one of the last troops, union troops to leave the battlefield, and he helped protect general george thomas was later became known as the rock of chickamauga. .. at one point the had to carry him by ambulance. it is obvious from some of these that when he was in the middle of some of the hardest fighting he was sick, and he was able to still lead is men. and as soon as that battle was over apparently you would collapse and that would taken to hospital where he would recover or go home to recover. wanting that i think was your significant if his career these in 1862 he was sense when he was of an indian gathering his crew he was taking them back to the battlefield and was diverted to a little town in western kentucky because the confederate general who is heading north. he was to go there and wait for the full union group to beat him with up there with just a couple hundred troops and beckham police surrounded by the confederate army. he held them off for several days here waiting for the union army it never came individual initiative surrender. he went end under a flag of truce to the confe

troops to leave the battlefield any help protect general george thomas who later became known as the rock, and he protected his troops later at the last part of the war. after that battle in the late summer of 1863, he was pretty much done with the war. he went home. he was pretty sick and he went home for the remainder of the year. when he rejoined his outfit in early 1864, it was at a very reduced capacity. i believe about halfway through the war he was pretty much done, and then he did receive a promotion to the rank of brigadier general at that time, but most of what he accomplished during the war he did as a colonel. this letter he writes from the camp in kentucky in january 18, 1862. he writes, my dear wife, i have not been with you for quite some time but i've been sick with pneumonia. not quite able to duty, expect to be able by monday to resume work. we are laying still here, and no prospect for an advance on the enemy. our men are about half that for duty. this is the unhealthiest camp i have ever seen. western virginia, no comparison to it. you see a soldier and an officer

instrumental in the battle across the bottle border into georgia and he helped protect general george thomas who later became now known and he protected the troops at the last part of the war. after the adelbert in the late summer at 63, he was pretty much done with the war and he went home for the remainder of the year. when he rejoined and early 1864 he was at a very reduced capacity and i believe about halfway through the war she was pretty much done and then he did receive the motion to the rank of brigadier general at that time but most of what he accomplished he did as a colonel. this letter he writes from the camden kentucky january 18th come 1862 he writes i've not written for some time as i have been quite sick with pneumonia and was taken at new year's day and not quite ready for duty but expect to be able lamb monday to resume work. we are lobbying here still and no prospect for an advance on the enemy. our men are about half fit for duty. this is the unhealthy mister kemp i have ever seen. western virginia, no comparison to us. did you see the soldier and officer riding home duri

one of the last troops to lead -- union troops to lead the battlefield, protecting general george thomas, who later became known as the rock, and he protected his troops later in the last part of the war. later in the summer of 1863, he was done with the war. he was sick. he went home for the remainder of the year. when he rejoinedded the outfit in early 1864, he was reduced, and i believe half way through the war through 1864 he was pretty much done, and then he did receive a promotion to the ranks of brigadier general at that time, but most of what he accomplished during the war, he did as a colonel. this letter he writes from the camp in kentucky in january 18, 1862, and he writes, my dear wife, i have not written you for some time as i have been plight sick with pneumonia, but taken new year's day and not yet quite able to be duet, expect to be by monday to resume work. we are lying still here, and no prospect for an advance on the enemy. our men are half fit for duty, this is the unhealthiest camp i've seen. west virginia, no comparison to it. when you see a soldier and officer writ

there were lots of references to george washington, thomas jefferson, james madison, because the recessntment power has been used by every president since george washington. but the supreme court has never really addressed how constitutional it really is. and under what circumstances. and you could tell that the court was fascinated by the case. but also a little intimidated by just the scope of the issue before it. >> the specific case you heard arguments about today involves two agencies of the u.s. government. the national labor relations board and the consumer financial protection bureau. talk a little bit about the specifics of the arguments here. >> well, the case is really rooted in the partisan warfare we're so familiar with. because particularly when it comes to the nlrb, national labor relations board, republicans in the senate didn't want to confirm anybody. so the democrats who were in charge of the senate kind of manufacture recesses. the recess power came in the 18th century when the senate would be out of session for seven, eight months at a time. >> took a long time to g

he helped to protect george thomas, who later became known as the rock of chickamauga.fter the battle of chickamauga, in the late summer of 1863, he was pretty much done with the war. he went home. he was pretty sick and he went home for the remainder of the year. when he rejoined this outfit in early 1864, it was a reduced capacity. i believe about halfway through the war, he was pretty much done. he received a promotion to the rank of brigadier general. most of what he accomplished during the war, he did as a colonel. host: make sure you tune into c-span2 at noon to catch this and all of our other check cash tender the offerings. chattanooga offerings. we have about a half hour left. we will take your comments on the president's speech yesterday. rachel is up next in california on the line for independents. did you watch the speech? caller: no. here is the thing. i want to bring up snowden. what is never mentioned about snowden -- he is a hero. he gave up the secrets that are being sold to israel. they have done nothing but squander. when they brought up -- when james

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it goes literally all the way back to our founding fathers, george washington, thomas jefferson, and so forth. what i think is differenct is the fact that we have twitter, we have this 24/seven cable news that tends to magnify the impact of this, but the fact that being pilloried in the press every day is hardly new. you can go all the way back to george washington and find the very same thing. george washington bitterly resented the fact that he was called a traitor in the media. i am the father of my country and they are calling me a traitor. i am paraphrasing, but it is nothing new. host: where do you get your restorable data from and how do you decide what to put on the website? apple rolling have an out and this and that, i want to know what every president did on each day going all the way back 3, james k.uary polk did this or calvin coolidge did that, but i always want to try and connected to the present in some way or fashion. i think it is are useful, and of all the things i do on twitter, i think it is the one thing that i think get the most reaction by far. i think people

thomas. >> it would be president george bush and barbara bush. >> we can accept that. a plane, sky diving. >> in an interview with nbc news on thursday, congressman paul ryan said he would give the u.s. a failing grade in its efforts -- >> poverty. >> thomas. >> poverty. >> eleanor you're giving him the answers. a report showed that for the first time on thursday there are now a majority of u.s. congress who are what. >> mill nars. >> black. >> millionaires. >> you're instant bonus with $464 million net worth this congressman is the wealthiest of all congressmen. >> i know. >> isa. >> he has 220 million i read somewhere. >> the assist to eleanor. 100 points. this european leader canceled most of her european plans >> merkel. >> america sl correct. in the unofficial game eleanor is cleaning out here. >> before chris christie took over the news cycle a large part of the united states was at a stand still -- >> robert gates and his new book. >> incorrect. >> i'll finish the question for eleanor and question. a large part of the united states was a at a stand still because

. >> thomas stevenson, also a student, george washington university.so would the nsa or would cyber command take over the security of our armed forces instead of, like, if the nsa was removed from military operations? >> okay. anybody else before we close the question floor? all right. ian, a brief wrap-up from each of y'all. >> so a spic

. >> thomas stevenson, also a student, george washington university. so would the nsa or would cyber command take over the security of our armed forces instead of, like, if the nsa was removed from military operations? >> okay. anybody else before we close the question floor? all right. ian, a brief wrap-up from each of y'all. >> so a specific answer to the last question. the three roles of u.s. cybercom, one is specifically to look after the security of dod networks, the other two being to support commanders and the third -- which is in some ways the most difficult and challenging -- is to defend the nation and how that engages. so cybercom has that responsibility, i think, the challenge if it were to arise would be a lot of the intelligence that cyber command needs to do its work comes from the nsa side, and splitting the two out would be highly inefficient. that inefficiency may be worthwhile in the long run, but in the short term i think the judgment is the benefits are not, do not justify that inefficiency. general sort of wrap-up comment, i think

thomas drayton. >> new jersey governor chris christie is involved in a local political scandal ruffling his image. emails suggest chris christie's top staffers were involved in closing access lanes to the george washington bridge in september, causing massive traffic delays for days. as david shuster reports, it could hurt chris christie's presidential ambitions >> emails released shows a top aide to chris christie instigated lane closures at the approach to the george washington bridge, one of the busiest in the united states, to punish a democratic mayor who refused to endorse chris christie: >> the email went to a david wildstein, a friend of chris christie's appointed to an agency overseeing bridges and tunnels: >> one month later the agency closed several lanes as part of what it called a traffic study. for several days the amount of time it took to cross the bridge stretched to four hours. in a text message about the traffic jams another chris christie aide expressed delight: >> two weeks ago chris christie insisted the lane closures had nothing to do with his office. >> because press runs around and writes about it here and nationally, i know why it is, and so do you. >> the prospect o

thomas, two-time american league mvp. some of the greats. those who lost votes, many from the steroids era, barry bonds, mark sosa and palmeiro opinion in college hoops, george upsets number 21 mizzou in overtime. tied at 63, charles mann nailing a crucial two-point shot. georgia wins that one with that. wisconsin, badgers still perfect. 16-0. they defeat illinois 95-70. they keep their school best record. >> nice. >> over to the pros. the nets stopped the golden state warriors nine-game winning streak. down to the wire. kevin garnett breaking up a pass there. the nets, 102-98. i cried. new york's jr smith was fined $50,000 for unsportsman like conduct. yeah, that thing there. >> you can't untie a guy's shoe, right? >> he did, twice. not once, but twice. in games against dallas and then detroit. smith known for off court antics, shall i say. he tweeted he does this every game. he's going to get a lot of $50,000 fines. >> the heat are karaoking for underserved youth and teens. they're singing. the event is hosted by miami's shane batie. it is $150 to be part of this. ♪ >> it's like they should pay us $150 to listen to that. >> nba players can't sing. >> colli

whether you are like thomas jefferson and ben franklin who did not believe that jesus was the christ, or you are georgeshington and many of the other founding fathers who seems to affirm that, there was a recognition that there was something really amazing about the moral example that jesus set. ,> speaking about politicians on any given sunday, you can see jimmy carter in church in georgia talking about the bible and teaching. you can go to the george walker bush time of the white house where he reportedly read something from the bible every day. jimmy carter and george w. bush don't think alike on a lot of things. how do you justify how somebody comes out on this and who do you believe? >> that is a great question. the political philosophy of christianity is much contested. when you look at the words of jesus, it doesn't seem like he is preaching a political message. there are many political ramifications but i think the problem that comes is when politicians think that they know the mind of god. there is in that a kind of pretension. there is in that a kind of hubris. i think lincoln is a very good

doubles size of the country with the stroke of a pen which with john adams or george washington had done it, a attack point, thomasut. which, by the way -- exactly. which, by the way. >> well done, jon. >> no. that is extraordinarily relevant to today because barack obama has been able to do things with a drone policy and with nsa and collecting data on reporters that would have gotten george w. bush impeached. >> no doubt about it. >> remember, republicans also reared back against republicans, right, jon? after he had shrunk a government so much they felt the government wasn't adequately building on itself and not able to protect itself. >> gene? >> i don't know if that is relevant but i wanted to talk about history! >> david gregory, do you like the broncos? >> gene? >> don't you remember the gregory interview with jefferson? >> i like brady. i think brady is going to win. >> you're going with brady? >> i got to go with brady. i think in a big game, i go with brady. >> david gregory, brady or manning? >> yeah, i go with pat. i don't bet against brady. i go niners as well. >> okay. >> manning. >> aren't you conce

george washington, james wilson. these are not people who view government as a necessary evil in the words of thomas paine.government properly limited and probably frameless central as a public good. so think what has happened is that the founders of the constitution have been is appropriated by some modern-day conservatives. they are invoked more often than red. i do think you people would go back and the debate of the american founding, the rhetoric tothis positional mindset government would be different than what we're hearing. i want to make one thing clear come i very much in favor of limited government. in the essay we explain why we are. i think there's a difference between limited government on the one hand and a kind of reflective rhetorical denigration on the other. some people are going to read this are going to say establishment republican. guest: yes they will. i'm not quite sure what that phrase means. around as hurl that an epitaph are part of the establishment themselves. actually don't think establishment, per se, is that. -- is bad. i actually think if you look through the agenda that i h

george washington can be seen most of all in their written work. washington's words were measured, dignified, the product of a cautious and deliberate mind. bolivar's beaches and correspondence remind me more of thomas jefferson. they were fiery and passionate and elegant and beautiful, represents some of the greatest writing in latin america. although much was produced in haste, on the battlefields and on the run, the prose is lyrical and stately, clever but historically grounded, electric but yet deeply why is. it is no exaggeration to say that bolivar's revolution changed the spanish language, for his words marked the dawn of a new literary age. the old dusty castilian of its time with it ornate flourishes and cumbersome in his remarkable voice and penn became another language, urgent, vibrant and young. this was a man -- bolivar was really the expectation of what latin americans are because he represented a history that really defined the continent of south america. their revolution that he thought was so different, in such contrast to the revolution that was fought here. he had to employ, when he started it was a white man's work essentially because he was a very rich man, he came from probably

george is immortalized. >> in your time in the white house i understanding you were looking at a lot of different inspirations for presidency. you've looked all the way back to thompso thomas jefferson? >> absolutely. send in essays of quotes from demosthenes from all places. >> i've read jefferson and fdr. >> honestly ronald reagan. >> ronald reagan? >> ronald reagan gave a honey of a speech. i wasn't the only speech writing to study what he did. the structure was very good. i mean he was a hollywood actor and actually quite a fine writer. and he could evoke emotion -- >> and he had fantastic writers. >> did he have fantastic writers. you could take great writers with a president who doesn't care or understand the power of his words and you don't get great stuff. you need a president for whom that's very important. >> and so what was it that president reagan did that really inspired you guys? i mean he sort of set the new standard for how to deal with the audience in the first lady's box. >> that's right. we kind of now see those heroes. >> and we saw the heroism of one of our young government employees. lenie skutnick who when he saw a woman lose her grip on the helicopt

thomas drayton, here are the top stories we are following this hour. >> thursday, new jersey politicians will hold a hearing to investigate chris christie's administration. they allegedly blocked traffic lanes on the georgethat did not support him. >> the white house came out in defence ever vice president joe biden in response to a memoire in robert gates' book. he criticised his foreign policy insects and jay carney said joe biden is a senior advisor to president obama. >> utah put

thomas drayton, here are the top stories we are following this hour. >> thursday, new jersey politicians will hold a hearing to investigate chris christie's administration. they allegedly blocked traffic lanes on the george washington bridge to punish a town that did not support him. >> the white house came out in defence ever vice president joe biden in response to a memoire in robert gates' book. he criticised his foreign policy insects and jay carney said joe biden is a senior advisor to president obama. >> utah put a hold on same-sex marriage, including those that have taken place. the gay marriage ban was declared unconstitutional last month. >> 50 years after the war on poverty, president obama said too many americans are born into lives of hardship and now promise zones will be created, focussing on edcue kags and jobs in five poor parts of the country. >> those are the headlines. "consider this" is coming up. you can get the latest news online at aljazeera.com. >> the empire strikes back at robert gates. the white house responds to his book's bomb shells. >>> also, education underfire. are minorities unfairly targeted for discipline. >>> legal pot sends the prices soaring, and why are so many pro

george washington, james wilson. these were not people who view government as a necessary evil in the words of thomas paine. they actually believed government properly limited and properly framed central as a public good. so i think what has happened is that the founders of the constitution have been is appropriated by some modern-day conservatives. they are invoked more often than are read. i do think you people would go back and the debate of the american founding, the rhetoric of this positional mindset to government would be different than what we're hearing. i want to make one thing clear . i very much in favor of limited government. in the essay we explain why we are. i think there's a difference between limited government on the one hand and a kind of reflective rhetorical denigration on the other. host: some people are going to read this are going to say establishment republican. guest: yes, they will. i'm not quite sure what that phrase means. people who hurl that around as an epitaph are part of the establishment themselves. i actually don't think establishment, per se, is bad. if it means living

thomas perez, thank you so much. >> thank >> ifill: and now for the alternate view, we turn to douglas holtz-eakin, former director of the congressional budget office under president george w. bush. he's now the president of the american action forum, a conservative think tank. so the white house says that benefits need to be increased at this emergency unemployment insurance needs to be extended. what's the argument against that? >> well, i think the first thing is to agree with the fact there's a real problem. and that the best solution would be better strategies for more rapid economic growth. and getting people jobs and increases in income. >> it really doesn't help. so i think that is the key and the president spent time on bipartisan approaches for better economic growth would be i think a more futureful path than to push on this. the second is simply to be clear about matching problems and solutions. if the problem is someone can't find a job because they don't have the skills and they need some retraining, extending emergency unemployment isn't going to solve that you need the job training programs are for the skills bills that come out of the house, sitting in t

might .ecome the final killer the extensive piece from george johnson this morning in the week in review session -- section. morning,call this thomas good morning. you, thisw are morning? host: fine, thank you. caller: i have a question for you. i see we are discussing immigration reform. immigration reform, as i understand it, is when you have away of coming in here, can get into the country illegally, let's make you legal. a kind of a pat on the back or a reward for your ingenuity. what does that say to all of the people -- people, say, like my grandfather, who came to ellis island and did it the right way? is this not a slap in the face? i heard a couple from connecticut saying something -- i was not born then, but i do not remember german soldiers goose-stepping in from new mexico, arizona, or those places. but not something like 3 million illegals just managing to get into the state and tapping onto our resources. why do we have to change the laws already in place? the original laws are fine. i think you should be doing is enforcing them. ok, thank you for the call. the president is back in washington after flying all night fr

thomas perez says historically that hasn't always been the case. >> when ronald reagan extended emergency unemployment benefits in the recession of '81, you know, the republicans in congress weren't demanding an offset. when georgedid this in 2008, that wasn't the demand. the people who are getting this money, they're not investing in some offshore bank account, they're spending it on the basic necessities of life. >> i'm joined now by congressman chris van hollen from maryland, the top democrat on the house budget committee. sir, it's great to see you. as we start out with the words of harry reid calling the house a black hole of legislation, first he's got the uphill climb of getting it passed on the senate side but do you think there's the appetite in the house to get this done? >> well, happy new year, thomas. i hope 2014 will be a better year in congress than 2013, which was certainly in the house of representatives a black hole. look, if the senate can get this passed in the senate and harry reid has made this priority number one, that will create some momentum in the house and speaker boehner, i think, will be under more pressure to do something. however, sandy levin, congressman levin and i tried before

george washington, james wilson. these are not people who view government as a necessary evil in the words of thomas paine. government properly limited and probably frameless central as a public good. so think what has happened is that the founders of the constitution have been is appropriated by some modern-day conservatives. they are invoked more often than red. i do think you people would go back and the debate of the american founding, the rhetoric tothis positional mindset government would be different than what we're hearing. i want to make one thing clear come i very much in favor of limited government. in the essay we explain why we are. i think there's a difference between limited government on the one hand and a kind of reflective rhetorical denigration on the other. some people are going to read this are going to say establishment republican. guest: yes they will. i'm not quite sure what that phrase means. around as hurl that an epitaph are part of the establishment themselves. actually don't think establishment, per se, is that. -- is bad. i actually think if you look through the agenda that i

george washington bridge last september but not everyone is buying it. one of his most vocal skeptics is barbara buono. here's what she i had to say yesterday to my colleague thomask. it's one of two things. the governor is lying or he's incompetent. my prediction is this. he will be leaving before his term is up but it won't be because he's running for president. >> author of "the swing vote: the untapped power of in pendant pendants." christina beltran who's sew yacht professor of social and cultural naps of new york university and author of "the trouble with unity." and former special assistance to george w. bush thank you all for being here. i want to come to you as jersey guy and law professor in part because we have here a clear statement from governor christie saying i had nothing to do with it but we have these fifth amendment invocations that always feel unfair because you're always able to in evoke the fifth. >> the think that i think is important here you can't say i don't feel like answering, i plead the fifth. there's got to be a possibility of a legal conviction. there is absolutely some possibility that david wildstein and whoever else pleads the f

thomas e. woods or louis fisher which c-span has also fish featured. >> host: nick, are you a fan of mark levin? [laughter] >> caller: yeah. and i'm also a fan of george washington, as he is. if you quote george washington, he said the nation which indulges toward another as an habitual hatred or an that establish wall fondness is in some ways a slave -- >> host: nick, why are you a supporter of so-called nullification? >> guest: well, i'm a supporter of nullification because i think it runs to the heart of what a constitutional republic is all about. and i think you can't have a republic and an empire too. so i think mark levin's blind spots on foreign policies and nullification really undermine what, you know, he purports to be about. and i think -- >> host: all right. we'll get an answer. just, mark -- or, nick, just a little bit more from you though. what kind of of work do you do? you say mark levin is on your raid slow on the way home. what kind of work do you do? >> caller: well, i'm struggling in this obama economy, so i have a few different part-time jobs. i work at a couple convert venues and ucla, also an inalternative with a nonprofit orga

george w. bush, nicole wallace. she was also in jail for a while. >> where are your gloves? >> they made me take mine off. >> and with us is steve rattner. the host of "way too early" thomasts. >> hi. >> the gloves, mika. >> i'm freezing. what is your excuse, thomas? >> i thought it was casual friday. >> that is the most prepared casual friday outfit i've ever seen. >> i think he should lose the jacket. you know? >> i sat my clothes out the night before. i didn't shave either. >> i think that was preplanned. >> it's not an effort look. >> he pointed this out. i sat my clothes out the night before because i sleep in them! >> usually the same ones you wore the day before. >> they are. >> we're going to work on that. >> we are all kind of off. >> i thought this was nice, you know? i'll try again. >> it's nice. i think just the sweater, lose the sweater. can we see it without the jacket? >> see it without the jacket? >> yeah. >> no. no. i will object to this. i'm not going to be objective. >> you have to teach me how to do a pocket square. >> double sticked tape. >> is it really? >> i'm going to get glasses. will you guys help me choose them? because i'm blind. they are comin

one of the last troops, union troops to leave the battlefield any help protect general george thomas who later became known as the rock, and he protected his troops later at the last part of the war. after that battle in the late summer of 1863, he was pretty much done with the war. he went home. he was pretty sick and he went home for the remainder of the year. when he rejoined his outfit in early 1864, it was at a very reduced capacity. i believe about halfway through the war he was pretty much done, and then he did receive a promotion to the rank of brigadier general at that time, but most of what he accomplished during the war he did as a colonel. this letter he writes from the camp in kentucky in january 18, 1862. he writes, my dear wife, i have no

georgia, one of the last union troops to leave the battlefield, and he helped protect general george thomas who later became known as the rock. he protected his troops later at the last part of the war. after after that battle in the late summer of 1863, he was pretty much done with the war. he went home. he was, he was pretty sick, and he went home for the remainder of the year. when he rejoined his outfit in early 1864, it was a very reduced capacity. and be i believe by halfway through the war, through 1864, he was pretty much done. and then he did receive a promotion to the rank of brigadier general at that time. but most of what he accomplished during the war he did as a colonel. this letter he writes from kentucky on january 18, 1862, and he writes: my dear wife, i have not written you for some time as i have been quite sick with pneumonia. was taken new year's day and not yet quite able for duty. expect to be able by monday to resume work. we are lying still here and no prospect for an advance on the enemy. ..