the federal workers were given the day off but it was not just to huntsville, alabama. it was any federal worker in the united states because it was the celebration of george washington's birthday. and the president chose -- he just happened to choose to give his speech in huntsville. of course they were let off. nbc did not correct that for three months because they were bombarded with the correction on a daily basis. they were inaccurate. it had zero to do with giving the federal workers the day off to see the president. it had everything to do woth -- to do with george washington's birthday. tom brokaw, to my knowledge, wanted to correct it immediately but i do not know what goes on at abc. i don't know. tom brokaw is a pretty good fellow. that was just one of the pieces of what we called "un-news." they would not tell the complete story. a part of it would be accurate but not the whole thing. let me get to something that i think is always on people's minds because they know that i worked for the president. that is watergate. there was no former president alive during

was giving a speech in huntsville, alabama and he wanted crowds. i am paraphrasing. not reading anything. tv andthey put it on there were the federal crowds. and the narrative that went with it was that the white house gave them -- the federal workers, the day off. what nbc did not say was that indeed that was true. the federal workers were given the day off but it was not just enhance cell, alabama. it was any federal worker in the states because it was the celebration of george washington's birthday. and the president chose -- he just happened to choose to give his speech in huntsville. of course they were a little off. nbc did not correct that for three months because they were bombarded with the correction on a daily basis. they were inaccurate. do with giving the federal workers the day off to see the president. it had everything to do for washington's birthday. tom brokaw, to my knowledge, wanted to correct it immediately but i do not know what goes on at abc. brokaw isk os -- tom a pretty good fellow. that was just one of the pieces that we called "un-news." t

famous group of germans, the rocket team would wind up creating a whole community of germans in huntsville alabama where they would remain indefinitely. it was an interesting phenomenon to have within 4 to 5 years after the end of the work, communities of germans living in military towns and influencing the culture of wherever they happen to be. which is all of the midwest, the south primarily. and this did not remain much of the secret given the numbers that were coming to the country and it is kind of hard to miss germans scientists on military bases so the military realized that by early 1946 they would have to tell the public. and so they very carefully crafted a press release that did not go over too well. because it basically prepared nazi scientists -- compared nazi scientists to albert einstein. he wrote in your time thing that as he called them these are the -- in our country. he was a proud american citizen at this point in 1946. so they try to normalize this policy and it did not succeed. but it has to be said that the military guessed rightly that most americans would probably be uncom

. -- host: michael's on the democrat line from huntsville, alabama. michael, what did you think about the indictment? caller: good morning, ma'am, and good morning c-span. and i think even though that none of the russians are really probably ever going to be indicted, mr. mueller was saying to the president this ain't a hoax. this is real. and this fixing to get -- it's fixing to get very real. the russian's influencing in our elections is just extensive. and i kind of live on twitter and you see these russian bots all around. nd the russians are going to explore a lot of these colleagues -- cleavages in the country and mr. mueller, god bless him. he's the only person in power in this country that is actually fighting for us. he's saying that yes, it is under attack and the three revious callers laid this out. it is time for us to do something or they're going to play a price in those number. there's no way around it. you've got to deal with it or you're going to be crossed with at the polls at those numbers. thank you, ma'am. host: allan is on our re

we have had a presence in huntsville, alabama, since 1971, the pocatello site since 1984 and our presence, we've been in clarks bur clarksburg since 1995. those are all owned sites by the fbi that we are talking about n increasing their presence and moving additional haeeadquarter pieces out to those locations. all of that said, the fbi still requires a strong national capital consolidation. we're not talking about the 10,600 positions coming into the national capital region facility, we're still talking 8,300 positions, that's 3,000 more seats than we currently have available at the hoover building in over a 50% growth. secondly, and part of the piece that we really looked at hard within the fbi, is the day-to-day mission tempo. we have a unique relationship with the department of justice, which is across the street from us as well as the hundreds of mee meetings that occur each day with other partners and oversight, including the congress. this was a piece that had been looked at and not necessarily addressed in the previous plans in terms of not necessarily the director or executives l

. >> to my girls in huntsville, alabama. >> we're from san francisco. >> we watch dah every morning.elcome back to dah. thanks for welcome back to "today." >> a massive winter storm closing schools, knocking out power and forces millions of americans to slow down on the road. al is back and has been following all day with the latest on the february blast. >> hey guys. mostly the eastern third of the country, stretching from texas to chicago all the way into new england, an icy mix stretching from cincinnati, washington, d.c. ahead of it snow behind it. we have a lot of wet weather. from louisville to bangor maine, folks at risk. icing will be a problem north of bowling green pittsburgh into harrisburg and into portland anywhere from a tenth of an inch of ice to quarter inch. that makes for treacherous driving conditions. a real mess there. then as we look at the snowfall from cleveland ohio and the central ohio into new england looking at one to two inches of snow. a look live in cleveland, and that's what it looks like. the slow-going and it will be a mess this morning. the evening

germans you brought over, the brown team, would wind up creating a whole community of germans in huntsville, alabama where they would remain indefinitely. so it's a very interesting phenomena to have within four or five years after the end of the war, communities of germans living in military towns and influencing the culture of wherever they happened to be, which is all over the midwest, the south, primarily. and project paper clip did not remain much of a secret, given those coming into the country and it's hard to miss german-speaking scientists on military bases, so, the military realized that by early 1946 they would have to tell the public and so they had a very carefully crafted press release that didn't go over too well because it basically compared these nazi scientists to albert einstein and for one, albert einstein was infuriated that he was compared to them and he wrote an op-ed to the new york times saying that these are, as he called them, the source carriers of naziism in our country and he was a proud american at this point in 1946. so, the attempt to try to normallize this policy di

host: fred, huntsville, alabama. good morning. caller: good morning. i would like to say a word about billy graham. i have been living about 53 years, and he was ok. i had my ups and downs with him, but throughout it all, he was ok. he was really good, he came about, and he saw people as people. lived as long as he did, and i wish we could go back to some of his ways, but he was good people. god bless billy graham. goodbye. host: tom, indiana. good morning. caller: good morning, thank you for c-span, as always. i think reverend billy graham's extremelyl be his debilitating views on the role of women in society and also his anti-women and anti-homosexual views that he has. current climate in d.c., it is only appropriate that his final resting places there -- place is there. him an --, you could have buried him in a matchbox. your calls, taking talking about the legacy of billy graham. eastern and central time zones, (202) 748-8000. mountain or pacific, (202) 748-8001. one caller earlier talked about the controversy involving tapes from the oval office d

host: robert is on our line on the independent line from huntsville, alabama.at do you think about the president's decision not to release the democratic memo? caller: i think it was a trap. -- he knew there was thatng in the first memo was secretive or secret information of the united states. he said there was, but now he purposely put it in the , so presidento trump would be forced not to release it, and then he could claim what he is claiming now. thisdent trump won election, but the democrats are refusing, the liberals are refusing to believe that he won the election, and they are doing everything they can to get him out of there. there is so much anti-trump -- there is more anti-trumpe hate than there is american love. they are going anti-american just to get rid of trump. obama was destroying this country from the inside out and from the top down. between him and hillary, they did more damage to this country , any ofler's, mussolini them combined. obama ande more, hillary was the worst team, they were worse than bonnie and clyde against the united states.

just as huntsville has always been on the leading edge of the rocket and aerospace industries, the alabamachool of cyber technology and engineering will ensure that alabama students are at the forefront of today's emerging technologies. [ applause ] with this budget, we will improve educational opportunities for all alabamians. we are now in year two of a three-year celebration culminating in alabama's bicentennial in 2019. our 200th anniversary as a state gives us an opportunity to reflect on who we are as a people. our legislature has adopted an official state creed which i'd like to share with you. i believe in alabama, a state dedicated to a faith in god and the enlightenment of mankind, to a democracy that safeguards the liberties of each citizen, and to the conservation of her youth, her ideals, and her soul. i believe it is my duty to obey the laws, to respect her flag, and to be alert to her needs. and generous to foster advancement within the statehood of the world. as we ponder this past year and indeed the previous 200 years, and as we contemplate where we're going, we should em