. >> go back to the ambassador graham martin. what part did he play in this?> so graham martin was the ambassador, and he was really the gatekeeper, in some sense. and he had the ability to green light the evacuation plan. the evacuation plan is created by the military but the ability to approve it and to put it in motion is really left in the hands of the ambassador. graham martin had lost a son in the vietnam war. he was very dedicated to preserving south vietnam. he didn't want to see us walk away from south vietnam. and i think, largely, for those reasons, he was resistant to putting an evacuation plan into place and green lighting it when everybody, most people, both on the ground and, to some degree in washington, realized that south vietnam was going to fall and that it was inevitable. >> frank snepp, former cia agent, and very controversial, was sued by our own government. why did you pick him as a spokesman? >> well, we were really committed to finding people who were on the ground who had -- who were, you know, in the embassy, who were in saigon at t

malcolm x is brilliant at borrowing from billy graham. martino this virile, masculine preacher his big flaw is that he was a womanizer. this hymn, this poem becomes a masculine song, even though its origins were feminine. at a time when julia ward howe is forgotten. aside from battle -- elaine showalter, one of the great literary scholars of princeton is now doing a full book on julia ward howe, solely as a poet, making the case that her poetry in general will stand up to any poet in the 19th century, one of the great poets in the english language. and there is a whitening, you can sense. this song has its roots in african american culture. its race is forgotten. it is indelibly yoked to "john brown's body." that is forgotten and erased. many whites do not recognize that it has remained a powerful african-american hymn, not just in civil rights. a friend of mine, the scholar richard fox, who published a book on lincoln's assassination -- he is at university of south carolina and has family in boston. he told me a great story. he was flying nonst

whitehouse of rhode island and martin heinrich of new mexico, are also expected to promote climate change them immense during the keystone debate, and senator lindsey graham, who is openly spoken of the climate change that, says he might introduce a resolution of his own. on the republican side, senator ted cruz of texas who is wrigley mentioned as a possible candidate next year, is expected to offer amendments of his own that would speed approval of export permits for the quick natural gas." -- liquid natural gas." that is taking place this week and next week, possibly on the senate floor, as they debate the keystone xl pipeline. yesterday they approved the pipeline -- they approved of procedural motion to start debate over the keystone xl pipeline in the senate. they got 63 votes, democrats joining them for that. the debate has begun on the senate floor and tune into c-span2 for that. ryan in a new mexico, democratic caller. caller: good one. good morning, thank you. i am a democrat. however, i was very disappointed in the president and i did vote for mitt romney. that is one of the pleasures of living in a republic could you don't have to vote for your