monday, it shows president obama alongside of some infamous characters, including adolf hitler, joseph stalin, and former dictators from all over the place. the company's director of operation told cbs washington, obama and his various czars are infringing on the rights of americans to own guns, he's anti-gun. the sales have actually gone through the roof since they sent out that ad. so far, the white house has not commented on the ad. >>> we did see lots of sunshine today. not as breezy now, compared to earlier today. but as we're kicking off december, we're right around seasonal for this time of year. 52degrees. the record high on this date, 75 in 2006. temperatures in the mid-40s downtown. you go into the suburbs. down to 36 in gaithersburg. 36 also in winchester. fredericksburg down to 41 degrees. pax river, 44 at this hour. tonight, clear and cold. a two blanket night, we're calling it. lows down into the upper 20s around the suburbs, down to the upper 30s under light winds. we'll talk about how long this stretch of sunny days will last before the next storm system comes this way a littl

joseph stalin's old villa in russia. all the former dictator homes.ni spent part of his life. unbelievable stuff. and it has a number of rooms. this is ultralux, will cost you over $1,000 a night. but if you want the villa where he stayed, that's about $3,500 a night. look, hey, not a bad place to spend the war. >> apparently being a dictator was good. >> well, probably after he left. >> peter greenberg, thanks so much. weigh apprecia we appreciate it. very interesting options. >> see you in the crane. >>> four years ago this week john kralik was in trouble living in a tiny apartment about to be divorced. his law firm was failing. then he decided to focus on what he had rather than what he didn't have. he said everything changed. john kralik writes about his journey in the book "a simple act of gratitude." how learning to say thank you changed my life, which has just come out in paper back. we are happy to have john here with us this morning. >> morning. >> how are you. >> i'm great. >> the thank you card is really the lost art. used to be so prevalen

he compared her to joseph stalin just this year.e said the democratic party was what did he call it, a socialist, secular machine that poses a greater threat to america than nazism? no. he called the cbo a socialist scheme basically to take down america. no. he is not a nice human being. he is a bad person when it comes to demonizing opponents. as george will said, he would have made a marvelous marxist because he dehumanizes anybody that gets in his way. >> okay. so i have a question for you and then we've got to get to -- >> i want to make sure. is that fair? i'm not talking about the conclusions but just over the past six months he has said some horrific things about people with families, with children. he is a -- when he puts on his political helmet he is a terrible person. he dehumanizes people like glenn beck. >> he says things -- >> calling them racist, bigots, marxists. >> he does say those things but i am not willing to say he is a bad person. >> no, politically. he may be a nice person at home. >> he practices his politics

he calls kathleen sebelius a joseph stalin. i'm here. i'm going to win the middle.ng to beat barack obama. that seems like a brilliant play. >> yeah. and he is taking his tough times like a man. but when i asked him is newt gingrichhe front-runner he said yes. he is right now. and i said, why? he started out by saying got me. but he went on to say that this could be a five, six-month contest. he is now looking at the possibility that this will go through california june 5th. just a month ago in florida he was saying he was hoping it would end in florida january 31st. so he sees this as a much tougher, longer road. but he sounded like a man who saddled up. >> once again, that's brilliant. this is going to last forever, be a long, hard slog. you do a little bit better in iowa than you expect. win new hampshire and south carolina. boom. it's over. because of expectations. >> one thing that could happen is gingrich could win most or all the early states and that's when the establishment which is not gearing up en masse to stop him now could say, okay. this isn't good fo

in 1956, when nikita khrushchev revealed the atrocities and brutality of joseph stalin, for all of us the soviet system, we cannot build a paradise on earth from the bones of millions of people. from that moment on, i came to the united states. i came as a fulbright scholar and my first impressions of the united states were based on my education, upbringing. i came to times square and was totally revolted by the vulgarity and low taste. the next day went to the bowery. i said this is a symbol of the future? in no way. i became a more dedicated communist than ever. i had a good career as a radio correspondent. i recruited seven americans. one of them have access to information of historic value. it was access to solid fuel for misfiles. -- missiles. later, as a correspondent for radio moscow, i recruited americans. at some point, one of them was a member of the united states communist party, but when stalin and hitler made a pact of friendship, he quit. i met his young son, who worked for a nuclear lab at columbia university. he professed to be a socialist, so i said, why don't you wri

stalin. >> or joseph which is how it is pronounced. >> i don't believe it is. asked what the occupy yes, sirs -- occupie rz accomplished. the fact you have to ask that means you don't even get it. come on. it is not about accomplishing anything, anne. tom, greg brought up the fact that romney's campaign says kristine o'donnell has been a leader in the conservative movement for many years. talk about zainy. but doesn't it show that romney has no knowledge of the conservativism? >> no. >> how did you throw your votes like that? >> what do you expect him to say? >> you can just politely thank someone and move along. you don't have to make stuff up. >> i agree with you. i am trying to disagree with you, but i agree with you. >> i won't talk on any of the other topics if i can just keep talking about romney. >> there is not going to be any other topic once you talk about -- >> he gets endorsed and the conservatives say the sustain -- the establishment. romney can't win. >> kristine o'donnell was the pre em pre-eminent tea party candidate? >> i think so. >> i think a

. >> i would love -- i would give anything to see your dad sitting across the table from joseph stalin. somebody who had prosecuted gangsters all of his life. >> let's try to get a couple more phone calls and hear as we wrap up tonight's "the contenders." >> thank you very much for this wonderful program, part of a wonderful series. historically toward the end we did get back to the question of foreign affairs. my question has to deal with professor smith's reference to his role of an adviser in for policy at what the relation between the two was and what that had to do with dulles becoming the secretary of state in the cabinet. >> i think you are absolutely right. they all fit together. the relationship was a uniquely close one. intellectually substantive. at one point, your dad appointed him to the united states senate seat which he was unable to hold onto in the election. there is no doubt that john foster dulles became dwight eisenhower's secretary of state as an outgrowth of the long record of association of creative foreign-policy position he had had with tom dewey. >> he was one