kathryn? >> thank you. thanks very much. >> we're going to have a powerpoint here. >> thank you for your indulgence. those who know jim mcpherson know he's not in favor of relying on technology. but i thought on this one occasion he might be indulgent because i did conspire with his life partner, pat, to try and present some unknown sides of mcpherson which are best demonstrated visually. so this kind gentleman has volunteered from the office, from the audience. okay. there we go. we are pleased to be here to honor the private man and the public historian. as we were given only a brief time to sum up the legendary career of a man whose influence extends beyond the princeton campus i can assure you the halls of congress and the american air waves and whose international statue as america's premiere civil war historian now reigns unchallenged. but i will give you a portrait of both the public historian and private man in my brief time. others up here will be extolling his many other virtues, his many other as

with two sisters and a really tight family, kathryn knew she wanted a family.lso wanted a career. babies would have to wait. >> reporter: how do you balance your want for a baby but also your want to have a really successful career? >> the balance part is tricky so obviously i really want to have a baby, i just don't want to have one right now. >> reporter: so her gynecologist sent her to dr. grifo, the leading specialist in the new york area. >> she brought up the fact that my fertility was going to decline rapidly over the next several years and that i should consider freezing my eggs. >> reporter: she decided to take the leap, but it took three months to get an appointment. then kathryn started the process to harvest the most eggs she could, a daunting series of hormone shots. >> once i had everything all mixed up i'm looking at this needle saying i know this is the wrong needle. it's so big. so i decided to insert it halfway and hope for the best. >> reporter: bottom line, it wasn't easy? >> no. no, it wasn't easy. >> reporter: after two weeks of ramping up

back to kathryn. >>> thank very much. gunmen in northern pakistan have attacked a full bus of passengers. they killed 18 people. the bus was traveling from a suburb of the capital islamabad to the northern city of gilgit. eight gunmen stopped the bus. they checked people's names, then shot the male passengers. police say all casualties were shia muslims, a minority sect. police in the area are on high alert for sectarian violence. tensions have been rising since last month when month when sun muslim was killed. >>> mayan mar -- is receiving aid from japan. >> building infrastructure is essential to accentuate mayan mar's democratic reform. resuming yen loans will help the move. >> japanese foreign minister said that adjustments are being made to restart yen loans in april when mayan mar's president visits japan. gemba added the government will grant 5 billion yen or about $62 million in march. the humanitarian aid is intended to help mayan mar's recovery from floods last year and to provide food to ethnic minorities. gemb

kathryn condon who is the executive director of the army's national cemeteries program. and so general, thank you for beginning. >> chairman wilson, ranking member davis, chairman whitman, ranking member cooper and distinguished members of the subcommittees, thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today and for your oversight and support over the past 18 months. it has made a difference at arlington national cemetery. since assuming the duties of the army inspector general in november, i have reviewed our previous inspections, met with the executive director and here team and other stakeholders involved in directing deficiencies found at arlington. to fully appreciate the progress one only has to review the 2010 i.g. report identifying 61 deficiencies. among them, deplorable organizational climate, archaic recordkeeping and automation system, uncontrolled contracting and budgets processes, significant problems with grave site accountability. in contrast, you may recall from general mccoy's testimony that the 2011 i.g. report identified no deficiencies and noticed s

kathryn condon. >> chairman wilson, chairman wittman and distinguished members ofhsubcommittees, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss the progress that we have made at arlington national cemetery. as both of the chairmen and ranking member davis and cooper both know from our monthly updates, there still is a lot of work left that we have to do at arlington. but the army and the entire cemetery are prepared to address the challenges that remain. but today significant congress has been made. progress as a result of our concerted focus on establishing repeatable standards, measures and operating procedures that emphasize safety, proficiency, professionalism and accountability. the implementation of state of the art technology now make the hay -- hallowed grounds of arlington one of the most technologically advanced in the country. a different perspective than 19 months ago when the cemetery lacked stewardship was a paper-based operation using a typewriter and having only one fax machine. when calls were not answered and the workforce was not properly manned,

kathryn brown is there with more on the funeral arrangements. >> reporter: good morning. whitney houston's body is here at the whigham funeral home in newark, new jersey a private jet bringing her body here from l.a. to teterboro airport late last night. that airport is not far from here. it was accompanied by another jet filled with houston's family and friends. they then caravaned to the funeral home hundreds of fans and mourners on hand with candles and cards to pay tribute to the fallen star. her funeral service is expected to be held in newark later this week. final arrangements are still being worked out. the family is said to be considering two options. one of those would have her funeral service taking place at new hope baptist church that's the church where houston grew up, sang in the choir there and that would be a small intimate service filled with just her very closest friends and family. another option the family is considering is a much larger public service at the prudential center which is a very large arena here in newark that seats about 18,000 people.

. >> now, the founders of this place were lloyd and kathryn beebee and now their grandson robert runshis place. >> they usually say don't feed the bears but here you get to feed the bears. >> you get to feed the bears and this is like chicken wire. >> they look rather friendly. >>> what we have here is one nervous groom. there's the bride, she's all beautiful. >> aww. >> he is sitting there, holding her hand, looking straight ahead. >> oh, no, oh, no, oh, no. oh, gross. thank god that's not in this one. i feel for this guy. because those tuxedos they make you wear, they're so hot, don't breathe, ten shirts on, plus that jacket. >> nothing to do with the fact that he's getting married. >> well, yeah. on top of that, probably nervous about getting married. >> i don't think that has anything to do with the fact -- this guy is like all -- you just hear at the end it coming. >> or theory c. he partied too hard at his bachelor party the night before. >> or he's that much in love. i am love sick right now. >> as soon as he put his hand over his mouth, that's the universal sign of i am going

kathryn? >> several times people ask about the new work and the field of civil war history. and i think it's been the most exciting time. certainly when i went to princeton, i never imagined that i would end up a civil war historian. that was indeed in the vietnam era. that was indeed in a time of great strife over the position of the invisible in history. but i think it's been exciting that in the past quarter century especially, and when we look at the anniversary of the american civil war and see the way in which civil war history has been redefined, certainly the scholarship in the field of women's history has gone a far piece from mary massey's bonnet brigade, which was commissioned during the centennial, and i think certainly a fine call for us to walk the battlefields. and there are many battlefields that we need to continue to struggle with, and one of them is to be inclusive of all of those. and there's still, i promise you, great topics on this. i went to northern ireland the year the queen withdrew the troops. so it's a kind of reconstruction in northern ireland.

pat could have provided to kathryn clinton that photograph of you and me wearing skirts in israel. i can just see the title. jim mcpherson, cross dresser. so in that vein i have entitled my talk jim mcpherson, closet military historian. although jim began his career as an abolitionist historian, his greatest contributions i think are to the field of military history, not that his early career was fraught with failure, mind you. it did get him tenure at princeton. but i think it in is the area of military history that he has made the most lasting contributions. so let me make a few points about some of his scholarship. first of all, of course, "battle cry freedom." 20 years later it is still the single finest volume on the civil war, bar none, no competition. it's an extraordinary exploration into politics, military, diplomatic, cultural, racial, social history. it's an incredible achievement. jim once told me that he was off on math. but if you ever look at the economics and financing of the war, they are absolutely phenomenal. it's a truly extraordinary achievement. i want to focu

. >> reporter: kathryn alley son is a grandmother who cannot walk without help. she can no longer park in front of her house. >> and i'm just so blessed that it's not snowing right now. >> reporter: she's one of 16 homeowners at the royal plaza development in print george's county. informed that the parking lot that came with their homes years ago was recently purchased by someone who doesn't want people parking there. >> no one would have purchased a home where they could not park. >> reporter: these signs went up last year telling residents to move it or lose it. and then the tow trucks arrived. >> in april 2011 we woke up at 4:00 in the morning. and i'll show you that receipt where woe woke up in the morning rushing out here, begging them not to take our cars away. >> reporter: here's another problem. these residents have a homeowner's association that has been charging them almost $600 a year to maintain this parking lot. even after the lot was sold. >> like i'm paying moan in the wind and the wind is taking me to do what they want to do with it. >> reporter:

and a special reunion or soldier and single- mother - kathryn masters. 2553 i missed her. i mean we'relinthicum... after perving just under a year in afghanistan. for masterr - it was her first deployment away from her daughter - who stayed with family in florida - while mom was away. ....me and her and we have a very close relationship and um, so it was, yeah, it was haad 02but as these soldiers celebrate their safe return...two u-s military officers were reportedly killed today in afghanistan... the latest victims in a weekkong of attacks...in retaliation for the burning of qurans on a u-s 20:48 it drives the point home how danger the mission is when you're back here in the comfort and safety of the uuited states 53president obama has said he waats all u-s forces to be out of afghanistan by 20-14. senator ben cardin and lieutenant governor anthony brown - say despite the recent violence... it's mportant to stick to the plan. cardin 13:455what they're doing i think will have a major impact on stability in that region and we're very proud of their service there's always going to be som

mary kathryn ham, and charles krauthammer.ment talk since tuesday night and the fall-out since. rick santorumed a his campaign out thing surge in finance, getting money. what about the state of the race and what governor romney is saying about his chances looking down the road? >> a huge wrestling match. now you have three people in the ring throwing punchs at each other. at the moment you have mitt romney attacking santorum. aiming fire at santorum and his record we're marks in the senate. saying he is a big labor guy. supporting big labor. and senator santorum on the trail firing back saying wait, this iser the me down, gotcha politics romney style. what is he going? he tears down people never expresses a vision, view of how he would go about governing the country and changing the obama record. >> bret: is there a sense, do you think, that there is a big speech coming for mitt romney, one where he goes a little bit bolder? he goes a little bit -- puts meat on the economic bone of his speech before. >> i'm not sure i am convi

he is first executive editor, kathryn miller was a cadet at west point until she resigned in protest. she worked as one about serve's main focus persons during the fight to repeal don't ask don't tell and escorting lady gaga at the music video awards and is serving on the board of directors. danny fernandez was a land corporal in the u.s. marine corps, separation for the marines. he has worked for the repeal of don't ask don't tell. sewell chan is deputy editor of the new york times. previously washington economic correspondent and founding bureau chief of the city room news block and metropolitan transportation and city hall. thank you for being with us. thanks. >> thank you for coming tonight. possible to have a great discussion. i have better discussions with a small crowd that a large one. and others can watch this. when i was asked to serve on this panel, i read through this book in one sitting. the stories of courage in this book will move you and what impressed me was how diverse the stories were. if you think there was one experience of being glbt in the military, they became

kathryn miller was a cadet at west point until she resigned in protest of don't ask, don't tell. she worked as one of outserve's main spokespersons during the fight to repeal don't ask, don't tell a bearing on national television and escorting lady gaga at mtv's music video awards. she's studying at gil mack answers on outserve's board of directors. daniel hernandez was a lance corporal in the u.s. marine corps said the separation from the marines has been a staff member at outserve's members what he has worked for the repeal of don't ask, don't tell. deputy op-ed editor at the new times. he was a correspondent for the newspaper and the founding bureau chief of the cd-rom news blog. and the metropolitan reporter covering transportation and city hall. thank you all for being with us and look forward to hearing you. thanks. >> thank you all for coming tonight on a rainy night. it's possible to have a great discussion. in fact, often better discussion with a small crowd than large ones. the panel is being recorded as well so others can watch this after us. when i was asked to serve

kathryn miller was a cadet at west point until she resigned in protest of don't ask, don't tell. she worked as one of outserve's main spokespersons during the fight to repeal don't ask, don't tell, appearing on national television and escorting lady gaga at mtv's music video awards. she is currently studied at yale and serves on outserve's board of directors. daniel hernandez was a lance corporal in the u.s. marine corps since his separation from the brink is based have never and legal defense network wears work for the repeal of don't ask, don't tell. deputy op-ed editor at the new york times, previously of washington economic correspondent for the newspaper and the founding bureau chief of the city room news blog. and a metropolitan reporter covering transportation and seal. thank you all for being with us and i look forward to hearing from you. thanks. >> thank you all for coming tonight. it's possible to have a great discussion and often their discussions with a small crowd and with a large one. it is being record as well so others can watch this. when i was asked to serve on

kathryn hardwick. jason wrightman, ed burns. the list goes on and on. so what's success for you?walked away and they're going to make short stories. for you to make a story, for you to hit home with a story that affects anybody, if you have the courage to do it, oh, it's incredible. really exciting. >> nice to have you both. thank you for being with us. we appreciate it. >>> coming up, the "end point" with our panelists. stay with us. we're back in a moment. ♪ [ male announcer ] from our nation's networks... ♪ ...to our city streets... ♪ ...to skies around the world... ♪ ...northrop grumman's security solutions are invisibly at work, protecting people's lives... [ soldier ] move out! [ male announcer ] ...without their even knowing it. that's the value of performance. northrop grumman. that's the value of performance. this was the gulf's best tourism season in years. all because so many people came to louisiana... they came to see us in florida... make that alabama... make that mississippi. the best part of the gulf is wherever you choose... and now is a great time to discover it

egyptian authorities are telling us that two female americans who were in the area of saint kathryn's monastery. an ancient greek monastery in the say na peninsula were taken hostage at gun point by a bedouin tribe. this has been confirmed by the u.s. embassy which is trying to confirm the citizenship and is working with see gipt shan authorities of these two, what are believed to be americans, taken hostage. egyptian authorities telling us that the kidnappers are demanding the release of other tribes tribesmen that have been taken. one french tourist was killed there as well. all of this pointing to egypt. very much in a state of flux. law and order being seriously challenged these days, fredricka. >> ben watson, thanks so much for keeping us posted there from cairo. all right, now turning to a new concern that israel will attack iran's nuclear program maybe by this spring reportedly. defense secretary leon panetta thinks it is a growing possibility according to a top official, and just this morning iran's supreme leader said any attack on iran would be detrimental to america. here's

thelma kathryn ryan was born on the eve of st. patrick's day on march 16, 1912 in nevada, a mining town. her father, william ryan, called her his st. patrick's babe in the morn, so she was called pat within hours of her birth. the ryans moved to southern california for a better life and settled on a small truck farm in arteeshia -- artesia. a young person of tremendous courage and determination, mrs. nixon had her heart set on higher education and work continually to secure the necessary funds. she drove an elderly couple to the east coast and worked as an x-ray technician in new york. returning, she graduated magna cum laude. she held part-time jobs on campus and was a department store salesclerk and a hollywood extra, appearing in several motion pictures, including the 1935 film "becky sharp." mrs. nixon taught at at a high school in the late 1930's where she met her husband who had returned to his hometown to practice law after graduating from duke law school. approximate richa ryan and richard nixon were married in 1940, and w