well, if jackson of course is kind of the saintly bully, the person who is a saint is john chapman. very much enjoyed your chapter on johnny appleseed was sort of a disney character i think in our minds, a character of folklore. is there really was a real john shadegg. he really did bring apple to the west. i love the way, you're a poet of course, and a novelist, and i love the way you talk about the apple and its metaphorical power and those the real power of johnny appleseed. >> and for bringing civilization to north america. i had to write about john chapman because most people think he was a creation of all -- walt disney are kind of a cartoon figure. a very real person, john chapman was born in massachusetts in 1774. his father was a minuteman in the revolution, served with washington at long island. the family grew orchard. going all the way back to england. he went into the western force in pennsylvania as a young man and continued across the ohio into ohio, and begin to plant apple trees with seeds. now, even then those orchard us grafted trees. if you planted siege of a one

could there be a better 42-word summary of john chapman's life? ong before all a handful of people realized what a fragile creation this is, chapman and appleseed were there too coddling nature like a n

. >> would any of the people involved in that chain of operations, john chapman to your knowledge to? to my knowledge, the authorization process was that there was about, mr. crone was authorized to make a 10,000 pounds legal some of the mr. myler would've been 50,000 pounds, and other members of the executive committee, the chief operating officer, chief financial officer would've been authorized i believe up to 500,000 pounds. >> did they go through any of those? >> i can find no record of those authorizations being sought or given. and we have looked and tried to find out exactly how that escalation occurred during that period. spirit as far as you are what it really was tom crone and mr. myler show? >> i think very much in the documents given to you, you know, we're very much driving the agenda around the litigation but i think that's also what mr. chapman testified to as well spent i will come to mr. crone and mr. meyerle, but the matter of tom crone, wrote to -- on a saturday which was a very busy day for "news of the world." the following tuesday where he is clearly expecting c

. >> would any of the people involved in that chain of operations, john chapman to your knowledge to? to my knowledge, the authorization process wathat there was about, mr. crone was authorized to make a 10,000 pounds legal some of the mr. myler would've been 50,000 pounds, and other members of the executive committee, the chief operating officer, chief financial officer would've been authorized i believe up to 500,000 pounds. >> did they go through any of those? >> i can find no record of those authorizations being sought or given. and we have looked and tried to find out exactly how that escalation occurred during that riod. irit as far as you are what it really was tom crone and mr. myler show? >> i think very much in te documents given to you, you know, we're very much driving the agenda around the litigation but i think that's also what mr. chapman testified to as well spent i will come to mr. crone and mr. meyerle, but the matter of tom crone, wrote to -- on a saturday which was a very busy day for "news of the world." the following tuesday where he is clearly expecting colin my

. >> would any of the people involved in that chain of operations, john chapman to your knowledge to? to my knowledge, the authorization process was that there was about, m. crone was authorized to make a 10,000 pounds legal some of the mr. myler would've been 50,000 pounds, and other members of the executive committee, the chief operating officer, chief financial officer would've been authorized i believe up to 500,000 pounds. >> did they go through any of those? >> i can find no record of those authorizations being sought or given. and we have looked and tried to find out exactly how that escalion occurred during th period. spirit as far as you are what it really was tom crone and mr. myler show? >> i think very much in the documents given to you, you know, we're very much driving the agenda around the litigation but i think that's also what mr. chapman testified to as well spent i will come to mr. crone and mr. meyerle, but the matter of tom crone, wrote to -- on a saturday which was a very busy day for "news of the world." the following tuesday where he is clearly expecting colin

. >> john: iii and cleo young were riding together on a skateboard on chapman court. the two were headed downhill when they rolled out in front of a truck. tafoya died, and young is in serious condition this morning. the truck driver did try to swerve to avoid the kids. not clear if the driver will face any charges. >>> the annual medical marijuana convention is happening this weekend down in san jose, but the club's future is still looking a bit hazy in california. a state appeals court ruling this week does allow cities and counties to ban pot dispensaries within their borders. marijuana advocates say that's a violation of the state's medical marijuana law. they plan to appeal that ruling. meanwhile, the convention, known as hemp con, runs through tomorrow. >>> today, penn state students will wear blue at today's final home football game of the year, the color associated with child abuse awareness they held a vigil last night in support of the alleged victims of the child abuse sex scandal. the former defensive coordinator is accused of abusing eight boys some, on c

chapman hall and you can watch that of otb.org. if you stick with us on booktv on c-span2 you will be able to talk with author, john avlon next about his new book, "deadline artists" america's greatest newspaper columns. we will be right back. on your screen as the tower in the center of the university of texas at austin campus. booktv has been on location here at the university of texas conducting interviews with some of their professors who are also authors. every sunday during the month of november we will be bringing you those interviews at 1:00 p.m. eastern time as part of our university series. >> so my differences is not just another straightforward chronological biography of davy crockett, cradle-to-grave. nor does it focused us on that one slice from the big crockett pie, the alamo. there is much more to crockett and the last few weeks of his life. it's not a regurgitation of the many myths, many many myths and total lies perpetuated by crockett over the years. this is a book for people interested in learning the truth, or at least as much as can be uncovered about both the historical and the fictional crockett. and how th

john calling the share a stepping down after eight years of boom bust recession and. it's halloween saw the f.b.i. tell its own ghost story it released surveillance footage of anna chapman and other alleged russian sleeper agents uncovered in two thousand and ten the agency says the videos show a spy ring at work. reports from moscow perhaps spookiest overall is that this footage doesn't contain any actual spooks there was no charges of espionage leveled against the ten people who were arrested in the united states in june of last year instead they played guilty to conspiracy to act as a rule for agents of the foreign governments know this these videos are to be released coping good stories was released on halloween something which did raise a few eyebrows however the f.b.i. how they shoot. this is just purely coincidental now the footage shows members of this alleged spy ring. doing such things as shopping in macy's and using laptops in popular branches of bookstores the f.b.i. saying that operation ghost story sent a clear message to any foreign slice wanting to operate in the united states oh the critics have suggested this the release of these documents is something

see why john corsyn is skr-pl blin scrambling to complain what happened to $700 million. anna chapmanines. how they took down the at with the super model lux and her entire spy ring, just ahead. megyn: he's a former governor who at one point was considered for a cabinet position. today he's looking at possible jail time. a wall street investment fund run by john corzine the former governor of new jersey yesterday went bankrupt to the tune of $40 billion. now regulators are asking about missing money, 700 million to be exact. fox business network's elizabeth mcdonald in our new york studios. liz what is going on here. >> reporter: megyn this story is get morgue serious by the hour. what is going on here is mf global, john corzine's firm was warned by market regulators within the past few months that it did not have enough capital on hand and it was asked to bolster its capital. regulators stepped in to look at the company as books. they tried to move the customers accounts to another broker/dealer. that broker/dealer found a whole of $700 million. it was $700 million in customer funds