >>> joe, you said you thought it was odd that patagonia chose to do this on cyber monday. that was the point the company claims it was making. it said, quote, cyber monday and the consumption it reflects puts the economy of natural uh systems that supports all life firmly in the red. they were specifically choosing cyber monday. >> it was more appropriate to do it on black friday when they were driving to places. let's assume we didn't mean any of this, and it is easy to understand. >> they don't understand how an economy works. it is an exexraing -- an exchange of goods and services. >> i think the more we talk about this, the more i hate patagonia. more than beneton. >> maybe you are right. >> just lastly, the art professor under fire,

to conkling committee attempt to garfield place was his ticket back into power. >> coming up next, booktv presents "after words," an hour-long conversation where we invite guest poster and a few others. this week, former u.s. secretary of state, henry kissinger and his new book, "on china," the diplomat who accompanied president nixon to the communist nation presents his thoughts on the history of china's relationship the united states and current influence on politics and monetary policy. he shares a fox news contributor , monica crowley. >> dr. kissinger, great to see you, sir. >> guest: always good to see you. >> host: congratulations on your new book called quite simply, "on china." i can't think of anyone else had rather talk to about china. china has come over the last two decades from a very important concern for the united states to an important, urgent and primary concern for the united states. there are so many layers to defend the american relationship to relocate into with you. thank you for being here. if we can without china sees itself and how it is traditionally seen itsel

garfield taylor defrauded 130 more than $27 million. a collapse bac in 2010. people promised claims and returns as high as year. do it.aid he would it is criminal. >> if this had a devastating impact. the sec says he diverted $5 billion for his own use. not respond to our for a comment. they're still investigating. >>> a ribbon cutting ceremony the enterxt phase of county connector. a second sector of the highway set to open tomorrow morning. phase opened back in february. construction will start next year. to useeers will from tomorrow until december 4. >>> fewer americans having babies is hurting the nation's housing recovery. >> good morning. >> happy monday morning. these are very interesting stories. secret that having children can be expensive. they estimate one job for a minimal income family will cause wonder $27,000 over 17 years housing costs are the expense. the number of births was the fewest since 1999. economists said that will lead more households to run for longer. of time. fewer buyers trading homes. we would get a report today of existing hom

that is what he liked about it. >> reporter: all of the court proceedings underway involving garfieldaylor are civil in nature. there are lawsuits and the sec complaint. right now, there are no criminal charges. in northwest washington, beth parker, fox 5 news. >>> and 152 million people say they will definitely be shopping on black friday and some are camping out to snag the special deals. we know that most of you are not willing to go that far and that is where we have -- that is why we have melanie alnwick with more. >>> and the first place i checked was twitter and that is probably a pretty good place to go. take a look. there are literally thousands of tweets today under pound black friday and lots of stores here and special deals and giveaways. many saying can you go to the facebook page for a coupon or a deal. if you go to foursquare and check in, for those of you liking to do, that there will be some special coupons and deals for that. as we're reporting, the stores are opening earlier than ever and take a look at the rundown here. the early bird, the winner there, kmart -- km

first of course charles pitot, garfield's would-be assassin. it is a deeply coming dangerously in and who was highly articulate. if you read any other account of the assassination is described as a disgruntled office speaker. but that doesn't cover the smallest part of it he was a uniquely american character of this country at a time when there was a lot of play in the joints had no one to really understand what he was up to and hold him to account for it. he is a self-made man. he was smart and happy, a clever opportunist and probably would've been very successful if he hadn't been insane. is he had tried everything and failed everything. he tried lock, vandalism, even if freelove commune in 1800 failed even that bad. women in the commune nicknamed him charles get out. [laughter] but he survived on sheer audacity. he traveled all over the country by train and never got a ticket. he took great pride in moving from boarding house to boardinghouse, slipping out whether i was two. even when he worked as a bill collector he would keep whatever he m

the securities and exchange commission has charged garfield m.aylor and his company gibraltar asset management on wisconsin avenue northwest with running a ponzi scheme. >> we came a -- he came across as someone that was very professional, very astute, very competent, caring. he had a mission to help charities. he had a mission to help children and families. >> reporter: the hillcrest board took a lot of precautions before hiring taylor and his associates to manage its money. after a trial period they handed over $8 million, about half of the hillcrest endowment, but according to the sec it was not the conservative investment strategy taylor had promised. >> he would tell people that the principal would never be touched and that they would only make profits. he promised them 20% returns on her money. >> reporter: instead hillcrest lost nearly $8 million. we knocked on the door of taylor's million dollar home in montgomery county, no word from him. hillcrest would love to hear from him. their plans to renovate a new facility are on hold, though th

. >> do a web search of garfield taylor -- >> they said that he would be so greedy and just criminal. >> and they found among other entries this profile of a d. crrment business with assets of up to $1 million a year. he was very polished. he came across as very savvy. but this court filing by the s.e.c. paints a very different picture. >> he would pay a different picture. >> of a man living large in this million dollar rockville mansion who master-minded a $27 million ponzi scheme defrauding investors. >> he said it was a conservative investment and instead gambling their investments on risky option trading. among the losers a charity for poor single moms. allegedly lost $8 million. >> they outright stole money stole our investments. >> taylor diverted $5 million for his own use including $73,000 for private school for his children. >> no one answered the door at taylor's house. for investors like hill crest, the losses are difficult to swallow. >> it's been devastating and it has had a devastating impact on our organization. >> now taylor told his clients he could get them a 20% ret

. >> will live like to invite the principal from garfield elementary school to tell us about the special service award recipient. >> good evening. i am very excited to present to you a person who made my first year as being a principal last year one of the -- i think one of the easiest transitions to make. it is always hard at a new site doing new things, and there are some many details. so quickly, things get lost in the details. things get quickly lost in translation also, coming from a central place. the person who really has been my savior through this whole thing has been that the most amazing person, anything from a random fire alarm at lunchtime and i will have to threaten the fire department to eat the lunch food, dealing with parents that all of a sudden want to know, you have the most bizarre things come through your doors. to have someone who's so passionately and compassionately treats everyone with respect and dignity and has been so amazingly supportive. no matter what i am feeling or thinking, she is so intuitive and she consents, this is where we are going to go, or don't

his name is garfield taylor. he is charged with conducting a ponzi scheme between 2005 and 2007. he was not at home tonight when we tried to ask him about this. according to the securities and exchange commission taylor took money from new investors to pay old investors but convincing them to refinance their home and turn over their life savings and retirement accounts. several of his family and friends were charged with having a role in the scheme. those investors that were defrauded include a d.c. children's charity. >>> new pictures show the two men suspected in an armed robbery on maryland's sacramento pus outside a darm last night. a student was approached by two men wearing masks. the student was not hurt. it's first armed robbery on campus this year. >>> a bizarre murder case is getting stranger. today a judge allowed a man accused of murdering a 91-year-old georgetown socialite to represent himself. he also asked to wear his military uniform in court. he claims to been an iraqi general. he denies killing viola drath, his wife of 22 years. he claims it was a hit by iranian

she was like -- [ as bachmann ] "and if you put garfield up there, you can't leave out odie.ou have to put odie as well." check this out, this week a deer jumped through the window of a taco restaurant in georgia. or as taco bell put it, "hey, sometimes the ingredients just deliver themselves. [ audience ohs ] [ applause ] it's a miracle! it's a miracle." did you see this yesterday? brad pitt and angelina jolie were spotted arriving in japan with all six of their children. and today, they were spotted leaving japan with all 12 of their children. [ light laughter ] this is nice, new york city has new subway announcements that no longer tell passengers to be patient, but actually apologize for delays. yeah. isn't that nice? they're much different. before it was like -- [ mumbling ] and now it's like -- [ mumbling ] [ cheers and applause ] he's saying he's sorry. "where's aol?" "he's in the pool!" [ laughter ] and finally, police in michigan arrested a burglary suspect after they found him hiding in a pile of leaves. [ light laughter ] yep. when the guy got to prison, his cellma

. >> if you have problems, i see right here, we call garfield 7171 for service. member that is right. operators standing by. >> from here, we are going to look at those wonderful elevators that go of the outside of the high rise building that everyone wants to take a ride in. >> let's go do that. >> here we are in the most exciting elevator in the city of san francisco. this is the outside elevator that goes into the 32nd floor. tell us about this. >> we are in one of the tower elevators now. these were originally installed in 1972. 1,000 feet a minute, outside observation elevators, so a great view of the city. some of the most popular elevators in san francisco, as you mentioned, and these cars run a lot. they run about 2000 starts per day. about 700,000 starts per year for an elevator like this, and these are pretty hard working. >> must be hard to maintain these elevators. mechanical devices in the rain. >> this is much more difficult to maintain. normal elevator installation is all sealed from the elements, but in this case, it is all exposed to the outside,

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only one snag today and that is when the garfield balloon got a little too full and popped. >> reporter charlotte, north carolina they celebrated thanksgiving with a home grown parade. the carolina kara sell featured notes, beauty queens and live animals. just like the macy's parade ended with the arrival of santa claus. now, there is nothing koezier than thanksgiving morning early, rain outside and ovens going and good smells everywhere. >> yes, a perfect day for it. in the afternoon, going out for a walk. the weather did not dry up. the sun dried up. sun, like sprinkles out. no big deal. maybe a few sprinkles late tonight early tomorrow morning. this is the front, going to wrap it back and show you. again, right there. showing you late last night. showers in the north, now, adding a few sprinkles to the north bay. tonight and then late tonight into 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning. there it is. a tail end of the northerly system. it is not a big deal at all. if you get sprinkles i would not be surprised tonight or the next few hours. that is it. the story in the weather department is the f

. >> this is the office on wisconsin avenue where garfield taylor allegedly ran a ponzi scheme from 2005 to 2010. >> they pitched middle class investors in the greater d.c. area by selling them on a conservative investment. he said that this investment would bring in up to 20%. >> accuses taylor of lying to clients by misrepresenting his investment success. forging letters of recommendation from trusted brokerage firms in order to woo new victims. >> in fact, he was just bringing in new investors and taking their money and giving it to older investors. >> 130 clients were allegedly bilked. some lost all the equity if their homes and their life savings. this while taylor lived high on the hog in this multimillion dollar mansion in north bethesda with a pool and plenty of security cameras. neither taylor nor his codefendants, which included family members and friends answered the doors of their homes. one of the victims of the alleged ponzi scheme was the hillcrest children and family center. founded by dolly madison to help children displaced by the war of 1812. invest half of their endow

operation of nato and there was a clear intention to protect people against military attacks of garfield gadhafi troops to prevent people from this to prevent and strew or boids civilian casualties and there seemed nato was very successful doing this i seen there was a clear mandate and we operated in the framework of this mandate so this was a very good operation and connects to a very good success the libya is free no and that is a good message for the people there now they have the opportunity to build up new structures and i hope democratic structures rule of law then work receive the freedom of of speech of religions of everything i think that is what we intended to do and therefore i fully agree to that what nato made a you said you're a politician and you are not american which makes it easier for me to talk to you because americans there are sure that there is only one type of democracy and work until i receive europeans no there may be variations in democracy itself a question about libya. the cruel lynching of connecting the nearest graves in the barrack action that we saw on t

securities and exchange commission has charged garfield m. taylor and his company jib ron walters anterior asset management on with is wis avenue with running a ponzi scheme. he and his company are accused of defrauding more than $27 million from approximately 130 investors. that includes churches and nonprofits that lost millions. we tried to get a response from taylor but no one responded to our knocks on the door of his million dollar home in montgomery county. >>> the ac has fallen at the university of maryland. -- the ax has fallen at the university of maryland. we know which sports programs will be cut from the roster. wisdom martin has more. >> reporter: by june, eight of maryland's 27 sports teams will no longer exist. maryland president dr. wallace loh says it was one of most painful and heart-wrenching decisions he has ever made. >> today is a day for me of enormous sadness because we will be saying good-bye to some of the member of the maryland athletic family. >> reporter: gone are all three men's track teams, men's swimming and d

the townson amnesty international reports too much it is routinely used against suspected could garfield the ists. is the red cross attaining the access to people who have been captured during the recent fighting in libya specially in such a place for example as soon as that which is which was conducted strongpoint from day one in fact we. it's to have access boss benghazi but also ensure that what makes a difference with between the i.c.r.c. a lot of other organisations we are trying to have access and discussing with all the parties yes we got that we got access to the conditions of i cannot speak about that because normally the first things we do is we speak first to the authorities made in general the concern you have and you would you express your journalists about what we call certain national people who have no passport are coming from sub-saharan africans are absolutely serious a lot of problems a lot of concern about about their fate or during during the situation and typically that's one of our priorities the tensions people detain are always all we have in their abilities so w

well after seeing what happened to margaret garfield i would hate to be in a safe. these shoes either way there will be very strong pressure on the provisional iraqi libyan government to try and have him now. what. as a terrible choice between being shot or being hanged because if we use judge him tried in libya he might end up very much in a sabbatical saying right trial where he will end up being wrong or he will end up being here one way or the other and if he is extradited to the hague the international criminal court has already said and we've seen what they've done in the cases of the from serbia of the milosevic it will not be a fair trial because the international criminal court is very much in line of of the historic nuremberg tribunal where the victors in war feel that they have the the right to judge those who are defeated in a plan b. not just as they are them now least of all in or come for the prosecutor for the international criminal court as usual of international war and against islam above because of quote in the peace and in direct quote perpetrat

in their survey they asked one person who lived in garfield county, one person who lived in cain county, one in wayne, nobody in pi ute and then went five miles by car away and asked 132 people in salt lake city. as somebody who works on the academic area, what kind of fluidity would you give to that type of survey sample? >> having not seen the actual sampling methodology, the question is clearly both vague and provides direction to the answer. we just recently completed a survey of broadband internet and attrition in utah and one of our primary concerns was if we simply try random sampling utah we are going to get a large majority from the counties of salt lake, davis and weaver and if that is the only people we asked, we can identify with the result of that survey will be. they will in fact almost all have access to high-speed internet so we had used a different sampling methodology to ensure that you got geographic representation in this sample. so that would be our approach to dealing with those potential problems. >> i appreciate that very much. those three counties are all in my

. >>> the securities and exchange commission says garfield taylor of bethesda and five others ran a ponzillion before collapsed. the sec says the defendants promised their clients' returns of up to 20% per year. >>> the postmaster general is expected to announce his plans for trying to fix the postal service' financial troubles. it lost more than $5 billion last year. the agency wants to close some post offices to cut costs. >>> president obama will sign a veteran's benefits bill into law today. the bipartisan legislations creates tax breaks for companies hiring unemployed. unemployed later tonight the president and first lady will host a star- studded country music concert at the white house as part of their "in performance" series. >>> it's the final spin around the ballroom on "dancing with the stars" tonight. ricki lake, j.r. martinez, and rob kardashian will face off for the final time. if the winner of the mirror ball troche will be announced tomorrow. you can catch all the action on abc 7. a complete wrap up on "good morning washington" tomorrow with cynne simpson. >>> time for tra

there was a little snag today, when the garfield balloon got too full and popped. >>> in charlotte south carolina they enjoyed thanksgiving with a parade. marching bands even live animals. and just like the macy's parade. this one ended with the arrival of santa claus. >>> thanksgiving is a day for parades, families and eating. but many strapped on their running shoes and took on another tradition, the turkey trot. the word of the day may be gobble, but in walnut creek some people ran off their meal first. samantha took the name to heart and ran in a turkey costume. thousands of runners turned out in san jose for the silican valley turkey trot. it featured a wheelchair race, a kid race and turkey run. organizers hope to raise half a million dollars for three santa clara charities. the second housing food want. 20,000 people registered for today's run. it's the largest crowd ever for that silican valley turkey trot. >>> an east bay community may have to pay more for water. how much it might be going up and when. >>> also new information tonight on a horrible plane crash that killed six pe

>> gary coleman meets garfield and saying what are you talking about mondays? my friend pinky carnage makes them. >> that's a great shirt. >> i am absolutely getting that shirt. >> they are having a book signing for her book

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but she was apoplectic when he realized that he couldn't control garfield. to conkling, it was his ticket back into power. >>> coming up next, book tv present "after words," an hourlong program where we invite guest hosts to interview authors. this week former u.s. secretary of state henry kissinger and his new book "on china." the diplomat who accompanied president nixon to the communist nation presents his thoughts on the history of china's relationship with the united states and its current influence on american politics and monetary policy. he shares his perspective with former nixon aide and fox news contributor monica crowley. >> host: dr. kissinger, great to see you. so nice to see you come and congratulations on your extraordinary new book, which is called quite simply "on china." and i can't think of anybody else i would rather talk to about china. china has gone over the last few decades from being an important concern for the united states to an important, urgent and primary concern for the united states and there are so many layers to the final a

the parts of the presidency that i love are those little stories, the death of president garfield atbeloved jersey shore about eight miles from where i grew up. he thought after being shot that the air on the jers shore would have a restorative power. as i find it to have around about august 1th. zachary taylor, we were so young a nation and so medically naive that, yes, it's believe head had a kind of rancid bowl of cherries and milk in the hot sun and there was no saving him. and, of course, now given medical science. but it's that nuggetry, the granular nature of our presidential history i've always enjoyed. i was 8 years old, i guess, when i wrote president johnson, having seen the iconic photo of him listening to a reel to reel tape recorder in the cabinet room alone. and he slumped his head down. i learned later that on that tape was a young marine lieutenant named charles robb who, if he wasn't already, was going to become johnson's son-in-law. that's how lyndon johnson knew a lot of what he knew about the vietnam war, were these tapes dictated by lieutenant robb. and it was t