but minnesota fats has this manager or finance sir who is sitting in a chair, george c. scott watching all of this. as the evening goes on and they are drinking and shooting pool, it is beating the devil of minnesota fats who is becoming desperate and keeps looking to george c. scott to -- what do i do and scott finally says to him stick with this kid. he is a loser. that sins everybody and they play some more. minnesota fats keeps losing. i got him. minnesota fats excuses himself and goes into the bathroom and comes out a few minutes later and is reaching for his coat they think and he smiles and put his hands out and have talcum powder rubs on his hands and looks at fast eddie and says let's play some pool and he beat the devil out of him and fastidious crushed. minnesota fats never gave up. perpetual optimism. he thought he could win and he did win and worked against eddie's weakness. as i say in the book i love that scene. many a day when i was in trouble which was a frequent occasion during my public life i had to testify before congress and face a hostile press -- [laugh

general -- the generals who won this war didn't look like the images that we see, didn't look like george c. scott. but, in fact, kind of looked like some of our grandpas around christmas sometimes. kind of rumpled. i think i'd like to close and then just open this up to questions. we can get into more detail about different things if you like, talk about battles or whatever anyone wants. i'd like to say, if you take anything away from this, don't take away from this presentation. in fact, jim defelice wrote this book about this unknown guy. don't take away that it's about time somebody did this. don't even go away with the idea that omar bradley was a lot more important than people realize. what i think you should go away with is the idea that there's a lot -- there are a lot of important stories that have to be told. go away with the idea that we always have to question our assumptions about the stories we already know and we think we already know. because frankly, facts are an important thing even if history occasionally distorts them. thank you very much. [ applause ] >> jim's ready to take qu

and minnesota fats is becoming desperate, and he keeps looking to george c. scott to get him, you know, what do i do, what do i do? and scott finally says to him, stick with this kid. he's a loser. and that kind of stuns everybody. and then they play some more. minnesota fats keeps losing. and he says, i got him, i got him. and then minnesota fats excuses himself, goes into the bathroom, comes out a few minutes later, and he's reaching for his coat, they think. and as the attendant is about to bring his coat out to him, instead of taking his coat, minnesota fats just smiles and puts his hands out and has some talcum powder poured into his hands. and then he rubs the hands, he looks at fast eddie, and he says, fast eddie, let's play some pool. and he beats the devil out of him, of course. and fast eddie is crushed. so minnesota fats never gave up, perpetual optimism. he thought they could win -- he could win, he did win, and he worked against eddie fellson's weakness. and as i say in the book, i love that scene. and many a day when i was in trouble -- which was a fr

the first celebrated incident in the movie at and i am sure you are familiar with where george c. scott watches his underling and says all your courage, always courage. very controversial moment in world war ii history. he wanted that raid to move forward. he had reporters ready to go and he didn't want to be embarrassed and pull back. that is why there was the great tug-of-war. homer bigart later covered the great push up the boot of italy. he was on the pink shed 52 months and then covered the liberation of rome. andy rooney of "stars and stripes" went on five combat raids and earned a bronze star he never told anybody about for his courageous coverage. he stood shoulder to shoulder with two other guys. they were covering the first army. he was among the first in to paris but did get his story out but he was the first correspondent on the scene when we captured the bridge over the rhine in tact. andy rooney stage we 2 weeks until the bridge fell. he was among the first american correspondents to visit the awful death camp. just an amazing world war ii career for a kid of 23 or 24. the

i'm sure you're familiar where george c. scottwashes is under thing and says kurds, always courage. it's a very controversial moments in world war ii history. the reason pat wanted to commando committee reached move forward that he had reporters ready to go and he didn't want to be embarrassed. that's why there is a great tackle more. bigger later covered a great push up the boot of italy. he was on the beachhead and see how for two minds on then covered the liberation of rome. andy rooney of stars and stripes earned a medal from going on five combat raids over the right. later earned a bronze star he never told anyone about for his courageous coverage of the great siege in normandy after d-day, where he stood shoulder to shoulder with two other guys. i read about jolie playing, all covering the first army and the amazing battle. he was among the first into paris. he didn't get his story out because extenuating circumstances, but he was the first correspondent when they captured the bridge, the great breach of the right impact of

. >> brian: george c scott played him in the movie and a successful movie. the military in his dad's foot steps. >> a lot of times, i was asked what was the pressure like to follow in your father's foot steps. moy father graduated from west point six months after his dad died . they said you will never be the man your grandfather was. >> brian: it is hard to shake but it motivated him. you say your dad had the voice of george cscott but your grandfather had a high pitched scroyce. >> he was tough. my dad had the voice he loved to are would have had. he was a towering personala in my house. >> brian: tell us about the exerts you are reading. >> it is a brief exchank >> brian:. let me read it i have better vision . old men are intent on going on the first fight. cowards are those who let the that is june 6th, your grand father to your father. >> he was having a little time on his hand and in that a great deal of advice for my dad who was busy trying to pass exam in west point. >> brian: he was a decoy . hitler said he will not be in normandy . i want to read a

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george w.. [laughter] now, michelle, if anything happens, there's your man. [laughter] >> watch the entire event online at the c-span video library. >>> back to politics, a big day in wisconsin today where republican governor scott walker and milwaukee democratic mayor tom barrett are facing off in that state's recall election. it's only the third such election in u.s. history. governor walker became the target of recall efforts just over a year ago when he signed a bill ending collective bargaining rights for public union workers. polls in wisconsin close at 9:00 tonight. here on c-span2 we'll be simulcasting live coverage of the results as well as speeches from the candidates. all that starting at 10:00 p.m. eastern. >>> a senate governmental affairs subcommittee held a hearing earlier today to examine the progress being made by government contractors in the hiring of military veterans. under federal law contractors are required to take steps to promote opportunities for qualified veterans and those receiving at least $100,000 in contracts must submit this information to the labor department. we'll show you about a 40 minute portion of this hearing starting with questioning from the chairwoman of the subcommit