when things were written down, it was a brief for mcnamara to argue with other people to present mcnamara's preferred policy. it did not usually express what mcnaughton thought was appropriate policy or what he thought to expect work -- for considerations. he was writing lawyers briefs for mcnamara to present. that was one example. i knew in many other cases that it did not answer many of the questions. what you wanted was testimony in writing and to keep people honest and jog their memories. you needed to be able to show them -- read these documents and tell us why you wrote this for what is not set in this document and so forth. i always wanted congressional hearings and i had the mistaken belief that congress was more likely to hold those hearings if they had the documents in the first instance and were not scooped by the press, that they could present or medic material. in retrospect, 40 years later that is not the way congress works. in the end, it was very important that they appear in the newspapers. congress reacts to what the public is concerned about. if you don't have a public co

. >> charlie: assistant to mcnamara. >> as bob mcnamara's ace assistant. my orders was the president is federalizing the alabama national guard. he summoned wallace to washington. and wallace spewed all the segregationist stuff out, and wallace said, you know i can't control what happens in the voting booths. and lyndon johnson said don't bull me george. you beat me pretty badly in alabama, you know what happens there. he said he couldn't protect the troops. he said if you can't protect the troops i will. federalize the national guard. i got reports almost hourly, a report every two hours to the white house. these reports are all available online, have been for years, of the marchs made, and this was the successful march that followed which ended up in montgomery with the flags waving and people really cheering. i think not to recognize the level of that partnership in a sense diminishes king. king was an extraordinary guy. you know i knew king. i called him -- can let me give you a couple of examples. watts terrible, terrible riots in watts. just a week a

. >> supervisor mcnamara mr. chin ms. fewer mr. haney ms. mendoza-mcdonnell ms. norton mr. walton ms. wynns and dr. murase. >> where's dr. murase thank you that's 5 i's all right. so i'm stepping in here moving on 0 sshlgs board member's reports standing committee do we have a report from any of the board dlblts or board organizations? no other reports by board members a report by the committee as a whole february that's me one informational item our digital learning framework we heard really existing work in our district has been doing around extending a number of things one extending computer science standards k through 12 and developing those are standards and presenting a plan that will could. to the full board as to how we'll go about or about doing that and extending work around digital literacy and introduction technology into destruction and greater levels and the overall approach to keep that in mind how we make sure our students have access to the digital learning it's happening all over the school reports if the legislation committee ms. wynns >> we have already

along with la mancha, fellow officers bill fisher and mike mcnamara pump up an inflatable life raft, quickly get their cold weather survival suits on, and race onto the ice. what the officers see and hear as they approach the kids only increases the urgency. >> screaming their heads off for help. help me, help me, i can't hold on. i can't hold on. >> i said, hold on to the ice. a piece would come off and they'd grab another piece. >> knowing the ice is unstable, the officers inch out cautiously. >> we didn't know how bad they were. i mean, it had to be ten minutes? that's a long time to be sitting in ice water. >> the children are losing their strength. the water lowering their body temperatures so much they can barely move. hypothermia is setting in. >> anything less than 100% rescue for five children is a tragedy. it's a complete tragedy. if you don't do your job to the best that you were trained with no hesitation, a child will die. >> as fisher, la mancha, and mcnamara approach for the rescue, they lay on their stomachs to distribute their weight. >> at that point, the children w

. >> i'm mei-ling mcnamara in canada here to discover how the great bear rainforest is being protected amanda burrell. i'm in london to find out how to make old houses green.

mcnamara said he was asked questions going into the military. they asked him if he wanted to be a florist or a soldier. he said i knew they wanted a so many. they say the test may punish inmates. why worry about punishing people in prison? >> numbers don't lie. people get so uncomfortable around uncomfortable subjects. if it's not based on unchangeable factors. the numbers don't care how you feel. it gave north carolina $84 million in savings. the numbers are work being. i don't care about anecdotal data. this is saving money. >> all the people who make the tests and the educators -- >> they spent $83 million on them. >> a lot of the criminals they let go did bank heists and the state took 50% of that for letting them go. >> then they had the where with wall to go back to the government and say i am on the run now. >> i think it sounds like a ben affleck film. andy was probably being facetious. he does that on this show from time to time. he is pleading the fifth about obama's faith. wisconsin fwofer in and potential presidential candidate scott

bob mcnamara's assistant. the orders were, the president is federalizing the alabama national guard. he brought wallace to washington. wallace spewed segregation stuff. wallace says, i cannot control what happens in the voting booths. johnson says, don't bull me, george. he said, if you cannot protect the troops, i will. i got reports hourly, and they are all available online. they have been for years. of the marches making five miles. this is the successful march that followed, ending in montgomery. with flags waving and people cheering. not to recognize the level of that partnership in a sense diminishes king. king was an extraordinary guy. i knew king. i called him. let me give you a couple of examples. watts, terrible riots in watts. a week after we had the voting rights act signed. the president said to me, call king. call whitney young. tell them to get to watts and help us. get his people to help us. >> he did. >> detroit, riots in 1967. call king. call whitney young. call this black leader or that blac

. >> it reminds me that there was "the fog of war" and mcnamara was going into the military and they said would you rather be a florist or a soldier or something. he said i knew what they were getting at and i said a soldier, but i was a florist. gavin, the ap says it may unfairly punish inmates, but who cares? we are locking them away. why are we worrying about punishing them? the beauty of these things is numbers don't lie and people get so uncomfortable around uncomfortable subjects like what does eric holder say? he is okay with it if it is to the based on unchangeable factors. the numbers don't care how you feel. the data gave $184 million in savings. they pre -- prevented 3,000 inmates from coming back. i don't care with some data that didn't comply. it is saving money and it is a great thing. >> did they add in the money of all of the people who make the tests and the psychologists. >> the reason it saves money is the criminals they let go did bank heists and the state took 50% of that for letting them go. >> after the bank heist they had the wherewith all to say here is your

mcnamara ♪ ♪ i'm only 18 ♪ ♪ and i always carry a purse ♪ >> the people in the counterculture started before then. but who would expect the smothers brothers of all people to be the ones raising this much of a fuss? >> good script. >> i held my breath every time they did the show because i knew that the network people were befouling their trousers with fear. >> nothing funny in this. yeah, boys, we're through censoring your show. >> they said that the social subjects we touched on were not appropriate for the 9:00 family viewing hour. they came up with any excuse to make it difficult. >> and i came up with any excuse to push it. >> yeah. ♪ cbs would like to give us notice ♪ ♪ and some of you don't like the things we say ♪ ♪ but we're still here ♪ ♪ oh yeah we're still here ♪ >> they were going to speak truth to power. and they were not compromising. >> you have something important? >> something very important to say on american television. >> a lot of times we don't have the opportunity to say anything important because on american television, every time you try to say something impor