[laughter] and my guest david mccullough has a new book about americans in paris. sounds like somebody wants to deduct his vacation. [laughter] a six-year-old beauty queen has retired. i'm not surprised -- she was starting to get crow's dimples. this is "the colbert report." captioning sponsored by comedy central ["the colbert report" theme music playing] [cheers and applause] thank you very much. woo! woo! boom boom boom boom! [cheers and applause] [crowd chanting stephen] [cheers and applause] welcome to the report. good to have you with us. that kind of chanting makes me want to say, you are the man! but -- [laughter] i don't want to get that wrong. [laughter] nation, we all know the gop's number one priority is to make sure obama is a one-term president. but i say, aim higher. make him a no-term president. let's build a time machine, go back to the 1970's, and convince young barack to go into dentistry! [laughter] he would have been good. i would have trusted him for that. [laughter] but on the slim chance that my time machine plan doesn't work, there may be an

mccullough, i've never been asked these questions." you have to be sure you don't let appearances lead you to wrong conclusions about people and about where things are. >> brown: it's interesting to me that, having looked and written so much about the political development of our country, here you are focusing on the cultural development. was that a conscious thing for you that you wanted to do? >> yes, very much so. i felt for a very long time that history is more than politics and the military and social issues. yes, it is politics and the military and social issues, but it's also art and music and architecture and ideas and science and medicine. it's the works, it's human. and i think the more that we teach history that way, the more we think about history that way, the more we realize that's obviously true. there are some ancient civilizations, all we know about them is their art. so what may stand down through the next several hundred years may be more george gershwin than it is some senator of the moment. >> brown: i understand t

mccullough wanted to spend time in paris so he said where's a story. >> nothing else. well, no, charlie, it didn't work that way. as much as i love tush able to sa it was that simple. i have been interested in paris since i was probably 15 when my older brother came back and sat at the dinner table in pittsburgh, p.a., talking about his experiences in paris. and i then went over requestmy wife rosalie in 61 -- indeed and i was then with the u. information agency. we were on our way to morocco. i was specializing in the middle east. we had never been out of the country. it was before jet travel we landed in paris after dark on a veryold februar night, raining like crazy. we checked into our hotel over in the left bank and went out and started walking. in the rain at night i february, miserable, miserable night. and we could not have been happier. and i've gone back since several times, because of work on my truman book, because of truman's experiences in world war i in france, because of my work in the panama canal book, because so much of that story is french. and a lo

david mccullough. thank you. we will be right back to talk about a time when america and americans were fascinated by france. david mccullough's new book when we come back. ♪ let me entertain you ♪ let me make you smile ♪ let me do a few tricks ♪ some old and then some new tricks ♪ ♪ i'm very versatile ♪ so let me entertain you ♪ and we'll have a real good time ♪ [ male announcer ] with beats audio and flash, you can experience richer music and download movies straight to the new hp touchpad with webos. really? 25 grams of protein. what do we have? all four of us, together? 24. he's low fat, too, and has 5 grams of sugars. i'll believe it when i--- [ both ] oooooh... what's shakin'? [ female announcer ] as you get older, protein is an important part of staying active and strong. new ensure high protein... fifty percent of your daily value of protein. low fat and five grams of sugars. see? he's a good egg. [ major nutrition ] new ensure high protein. ensure! nutrition in charge! it's schwab at your fingertips wher

with one ofeue gs,st o guests, the eminent historian and author david mccullough. his new book is called the greater journey, americans in paris. >> i tell the story of who we are, what we've been through, what we've accomplished and what we've failed to accomplish, what we've accomplished about people who were here before we were to whom we owe more, far more than we generally appreciate. i hope that i make up for the failure that many people had when going to school and derstanding the joy of histor thehe please of history. yes we should know history because it makes us a better citizen, yes we should know history because it will help us in the roles of leadership and responsibility. but we should also know our history because it's part of the experience of being alive. why seal yourself up from that other time. it would be as if you sai there's no more music in my life, or art or theatre in my life or dance. >> charlie: david mccullough for thhour, next. every story needs a hero we can all root for. who beats the odds and comes out on top. but this isn't just a

mccullough was a suspect early in the investigation, but police say the case went cold after he changedame and joined the military. >>> the former head of the international monetary fund is free from house arrest. dominique strauss-kahn and his wife today left the manhattan townhouse where they've been staying. he was arrested in may for an alleged sexual assault against a hotel housekeeper. but in recent days, the case appears to be unraveling because of the alleged victim's own credibility issues. cnn has more on the story from new york. susan, bring us up to date. >> reporter: well, we have additional information for you, don, from a source with direct knowledge of the investigation. this has to do with a couple of other credibility issues that investigators from the district attorney's office have uncovered. on the first thing we're talking about has to do with a jailhouse phone call that investigator discovered was made, they said, from -- according to our source, from the maid -- or rather from a jailhouse inmate to the maid. this is a boyfriend of hers. and this phone call was ma

accused of kidnapping and murdering a seven year-old girl will be held on $3 million bond jack mccullough was arrested friday at his apartment in north seattle he is 71 years old now police say that back in 1957 mccullough formerly john tessier kidnapped maria ridolph his alibi at the time was a train ticket from rockford to chicago but that unused ticket resurfaced recently at an ex- girlfriend house that's what caused police to reopen the investigation put prosecutors say that he won't admit to being either john tessier or jack mccullough >>amtrak is being planned in the latest lawsuits stemming from a deadly crash in nevada amtrak attendant lana dickerson of illinois claims that amtrak was partially at fault for her injuries dickerson says that she was trying to the passengers to safety but had to double back through a burning car because of the locked door and jumped out a window and stabbed another amtrak attendant heard in the accident is filing suit against lawrence valli and his employer jon davis trucking claiming that negligence after that truck driver fell to stop at the train

wgn news @ 9 jack daniel mccullough maria ridulph jack daniel mccullough train ticket for that day nevered case went cold when he changed his name and joined the military. first day of jury deliberations over in the murder trial of casey anthony accused of killing her 2 year old daughter cayley anthony in 2008, jurors started deliberating after a new following a cut in closing argument the prosecution, anthony portrayed as a pathological liar and a party girl whose small child caught in the way and had to go deliberations will resume tomorrow morning. former international monetary domnique strauss-kahn fund-could be facing a new sexual assault charges this time in france, tristan bannon a french journalist accusing him of attempted rape back in 2003, she will file a formal complaint tomorrow she did not bring charges back in 2003 because her mother eight midlevel socialist party member advised against it domnique strauss-kahn also a member of the socialist party an attorney for domnique strauss- kahn said countercharges have been filed against the writer for false declarations. the late

this is just a total waste of someone's life. >> despite his pessimism, mccullough had found a productiveutlet 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 minutes i have an excellent song. and i wrote "pulling time in nashville at the walls" which is tennessee state prison, which is shut down now. ♪ here the families come and see me ♪ ♪ they can spare some of the time ♪ >> i let my feelings out in my songs and i wrote old-time

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>the suspect in the 1957 murder of a girl on sycamore says he has an ironclad alibi jack daniel mccullough is charged with maria ripoffs murder and is being held in jail in washington state the tribune reports that mccullough says he could not have committed the murder because his father drove him to chicago for military medical exams he says military personnel records should exonerate him ... >>in michigan the man who went on a rampage of murder killing seven people has turned the gun on himself. the suspect rodrick dantzler reportedly killed themselves during a police standoff. the attacks began yesterday afternoon in grand rapids when he killed four people and one home and three more at another home. two victims were children. he ran into a home after police chase and took hostages. >>he has been troubled for as long as we all can remember. police did not say what led to the deadly attacks on officer said there's just no making sense of this tragedy. >>a chicago teenagers charged to the beating death of another chicago teen and indiana is out on bond 19 year-old james malecek is accused

but three years ago after he changed his name to mccullough, an old girlfriend produced an unused traincket of his from the very same day. that sparked an intense focus on him and more. >> we've been fairly astonished at the recollection of some of the residents. >> reporter: and more than half a century later this case is no longer cold. dean reynolds, cbs news, chicago. >> schieffer: the hospital that has provided care for america's war wounded for generations we'll look at the legacy of walter reed next. legacy o ingredient that could cause problems for the world famous race. next on cbs 5 how a soup ingredient could >> schieffer: they held a ceremony to retire the flags at walter reed army hospital in washington today. america's been taking its presidents and war wounded there for more than a century. walter reed's time is coming to an end. here's david martin. >> reporter: a window on the war is closing. i've always thought that if people could see this on television one hour a day, they'd have a lot better understanding of what's going on. >> they would know the sacrifices that a

and former cop has been charged with the murder of a little girl 54 years ago. 74-year-old jack mccullough was arrested in seattle, washington. he had been living with his wife in a retirement community where investigators say they were often with their grandchildren. they show he killed 7-year-old maria ritto in 1967. he was a suspect back then, but police lost track of him when he changed his name and joined the military. some of her family attended court today. >> that a child, and that's to be considered, and my uncle is a loving person 100%. >> mccullough didn't appear at today's hearing and a judge said he had been taken to a medical center for treatment. >> no more executions in illinois. 15 inmates have had their sentences commuted to life in prison. pat quinn signed the ban in march and it took note today. governor george ryan imposed the moratorium after it cleared more than a dozen condemned inmates. >>> a moment in the casey anthony trial. the defense rested its case without calling casey anthony to the stand. >> mr. baez, do you intend to call any more live witnesses? >> no, s

mccullough waived his right to appear. nothing was decided in that hearing.andy. >> wow. ted rollins, what a story. thanks very much. >>> time to check back with jack cafferty. >> pretty amaze stuff. >> the question this hour would you want to live 150 years old or older? the british scientist says the first person to live to 150 has been born. paul in ontario says no, i would not. if we live twice as long the pressure on the eco-system would collapse the planet. cliff in regal park writes that would give us 81 more years in the cafferty file. need to give this a little more thought. paul in arizona writing, wow, that would really screw up medicare and social security. gary in arizona, jack, 75 i'm halfway there. i have no interest in living to be 150. there are over 6 billion people on the planet at the moment, and in many parts of the world it's a mob scene. i'll take another decade and depart with fond memories and a smile. anthony in new jersey writing, why not. tortoises do. i'm living with an african gray parrot that will outlive my son. give me a roomi

there are millions of us, like two-time pulitzer prize winner author david mccullough. >> my anaconda't want none unless you got buns, hon. >> stephen: see? so tell me, nbc, where's butt week? i want hard-hitting reports on high and tight apple bottom booties you can bounce a quarter off and get back two dimes and a nickel. in-depth exposes on the sweet beachy curves you just want to polish with windex until you see your face in it. i'm talking about something so firm you can snap a pool cue across it. are you saving that scoop for brian williams? i'm sad to say this is a pattern with the peacock. they have a network-wide anti-butt bias. watch any of their news coverage. their anchor, world leaders always shot waist up and from the front. because that's where nbc's precious boobs are. and more to the point, it's where the butt isn't. you almost never see ass on nbc except on celebrity apprentice. i mean... [cheering and applause] i mean, you've got. to he's talking out of it. [laughter] so i hereby call on the colbert nation to go down to the "today show"'s window in rockefeller plaza

there are millions of us, like two-time pulitzer prize winner author david mccullough. >> my anaconda't want none unless you got buns, hon. >> stephen: see? so tell me, nbc, where's butt week? i want hard-hitting reports on high and tight apple bottom booties you can bounce a quarter off and get back two dimes and a nickel. in-depth exposes on the sweet beachy curves you just want to polish with windex until you see your face in it. i'm talking about something so firm you can snap a pool cue across it. are you saving that scoop for brian williams? i'm sad to say this is a pattern with the peacock. they have a network-wide anti-butt bias. watch any of their news coverage. their anchor, world leaders always shot waist up and from the front. because that's where nbc's precious boobs are. and more to the point, it's where the butt isn't. you almost never see ass on nbc except on celebrity apprentice. i mean... [cheering and applause] i mean, you've got. to he's talking out of it. [laughter] so i hereby call on the colbert nation to go down to the "today show"'s window in rockefeller plaza

police arrested 71-year-old jack mccullough. he is accused of kidnapping and killing 7-year-old maria rudolph 54 years ago. he was a suspect, but dropped out of the sight after changing his name and joining the military. >>> and a new orleans driver is dead after ending upside down 12 feet in the air on top of a bus stop rooftop. police believe he was traveling pretty fast when the car flipped and went airborne. they say fatigue was the likely cause for the early-morning accident. >>> it is a big holiday weekend. let's say good morning to reynolds wolf. a lot of people having this eyes on the forecast. >> you have people heading to the beach. you want it to be nice and rain free. it will not be the case. we have a heat wave across the nation. strong storms across the great lakes. we will give you the full scoop coming up. >>> thank you. we will see you in just a minute. georgia, alabama, arizona, tough immigration laws in those states and they are scaring off farm workers. one state thinks felony probationers could be the answer

well to discuss the significance of germany's latest move we're now joined by middle east expert mccullough he's live now in madrid thanks very much indeed for joining us there on your web cam now germany maintains that it's staying true to its original stance of not getting involved in libya since selling bombs not dropping them what do you make of that argument. but i think that obviously and we've seen the here and even senator. feinstein in germany and this has been submitted a lot of pressure and has adopted this astounds that it's worst by far most of the. book to save the universe and this is how it came to us we should have a kind of i think of the idea divergence between what most of the western countries including also from western countries just through because our current you know any rate in the united arab emirates group and the fact that you're going to be on the sidewalk with me insist on kind of more principles but you know we did not manage to really insist on that cohesion of the western countries and this is how we came to the situation in which you don't just move it to

a little girl who disappeared outside of chicago. 71-year-old jack mccullough will be in court charged with kidnapping 17-year-old maria ridulph. his alibi fell apart last year. when they discovered an unused train ticket he claimed to have used when the girl was murdered. >>> and two bodice discovered in the mountainous area of colorado, are a missing doctor and his daughter. an experienced hiker went hiking. they reported missing last wednesday. the bodies were found 500 feet on a main trail on the rocky and steep terrain. >>> and finally the story bianna is telling you about. the great adventure is over for a baboon that was on the lam in new jersey for three dace. the baboon was found on a farm and tranquilized. it became a minor celebrity. the six flags thinks it probably escaped from its drive-through safari, or could be another baboon from somewhere else. >> i've done some research. that baboon traveled 20 miles to six flags. >> if it's the six flags baboon. we do not know that. >> are you missing a baboon? >> yes, matter of fact. what a coincidence. come home. >> jackie meretsk

jack daniel mccullough was arrested yesterday at the retirement community where he lived he kidnapped and killed seven years into maria in 1957. police say he was a suspect back then but had an alibi. the case ran cold after he changed his name and joined the military. but police say new information in the past several years led them to refocus on mccullough and discredit his alibi. work no more than 16 straight hours instead of 30 hours in the past. they must also have a supervisor on-site and they must have at least 8 hours off between shifts. the change comes after public concerns over sleep demonstration and safety. >> we've done this with truck drivers and airline pilots. it really seems to be common sense that we are pushing the human body past its ability to perform well. >> longer shifts allow residents to get to know patients better and provide them with continuous care. the new rules do not apply to second or third-year residents. >>> a fremont family is celebrating more than just the 4th of july. their marine is home after spending seven months in afghanistan. he was given

. >> reporter: jack mccullough was arrested, he was charged and brought back to chicago. the 7-year-old's body is now being exhumed. they're hoping that new dna technology can support the case. for instance, experts say that the suspect's dna could still be under maria's fingernails even 50 years later. and here's reaction today from maria's family. >> although the events are very difficult and very unsettling, we understand the necessity for these things, and we are in complete agreement and thankful for the way this case is being handled. >> reporter: jack mccullough maintains his innocence, but unlike 50 years ago, now the dna will tell the tale. martha: what a story. trace, thank you very much. we'll follow that. >>> well, you've heard a lot about these competing debt plan are out there. so you've got the reid plan the boehner plan and the mcconnell plan which we're told is no longer being discussed. what about the president's plan? what have we learned about what he really had in mind? we can tell you that the white house press secretary jay carney did not want to ta

police say jack daniel mccullough was living under an assumed name in a retirement community. he's accused of kidnapping and killing a 7-year-old girl in 1957 outside of chicago. here's a photo in today's "chicago sun times." police say the case went cold after he changed his name and joined the military. >>> minnesota's government is now shut down, except for essential services. that means all state parks, the zoo and even rest areas are closed, forcing a lot of people to change their holiday plans. at issue, a plan over a budget deficit and whether taxes can be raised to offset it. it's a battle that pits a new democratic governor against a new republican majority in the legislature. >>> and there's a new women's champ at wimbeldon, petra kvitova sealed the deal with an ace over maria sharpova. on the men's side, rafael nadal and ja coe vich will play for the big prize tomorrow. >>> and this is new video of the former imf chief being released. his accuser told substantial lies about her own background and the facts of this case. earlier i spoke to our legal guys about the st

jack daniel mccullough has been arrested in seattle, washington. he had been living with the wife in a retirement community where neighbors said they were often with the grandchildren. they say he killed 7-year-old maria widlow, and he was a suspect back then, but police lost track of him when he changed his name and joined the military. >> to any family out there who lost a child and they should be considered and my uncle is a wonderful and loving and kind and considerate person and i don't know anything other than that. that is all i know. okay. >> and the judge said that the man had been taken to a medical center for treatment. >>> no more executions in illinois. 15 inmates on death row have had their sentences commuted to life in sentence. pat quinn signed the ban on capital punishment in march and it took effect today. no one has been executed in illinois in more than a decade. he imposed this moratorium after more than a dozen condemned inmates were sentenced. >>> more happening in the casey anthony murder case. the defense rested without cal