be careful. >> general putnam, sir. >> general warren? >> my rank is not official yet.ho he is. they know his reputation, they know his contribution. he's one of the sons of liberty and they're surprised to see him. why is he at the front? that's what he wants to do. >> as the british shell the americans from the water, general william howe, distinguished veteran of the french and indian war, prepares to overwhelm them on the ground. howe is convinced the colonials will cut and run when confronted head-on with his formidable troops. >> forward, march! >> and the liberties that ben franklin yearn for will vanish but the general is soar sorely mistaken. >> to declare our independence. >> america is at war, dr. franklin. >> welcome home. >> for more revealing stories on these and other patriots featured in "legends & lies" purchase the companion book available at billo'reilly.com and bookstores nationwide. cartels, militias, terrorist groups. they all need a place to park their cash and cherna is their dirty little piggy bank. we're going to insert into the country while n

. >> bob putnam writes about sports teams being a place to. john: if that were leading to higher incomes more than a traction of a percentage, you would think. i love all that but the reality is that is we've been kidding ourselves about our performance. you have schools in detroit today, detroit's passage, i said the nation was 36%. detroit reading percentage is 5%. so one in 20. >> let's sum this up a little bit on evidence based policy making. the current president did a lot on that. and your advice would be to the new administration just because it was an obama initiative, don't jettison it. john: what was the initiative. >> evidence based policy making. john: yeah, but i'd put the evidence in. >> yeah, i wouldn't go overboard on this. i understand and i know the speaker embraced that this morning. but you know, one of the things that civil society groups do is they speak symbolically. when there is a group that says don't use drugs, nancy reagan, you know, they're symbolic speech that maers, too. there are norms established in communities

on the putnam prize competition, i did beat him our sophomore year.mily: how did you get to know bill? steve: we got to know each other, ate lunch and dinner, took math class together, brainstormed a little bit about what he was doing when he started microsoft. about year after the company moved to seattle, he called up, i was at stanford business school and he said we could really use a guy like you. emily: you joined microsoft in 1980. you were the 30th employee. wasn't there a time during this first few weeks where you are thinking i don't know if this place is for me and maybe i should quit? steve: bill and i were arguing. i wanted to add a bunch of people and build not want to add them. he said you are going to bankrupt this place. i thought why did i drop out of school? bill and his dad took me out and that's where i make up in my head that bill invented this computer on every desk and in every home. he said something like steve, you don't get it. we're going to put a computer on every desk and every home. i bought into it and stayed for a total

. >> reporter: gary putnam has been playing santa for the humane society for 11 years. >> kids don't on you as often, and they don't drool on you as much. >> reporter: the rescues roaming the crumbs & whiskers cat cafe pn washington are all dolled up in their holiday best. one of them cozied up to cat owner emma sunseri. >> look at you! >> reporter: she was not ready to commit, but those ugly sweaters won over some who came to this christmas soiree. ochelle macaluso for cbs news, washington. >> morgan: up next, "the night hefore christmas." night before christmas. >> morgan: finally tonight, a poem nearly 200 years old, that has become part of family christmas traditions around the world: "a visit from saint nicholas." it's better known as "the night iofore christmas." here's a reading by our very own charlie rose. >> reporter: "'twas the night before christmas" by clemet clark moore. 'twas the night before christmas when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not then a mouse. the stockings were hung by the chimney with care, in hopes that saint nicolas soon would be he

putnam discovered in the ceremonial office in this building, a safe. that no one knew the combination. gentlemantricated a from a prison who was known to be handy at that type of thing. they had him calm and he opened it up. there was only one thing in the safe. it was a small battered fox that had been given to the library of congress by abraham lincoln's granddaughter. a few articles he had clipped that were critical and a fews spectacles other things. a really resonated with me because abraham lincoln is very important and is buried in the same cemetery in springfield, illinois as my relatives. -- the landdition of lincoln. but i will find something else, i am sure. day, a discovery that knocks my socks off. but if i had to choose one, i would choose three. the charters of freedom. the declaration, the constitution, and the bill of rights. you know the the british burned the town. the night before that happened, stephen pleasanton, a clerk in the state department, commandeered a wagon and took them into the hills of virginia and they are with us tod

bob putnam writes a lot of stuff on this, about how we are segregating ourselves into various classes, various groups, ended our politics try to export -- exploit back, we are going in the wrong direction. our politics needs to break down those barriers and seek policies that stop the stratification of our society and get back to this beautiful idea of the melting pot or whatever you want to call it. that is the challenge in front of us right now, and the opportunity. i think it is fair to say that you and the house republican caucus have established -- on this. what about the incoming trump administration? have you had any conversations with him? mr. ryan: i've brought this up with him a bunch of times and he , as well, i'm prompted. un-prompted. we are probably farther down the path on this issue. i since nothing but enthusiasm to get working on this. i spoke with donald friday about this. i do believe there is a big desire and a lot of enthusiasm for this. moderator: you have the lead on it? is that fair to say? mr. ryan: all bills start in the house, there's this other thing calle

bob putnam writes a bunch of stuff how we are self-segregating ourselves into various classes, various groups. if our politics tries to exploit that, we're going in the wrong direction. our politics needs to break down those barriers and seek policies that stop this and get back to this beautiful idea of the meting pot. that's the challenge in front of us and the opportunity in front of us. >> you and the house republican caucus established your bona fides on this issue. what about the incoming trump administration? >> i talk to him a lot. i brought this up with him a bunch of times. he, as well, unprompted. i think there is enthusiasm and desire. we spent a lot of our time working on this. we're probably farther down the path on this issue, but i sense nothing but enthusiasm and desire to get moving on this. i spoke with donald friday about this. i do believe that there is a big desire and a lot of enthusiasm for this. >> do you have the lead on it, is that fair to say? >> well, all bills start in the house and run through congress. there is this other thing called the senate. i forge

putnam, discovered it in the ceremonial office now in this building, it was the librarian's office, a safe he opened something, and the story goes that no one knew the combination so they extricated a gentleman from prison who was known to be very handy at that type of thing, and had him come and opened it up and when they opened the safe there was only one thing in the safe and it was a small battered box that had been given to the library of congress by abraham lincoln's granddaughter, and inside with the note was "these are the spectacles, a few articles that he had clipped that were critical of him and all of those things, and it really resonated with me because abraham lincoln is buries, of course, in springfield, illinois, in the same cemetery that all of my relatives are buried. there's only one cemetery in springfield, so we would, that was tradition in the land of lincoln but i'll find something else i'm sure. >> every day a discovery just knocks my socks off, but if i had to choose one, i would choose three. the charters, the charters of freedom, the declaration, the constit

. >> thank you for getting our packages back from the putnam family. >> it was mostly christmas prerngtsially one box was for her so that was really hard, and the other one that was really important to the whole family were photo calendars that we had made. >> police believe the thieves hit two dozen homes and stole nearly 80 packages. police credited a neighbor who called them after seeing something suspicious. >> this weekend is santacon. the annual event is usually two days but because rain is expected tomorrow the organize verse moved it to just sunday this year so don't go out tomorrow in your costume and get drenched and expect to see lots of people dressed up as the jolly one in union square and the mission and marina and this event started out as a way to raise money in the holidays and now it's just an excuse to dress up like santa and drink. >> now your accuweather forecast with spencer christian. >> live doppler 7 and quiet weather conditions now and you can see by the green up there, we have a storm on the way and arriving in the overnight hours and here's what you can expect

bob putnam writes a lot of stuff on this, about how we are self segregating ourselves into various classes, into various groups, and if our politics tries to exploit that we are , going in the wrong direction. our politics needs to break down those barriers and seek policies that stop the stratification of our society and get back to this beautiful idea of the melting pot or whatever you want to call it. and that, to me is the challenge , in front of us right now, and the opportunity. mr. seib: i think it is fair to say that you and the house republican caucus have ond of established ideas this issue because of the work you did over the last couple of years. what about the incoming trump administration? what is your sense? have you had any conversations with him? mr. ryan: i've brought this up with him a bunch of times and he, as well, un-prompted. i think there is enthusiasm and desire. i think we have spent a lot of our time working on this, so we are probably farther down the path on this issue, but i sense nothing but enthusiasm and desire to get moving on this. i spoke with donald fri

all of us and that's hugely -- there's tons of human turmoil, we can talk about charles murray and putnam and the j.d. vance's new book on the shrinking of the institutions, but we're not talking about the underpinning of that, and the nature of work from stable life long jobs to unstable occasional part-time flex jobs where everybody is going to have to become a life long learner. so we haven't talked much about trade, but when people feel about anxiety right now, they're trying to project the things they're worried about on trade. trade is a big deal. where i'm from, there's a pretty broad consensus that trade is a big deal. if we had more trade with asia, nebraska which is the -- you know, we're known for our corn and football, but we're the largest cattle state in the union. in nebraska, if there's more trade with asia, you'll nd one a cheaper silverado and we'll end up with more beef markets for export. so trade is a win-win for nebraskans. trade is a win for all consumers nationally. trade is a net win for producers nationally but they're geographic and sub sector folks who suffer u

going to be all of us send their sons of human turmoil we can talk about charles murray and robert putnam, jd events is sv selling book on the shrinking about this mediating institutions. but we are not talking about the underpinning of that which is the transformation of the economy and the nature of work and stable lifelong jobs to unstable occasional part-time flex jobs for everybody has to become a lifelong learner. when people feel anxiety right now, they're trying to project the things they are worried about in the economy onto trading traders have been the big deal. four in five there's a broad consensus trade is a good deal. if we have more trade with asia, nebraska which we are known for quantum football, but were also the largest cattle state in the union. a nebraska is trade with asia whether you want to buy a japanese pickup or not you'll or not you'll end up with a cheaper at 150 and chevy silverado and more market for export. trade is a win-win for nebraskans. trade is a win for all consumers nationally. trade is a net win for producers nationally but their geographic and su