you're on with ken burns and geoffrey ward. >> caller: yes, mr. burns, can you tell me, please, how much of an influence george frederick hagel had on harvard and also on teddy roosevelt and also on fdr? >> guest: well, i'm not sure about that. i know a little bit about hagel only in that his favorite student purportedly was a man named john augustus robeling who travels to the united states and would eventually build -- design and not live to see his son complete the building of the greaters engineering feat of the 19th century, the brooklyn bridge. he's a hugely influential philosopher, and the german academic model basically took over the american academic model at the end of the 9th century -- 19th century, but i don't think you can draw really very straight lines between the philosophy of hagel and theodore or certainly not franklin roosevelt. jeff, do you -- >> guest: no, i agree. >> host: glen oak, maryland, is next, jerry is on our line for democrats. jerry, good morning. >> caller: good morning, and thank you for taking my call. mr. burns

we drew it from ken burns documentary on the dust bowl.ilm but i wanted the feeling of dread to be real and credible. >> stephen: what else can we say without giving anything away. there are extraordinary things in the movie. the movie, i haven't seen a movie like this before. let's take a clip here. the part of the blow up part. [laughing] >> cooper there is no point -- >> analyze the endurance. >> what are you doing? >> docking. stephen: wow. how hard was it to keep matthew mcconaughy -- [ applause ] >> stephen: -- exciting moment was it hard to get him to keep his shirt on? >> not in space. [cheers and applause] >> stephen: i'm sorry. >> right there. stephen: thank you, amy. thank you, very much. [cheers and applause] >> last question. i don't want to give anything away in the movie. are we happening now or is this watching ourselves in the past? do you believe that. do you believe all time is happening at once? >> i believe you are capable of living in a five-dimensional world and you're a fixth dimensional creature viewing time as a d

want to thank both ken burns and geoffrey ward for joining us this morning. >> guest: thank you. >> guest: thank you very much. >> thursday booktv in prime time features "after words" interviews. at 8 p.m. dr. ben carson is interviewed by nbc news political director chuck todd. at 9 p.m. karen armstrong, author of "fields of blood," is interviewed by sally quinn of the washington post. later at 10 p.m., historian james mcpherson on his book "embattled rebel." that all begins at 8 p.m. eastern here on c-span2. >> "q&a" is ten years old, and to mark a decade of conversations, we're featuring one interview from each year of the series over the holiday season. thursday, the president and chancellor of the university of houston on u.s. competitiveness and the global economy and the role of colleges and universities in preparing youth for the work force. that's at 7 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> here's a look at some of the programs you'll find christmas day on the c-span networks. holiday festivities start at 10 a.m. eastern on c-span with the lighting of the national christmas tree followed by t

in preparing them, i think of it as an omar -- an homage to ken burns. there are title cards to explain what they are. so i went to be the human title card here to set them up. that if you go to the library website, you can see them, and they will have a much more sustained explanation -- and they will have a much more suciscnt -- succinct explanation. what nixon is telling me in this is on the 23rd of july -- although this is the first of august -- but he is saying on the 23rd of july that he got the news. this will be a slightly longer explanation than the rest of these. but to set it up, the house judiciary committee was getting ready to vote on the articles of impeachment. the math was unrelenting. there were 38 members, 31 democrats -- 21 democrats and 17 republicans. of the 21 democrats, 18 were solid vote for impeachment. there were three possible swing votes, people who at least had not committed themselves previously if they were going to vote for impeachment. they happened to be three southern democrats and they were very influential within the

and if you saw the ken burns recent documentary series about the roosevelts, daniels was not presentedvery favorably in the episode on the first world war. and his troubled relationship with fdr was highlighted. and they did have one side of their relationship was troubled. there was a lot of cultural difference between the two. and fdr was not a particularly loyal assistant secretary. and he was one of the more velicose voices in the administration looking to take -- advocating a more aggressive position towards the germans. that was only one side of their relationship. later in life fdr would often introduce daniels who ultimately became fdr's ambassador to mexico during the 1930s and second world war, that was only one side of their relationship. later on when fdr would introduce daniels to his friends and political colleagues he would introduce him as the man who taught him a lot that he needed to know, fdr's expression, about politics. he recognized daniels had been a pretty good political mentor for him in washington. so i think wrapping up the wilson administration with fdr's en

and if you saw the ken burns recent documentary series about the roosevelts, daniels was not presentedvery favorably in the episode on the first world war. and his troubled relationship with fdr was highlighted. and they did have one side of their relationship was troubled. there was a lot of cultural difference between the two. and fdr was not a particularly loyal assistant secretary. and he was one of the more velicose voices in the administration looking to take -- advocating a more aggressive position towards the germans. that was only one side of their relationship. later in life fdr would often introduce daniels who ultimately became fdr's ambassador to mexico during the 1930s and second world war, that was only one side of their relationship. later on when fdr would introduce daniels to his friends and political colleagues he would introduce him as the man who taught him a lot that he needed to know, fdr's expression, about politics. he recognized daniels had been a pretty good political mentor for him in washington. so i think wrapping up the wilson administration with fdr's en

in preparing them, i think of it as an old mice to ken burns.hey are the clips, but they are preceded by title cards which explain what they are. i will be the human title card here to set them up. but if you go to the library website, even see them, and more will have a much succint explanation. we've divided them into four groups. on the first, you will hear, present brings ziglier, his secretary, and heig, the white house chief of staff, acting as a national security person, although henry kissinger was of course the secretary of state. telling me -- on 23 -- to ust 1 set it up, the house judiciary committee was getting ready to vote on articles of impeachment. the math was unrelenting. there were 38 members, 21 democrats and 17 republicans. of the 21 democrats, 18 were solid votes for impeachment. swing were three possible votes -- people who had not committed themselves that they would vote for impeachment. they happen to be three southern democrats. they were very influential. if they held, as they did not vote for impeachment, that might

if you have not seen the pbs show, the new ken burns production, it is well worth your time and effort. interestingly, fdr characterized long and macarthur in fdr's words as the two most dangers men in america, particularly interesting in connection with macarthur. he explained his goals to an aide. f.d.r. said we must tame these fellows and make them useful to us. george washington is going to do what he can to tame benedict arnold and make him useful to the cause. washington victim don't do anything hasty. we can resolve this problem and he urged washington -- these are washington passwords to arnold. "take comfort in a consciousness that you have not deserved the treatment for your exertions for the country." this is a paraphrase of washington's most famous quote from his favorite play by joseph addison. washington uses it to benedict arnold. i found benedict arnold used it as well. it is a quote cato says to his aide. i think it is an excellent quote. no matter what we do, we cannot guarantee it will work. we will do more, we will deserve it. that is what he is saying to arnold. st

on to play him on five separate occasions, including this year, as the voice of roosevelt in the ken burnss on pbs. edward herrmann was 71 years old. still to come on the newshour: the push to release prisoners from guantanamo. college football's top teams join forces off the field to raise awareness of rare diseases. one doctor's prescription to use data to improve healthcare. a look ahead to what lies in store for 2015. and, a look back at the best movies of the year. >> ifill: the pentagon announced today five more detainees were released from guantanamo. the three yemenis and two tunisians, who had been held for more than a decade at the u.s. military prison, have been flown to kazakhstan for resettlement. all told, 28 detainees have been moved from the facility this year, the most since 2009. but 127 remain. we're joined now by a reporter who has logged more time at the detention site in cuba than any other, carol rosenberg of "the miami herald." carol, we can withum to the "newshour". again, five prisoners, two yemenees, two tunisians, transferred to kazakhstan. what is the significa

filmmaker, ken burns, called our national parks america's best idea. but that ideas appear to me is the essence of wilderness. yet it is wilderness preservation that sometimes is among the most controversial of issues. not all wilderness has been preserved and protected. some will need her story. the river flows through yosemite valley -- this view is what it looked like in john muir's time. the last years of his life were spent in a losing battle to try and preserve this valley. in this image, the top photo was taken in 1911. and the bottom in 1999. one thing that the loss of was h hetchy did, which good, was inspired a movement to prevent the same thing from happening in other national parks. dams proposed for dinosaur even the monument, and the 1950's and 1960's, were defeated in reference to hetch hetchy. muir's spirit lives on. group restore hetch hetchy has been working over a decade to restore the valley. they promise to keep working as long as it takes to prove that john muir was right. and john muir still lives on in his books. every single on

ken burns called our national parks america's best idea. idea is the a pity me of the essence of wilderness. but yet it is wilderness preservation that is among the most controversial of issues. not all wilderness has been preserved and protected. just as the river flows through the yosemite river valley, the to all of the river once flowed. this view is what it looked like in his time. his life wass of spent in a losing battle to try to preserve this valley. in this image the top photo was inen in 1911, and the bottom 1999. one thing is the loss did that is inspire a movement to prevent the same thing from happening in other national parks. and even the grand canyon in the 60's were defeated in part due to the reference to hetch hetchy. john muir's spirit lives on. the advocacy group restore hetch hetchy has been working for over a decade to restore the valley. they promised to keep working as long as it takes to prove that john muir was right. and john muir still lives on in his books. every single one of his books is still in print, with

ken burns. >> a great one. >> and build a future. >> we had the best crop that we had had in 1929. kiss and -- >> we're dying. but that's why men like porn with no story. >> they do? >> yes. men like porn. >> how do you know hoda? >> that's what they say. they do. they do. they don't like the pregame. and women like the romance that leads to -- >> my mom was so funny when i was growing up if there was a love scene and stuff like that i would look over at my mother and she would be going -- >> can i -- >> almost falling over. just so into it. >> you know the show "the affair". >> no i don't. but you say it is as hot as can be. >> it shows you the stuff that is the turn on is the forbidden stuff. >> sadly true. >> but you can't help what you're thinking when you see it because it is so exciting. >> i heard that people that are together don't like to watch with their partner because this could be so a reality in our lives. >> right. it is. but those kind of saucy, forbidden forbidden, sneaky, they're a real turn on. >> we're going to play a game we don't know what it is. it is called

burning ferry. the harrowing stories from passengers now thankful to be on dry land. welcome back, i'm ken bastida. >>> now at 6:30, the u.s. called in to help find a plane with 162 people on board. welcome back i'm ken bastida. >> i'm veronica dela cruz. investigators are looking into oil spots found in the area seeing if they are possibly connected. reporter stacy cohan with a search. >> reporter: the agonizing wait stretches into a third day for families of the 162 passengers and crew on air asian flight 8501. weather hampered earlier search efforts but at first light tuesday, the search will expand. >> we are trying to -- if possible of course. if your experience any where air france in the atlantic or malaysian lines everywhere, you need time. >> reporter: numerous countrys are now joining the search. china and aus australia are among those sending ships and aircrafts. malaysian has requested help from america. the air bus 8230 was flying from malaysian to singapore when it lost contact with the pilot. one of the pilots had -- for the families of the 162 people on board, all they can

ken. >> reporter: this victim lived here with her daughter, husband and their five children, tonight father and his kids are still in the hospital recovering from injuries, caused by smoke inhalation, and burnshis home right here is boarded up, right now, as the fire marshall investigates the cause of this fire. this neighborhood, it is stepping up. this living room filled with clothes, toys and so much more is a neighborhood supporting their own after this raging and deadly fire here in lower chichester township delaware county. >> really smokey. i could hear all of the commotion and my thoughts was i know that there was children up there and i was just praying that they got the children out. >> reporter: it was around 7:30 saturday morning when a a fire broke out inside this home on the 100 block of fun filled avenue. this video captured by a resident. the mother shehara martin screamed for help while her husband work to save their children. five of them, ages eight, six, five, three, and one. >> apparently the kids were in the finished basement. he broke the door down, handed the kid to the neighbor. he sustained 10 percent burns. >> reporter: family members say grandmother, six two-year

kens tv cameraman david villareal. >> i got my -- >> you okay? >> yeah. >> the heat radiated very intensely. i got second and third degree burnsn my arms and the only thing i can think of was to grab my camera and cover my face. >> the super-heated vapor cloud scorches everyone nearby. >> the fire and the cloud was just like a mushroom cloud, just like one of the atomic explosions you would see on tv. >> people down there going to be burnt bad. >> lisa helps treat several badly burned firefighters. >> i remember we started taking off people's shirts and just pouring some of the water, the drinking water, on them or soaking their t-shirts in ice water, putting them back on there. >> give me that glass of water. my arm's burning. >> we had to triage and get the worst ones we thought needed to get to the hospital, of course the ones that skin was coming off and couldn't walk or burned, you know, more than 25%, 30% of their body. >> the oil tank catches fire hours earlier. lisa stewart is one of the first responders. >> the flames were shooting up hundreds of yards and black smoke was just everywhere. >> when cameraman david villa