nobody has mentioned refugees or the holocaust. what sort of advice was fdr receiving on these issues? who would like to start with that? >> well, i'll jump in on that first. again, roosevelt was receiving a good deal of conflicting advice, and thanks to the publication, for example, of the mcdonald diaries which recently came out, we can see much more i wantimat how much the refugee crisis was on roosevelt's mind. but he is going to be receiving a good deal of conflicting advice. i also think it's important to remember that the america that roosevelt was elected into was a very anti-semitic and racist society that engaged in jim crow laws in the south and so forth and some of that has been allude to today. so he faced a considerable challenge and so did eleanor for that matter in trying to forward a more progressive thinking on some of these issues. but by what we do see, for example, in the mcdonald diaries is that he returns to this question again and again. he sets up the president's commission on refugees that mcdonald headed

nobody knew if he was a holocaust survivor.ryone was lored by this man who could get up and sing this song when he was a survivor, everybody was breaking out in tears and was amazing and the next piece i had to get up and sing. what an act to follow. i will go with the piece i was going to sing anyway. this is a gypsy song. [laughter]. free to love and -- [laughter]. i'm thinking this guy is going to walk out of the room and never like me ever again. he doesn't know me but he is going to hate me and remember me as the girl when totally ruinned the moment. [laughter]. i go and you will hear in a minute after this song and he's crying. he's like crying so much that i almost was going to stop but i didn't stop. at the end me got up and everyone was silent and he said, when i was in the concentration camp the only reason i survived is because a gypsy girl came and she would sneak me food in her apron everyday. and i was in love with her. that was the only way i got through. and he said that i looked just like her. [laughter]. worke

. >> bret: any more news about the robo call about holocaust victims?> well, if there's a mention of holocaust victims saying they were denied kosher food as a consequence and the gingrich campaign says that in fact, the content of that robo call did not go through the normal vetting process and we shouldn't expect there to be holocaust references in any other future gingrich advertising. as for the campaigns, all of them tonight. there isn't much question as to whether or not mitt romney will win, even in the gingrich and santorum camps, the question is how much they'll win. >> bret: thank you, floridians were able to vote early all last week, what were the late arrivals thinking today? >> phil keating asked that of several of them. >> and even before the sun rose in florida on primary day. about a third of the state had voted early. and those who remained on the fence until the last day, lined up on the way to work, finally committed. >> we're beating the heck out of each other, and the guy i voted for wasn't really. >> rick santorum. >> yeah, in flor

international holocaust day. the day has been marked since 1996. >> it was a frail figure took center stage in friday's commemoration. age 91, he is one of germany's most influential literary critics. as a young man, he was deported to the warsaw ghetto. he managed to flee, but his parents were murdered in a concentration camp, and his brother was executed in another. >> the nazis spoke of the resettlement of the jews. that was a euphemism. it was an expulsion. it was the expulsion of jews from warsaw. it had one purpose only and one objective -- to kill them. >> such words are a reminder to today's politicians of the lessons of the past. those lessons are as important as ever as the president of the parliament stressed. >> in the last few days, we receive a final report of an inquiry launched in 2008 and to anti-semitism in germany. it found latent anti-semitism in 20% of the population. for germany, that is precisely 20% to much. >> he has always maintained that the power of storytelling was key to his own surv

i met with representatives of the holocaust education trust yesterday, and met with a holocaust survivor whose story was truly inspiring about what he had seen and gone through as a young boy and then coming to britain and becoming an olympic and commonwealth contended that it was a fantastic story. we need to make sure that these stories are told in all of our schools right across the country. that's the work of the holocaust education trust and its work i strongly support. >> i wonder if the premise is aware it will take all of lancashire average household income after tax -- [inaudible] while my constituents want a fair deal, they also want a fair deal for those who work -- [inaudible] [shouting] >> i think the honorable gentleman speaks for many people. when we say that the proposal for a cap on benefits of 26,000 pounds is fair. it is a capital allows people to receive 500 pounds a day, and his constituents and many, we come and his constituents and many others constituents ask themselves got is that right that my hard earned taxes when i'm earning less than that money is going to s

i met with representatives of the holocaust education trust yesterday, and met with a holocaust survivor whose story was truly inspiring about what he had seen and gone through as a young boy and then coming to britain and becoming an olympic and commonwealth contended that it was a fantastic story. we need to make sure that these stories are told in all of our schools right across the country. that's the work of the holocaust education trust and its work i strongly support. >> i wonder if the premise is aware it will take all of lancashire average household income after tax -- [inaudible] while my constituents want a fair deal, they also want a fair deal for those who work -- [inaudible] [shouting] >> i think the honorable gentleman speaks for many people. when we say that the proposal for a cap on benefits of 26,000 pounds is fair. it is a capital allows people to receive 500 pounds a day, and his constituents and many, we come and his constituents and many others constituents ask themselves got is that right that my hard earned taxes when i'm earning less than that money is going to s

did i fall in love with the people i felt their story needed to be told. >> the backdrop of the holocausteum is not a coincidence. >> i looked into the exhibit. it is hard not to be a emotional. it is fitting. it is very fitting. >> the major stars were also in tow, all bosnian as jolie wanted to keep the film as of that as possible. >> the lead actress has taken a shine to our city. >> it is quite a lovely city. we are enjoying it. >> the movie is already receiving critical acclaim. it has been nominated for a golden globe. live in southwest washington, abc 7 news. >> 7 is on your side with a reason to be concerned if you enjoy a glass of orange juice in the morning. the price of futures by today to the highest level in 35 years. investors were reacting to the idea that u.s. government may ban the brazilian oranges. the past killer came from brazil where it is legal. brazil produces more oranges than any other country. >> from o.j. in the morning to humiliation in the afternoon. the at -- the impact of tim tebow fever hit its but what again. the pittsburgh mayor donned a tebow jersey and

we were at the holocaust museum. >> tinseltown to to the district as the red carpet was hauled out fora film written and directed by joie. >> i was 17 when it started and i felt i should know more. i was ashamed of how little i knew. >> that conflict that showcases for directorial debut is about the bosnia war. it tells the story of a bosnian woman and a serbian soldier who tried to protect her. it was during her travels with the united nations that she took note of the horrors that unfolded. >> not only did i see the people, but i felt that that their story needed to be told. >> at the holocaust museum -- the screening. >> not a coincidence. >> it is hard not to be moved and emotional about it. it is sitting. >> the film's major stars were also in tow. with the lead actress lighting up the silver screen, she has taken a shine to our city. >> i love it. it's quite a lovely city. we are enjoying it. >> nice to have them here. sunday's loss to the broncos was not enough. the steelers had it put in their faces by their own mayor. >> who can forget how the steelers lost the game in overtim

suddenly i thought i heard him say that the morality of the death tax was like the morality of the holocaust i thought whoa, did he they that? did i juster that? did that happen. >> stephen: that's a wakeup call. >> it's a wakeup call and so i actually said to him, excuse me, did you actually compare the holocaust to the estate tax? >> stephen: and he said? >> he said "no, i compared the morality of the death tax..." >> stephen: i'm not saying we're actually killing jews but it's very similar. (laughter) >> millions of lives, millions of dollars. >> stephen: exactly. exactly. they both have faces on them. (laughter) he's got a point. he's got a point. you went after pretty hard and heavy my dear friend papa bear bill bill o'reilly. (laughter) you attacked him in an interview. >> i didn't. >> you attacked him. >> he says i attacked him. >> stephen: no you attacked him. >> he says the interview was 40 minutes of defamation. it was a 40 minute interview. he terminate it had interview at the end of 40 minutes but what really happened was i asked him a few challenging questions at the end and it

>> it's the elimination what's now called the holocaust, which@ was then the genocide against the jewsere something else about the german psyche, the german temrament? is it because he experienced what, a extremely disciplined >> i mean, i rely don't think -- >> d e holocaust. >> his childhood was a rather pleasan$ one. he does say of cour there was a peculiar antisemitism in the -- that this didn't bother him i really think that he's seeing that is the period of the eing nazi rule that colete disenchanted him. >> on the marketing of the genius einstein, he sets the stage himself for the commercialization of his image when he bequeathed his papers to the hebrew university of jerusalem because the hebrew university of jerusalem now licensing agency run s attorney robert richmond to sell the rights to the use of einstein'simage. the proceeds go to the university. am i right on that? >> yes. >> now, despite the fact that einstein himself had this to say about commercial endorsements. "it is -- is it not a sad meantair commentary onthe commercialition and i must add the corruption of our t

holocaust survivors. i was one of the two people who were jewish to become a policeman. my father could not stand the fact that i would do that. but i had certain values that i carried with me that i came from him, gained from my history, my background, my culture, as others have. and i do not expect anything less from other people than i do of myself. i expect my officers -- and i had it in writing -- i am no longer a cheap. i retired after 35 years and it has been 10 years since then, but i suspect every department has something in their rules and regulations that directs -- and we will talk about it in a while -- but directs officers if they see misconduct that that misconduct will be stopped and the officers of starvations -- the officers observations reported immediately to the chief of police. [applause] >> ms. wu, when your department, the district attorney's office discovers an office -- an officer has been untruthful or is abusing power, do you have a policy in place for reporting this? or is the

angelina jolie and husband brad pitt came to a special screening at the holocaust museum in the land of blood and honey. jolie's first attempt at writing and directing a major film. >> i would prefer to direct. >> reporter: the two hour movie explores the effect of the bosnian war. >> i was trying to make sure i was striking the balance between all sides. >> reporter: jolie says it was a difficult film to make because of the difficult subject matter, but a film she was proud to make to shed light on the effect of the bosnian war on the people. >> not only did i fall in love with the people and the place, but i felt that their str re needed to be -- story needed to be told. >> reporter: in the land of blood and honey opens this friday. anita. >> i can't wait to see it. thanks, matt. >>> there is a social media asking mattel to make a bald barbie. it would help girls battling cancer. there has also been criticism, especially moms that think cancer is a tough subject to talk about with children. locate me know what you think. >>> -- let me know what you think. >>> do you eat because you

is no comparing iran with hitler it's this honest to the loss of millions of jews who is not is a holocaust and is going to sort of those who are your lawyer this is you have to learn to organise one pro israel again i fear going to quiet so he can least do it is this use of comparison he has been they have been used in israeli government by bibi netanyahu when the individuals like you are with other guest this is wrong this is discrediting all those jews that died in world war two and it's comparing something that is really not comparable he has said negative things about israel and i think going back to what your guest from london said once you go and criticize israel especially the regime then the wrath of the united states will come upon you with all its tools covert all over it sanctions and that's what the problem is that's what the difference between iran and those other countries are none of them have criticized israel and that's the price you pay now i'm not saying good or bad this is the decision that they don't and government has made that is the price you pay because you get at

going to be wiped off the bat that's not criticizing theirs i don't want to shout has denied the holocaust is that pointing terrorist group problems or as you know who are liable he was not in charge like that governor and gentlemen gentlemen i have no i don't i'm joking here trying to jump in now ok let me say let me if i can go to you in london one of the things that's interesting is the i.m.f. is estimated that if this oil gambit is played out what the european union wants to do and what iran will do in retaliation or even before is that we could see as a thirty percent oil increase in the price of oil going up and i mean in these troubled times is it really worthwhile to do that when we have the eurozone that is tipping into recession obama's chances of pulling off a reelection if the price of gasoline goes up again i mean isn't this a really playing for playing with fire at a very bad time. no it was not a war of playing with fire thought and it was a simple symbolic political decision to stop importing iranian oil it will have no effect on iran on the contrary it will have effect on

she hated, of course, the holocaust. she raged against hitler in what he was doing and so we hear almost nothing about sterilization from sanger after world war ii. >> my second question, i read somewhere that sanger had recommended for poor women to use rancid butter for spermacide is that true. >> i don't want to be crude, but the things women were putting up in their vaginas to prevent pregnancy are truly shocking. i would criticize sanger not so much for what is this rancid butter but for lisole which is -- but that was the spermacide of the day. these people are working in a paradigm of spermacide and diaphragms until sanger figures out because she is in touch with study that she's gotten credit for this support of gregory pinkus who is a defrocked pervert biologist who had moved his lab out to worcester. is there a hand in there? >> i just wonder what your comment was on a article i read in the "new york times" section in which they are now blaming the pill for prostate cancer. >> i think you can talk more about --

she hated the holocaust, she raged against hitler and what he was doing. we hear almost nothing about sterilization from sanger after world war ii. >> i read somewhere that sanger recommended for poor women to use rancid butter as a spermicide. is that true? >> i don't want to be crude. the things that women were putting up their vaginas to prevent pregnancy are truly shocking. i would criticize sanger not so much -- rancid butter? for lysol. that was the spermicide of the day. these people are working in a paradigm of spermicides,. s, diaphragms for years until sanger figures out because she is in touch with endocrinologist that hormonal contraception is a possibility and she deserves i think more credit than she has gotten for this support of gregory pinkus who is a defrocked harvard biology -- biologist who had moved his lack of to worcester. hand in there? >> i wonder what your comment was on an article i read in the new york times by a section in which -- the cure for prostate cancer? >> you can talk more about -- the pill has been blamed incorrectly

hedges, some people now say the holocaust is a lie. at the time, at least, some people had the excuse of saying they didn't know because there was no television and internet and stuff like that. now with what's going on in syria, you can see the torture and the atrocities and all that kind of thing, and the peaceful protesters, they're carrying signs that say, i guess it comes primarily from the holocaust, all it takes, um, is for good people to do nothing and evil people will triumph or whatever exactly it is. um, i don't know exactly what you should do, but when you see, um, some of this atrocious stuff coming out of syria in particular and some of these other arab nations going on now, don't you think we should be -- i mean, i'm not talking as some, um, trigger-happy armchair warrior or anything. i was against the iraq war -- >> host: what's your question? >> caller: don't you think there's something more we could be doing, um, in situations like syria now? >> guest: well, i supported the intervention in bosnia. i was much more skep

. >> tell me about the partnership with the holocaust museum. how did that come about?well, we showed this film to many different people. it's funny, some films, you showed critics -- people who are survivors of war, or people who work on these issues and different centers for peace and reconciliation. or women's groups. the museum of holocaust, and we were fortunate, they all felt connected to the themes of the film. and they support the way it's told. >> we'll have more of our interview with angelina jolie tonight at news 4 at 11:00. >>> coming up at 11:00, we'll be live in new hampshire. the new effort to free bradley manning that could distract thousands of drivers in our area. >>> sharpshooters in rock creek park will explain a new proposal that has a lot of people upset. >>> i had to cancel that interview, thanks for stepping in and doing that for me. >> she asked for you. >> we go way back. >> had a lot of volunteers wanting to help on that interview. >> i'm sure you did. as far as the weather is concerned, looking nice for maybe thursday, and really probably the

they unveiled a new poster showing the clock 5 minutes from the midnight scenario of nuclear holocaust. that is one manipulate later than the last one updated. it includes japanese nuclear power plant meltdown. >>> a push for the new look for barbie, how it could help young girls battling with their identification. . >>> welcome back time now 5:54 a new barbie doll is gaining support. they are looking to create a beautiful and bald barbie doll so little girls fighting cancer might feel better if there is a doll that looks like them. if they do make the doll they believe some of the sales should be given to help fight cancer. >>> a metal pipe smashed right through his windshield. take a look at this, this is the after math of yesterday's accident. it appears the pipe fell off another vehicle and smashed through the windshield of that car 45 miles per hour just barely missing the driver. >> i was in shock and all i could stair at was the bottom of the pipe. >> now the pipe was actually stopped by the steering wheel and the driver was treated at the hospital for some minor injuries but ot

where do they fit in this strategic -- >> hitler, of course, ultimately engaged in the holocaust. that was not, of course, known until much later. so, in 1938 and '39, when her abort hoover is writing about the nazi oppression of the jews, he denounces it and is outraged by it, went on the radio denouncing it and gave support to a law that would have permitted german jewish children to immigrate to the united states. >> didn't he cooperate with the president of harvard in actually raising funds to bring german academics to this country, german jewish academics? >> so hoover had no use for thionates si regime. he argued it would contain the seeds of its own destruction ultimately, and his view was that the two great evil dictators, adolph hitler, and joseph stalin, were bound sooner or later to clash, particularly because of the aggressive urge already expressed on the part of adolph hitler. so it is believed if they did in the vastier rain of eastern europe, that both side would waning each other and it was best for the british and the french and the united states to encourage tha

holocaust memorial museum.ll thomas sat down with the actress who is breaking ground in this movie on a couple of different levels. >> she is no stranger to movie making, but this is her first attempt at directing and writing and the story centers around the bosnian war in the 1990s. >> heavy subject matter. >> very heavy subject mart, but we could end of lighten things up -- matter, but we kind of lighten things up at the end of the interview and talk about the worldwide web. >> i wanted to do a story on bosnia because i felt a responsibility to learn more. >> am i a prisoner? >> you're not the person -- am i a prisoner? >> you're not the person that i want to be here. reporter: angelina jolie didn't just want to learn about the bosnian war, she wanted to teach the world what happened. was there one particular moment that just made it click i need to create a project and tell this story? >> i had a script that i wrote really kind of a meditation for myself. i was never planning on showing anybody and i was sit

holocaust survivors, who for the first time were forced to eat nonkoe nonkosher because romney thought $5 was too much to pay for our grandparents to eat. >> that's how nasty it's gotten down here. it's become a tiger cage. a torture chamber by negative attacks. they are spending tens of millions of dollars on nasty messages. will the tea party people out in the country see the romney assault on gingrich as the torches we have never seen before. a bat toll overthrow the establishment and replace it with a tea-party driven policy. the opening in the war against the republican elite. his brazen assault on the middle class. with me in miami are john hol man and howard fine mman. both are political analysts. howard, let's talk about the realities of this race. the strange use of anything but the kitchen sink. this is personal. >> it's very personal. it's different from before in it's the candidates themselves often and it's the level of the the attacks. much deeper. began in iowa. "the huffington post" reported about the row bow calls that the gingrich campaign put up accusing mitt romney

. >> reporter: more than 30 million people have walked through the doors of the holocaust museum since it opened but few have received the attention as last night. angelina jolie and husband brad pitt came to a special screening at the holocaust museum of "in the land of blood and honey." , an lone that's first attempt -- angelina's first attempt at directing. a story about a serb and muslim involved romanceically. jolie said it was a difficult film to make because of the extreme emotional subject matter but a film she was proud to make to shed light on the devastating effect of the bosnian war on the bosnian people. >> not only did i fall in love with the people and the place but i also felt that, you know, that their story needed to be told on a bigger level. >> reporter: "in the land of blood and honey" opens in washington this friday at the e street cinema. >>> in recent appearances including last night, scwolly's partner brad pitt has been spotted using a cane. the actress explains that he slipped on a hill while carrying their daughter vivian and injured his knee making sure she

designated international holocaust remembrance day. every u.n. state is obliged to honor those victims and prevent future genocide. >>> new tools will be unveiled to help professionals recognize stalking carried out using technology. >>> and happy birthday to actress bridget fonda, who turns 48. all day long, you can stay on top of those developments as they break on nbc. tonight, be sure to watch brian williams on "nbc nightly news.n" on the "today" show, a colorado teenager shares a remarkable survivor story after losing her legs in a train hopping accident. and chelsea handler opens up to jenna bush hager in a revealing interview. now keep it on this channel for continuing news, weather, sports, and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today." just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a good one. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

this happened again and meaning jews killed in the holocaust. enter the primary season, the north carolina primary, any overtur the white house makes towards israel is likely seen to be catering to the vote. >> live in jerusalem, thank you, very much. jamie. >> jamie: and all over south carolina, we've got our folks on the ground keeping an eye on everything and they're across the state to keep you informed. and this is in carl's car. carl cameron, campaign carl is it on the road under some nasty conditions, but he's going to get where he needs to go and he will bring, as will our others in the teams, more live coverage throughout today, and don't miss tonight. >> that's a nifty little camera there. [ male annouer ] juice drink too watery? ♪ feel the power my young friend. mmm! [ male announcer ] for unsurpassed fru and veggie nutrition... v8 v-fusion. could've had a v8. >> welcome back everybody, it's a record that he we shouldn't be so proud of. a 30-year record, but it's now been shattered. the rise in obesity rates in this country appears to

but what was terrible was finding out that three out of my grandparents had died in the holocaust. and finding out more about the circumstances of it and finding out in a way that was devastating on a day that i thought would be the happiest day of my life, which was the day that the president had the state of the union message, and it was the first time in american history that a woman would lead the cabinet into the house chamber. and the headlines of that morning had basically made it sound as if i were a complete criminal and had lied about my background, which i hadn't. so there was this whole mixture of feelings about feeling desperately awful about my parents and my grandparents and very proud of being secretary of state and i tried to describe that as honestly as i possibly can. i went to prague as soon as i could and went to a place called the pinka synagogue, which maybe some have visited. and they have all the names of the people that died, the czech jews that had died, and i had -- when i had been to prague previously, the synagogue was under construction. so i did not

the adelsons gave a record $25 million to the yad vashem holocaust center in jerusalem and are longtime supporters of prime minister benjamin netanyahu. in 1995, friends say, adelson and then-speaker gingrich, first bonded over their shared view of israel. adelson was asking congress to move the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem, a move considered inflamatory to arabs. three presidents have called the move harmful for peace but it's the first thing gingrich would do as president. >> there will be an executive order about two hours after the inaugural address. we will send the embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem as of that day. >> reporter: gingrich has also played down the palestinian claim to statehood by dismissing their legitimacy as a people. >> we've had an invented palestinian people who in fact are arabs. >> reporter: a close adelson friend told cbs news sheldon loved it, but is his $10 million gift a form of payment for gingrich's world view? adelson declined our request for an interview but in his statement described his motivation as loyalty. george harris, a former emplo