robert jackson is a perfect example.you knew exactly what he was saying and why, and it was still moving to read it. i like my predecessors opinions. cheaper justice rehnquist. they are very crisp and clear. -- chief justice rehnquist. he has a book that i had the recommend to any person who is going into law school about how the supreme court works. it is very clear and a good read. you can pick it up when you are reading cheap crier anief just's and joe's book. if you read a lot, you did a good sense of what is good writing. it helps you when you're writing briefs or opinions, it does not matter. you mentioned chief justice rehnquist and that reminds me that whenever students had asked me if you would say a little bit about what your work was like when you were the law clerk to the associate justice? >> it was a fabulous year. you sat right there and they call them opel clerks. -- elbow clerks. he was famous for at 10-day rule. if you get a signed a memo or draft opinion, what ever it is, you have 10 days to do with wh

justice robert jackson didn't participate because while he was on the supreme court took a leave of absence chief counsel of the nazi war crimes trials and marone burke. not everybody agreed by the way that the trials were such a good idea. learned hand for example condemn the the nordenberg trials and while jackson was in germany, chief justice stone in a letter the was recently discovered route to a friend, quote, jackson is a way conducting his party in nordenberg. i don't mind what he does to the nazis but i hate to see the pretense running the court and proceeding according to the common law. it is a little to sanctimonious of forgot to meet my old-fashioned ideas. when jackson returned to the supreme court, a case arose that did not require him to recuse himself. after germany's surrender on may 8th, 1945, but before the surrender of japan, 21 german nationals in china assisted japanese fighting forces against the united states. the united states army captured the germans and tried and convicted them before a military commission came. the army then transferred the prisoners to a priso

robert e. lee, stonewall jackson. davis was more popular at the end of his life than at the height. true for lincoln. for both men, after the fall, they became greater heros. here the end of his life, he went on the speaking tour. he was shocked. tens of thousands of people, woman, -- women passed out at his feet. veterans would become trembling. his wife on one occasion said you cannot meet more veterans. thousands of men touching you. and davis said i can think of no greater honor than to die in the presence of my men of the confederate army. this was not cowardly. in fact, i think i would say i don't think he ever really wanted to escape. i think he wanted to be on stage at the end. for the final curtain. he could have escaped. he could have fled the country. other members of the cabinet fled to foreign lands. davis could have been done the same. his view was as long as my soldiers are fighting, i can't abandon them. i can't abandon the country. so like abraham lincoln, he really didn't care in the end what happened to him. >> host: but he does not give up until he's captured. ev

you with a biography of some of jackson's big boss, robert e. lee. tell us about yourself, and for those who don't know robert e. lee the way that some of us from the south do, tell us about that. >> well, i find myself sitting here a new yorker got to write about a virginian. but actually i count, i worked for many years for national public radio and i think i've learned a lot about just taking open mind to a subject and approaching it, going with the evidence takes you and not to be afraid of coming to conclusions that may come against the grain. i had encountered lead quite a bit in a number of my books before they're because i've written a lot about the eastern theater. so he had always sort of any character on the stage, but never in the spotlight. and i was kind of -- i was grateful for the format that this has, which is really compressed. so you really have to decide very quickly what was the important things to say and how do i get to the in an interesting manner. that jimmy was the challenge of writing this kind of book. and i realized when

comedy "due date" starring robert downey jr., which took in a slightly better than expected $33.5 million. >>> tyler perry's drama "for colored girls" featuring janet jackson premiered in third in line with expectations at just over $20 million. >>> and making news in "limited release," the real life survival story, 127 hours" as the mountain climber trapped after a falling boulder pins his arm down. for theaters, it averaged a whopping $66,000 a cinema. there's one particularly graphic scene that reportedly led to some viewers to become ill and faint. consider yourself warned. >> what would you do? >> if i was stuck under a boulder? >> yes. >> this is why i don't hike. >> why you don't hike. >> why i run on a treadmill. >> animals do it when caught in traps too. it's survival, right? >> yeah. good morning, everyone. are you eating your cheerios? thank you, bill. >>> this comes to us from new york city where the chilean miner who stayed in shape running underground found himself running with the world's best. three weeks after being rescued from more than 2,000 feet below the earth, edison pena did something else incredible. he ran the new york city marath

jackson will be goldberg started that. debuting second was the comedy due date with robert downey jr. zack felt and acted as where they played polar opposites who took their read together and it took in nearly $35 million and in first place was mega mind, at the cast includes welfare all, and team that fate it proved to be a big hit and a nearly $50 million. and other pastimes for families buying another classic game of monopoly and they show as wide as popular even after 75 years. >> monopoly is the quintessential board game. it sold a net 111 countries and in 43 languages >> it is the best game to play. in >> this is where monopoly is manufactured. this is the has pro game facility and it is the largest game produced in the world prayed >> we produce up to it 1000 games a year >>. my job is to make plastic parts for our games and toys. i'm sure everybody plays monopoly. >> it is something that will never go away. >> i've been here 25 years. i've marking the monopoly line, all monopolies are different. this one is like 30 pieces in each pack. i think it teaches the part of life, you

robert downey jr. felt it took in nearly 34 million. rounding up the top three tyler carries a for colored girls starring janet jackson whoopi goldberg that about 20 million that's your top three, we will take a break. will the ridgeback here's the never looked as we go, from our group camera, showing yo th for that camera. we'll be right back. save $523! 16 minutes could save you 16%! come on... isn't it time an auto insurer gave it to you straight? that's why you should talk to state farm. but not yet. first, talk to any one of the 40 million drivers who already have state farm. 40 million. yeah, that's more than geico and progressive combined. by a lot. 40 million drivers. more savings. and discounts up to 40%. where else you gonna get discounts like that? call an agent at 1-800-state-farm or go online. welcome back to kron4 morning news, it is a chilly start to the day much colder than where we were yesterday at this time a shot of the james lick in downtown san francisco it is clear, dry, cold rain that averages about 52 for san francisco check of santa rosa 40 degrees. napa still on the thirties this morning, 43 livermore, 45 in los

jackson airport. the plane scraped its tail on landing but managed to taxi safely to the gate. secretary of defense robertates says the north korean nuclear facility could help the north build atomic weapons. he doesn't believe a uranium enrich. plant is part of a peaceful nuclear program. an american scientist who visited the site agrees. nikkei is up at 10,150 points and hang seng down 23,555 and dow jones futures at 11,234. more business news tune into the fox business network giving you the power to prosper. >> mike: candidates help row republican take control but will the new wave of republicans get respect from those who have been in washington well fora long time. is it going to be a case of the grand old party versus the grand new party. joining us now minnesota representative michelle bachmann. congresswoman thank you for joining me today let's talk about that issue. is there going to be a clash between a lot of the new blood that's coming in to the congress, specifically the republican party and some of the establishment the old guard? >> you know what we saw this week when all the new members c

robert jordan, wgn news. >>> for newly re-elected chicago congressman paid their wife $00s of thousands of dollars for campaign work. the "chicago tribune" found jesse jacksonjr., paid his wife sandy more than $300,000. bobby rush's wife carolyn got $240,000. the wives of congressman danny davis and luis gutierrez received smaller amounts. now is it legal for lawmakers relatives to be paid by political committees. but campaign watch dog groups say the practice has the potential to be abused. >>> congress woman melissa bean has gotten a few more votes as rules continue to be counted but still trailing republican joe walsh. latest absentee ballot count gave bean three extra votes. walshs lead is 347. walsh was up by more than 500 votes when he declared victory shortly after the election. all absentee ballots in cook, lake and mchenry counties will not be counted until tuesday. walsh plans to go to washington on sunday for orientation for new congressmen. >>> new vision for navy pier is being unveiled today. urban land institute is releasing a series of suggestions to revamp the pier to make it more family friendly. ideas include a bigger ferris wheel and indo