because all psycho historians are psychos.ore i go on i should say thanks certainly to mel small for writing this or collecting and editing this important book, and to the library and the miller center and to the archives for making all of this possible. joe's comments. the 27 pages of

i hope that you enjoy meeting my colleagues as i've enjoyed meeting them, and i really hope mel doesn't have his hand in front of his face that he does accept my appreciation for mel, really a job well done. thank you. [ applause ] >> i am a sheep in wolf's clothing although as you can see i didn't even get the dress code memo. i in nixon style i had prepared and i had prepared it sufficiently so it would appear to be spontaneous, a talk about nixon's early life and i only was informed on arrival that i was to comment on the previous speakers. and this would be like barry man manilow commenting on beethoven. i have a smattering of in these things. i did work on the researching and writing of his memoirs from 74 to 78 and i worked with him again in 1983 on doing producing and conducting about 38 hours of interviews which were to be a video biography based on his -- based on the memoirs. but that was a long time ago, and so i'm not really an expert in, as you're about to see, in '83 in those interviews. the president told me two things that i think are relevant to today's panel. one is th

mel, a job really well done. thank you. i'll talk about nixon's early life and i was only informed on arrival that i was to comment on the previous speakers and this would be like barry manilow commenting on beethoven. so at best i have a smattering of figgorance on these things. i did speak with the read on the researching and writing of his memoirs from '74 to '78 and then i worked with him in 1938 on producing and conducting about 38 hours of interviews which were to be a video biography based on his memoirs. but that was a long time ago and so i'm not really an expert as you're about to see, in 83, in those interviews the president told me two things that are relevant to today's panel. one is that he didn't have much -- wasn't much interested in psychohistorians because all psychohistorians are psychos, and so -- the joo the excellent remarks and before i go on i should say thanks certainly to mel small for writing this -- or collecting and editing this important book and to the library in lower center and to the archiv

[applause] mel tillis.national medal of arts to mel tillis for his contributions to country music. with over 1,000 songs and more than 60 albums to his name mr. tillis's unique blend of warmth and humor distinguishes him as one of the most inventive singer-songwriters of his generation. [applause] accepting on behalf of the uso united service organizations sloan gibson. [applause] the 2011 national medal of arts to united service organizations for lifting the spirits of service members and their families through the arts. the uso continues to support members of our armed forces by bringing iconic american artists to share the sights and sounds of home with troops stationed around the world. [applause] the national humanities medal recipients: kwame anthony appiah. [applause] the 2011 national humanities medal to kwame anthony appiah for his contributions to philosophy and the pursuit of truth in the contemporary world. dr. appiah's writing within and beyond his academic discipline sheds light on the idea of

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that was supported some by the courts. >> what was mel laird's issue? >> mel was just very angry about the whole thing because he thought it reflected on him and the department and he wanted to go get them. >> someone in the pentagon later concluded that most of his material was not really of great sensitivity. >> yeah. >> what was the strategy for dealing with leaking? >> well, the person who was most sensitive about it was henry. then the president would get angry and he would share little thing on news notes, write a note on the side to me, why don't you stop talking to these people or just stop talking to them. i took the attitude that i'm independent, i talk to anybody. i never stop talking to any reporter because i was ordered to. i always found with the president that sometimes he would say things to me which might have been harsh and if i just ignored him a couple days, why, he would say you didn't do that, i would say, no, i didn't, he'd say, that's fine. think part of the problem that occurred with people like colston, he would take a harsh st

he dedicated a frisbee toss to mel gibson. >> to mel gibson.a frisbee stuck in the sand, he runs along grabbing frisbees as if they are -- they're using frisbees as weapons. i think brodie smith was in the lead. >>> you may or may not have noticed, but "cougartown" the show starring courtney fox is conspicuously absent from the lineup right now. >> i thought it was cancelled. >> it is not cancelled. they have a premier date february 14th. bill lawrence, the guy who created "scrubs" also created "cougartown" reached out through social media. he had these showing parties where fans can come out and see a screening of the show. >> o. >> that's cool. >> we wanted to find out more. so we have one of the stars of the show, visi phillips via skype. welcome to the show! >> thanks for having me. >> tell me how bill lawrence decided to go around the networks. >> he felt really strongly this was the way we were going to connect to people. we have so many loyal fans, but our fan base should be bigger. and people still, you know, unfortunately, think the sh

. >> rose: there's a mel goods video. >> so mel goods was the former ceo of warner lambert and gives insight in a poignant way of what's it's like getting alzheimers disea and might b worth watching. >> rose: let's watch the video. >> what do you do when you talk to your doctor and you're doctor says the following: the only words you don't want to hear, i'm sorry, you have early stage alzheimers. not long ago nancy and i had to confront this reality. i recommend my first reaction, "but doc, i feel fine. in fact i feel great." my first thought was," i'll beat this." and i had a good record of beating the odds. at 30 i became the youngest manager and art a string of leadership jobs i was asked to run the company. in 1991 i became chairman of warner lambert. we went from a company with praccally nothing in the pipeline to the enterprise then invented what is now the world's best-selling medicine li medici. remembering all the times i faced long odds and didn't blink, i wondered why can't i beat alzheimers too and then over a few days the reality set in. alzheimers disease is pitching a

the part i know is that we decide on mel layered, mel laird conferred with me a lot who he should have on his staff. i looked at it as the most difficult department we had to run. he wound up appointing someone who was a friend of mine and his as the -- for the public affairs officers and i told him that the -- because he was unskilled in pentagon language he would get cut up by them and he should retain the democrat for six months or a year, and that was jerry freedeim. >> i'm going to jump around because we don't have much time and there is a number of issues we really should cover. want to start with one you raised. tell us about the public affairs side of the space program. you said you had some -- about the moon landing. >> oh. dick was very, very interested in the whole space thing. he let agnew be the contact with it but he had an interest in it. the day we landed on the moon i was with dhosh w-- who was the astronaut? >> neil armstrong. >> no. >> you mean the very first one. the very first one was allan shepherd. >> allan shepherd. allan shepherd. allan shepherd and i were watc

max yes that's what we have all over the world today but economics here's the trickle down hits book mel gibson temple tries to shake him down a southern california temple took out a jumbo loan on a synagogue a loan that now can't afford to pay back so what have they done max congregation beth shalom located in corona california sent mel gibson a letter requesting that he give them big money to prevent foreclosure they wrote quote our proposal to you mr gibson since you have been cited as an anti-semitic and have denied those allegations what better way to prove to all your fans and the naysayers than to endorse and help raise funds for our cause s.o.s. save our synagogue to shakedown. well t.m.c. calls the move a similar to a dude costing you for money at a gas station or something i want develop the fish. well it is kind of what you see how printing around the globe you see banks everywhere in every single nation in the western world in which the citizens are hugely in debt the banks are hugely in debt as well and they're saying we're so in debt bail us out so yeah exactly right it's a

history these words were first spoken nearly a thousand years ago but the worship is gathering here mel a thought to be europe's last pagans. are not online or in. public. over the centuries. it's. i. i i. i. come. these people spend. too much. to get away from. dozens of like minded folk. history. to the most mysterious places in the republic. on the freeway as the city has promised to show. we go here and then we will start with you. then we have to go off the roads here could be. extreme coming here in such cold weather. now we're going to try to reach the most interesting places nation is the point of where we will look for. caves. republics highest point is mount. only a few people have succeeded in reaching its peak it's that this often leads people astray during this expedition three vehicles lost their way the drivers went missing and the walkie talkies weren't working. people often get lost in this area they just lose their bearings there is something odd going on when we can't establish contact with one another either by phone or walkie talkie. however. eventually reunite acco

. >> you can sign up for free e- mail alerts and we will send you any mel wants the jury reaches its findings. that is on wbaltv.com. >> a huge spill on i-95 that shut down southbound traffic for more than eight hours. >> police reveal what they think caused the tractor-trailer to crash. >> we will take you to rom. e. >> today's rain moving off the coast tonight. another storm could be brewing for the weekend. we will take a close look at that. 44 degrees at the airport, 48 downtown. >> the driver involved in the last night's accident on i-95 was driving under the influence. the 46-year-old man has been charged with a number of offenses. the crash had on the southbound lanes of the interstate for about eight hours as crews work to clean up debris and spilled material. police tell us no one was hurt in the crash and the substance was not hazardous. >> bge officials tell us they have begun restoring natural gas to customers affected by tuesday's gas main break. utility crews must enter each of the 900 homes and businesses affected. it is necessary to restore service. if present or not,

veteran jason ham mel is getting into the bull pen and giving the bull pen a break eye want to give theuy who gives the bull pen a break and obviously win some ball games. can't control wins and losses but you can chew up some innings. that would be my goal. >> all right. rec lar -- regular position players have been arriving every day. tomorrow is the deadline for everyone. the first game 43 days away. we could play one today. we could play tomorrow. no one would complain. we'll be right back. >>> before we go, kelly, take a look at what's coming up on abc2 news at 11. >>> if you cooked dinner tonight you might have used pyrex. now it's besigned some serious injuries. >>> do you hate it when people tag you in unflattering pictures? that was enough to cause one man to file a lawsuit. >>> of course, christian schaffer is still in charlottesville. we're not going to leave the set. the jury said at 6:10, give them another 30 minutes. go to abc2news.com or go to twitter because you can found christian and he's giving you exactly what's happening, all the details. >> all right. let's wrap it

among the stars putting on their dancing shoes former general hospital and mel pros star jack wag nemplet little house on the prairie melissa gilbert and "the view"'s cohost sherri shepherd. >> i'm so excited to introduce you to our last superstar. gladys knight, come on out. >> another exciting season. many of the stars are already dancing up a storm with their partners in rehearsals. you can catch the two-hour season premiere, monday, march 19 at 8:00. >>> the american kennel club has released its list of the most popular breeds in baltimore. many of the cog -- dogs remain the same as last year, labrador retriever. they're still on the to second most popular german shepherd, boxer and the bulldog. at number six yorkshire terrier, poodle, rottweiler and number 10 that beautiful siberian husky. >>> coming up, sleeping pills may help you get much need rest at night but they may be bad for your health. the results of a shocking study that may make you think twice before popping that pill. >>> if you experience severe menstrual cramps, there could be a remedy for you. we'll take a look at th

[applause] mel tillis.1 national medal of arts to mel tillis for his contributions to country music. with over 1,000 songs and more than 60 albums to his name mr. tillis's unique blend of warmth and humor distinguishes him as one of the most inventive singer-songwriters of his generation. [applause] accepting on behalf of the uso united service organizations sloan gibson. [applause] the 2011 national medal of arts to united service organizations for lifting the spirits of service members and their families through the arts. the uso continues to support members of our armed forces by bringing iconic american artists to share the sights and sounds of home with troops stationed around the world. [applause] the national humanities medal recipients -- kwame anthony appiah. [applause] the 2011 national humanities medal to kwame anthony appiah for his contributions to philosophy and the pursuit of truth in the contemporary world. dr. appiah's writing within and beyond his academic discipline sheds light on the ide

we will send you any mel wants the jury reaches its finding. that is at wbaltv.com. a man accused of killing his mental hospital bromates has been declared competent to stand trial. his attorney says his client was being sexually abused and acted in self-defense. he was committed to perkins in 2006 after he was found not criminally responsible in the death of a bethesda psychiatrist. >> video recording of police officers on duty is ok in public. and you roll on the issue addresses situations like this. -- a new ruling on the issue addresses situations like this. it shows police detaining one man when another man comes out of nowhere and attacks the officer. it comes days before federal court hearing over a man who says an officer confiscated his cell phone and deleted images taken of an arrest at the preakness in 2010. >> there is a case of serious of power ball fever going on. the jackpot is now $325 million. with the recent lottery win, it seems like maryland might be the place to get your ticket. >> the last time we had was for $128 million in christmas eve. we al

lin settles down, fourth quarter knicks down by 6, pass to stoudemire, amare, not mel, check this out. check this kid out. look at him. he's an economics major from harvard. ties the game at 87. raptors failed to convert in the next possession, game tied, okay? clock winding down. planning things out. >> the crowd on its feet at the air canada center. lin puts it up, jeremy lin from downtown! the knicks take the lead! amazing here at the air canada center. >> incredible story, knicks win, lin finishes with 27 points, 11 assists. has 109 points over his first four starts. the most of any player since the nba merger. after the game, he spoke about the game. >> i just want to make sure i got a good shot at the end of the clock and he backed up half a step and i thought was a good look for me. we had so many active hands, landry, tyson, we clamped it down, >> muah! >> we couldn't get a stop to save our lives. >> knicks are still undefeated in the jeremy lin era, how does that sound? >> thankful to god. >> he got off his brother-in-law's couch, he has his own apartment in new york. that is

it's mel gibson who she would out the most, last december he paid almost half a billion dollars to his ex-wife, robin, after 7 children and 31 years of marriage. >> for the full story, tune in to 2020 tonight, the night starts off here on abc2news.com with shark tank and what would you do at 9:00 and celebrity splits at 10:00 and abc2 news at 11:00, i will have part three of investigation in to bad medicine. >>> doctors have a lot to say about your weight during the visits. does their size play a role in how they treat you. >>> the ravens didn't make the super bowl, but that maybe better for your health. what getting wrapped up in the game can do to your body. i want a baby. a baby? but we were gonna see the northern lights in alaska. and go spelunking with the guys. yeah, i said it-- spelunking. [ whirring ] and i still haven't built one of those fighting robots. come on. it's pretty awesome. okay. just a few things we need to do first. [ laughs ] [ announcer ] before you make your leap, make a list. then get going in the completely redesigned cr-v. all new, from honda. more and more

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. >>> and the view host, mel says gilbert and jack wagner.aofficial announcement will be made tomorrow on gma. >> there you go. >>> how about robin roberts. >> she will be there. >> there may be a chance. >> it is the season. >> a quick check tomorrow a cooler day but plenty of sunshine. you have to call this nice february weather. rain coming in wednesday into thursday. enjoy the dry stuff tomorrow. weight loss programs can be expensive. so to save some money, i just got the popular girls from the local middle school to follow me around. ew. seriously? so gross. ew. seriously? that is so gross. ew. seriously? dude that is so totally gross. so gross...i know. there's an easier way to save. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. >>> the roster comes out. >> the official one. >> we'll be watching. >> there are a couple of surprises we know that. >> have a great evening.

. >> after the news there's a special edition of jimmy kim kim mel live. >> leigh: it has been very windyk out the visible. clear sky out there. the camera bouncing a bit. some of the highest winds out of the north today, to northwest. near the coast, at 40-miles-an-hour. speaking of the oscars tomorrow, let's go ahead and check out the forecast. l.a. tomorrow, 68 degrees. they get a die -- dry day tomorrow which is go -- good news because we have a low which is growing to bring colder temperatures and rain into the l.a. area on monday. so they just dodged it by 4 -- 24 hours. here's a look at the current readings. 53, san francisco. 60, antioch. san jose, 57. los gatos, 57. we will look for clearing tonight. it's going to be colder. especially in the north and east bay. protected valley areas. winds will start to decrease, tomorrow, partly cloudy, a little cooler, and then we'll start to thicken up the clouds. sunday night, a chance of some showers sunday night late, and early monday morning. boy, those winds howling out of the northwest, dropping temperatures as much as 15 degrees acros

especially mel small for arranging this volume that really opens up, i think, a whole lot of interesting possible projects of scholarship for the future. i'm going to talk about the 1960 election. we still live within the framework that ken white laid down in 1961 in his making of the president volume. teddy white's book sold millions of copies and invented a whole form of journalism reporting the presidential campaign in a package volume as a book. of course, white himself went on to do more volumes, although none as popular as that first one. only in recent years have a number of people come forward, including myself, to offer correctives to white's cheerleading account, really, for jfk's victory. one of the first of these was tom carty, who re-examined the catholic issue in the 1960 election. in a nice way, but maybe not terribly changing the narrative. then dave patriska who offered a journalistic account that had the interesting advantage of surfing the web for newspaper coverage of the

heaven mel they didn't have to get through the day slayer but two songs would be angel of death and raining blood they're just. songs i like and motivated. to see where you're going into the fight to begin with and then you've got a good song playing in the background and that. song bodies hit the floor. this is the one we listen to the most this is the one we travel we. always hear more coming up here into iraq. because. it was just it was fitting for the job we were doing. bodies by drowning could be considered the unofficial of the u.s. military. but christopher wants to meet the band for a different reason music was also used to torture prisoners he wants to marry from the band just as upset about this as he is today drowning pool plays next to one of the largest naval bases in the united states but there is a problem. actually i'm a little nervous about this interview because we got an email this morning from drowning pool's manager saying that they weren't supposed to about guantanamo or we weren't supposed to ask them anything about that and after all that's why i came here so how ca

never mel i'll. have to get through the day slayer. to be angel again and raining blood just to see if. i like and keep him motivated. you see there you go again and then you've got a good song playing in the background. that take you to. the floor. this is the one we listen to the most this is the one we travel we. always hear more coming up here into iraq. it was just it was fitting for the. bodies. could be considered the unofficial. the christopher wants to meet for a different reason music was also used as a tool to prison that's. just as upset about this as he is today plays next to one of the largest naval bases in the united states but there is a problem. actually i'm a little nervous about this interview because we got an email this morning from drowning pool's manager saying that they weren't supposed. to ask. and after all that's why i came here so how can i possibly find out what i want. he said this music charts. prisoners if we're not allowed to talk about. absolutely crazy. it's a problem usually it's everything you thin

first let's pray for those who lost their lives in the violence in egypt the marches in my opinion mel are rewarded him with paradise and base tell their families with strength and patience this is a very sad thing because football preaches love and peace and fair play everyone who goes to a stadium whether a player a fan an official a referee or any person they have to be in their best behavior and i think this experiment is a result of intense fence brainwashing either from the irresponsible media or the way fans are organized we have to learn to accept results of matches because that's football. now on to basketball and says card maintain that one hundred percent record in the year only with a convincing victory over gala tasker i it was the thirteenth successive when the damage was done in the first and third courses as the muscovites won them both by seven points the turks couldn't handle a powerful sas car line up and out kristie to finish the game with twin. points to the likes of jamal gordon andrei kirilenko were also unstoppable on the right in the army went to an eighty five

he says it's hypocritical of alderman mel given his famous assent atop his city council desk back in 1987 demanding to be recognized. wgn political analyst paul lisnek said if passed the proposal will face a court challenge. we're entitled to speak at those meetings and express ourselves that's part of what it means to be an american. at a certain point people reach a breaking point. he believes this proposal is intended to crack down on the many protests planned against them, the plan to bring the summons to chicago but that shouldn't mean that residence voices should be stifled. even if you are not concerned about the summit's coming in may you should be concerned about what is happening to our civil liberties because whether you are trained to protest the school's closing or is cta cut back or what have you this will affect you. more sparks are flying in the democratic primaries and the second congressional district, candidates leveled against her incumbent jesse jackson jr. she claimed jackson give $100 million to the airport project that she said he should of used for other proj

. >> all right, mel. >>> and have you heard? winter weather is making its way our way and new salca has the latest and this is out of the blue a bit. >> reporter: we were watching it yesterday and thought it might bring some light rain or snow as we were showing on the future cast and that is still on track. the thinking hasn't changed too much but that there is i chance to accumulate in a few spots and on our vipir, we want to give you a better look and that is going to come here. it was a beautiful day and the temperatures up to 56 degrees and this storm is dropping a small amount of snow as it comes out of kansas and to nebraska. what we expect is some snow tomorrow and that is probably starting as rain and not worried about the morning commute. the precip will a ratify in the late morning and that -- arrive in the late morning and change over to snow. the temperatures are important tomorrow and we're not going phone in the 50s and close to 40s, so, hopefully, the roads are okay and we think this will have some affect on the