ji john henry smith with sport. 20 years in the making. an artwork creating controversy among environmentalists. the latest on a storm creating dangerous conditions. a live shot of the capitol building in washington d.c. - in the eye of that very storm. tÑ >> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford live from new york city. >> just ahead, he's a well-known artist. christos later work is facing backlashing from environmentists. why they are upset with a piece that's been in the making for a decade. first a look at the rain and snow withologist -- with metrologist eboni dean. >> snow widespread across the midwest and the great lakes. the snow flakes flying as we speak. much of the day will be on the quiet side. serra cues the only exception. around b.c. and baltimore starting with snow and changing to a freezing rain and snow mix. >> the renowned and eclectic artist christo is facing backlash over his project, which is above the arkansas river. some say it will damage the eco system. >> it's called over the river. this is the r

john henry smith is back again.i, there, my friend. >> it spin was not a surprise, a move resumured for weeks happened. matt brown stepped down as texas's head coach after 16 seasons, he'll stick around to coach the longhorns. they have fallen into mediocrity. the program has gone 30 and 20 and 18 and 17 in the big 12. in a statement the 62-year-old said of the change in leadership, "i hope with new energy we'll get this rolling again." the naval academy wept into the army navy game as favourites. the midship men beat the black knights 11 times. army had a tough year, 3 and 8. a win over navy would make it right. it was a snowy day. navy up 10, keenan reynolds, on the quarterback. 47 yards later 17-0 navy. 136 yards. middies in charge. reynolds again, from 11 yards out. navy's season says navy wins 34-7. to the college hard wood, a match-up of two storage names. roy williams and his 18th ranked tar heels. this was the marcus paige show. leading the all scores with 23 points, two assists for the ball handler. one was

. >> i'm john henry smith, it's america's game. army versus navy, and it's happening today. a preview coming up in sports. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm thomas drayton. let's get you caught up on the top stories. >> nelson mandela on his final yournie - -- journey, saying farewell to an icon. >> among the speakers, jacob zuma. he be laid to rest in qunu. >> another round of nasty weather hits the east coast. some areas will see up to a foot. the storm is expected to last through the weekend. snow and its create hazardous road conditions. a winter storm alert is in effect in new jersey in parts of new york. >> a school shooting in centennial colorado left one dead and another in critical condition. 18-year-old carl pearson shot a 15-year-old girl and turned the gun on himself. it happened on the anniversary newton school shooting. despite the outcry, death toll from guns have rich. john terrett reports. >> the question how many people have been killed since newtown is difficult to answer. slate magazine collected data by crowd sourcing gun deaths across america.

joining us from philadelphia is john henry smith.t how bad were the playing conditions there at lincoln financial field? >> good packin' snow. i hit my producer with this one. very good. very good. i tell you what, the rest was 2-point conversions. they fumbled seven times. eagles were better. they fumbled only one time. from a historical standpoint, how good was his performance? >> well, from a historical standpoint, the guy whose record he eclipsed was a guy who didn't even wear a face mascot, one of the leather helmet guys, steve van barrel 205 yards for years and years, mccoy breaks that today. the incredible thing about what mccoy did today, he only had 51 yards at halftime. he had 69 yards after three-quarters of play. he gained 148 in the last quarter to break the all-time rushing record for the eagles, an incredible day in tough conditions. >> as we mentioned coming in, both teams jockeying for -- >> playing this game, obviously to play here in philadelphia. so, it means a lot. broken. and it's been standing for so long, you

. >> i'm john henry smith. she them the money. someone has. it wasn't the yankees.details ahead in sport. >> start with one issue. add guests from all sides of the debate, and a host willing to ask the tough questions. >> welcome back. i'm morgan radford. these are the top stories at this hour. an american detained for more than a month is released. 85-year-old morgan radford was expected to arrive this afternoon. his family is thrilled but are calling for the release of another american held captive in north korea for more than a year. >> winter storms causing travel troubles in the midwest. two storms are bringing a mixture of resprecipitation, ic and snow. downed powerlines left thousands without power. crowds pay tribute to nelsonf1 o mandela in jofi joseph. some left cards, flowers and prayers. president obama and two former u.s. presidents are planning on attending memorial services there this week. >> soweto, a township in joz , south africa. nick, good morning, have the memorial services been changing at all. are you seeing a shift from mourning his death to

. >> john henry smith had the tough assignment, live for the match. the passers stepped it up in the second half. >> that's not surprising. make no doubt about it. this was a game that the pacers wanted, particularly paul george, their budding superstar. we talking to him tuesday morning. he talked about how losing to et ha in the play-offs in a gruelling series fuelled him to work harder, longer to change the result. now, he had a cold start. that contributed to a 7-point half-time deficit and exploded for 12 points in the second quarter, giving the pacers a leave and giving them, they hope, a leg up in the race for the top seed in the n.b.a. play-offs. >> we struggled through a tough first half. his team-mates set paul george up in the second, getting him going. to do what he did. he won 15 points. then guarding dwayne wade when the round was out. it's a special performance. we beat a team that challenged for the first season. it's good to go, you know, when a game is 1-up, it gets a head to head match up. it will challenge us for the first season.

i'm john henry smith al jazeera. >> let's take a deeper look.attle, new orleans, philadelphia and detroit lead their divisions, with carolina in clear position for a playoff bid. arizona and dallas, the cowboys play the bears tomorrow and if they win they would technically be the leader in the nfc east, they hold the tie breaker over the eagles. six, 66 and 1. >>> matt prater, 62 yard field goal, longest in history. atop the afc with 11-2 record. south division title for the colts. denver and indianapolis have already clinched playof playoff, many many chargers despite their 6 and 7 records. >>> college games, last two weekends gave us some of the most exciting games of the season. those moments all led to the place tonight, as expected number 1 and undefeated florida state will face sec champion auburn, miraculous win, and plus, ohio state loss last night to michigan state in the big 10 title game. the game will be played at the rose bowl monday, january 6th, feature an sec team for the 8th straight year. two time defending champion alabama wil

joining us from philadelphia is john henry smith.his is a big game for the teams, but the eagles on top. >> absolutely. 34-20 is the final here from philadelphia. we have receiver nate here with us, kind enough to join us after a difficult day. thanks for joining us. you can't see from up higher on tv, but on the field this snow is very high. is this representative of how bad it was out there? >> 100%. it was thick, that's what we knew we were going to get. once i came out for warm-up, we instituted that we have to be smooth so we stay on the feet. we did a good job of that, we had good clats in the shoes, but it didn't help us enough. >> what is the post mortem on this game? went to the looker room with confidence. philly came out firing, they made the tough plays in spite of weather that we didn't make. you have to give them credit. they played a full game. that's something we didn't do. consistency is something we'll have to hit on. >> is it surprising that cheedy mccoy was able to make the cut that he makes in the second. first h

john henry smith has the latest. >> he has a serious arm, david carr. trying to go with the analogy. football season, college bowl season starts today as u.f.c. faces forest know state, featuring derrick carr. in the running to be in the n.f.l. draft. he's proving he can handle controversy on and off the field >> at 6 foot 3, with a sling shot for an arm-derrick carr was labelled a can't-miss prospect when he followed his brother dazed to fresno state. he set 25 different all time marks to the record book. accomplishments overshadowed by leading the bulldogs to the mountain west championship. >> i'm a team guy. to see the joy on my team's place, having the field celebrate with us, there's nothing like that. >> as fulfilling as it was, it pales in comparison to when his wife gave birth to their daughter dallas. it gave way to fear after dallas's intestines were definited into knots. he was rushed to another hospital and he underwent many surgeries. >> that was the hardest thing. i thought when i go through great times and be thankful, when i go through t

. >> i'm john henry smith, the biggest surprise in the n.b.a. we'll look at how the traill blazer do it. >> we are looking live at the holiday life. they are gorgeous. >> good morning. welcome back to al jazeera america, i'm stephanie sy. >> ahead - ukraine's president accepts a multi billion loan from russia. why many are opposed to the decision. first a look at what temperatures we'll see across the nation. metresologist nicole mitchell is back. >> we have a couple of interesting stories. one is 20s and 30s in the east coast. some teams as we get into the midwest. for the east coast the temperatures have been below average. if you look at j.f.k. the airport there, 12 below average, getting back to average. as we head to the west coast. the temperatures were in the 80 degree range. san francisco more in the '60s. it is part of the head contributing to the it fire situation. good news to see those lookout shelter the. a core of warmentedz in the south. warm air in the east coast above average. >> as the ukrainian government struggled to default

. >> even the legendary john henry raced heir. >> d here. >> we are going to introduce you to some win withers. >> we'll also meet a marin firefighter and his best friend, dog named nemo. >> and the legendaire russell bays.

. >> i'm john henry smith, if you like games that matter the n.f.l.ave what you are looking forward to. a big day in the n.f.l. coming up in sports. >> welcome back everybody, i'm david shuster, these are the top stories at this hour. former russian oil tycoon mikhail khordorkovsky released from 10 years in prison on friday says he will not enter toll ticks. those comments were made in berlin. the former billionaire, anoutspoken critic is expected to speak at a press conference in 30 minutes. the u.s. special envoy to south sudan is expected to arrive in the war torn nation to help diffuse the crisis. world leaders including president obama and ban ki-moon are calling to an end to hostilities. tens of thousands of refugees fleeing the fighting are pouring into refugee camps, fullying for their lives. un initials athey are -- u.n. officials are doing what they can to keep everyone safe. >> there has been scuffles outside the prime minister's residence in thailand. thousands of demonstrators are marching in two different directions. they want yingluck s

our john henry smith with more from filly. >> after the eagles defeated the lions 34-20, eagles coachthat he thought the snow wasn't really going to start until after half time. we were able to see all game long that he needs a new weather person, but also, it appeared that the eagles team themselves did not believe that the game started until after half time, playing sluggish in the first half. the eagles came out blazing in the second half, scoring touchdowns on five straight possessions. the big damage doer in all of that was la sean mccoy, running for a team record 217 yards against the defense that hadn't given up a rushing touchdown in eight games. >> i think everybody's so intimidated and scared of their guys up front in detroit, i thought the big guys on my team just took a challenge, stepped up. the whole week, they talked about running the ball and giving me different matchups one-on-one. i think not only as myself, but as the backs, we do have more opportunities. we're going to win. >> the eagles go to 8-5 and they take a more commanding position in first place here in the

. >> even the legendary john henry raced heir. >> d here. >> we are going to introduce you to some win withers. >> we'll also meet a marin firefighter and his best friend, dog named nemo. >> and the legendaire russell bays.

but here's what former washington post reporter john henry and told the huffington post called. one thing is certain most reporters and editors are aware that business is majority owner ben is on as a financial stake in maintaining good relations with this yet and this sends a clear message. even the hardest news journalist and making the c i and what that might not be a good career move. washington post isn't the only newspaper that saying its reputation question. in fact americans are losing confidence in all newspapers. the gallup poll from back in june only twenty three percent americans almost a new historic low have confidence in the newspapers. so what does this mean for journalism and news media in general. i spoke earlier with jeff cohen journalism professor at ithaca college about this issue. i first asked him whether or not the wash campo should disclose the amazons contracts yay. when reporting on it since. it had its company and a time and that a hundred million dollar contract and i do believe that regularly the washington should acknowledge that they want to let t

john henry has the story. >> toby keith is not only a hugely successful country star and actor he issonally opened a couple of restaurant and through other companies have expanded those establishments into about a dozen cities. the latest opened up in woodbridge, virginia last week. prominently displayed on the front door are signs saying no guns permitted. virginia is a gun friendly state where it is permissible to strap on a gun and bring it into the restaurant. the owners have a right to say no. that's what the rule is. facebook erupted over the issue with one patron saying she is disappointed and believes the no guns policy announces to criminals any one leaving your establishment is likely completely defenseless and easy pickens or a robbery. she will not patronize his restaurant. another person wrote the no guns policy is sad and creates a more dangerous environment. manager declined to be interviewed. we asked customers outside what they think of the no guns policy? >> i think it is a great idea. any establishment that serves alcohol i am going to tell you right now alcohol ma

sister they sold ted williams on it. >> and john henry is no longer with us. >> no. >> thank you.the love event. by the end of this year, the total donated by subaru could reach 35 million dollars. you get a great deal on a new subaru. we'll donate 250 dollars to a choice of charities that benefit your community. it feels good to be a helping hand. >>> he slunk to the icebox. he took the pudding. he took the roast beef. >> "dr. seuss: how the grinch stole christmas" debuted back in 1986. isn't that interesting how it never gets old. >> i was watching that night. >> never gets old. >> that does >>> your realtime captioner is mrs. linda m. macdonald. >>> good morning, it's 8:55. i'm michelle griego with your kpix 5 headlines. police are looking for two men who ripped out an atm from fillmore and jackson streets at the mayflower market. this happened around 3:30 in the morning. apparently, the suspects struck the machine with the van a few times then they took off with the atm. officers caught up with them. the suspects then abandoned the van. >>> and happening today, berkeley city c

the miami's, but tonight the pacers and heat will renew their rivalry, and that's where we find john henryith for this must see match up, john? hey, ross, you know the conventional wisdom, there was teams that would give pacers and a heat a battle for supremacy in the eastern conference. the heat is the pacers have proven they are still the cream of the crop, and tonight they renew hostilitie hostilitid what may be the most heated rivalry. >> they gave miami a scare. >> we broke it down, it was less than 12 minutes of basketball that cost us the trip. >> in their familiar perch atop the conference standings. the match up within the match up will be super star lebron james, veries budding super star paul george. despite playing april lancely enough to win the nba player of the week award twice in november, it was george who took home player of the month honors. george is only the second player not named lebron james in the last seven nba regular season months to win that award. james' heat haven't been so hot having gone 2 and 2 in their last four games after a 14-3 start. hurting the heat

john henry smith has more. recent history is any judge, i guess we should have known -- you see, the indiana pacers have been the best team in the nba 24 season, in outscoring opponents in third quarters and so it was again on tuesday night. they outscored the heat. to get themselves a lead that they would not relinquish, they did it on the strength of their super star paul george, and on the strength of their super sized center. the two of them combined for 30 points whereas the super star duo dwayne wade were able to combine in the second half for a mere 15-points. we really didn't play very well, but not even very sharp on the defensive end, the third quarter came out with great defensive energy, and a calmer demeanor on the offensive end. and really took control of the game. >> we beat a team that is going to challenge. and it is good to go win a game and be one up. in a head to head match up, score the challenges for the first season, that's the only aspect. it wasn't a championship game, but we always enj

john henry smith has the story. >> steven hull come has been competing as an american bob sledder in 1988. he struck cold back in 2010, as the driver of a 4-man team. the first win for americans since 1948. the win was sweet for hulcombe. he had to overcome a rare eye disease until his dreams come into focus. >> i had a degenerative eye disease, a thinning of the kornia, causing it to bulge out. you go blind. everything was going well. it caused a lot of isolation. i withdrew from everything and found a deep depression. >> to say he hit rock bottom is an understatement as he struggled with the vision and keeping the disability a secret. the bob sledder withdrew from friends and family and tried to take his own life. >> you would be surprised what the human body can endure. you go through crazy stuff. i attempted suicide at one point. there was a moment when i realised i was here for a bigger purpose. >> with a new lease on life hulcombe found the courage to address his issues. >> we found an experimental procedure, cpr. it's revolutionary. it's been introduced. over a year after havi

of 2000, in november 1.5 years before ted died, john henry and claudia went to him before he was going have a pacemaker installed. a surgery for a man that age is routine. i thought this was the time to dad, we them and say, would like to do cryonics and would you do this with us? will you do this for us? framed it that way, will you do it for us? he agreed. but my conclusion was that if he did, he was probably not of sound mind. i was able to interview at least a dozen more people who said that ted told them after this day that he wanted to be cremated and have his ashes thrown into the florida keys where he lived and finished. -- finished. -- fished. >> only one world series. >> yes. only one world series when the red sox lost to the cardinals. he had a bad series. that was one of his bigger grants. rugrats -- for heads -- big regrets. >> bush 41 was delayed so they spent time hanging out and talking. what did they talk about? he said, you would be amazed. they talked about small points of baseball. it was all about the game. gave you trouble? did you ever experiment with different b

john henry, al jazeera, chicago. >> opening fire, before killing himself, an 18-year-old carl hansona den ver suburb armed with a shotgun looking for a specific teacher. had he shot and injured a routinage girl. >>> the f.b.i. has charged an aircraft technician of plotting a car bomb. he was arrested in kansas. he was driving a car he bought packed with explosive. he is charged with aiding a foreign terrorist organization. he said he intended to die as a martyr for al-qaeda. >>> china has successfully landed a spacecraft on the moon. the unmanned chinese 3 lunniar module touched down after blasting off from earth. a rover called the j roberts will scour the moon's surface. the moon mission is being seen as a trial for china's technical prowess. at the university of london observatory, he said there is a lot of information to be gathered from the moon despite the previous missions by the u.s. and the soviet union. >> this mission is targeting a f fan ta fantastic wealth of data waiting to be discovered. this is rainbos where you can see the lovely picture of the full moon in the top l

john henry, al jazeera, chicago. >>> it's sports time. how are you? >> i am all right. thank you, kamal. barcelona reclaimed their position on top of the division. they just scored a hat trick in nine minutes as barsa came. here is the report. already in the rare position of scoring twice in the first 15 minutes. a champion team knows how to respond in style. pedro getting barsa on the board, all himself two minutes later. an entire turnaround completed in a space of nine minutes. fabregas put out of his misery scored to complete the 5-2 win. barsa on top. >> real madrid will be in action later on sunday. facing valencia without vale. he is battling a leg injury. real are 8 points off the top of the table. >> a team with motivation, more focused team. when the team gets a new coach, they will be more concentrated on the match. this will be an important game for us because we want to end the year well, playing well and with three points. >> earlier, espanol beat by a lead 4-2. the three points moves them into 9th place in the table over just one place of the relegation z

his son john henry whom he reconnected to late in life had gotten interested in something called cr cry don't i don' crm held by a few thousand people who believe that at some point medical science will progress to some point where it will be possible to cure you from whatever you died from and they'll somehow be able to bring you back to life. a lot of holes in the theory. they hadn't worked out for example if ted would come back at an 83-year-old man or a stud who could hit 406. so claudio williams, who is the sole surviving son, in the year 2000, about year and a half before he died, johnclaude and claudio went to him, and he was going to have a pacemaker installed. and no surgery for a person of that age, she said dad we would like to do cryonics, would you do that with us, for us, that's when -- she said they framed it that way, will you do it for us, she says he agreed. my conclusion was that if he did he probably was not of sound mind. and i was able to interview several at least a dozen more people who said that ted told them, after this date, that he wanted to be cremated and h

you know, we talked to in john henry's piece about this notion of prosecutors, judges and all society being in some way complicit in what happens here when there are wrongful prosecutions and wrongful convictions. i wonder, we want to be convinced there's that the system is fair, the right people are found, convicted and sentenced appropriately. why doesn't that happen? >> well, i think there's a number of different reasons why people might be wrongfully convicted and why prosecutors or police, any investigative agencies might want to get a conviction, and sometimes what that means is that pressure can cause people to get the wrong conviction, and that's what happened in this case. when you're talking about a criminal prosecution, that's sometimes one of worst things that can happen in society. you have a lot of people very interested injustice, and in having somebody pay for whatever crime's been committed. i think, you know, prosecutors are fallible just like anybody else is fallible. that's one of the things about being human is you want to please people who are--who have been wron

from philadelphia, lincoln financial field, i am john henry smith, al jazeera. >> in new england, patriots-offpulled off a comeback thanks to luck and a questionable call. trailing 26-21, new england comes up with the on-sides kick giving them the ball at the browns' 40 yard line. a controversial pass interference call gave the patriots a first down and goal and with 31 seconds remaining, tom brady was able to get a score for 10 and 7. 2 eight and four division leaders. been els hosted colts and cincinnati took control. andes dalton threw for touchdowns, ran for a 4th. finished 275 yards without a sack or entinterception. been always approved 6 and 0. with a 4228 victory. in denver, matt operator with a new n.f.l. record with a 54-yard field goal, the longest to beat 51 spot. by tennessee, locked up the afc south division title for the colts with the leg game heroics and fantastic finishes, the biggest drama went down on the golf course, final round of the northwestern mutual with tiger woods and zac johnson to the wire, tied at 13 under par. after tiger hit his approach in the bunker, johnson

here is john henry smith. >> he's the go everything, running back tore the chicago bears. still, there's a few things matt forte doesn't do. for one thing he doesn't do flashy. >> some people once they are flashy and promote themselves they get more recognised by the world. i stick by what the bible says - be in the world, but not of the world. another thing matt forta doesn't down is get in trouble. particularly with drinking and driving, why have you been able to keep your nose clean. >> i don't really drink. my father and mother disciplined me and my mother. >> lance's father jean was a fam captain. matt followed in the footsteps by becoming team captain. matt forta dreamed of doing one better. >> when i was seven years old and played. i told my dad i'd play professional football. he looked at me a little crazy, but i had the drive and determination to make it. i put in the work to do that. i can't believe i'm in my sixth year of playing. >> the running back against whom all bears mention is the late, great walter pay tonne. >> he made a lot of yards. it's hard to compa

john henry smith has more. >> he's been a linebacker. >> was if natural for me?o. >> a defensive tackle >> there's strength differential. >> and this year, a defensive end. >> that's home. >> the thing that has get mathi as in the n.f.l. is versatility. one thing that drives him is a drive to live up to his name, a name haloed in uganda. >> notterb recognises my faith, the question is, "are you related to benedicto." it's been a sense of pride for me and my family. >> benedicto kinauta, the first chief justice. if there were a mt rushmore in uganda, benedicto's face would be on it. >> he inspires me a lot in terms of i'm reminded about how great he is. it's a reminder for me to know i should have an expectation of me myself. >> the greatest thing benedicto is remembered for is standing for the rule of fair and just law in uganda. even if that meant countering edicts put forth by the man that appointed him, the dictator, idie amin. more than hearing about it. you walk down the street and someone that recognises you, an older person, saying, "i wanteded to say i ap

. >> john henry smith thank you. thousands of protesters march as they have talks with ukraine and what john mccain said to the government about any crack downs on demonstrators. one louisiana town is dealing with its violence past and cases to the ku klux klan are being solved and abuse of children at the hands of priests. king's ransom, 62-year-old nick saban says, "i'm too darn old to start over", he did not adarn, he used the other word. he agreed to a multi year extension remain the coach of crimson tide. >> not one day during the school year goes by where a navy pleeb doesn't hollar beat army, or a cadet, "beat navy." the two oldest dismiss meet for the 114th time. michael eaves has more. >> on paper this game doesn't figure to be much of a battle. 7 and 4 navy against a team posting three wins. the games are not played on paper. the long-standing rivalry is more than a contest. >> al jazeera america is a straight-forward news channel. >> its the most exciting thing to happen to american journalism in decades. >

john henry, rest assured. it is the fed day.pany news as well. >> let's talk about jpmorgan. the bank is soothing -- suing the fdic. comes weeks after they agreed to a third $2 million settlement with the u.s. over claims that ms. sold mortgage securities. china is cracking down on bitcoin. accepting newr deposits. ago, china's central- bank band financial institutions from dealing with the virtual currency. silver lake and william morris are teaming up to buy img worldwide. the price tag is said to be $2.4 billion. agency with a top talent across sports, entertainment, and fashion. clients and clued -- clients include peyton manning and gisele bunsen. perhaps they will extend to a television arm. >> to break in for a moment, general mills reported earnings. consensus ofhe $.87. per are reporting earnings share that missed the average analyst estimate. second half earnings growth will accelerate and the full-year forecast has been reaffirmed. >> there will be a lot of talk there about commodities. get to what is going on in wash

i see john henry from "the boston globe" in the front row. i think the future is bright because that dna will be plugged in and transferred. you did at the new york times. i don't know how many subscribers "the new york times" has now, but i think i got a great deal on "the object and -- on "the huffington post." i think jeff got a great deal depending on what he does with it. >> i want to stay on "the washington post" for a minute. you ran the digital division at the "post" and that it was integrated back into the parent. in retrospect, do you think it was inevitable that the graham family would sell to someone like bezos or was or something that could've been done at some stage that would change that future? >> i don't think it was inevitable. i am probably not answering -- it is too hard to say. i think it is quite wise to sell to him. they have been friends for quite a long time and have shared similar values. understanding the technology and having to understand an audience, which is something that newspapers didn't have to traditionally

i think about their children, so when it comes to his children, and we know what happened with john henryo we learn about the children and not just the relationship to him but how their lives have come out? >> well, the older daughter, bobby jo, the child of the first marriage, it was an estranged family, and john henry, the son, e eventually took over his father's affairs and bobby jo felt cut out of the picture. and she died a few years ago. and there's never been even an obituary to my knowledge. so she was a troubled soul, bobby jo. and an important break for me in the book was the decision by her and claudia, the other surviving daughter, quite separately, since it's an estranged family, to talk to me and tell me what it was like to grow up with ted williams. and bobby jo remembered these bouts of anger that were so intense that she thought he was mentally ill. and he had been bipolar, but they didn't know about bipolar back in those days. and claudia is very much her father's son, doesn't like the press, stiff-armed me for two or three years but then invited me into the house and tr

bush, john mack, henry paulson jr., and barack obama. now, let's look at the gallery of economic heroes. carter glass, william martin, dwight eisenhower, george humphrey, douglas dillon, william simon, paul volcker, bill clinton, paul o'neill, and sheila bair. explain that. >> the last 80 years of fiscal monetary financial history, how we got into the mass of bubbles and the fiscal and monetary crisis of today. basically using the standard of threefold items. free-market, fiscal rectitude, which we balanced budgets, we do not make excuses for deficits because you do not think the economy is not performing up to your doctor and expectation, and not using the central bank and ordered to try to centrally manage the economy and, wall street and encourage risk-taking and all of that. these are not bad people and good people. these are good policies and bad policies in well-known careers. not one party or one doctrine. so i took these individuals as examples of fiscal rectitude, and that is why clinton is on there. that is why eisenhower is on

you can read letters from adelaide stevenson, john kennedy, robert kennedy, henry kissinger, william f. buckley jr., al gore, gore vidal, jacqueline kennedy and naturally -- given arthur's interest in american history -- groucho marx, sammy davis jr. and bianca jagger. alexandra, arthur's wife, is not here, so we can mention that one. to a detractor who accused arthur of being a communist sympathizer, he wrote: the facts i have cited should relieve your mind. if not, i can only commend you to the nearest sigh psychiatris. [laughter] i should note quickly that arthur had a keen appreciation for two tennessee exports, andrew jackson and jack daniel's. [laughter] as john seigenthaler and tom also appreciate, arthur did not believe that white wine was sufficient unto the day given difficulties of an afternoon. [laughter] andrew is the author of veritas, the harvard college and the be american experience, and with stephen is co-editor of their father's journals, 1952-2000. at the abc news documentary division, andrew's films won two emmys and a writer's guild award. stephen has served as

. >> john henry smith, aljazeera. >> to the nba, someone else getting a second chaps to make a first impression, power forward kevin love, injuries and discontent over a contract issue kept him on the sidelines and everything he loved for. he had everything but love for the timberwolves. enter a due new team and things have changed. love is feeling the love once again. kevin love absolutely won the bat of power forwards last night against marcus aldridge moo many mention in the same breath as m.v.p., love one shy of a triple double. the show featured 50 rebounds, 29 points and nine assists. he leads the league with eight games of at least 25-15 this season. in second place, that m.v.p. guy i just mentioned, aldridge has just three. >> a couple of games on the dockets, the bulls face a thunder team with a perfect 12-0 record at home this season starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern. in the late night cap, the san antonio spurs bringing their 20-5 record to golden state at a take on the very streaky warriors team sporting an 11-3 record away from the loan star state. that that starts at 11:00

are memoirs -- ambassadors. , and, of course, there are wonderful diaries and papers like john hay's papers, henry adams' papers. lars anderson's papers are a treasure. he seems to real this these daily diaries about the trips and strange things they did that no one else did. but people like minnie townsend, i did find -- i hate people who say that, i mean, the archivist found -- in erie, pennsylvania, where they were from a box about this big full of plates. so that kind of thing happened and was nice. but anything telling about city life, not much. the first ambassador loved washington. he loved to ride the secret car and be out in public here, and he found it so much different from other countries where he was. but, no, i didn't. there was a -- i will say in the big houses here it was interesting, the servants in the census in records were german and english. and after 1907 they were all local, hostly black, african-american. but the butlers were almost universeally african-american. and they were much sought after. they would be hired out from under somebody. and archie butt in his hem worry,

john wayne, the henry fonda fonda, all about the d-day invasion. and to a tale of heroism of the zero where life is stroke how hollywood decided to portray the german officers as true gentleman who did not like adolf hitler. the point of that is the history that we've learned is talked in our schools or shown on prime-time television is say history that tends to emphasize a world war ii. , a civil war and the revolutionary war to some degree. whatever one can say about the conflicts of their political purposes and their consequences, they are of a different category van the war's of our time of today. what we need is a different historical narrative that the concerns and issues that will matter to you, as a citizen of the to first century, will not be shaped in my judgment. to put it bluntly, of the lessons of world war ii hero are pretty much irrelevant to an almost counterproductive. the lessons of for that we need to learn are probably the lessons of conflict from vietnam's through the present day. they don't tell the story of purposefulness of

i found them fascinating characters and their assistances john lion and henry kissinger equally fascinating. it was a subject i loved. i kept thinking about it. i moved from one subject to another, and i wrote physically, i was shortly after it came out, i went to the university of toronto where i taught history and was head of a college. five years ago, i moved to a college in oxford and became a warden. sounds like a prison, it's not. for me, it's been great fun. >> what does a warden do? >> in any other institution it would be ceo. i'm responsible for the college. if it goes wrong, i get blamed. i have to make sure it all works. i'm lucky because i have a nice college and good fellows in the college and have good stuff. it's an interesting job. my college is very, very international. a lot of american students, students all over the world. the incoming press is about 200 came from 45 different countries. makes an interesting point. >> when you were here back in 2007, 33 colleges were in oxford. how many are there now? >> 41. it keeps growing. it's very much a collegiate university. cambr

henry ford, john wayne, even colonel sanders.embership. you'll need to demonstrate good characters and belief in some sort of supreme being. oh, in almost all lodges, it's men only. next you're up for a vote from grand master james sullivan. >> the lodge votes to accept you then you have the three degree, is that you go through. >> once you earn the third degree, yes, that's where the phrase comes from, you can join any number of masonic off shoot. he's a degree mason and historian at the house of the temple for the supreme right. it's that big building in washington, d.c. >> this isn't like the masnic vatican but it's important. >> absolutely right. it's one branch of freemasonry in the united states that's our headquarters building. >> inside the temple lodge room is a stunner. downstairs, there's this. >> this is the flag that buzz aldridge went to the moon. >> wow. >> it's tiny hats and small cars are your thing then there are the party animals of freemasonry the shriners. you may know them better for their 22 childrens hospi

john boehner. let's turn the other side. reederead did it -- henry -- harry reid get employed the nuclear option.ildings are still standing. >> you're not seeing a shift -- it is kind of like an infection spreading from the house from the bitterness and the rank or they use on the house to the senate. republicans are very angry about this. you usually don't make rule changes by simple majority. from the democratic standpoint, there was an unprecedented blockage of nominations. it will add to a lot of the bitterness that we see in both chambers. >> however bitter against, it will hard to be worse than it was in 2013. thank you both very much. the yours biggest themes. ♪ >> welcome back. we will get to margaret carlson in a moment. first, it was the biggest theme -- one of the biggest themes of 2013 -- money and politics. as we say, it is always there. this way it was in the republican party, too. i think that was the story to watch next year as well. we got a taste of what will happen next year when some the bigger as groups said they were ready to come out and get ready -- get involved in republi

john henry from "the boston globe," the front row as well. i think the future will be bright because that dna with a plug in and transferred in mutated at "the new york times." i don't know how many subscribers "the new york times" has now, but the transformation has been substantial. i got a great deal on the "huffington post" and just got a good "washington post," depending what he does with it. >> thank you. i want to stay on the "washington post" for a minute and he relates to the globe as well. caroline, he ran the digital division at the post and then i think left after it was integrated back into the parent. in retrospect, do you think it was inevitable that the grant family would sell it to someone or is there something that could've been done at some stage that would've changed the future? >> i don't think it was inevitable. i'm probably not answering your question. it's just too hard to say. i think it is quite wise to sell the east coast. just add don has been transferred long time and they share similar values. i think understandi

henry adams was more democratically inclined, and john hay of course was republican. and yet they couldn't really be without each other. ever closer to each other than they were to their own wives. nothing sexual employed there, but the thing that really resonates strong and really holds the core of my story is a wonderful, wonderful friendship between these two men. >> all right. thank you so much everyone for coming. authors will go to the signing tent behind you. [applause] >> thank you. >> you are watching c-span2 with politics and public affairs. weekdays beijing live coverage of the u.s. senate. on weeknights watch key public policy events. and every weekend at the latest nonfiction authors and books on booktv. you can see past programs to get our schedules at our website, and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >> here's a look at what's ahead this morning. .. >> host: this week on "the communicators" we focus on the future of television.

maybe henry clay and john callahan. it's all i can really -- all i really have to say. in the next file, there is a long, long memo from harry truman in which she gives -- he nominates 42 senators for this position. and there were many sketches about books they have written to me know, travel interest. german took this as this major project and wrote a term paper on a press herbert hoover spent probably a lot to three minutes and read just a very cursory note. kennedy jumped into this project . he loved it, and he presided over a group of very distinguished senators who were part of the kennedy committee. mike mansfield became a legendary senate majority leader on the committee. richard russell, in legendary senator, a german by the name of styles bridges from new hampshire who was one of these quiet forces in the senate and 1950's to be no one really knew very much about him, but he was a real powerhouse. then his son ahmad and ahmad john brinker. five of them got together and negotiated fee. as the talks unfolded, they quickly came to agreement on three of the five. t

maybe henry clay and john callahan. it's all i can really -- all i really have to say. in the next file, there is a long, long memo from harry truman in which she gives -- he nominates 42 senators for this position. and there were many sketches about books they have written to me know, travel interest. german took this as this major project and wrote a term paper on a press herbert hoover spent probably a lot to three minutes and read just a very cursory note. kennedy jumped into this project . he loved it, and he presided over a group of very distinguished senators who were part of the kennedy committee. mike mansfield became a legendary senate majority leader on the committee. richard russell, in legendary senator, a german by the name of styles bridges from new hampshire who was one of these quiet forces in the senate and 1950's to be no one really knew very much about him, but he was a real powerhouse. then his son ahmad and ahmad john brinker. five of them got together and negotiated fee. as the talks unfolded, they quickly came to agreement on three of the five. t

very different political outcomes could be very different what we point to the henry wallace is at the franklin roosevelt john kennedy's and the other people who saw the world differently george mcgovern had a very different vision of the world think that time there was no and people are waking up you guys thank you so much for being such an integral part of the awakening must see series untold history united states thank you so much for. really pushing us back. and that's it for our show tonight you guys thanks for watching. i was thinking somehow i had to come back because mom was waiting for me. i just knew that everything would be fine for some reason we were so confident because we were going to get married officially after he came back how could he not come back . out of it never crossed my mind. that the militants decided to try and break through. screaming grenade. explosion blew his back. and it was all over all of us. we know that our comrades on our commander won't leave us no matter how tough it gets we're a team. they're going to give getting was a senior in his military trio. you know he knew th

henry. so, the president hires john podesta, clinton guy, tough guy, to right the ship?bringing in a tough guy to right it? is that what he is doing? >> he is trying to bring in someone, yes, who is bare knuckles. went through the clinton wars, impeachment, budget battles et cetera in the late 90's and also a fire brand liberal. because, frankly, i think they are going to go around the congress, not work with the congress. that's one thing i'm picking up is that they realize there is no hope for a lame duck president with a republican house in 2014 getting anything maybe beyond immigration reform or anything like that. done. they are going to go around them late in the clinton administration. people close to him say he brought to the president one idea as counselor he is going to do write a lot more executive orders. there is is going to be a lot more conservatives mad about. this they already think the president has been overstepping his authority. guess what? there is going to be a lot more healthcare regulations and regulations written on dodd frank targeting wall str