we know who did it, john wilkes booth. we know little about the family of john wilkes booth. early his life he worked as a strugglingctor. his career was always obscured by the shadow of his older brother edwin, the greatest star of the 19th century sta. on april 14, 1865, john wilkes booth forever seals his legacy when he shot president lincoln in washington at the ford theater. the story of the boo brothers sibling rivalry and h long lasting affect on the history of this country vi hold in a new book called "my thoughts be bloody." joining she the book's author nora titone, along with her is her friend and mentor and former boss and fellow historian, doris kearns goodwin. i am pleased to have them both here. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> rose: first of all, how did this come together that you worked for her and then you worked on the lincoln book and "team of rivals." >> that's correct. >>. >> rose: and then you found this story. first, the two of you. >> you begin. >> i was working for someone else who was interviewing doris kearns goodwin and i just threw myself at doris

but then, john wilkes booth showed up and killed lincoln. there was still hope, because jesus appeared on the face of the liberty bell and he froze john wilkes booth in carbonite. and the liberal homosexuals sailed back to their gay country, while americans claimed their land and drank beer. and that's how freedom was born. [ applause ] >> jimmy: i didn't know -- some of that i didn't know, i'll be honest. let's go back out to cousin sal. who do you have there? wow. >> i'm sandy. >> jimmy: where are you from? >> i'm from michigan. >> jimmy: michigan. and are you trying to look like kyle petty, or is it just a coincidence? >> just a coincidence. >> jimmy: do people think that's you? >> no, they know it's kyle petty. >> jimmy: they do. okay, great. are you ready to belly flop? >> oh, yeah. >> jimmy: okay, come on through and you can belly flop for us, all right? [ applause ] sal, go ahead and just grab a few people and send them through, all right? >> you got it. >> jimmy: just round some people up and -- yes. i think we found our winner. [ la

then john wilkes booth showed up and killed lincoln, but there was hope because jesus' face appearedn the liberty bell. and the liberal homosexual sailed back to their gay countries, while americans claimed their land and drank beer. and that's how freedom was borned. >>> for those members of the media who are celebrating, i waited for a season. i know exactly where i'm going. and you will pray for the time when i was only on the air for one hour every day. >> that was glenn beck on the final episode of his fox news show today, doing his best to sound triumphant in a finale that fox news president roger ales has more than implied was forced on beck. beck leaves fox news far wealthier than when he arrived. he still has a financially successful radio program, and now plans on expanded internet presence. i have sharply disagreed with and sometimes despised glenn beck on many things, particularly on his biblical interpretations. beck critic though i am, i do try to resist the temptation of kicking someone on the way out the door who is leaving peacefully, so i leave the attack on beck to

john wilkes booth has three names! [ laughter ] >> lee harvey oswald! >> no, it's super fun. >> jimmy: you just did a thing --it is really fun. you just did a thing with president obama. >> yeah, i hosted an event for the dnc about lgbt stuff. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that is high pressure right there. is that a good crowd? >> that's my expression right then -- so i'm mcing the event. i'm given -- what are you supposed to say as the opening remarks for a big giant fund-raiser? i had never done it before. i asked if they would prepare some kind of script. they send a very stumpy kind of script of things that he's done in the year, you know, to rally the crowd. and that kind of freaked me out. so i had the "how i met your mother" scribe take a pass at it and add some jokey bits. a lot of sex with chicks jokes. barney stinson jokes. didn't go over so well. >> jimmy: no, not at all. [ laughter ] >> so while that's happening, there's the high paid -- people who paid a lot of money to go and be there. they get a bonus picture with the president. right? i guess that's how t

and he's wearing a t-shirt that has a quote from john wilkes booth, "sic semper tyrannis."k there's the words of thomas jefferson that "the tree of liberty must be watered from time to time with the blood of tyrants and patriots." >> i left the trail on purpose. just a few pieces in my car, i was wearing it on my back. even if i wouldn't have been apprehended, i still would have gained the benefit of being identified. i already made sure that was in place. there was a no-lose situation. >> mcveigh had this all very carefully choreographed. he decides to go this way. and let the federal agents connect the dots that mcveigh has so conveniently placed for them. >> mcveigh's trail begins to come rapidly into focus for investigators, but to the local police if perry, he's still being detained as a small-time offender. it's a cat-and-mouse chase that mcveigh clearly relishes. >> i describe it as playing a game with them. i am playing the game with law enforcement, and every day i laugh. >> by the time federal agents identify mcveigh just two days after the bombing, he is being ar