i am sure the folks in indiana are proud to have hoosiers on national television. your story is fascinating. i want to start at an unlikely place. there has been so much conversation about herman cain. those who are turned on to him like his business background and his 9-9-9 plan, the partite keep coming back to, apparently people like how he wound up where he is given where he began. he started and poverty and he did it the hard way and they're right way. it suggests that most black folks who do not succeed do not do with the same way. it is not that unusual if you succeed, whatever that means. what you make of all the conversation about his success? >> it is a story that has followed me my entire career. it is one that i have tried to downplay because there are hundreds of these cases out there. i look at my mother. there is a case of a single mom with 13 kids who figured a way to get us out of there. people are infatuated with their rags to riches component. most of my career i have fought against it and focused on what i have done in turning business around and

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. >> john avlon who hoosier favorite newspaper columnist of all-time? you have to have one. >> if i had to pick one i would probably pick jimmy breslin. >> why? >> breslin is the great and murray campton, pete hamill who will be with us later today, they can hit any pitch. they don't write in one genre. ernie cobb is the patron saint of new york columnist, a g.i. that died in battle a year after receiving a pulitzer by jimmy breslin could hit any pitch. you still with us. he recently resumed his column in the daily news but he read breslin back in the 60s and 70s and you appreciate the guise of rage, the way he can bring humor to almost any situation the way he can write about crime, civil rights, war, you know. we divided the book dramatically war, politics, sports, humor, crime, civil rights but russlyn can have all those sections. that is what the greats do. mike royko could as well. >> what kind of power did wilson -- walter lippman have? >> walter litman was the american century school of politics. he was really a great proponent of what we call th

a charismatic preacher who would take over the small town and i thought about jim jones, another hoosier and so i google's him and learned that the fbi released all the documents they found in jonestown and that no one had used those to craft the book. and so what happened was for those that don't know, after a congressman from california, which is south of here, decided to go to jonestown to investigate claims that people were being held against their will, and as he was leaving, a group of people from jonestown decided to join him the wanted out and so jim jones knew the gig was up when those people left to come back to the states they were going to tell about the conditions in jonestown. so what he did is he sick to the security guards on to this party as they were waiting of this jungle and they killed congressmen ron and i and members of the people were leaving. so the fbi then goes and -- it's a federal investigation into the congressman as the first congressman killed in the line of duty in the u.s. history -- the fbi goes in to jonestown after they cleared the body and they just

party's nomination for governor of indiana. [ cheers and applause ] there are a lot of issues facing hoosiers. i am ready to stand up and face them all. >> jimmy: great. i tell you one thing. he won't be squandering the taxpayers' money on haircuts or shampoo. some people aren't taking rupert seriously because he's rupert from "survivor," but i don't think his opponent should underestimate him. the man has been on "survivor" three times. they're running an ad that i find to be very persuasive. >> rupert boneham for governor, vote for him or he'll hug you. paid for by rupert boneham. >> yeah! >> jimmy: because he smells probably. i don't know. i've never been near him. reality stars -- i like they're running for office now. i mean i really -- one day my dream of a president snooki might become a reality. this is an odd story. one of john lennon's teeth is going up for auction in england. i guess the tooth fairy is finally cashing in, and it's a molar he gave his housekeeper as a gift. either that or he said throw this out and she didn't speak english, i don't know but she has it and she's tell

i'm from indiana, and i thought about jim jones, another hoosier, and i googled him and learned the fbi released all the documents in jonestown, and nobody had used this to craft a book. what happened was for those that don't know, after the -- a congressman from california, south of here, decided to go down to jones top to investigate claims people were held against their will. as he was leaving, a group of people from jonestown decided to join him. they wanted out, and so jim jones knew the gig was up once those people left and came back to the states, they were going to tell people about the conditions in jonestown, so what he did is stuck his security guards on the departing party as they waited at the jungle airstrip, and they killed congressman ryan and members of the people that were leaving, so the fbi then goes in, it's a federal investigation, and congressman neil ryan is the first congressman killed in the line of duty of u.s. history. fbi goes into jonestown after clearing the body, and they collect documents as evidence trying to figure out what happened? was there a con co

and i thought about jim jones, another hoosier. and so i googled him and learned that the fbi had released all of the documents that they found in jonestown and that no one had used those to craft a book. and so they -- what happened was for those that don't know, after the, a congressman from san mateo, california, which is south of here decided to go down to jonestown to investigate claims that people were being held against their will. and as he was leaving, a group of people from jonestown decided to join him. they wanted out. and so jim jones knew that the gig was up. once those people left and came back to the states, they were going to tell people about the conditions in jonestown. so what he did was he sicced his security guards on this departing party as they were waiting at this jungle airstrip, and they killed congressman ryan and members of the people that were leaving. so the fbi then goes in, it's a federal investigation. congressman leo ryan is the first congressman killed in the line of duty in u.s. history. the fbi

a woman at the maythe mayor and carry karen freeman-wilson captured 86 percent of the boat carted hoosier of states holding elections today and in garey tonight victory celebration for karen freeman-wilson >> to call it a landslide understatement karen freeman- wilson 51 year-old garey native harbored educated indeed making history tonight joined by karen freeman-wilson tonight congratulations >> thank you so much >> starting with the obvious your background politics from garey but in washington. and your to the ground on things going on in washington d.c. why come home to garey and why now? >> always been taught that when you have an expertise when you have experience you ought to share and help. and with the experience i have gained at the state and national level have always wanted to bring it back to my home town and use it to the benefit of the citizens of gary >> you have issues in garey no secret to anyone you used the word murder capital on the podium looking to rid the city of that awful thing also wanted to match and you talk about the financial problems that garey has had. can

my high school coach, i never lost a high school game and it was like a hoosiers experience for me. that's why i got into coaching. i wanted to help kids the way my coach helped me. he had a saying, we're only as good as our worst player. if you are that person, you better work your butt off. more importantly, if you know that person you better do everything in your power to help that person get better. i think that's what we need to do. we need to help these kids, these kids that are so left out there on an island. and what we have to do is to let the authorities take care of the rest. i don't want to say who should have done what or why they should have done what. it's a tragedy all the way around. clearly, the well-being of a little boy was second nature to everyone involved there. that's the travesty there. >> so let me close by asking you this, and amen to everything you just said about trying to help these kids in putting them first. because of your experience with jerry sandusky, with the penn state program and the personal pain and the search you have had to get to where you

well, the hoosiers knew it, it just the washington press corps didn't.. they've been covering newt for 30 years. they know all this stuff. you know, the freddie mac, you know, that's -- it's a $20,000, whatever it is, thousand dollar a month contract which does not make you stop in your tracks on k street in washington, d.c. it's good money but not breathtakingly out of line. one of the questions is the washington-based press corps from which all political wisdom flows, already knows that you will about newt. i think they're willing to say how he handles it, how he handles himself on the stump. and i'm not sure they're ever going to give him the benefit of the doubt. he gets an even shot here. >> i think i should be insulted by that. nonetheless, let me move on. gingrich was asked, are there any skeletons in your closet that we don't know about, and he said, who knows. not exactly, hey, i'm an open book. cnn confirmed that gingrich's group at least got over $1 million from freddie mac. well, freddie mac is the federally backed home loan corporation that

the indy hoosiers knew about it, but the washington press corps didn't.ite the opposite. they've been covering newt for 30 years. they know all this stuff. the fred yay mac -- it's a $20,000, whatever it is, $20,000 a month contract, which does not make you stop in your tracks on k street in washington, d.c., i can tell you. it's good money, but it's not breathtakingly out of line. so i think that one of the advantages that newt has is that the washington-based press corps, from whence all, you know, political wisdom sfloes, already knows all this about newt, and i think they're willing to see, you know, how he handles it, how he handles himself on the stump. and i'm not sure they're ever going to give him the benefit of the doubt, but he gets an even shot here. >> i think i should be insulted by all that, but nonetheless, let me move on and say that gingrich was asked the other day are there any skeltons in your closet that we don't know about, and he said, who knows? which isn't exactly a, hey, i'm an open book here. he did -- and cnn has confirmed that

people, not gentry, and his father made fancy gloves for the trade and also probably a small-time hoosier, bottom sold wool illegally, maybe some other things to get by. there are some -- his mother came from a farming family. actually the mother's parents were the yeoman's farmers, but the father's farmer was the tenant farmer so the father married up by marrying into the family. sir walter raleigh, these are people of modest means, modest backgrounds. >> how many kids dishis parents have? >> the parents had actually -- now i forget the actual -- partly because the kids died in the usual way rather quickly. six i think. but of those, only shakespeare's sister joan a brother richard a brother edmund, brother gilbert survived, four of them. eight actually if you do the count, i'm sorry. >> and what's the first document you can find in his life that still lives? >> a perfectly good document which is a christening record, so he know he was christened. the birth date, april 23rd birthday is just a convention because he was kristened fly days later and that's the usual -- it's usually a three-

and hoosiers want action on jobs. the president is traveling around the country talking about his legislation. he says that the american people can't wait to take actions on jobs. let me just say i i couldn't agree more. the good news is house republicans have a plan and house republicans have taken action. since the first of this year house republicans have passed no more than -- no less, rather, than 15 different pieces of legislation to create jobs in america. these are commonsense, bipartisan bills that have passed the house of representatives and are now languishing in the senate. we call them the forgotten 15. among the forgotten 15 there will be legislation to increase domestic energy production, reduce the harmful federal regulatory burden on jobs, help unemployed veterans and the rest. i urge my colleagues in the other body to take action on the forgotten 15. we can't wait. let's take the measures necessary to put americans back to work. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purp

even though the university of indiana hasn't won very many games in the last few years - the hoosiers "on fire" on the recruiting trail. indiana has secured another top player in the class of 2012 in point guard yogi ferrell of indianapolis. ferrell is a "prototypical" point guard who led park tudor high school to the state championship last year. we'll have more on ferrell in an upcoming episode. here's a look at the top five in the midwest. let's keep it in the midwest - and move to chicago. we take a break to tell you about the top girls player in the nation... skokie, illinois proclaims itself as a village - but - honestly - it's a suburb to one of america's largest cities. skokie is just a quick train ride on the "skokie shuttle" away from downtown chicago. and - like chicago - sports are a big part of what makes skokie go. niles west high school in skokie is the alma mater of steelers' running back rashard mendenhall. and now - it's home to one of the best girls basketball players in the nation. this is what it takes to be the best two guard in the country..jewell loyd's work et

over the last 20 years, indiana has had a unique experience under our own sense of privacy among hoosierswe had an autodialer statute which prevented the use of the technology since 1988, well before it was seen as a problem. we had a do not call statute in 2001 that does not allow the exemption of prior business relationships. unlike the experience of the congressman from texas who says he will not answer the home phone, in indiana, you can still answer your phone because it will not be a telemarketer. we had a do not fax statute in 2006. this past legislative session, we allowed for cell phones to be added to our do not call list. we now have over 2 million lines registered on our do not call statute. this past session, after that general assembly allowed cell phones, we had 189,000 and immediately with a very short time sign up for the do not call myself phone. -- do not call my cell phone. the autodialer is where we have the biggest problem. in indiana, if you get a rowboat call, it is a scam and everybody knows because it is prohibited. it is the one state where you ask the members o