c-span: now married to george putnam. >> guest: now married to george putnam. it had always bothered her that--that she hadn't flown the plane herself and that she was so much in the public eye and everybody attributed things to her that she thought she hadn't earned. and she was always a--i mean, she was--she had a very serious side, although she didn't let it show all that much. but she wanted to earn her spurs. she felt she hadn't. so she decided--it was something--everybody was calling it the lindbergh trail. every--every woman in--really, every woman flier wanted to do what lindbergh had done and be the first woman to solo the atlantic. and no--there hadn't been any--in fact, nobody had gone--had flown the atlantic alone after lindbergh, man or woman. but the women, particularly, were on the lindbergh trail and there were quite a few american women who had planes and were trying. one woman--one woman, ruth nichols, an american from rye, new york, had actually tried and she had crashed before she ever got up to newfoundland. and there were a couple of other

if you putnam members up how big this airline is, 6700 daily flights.go to over 300 and a 1/2 locations, 50 plus countries. they have 100,000 plus employees. it is a massive airline, the biggest one in the world and i will leave you with the stock. the stock has done very well. ual, aal, ual, of course is one of the competitors, up about 4% last i checked. everybody happy to be on television here. unless of course you're in line because you are delayed. adam: jeff flock, thank you very much. we wish them speedy travels. tracy: and now, the man everyone wants to hear from, ceo of the new american airlines group, doug parker. he spoke to our very own cheryl casone earlier today. take a listen. >> we welcome the competition. and, we're not concerned about it. our desire here is to go restore american to be the greatest airline in the world. we know we can do that and we're ready to take on all-comers. tracy: is he worried that further airline consolidation with the american-us airways merger will result in higher fares? well tweet us, joining us the man i

. >> putnam has won the first game in the english premier league since firing manager andres. it was a tough afternoon for sherwood. his side was forced to come from behind against southampton before winning 3-2. twice from the net, salked last week after spurs lost 5-nil at home to liverpool. >> i wanted to have a chat with the chairman and see what's best for the football club moving forward. i need to know what they are thinking, you know, moving forward. i don't want to the stop for five minutes. it makes nor difference to me. we are going to -- are we going to go forward with it or not? >> in the match on sunday, everton moved up to fourth place on the table after they beat swanzy. 2-1 away. >>> south africa worked out on breaking the world record for the highest test in cricket history. they needed 458 to beat india in j johann johannesburg. they had the fans dreaming for the partnership of 205, both making centuries. it came down to the final over with requiring 16 runs for victory and despite a 6-off at the last ball by dale stein. he and vernon fill ander couldn't get

. >> the guy who did bowling alone, robert putnam, he studied the united states.lectronica, our iphone and tablets, he talks about how by have less socializing, fewer week night meetings, fewer bowling together, fewer nights at the vfw, it decreases in the trust we have in one another. what do you think? >> absolutely right. my wife gets on me. i try to stop taking my phone to dinner. how often do you go to dinner and see people on their iphones and droids instead of speaking to the person across from them having active conversation. >> do you think there is a role for politicians to play here? the peace also talks about how the distrust in washington and of our leaders, feeds, you know, sort of starts at the top and continues there on. >> listen, way before barack obama said, you know, you can keep your insurance, period, there was congressmen saying, listen, we will have a law on drugs. then you find out they are drug addicts. or every young child tested in school to make sure they are not doing alcohol, then you find out the congressman was drunk when he voted

and the dekalb and putnam county sheriff departments have come up with a creative way of getting peoplets to give themselves up. >> as sheriff i was always looking for innovative ways to do my business. every sheriff's department in the country has numerous warrants that are outstanding. people become difficult to find. >> the inspiration, a fake giveaway used by the federal marshal service years ago. >> we sent out letters to someone telling them they won a laptop computer and they would need to show up, claim their laptop computer. >> these people have been conning us for all these years, it's time to con them. >> they made a new business cbi computers. as cameras roll, detective powell runs through the details. >> we've already got customers outside waiting to be arrested. the way that the operation is designed is in the location we'll have two to three cbi employees at this point. >> the office is staffed with members of local law enforcement acting as cbi employees. once the officers confirm the identity of the person coming to claim their prize, another employee leads them to the

robert putnam who is an expert on these issues at harvard calls it a perfectly purple problem. meaning the left has insights into the problem. the right has insights in the problem. they should come together and have some idea. >> and mark is there any sign or reason to think they will come together and do something. >> well, i think it is. i think judy that it-- i think it has become increasingly evident that income inequal sit just not bad ethics or bad morally, it's bad economics. i mean as robert reich was pointing out, when people don't have disposable income, they can't buy goods and services. they can't, and spur the greater economy. and i think the pope has contributed to this discussion. i think he's given a moral dimension that making the point that while globalization has made us all neighbors, but certainly hasn't made us all brothers. and that that is really a sense of responsibility that we have, when mobility is lost in this country because that has been sort of the dream, the ideal of the united states, i mean when one out of 20 children born in the bottom 5th e

i'm going to putnam was clementine term of office. and here's the queen of christmas in the italian truffle from chemo. it's a shame you could only see it because it smells incredible part of the office is doing so the guest of the state in the down a cop show and citrus fruits. it is old but on a vinyl from graves and hamas. i'm a bit of sci fi jenny. the film will be demoted him to whom it looks so good makes you want to eat is the final touch like reading of white truffle. i think it's it's wonderful to see justice and we try to be born so it's not just the taste that's important. a christmas meal also passed on to that. do this. i need. wet your appetite for tenacious christmas but it's a bit suspect that succeeds up extra for that for the well where you on how a single spending the festive season he received a very sadly and around the house yet. in the room. i don't know. i know. i am i ll. and all. i do. i am. i did. all in young. i eye. is this rushed to hospital were tied for one legend michael schumacher suffer this was desp

. >> as you can see, they quickly lifted him up and putnam a decompression change chamber to recover. my life is not enough to thank god for this wonder. it is incredible. how's that for a story? >> truly incredible. >> no kidding. >> not just for him. >> the look on his face when they found him. i was trying to figure out, what does that mean? what does that expression say? >> he probably thought he was seeing things. >> yeah. >> not just for him. those rescuers were not going in for a rescue mission. they thought they were going to be recovering bodies. they did in many cases. my god. >> cuomo is speechless. >> i just, you know, when we tell these stories we often try to put ourselves in -- i don't know what you would do. you have to know you're alone, it's over. >> you think you're dieing. >> you're afraid to get out. you don't know your way out. this happens. it's amazing. interesting to see what he does with the rest of his life. >> that's what i said. there's a special purpose for that man. >> thanks for bringing us the story. >> sure. any time. >> perhaps paling by comparison b