mr. bennett, my friend and colleague, dr. watson. >> how do you do, mr. bennett? . mr. holmes, i fear i've made a grave error of judgment. i should not have been in touch with you at all. i've wasted your time entirely. >> you've discovered a rational reason for ms. presbury's fears? >> no, no, i can't say that. well, it's, uh, it's a delicate matter, but i must beg you to proceed no further. i can, of course, recompense you. >> mr. bennett, your letter was less than frank, was it not? >> i set out the facts. >> not all, i suspect. probably out of loyalty to your fiancee, ms. presbury. >> you're aware of that? >> as i am of your employer's engagement to ms. alice morphy, the daughter of the famous comparative anatomist. she resides next door to the presburys, does she not? >> how do you know of the engagement? >> the times, july the 1st, september the 5th, respectively. >> mr. holmes' memory is of a photographical order. >> quite so. oh, dear. >> mr. bennett, i do appreciate your predicament. as a scientist and a rationalist yourself, i dare say you are reluctant t

mr. bennett and ms. presbury. >> yes. >> i decided i had to accompany jack, mr. >> have you brought the list of missing dates? >> yes. roy also barked on these nights. >> please, never mind that, mr. holmes. we have far more urgent matters to impart. >> is that so? ms. morphy has renounced my father. >> she's returned his ring? >> today, since when he has remained locked in his study. >> every time i've knocked, he's shouted abuse at me. >> the logic of it, watson. of this progression, do you see it? >> please. >> the first three occasions are self-evident. we know of those. what happened on the 5th of october? >> roy barked all night. on the 12th too. also days upon which the professor received packages from london east central. >> this is the date on which the face appeared at the window four nights ago. >> yes. >> and this is where the shadow appeared last night. of course! the common factor is two. always the gap decreases by two days. numbskull, holmes. >> and today is the 21st of october. >> did... >> yes, a package arrived this morning. >> my heaven, the c

mr. bennett. >> how are you doing? rview, we asked bennett what happened in yuma where gene davis' daughter claims he offered her drugs and alcohol then raped her. and in hurricane, where, while he masqueraded as a man named joe benson his own daughters accused him of raping them. we asked him about the allegations in okinawa, and up finally what happened in lake mead where that elleish trailer fire killed a man who was later buried in arthur's grave. repeatedly he insisted he was a good father and a faithful soldier who for reasons he could neither fathom nor explain had been falsely accused of an unspeakable crimes. >> everything here is so twisted around, it had been built-up so big, it was like i add an ov overseas and three state spree. >> are you a rapist? >> no, i'm not. >> are you a murderer? >> no, i'm not. >> a lot of stuff is in the records that makes it look like you're not being straight with me. a lot of evidence has been piled up by the military, by the police, by your accusers, that makes you look like y

mr. tony bennett. we love you, tony. and we'll be back with one more song a little bit later.ing. i am mindy basara. let's look at one of our top stories. city police are investigating an overnight shooting. police and fire crews responded to the medicine east-end community just before midnight. they found a woman suffering a gunshot wounds. this the second reported shooting >> we are heading into the upper 50's and low sixties for the high temperatures. showers are likely, especially into the afternoon. seven-day forecast, 58 tomorrow, more rain thursday night into friday.

mr. bennett takes your phone calls tomorrow morning at 9:15 eastern. pakistani authorities have asked u.s. forces to leave a military post in pakistan. american drones have taken off and refueled at the base. this comes after a nato attack last month that killed 24 pakistani soldiers. the brookings institution yesterday looked at the future of u.s.-pakistan relations. this is about 50 minutes. >> covering pakistani affairs, having served as a south asia bureau chief for the post, from 1999 to 2002. that's when i got to know her. she was also bureau chief in kabul from 2002 to 2004. she's continued to follow events in the region very closely as reflected in her new book, "playing with fire, pakistan at war with itself". which she paints a vivid portrait of the country and its many problems. bruce riedel on my far right, a senior fellow here at brookings and himself a leading authority on south asian affairs. career cia officer, bruce has served in many senior positions in the u.s. government including as a senior director of for near east and south asia

mr. bennett.esenting me. >> some people fussed at us and shouted out, go investigate somebody -- and they would name other council members. some racial thing. the u.s. attorney is african-american. holder is african-american. do you get any sense the probe is in any way tied to a racial consideration? >> i don't know anything of the sort, tom. i certainly would conclude comfortably that the u.s. attorney will investigate issues that are put before them no matter who they are about. >> we only have a couple minutes left. i want to talk about sports. this past week you went to the redskins training facility out in ashburn, which is somewhere in virginia. you want the redskins to move their entire training operation boo the district. >> i do. >> we're continuing with the discussions. actually the reason i was out there was to do a taping for larry michaels show. he has a show on every day. and we talked about this issue. but it was not really for the purpose of a meeting. >> did you get a sneak peek?

mr. tony bennett. we love you, tony. and we'll be back with one more song a little bit later.owing breaking news out of prince georges county. let's go straight to danella sealock for the latest. >> bw parkway, just the left lane is blocked by an accident there. you are jammed as you make your way towards 410. northbound, you are at 10 miles per hour. and southbound you are at 22 miles per hour as you head towards riverdale road. angie, back to you. >>> good morning. temperatures range from near 40 in haguers down to out near 60 in fredericksburg. we will stay around 60 throughout much of the afternoon hours, and some occasional showers, and then tonight maybe thunder and >>> back now with more of "today" on this wednesday morning, the 21st day of december, 2011. it is the last day of fall. and we've got a lost people enjoying what is turning out to be a pretty mild weather morning here in rockefeller plaza, as we move into a new season. and look at that hat. you don't see that every day. i'm ann curry along with carl quintanilla for matt and also sharon hall. i don't even wan

mr. tony bennett. we love you, tony. and we'll be back with one more song a little bit later.look at how police handled the occupy protests. the mayor and city administrator want an outside party to evaluate the use of police force during the demonstrations. the hearing will start at 10:00 this morning at city hall. >>> want to check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. >> the sun's been out about an hour and a half now. temperatures are coming above that freezing mark just about everywhere except napa, santa rosa, fairfield, and concord, where we have some really thick fog out there. that will be the case the next couple hours. the sun will shine through later on today. high of about 63 degrees in san francisco. lots of sunshine through your holiday weekend. hope you have a great day. [ child ] it's so cool! you can put a force field on him and be invisible! [ child 2 ] i call first player. no. i already called it. [ dad ] nobody's playing anything until after we get our homework done. thank you. hello? test drive's not over yet. [ male announcer ] it's practicall

says voting is a hard-fought privilege this is mike 58 bennett president protemp dish why should you make it easier? why should we be making it harder mrate in the total process. go ahead a register so you get all of the election information, all the advocacy issues that are going to be on the ballot, so you know what you're doing when you go to the polls. then you vote where you're registered and you're fine. in database, all out in the rural districts, you don't have computer access at every polling location. >>> how does stopping people from leaving churches and going with souls to the polls led by their congregations, how does that do that? >> we have not cut early voting by one hour. >> no, you changed the dates. >> i had requests from both sides of the aisle. >> did you stop sunday voting. >> -- that asked me to compact that so that they were full days. >> did you stop sunday voting after church? >> there needs to be a break. people want to be off on sunday. a lot of our people go to church. why make all those poll workers work? >> and a lot of those churches were bringing souls to the polls. all of a sudden that is eliminated. >

bennett joins us this morning. >> i was interested in your previous guest mr.honor but it still matters. >> it still matters in what you see is the measure of a man. how are man failing today? >> in achievement, education, we have flipped with the women. somebody said you go, girl, and they went, they did it! and they have done great. they have done terrific but men are falling behind. the best evidence is, again, the statistics in terms of men working and getting married, men not even seeking -- >> look. can we mention the marriage numbers? by the way? the marriage numbers are in 1960, 72% of men were married. today, it's 51%. >> yeah. >> do you think that is significant? >> it is significant. i think it's the commitment that grounds men. now, culture has changed. boys used to be raised with the expectation that someday they would have to provide for a woman and children. they don't have that expectation any more. women can provide for themselves so a culture signal has changed. nevertheless when you look at the culture and the condition of men and you talk to

mr. speaker. yesterday, legislation that i sponsored along with senator michael bennett from colorado passed the house floor. this bill for the blue star mothers of america updated their congressional charter for the modern era. mr. speaker, i am privileged today, particularly on this day, as we commemorate the attack on pearl harbor 70 years ago, to be able to rise to honor the blue star mothers of america. people, women of america who've been providing much-needed assistance to our nation's active duty service men and women, veterans and military families since 1942. founded during the height of world war ii, the blue star mothers are a nonpartisan veterans' service organization composed of mothers of current and former service members. today, over 5,000 dedicated women perform a wide variety of important volunteer services for our troops, providing transportation, supplies, food and emotional support. more than 225 local chapters across the united states carry out the mission of supporting our troops, our veterans and the families of our fallen heroes. as well as developing individual projects to a

mr. baxley, the only thing mickey mouse was, was your argument, and if that was your argument, it was a very poor one. but baxley's worst moment came when i asked him this. >> state senator michael bennetthis line. he says voting is a hard-fought privilege. this is something people died for. why should we make it easier. i mean, what do you mine why should you make it easier? we're supposed to live in a democracy? why should we be making it harder? >> we want people to participate in the total process. go ahead a register so we get all of the registration. we're not stopping them from voting. >> the law will stop people from voting. this week i spoke to congressman lewis about this nationwide voter suppression effort. he knows something about the effort. he wall street nearly beaten to death marching about it. >> one person,/one vote, that's part of our democratic process, part of our democracy, and now people want to make it hard, difficult, with photo i.d.s in early voting. we cannot go back. we've come too far. people suffered too hard, and too many of our people bled and died for the simple right to cast a vote. >> we won't go back. that's why tomorrow in 25 cities national action s