we have a great account÷ú from private john walters who's situated just to the north of the break through it wasn't over night bombardment from the federals into the confederate oru! mostl just psychological. but hadu! they known that right was forming these men and compact with the confederate si. having known what's happening, they)u&d have been pounding those men over night for some. -- the confederatesu! do not start shoot into the sixth court until the signal sound. at that point, it's 5 andç 7 minutes before the federals are to the wall itself. they'll take their most damage rtillery. they lose -- and it's just very brief, small other casualties, probably at least 800 occurring that's because of the confederate batteries that are located there. but simply without any -- without adequatep infantry supports ones that the federals get, they're immediately seizing, there's no one there really top protect. the confederates! one last÷ú question -- >> one last question. this attack has it written all over it. what role did he come up to play through. >> henry upton was in 1865 is going to

we have a great account from a private john walters who is situated to the north of the breakthrough who writes about the front. outside of that, not a lot of confederate genres. they will not begin to count the federals until after the signal drawing for the assault. there was an overnight bombardment. had the confederate gunners known that wright was forming his men into a compact wedge with the confederacy, had they known that, they could have been pounding those men overnight. some of them for five hours before the attack kicked off. the confederates do not start to shoot into the sixth corps until the signal sounds. at that point, it is 5, 7 days. they will take their most damage from the artillery. they lose -- a very brief assault -- probably 800 during that push to the earthworks and that is because of the confederate batteries. simply without adequate infantry support, once the federals get to the wall, they immediately sees the confederate camp because no one is there to protect the confederate gunners. >> one last question. >> this attack had written all over it. what happ

we had a new review with john ramsey with barbara walters just a year ago. -- we had an interview with john ramsey with barbara walters just a year ago. you can see the handwriting analysis 's ownnd patsy ramsey handwriting samples that she gave to investigators. it is pretty stunning when them up and look at them word by word, letter by letter. we will let you judge for yourself when you see that. that was perhaps the most stunning visual information that i got when you really got to see it up close, side by side. we are looking forward to that episode of "20/20" tonight. coming up after the break, any chance of a warm-up for the weekend? we will check back in with doug. are at the washington, d.c., medical center -- we are doug: clouds will be increasing today, 29. then a wintry mix early in the morning, then warming up to 54. even warmer temperatures on sunday. we will probably have some updates to these watches and advisories at 4:00. jummy: it is going like this this weekend. thank you for joining us this midday. watch "abc 7 news at 4:00." have a wonder same nose. same toughness.

you and i were growing up, walter cronkite said something, john chancellor said something, that was about it, the major newspapers. now people are getting information from god knows where, including alex jones and people like that, and they're acting on it. >> yeah, i think the problem for mainstream media, journalists. cable tv, and everybody else, print, television, is they are having to make decisions in real time because we're in the midst of this revolution. it's not completed. every day, we're dealing with new news. when this started, no one was talking about fake news. it's a fairly recent emergence. today also i think president obama asked his intelligence agencies to report to him about what happened in terms of russia's interference potentially in the election. things happened here in the last six or seven months that are unprecedented. it puts everybody in a tough spot. it puts campaigns in a tough spot, guys like you and everybody in the media in a tough spot. >> you get purnged, too. people call in with something. a younger person, perhaps, somebody who isn't smart enough to

. >> walter, it's john.hat's the magic phrasing you think that's going to create bipartisan energy around a proposal like this? is it a specific focus on technology, innovation, is it getting people to work in the rust belt? how do you turn this from an idea into something that a lot of people can get behind? >> yeah, i think what you want is to have it be an infrastructure investment program done both with the private sector and with the public sector so that it's not just about crazy little crony capitalism incenting investments in one or two companies, but saying we're going to have a simplified lower corporate tax rate and an incentive for investors to think a little bit more about the long term so that we can have the type of infrastructure investment, high-tech, low tech, medium tech, manufacturing, whatever, that will create jobs here, but also create a future in the united states that's really based on a good infrastructure and not allowing ourselves to slip way behind the rest of the world in all of

. >> reagan, kennedy, because walter mondale wasn't great. johny bill clinton, too. >> mitt romney wasn't great. it's hard to be a politician. >> and bill clinton and barack obama are great orators, but hillary clinton knows, it's in her heart. she's not the politician. she basically admitted, i am not gregarious, i am not my husband, that's what she said. >> don't you think that hurt her? >> she's linked to one of the most successful politicianof modern time. and the problem is, she is not her husband. >> look who is a good politician. we never thought she was, did we? >> who? >> michelle! >> where'd she come from? >> she speaks truth. she's real. >> i also asked secretary clinton how she trusted polls after her surprise loss to bernie sanders in that michigan primary. in hindsight, considering the general election polls predicted the wrong winner in terms of the electoral college, her answer was certainly telling. here she is. >> do you trust the polls anymore? no. honestly, i don't, chris. and in large measure, because i think pollsters are try

[laughter] [crosstalk] john: he is in peril. charlie: and walter burns?tremendous character. that is the relationship and the play, this father-son relationship he has with the reporter. it is based on a famous editor in chicago. he did this to charles macarthur. he gave him his watch and then had him arrested for stealing it. there was an escaped convict in chicago they based this loosely on. but he was saying not to get involved with women because they would distract him from the story and getting his work done. he also, apparently the legend goes that he got drunk and fell on a copy spike and popped out his eye. he had a glass eye. and then -- ben would say you could tell which one was the glass eye because it was the warmer one. [laughter] nathan: he dressed very well and looked like a successful local merchant and had a purring voice, but that disguised the monster beneath. charlie: great comedy is always about something serious? nathan: i would agree with that. it has to be played that way. usually it is like -- john: to take your comedy as seriousl

walter cronkite, say "go baby go." we then ran to the window to look for john glenn. he was my first public hero. it was an honor to meet him in this building years later. >> i was in the peace corps when he went to the moon. my friend frank got the whole village to come out and watch that light in the sky. was that great? >> i don't think eight minus -- no, in the mix to head the department of ag, former congressman j.c. watts. >> is he coming? >> he's in the mix, he's in the mix. >> he's a great guy, great guy. two things. harry reid secretly admires what mitch mcconnell can. second thing, democratic senators are refusing to meet with trump nominees in the senate. >> is there going to be a poll buster or is it going? >> well, harry reid said it's going pretty soon. >> thank you. when we return, let me finish with american hero john glenn. i got some things to say i know about him. you're watching "hardt ball", the place for politics. >>> the guy that gets married young to the girl next door, stays married for life, spending the evening with his wife but somehow managing not to get distracted fr

john glenn. >> my birthday. my birthday party. we watched him go up in space with walter cronkite saying go, baby, go. dow to look for john glenn. my first public memory, my hero, first public hero. honor to meet him at this building years later. i want to say good speed, john glenn. >> i was in the peace corps with a guy, when he went to the moon, the whole village, watch, was that great? go to the moon with the peace corps. april? >> i don't think my -- no, in the mix to head the department of ag, former congressman j.c. watts. >> is it coming? >> he's in the mix. he's in the mix. >> diversify a bit more. >> diversify. yes. yes. >> billionaire, though? >> he's one of the first -- >> he's a great guy, great guy. two things. harry reid secretly admires what mitch mcconnell did on merrick garland, second thing, democrats are refusing -- democrat senators are refusing to meet with trump nominees in the senate. >> is there going to be a filibuster next year or is it gone? harry reid said there's a filibuster soon. >> he helped killed it. >> don't want everything to move too fast under donald trump. david

i had to go do you take john -- but sometimes i think they might be watching television and going, honey, i think walterthing -- you know. >> cranston gets i of your career people say bryan cranston, walter white. that's the one character they remember you for? >> yeah. i think that will be the opening line of my obituary, best known for, and that's fine for me. yeah, i'm very proud of it. i hold that experience up with such relish and glee that i had that moment. i had that time. >> willie is a pretty good bowler. bryan's new movie "why him" will be out in theaters this friday. he has been nominated for a golden globe for his portrayal of lyndon johnson. to hear his words of wisdom for younger actors these days, you can head to today.com/sunday. >>> coming up next week on christmas sunday, willie goes home for the holidays with dolly >>> cold front now crossing the mountains bringing in some rain into west virginia. the backside of it changed over to some snow. there may be accumulating snow way out in western maryland and northern west virginia late tonight. the leading edge of the a few sprinkles ove

walter star talks about the relationship between abraham lincoln. author of the biographer john quincy adams, an american visionary. you can find those interviews at c-span.org. >> monday night on the communicators. >> it is a great measure of how fast things change. outlot is just figuring cell phones and email, and maybe just beforet out those things are not important in our daily lives. there is the built in delayed that the loss suffers from and it is hard to keep up. georgetown university law professor on how prosecutors, lawyers and judges lack understanding of technology and work on how to resolve that problem. his interview at reuters. >> computer scientist love the law, policy and probably think they are better at it than they really are. i wonder if it is something we could use to appeal to people to do their duties to help the government out. watch the communicators monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span two. we have a special webpage at c-span.org to help you follow the supreme court. go to c-span.org and select supreme court where the right-hand top of the page. onc

there is also walter star who writes about the relationship between abraham lincoln and secretary of state william seward. also, johnncy adams, american visionary. you can find these interviews and others online at c-span.org. monday night, on the communicators. announcer: may me eisenhower's hairstyle and love of pink created fashion sensations. -- mamie pink was a fashion color. her name reagan saw mistakenly on the list of suspected communist sympathizers and appealed to ronald reagan, head of the screen guild, for help. she later became first lady. ladies:all from "first presidential historians on the american first ladies." share the story for the holidays. "first ladies" by public affairs is available now in paperback at your favorite book sale. kerryretary of state john at the state department on ongoing challenges in the middle east. later, the potential impact of a trump administration. >> during question time this past week, british prime minister theresa may was asked about brexit's impact on the u.k. and humanitarian efforts in syria. this is 35 minutes. questions for the prime minister. caroline lucas.

walter star talks about the relationship between abraham lincoln. author of the biographer johnuincy adams, an american visionary. you can find those interviews at c-span.org.

john and alison. >>> dan, thank you. prosecutors in south carolina are promising to retry former police officer michael slager for the murder of walterdge declared a mistrial. the jury was unable to come to unanimous decision after deliberating for 22 hours over four days. let's get the latest from nick valencia in charleston. >> reporter: after days of deliberati deliberation, it was monday afternoon the jurors said they were unable to reach a unanimous decision in the murder of walter scott. for those in support of the scott family, this was a surprise. some expected a mistrial. we got indication of one lone juror who could not convict slager of first-degree murder. on monday, we learned that a majority of the jurors were undecided. there was enough reasonable doubt cast in the case by the state for the jury pool to be deadlocked. it is the makeup of the jury pool that considered by some to take exception. 11 of the jurors were white. six of them white men. five white women. one african-american. the foreman in the jury pool. it was on monday afternoon at a press conference that the scott family did not focus on that. choosing inst

got to hickory hill, john walked into senator kennedy's private study and saw that robert kennedy, who was the only political rival i had in my life, had out a book of ralph walter emerson's poetry. it was opened up and a leaf of the book there in the margins were comments made by robert kennedy. and the passage that john, i'm told, remembered was where emerson said, "this time, like all times, is a very good one if we but know what to do with it." think i like most about john was he knew from his upbringing that ordinary americans could do extraordinary things. ordinary americans could do extraordinary things. and he believed, i believe, he was confident that every successive generation would know what to do with it. and that's the charge i think john left us, annie. to join our nation's conquest and our nation's explorations as a challenge, not only to fulfill a sacred duty, but to join in this joyous adventure. so when the marine plays taps on the bugle at arlington for our friend, we can look deep into the heavens and know with certitude that john believed and was right that future generations of americans will also look deep within the heavens and understan

this was year john lennon yoko ono debuted vietnam protest song happy christmas the too. moving on to 1982. walter. >> prince william's first christmas 1983, christmas story. i love that movie. and still considered one most iconic christmas movies of all time. you this like it? >> no. >> 1988. vanessa. >> what? >> i like how we just-- yes, i was born in '88. and picsary both consider hottest toys of year tops almost everybody's wish list. really? i don't like that you don't like the christmas story. tradition is to watch miracle on 34th street my mom watch it is a dozen times a holiday season. she loves it. both versions. >> i'm auk ser for hallmark channel. >> that's maikon fegs. they just play like nonstop christmas movies. we played the christmas vacation. take b holidays. i never watch it any time of year exception when they move christmas moves i still have frosty santa claus. >> oh. all of those. yeah. my kids are watching. we play the christmas vacation clip earlier i want to see it again now. my dad would sit and watch christmas vacation and laugh as though he had never seen it before. it'

there is also walter star who writes about the relationship between abraham lincoln and secretary of state william seward. also, johny adams, american

there is also walter star who writes about the relationship between abraham lincoln and secretary of state william seward. also, johnncy adams, american visionary. you can find these interviews online at c-span.org. announcer: here on c-span, washington journal is next. campaign managers on the 2016 election results at a forum courtesy of cnn. .t noon, the house gavels in legislative business at 2:00. on today's washington journal, the future of the house democratic caucus after recent democratic elections. then a look at efforts to isis inspirednd attacks in the u.s. with mark ginsberg who is a former mideast jimmyr to president carter. later, liz farmer talks about federal grant money being used by large ♪ trump wentdent-elect to nominate armor presidential candidate, dr. ben carson as the head of housing and urban development. dr. carson was his choice to advance his agenda for urban renewal and the inner-city. this is the washington journal for december 5. we will talk more on that later. the decision yesterday concerning an oil pipeline. the obama administration has put on hold a project in north dakota. that i

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walter mondale. on january 16th, 1998, nasa announced plans to return the 76-year-old legend to space 36 years after he first orbited the earth. johnnn's second trip to space took off as planned in october of 1988. >> lift-off of discovery with a crew of 6 astronaut heros and one american legend. >> when the mission was over america's oldest space traveler was given another hero's welcome, his second ticker tape parade on broadway in new york city. >> he is one of the most legitimate heros of our time. >> a lot of people at this age say i need to be a couch potato. it is the age to fulfill your dreams and ambitions at whatever age. >> following the desire of retirement and returning to space he and wife annie founded the john glenn institute for public service. they served adds trustees of their alma hattmater. john scott, fox news. >>> he was married to anna for 70 years. that is an accomplishment right there. >> sad to say good-bye to him. tributes pouring in across the country for the beloved astronaut. nasa god speed john glenn memorializing what was said my biggs control. >> trump tweeting today we lost a great pioneer of air

john huntsman. actually, i'm going to cut in here. we're keeping an eye down in charleston. this is the family of walter scott. let's listen to what they have to say. >> missed opportunity to heal a lot of wounds in this country. missed opportunity to remind the good officers that put on that badge that they aren't michael slager. but if you thought we were going to come out here crying or weeping or weak, you don't know the scott family, who have become my family. you don't understand that the fight isn't over. that was round one. we've got two more rounds to go. the solicitor is trying this case again as soon as she can. the doj is trying this case as soon as they can. he may have delayed justice, but he did not escape it. we all saw what he did. we all saw what happened. but that's the justice system. one person or two people can disagree. we don't know the details of what the jury makeup was or what the decision was. we'll find that out to forestall any comments or questions about that. but it doesn't matter because our faith is unwavering. our knowledge of what happened is unwavering. and michael slager w

walter mondale. on january 16, 1998, nasa announced plans to return the 76-year-old legend to space, 36 years after he first orbited the earth. john glenn's second trip to space took off as planned. in october of 1998. >> liftoff with a crew of six astronaut heros and one american legend. >> reporter: when the mission was over, america's oldest space traveller was given another hero's welcome, his second ticker tape parade on broadway in new york city. >> one of the few legitimate american heros of our time. >> too often people say, i'm at this age supposed to be a couch potato. the thing to do is get out and work to fulfill your dreams, your ambitions, at whatever age. >> reporter: following his retirement from politics and return from space, he and wife founded the john glenn institute for public service at ohio state university. they also served as trustees of their i'll alma mater. >>> now to presidential politics. a headline in a washington newspaper today asks whether donald trump is already president? he is acting like it today. the president-elect met with families and first responders from last week's brutal terrorist att

walter mondale. on january 16th, 1998, nasa announced plans to return the 76-year-old legend to space, 36 years after he first orbited the earth. john glenn's second trip to space took off as planned in october of 1998. >> lift off of discovery with a crew of six astronaut heroes and one american legend. >> reporter: when the mission was over, america's oldest space traveler was given another hero's welcome, his second ticker tape parade on broadway in new york city. >> this is one of the few legitimate american heroes of our time. >> too often people say i'm at this age supposed to now be a couch potato. i think the thing to do is get out to fulfill your dreams, your ambitions at whatever age. >> reporter: following his retirement from politics and return from space, he and wife anny founded the john glenn institute for public service at ohio state university. they also served as trustees of their alma mater. jon scott, fox news. >> john glenn, a symbol of space exploration, dead today at the age of 95. >>> there were two major earthquakes within a few hours of each other this morning. the first was felt across northern california

walter mondale. on january 16, 1998, nasa announced plans to return the 76-year-old legend to space, 36 years after he first orbited the earth. john glenn's second trip to space took off as planned. in october of 1998. >> liftoff with a crew of six astronaut heros and one american legend. >> reporter: when the mission was over, america's oldest space traveller was given another hero's welcome, his second ticker tape parade on broadway in new york city. >> one of the few legitimate american heros of our time. >> too often people say, i'm at this age supposed to be a couch potato. the thing to do is get out and work to fulfill your dreams, your ambitions, at whatever age. >> reporter: following his retirement from politics and return from space, he and wife founded the john glenn institute for public service at ohio state university. they also served as trustees of their i'll alma mater. >>> now to presidential politics. a headline in a washington newspaper today asks whether donald trump is already president? he is acting like it today. the president-elect met with families and first responders from last week's brutal terrorist att

walter mondale. on january 16, 1998, nasa announced plans to return the 76-year-old legend to space, 36 years after he first orbited the earth. john glenn's second trip to space took off as planned. in october of 1998. >> liftoff with a crew of six astronaut heros and one american legend. >> reporter: when the mission was over, america's oldest space traveller was given another hero's welcome, his second ticker tape parade on broadway in new york city. >> one of the few legitimate american heros of our time. >> too often people say, i'm at this age supposed to be a couch potato. the thing to do is get out and work to fulfill your dreams, your ambitions, at whatever age. >> reporter: following his retirement from politics and return from space, he and wife founded the john glenn institute for public service at ohio state university. they also served as trustees of their i'll alma mater. >>> now to presidential politics. a headline in a washington newspaper today asks whether donald trump is already president? he is acting like it today. the president-elect met with families and first responders from last week's brutal terrorist att

walter mondale. on january 16th, 1998, nasa announced plans to return the 76-year-old legend to space, 36 years after he first orbited the earth. john glenn's second trip to space took off as planned in october of 1998. >> liftoff of discovery with a crew of six astronauts hero and one american legend. >> when the mission was over, america's oldest space traveler was given another hero's welcome, his second, tickertape parade on broadway in new york city. >> i would say it is one of the first legitimate american heroes of our time. >> too often say at this age i'm supposed to be a couch potato. the thing to do, work to fulfill your dreams and ambitions at whatever age. >> following his retirement from politics and return from space, he and wife annie founded the john glenn institute for public service at ohio state university. they also served as trustees of their all mamatter, muskingham college. jon scott, fox news. david: one of the proudest things i had of this, an autographed picture from john glenn. my dad met him and down in florida once and i was so proud of this picture. i keep it to this day. i happened to bring it down fr

walter mondale. on january 16. 1998, nasa announced plans to return the 76-year-old legend to space. 36 years after he first orbited the earth. johnook off as planned in october of 1998. >> liftoff of discovery with a crew of six astronaut holidays and one american legend. >> when the mission was over, america's oldest space traveler was given another hero's welcome, his second ticker tape parade on broadway in new york city. >> one of the few legitimate american heroes. >> too often people say i'm supposed to be a couch potato. think the thing to do is get out and work to fulfill your dreams and ambitions at whatever age. >> following his retirement from politics and return from space, he and wife, annie, founds the john glenn institute for public service at ohio state university. they also served as trustees at their alma mater. john scott, fox news. >> just had a quote up here that i wanted to read to you but it was in that prompter line. here. john glenn was quoted -- lists and lists of quotes from the late john glenn. one of the most interesting to me is this one: the most importance thing we can do is inspire young mans and

walter mondale. on january 16, 1998, nasa announced plans to return the 76-year-old legend to space, 36 years after he first or bitted the earth. john glenn's second trip to space took off as planned in october of 1998. >> liftoff of "discovery" with the crew of six astronaut heroes and one american legend. >> when the mission was over, america's oldest space traveler was given his second ticker-tape parade on broadway in new york city. >> i would say he's one of the few legitimate american heroes of our time. >> i think people think at my age i'm supposed to be a couch potato. you need to get out and fulfill your dreams and ambitions at any arj. >> reporter: following his return to space, he and wife annie founded the john glenn institute for public service at ohio state university. they also served as trustees of their alma mater, muss keying gum college. john scott, fox news. >>> and that's just a sampling of some of the things he accomplished in his extraordinary life. i want to bring back rusty schweiker and astronaut tom jones who have been sharing their thoughts and reflections about john glenn. i thought it was very interest

walters last year. >> do you think about what kind of a woman she would have been? >> mostly i think of her as a 6-year-old child that i remember. >> reporter: after jonbenet's death, johnerself to raising burke, until she lost her battle with ovarian cancer in 2006. >> she was an amazing person, and very focused on burke and what's best for burke. and that became her -- her life. >> how is burke doing today? >> burke's doing very well. i'm very proud of him. >> reporter: burke is now 29, a software engineer, and back in the headlines after an interview with dr. phil this fall -- the first time he ever spoke publicly about the case. >> some people have speculated that your parents weren't protecting you. they were hiding you. >> yeah. >> and that for the last 20 years you had been hiding out. >> for the last 20 years i wanted to grow up like a normal kid, which does not include being in front of a tv camera. >> reporter: after the murder, john lost his successful business, and his millions. but in a life marked by loss, he has found a way to move on. five years ago, he remarried, and he's written a book called "the other side of suffering." >> there's a number of elemen