his name was horatio gates. horatio gates was not a man much troubled by principle or loyalty. earlier in the war he had distinguished himself as the commander of the american army at the battle of saratoga, the great victor of saratoga where he had defeated general burgoyne. but we sometimes forget about that year, 1777, called by the british by the way the year of the hangman for the three sevens being a gallows. we forget that in that same year that we were celebrating saratoga and the accomplishments of general gates, general washington retreated from brandywine, germantown, and lost philadelphia. washington's reputation was sinking fast, and there were those in the congress, samuel adams and others, new englanders in particular, that thought gates might make a better commander than general washington. there were rumors, maybe not a plot, that's a little much, but certainly there are plans being made to replace gates, take him into washington's position, and washington knew this, of course. later general gates was given command of the army in the south and there in the sout

news of horatio gates' victory at saratoga lit the fuse on long moldering dissatisfactions as washington faced a rebellion named for thomas conway, a hot-headed irishman agitating for his own promotion. after conway tattled to congress of the general's shortcomings, meddling lawmakers proposed to install him, conway, atop a new board of war, charged with overall supervision of the war effort. this backdoor attempt to elicit washington's resignation came to grief when an indiscrete aide exposed conway's scheme and gates' apparent acquiescence of the campaign to replace the commander in chief. conway overplayed his hand, washington let silence speak volumes. he was a master of silence. in the end, writes ron chernow, quote, it was perhaps less his military skills than his character that eclipsed all competitors. his political instincts didn't hurt. hungry as his army was, washington refused to seize provisions at the point of a bayonet. his deference to the people's representatives did not blind him to human weakness or shifting loyalties. it was all very well to talk of patriotism," he wr

prevented the emotionally bruised warrior from accepting an overture from north carolina governor horatio sharp who wanted washington against the french strong holds in the ohio valley. on october 23, having learned he can expect no title higher than captain, in the newly commissioned army, then taking shape, commission. two months later he was at mount vernon which he had rented from his brother's widow since remarried. that gloomy winter, washington spent more time than usual socializing with his fairfax neighbors. i know what you're thinking, at last we get to the good stuff. sally fairfax, was she or wasn't she? did they or didn't they? opinion varies widely. to james thomas flexner, sally was the most passionate love of his life. and though he acknowledges, that quote, the exact nature of their relationship cannot be defined. john furly wrote of young washington's quote infatuation with sally. washington's persistent attempts to draw her into a correspondence went beyond what he calls quote, a mere schoolboy crush. clearly, washington had carefully chosen words a much more active int

(beep) this is lieutenant horatio caine. i need immediate assistance at 8238 knudson lane.de. send ambulance, send backup. immediate assistance. (siren wailing) (sighs) dispatcher: south units, south units. 10-146. possible suicide attempt in progress. 8238 knudson lane. toring stables. ambulance en route. (panting) (panting) (loud panting) (siren blaring, engine revving) (tires screeching) oh, no. elle! elle. elle! elle! (groans) (panting) oh, god, no. no! breathe. breathe. (coughs, wheezes) elle! breathe, sweetie. breathe... (coughing) breathe. breathe. hang on, elle! help is coming. emts: we need oxygen here. how are the vitals? 160 over 110. (indistinct voices) hi. i, um... (sighs) thank you. of course. hey, uh... (sighs) i wanted so badly to be someone else, and, um... then i-i just wanted it to end. elle, you've given these girls ten years of your life. that's enough. (sighs) how do i start over? you choose a new road. a new road. captioning sponsored by cbs c.s.i. productions and toyota. hey, heard any updates on the game? i think it's final seconds, ohh, down by two

and then to show how complicated this became, the governor of new york, a democrat named horatio ordered he be put on trial for trespass, kidnapping, and inciting to riot. the poor judge who heard the case didn't quite know what to make of it. he sort of issued a half hearted ruling saying the suspension was in part unconstitutional and general dix is subject to indictment. in a general can close down the newspaper, they could indict the general, but they didn't indict the general. nothing really happened. the world case remains something of a mystery, but it was one case in which lincoln himself is known to have signed that document that indicated he believed the line had been crossed separating press freedom from criminality and treason. now i realize i've offered an avalanche of evidence here and i don't want to convict abraham lincoln, especially to this distinguished audience of judges. so let me suggest here that in my own view, lincoln deserves to be judged not only by what happened but what didn't happen next. just weeks after the world's case, he was renominated for a second ter

(beep) this is lieutenant horatio caine. i need immediate assistance at 8238 knudson lane.de. send ambulance, send backup. immediate assistance. (siren wailing) (sighs) dispatcher: south units, south units. 10-146. possible suicide attempt in progress. 8238 knudson lane. toring stables. ambulance en route. (panting) (panting) (loud panting) (siren blaring, engine revving) (tires screeching) oh, no. elle! elle. elle! elle! (groans) (panting) oh, god, no. no! breathe. breathe. (coughs, wheezes) elle! breathe, sweetie. breathe... (coughing) breathe. breathe. hang on, elle! help is coming. emts: we need oxygen here. how are the vitals? 160 over 110. (indistinct voices) hi. i, um... (sighs) thank you. of course. hey, uh... (sighs) i wanted so badly to be someone else, and, um... then i-i just wanted it to end. elle, you've given these girls ten years of your life. that's enough. (sighs) how do i start over? you choose a new road. a new road. captioning sponsored by cbs c.s.i. productions and toyota. >> just ahead. the female passenger is dead. still looking for the driver. >>> a

in white's day, even a horse can be called the horatio alger of the turf. the horse that came from nothing on his own but a courage and a will to win. for byron white the bromance of the sports pages, at least when they capitalized on him, contradicted every reflex and conviction that he had developed as a young man in wellington. he was naturally reticent, genuinely modest and worked hard to support his family and to improve himself. he sought no recognition, shied when it came, and deflected sustained attention. fame in college so soon and so quickly set him apart, made his achievements anticipated and applauded and forced him to live up to a reputation he did not like, did not want, and could not shake. wellington was a tightly knit hamlet where everyone was in hard times and the outlook was so stark that they all had to pull together. one of his childhood friends reported in a local oral history, in the winter, the eastern sky was cold and bleak and empty and sometimes you wondered if you'd already died. white later told a journalist, i suppose you coul

[ laughter ] >> oh, cause you have -- remember we did that sketch, and horatio would go "vagina?"al up in the air. commissioner gordon, i'll be there, me and robin, we fighting crime right now. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: before you go, do you have any predictions for the super bowl? patriots or giants? [ cheers ] >> oh, come on. that -- that -- i am a giant -- i'm giants, baby. [ cheers and applause ] all day. all day. >> jimmy: our thanks to the great tracy morgan. tim tebow joins us after the break! stick around! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ we at bud light, like most advertisers, were going to run a 3d commercial this year. in fact we made one, but it didn't test well. here we go! ♪ [ spokesman ] actually, it tested too well. ♪ we concluded that running this commercial -would have been inappropriate. -i'm okay! [ spokesman ] so we didn't. you're welcome, america. [ male announcer ] it's the sure sign of a good time. the just right taste of bud light. here we go. ♪ how do we get people to chew another piece? i got this one. oh hey. [ male announcer ] spit it out. or yeti will find you.

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we found an american hero, horatio alger in this young man who took the world by the horns and he's riding wave of popularity and we need to examine the kind of vicious bigotry that exists, racial symbolism and racial rhetoric we need to challenge ourselves on. we can't be casual and lazy, we have to be more aggressive. >> professor, when does jeremy lin become a tool of healing? he's throughout to play basketball, he's doing his job, he's doing what is expected of him but does he play a role in america understanding more? >> absolutely he does. whether you intend to or not. the fact he's a young asian man, yao ming was a great hero, this guy was not expected to be what he is, he's a tool of awareness, consciousness, raising our tolerance for those who are other, those who are not the same as, he's a minority within a minority dominated game, he brings attention to this and helps us understand we have to be sensitive to many minorities, not just one. >> michael eric dyson always great to have you with us. appreciate it.

>> eric: over here. >> do not miss fred willard in horatio in hamlet. no, it's fat tuesday.leans music? first let's check in with bill hemmer for what's on at the top of the hour. >> i'm honored, fred. well done. you're great at promotion, too. 'cause you saw exactly on that prompter that your show needed to be promoted. what happened to wizard of oz? didn't that win? >> gretchen: that was going to be my guess! >> that was a tough year for the academy awards. >> steve: you want to go upstairs and do his show? >> newt gingrich says your gun rack won't fit in your chevy volt. how gas prices suddenly exploded in the political arena. what do voters see in rick santorum? larry sabato analyzes some new polling numbers that tell an interesting story for the next two states, arizona and michigan. guess which republican governors are trying to cut taxes? this is fascinating. how about a tax break if you grow a mustache? lather up. we'll see you in ten minutes on "america'sne newsroom" three. one. -two. -three. -one. -two. -three. [ male announcer ] with the bankamericard cash rewards