. >> ro: mrs. thomas called her up... >> yes the "times" broke that story. >> rose: what did she ask her. >> recant. yomust want to recant what you said. (laughs) >> rose: but that was the toughest and hardest and scariest thing for you in journalism? >> it was tough. jane and i were attacked by conservative supporters of justice thomas and it was pretty furious for a while. >> rose: your reputation... toughness goes hand in hand with the name jill abramson. it does! look at you smiling! it's true. >> rose: the question is whether you felt you had to be tt way. >> in the book or at work or in snauls. >> rose: in your journalistic career. >> well, investigative reporting is a tough line of work. it's not one where you usually make its a whole lot of friends. you're usually investigating scandals. >> rose: and therefore people will be pushing back more than you've seen. >> when i began, especially doing big money there politics investigations at the "wall street journal" it was hard for me to cold call peop

and this is the symbolism of the frustration felt by mr thomas to nashville e. and his fellow opposition media a mock funeral lamenting as they put it the death of georgian free media. tom bottom. and of course over on our website you can always find plenty more analysis interviews news and much more as a taste of what's it called right now clear in the chorus mood a russian investigators say that neither of the crimean officials issued an order to shoot the last sounds funny also. the u.s. poster who first called for people around the world to set fire to the koran the ones to run for the presidency get the details on our website people. corporate occupy wall street movement is organizing a general strike next week in response to another round of a police brutality during a rally in oakland california an iraq war veteran was badly injured and police crackdown on thousands of activists. from the office the latest on the protests that have been growing for the past five weeks but we now have all of these giant tents that have popped up across the park liberty pla

[tv murmuring] >> mrs. thomas? viney? >> is fast asleep on a can, a brick platform, heated from underneath by a stove. >> it's william. >> on cold nights, the whole family sleeps on a can. because in winter, the temperature here can fall to 17 degrees below freezing. >> [sighs] oh. >> and it hardly ever rains. >> [gasps] oh. viney. viney, it's william. william shawcross. >> ♪ love one another ♪ with a true heart fervently will you sing that at my funeral? >> oh, viney, i'm a tenor now, and that's for trebles. >> oh. >> but i could arrange for a couple of choristers to sing it. >> oh. like it was for both my husbands, yes? >> i didn't know you were married twice? >> my first was run over by a lancaster bomber in the war. >> i'm sorry. >> he won a medal for it. >> my wife was run over by a car. >> was she? oh, i am sorry. was... she the love of your life? >> no, she wasn't. >> no. mine wasn't. but have you met someone else? >> oh. >> oh. [both laugh] [rick whistling] >> write her a letter. >> write who a letter? >> mary! >>

i had no expectation that i would ever hear from mrs. thomas, or mr. hat i realized at the time once that message was public, was that it was an issue that resonated with so many people. the hearings were not something that had just happened 20 years ago and remained static. it was something that happened 20 years ago and that we had evolved quite significantly since then. and out of that whole episode with the voice mail message came the idea that we shall think about, on the 20th anniversary of the hearing, what the hearings stood for, how we have moved forward in the wake of the hearings, and what we can do in the future to keep moving us toward equality for women, not only for women, but i hear from people, from all ethnicities, all races, both genders, people from different backgrounds, whether it's socioeconomic backgrounds, and they say that the hearings were significant to them as well. >> and we understand you did not offer any kind of apology to justice thomas or to his wife. that's correct. >> absolutely. i won't be apologizing. i told the tr

. >> ro: mrs. thomas called her up... >> yes the "times" broke that story. >> rose: what did she ask her. >> recant. yomust want to recant what you said. (laughs) >> rose: but that was the toughest and hardest and scariest thing for youn journalism? >> it was tough. jane and i were attacked by conservative supporters of justice thomas and it was pretty furious for a while. >> rose: your reputation... toughness goes hand in hand with the name jill abramson. it does! look at you smiling! it's true. >> rose: the question is whher you felt you had to be tt way. >> in the book or at work or in snauls. >> rose: in your journalistic career. >> well, investigative reporting is a tough line of work. it's not one where you usually make its a whole lot of friends. you're usually investigating scandals. >> rose: and therefore people will be pushing back more than you've seen. >> when i began, especially doing big money there politics investigations at the "wall street journal" it was hard for me to cold call pple and

mr. thomas jefferson who said, "we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, among these rights are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. " this is your legacy, ladies and gentlemen. you americans are there to admire and emulate. i cannot understand why that cannot be applied to the palestinian people. how can we see the united states standing in the face of the palestinians when they want to declare their state in the most reasonable and the most legitimate and unalienable right that they have, like any other state? and the u.s. says it will veto that. that is unacceptable, ladies and gentlemen. you as americans cannot accept that. we as arabs will not accept that. this is where my contention that the vetoing of statehood for palestine, not only will it affect the relationship between saudi arabia and the united states but also with the rest of the world. not just the muslim world. it is the whole global community that except palestine as a state and only the u.s. that objects to i

mr. howard grayson on behalf of supervisor else burn for the late thomas beganlynn. on behalf of supervisor kim for the late mr. paul gillman and on behalf of supervisor chu and else burn for the late tina -- >> can you put howard grayson for me as well, please. >> thank you, supervisor mirkarimi. >> is there any more business in front of this body? >> that concludes our business. >> thank you, ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned for the evening. >> about four years ago, [inaudible] look at how beautiful this was. there is our relationship to the planet. these regions are the wealthiest, the most powerful. that really has impacted the planet. it is almost impossible now to go anywhere and had it really be completely dark. there are very few locations that you can find. that means our relationship to the sky, there is a way where we dominate the sky. we cannot see anything really. we are blinding ourselves in a way. >> you can look at the images, they are beautiful. when i started four years ago, there was a conversation about environmental issues that was very diff

to say that mrs. thomasing as an activist in this country, whatever her viewpoints are and that justice thomas would somehow be peoplized for it, i find that to be wrong. i also find it wrong if we accept justice kagan's statement, and i think we should at face value -- where she said yes, i attended a discussion where this was briefly mentioned. but i never participated in any strategy sessions with regard to defending obamacare. i think that in order to preserve the integrity of the united states supreme court, we need to rely on the justices who have been confirmed by the united states senate after being selected by the president of the united states. so if we begin to politicize the supreme court in the same way that we do our election process for executives and legislators, i think it's a slippery slope. if there is some smoking gun that either of them have an interest or prejudice or a bias or true financial interest, then of course they should step out. but there has been no proof. >> gretchen: what's

mr. howard grayson on behalf of supervisor else burn for the late thomas beganlynn. on behalf of supervisor kim for the late mr. paul gillman and on behalf of supervisor chu and else burn for the late tina -- >> can you put howard grayson for me as well, please. >> thank you, supervisor mirkarimi. >> is there any more business in front of this body? >> that concludes our business. >> thank you, ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned for the evening. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> [roll call] please be advised that the ringing of cell phones, pagers, and electronic devices are prohibited during the meeting. any person responsible for them going off will be removed from the meeting. please be advised that sell phones on vibrate provide interference and be request that they are turned off -- and we request that they are turned off. >> i do have one item of note. may 17, 2011, the board of directors unanimously executed the purchase agreement for the acquisition of property at 900- 93 stockton street in san francisco for the subway pr

mr. thomas, ended up being confirmed because his presence on the court and his increasing influence, in a way, on a court that is no very far right, we feel that more and more and we will feel that during his term in case after case. is there, looking back, something gnaws at you that maybe we should have done something else or pursued a different strategy? is there something else we should have done to try and postponed a final vote? does that crossed anybody's mind? no historic regrets? >> arbys working? -- are these working? many people felt that they want to be fair which included the media and the people putting on the proceedings but there is a built-in sense of constraint about talking about sexuality in dignified public settings that was breaking down and had broken down to some extent. this was so much a product -- a part of the process that that constrain the a lot of people. to put a little more directly -- there was testimony, there was evidence that could have been brought forward and decisions were made by people not to bring it forward. it would have strongly supported what

mr. howard grayson on behalf of supervisor else burn for the late thomas beganlynn. on behalf of supervisor kim for the late mr. paul gillman and on behalf of supervisor chu and else burn for the late tina -- >> can you put howard grayson for me as well, please. >> thank you, supervisor mirkarimi. >> is there any more business in front of this body? >> that concludes our business. >> thank you, ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned for the evening.

mr. howard grayson on behalf of supervisor else burn for the late thomas beganlynn. on behalf of supervisor kim for the late mr. paul gillman and on behalf of supervisor chu and else burn for the late tina -- >> can you put howard grayson for me as well, please. >> thank you, supervisor mirkarimi. >> is there any more business in front of this body? >> that concludes our business. >> thank you, ladies and gentlemen, we are adjourned for gentlemen, we are adjourned for the evening. [stomach rumbles] vincent: sounds like you could use some van goghgurt. it's fortified with arts-rich nutrients to improve your math and reading skills... catch! boy: van goghgurt...thanks. so what's the deal with your ear? vincent: always with the ear, huh... announcer: feed your kids the arts. for ten simple ways to learn how, visit americansforthearts.org

read by investment professionals all over the world he is also author of this book mr speaker the life and times of thomas be read the man who broke the filibuster and we're certainly so happy to have him on the show thanks for being here mr grant. where you're entirely welcome right well ok so of course this is a big weekend for the euro zone and actually in your recent interest rate observer you quote the c.e.o. of deutsche bank saying i have to say that a lot of people have lost confidence and whether europe is going to make it i'm wondering mr grant if you fall into this camp have you lost spades that europe is going to make it. i have little faith in the institution of paper money of course the euro was a. prime example of the currencies that we currently produce in the world monetary system. i think it's important to realize that the euro is a piece of paper of no intrinsic value to those commanders that drugs from political institutions and from the confidence of the people in the institutions of the european central bank. so i think. it's not so surprising that people would lose faith in this thin

mr. thomas jefferson.ho said, we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these rights are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. this is your legacy, ladies and gentlemen. you americans put that for the rest of us in the world not only to admire but hopefully to emulate. i can't understand why that cannot be applied to the palestinian people. how can we see the united states standing in the face of the palestinians when they want to declare their state in the most reasonable and the most legitimate and unalienable rights that they have like any other state. and the u.s. says it will veeto that. that is unacceptable, ladies and gentlemen. you, as americans, cannot accept that. and we, as arabs, will not accept that. and this is where my contention that america's veetoing of the statehood for palestine, not only will it affect the relationship between saudi arabia and the united states, but a

mr. thomas jefferson who said, "we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, among these rights are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." this is your legacy, ladies and gentlemen. you americans are there to admire and emulate. i cannot understand why that cannot be applied to the palestinian people. how can we see the united states standing in the face of the palestinians when they want to declare their state in the most reasonable and the most legitimate and unalienable right that they have, like any other state? and the u.s. says it will veto that. that is unacceptable, ladies and gentlemen. you as americans cannot accept that. we as arabs will not accept that. this is where my contention that the vetoing of statehood for palestine, not only will it affect the relationship between saudi arabia and the united states but also with the rest of the world. not just the muslim world. it is the whole global community that except palestine as a state and only the u.s. that objects to it

thomas. mr. garre. mr. garre: thank you, mr. chief justice, and may it please the court: two factors distinguish this case from those in which the court has found cause lacking to excuse a default: first, the state itself had a direct hand in the extraordinary events leading up to the default in this case; and second, the actions of maples' attorneys, which rise to the level of abandonment, are not attributable to maples under agency law or other principles that this court has invoked in determining when attorney conduct may be imputed to a client. that this court has invoked in determining when conduct can be with a client. it the default at issue in this case is not fairly attributable to cory maples. the decision of the 11th circuit should be reversed. for either or both of those reasons, the default at issue in this case is not fairly attributable to cory maples and the contrary decision of the eleventh circuit should be reversed. chief justice john g. roberts: you talk about the state's role. i assume that you are talking a

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mr. speaker. thomas jefferson originally penned the declaration of independence that all members were created equal. but it was dr. martin luther king and civil rights workers that made those words ring true. it took almost 200 years for that to happen. on sunday in this nation's capitol dr. king will be honored with a monument on the mall. it should be considered a monument to all the civil rights workers, the sit-ins, the freedom riders, the students that went to mississippi that marched from selma to montgomery, the john lewises, the harry bell fonties, maxine smiths, russell sugarmans and all the civil rights leaders who made this promise be fulfilled. all men are now created equal but we have a long way to go. i thank the civil rights workers. they are veterans who had to fight their own country to secure the rights that we now enjoy. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina rise? >> mr. speaker, by the direct

mr. greg hit me. >> gregory thomas is one of the two men arrested in connection with the case.pulated by westin who took their social security cards and collected their checks. >> reporter: did you guys willingly give her your information? >> no. she asked for it. >> she took it. >> reporter: they all traveled with westin from texas to florida and finally philadelphia where they were locked behind a still door inside this dark, poorly ventilated dungeon like subbasement. they may have been here since early october. >> for someone to do that to another human being, it's very, very disturbing. >> reporter: meanwhile, linda westin is no straenger to the law. in the 1980s, she served time in prison for killing her sister's boyfriend. police tell us she locked him in the closet and starved him to death. meanwhile, police tell us when they arrested westin, they found 50 different i.d.s belonging to 50 different people. they're now in the process of trying to track all 50 people down to figure out what kind of ties they have to westin. this morning, westin and her two accomplice res b

. >> reporter: public defender thomas alman concedes in his opening statement, what is known is that steven hayes kills and assaults mrs. petit, adding, no one was supposed to be hurt. >> jennifer hawke-petit wanted to believe that these men who had been holding her and her children and husband hostage for about six hours at that point, from 3:00 in the morning till 9:00 when the bank opened, that they were not going to hurt them. >> reporter: in court, dr. william petit, the only survivor, comes face to face with one of his family's killers. >> i think my testimony stands as truthful testimony. and beyond that, i really don't want to dignify the ravings of a sociopath who appears to be a pathological liar as well. >> reporter: dr. petit recounts waking up with blood gushing from his head. i felt something warm running down the front of my face, he tells jurors. he told the court the two suspects had a gun. that one said to the other, quote, if he moves, put two bullets in him. next, investigators share what they found on komisarjevsky's cell phone -- images of the sexual assault on petit's youngest daughter. some juro

thomas e. dewey's to lose. there were pollsters who had stopped polling after labor day. they were so convinced there was no contest. gov. dewey and mrs. do we want to vote at midday not too far from here. he got out of his car and decided to walk back to the hotel. reporters thought it was a good sign. he was a new dewey,a warmer dewey that people have seen on the campaign trail. they had an election night tradition of having dinner with their friends, robert strauss who was a publisher. the family went there for an early dinner. while they were there, some disturbing returns came in from connecticut in particular. thomas dooley had relied along the accountants as much as anyone else, almost -- always had a respect for the numbers. the numbers were a little out of sync with what the pollsters had predicted. that was at the beginning of the night long ordeal in this suite. the secret service had sent to their top agents here. they thought thomas dooley was going to be president like everyone else. it went on and on. it out to 3:00 in the morning, the agents began to slip away. that was their nonverbal way of communicating a truly hist

mr. merry also admires thomas jefferson. he wrote, jackson was of course a democrat but the democratic party of thatter-ea was almost the polar opposite of today's version. the 19th century party emerged from the politics of thomas jefferson who despised the government federalist of the early republic for their elitist tendencies and pushed for concentrated federal power. jefferson brought forth new political catch phrases, small government, strict construction of the constitution, states' rights, reduced taxes, less intrusion into the lives of citizens. his administration, historian joyce appleton wrote, would speak for the rational self-improving independent man who could be counted on to take care of himself and his family if only intrusive institutions were removed. then mr. merry goes on and says about jackson. jackson new big government could always be manipulated to benefit the few at the top, especially those who worked or formerly worked for the government and big government contractors. he wrote, jackson's most pen

mr. speaker. unfortunately, that is a wish list. we have got to see this government stand up for ordinary canadians. by caving to thomas took a companies, the conservatives are driving up health care cost -- by caving to pharmaceutical companies, the conservatives are driving up health care costs by 20%. why is this out of touch government negotiating deals that would put the health care of canadians at risk? >> mr. speaker, the benefits to canadians are clear. the trade agreement with european union's -- with the european union will increase trade by 20%. this government always protect and advances canada's interests and will only enter into an agreement that is in the best interests of canadians. >> mr. speaker, over the past 10 years, 30% of the gains our economy has made have gone to the richest 1% of canadians. that is the result of the tax policy of conservatives and the liberals before them. the middle-class is being made poorer. the gap between rich and poor is growing wider. billions in tax cuts are going to the largest businesses with the biggest profits. is the prime minister aware of the inequality he is cr

mr. sullivan, it's nice to see you this morning. >> good morning, thomas. >> so even as governor perry unveilsut that sharp message, he makes some gaffes, comments about the birther issue, president obama's citizenship, basically. even conservatives questioning whether governor perry is his own worst enemy. does he need to get back on message, or do you think he's never even gotten off message? >> i think the governor certainly is on message. i think yesterday the cut, balance, and grow economic plan. cutting tax rate s down to a flat, fair 20%. building on that energy job plan put out about ten days ago, that we believe will create about 1.2 million good, american jobs and eliminate our reliance on hostile energy. so when it comes to job creation, no one better in the country. 40% of the jobs since june of '09 created right here in texas. the governor putting forward plans to take that job creation, take that fiscal conservatism to the rest of the country. >> well, governor perry has admitted, though that the debates have cost him a bit. we're seeing in the national polls where he's falling.

mr. lopez and we did not. so we are asking for the public's help in locating 11- year-old william mcquain. >> all right, that's chief thomas major talking about william mcquain and the arrest of curtis lopez, the estranged husband of jane mcquain. her body again found last night in her condominium. they are not sure how long she has been dead, but they're looking at possibility she's been dead for at least a week and the boy again has not been seen for at least two weeks, according to police. they are concerned, they are not giving up the search. >> an entire community looking for this young man. derek. >>> police arrested another half dozen occupy protesters today on capitol hill. this time they were disrupting a meeting on the house on services committee with the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff testifying. bruce leshan filed this report before the storms moved in. >> reporter: stop the machine protesters stood up one after the other. in hopes of convincing the defense secretary and the house arm services committee that ten years of war in afghanistan and iraq have not been worth the money and blood. >> gentleman pr

mr. savage was aware of the fact that clarence thomas and his wife failed to report $700,000 of income tax -- of income that she earned through working for the tea party. some parts of the tea party. lobbying or something to defeat the health-care bill. would now be a big factor, that he should recuse himself -- wouldn't that be a big factor? host: we have 8 twa tweet. host: we have talked about some of this, this idea of the justices' role. what the espouses do and their role on the bench. guest: there was a strange situation involving the disclosure. you stated it mostly correctly. on the annual disclosure forms, there is a line that says " spouse's income" and it is the source and the rough amounted. for some reason, for several years when justice thomas's wife was for him at the heritage foundation, he just checked "no spousal income." everybody knew she worked at the heritage foundation. there was nothing wrong or mysterious about that. for a number of years, he simply check "no." to when this was brought to its attention, he then filed the amended forms and said yes, she did work the

mr. savage was aware of the fact that clarence thomas and his wife failed to report $700,000 of income tax income that she earned through working for the tea party. some parts of the tea party. lobbying or something to defeat the health-care bill. would now be a big factor, that he should recuse himself -- wouldn't that be a big factor? host: we have 8 twa tweet. host: we have talked about some of this, this idea of the justices' role. what the espouses do and their role on the bench. guest: there was a strange situation involving the disclosure. you stated it mostly correctly. on the annual disclosure forms, there is a line that says " spouse's income" and it is the source and the rough amounted. for some reason, for several years when justice thomas's wife was for him at the heritage foundation, he just checked "no spousal income." everybody knew she worked at the heritage foundation. there was nothing wrong or mysterious about that. for a number of years, he simply check "no." to when this was brought to its attention, he then filed the amended forms and said yes, she did work there and

mr. savage was aware of the fact that clarence thomas and his wife failed to report $700,000 of income tax -- of income that she earned through working for the tea party. some parts of the tea party. lobbying or something to defeat the health-care bill. would now be a big factor, that he should recuse himself -- wouldn't that be a big factor? host: we have 8 twa tweet. host: we have talked about some of this, this idea of the justices' role. what the espouses do and their role on the bench. guest: there was a strange situation involving the disclosure. you stated it mostly correctly. on the annual disclosure forms, there is a line that says " spouse's income" and it is the source and the rough amounted. for some reason, for several years when justice thomas's wife was for him at the heritage foundation, he just checked "no spousal income." everybody knew she worked at the heritage foundation. there was nothing wrong or mysterious about that. for a number of years, he simply check "no." to when this was brought to its attention, he then filed the amended forms and said yes, she did work the

host: thomas, democratic caller, new york. caller: hello. mr. burns? guest: good morning. caller: yes. i want to praise you, first of all, for your wonderful body of work. guest: thank you. that's so kind. caller: it's truly a national treasure. but what i wanted to ask about was specifically the wording of the 18th amendment. and it goes through all of these parts about manufactured sale, exporting, importing, and so forth. guest: transportation. caller: it doesn't actually say anything about buying it. i mean -- i'm not saying that people should have, you know, gone out to break the law -- i mean, gone out and bought bootleg liquor. but what i meant was, it doesn't actually say anything about buying it. so when people actually bought this illegally made alcohol -- host: they weren't breaking the law. weren't actually breaking the law according to the wording of the amendment. guest: so the amendment -- it's very interesting. it's incredibly vague, as you so correctly noticed. so what we did is we applied what was called the volstad act to try to interpret it. and even th

host: thomas, democratic caller, new york. caller: hello. mr. burns? guest: good morning. caller: yes. i want to praise you, first of all, for your wonderful body of work. guest: thank you. that's so kind. caller: it's truly a national treasure. but what i wanted to ask about was specifically the wording of the 18th amendment. and it goes through all of these parts about manufactured sale, exporting, importing, and so forth. guest: transportation. caller: it doesn't actually say anything about buying it. i mean -- i'm not saying that people should have, you know, gone out to break the law -- i mean, gone out and bought bootleg liquor. but what i meant was, it doesn't actually say anything about buying it. so when people actually bought this illegally made alcohol -- host: they weren't breaking the law. weren't actually breaking the law according to the wording of the amendment. guest: so the amendment -- it's very interesting. it's incredibly vague, as you so correctly noticed. so what we did is we applied what was called the volstad act to try to interpret it. and even th

mr. president, the english poet thomas gray once said "commerce changes the fate and genius of nations." the united states has always understood that commerce improves our fate and sharpens our genius. we know that opening the channels of commerce creates new opportunities. it creates new ideas and forms new partnerships. we know that global commerce makes us more competitive, more innovative, more productive. it's also sometimes more difficult. today the senate has an historic opportunity to build on this legacy by approving our free trade agreements with colombia, panama, and south korea. these agreements will increase exports of u.s. goods and services. they'll create tens of thousands of good-paying american jobs. they'll bind us even more closely to three important allies. colombia, especially, has returned from the brink of becoming a failed state to being the third-largest economy in latin america and one of its most respected leaders. it is astounding, mr. president, just how far colombia has come. a lot further to go, but considering the state of colombia 15-20 years ago, with t

host: thomas, democratic caller, new york. caller: hello. mr. burns? guest: good morning. caller: yes. i want to praise you, first of all, for your wonderful body of work. guest: thank you. that's so kind. caller: it's truly a national treasure. but what i wanted to ask about was specifically the wording of the 18th amendment. and it goes through all of these parts about manufactured sale, exporting, importing, and so forth. guest: transportation. caller: it doesn't actually say anything about buying it. i mean -- i'm not saying that people should have, you know, gone out to break the law -- i mean, gone out and bought bootleg liquor. but what i meant was, it doesn't actually say anything about buying it. so when people actually bought this illegally made alcohol -- host: they weren't breaking the law. weren't actually breaking the law according to the wording of the amendment. guest: so the amendment -- it's very interesting. it's incredibly vague, as you so correctly noticed. so what we did is we applied what was called the volstad act to try to interpret it. and even th

mr. willard sterne randall renders an accurate portrait of one of our least examined patriots. willard sterne randall has written biographies of thomas jefferson, benedict arnold at george washington and been nominated six times for the pulitzer prize and is a happily retired history professor. join me in welcoming him to politics and prose. [applause] >> thank you very much for coming out tonight in the thunder and lightning. my point of departures from the introduction. if we know anything about ethan allen usually is only that he took fort ticonderoga wherever that is and however you spell it. his name is usually linked with the green mountain boys as if they were joined by a mystical chord. we know little else about him. that is why i wrote this book. i have lived 25 years in vermont where he has become a mythical figure. part of what i had to do is peeled away the layers of mythology and try to figure out what the real ethan allen was like. to vermont he is part paul bunyan and part davy crockett and two part jack daniel's. as soon as i said i was writing about ethan allen eyes are a gesture i had never seen before. ethan allen.