. >> hey, milwaukee. >> hey. >> all right. surprise. our theme for today's show the is guess what, americans relationship with beer. and drinking in general. and as we dole in each week on our radio show, we'll be bouncing around through the centuries trying to see what a transhistorical approach to this subject like alcohol might reveal about other aspects of american life. i peter onuf will be representing the 18th century. >> and i will be representing the mid-19th century. >> and i brian bellow will be toasting the 20th century. but to kick things off, i want to go back to your period, peter, and just a few basic questions. i want to know who was drinking, i want to know what they were drinking, and hold on. >> yeah. >> i want to know mainly how much were they drinking. >> well, you should have asked who wasn't drinking and it would have been a short show. we could shut down right now. they're drinking everything. you might even say this is the golden age, guys, of the 18th century for alcohol in america. actually, it's no

i know in milwaukee lucy needs to introduction.lwaukee whose books include cooking with beer, grilling with beer, are you picking up on a theme? best of american beer and food and i am dying to ask if lucy is currently working on a book called microwaving with beer. please help me welcome lucy, a round of applause, historian. >> thank you so much. actually, peter, this beer is for you. this is a beer -- >> we didn't know that you had any that we could drink. >> all right, peter. >> all right. >> crack that baby open. >> all right. time to salute the flag. red, white and blue. >> for the radio audience out there, peter, what have you done. >> this is 24 fluid ounces. it means for any group of three history guys, have you eight ounces each, and it is an enormous pabst blue ribbon. >> a tall boy. >> a tall boy? wow. we're drinking my century now, is that right? >> it predates your century, the 18th century. >> there is no earlier century. >> this would be an example of a 16th century beer style, a doculbachs, and they were the liquid

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>>> later, i'll talk to milwaukee mayor. he's the latest democrat to jump into the race for the chance to take on scott walker. i stepped on the machine, and it showed me the pressure points on my feet and exactly where i needed more support. then, i got my number. my tired, achy feet affected my whole life. until i found my number. i tried the free dr. scholl's foot mapping center. in two minutes, i got my foot map and custom number. i'm a 440. that matched up to the dr. scholl's custom fit orthotic inserts with the right support and cushioning i need. i am a believer. i'm a believer! i'm a believer. find your closest foot mapping center at drscholls.com. >>> mitt romney and paul ryan are attached at the hip, they started wearing the same clothe ons the campaign trial. john nickels and howard fineman join me, next. scott walker, the recall is under way and he's getting major help from outside the state. i'll be joined by state senators. i'll have an exclusive interview with the newest walker challenger. that's milwaukee may

the question is will the milwaukee d.a., who is a democratic, bring criminal charges, you know, betweenl election happens. we saw some former litigators and former prosecutors advice against doing such a move because it would advice, smack of cronyism and try to swing an election.% frankly, if the d.a. goes one way or the other it's going to look like politics. >> it is a very, very difficult judgment call to either bring the case prior to the election or to delay it until afterwards. it's a no win situation. explain to us quickly and then i want graham to weigh in. what are the underlying allegations, what is the gravamen of the offense that is out there that hasn't been charged. >> members of governor's walker staff when he was running milwaukee county were politicking on his behalf while on the county clock. there was a secret email network, they were planning fundraisers, working to elect him governor while being paid by the taxpayers of milwaukee county. obviously that's illegal. charges have been brought. the million dollar question is did scott walker know about it, when did he k

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and in particular, the current front-runner, the milwaukee mayor, tom baer. he's going to be attacked and probably attacked pretty viciously over the next few weeks. >> it is hard, i think, by virtue of what a recall election is to expect that could be a positive race. i mean, even in normal general election candidates, it's hard to run positive races. but in the context of a recall, i think that might be too much to hope for. but it's going to be fascinating to watch, and we're all going to keep watching it. dan bias, author of the blog on politics for "the milwaukee journal sentinel," which is absolutely mandatory reading for all of us here in new york. thanks very much for being with us. i appreciate it. >> sure. thanks for inviting me. >>> there's other wisconsin news. some scary and infuriating news, actually, this week involving two separate planned parenthood clinics in wisconsin. i've got the details on that coming up. >>> there are two big political >>> there are two big political stories in wisconsin today, right? one is today's republican president

we're going to dip into mitt romney's comments like in milwaukee right now. thanks. hold on. >> congressman ryan, he's a great leader, wonderful speaker, but he's not going to take ann's place. thank you for providing the thank you. thank you to senator johnson . d thank you to wisconsin, maryland and washington, d.c. we won them all. this really has been quite a night. we have won a great victory tonight in our campaign to restore the promise of america. here in the heartland, you know you're not going to find americans with bigger hearths than the people of wisconsin. as i've been traveling across the state, i visited with far too many whose hearts are so many good and decent people seem to be running harder just to stay in place, and for many no matter how hard they're running, every day it seems to put them further behind. it's that way across so much of america, too much of america. under this president's watch more americans have lost their jobs than during any other period since the depression. millions have lost their homes. a record number of americans are n

in milwaukee, thousands of people have been getting sick. man: private distributors of bottled water are sending extra supplies as fast as possible. health officials blame a microscopic parasite called cryptosporidium. man: in the 1993 cryptosporidium outbreak, over 400,000 people became ill with diarrhea, cramping and nausea, and we also recorded over 100 deaths, primarily in the immuno-compromised community, and in particular, individuals with aids, or hiv infection. man: people were beginning to experience symptoms of diarrhea. it started to become more and more widespread. so the natural spot to look was drinking water. so tests were run on the water coming out of both of our water treatment plants. and we found cryptosporidium coming out of our howard avenue plant. man: milwaukee officials are shutting down one of the city's two water purification plants. biedrzycki: cryptosporidium is a parasite that's found in the gut or intestine of both humans and animals, and found in many surface waters throughout the globe. prior to 1993, it was

and in particular, the current front-runner, the milwaukee mayor, tom baer. he's going to be attacked and probably attacked pretty viciously over the next few weeks. >> it is hard, i think, by virtue of what a recall election is to expect that could be a positive race. i mean, even in normal general election candidates, it's hard to run positive races. but in the context of a recall, i think that might be too much to hope for. but it's going to be fascinating to watch, and we're all going to keep watching it. dan bias, author of the blog on politics for "the milwaukee journal sentinel," which is absolutely mandatory reading for all of us here in new york. thanks very much for being with us. i appreciate it. >> sure. thanks for inviting me. >>> there's other wisconsin news. some scary and infuriating news, actually, this week involving two separate planned parenthood clinics in wisconsin. i've got the details on that coming up. >>> there are two big political stories in wisconsin today, right? one is today's republican presidential primary, which has been won

they went on here in milwaukee. the beer gardens, they were the attempt to make -- to -- >> domesticate. >> and embed drink in a family friendly setting. i went to the brewers game last night, unfortunately they lost. but i -- it was a good game. i was really struck -- >> they lost because you left early. >> i had to prepare for back story. i was really struck by the efforts at least to create a family setting. beer was being sold. beer was being consumed. but there was a play area for kids, there were lots of young people there. and these beer gardens late 19th, early 20th century were an effort in a constructive way to domesticate drink within a larger set of family values. if you will. >> though i never want you to think that i'm not an american exceptionalist, americans have thought that the french have a real advantage and other sophisticated europeans, not the scotts, it's family centered. it is domesticated. and it's precisely because drink takes place in dangerous places outside the home, and the great norma

>> nbc's peter alexander for us in milwaukee. peter, thank you. >>> joining me now is hogan, the national campaign director for the santorum campaign. it's great for you to make time for us this morning. i know you guys are hoping for big results. as we talk about senator santorum vowing to stay in the race no matter what happens today, does he just continue to be a roadblock to mitt romney reaching that magic number of 1,144 before tampa? as we look at it, no matter how you slice it, your candidate ends up with a major delegate disadvantage. how will you say your candidate will represent the republican party for president when he doesn't represent the sum of republicans? >> first, as you mentioned, this is a march to tampa. you don't wake up in tampa and you're the nominee. you've got to get to 1,144 if you want to be the nominee. mitt romney is a long way off from that. we have a long way to go. we're at the halfway point. this starts the second half today. obviously, wisconsin is going to be a close race. we're not sure about

milwaukee.raig can you hear me? >> i can hear you. >> great. welcome into "the war room." glad to have you here. let's just start with that fact that i just mentioned about the 2008 election, and that 40% of the votes in the gop primary came from rural voters. is there a chance that these poll numbers they just showed are skewed toward romney? will santorum actually make up some of that difference with those rural voters? >> the fact that wisconsin is pretty blue collar and has a big rural component makes this is a decent state for santorum. but, you know, he is kind of a victim of timing at this point. there really is a palpable sense of voters wanting to rally around mitt romney and get this race over with. but the demographics are defeint for santorum. >> well, one of the things that really struck me as interesting is that the count -- a couple of the counties around milwaukee, i guess -- and walkshaw are considered some of the most conservative areas in the country. what for those voters --

he's in milwaukee. so, shannon, there are those who say, if romney wins, then it's all over for santorum. so tuesday, is it make or break for those gop candidates? >> reporter: yeah, fred, there's a growing chorus of people who are saying that if mitt romney wins here on tuesday, that it's over for santorum. obviously, santorum, the candidate himself says, no, it's not. that he's going to go on. that voters deserve a choice. but if you look at what's happened within just the past few days, we obviously know that president george h.w. bush, florida senator marco rubio, house budget chairman paul ryan, today, senator ron johnson from this state, all endorse romney, even the paper, the "milwaukee journal sentinel" here in wisconsin endorsed romney also. and it started out its endorsement saying, you know, if romney has a convincing win here, it's pretty much all over, although it did also say they wonder which romney they will see in the fall. so there is that chorus, that growing notion that if romney doe

earlier tonight we caught up with congressman ryan in milwaukee.an, nice to see you, sir. >> welcome home. >> thank you very much. nice to be home, especially among oil drums. >> it's great. the economy. this is people working. >> greta: indeed it is. >> this is milwaukee. >> greta: wonder to feel be home. i want to ask about the election tomorrow, the primary. this is an open primary. so explain this to me. >> we don't have party registration in wisconsin. you ku walk in whoever you are and say i want the republican ballot or the democratic ballot and vote for whoever you want in the republican or democratic party. like you heard in michigan, you know there is a concern about the crossover voting. democrats voting in the presidential primary for republicans to vote for whoever is the worst candidate for obama to face. that is a concern we have in wisconsin. >> greta: are you hearing any noise? >> i don't know the answer to that. i have not heard of anything. sometimes you the robo call campaigns about the crossover voting. >> greta: this is a big

dean reynolds has the latest from milwaukee. and magic bird, a rivalry on the court that became a lasting friendship off it. now playing on broadway. now captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> glor: good evening, i'm jeff glor. we begin in burma where one gl ere n has triumphed against a military regime that for years tried to silence her. aung sung su chi was elected to parliament today, a vote that e fewnot remove the current d tornment from power with but does represent a ground breaking burma toctory. seth doane was among the few journalists allowed to enter burma for this historic vote. >> reporter: the celebration broke out tonight on the streets as supporters packed the area outside aung sung su chi's party suadquarters. >> i'm happy for the country. >> reporter: late this afternoon on opposition started to trickle startee felt she was watching wae than just election results. how does democracy feel? >> here, i don't know how this-- we don't get it much but i hope we can seize democracy and one day

dean reynolds is on the trai trail in milwaukee tonight. dean, good evening to you. >> reporter: good evening, jeff. well, the republican party establishment is talking as if the mantle of presumptive nominee has already descend and the shoulders of mitt romney. romney. but the negative attacks by his campaign on his rivals is leaving nothing to chance. mitt romney has been able to bag the big name endorsements lately. >> i think is time for people to all get behind this good man. >> reporter: he has the buzz from even unaffiliated republicans. >> i th >> i think he's going to be an excellent candidate. and i think that the chances are overwhelming that he will be our nominee. >> reporter: at the same time, romney is using his financial edge in trademark fashion. fashion. >> santorum's real weakness is the economy. >> reporter: and his events these day, romney mostly talks about the general election. >> the person you select on tuesday may well be the person who faces barack obama in the fall. >> reporter: but behind the scenes the super pa

and craig gilbert of the "milwaukee journal sentinel" newspaper joins us from milwaukee. , let's start with you. we've heard that there are five polls out now showing romney with a pretty substantial lead. is everything as it appears? >> well, he does have a steady lead. i wouldn't call it a commanding lead. it's somewhere between 5 and 10 points. it hasn't really moved around. very much. i mean it's... when the candidates came here they stepped into a very strange and unique environment where the recall fight over wisconsin's governor has really dominated everything. i think it's made it difficult for santorum to punch through that aura of inevitability that mitt romney reacquired in the last few weeks. >> ifill: tell me about wisconsin. who are the romney voter theirs in the g.o.p. primary and who are the santorum voters. >> santorum's strength has been in rural areas and romney's strength has been in more upscale sub urban areas. there is a big rural vote in wisconsin but the heart of the republican electorate in wisconsin are in these counties that ring milwaukee where you have...

. >> our shannon travis is in milwaukee, wisconsin, so shannon, what's the mood like in wisconsin just two days away before that primary? >> reporter: yeah, fred, i would say the mood is one of anticipation and resignation. you mentioned the polls are showing romney is doing well here. a lot of people certainly anticipate he'll have a strong showing, if not outright just take this contest. he's obviously gotten the trio of major endorsements from wisconsinites, senator ron johnson, paul ryan, as well as the endorsement of the newspaper, the milwaukee journal sentinel. he's certainly looking very strong. however, when i say resignations a lot of supporters for the other candidates are resigned that mitt romney's going to be the candidate, meaning not necessarily so happy about that. i don't know if we have a picture to she you. but i was at an event on friday, a newt gingrich event across from lambeau field, and there was a 64-year-old man who said he's torn between santorum and newt. he had this interesting sign that basically suggested mitt romney should join president obama and be hi

i defy you to put 10 people under you astritelight in milwaukee -- a streetlight in milwaukee and get them to define gfmentd or even around this table! [laughter] chris: and is he was -- as weak as john kerry was after the blitzkrieg of the swiftboating against him? >> weak in many ways in that all the things he thought he was going to run on were turned into liabilities. romney, we're seeing that with him. pime are seeing him as callous to the human condition. we thought he was a solid, attractive guy. well, he looks like a game show host. he has to regain control of hits narrative. chris: does history after -- offer a guide or is it a phenomenal situation here? >> i wouldn't say phenomenal but certainly unique, as every presidential race is. but let's don't forget race will be a factor in this presidential campaign. yes, the person -- the country can feel good about we elected a person of color, which i did not expect to see in my lifetime. but the economy is in this strange position that it seems to be doing better but everyone has a sense it's more volatile, fragile than we know.

wizards hosting milwaukee fighting for the final playoff spot in the east.s the bucs, not the wizards. crawford with a big 3 pointer. he had a game high 23 points. in the fourth, milwaukee starts to pull away. john wallace on sloppy ball handling on his part. milwaukee holds on to win 112- 98. >>> the nationals wrapping up spring training in florida today taking on the red sox in the fourth. espinosa sends one out of the park for a home run. nats host the red sox tomorrow afternoon, followed by the wounded warrior softball game which i am honored to be participating in. >> what position do you play? >> i'm usually second or >>> talk about an over achiever. a 12-year-old pulled off a skateboarding stunt even the best of the business have not been able to do. >> he pulled over the first 1080, three complete revolutions in the air, landing with the skateboard still under you. it happened at the giant skateboard ramp in southern california. he did the 1080 in slow motion, just like that. that was his fifth try. very cool stuff. man. >> that is amazing. >> amazin

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