man as greenwood: it rained, hailed, snowed and froze. when i turned my face to the fire, my back would be freezing. however, by turning myself round and round, i kept myself from perishing. narrator: the boats ferry soldiers across the river about 40 at a time. there are 2,400 men in all, more than 100 horses and 18 cannon. the operation takes nearly ten hours-- far longer than expected. fischer: washington was sitting on the east bank of the delaware, the new jersey side, wrapped in his cloak against the weather and wondering should he call it off. and came very close to doing that. they were now so late that they'd be attacking in daylight, and he felt that surprise would be lost, and the operation became even more desperate. but then, he decided that to get those men into the boats and send them back again might be even more difficult than going forward, and so off they went. narrator: finally, at 3:00 in the morning, the army is in new jersey now facing a grueling, nine mile march to trenton. fleming: as they marched down the road to

angle and more than one greenwood character in the book. and in most importantly i want to devote most of our time to dealing with any questions that you have, because the book is created some controversy and i'm perfectly happy to be upfront and up front and deal with any questions or whatever. i became interested in doing this book almost immediately. i teach at ole miss and i know vickie scruggs. i know a number the people who became characters in the book. and i knew right away that there was something more to the stories and pictures that were developing. the first time that i met scruggs was in the 1990s. i was still a reporter for the "boston globe," and i was on the coasts doing a story that involves squabbles over as best as money. there were allegations that some of the money had been misspent or socked away somewhere. there were squabbles between scruggs and a couple of his former associates and really, they're just not played out and they form part of the book. importantly, i learned that dick scruggs had faced an indictment tha

he greenwood to grow apples. twenty years ago he took a trip to japan and saw shoppers were willing to pay high prices for these cherries. he thought by growing the cherries in australia where the seasons were reversed, he had a good business opportunity. >> people really looking for something like this for gift giving, to put on the christmas and new year table. >> he began with a single cherry sapling he gained from a cherry producer. here he also studied how to grow the cherries. the japanese impressed upon him the importance of covering his trees with netting to protect the fruit from birds and wind. the final product was even better than he had hoped for. as it happens tasmania's weather is perfect for growing large, sweet cherries. five years ago he began shipping his cherries to japan. he ships by air to get them there quickly. >> and they say that we are very close to the quality that comes from japanese producers. so that's very encouraging for me to hear people from japan telling that. we are already tr

. >> reporter: on this brilliant day, lee greenwood sang.atriotic song invoked his strongest passion, pride of country. he was remembered for his patriotism, optimism, game changing politics. james baker was reagan's first chief of staff. >> every single strand of ronald reagan's dna was coded with a firm conviction. and that was his belief that we americans do, indeed, have a rendezvous with destiny. >> reporter: today the culmination of a weekend of celebration by g.o.p. politicians past and present. sarah palin spoke friday night at reagan's former ranch in santa barbara. >> he was one of a kind. >> reporter: he left office in 1989, passed away in 2004, yet ronald reagan still looms large in american politics. his defining drive for limited government has made him a scourge to many democrats, to republicans an icon. his name... >> ronald reagan. >> ronald reagan. >> ronald reagan. >> reporter: ...is invoked like a mantra, a tall is man, his style and accomplishments admired even by top democrat president barack obama. >> i have embraced t

there was a book mobile that came from the nearest larger community, greenwood, south carolina. there's not really a language community nearby. and by the time i was 12 i had read, i think, every book in the book mobile, and i had two sorto of boyhood heros. i'm a little ashamed of one. l one was abraham lincoln, the other was jesse james. [laughter]mona now, i think the commonality war they both loved their mothers which all southern boys really, really do tremendously. and i thought that lincoln did really good things for poorand people, and i had heard that jesse james robbed from the rich and gave to the poor, but the more i learned about jesse james, he has no longer remainen a hero. he he basically continued to fight the civil war as a outlaw confederate.e. but, in fact, the more i studied abraham lincoln, it's rare themo more you know about someone, i a have done a lot of studying ofvi individuals, we all have our demons. lincoln had his demons. he had tremendous demons. dea but how he dealt with them and how it made him more compassionate toward others ands understood ot

he was from greenwood, mississippi.and james lee pruett, jenny pruitt came with the whole contingent of people from mississippi in the gut of the biggest cause of the whole day at the march on washington. that james lee pruett carried a sign, actually two signs. they were homemade signs and one of them said to prosecute people for trying to sign up to vote. the other side said a free boat for everybody in mississippi by 1964. for this effort, and bringing his own son, he was approached by security officials who said you're not allowed to have their time. the march on washington committee had specifically set standards for how the science that come out. fact committee united autoworkers paid for the science. they have been made and there is a group of people, the organizers had to approve every single site and carried the march from the washington monument to the lincoln memorial. and so there was reason for a security guard to approach should be pruett and say sorry, you can't carry the sign. james lee pruett was probab

he became prosperous, acquiring loans to buy property while assuming a semblance of importance in greenwood as an officer and eastland's army.