for 90 mostly sea faring years, jim henry harbored a secret.ster man and fishing boat captain couldn't read or write. >> i was so ashamed at myself that i never told anyone. >> growing up with a strict portuguese father, henry was put to work as a young child. his father didn't care about school so henry seldom went to class. >> i didn't learn a thing. i didn't know nothing, absolutely nothing. >> and yet his teachers kept promoting him to the next grade. he got married and he used street smarts to get by. his wife knew he couldn't read a word. friends and family had suspicions, but never asked. it wasn't until his wife became ill that he finally openly admitted he was ill literate. i said, i have to do something. i said i can't go on all my life this way. >> with the help of family and friends, he began to teach himself. >> he went through the entire dictionary from back to front reading. >> studies show as the human brain ages, it becomes more difficult for someone to learn a new skill, especially at the age of 90. but henry thought time must

. >> and just one month from monday, april 19th, jim henry will turn 100.he chasing life to 100 and he's close. he says one of his secrets is getting eight hours of sleep a night. most people need at least seven hours. chronic sleep deprivation can cost you one year of life. grab that rest, if you can. we measure our lives in different ways. sometimes we think of them linearly but most of us think about it in a series of moments. one of the ways i want to share my life with you is introducing you to my own mother and father who have been helping me chase life. they are in town for a book party and my parents were nice enough to come as well and join me. it's a moment i'll never forget. hug your mom, hug your dad, that will help you chase life. have you got any tips? you guys look great. how do you keep chasing life? >> well, we've really been enjoying with sons and two beautiful

. >>> for 90 most sea faring years jim henry couldn't read or write. >> i was so ashamed of myself that. >> growing up with the strict portuguese father, henry was put to work as a young child. his father didn't care about school so henry seldom went to class. >> i didn't learn a thing, didn't know nothing. >> his teachers promoted him still to the next grade. henry eventually dropped out of school, kept working, got married and used his street smarts to get by. his wife knew he couldn't read a word. friends and family had their suspicions but never asked. it wasn't until his wife became ill he openly admitted i was illiterate. >> i says i got to do something. i says i can't go on all of my life this way. >> reporter: with the help of family and friends henry began to teach himself. >> he went through the entire dictionary back to front reading. >> reporter: studies show as the human brain ages it becomes more difficult to learn a new skill especially at the age of 90, so henry hired a tutor to help him and two years later he succeeded, but henry decided to take it a step further. he ha

." >> reporter: for 90 mostly sea-faring years, jim henry harbored a secret. read or write. >> i was so ashamed of myself that i never told anyone. >> reporter: growing up with a strict portuguese father, he was put to work as a young child. his father didn't care about school so he seldom went to school. >> i didn't learn a thing, i didn't know nothing, absolutely nothing. >> reporter: yet his teachers kept promoting him to the next grade. he eventually dropped out of school, kept working, got married and used his street smarts to get by. his wife knew he couldn't read a word. friends and families had a suspicion but never asked. it wasn't until his wife got ill that he finally admittedly opened up and said he was illitera illiterate. >> he went through the entire dictionary from back to front reading. >> reporter: as the human brain ages it becomes more difficult to learn a new skill, especially at the age of 90. but henry thought time might be running out. he hired a tutor to help him. two years later he succeeded but henry decided to take it a step further

this refined fracking, for example, by this guy jim henry not the government is producing oil in the area of this basin area, this is the biggest discovery he claims in the united states in the last 80 years, an area in which they said was tapped out. but then they realized they could slam water into the limestone and get additional oil and we also know what's happening over in north dakota. >> right. and we -- in this country, we actually have enough to last us a couple hundred years, the experts say but we don't because as the president hangs on to that number, we only have about 2% of the proven resources. 2% of the proven resources. that only counts where we're currently drilling. it doesn't count off the florida coast or anwar, any of that stuff. >> is there anything worse than having a best friend and watching that relationship just disintegrate? >> when you're a kid? >> did you have a lot of friends when you were a child? >> not enough. not enough. but the hurt of a best friend saying good-bye is finally being addressed. >> hold on, brian. are you saying as a young kilmeade ou

henry. >> caller: yeah, jim. >> hit me. >> caller: yes, i do hear you. >> okay. how about a stock?at was that? >> yeah, go ahead. name a stock. any stock. >> caller: yeah, i'm looking at medco health solutions. what do you think, jim? >> all right. my charitable trust, actionalertsplus.com, there's a lot of talk that some attorney generals are going to try and block this deal. good luck, partners. let's go to william in new york. william. >> caller: boo-yah, mr. cramer. >> boo-yah. >> caller: this is from bohemia. fcx is my stock. >> i think people are short fcx. my charitable trust owns it. people say break it down. because it is a hideous chart. i think copper demand is going to surprise people particularly in this country. i don't want to mispronounce it, helena? helena in ohio? helena? >> caller: yes, it's helena. >> there you go. i've got horse sense. what's up? >> caller: i need to know about nice systems. n-i-c-e. >> i like nice, i've got to tell you, security remains a fabulous theme in this market. let's go to -- no, i'm not done. i'm going to fred in new york. fred! >> ca

jim thompson and others who saw the need for this were pushing it. henry and company were trying gingerly to take this issue away from the democrats. teddy kennedy went up in may of 71 to see the new ambassador in the hope of being the first to go to china and before nixon and kissinger. the chinese were not having any, especially because ted kennedy refused to say that taiwan was part of china and under beijing's jurisdiction. had he been willing, he might have had a chance to go. this was part of the democrat republican preparation for the 72 election and it was all part of a rising american opinion for china change. they told a group of us in late 66 it was only the full bright committee hearings that showed american support for a new chi policy. i said to him, you mean it's the function of the congress to lead public opinion and the function of the state department merely to follow? we had to say this in the context of the democratic party people trying to take over this issue and nixon and kissinger very cleverly took tarks way. >> the price was to gi

ed henry has that story from the white house. jimd about gas prices and how it tracks with what his energy secretary has said. "special report" starts at 6:00 eastern. now i'll send it back to my colleagues with "the five" who are just down the hall. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> kimberly: back now to president obama's news conference today. using the podium on super tuesday to deliver a big day to his opponents on the issue of iran. >> those who are suggesting or proposing or beating the drum of war, should explain clearly the american people what they d be. i'm now one of those people. what i said is we have a window to which we can resolve this issue peacefully. the iranians just stated they are willing to return to the negotiating table. >> kimberly: we'll answer that question, next. bob? >> bob: i think he is exactly right. i'm not sure any of the people have been to iran. [ laughter ] you think romney has been to iran? >> dana: who has gone to iran. >> bob: i went there. >> dana: who has been to iran? >> bob: the fact of the matter is this is a c

ed henry reports most people believes the president has some control over the price of gasoline. jim president's proposed fixes, raising taxes on big oil. does it make sense? jennifer griffin on the pentagon has the latest on the massacre in afghanistan, and will be in the hands of the american soldier. today, the public outcry began in afghanistan. "special report" from washington starts at 6:00 eastern. with election updates throughout the night. now back to new york and "the five." ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> andrea: baby, give it up! not without birth control, though. your favorite face of to oppressed women everywhere is back. sandra fluke has an op-ed in cnn where she starts to push obamacare, proving that the administration doesn't seem to think there is a problem with putting the hearsay witness out, even more dana to talk about obamacare, which the president didn't even reference in the "state of the union." you know how this works. >> dana: you go to "wall street journal" and they turn you down. i've been there. >> andrea: i don't think they expected this to run on the day the numbers are d

henry has the story tonight. the president often says the u.s. consumer uses 20% of the world's oil. tonight, jim is true. we will update the police standoff in france. the suspect in a string of murders there is holed up in his apartment after a shoot-out with cops. questions tonight about how far right mitt romney has gone and will he stay there. something about an etch 'n' sketch. carl cameron looks at that. we catch up with rick santorum. we profile wives of the presidential candidates. "special report" at 6:00 eastern. now back to new york and "the five." ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> bob: well, my old buddy -- not really -- tom hanks finds himself in a controversy. a tape surfaced from 2004. right? eight years ago. in which tom hanks you can see here is at a fundraiser for his child school. saint matthews. he is doing this action with fellow by the name of glenn frey you may remember. eagles rocker. anyway, you probably know i know a lot about this. you can also see in the background there, there is a person on the stage up there in black face, which frankly went out somewhere between the ku klux klan and

henry, donelson and heiman survived, what would have been the impact? right off the bat, grant would be unemployed. he'd be working back at his tannery. and my good colleague jim vaughn made a great point this morning. grant was -- as you know, grant was relieved of the command after donelson. he was relieved when he was victorious. if he was not victorious, he would have been fired, too, certainly. the effect of the long term, what i would suspect is that they would have -- the union would ve another competent decision, they might have done it differently. it might have been

jim held a secret. the boating captain could never read or write. growing up with a strict portuguese father, henryild. his father didn't care about school, so henry seldom went to class. >> i didn't learn a thing. i didn't know nothing, absolutely nothing. >> yet his teachers kept promoting him to the next grade. henry eventually dropped out of school. he kept working, got married and used his street smarts to get by. his wife knew he couldn't read a word. friends and family had their suspicions but never asked. it wasn't until his wife became ill that he finally openly admitted he was illiterate. >> i said, i got to do something. i says, i can't go on for all my life this way. >> reporter: with the help of family and friends, henry began to teach himself. >> he went through the entire dictionary from back to front, reading. >> studies show as the human brain ages, it becomes more difficult for someone to learn a new skill, especially at the age of 90. but henry thought time might be running out, so he hired a tutor to help him. and two years later, he succeeded. but henry decided to take it a ste

john henry smith is at oracle arena tonight and has more on this special evening. john? >> reporter: well, jimis everywhere in oracle arena, on the back of the chairs, on the back of the warriors as they warm up, and soon up in the rafters as the warriors prepare to retire chris mullens number 17 in the requisite style you would expect for one of the franchise's iconic players. so many of his ex-teammates are here tonight and they say tonight's honor couldn't happen to a better guy. >> it's a very special thing for a player when that happens. it doesn't happen very off. there aren't a lot of numbers to go around, as you know. when you realize nobody will ever where that number again in the history of the franchise it means quite a lot to a player. >> this whole team embraced me. he didn't talk much. didn't speak much but he just followed by example, and he was always in the gym working and when i heard that he was a gym rat, i saw firsthand when i got he here. he really was a gym rat. >> the way he was able to be a star player without the physical attributes that most guys have to be stars, he

henry kofu building, a panel on and terminal sustainability begins melamine. here's the panel on politics from the delegates theater. >> all right. everybody welcome to the fourth annual tucson festival books. [applause] i'm jim and so, the senior writer for the tucson weekly and a host of k you http political roundtable which you can watch every friday night. it is my great honor to be here today with three of america's best political writers. through the use of television magic we are also here with c-span on book tv. hello from tucson arizona. [applause] it would like to thank the university medical center for sponsoring and a big thanks to everyone who helps make the festival, together. we will be talking for about an hour, including some questions and answers. save your questions and will get to them at the end. and we give wrapped up the authors will be heading over to the man media signing area number one, which i believe is located south and west of the student union, so you can meet the miniature books signed. if you could all turn off your cell phones that will be great. so let's get our introduction started here. rick pearlstine has written nixon land. before the storm. writes a weekly column for r