i love people. >> and people love lawrence brooks. 1941 to 1945 brooks served overseas with the predominantly african-american 91st engineer battalion in places like australia and new guinea. he was a reluctant soldier opting to work as a cook in his unit. >> they drafted me into the army and the sergeant was selling us that we'll kill people. as much as i love people you're telling me i have to go kill them? >> after returning home to new orleans, brooks faced the challenge of the jim crow south. more than half a century later hurricane katrina threatened his wife and took his life. >> katrina took everything i owned, washed away everything. >> yet you survived that too. >> i survived that too. yeah. the lord was good to me. >> he can still get on his knees at night and pray. >> his daughter vanessa credits his father's exercise and faith for his long life and made this celebration possible. >> i heard he was an old vet and i said well, we need to do something at the world war ii museum. >> lee crane met brooks years ago at church and

>> i love people. >> reporter: and people love lawrence brooks. of them showed up to celebrate, even strangers. from 1941 to 1945, brooks served overseas with the predominantly african-american 91st engineer battalion in places like australia and new guinea, he was a reluctant soldier opting instead to work as a cook in his unit. >> when a placement was drafted in the army, no sergeant was tell iing us exactly training t kill people. kill people. as much as i love people, you tell me i have to kill them. >> reporter: after returning home, he faced the challenge of the jim crow south. then more than a half century later, hurricane katrina threatened his life and took his wife's. >> hurricane katrina took everything i owned. washed away everything. >> yet you survived that too. >> i survived that too. the lord was just good to me. >> my daddy still get on his knees at night and pray. >> reporter: brooks' daughter credits her father's faith, diet and exercise for his long life and sometimes prayer that made this celebration possible. >> i heard that h

meet lawrence brooks. the national world war ii museum p thank him for his service. he served as a en a plane he was on lost an engine. more than half a century later, hurricane katrina left him stranded on a roof. >> what is the secret to your success? >> i always love people. i love people. >> he had five children, two of whom he outlived, 13 grandchildren, and 22 great- grandchildren. he says his good health is thanks in part to taking walks and chewing gum. >> i am getting a pack today. >>> if you have a consumer problem or question, email us, consumer watch at kpix.com. or call the hotline. we will be right back. >>> it is friday the 13th. >> it is. >> what a scary movie tonight. >> yeah. >> stride stay cool. hope to see right back here on monday. ♪ [ door opens ] - oh. katie. - well, gee. don't get too excited to see me. - no, i thought you might be ridge. - he's not here? - no. - you seem upset. what's going on? - we had a fight, and he just walked out, and i'm worried about him. ♪ [ patrons chattering ] - maybe i should keep my opinion to myself about brooke,

lawrence brooks, who celebrated his 110th birthday. >>> that's the "cbs this morning." have a great day and a great weekend. ♪ ♪ . >>> live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. . >> and now at 4:30,

here is lawrence brooks and his daughter vanessa reflecting on the day. >> glad to be here.e things i don't want to remember. >> i said dad, how long are you going to keep it up? you are 112. >> he says his secret to a long life is that he loves all people. he loves humanity. that is all-time we have tonight. have a great weekend with your family and friends, be safe, fly your flag. the fox news at night team will take it from here. see you monday. >> welcome to fox news at night, breaking tonight, we are one step closer to seeing the long awaited report investigating the investigators, the attorney general is reviewing a draft of the doj watchdog report on allegations of fisa abuse by federal investigators during the russia investigation. stay tuned for late breaking news. fevered speculation over the state of lori laughlin role in a college admissions bribery scandal.

lawrence brooks tells us the key to his long life. amazing guy. wel e you at 7. >> wow. 110. he's looking good. . >> he looks great. >> all right. anthony, we will see you at 7:00. thanks so much. . >>> 6:45 right now. retail sales are up but there are concerns in silicone valley. >> joining us is kcbs radio financial reporter jason brooks. good morning. >> good morning. and the heat continues to ratchet higher on silicone valley when it comes to antitrust concerns. the house judiciary committee is requesting documents from apple, amazon, facebook and google relating toke he cantive ehe-mails regarding competition. this is on top of the justice department and federal trade commission looking into the four companies. and in the past week, we have had state ags launch two separate antitrust probes into facebook and google. retail sales were up about ahalf percent in august slightlyweaker than july. americans bought more cars and trucks. that led the overall gain. hement health and beauty care stores did well. online shopping is big. department store chains struggled once again.

here is lawrence brook and daughter vanessa reflecting on the day. >> i'm glad to be here, i made it. so many things happened because something i remember, some of them i don't. some of them i don't want to remember. >> now that my dad is 100, ask him, i say, daddy, how long you can live? he said, 112. he has two more years left. >> mike: >> laura: wow, what a . he secret to a long life is that he loves all humanity, he loves like. that's all the time we have tonight. have a great weekend with your family and friends, be safe out there. the "fox news @ night" will take it all from here. see you monday. ♪ >> mike: hello and welcome to "fox news @ night," i mike emmanuel and for shannon bream, breaking tonight i laid on the friday, we are one step closer to see investigating the investigators. attorney general is now reviewing the draft of the doj walks on reports on allegations of private abuse by the federal investigators during the russian investigation. stay tuned for the late-breaking news. also tonight, fevered speculation over the state of full house star, and the rising scandal.

lawrence brooks celebrating his milestone birthday at the national world war ii knew people?seum. 18 karat gold, that's what this toilet, stolen from winston churchill's boyhood home, is made of. it was snatched from an art exhibit because the toilet is connected to the building's plumbing -- [laughter] jedediah: that's how you know you've made it, are you kidding me? [laughter] all right. former first lady chel obama heading to new jersey as part of her intimate conversation multi-city tour, and it isn't cheap. pete: folks are reportedly shelling out $1300 with the most expensive $4,000. ed: good morning, governor mike huckabee. >> if you can afford a $4200 seat, you don't need to steal the toilet, you can just buy one. look, i want to be very clear about this, good for michelle obama. she is practicing capitalism in the private sector, and i say why the heck not? now, you know, my speeches never get $4200 a ticket, but for $4.20, i'll speak at a holiday inn breakfast room, and everybody just has to, you know, share their eggs and biscuits with me. that's all they need to do

> host: somebody else, co hort of brooks protecting -- make sure people didn't come to sumner's help. correct. >> guest: correct. another south carolinian named lawrence kitt was there keeping anyone who tried to interfere away. the fact of the matter is, people were yelling, don't kill him, don't kill him. here's the interesting thing -- vasely honever horrifying but interesting. some of the congressional violence. counterintuitive but there was a lot of violence, 1830s, 1840s, 1850s. fighting was kind of a given if it seemed fair. by that i mean, there were rules of fighting. if you were going to insult somebody, you could only do if it they were present. i if you attacked an unarmed man you were suppose told be unarmed. fairness was considered to be important and an example of that, there's an account from the late 1850s from a letter from a congressman, which he is writing to this wife and looks up and sees a menacing looking stranger in front of a kole leaning with his fist clenched and writing in is in letter, that doesn't look good. i think there's going be a fight. but he kind of looks at the stranger and his colleague and his colleague is a b