judge parker didn't like this. weapons are soldiers in his courtroom, but there was very much he could do about it when the armies came through. yes, sir? >> the struggle with the decision to execute brown, people said in letters warning them not to do that, it would have a martyr effect. i'm just curious about -- >> judge wise was generally being characterized as a material changeable man who changed his mind a lot, who was an emotional man, very intelligent man. he was an attorney, well experienced attorney. and he cared a lot about the decisions that were made here, but nobody was ever quite sure what he would ultimately decide here. this is another little interesting twist on this story, i think. when the charges were first filed against john brown hair, before the indictment was returned, the charges did not include treason. it was only when the indictment was filed that our friend andrew hunter inserted the count of treason against the commonwealth. there was a man who lived in charleston by the name of lloyd

judge richard parker senior. he was born in richmond in 1810 and graduated from the university of virginia and he practiced law in in charlestown before serving for ten years as military storekeeper in harpers ferry. he was elected to congress in 1849, but resigned after about a year and have to become circuit judge. he knew the law well and he had a good judicial temperament. but he was determined to try brown and his codependence before november 10 and he did all in his power to achieve that result. there is little doubt, at least little doubt in my own mind that brown was guilty of the charges brought against him. there were many witnesses who saw him in harpers ferry during and they all testified against him. he was not an innocent man, at least not at guilt or innocence is determined via the laws of virginia. which after all are the laws under which u.s. tried. but even guilty men are entitled to fair trials, in the american system. brown's trial raised serious legal questions. the issue of whether the crime

loved it and had planned to do it, and it was only like the day of or the day before that colonel tom parker, who is a brilliant man, and i don't blame him for doing it. he called and said you know, we don't record any songs that elvis and i don't get half the publishing on. and i thought, well, that's already been a hit by me. it's one of my most important copyrights. so i just didn't -- i didn't let them have it. and i broke my heart because i still think what it would have been like to hear elvis sing the song there is no work tapes of it anywhere that i'm aware of. but it was just a decision i had to make, one of my first big business decisions i guess. and it was only after that whitney recorded it and it did so well that i was really happy that i had made that. >> no wonder they call you the iron butterfly. as a businesswoman, you're really very good at that, aren't you. people don't know that about you, i don't think. >> well, i love the business end of the business. i had to learn that early on because when they say you're in the music business, you have to think about those things,

. >> south carolina driving after an interception of parker. the score from 9-yards out. gamecocks up 17-7 at the break. back with you in the studio. this is a game of two teams going into option directions coming into this game. maybe they're going in opposite directions here now at the half. >> make use i wonder. they're trading turnovers in this ball game. clemson has won six of the last seven meetings, and coach spurrier is trying to keep his team from falling apart again at the end of the season. if they lose this one, it will be four in a row. this south carolina gamecock team is one of the young nest division one football, but certainly in the sec, they have something to build on. >> south carolina is bowl eligible, and one of 10 sec teams that will be playing in the post-season. we continue our football globe trotting and go down to ft. worth. number 4tcu. they're up 2-0 early on new mexico. the low bows just 1-10 this season. there's a safety. and then on the next drive. here are the horned frogs. ray of new mexico falls on it, that would snuff out that drive. st

morning, shane is in afghanistan, but was home for a few days last month, for the birth of his son, parker. >> good morning, afghanistan! this salute goes out to my son, specialist shane sorrey. your family and friends miss you tons. and i know that the beer industry misses your money. we're so proud of your service and sacrifice for our country. the pride we have for you tempers the sadness of your absence. i want you to know that everything is squared away here at home and i want to tell you, i think the georgia bulldogs are going to win it for you this year. love you, buddy. >> she got a whole lot of thoughts in there. that was great. if you want to salute somebody you love in the service, we want to help you. go to cnn.com/robin. >>> some morning commutes may be hours longer. san francisco's bay bridge is still closed. there's a lon live picture. it's very pretty. there's no -- hey i just saw a car go over it. the san francisco car reports -- maybe it's workers' cars -- some commuters face up to detours of eight hours or more even. the bay bridge closed tuesday after 5,000 pounds of me

he has replaced with a republican leader of congress parker and the secretary of state was asked to do a disastrous job and having signed a peace treaty with the americans and london, it takes a month or more warships to cross the atlantic before the ship could bring copies of the treaty here, madison was talk to an baiting canada to show off how strong we were and of course, it was a disaster. >> you alluded at the beginning, the fact that most americans really do not recognize him as one of the great presidents. what do you think is the reason for that? >> the other gentleman asked the question and i think the reason simply is that historians like to cover exciting battles. a lot of blood, a lot of action. and they tend to ignore the solid work of hard-working political leaders. that is still probably true. people get elected over competition said here is a man elected for his competence. clearly. >> he lived for several years after he left the presidency. do you have any idea how he felt about his successes? >> the deep inside he favored john quincy adams and have worked with him ei

that is the bad news and it is probably worse parker probably outweighs the good news. i could say i have done some surveys about the real question of how much the people value their gaffes relative to purchases around the world and it is just a quick glimpse, the very worst is that and losses followed by a aunt & uncle and every survey does pretty well. there is not a lot of data telling you the phenomenon that is in the u.s. follows value destruction but dated is consistent so i think it justifies it is a worldwide phenomenon not just in the u.s.. 25 billion per year? that is a lot. the next question to think about, did our generation invent the commercialization of christmas? how did this generation and excessive or large amount of consumption and compare with previous generations? every generation imagines it invented sex and every generation thinks it invented the commercialization of christmas but did not. we can look at this monthly nine seasonal adjusted retail sales data going back. increasing irritation as the growth of gdp over the years here it is for the '8

he was home for a few days last month for the birth of his son, parker.a. >> good morning, afghanistan! this salute goes out to my son, specialist shane story. son, your family and friends miss you tons. i know that the beer industry misses your money. we're so proud of your service and sacrifice for our country. the pride that we have for you tempers the sadness of your absence. i want you to know everything is squared away here at home and i just wanted to tell you i think that the georgia bulldogs are going to win it for you this year. love you, buddy. >> she got a whole lot of thoughts in there. thanks. if you have somebody you love in the service go to cnn.com/robin. >>> three american hikers who've been jailed in iran for three months are reportedly in good health. swiss diplomats visited them for a second time last week. and they brought clothes, books and paper. a senior state department official says that they seemed nervous and afraid but otherwise okay. family members say that they want to hear from their loved ones directly. >> it's overwhelmi

. >> phil: well, they have some injury problems of their own, tony parker being out, and i understand observely will miss 7 to 10 games as well. >> steve: here is jamison,thee runner. on the short shot, nicely done. >> phil: that's a shot you can't teach anybody. you have to have feel, you have to have touch. >> steve: no. you know that defender is planning to try to pick up the charge. >> phil: and that time was etan, and he's seen that a number of times, i'm sure. >> steve: lead is 6 after the wizards cut it to five. durant cut off by arenas to harden, and they made him pay. the rotation wasn't quick enough, and harden nails a jumper. arenas again drives, lays it off, fans wanted a travel. butler trapped on the base line. >> phil: oh, good movement on brendan's part to hang in there, is and that was a difficult pass to complete by caron butler, to tough angle. >> steve: seven-point thunder lead. durant turns on stevenson, missed a shot, but they call a foul on deshawn. >> phil: deshawn knows what he has to do. get him to turn around like he just did, certainly play durant physically

and its first session was in may of 1831, presided over by judge richard parker who was the father and namesake of the judge who would try john brown. in 1836, the first courthouse was pulled down and a larger one was constructed in the greek revival style that had been popularized by thomas jefferson in which characterizes virginia court houses from this period. the new courthouse had a portico topped by a bell tower, pot belly stove, heeded the building which had an assembly hall on the second floor in the rear. the ground floor was taken up by a huge courtroom and there was this ground floor courtroom in which john brown was tried in october of 1859. during the civil war, particularly in 1863, the courthouse was heavily damaged by shelling and luckily the court records had been taken by wagon to lexington for safekeeping and thus survived the war. but by the were sent the courthouse was a sad, empty, and ruthless ruin. a photograph from that time shows that there were tombstones that were being sold in the courthouse yard and you can see the rafters above. in 1866, a new courthouse

and three plays after another, uva fumbles, kyle parker, a 24- yard touchdown pass to jack by ford.top. cavaliers hang tough. jamil sewell. uva down only 3. first and goal for the cavaliers at the cavaliers high. the hoos lose their fourth in a row. >>> virginia basketball team moves to 3-1 with a win over oral roberts. georgetown play as road game at savannah state but that's no problem for the 19th ranked hoyas. and gw moves ahead with a 43- point blowout. >>> there are no easy wins in the national hockey league after the loss against the habs. now for more on what to expect, here are the machine calling the action >> joe: jenks, thank you very much. the old adage is you never get a second chance to make a first impression. >> craig: consider this kid, 19 years of anal, age -- 30 years of aiming -- 30 years of age, very solid with the puck. i thought john carlson was more physical than i thought he would be. he had a high panic threshold. he had good outlet, smart plays at the center stripe, even rang one off the pipe for the caps. a very solid outing for the caps >> joe: there is

[applause] >> i am a lawyer but i did not go to harvard parker does that give me points too. [laughter] we used to refer to harvard as a little red schoolhouse down the road. [laughter] i agree with a lot of things that were said this morning projector the winter recess was talking about how horrible the federal election campaign act did owe typical the makes for an ordinary person to run for office. many of these problems also the restrictions and third-party skied-- caused by ballot implemented laws and he also complains about the federal public funding per gram which was put in place 30 years ago and points sell the problems with those states like wisconsin that would ban state versions of public funding for the legislative candidates. those public funding programs have not achieved any of this oppose the purposes of campaign reformers in fact, even under public funding law's challengers have a harder time knocking off incumbents in a private system. i want to skip to the end of professor bennett's book can say that i did agree with his conclusions break free restrictive b

. >>> tonight, a big update in the sarah jessica parker surrogate snooping case. police are on trial for allegedly plotting to break into the house of the woman who carried twins for s.j.p. and her hubby matthew broderick. and one of the cops was going sell the woman's ultrasound? >>> time now for the "showbiz" news ticker. >>> this is "showbiz tonight" on hln. and keep on watching the bottom of your screen for more non-stop compelling and provocative news from "showbiz tonight."     e >>> the investigation into the death of 5-year-old shaniya hits a delay. why prosecutors aren't filing new charges against the little girl's mother. >>> the alleged mastermind of 9/11 will be coming to the united states. while the attorney general says he, you, rather, have nothing to fear. >>> also, before you book your next flight, oh, we have got to tell you about new fees the airlines are imposing. hln money expert clark howard will help you navigate the rising cost of flying. he'll be with us live, so to speak. i hope that you're having a good wednesday. happy hump day to y

city controller annise parker facing off with a two-term city councilm councilman. >>> florida family made a plea for help finding a missing mom with a baby on the way. she is two months frpregnant. her family says she went to see her unborn child's father last week and has not been seen since. they are not sure what to tell her 5-year-old son. >> i hope she's not hurt. if anybody knows anything or saw her, just hope they come forward. >> police have talked to the father of watkins' baby twice but will not reveal what he told them. >>> pilot had to make an emergency landing yesterday after byrds hit the plane. this happens every day. the delta flight was headed from phoenix to salt lake city when this happened. impact left a teeny tiny hole above the cockpit window. there was only surface damage so the pilot circled back to phoenix and did land safely. >> the pilot just calmly says, you know, we've hit some birds, and nothing to worry about. we're going to turn around and go back to phoenix. but then when we got on the ground we heard people say, you know, they were near the front, th

openly gay candidate parker will square off against former city attorney gene lock on december 12th. boston, the mayor has been reelected to an unprecedented fifth consecutive term. he's been in office for some 16 and 1/2 years. very popular. >>> voters in maine meanwhile appear to have repealed the state law that approved gay marriage. gay marriage has now, here's the thing, lost in every state writ went to a popular vote. that's a total of 31 states. five states have legalized it through legislation or the courts. in maine, with most precincts in, opponents of gay marriage won by a 6% margin. the vote overturned a state law enacted last spring. >>> a justice of the peace who refused to marry an interracial couple has resigned now, word from state officials in louisiana. keith badr well has said he doesn't regret his decision but told affiliate wbrc he was advised to step down after the couple filed a discrimination lawsuit against him. >>> we have new information for you that we're learning. a missing pregnant woman has been found dead. her body discovered in a bayou in florida. th

>>> a police chief accused of scheming to sell items from the surrogate mother for sarah jessica parker'saparazzi about taking items from the woman. his lawyer said his client went into the home but didn't take anything. >>> another police chief is also accused in the case. both have pleaded not guilty. >>> the u.n. is worried that iran could be hiding other nuclear plants. in september iran revealed a secret facility and now in a new report, the international atomic energy agency says that it's concerned that other enrichment facilities are being built for possible military use. iran says there are no other facilities under construction and that any future plans will be disclosed. >>> last night on the joy behar show she welcomed paris hilton and he talked about carrie prejean. >> she did answer the question honestly. she believes marriage is between a man and a woman. i don't happen to go along with that. i think people in love want to get married, let them get married but that's how she believed. shouldn't she get some credit for that? >> absolutely. she gave the politically incorrect

elvis loved it and had planned to do it and it was the day of or the day before that colonel tom parkerbrilliant man, i don't blame him for doing it. he called and said, you know, we don't record any songs that elvis and i don't have the publishing on. i thought, well, that's already been a hit by me. it's one of my most important copy rights. so i just didn't -- i just didn't let them have it and it broke my heart because i still think about what it would have been like to hear elvis sing the song. there's no work tapes of it anywhere that i'm aware of, but it was just a decision i had to make. one of my first big business decisions i guess and it was only after that whitney recorded it and it did so well i was really happy i had made that. >> uh-huh. no wonder they call you the iron butterfly. as a businesswoman you're really very good at that, aren't you? people don't know that about you, i don't think. >> well, i love the business end of the business. i had to learn that early on. when they say you're in the music business you have to think about those things, about your contracts,

annise parker has a close race against competitors. >>> when it comes to hip-hop, old school is l.l. cool jay, you know. new school might be just that, school, as one nation is offering its first degree in hip-hop. nicole lappin is here to drop some knowledge. >> hip-hop usually attracts people from studying, richelle, but people are actually going to school now to study hip-hop. this is a course at mcnally college and they study the history of hip-hop. professors there liken it to the study of jazz. it's a three-semester course, 16 students. they are studying rap history composition, they are studying the music industry for hip-hop. one student says he dropped out, richelle, from his community college but then this program lured him back to academia, if you will, and he hopes to become a drummer. >> i just love this idea so much. kids, you're not going there to learn how to rap. there is so much more to it than that. maybe it will get some students interested who had given up on school just like the one you had talked about. >> yeah, there we go. >> i like this next story, too. a ra

. >>> the woman who gave birth to sarah jessica parker's twins is expected to take the stand in a local courtroom. martin's ferry police chief barry carpenter broke into their home and took personal items, schemed with neighboring bridgeport police chief to try and sell the items to the paparazzi. the chief says he went inside when he saw a door open and secured the place. that is his excuse or explanation, i should say. >>> look at this while turkey. it has been running around a new jersey turnpike toll booth for months. it is off the road. fish and wildlife officials caught her yesterday. they were calling her tammy the turnpike turkey. they adopted her. drivers were complaining. they set out to catch her. the first attempt didn't go so well. >> i was concerned. i was afraid we were going to see headlines, tammy two, turnpike zero. >>> she is heading to a zoo and we understand she will soon share a home with a male turkey named gobbles. maybe a love connection there. >>> live pictures coming to you as hundreds of demonstrators are marching around a ucla building where the university r

car insurance prepared your state is too high, and then buy it in another state where it is cheaper parker does that make sense. >> but walk into the doctor's office you should be able to shop so we have more consumers making more intelligent choices on health care in the united states. >> was last time you read your doctor and have a written estimate? if you walk into my practice you get a written estimate and have to sign a written estimate because 50 give that. that is part of the general practice we need to bring that to human medicine. we need to have transparencies for mac how does the bill drive up premiums? there are nine new taxes supported by the democratic majority. the insurance plan tax for the cadillac plans come another tax on insurance insurance, one employer tax, medical device tax tax, cosmetic surgery, and also increased it is the structure of the medicare taxes. who pays for these kinds of taxes? on the failure to buy eight insurance? seventy-one% of that will be paid for people who make less than $120,000 per year. almost every one of the tax is that i put up of the ni

stephen king wrote a little acknowledgment to the world's finest word processor, the parker fountain pen. and i talked to the drivers on the tours, and i said how many writesser do like i do? he said a lot of them do. i didn't learn how to type until i was 18. i never learned to type properly. >> host: what kind of instrument do you use, a fountain pen? >> guest: no. way to messy. i like to use a mechanical pencil with a soft lead, and i don't like cheap legal pads. i have to have an eraser because i erase lots and lots. i feel lost without mill -- my eraser. instead of marking out everything. even the things on my web site, that's my writing unedited. >> host: and then somebody else type ofs it up? >> guest: that's right. >> host: dr. grandin in school, were you in special ed classes? as a very young kid, i was in a little private nursery school. i went to a normal small private school school, but it was very old fashioned, structured classes, older experienced teacher, and i started out a half a day. goingletry school, i state d going to elementary school, a very small rural public

elvis loved it and had planned to do it and it was the day of or the day before that colonel tom parker, a brilliant man, i don't blame him for doing it. he called and said, you know, we don't record any songs that elvis and i don't have the publishing on. i thought, well, that's already been a hit by me. it's one of my most important copy rights. so i just didn't -- i just didn't let them have it and it broke my heart because i still think about what it would have been like to hear elvis sing the song. there's no work tapes of it anywhere that i'm aware of, but it was just a decision i had to make. one of my first big business decisions i guess and it was only after that whitney recorded it and it did so well i was really happy i had made that. >> uh-huh. no wonder they call you the iron butterfly. as a businesswoman you're really very good at that, aren't you? people don't know that about you, i don't think. >> well, i love the business end of the business. i had to learn that early on. when they say you're in the music business you have to think about those things, about your contrac

that we are there to parker with the afghans -- to partner with the afghans, trained the afghan security forces, army and police, so that they can provide security for the country, and wage the battle against an unpopular insurgency againsin tt country. that is first and foremost our primary mission. >> on wednesday, he said that we would not be there in eight or nine years. will he spell that out tomorrow? >> it is important not to get too far ahead of where the president is. i think you can be assured that the president will talk about the fact of this is not an open- ended commitment. >> will neehe give it costs and figures of how much -- is the talk of a war tax? >> i have not heard extensive discussion about that here. i do not expect him to get totally detailed in his speech tomorrow. >> one more troops are sent into the country, -- when a more troops are said to the country, it inevitably results in more casualties. is that going to be part of the president's message tomorrow, preparing the american people for the fact that while the exit strategy is going to be bloodier the last