mr. snipes, first of all, huge fan. e in this situation and i wish you and your family the best. >> keep praying for us, brother. keep praying. >> caller: definitely. mr. meachum, i want to say the late aaron russo, producer of films such as "the rose" and others set out to see if there was a law requiring people to file an income tax, and i'm wondering, do you know the law or the statute that requires an average working class citizen to file taxes or to pay a portion of their direct tax known as the federal income tax? >> larry: do you know that, dan? >> i think section 61 of the i.r.s. code basically says that income is from whatever source delives and therefore you should pay taxes on it. and let me -- to the juris question, i mean to the caller's question, let me say it this way. mr. snipes never challenged whether or not your question is in fact one that needed to be decided. >> larry: he was not a tax -- >> he was not a tax protester. >> these were all allegations and claims made through the media and the press. yo

sniping that goes on in washington and can become quite vicious nonetheless richard holbrooke knew that he had several things that were really important. he knew his subject, he had a strong relationship with mrs. clinton. he had built a powerful set of ties to the afghans, to the pakistanis, to some 30 other nations. >> rose: and the indians. >> and the indians. and perhaps most of all he knew that his own achievements in life, his reputation, protected him from the kind of silly sniping that goes on in the battle of ideas in washington. he was secure. there was no serious rival. >> rose: but it was ruff. >> it was ruff. >> rose: that's what i'm asking you. you can't be immune to that. >> no, he was not immune to it. but he had a toughness about him that got him through it as he'd gotten through other periods in life. >> can i just add something to that because dick is making an important point. dick thought it was his toughness and he was tough. but he was also a fragile guy and these things bothered him enormously. they would bother anyone and even someone as tough as dick holbrooke. >> rose: you saw his vulnerability on that? >> oh, sure, he didn't hide it from us. >> he was troubled by it