still, the longer his self-imposed exile in england, the greater his loneliness. his children were his models. the commissions continued. but his greatest masterpieces were painted while memory and imagination were fresh. ( drumbeats, lively trumpet notes ) in his isolation in england, copley worked harder to be america's first great painter. "poor america," he wrote, "yet certain i am she will finally emerge from her present calamity and become a mighty empire. and it is a pleasing reflection that i shall stand amongst the first of the artists that shall have led the country to the knowledge and cultivation of the fine arts." narrator: ...yet george catlin had a grander dream: he was an artist in search of a cause. ( native chanting ) 1824: an indian delegation on its way to washington visited philadelphia. dazzled by their colors, george catlin wrote, "after ty took the leave, i was left to reflect. the history and customs of such a people, preserved by pictorial illustration, are themes worthy of the lifetime of one man. and nothing, short of the loss of my lif

and in this approximate silence we have felt that not regreting has spared us loneliness. called at the door. you did not tell me about these hours, how thick they were and wounded. i hear myself telling someone to punch me just to figure the order of my beliefs. someone else in my clothes who would view this and move on. explain again the conditions that will bring along the morning and what it is here that convenes the night. and then the last poem is called upon living. they shove your feet out of the smokestack kitchen. they narrow the big sea sba a line of your sweat and then they take away your last word and then they take away another. now you put the keys back in your pocket and now you push on the door until it is in flame, until it is in flame. next reader is jane herschfield. . >> one sand grain among the others in winter wind. i wake with my hand held over the place of grief in my body. depend on nothing, the voice advices, but even that is useless. my ears are useless, my familiar and intimate tongue, my protecting hand is useless that wants to hold the single

despite the late singer's unparalleled talent, jackson's legacy was tarnished by addiction, his lonelinesstimate scandal, and now a revealing new book is shedding fresh light on his private struggles, so here's abc's nick watt. ♪ thriller >> there hasn't been anyone that famous in a single moment as he was during "thriller" time. i think that was probably the peak of celebrity for a human being. >> reporter: randall sullivan, the highly acclaimed journalist, spent three years getting behind the mask of the most celebrated entertainer our world has ever known. it's a tale of family, fame, lost childhood and startling accusations that you won't have heard before. the portrait of a prescription drug addict who could spend $250,000 on a shopping spree without thinking. >> the shopping, like the drugs, were -- was a painkiller for him. >> reporter: apparently michael jackson would call business partners and ask them to bring around bags of cash. >> in one case that's a phone call asking for 7.5 million. for some reason it was like a french fry bag, and he gave it to michael, so that became an i

still, the longer his self-imposed exile in england, the greater his loneliness. his children were his models. the commissions continued. but his greatest masterpieces were painted while memory and imagination were fresh. ( drumbeats, lively trumpet notes ) in his isolation in england, copley worked harder to be america's first great painter. "poor america," he wrote, "yet certain i am she will finally emerge from her present calamity and become a mighty empire. and it is a pleasing reflection that i shall stand amongst the first of the artists that shall have led the country to the knowledge and cultivation of the fine arts." narrator: ...yet george catlin had a grander dream: he was an artist in search of a cause. ( native chanting ) 1824: an indian delegation on its way to washington visited philadelphia. daled by their colors, george catlin wrote, "after they took the leave, i was left to reflect. the history and customs of such a people, preserved by pictorial illustration, are themes worthy of the lifetime of one man. and nothing, short of the loss of my lif

all you have is hate, loneliness, greed, and just misery. >> when we met gerald mccullough at the riverty institution near nashville, tennessee, he was halfway through a 12-year sentence on a sexual offense charge. >> there's no way out. there's just nothing to do. this is just a total waste of someone's life. >> despite his pessimism, mccullough had found a productive outlet to express his pain. ♪ they say it's raining in denver ♪ ♪ that it's really kind of cold but i'm just pulling time in nashville ♪ ♪ how am i supposed to know ♪ >> in a prison in nashville the home of country music, we decided it would be great if we could find a country singer, and so we kind of made a callout to the other inmates and officers and they came up with mcculloch and he turned out to be pretty good. ♪ said she never talked about me ♪ ♪ how it never did seem right ♪ ♪ i've been pulling time in nashville ♪ ♪ wasting days and wasting nights ♪ >> writing music in prison is just my life. i don't sit down to write a song. something hits me and my best songs come with about two minutes and about two or three m

juvenile is more than enough for any one person, but when days stretch into weeks, the stress and loneliness of lockup can create volatile situations. the command center receives a call from "e" wing about an offender possessing dangerous contraband. >> he pulled the screw out of the desk -- you know that long bolt -- a probably like eight or ten-inch bolt. you always have to be alert. you have to be thinking. you've got to watch everything they do. we're going to take him as he is. we'll wrap him up and go. typically if there's a code nine times out of ten you know it's coming. you're not always a mind reader. but you know it's coming. this kid's angry. he's been snapping off on everybody. so when you hear the code you're like, oh, i bet it's so-and-so. >> gentlemen, pay attention to what you're doing on them card tables. >> i try to establish a pretty good rapport with our problematic kids so hopefully upon my arrival i'm able to talk to them. >> step back. step back, kevin. what is your problem? kneel down. [ bleep ]. >> hell no. >> so she didn't leave the house without your permission, d

the loneliness of the long distance reader is something that is very interesting. [laughter] but maybe we're gaining things. i mean, the last book i wrote actually appeared simultaneously in print and on the line. it's about communication in the 18th century street songs. it's a academic monograph that none of you will probably want to read, but the point is that you can hear the songs by reading the book, and then you tune in online, and you hear them to the actual music of the time. so this is listening to the past in a new way. so that's the way i feel positive. that is, there are new possibilities opening up through the electronic book, and there are losses through the way electronic media are being used. what the balance is between those two is hard to say, so i'm eager to hear what the next panelist has to contribute. [laughter] >> that's great. cheryl? [applause] >> thank you. i wish i had the, i wish i had the answers. i, i represent, actually, a traditional publisher, so the perspective that i'll bring is really that of sort of the business of reeding, if

companion animal can provide a sense of purpose and fulfillment while lessening the feelings of loneliness, isolation, and depression. there are over 22 million american veterans today. and although the number of service members being deployed in today's wars are fewer than wars in the past, those returning from wars suffer from increasingly severe disability such as traumatic brain injury, numerous amputation, and post traumatic stress disorder. over the past decade the number of vets in need of disability compensation has more than doubled from 600,000 in 2000, to over 1.4 million in the year 2011. as more vets return home from multiple tours in iraq and afghanistan, the need for assistance will grow even greater. we must do all we can to support inventive program such as pits for patriots to provide support and assistance to our veterans in need. i want to end with the words of sergeant randell who said about his pit bull, shiloh. he gives me a reason to be successful. shiloh gives me a great sense of calm and balance. he's an amazing dog not just where he has been and what he has lived

a lot of the problems with stress disorder have to do with loneliness you can help with that. don't shy away. don't look the other way. just don't agree to them at the airport. we need you to greet them in their communities. reach out to them and their children and spouses of these families, because they did so much for us. we have an obligation to them. [applause] >> you have been in the midst of this transition. a lot of the private- sector did not know how to deal with it. one of my favorite stories, i think he was a captain who came home and the personnel officer said i don't see any qualifications and experience here. on a regular basis every once or two weeks i would lead a squad into a village in afghanistan, town, and meetsquad in with a village elders, i think that counts for something. the private sector has tune in to capabilities a lot of these young people have that may not fit their idea of a harvard mba. >> i think slowly we have come from both sides. military service members, most of whom never really had a civilian job, probably never did a resume or a job int

a lot of these problems of stress disorder have to do with loneliness and not turning loose that war you were apart of. you can help with that. do not shy away. just do not greet them at an airport. we need you to greet them in their communities. we need you to reach other to them and their children and spouses of these families because they did so much for us. we have that obligation to them. [applause] a lot of the private sector did not know how to deal with them. one of my very favorite stories was a captain who came home and the personnel office said -- i don't see any qualifications or experiences here. he said -- i don't know. on a regular basis i would lead the squad into a village in afghanistan, clean out bad guys, meet with the village elders, rebuild the sanitation system, get them power and build a medical clinic. i think it counts for something. has the private sector begin to tune in to the capabilities a lot of young people have that may not fit their idea of a harvard mba? >> i think slowly we have. i think is from both sides. military service members most of whom ne

i have been struck at the lack of loneliness of this administration. very unwilling. certainly this is another case of that. was struck as well that to me to tell me that the head of the cia uses gmail to communicate? it struck me. i am concerned about that. there will be hearings into this. apparently has agreed to testify, as he should. i look forward to the committee taking a lead on it. >> some of your colleagues on the senate side are talking about making a deal working with democrats on a compromise. how far are you willing to go to strike an immigration deal with the democrats? >> that is a good question. i would have been surprised if i did not. . i have seen a pattern over the years, people coming into the congress and taking a look of the immigration issue and thinking they have the negotiation skills to resolve one of the most complicated issues i have seen in this congress. i do not think there is a simple solution. each time there's a solution that, is brought that i see a whole series of pitfalls. if there's. be a proposal to reach an agreement, that has

a lot of these problems of stress disorder have to do with loneliness and not turning loose that war not greet them at an airport. we need you to greet them in their communities. we need you to reach other to them and their children and spouses of these families because they did so much for us. we have that obligation to them. [applause] a lot of the private sector did not know how to deal with them. one of my very favorite stories was a captain who came home and the personnel office said -- i don't see any qualifications or experiences here. he said -- i don't know. on a regular basis i would lead the squad into a village in afghanistan, clean out bad guys, meet with the village elders, rebuild the sanitation system, get them power and build a medical clinic. i think it counts for something. has the private sector begin to tune in to the capabilities a lot of young people have that may not fit their idea of a harvard mba? >> i think slowly we have. i think is from both sides. military service members most of whom never really has civilian jobs probably had never done a resume or job