just as the civil war was ending, the letters of law robert e. lee wrote to his wife saying i wish we could buy stratford. is the only place in fused with local law for me. where we could go. i wonder if it is for sale. so the leaves of stratford hall. >> host: tell the story of how richard henry turned a disaster into great accounts, his terrible accident. >> guest: that was a terrible year for him. he was out shooting swans. if you go to stratford, go to washington's birthplace four miles up the road, hope's creek. the house is gone but it is so beautiful it is like going back, like going back to the americas that -- when you work through the woods you see the deer scampering away the way pigeons get out of your way, the potomac at that point is about seven miles wide so it is spectacularly beautiful. the potomac forms into these little beige -- when we went there, there were thousands of geese and hundreds of swans and overhead if you can believe that a bald eagle. it was like it had been set up by hollywood. when i set out to describe this i like

. -- robert lee. -- properly. people should not take away the responsibility from the people who are properly responsible for them. in terms of holding a statement and revealing this information, the findings to the house, i will listen carefully to what he says, but i think this statement would be the right approach. the funding resulting from incentives for fracking, so that those committed to feel the impact are those who choose how the money is spent rather than having to compete with districts and councils with other priorities. makes anorable friend important point. we have set out the overall level of support so 100,000 pounds when a well is dug. one percent of revenue that is paid. it is absolutely vital that, with 100% retention rates, we could have a very large effect on finance. how do you divide that up between parishes, districts, and counties? do you look at individual payments to households who may be inconvenienced? we should look at local options so that individual people will benefit. i think it

first because it really removed this myth of invincibility that attached itself to robert e. lee and the confederates. it also imposes terrific costs on the confederate army which loses heavily. never really regains the initiative again. and above all it gives lincoln that opportunity to come to gettysburg and utter those 272 words that we all know as the gettysburg address. >> those words are so important on so many levels. i want to pick out one level you've written about. which is it was a rebuttal to those who thought that the american experiment, the american revolution and those ideals that had been manifested in europe as well were failing and were -- and that the civil war was evidence of their near failure. >> all around the united states in 1861 were monarchies, empires, czars, emperors. from the time of our american revolution until the civil war. the idea of democracy, the idea of a republic, of people governing themselves, had soared upwards and then soared downwards, especially with the example of the french revolution. in 1861, the united states was really the only

and when they were leaving the house, when robert e. lee was three years old they couldn't find him. he was in his nursery kneeling in front of the fireplace saying good by to the cherubs who had been his companions. so, just as the civil war was intending you know the letter that robert e. lee wrote to his wife saying, oh i wish we could i stratford. he said it's the only place that is infused with love for me, and i wonder if it's for sale. so the leisure stratford hall. >> tell the story of how richard henry turned a disaster into great account. his terrible accident. >> oh, that was a terrible leap of faith. he was out shooting swans. if you go to stratford, go to washington's birth lace which is about four miles of the road, hopes creek. it is so beautiful. it's like going back to, it's like going back to the america that the settlers came to. when you walk through the woods to see the deer scampering away the wave agents get out of your way in the park. and the potomac at that point is about seven miles wide, so it's just spec pakula

lee jackson king day. where we celebrated robert e lee, stone wall jackson, and martin luther king, jr. on the same day. >> big day. >> right. [laughter] >> week. >> it lasted until the year 2000. [laughter] they celebrated lee, jackson, king day until the year 2000. it goes to what gary was speaking about. how can you do that? how can you lump martin luther king, jr. in with robert e. lee and stone wall jackson? you depoliticize him. you rob him of the words he spoke and wrote and the fought he fight during his lifetime. you can do whatever you want him. but martin luther king is not alone in this. we depoliticize everyone. we depoliticize american history. when your country is arrogant as the united states to claim that you are the greatest nation on the face of the earth, in history, you need a history are in tiff of history to match that claim. and so everything becomes depoliticized and everything becomes a symbol of american -- so this is why you can have people on both the right and the left praising both fdr and ronald reagan and not see the inconsistencies of, you know, that. t

holiday because i grew up in virginia and in virginia we had lee jackson king day, where we celebrated robert. lee, stonewall jackson and martin luther king jr. on the same day. >> a big day. >> right. >> like a week. >> that lasted until the year 2000. this was a celebration of lee jackson king birthday until 2000 this goes to what gary was speaking about. how can you do that? how can you lump martin luther king jr. in with robert e. lee and stonewall jackson when you do politicize him. you rob him of his actual legacy. you rob him up the words that he spoke and wrote and the fight that he fought during his lifetime. and you can do whatever you want with him and martin luther king is not alone in this. we depoliticize everyone. we be politicize american history. when you are a country as arrogant as the united states to claim that you are the greatest nation on the face of the earth in history you need a history, a narrative of history to match that claim. so everything becomes depoliticize and everything becomes a symbol of american exceptionalism. this is why you can have people on both th

lee jackson king day. where we celebrated robert e. lee, stonewall jackson and martin luther king jr. on the same today. on the same day. >> that's a big day. [laughter] >> right. >> that's like a week. >> that lasted until the year 2000. like, this is very -- they celebrated lee, jackson, king day until the year 2000. and, you know, this goes to what gary was just speaking about. how can you do that? how can you lump martin luther king jr. with robert e. lee and stonewall jackson? well, you depoliticize him. you rob him of his actual legacy. you rob him of the words that he spoke and wrote and the fight that he fought during his lifetime. and you can do whatever you want with him. but, i mean, martin luther king is not alone in this, right? we depoliticize everyone. we depoliticize american history. when you're a country as arrogant as the united states to claim that you are the greatest nation on the face of the earth, in history, you need a history -- a narrative of history to match that claim. and so everything becomes depoliticized, and everything becomes a symbol of american exceptionalism. so thi

they celebrated lee jackson king day until 2000 and this goes to what gary was just speaking about. how can you do that? how can you martin luther king jr. in with robert e. lee and stonewall jackson? you d politicize him, you rob him of his taxable legacy, you rob him of the words he spoke and wrote and the fight he fought during his lifetime and you can do whatever you want with him but martin luther king is not alone in this. weedy politicize every one, american history, your country as arrogant as the united states to claim you are the greatest nation on the face of the earth, in history, you need a history, a narrative of history to match that claim. so everything becomes the politicized and a symbol of american exceptionalism. this is why you have people on both the right and left praising both fdr and ronald reagan and not see the inconsistencies of that because they are not political figures any more. they are symbols. they represent the greatness of the united states of america so that is what king has come to represent even as he was fighting against pretty much everything america stands for. we can look at the march on washington itself that

i'm jenna lee. robert gates of course served as defense secretary under president bush and stayed on for the better part of president obama's first term. now he is out with a brand new tell-all with tough criticism of the president and the president's leadership. secretary gates accusing both the president and former secretary of state hillary clinton of playing politics. here is an excerpt from the book. hillary told the president that her opposition to the 2007 surge in iraq had been political because she was facing him in the iowa primary. the president conceded vaguely that opposition to the iraq surge had been political. to hear the two of them making these admissions in front of me was as surprising as it was dismaying. one excerpt out of a big book set to be out. wendell goler is live at the white house with more on this. wendell, gates says politics continues to influence the president and his decision making after he took office. how so? how does he describe it? >> reporter: well it did, jenna, to

c-span: you write a column in here about lee atwater and robert mcnamara. >> guest: right. c-span: why? >> guest: oh, boy. i just was so struck by two pieces that came out at the same time. there was a piece about atwater in life magazine when he was sick, maybe six months before he died. the pictures were dreadful to look at because from the therapy for his brain tumor, he was so bloated. he wasn't even recognizable. and in the course of the piece, he expressed really profound regret about some of the tactics that he'd used to get candidates elected. he talked about how he wanted to apologize to michael dukakis. and he said that sometimes when his little daughters wanted to get his attention, they'd pretend to be interviewing him for television. i think that same week that i saw that, time magazine had an interview with mcnamara who expressed profound regret about the course of the vietnam war and also said -- when he was asked, "who really knew him?" that he couldn't really answer that question and that he couldn't say that his children did and that that was a hard thing

it came as a surprise to some that lee daniels, the butler, didn't receive any nominations. tom hanks and robertford both golden globe nominees were left out. the academy awards airs sunday, march 2. >> can't believe that. >> snubbed. >> definitely the best movie out of the group. the coach explains finally, next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, been speculation about t tionship bteween the >>> finally, pete carol spoke about his relationship with jim harbaugh. >> we have not been friends over the years because we don't know each other very well. just knowing each other through the game. since we coached against each other. so, there's very -- it's a very confined relationship in that regard. it's, for whatever reason, you had a field day with thinking it's something other than it is. i have great respect for what jim has done. you guys have had a blast with it. but there's nothing there. >> animosity, no. erroneous. football, it's competition. it's winning. >> sharks visiting south florida to take on the panthers. game was scoreless for nearly two periods. tim thomas, his sixth goal of the year and the sharks

lee. new i mails say that robert, the bridge's general manager was instructed to quote, change the traffics of traffic to just 1 toll lane. after the change he expressed his concern saying quote, i had an unpleasant interaction with fort lee police chief and assistant chief about congesting the burrow and the test was a monoewe mental failure. >> he says his entire team of emergency responders had no warning that their community was about to be thrown into chaos. >> to have folks out there dialling 911 and having to wait a little longer that truly is the biggest problem. >> he believe it is governor who told him he knew nothing about the closures. >> i truly hope i'm not wrong. >> the u.s. attorney and the fbi are investigating. >>> well, the initial story behind the closures were that they were part of a traffic study. >>> the future is in doubt for the bay area's last operating slaughter house. the investigation, coming up. >> and good morning, everybody. the 2003 nl rookie of the year is wearing the orange and black of a giant and the warriors last night, man, did they return home. what

some were surprised lee daniels "the butler" did not receive any nominations. tom hanks and robertbest actor, were also left out. teri okita for cbs news, los angeles. >>> one oscar nomination had many people at home and in hollywood shrugging their shoulders. ♪ alone yet not alone >> the title song from the film "alone, yet not alone" was nominated for best original song. it was only released for a week last fall. it's not even listed on websites that track box office receipts. it's billed as a face-based historical drama set during the french and indian war in the 18th century. the film will get a wider release in march. i'm sure a nomination will help them out a lot there. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," a live update on the wildfire burning east of los angeles. plus a preview of president obama's announcement to overhaul the nsa surveillance programs. we'll hear from national security and analyst juan zarate. and actor daniel day kim of the hit series "hawaii 5-0" joins us in the studio. that's the "cbs morning news" for this friday. thanks for watchi

lee game reabriels here. you're a former fighter pilot, with robert gates. i guess you've been working some of your friends and sources within the services on reaction to this. what are you finding out? >> shep, i did reach out to the pentagon today and they declined to comment on this. but members of president obama's national security team are speaking out. the national security council put out a press release today, and they expressed their respect for former secretary gates, but they said that they disagreed with his assessment on vice president biden, calling vice president biden, quote, one of the leading statesmen of his time. the nfc also defended the president on afghanistan, saying, in part, quote, deliberations over our policy on afghanistan had been widely reported on over the years, and it is well known that the president has been committed to achieving the mission of disrupting, dismantling, and defeating al qaeda. that's for people in the military. those of us who have worn the uniform know that even as we serve, we give up some of the very fr

lee, and condense it into one. one of the e-mails is from robert durando. here are some of the maps they're showing. most of the main i-95 traffic goes forward. this e-mail is telling. it gets to what the whole tone of this is. in this particular e-mail, i don't know if you can make it bigger. particularly upset that no one either civilian or had the curtsy or neighborhoodly intent to call either the mayor's office or fort lee police department about testing a new traffic pattern. this document again from the general manager from the george washington bridge, everyone is looking a at the mess that this created, there are hundreds of e-mails calling the port authority saying, what are you doing? my commute took three hours today. how could you do this? how could there not be advance public warning. this shows an agency that was besieged. they're all trying to figure out with the media inquiries, a and what to do with folks who are threatening to go to media, and you have david wildsteen a chris christie appointee who responds to this, we're going to continue this test another day. four days it went.

lee and senator rand paul. place your bets now, because this is "way too early." hey, everybody. we did it, it's hump day. i'm thomas roberts. wednesday, hummyp day, right? january 29th. and this is "way too early," the only show which highlights the president's state of the union address while also teaching self-defense techniques by our own jim cantore. wait until you see this. but we begin with a more modest and sober president. president obama, nonetheless, calling for action this year in his fifth state of the union address, vowing to use executive action, if needed. >> but america does not stand still, and neither will i. so, wherever and whenever i can take steps without legislation to expand opportunity for more american families, that's what i'm going to do. >> so, now, this speech called for some new programs and plans, a $10.10 minimum wage for federal contractors, and a myra. that's a savings bond for people who don't have programs like a 401(k). but mostly, the president went on to try to set the tone to get past the bitter political divide of the last year. he extolled the promise of his signature health care

roberts. we way for chris christie to step up to that mike. those e-mails and the texts that have been released showed that aides to fort lee for north endorsinglly wrote time for some traffic problems in fort lee. he replied wildstein, got it. it turned the town of fort lee back into a parking lot for four days, slowing emergency response time, including ambulances, perhaps contributing to 9 death of a 91-year-old woman in cardiac arrest. texts do appear to show that aides mocked the results of the actions. wildstein responding no. and here is the mayor of fort lee responding to the revelations last night on msnbc. >> i have to read this to you and get your response to it. we have david wildstein who has since resigned, saying it will be a tough november for this little serbian. got a response to that? >> david wildstein deserves an ass kicking? sorry. there i said it. >> if you think this doesn't translate beyond state politics, thing get enagain it carries over 102 million vehicles each year. what would be the result for chris christie, he carefully calibrated brands and aspirations for the oval office? >> somebody on our staff had done thi

kennedy's assassination of not robert, and look at the of it comes to the conclusion, though i would not express any great expertise in, it was probably a loan gunman, lee harvey oswald. the perils between kennedy and reagan, both shot by derangement. one with 23, 124, both loners, both men who tried to assessing other famous people before. oswald had tried to shoot a guy named edward walker. hinkley headstock jimmy carter for a while trying to shoot him. i think part of it just doesn't register because we think of kennedy as the liberal icon, the guy who likes of the right. that guy on the list. he was shot by a self developed marxist. reagan, conservative, a guy who thinks civil rights has gone before. he shot by a guy who is a self avowed white summer prep -- white supremacist. we just look at the bottom line both art troubled young men as sirhan sirhan, do. it's hard to accept that there's a book on lincoln that said it's just hard to believe that a peasant can kill a king. so we just want to look for a bigger reason than that. >> what is the best professional opinion about how bad kennedy's health really was at the time of his death and help might

roberts and jennifer lawrence are two wthe pick. >> oprah winfrey we thought she would be in for lee daniels the butler.ss for 1985 for the "the color purple" leftt in the cold. jennifer lawrence i said she would lose and won of course. this year i have to concede she will win again. dennis: even though she won last year? i don't want to vote same person. >> a chance of upset would be for lupita, for "12 years a slave." julia roberts looking strong. dennis: "12 years a slave", has a message about slavery bad -- best actor, was tom hanks robbed really? >> he was so strong in "captain phillips." one of his better performances. nominated for "big." great performance. "captain phillips", very dramatic. film up for best actor. his co-star, he gets nominated. tom hanks doesn't. dennis: best supporting actor? i would think he would win. pick on best actor? >> honestly matthew mcconaughey, "dallas buyers club." won golden globe. will probably win the sag award. transr transformative role. i think he wins. dennis: this is hollywood underdog. they love that out of nowhere. >> i predicted that by the way, best sup

robert gates. >> read any good books lately anybody? >>> on "cbs this morning." >> the lane closures were meant to make life hell as payback for the mayor of fort lee, new jerseyr not endorsing chris christie in the election. >>> presented by toyota, let's go places. >>> welcome to "cbs this morning," gayle king is off. >> good morning. i'm looking forward to today's show. >> an exploding scandal in new jersey is threatening the political future of a likely presidential candidate. new evidence suggests chris christie's inner circle encouraged an effort to strongly restrict access to the world's busiest bridge. >> the democratic mayor of the city caught in the middle believes the closure was political payback. good morning. >> good morning to you. governor christie had repeatedly said no one in his administration was involved in the decision to shut down three crucial access lanes to the george washington bridge in september, but the messages many sent from personal accounts clearly contradict that. last august bridget anne kelly, chris christie's department chief of staff, sent an e-mail to david wildstein, a christie appointee, in charge of the bridge. she wr

lee daniels, "the butler," the civil rights drama didn't get a nod. but it's a busy year. >> it is. thanks for being with us from sundance. we love all the info. >> tell robertt forget here at sundance is going to see the debut of the mitt documentary, about mitt romney. lot of attention there. >> thanks. >> coming up, shifty eyemean somebody is not telling the truth or not. but that's not the only sign. six ways to spot a liar. then the movie sweeping the nation. "lone survivor." how did they pull off the intense action scenes? kevin mccarthy will take us behind the scenes with that. i do a lot oresearch on angie's list before i do any projects on my home. i love my contractor, and i am so thankful to angie's list for bringing us together. find out why more than two million members count on angie's list. angie's list -- reviews you can trust. ♪ ♪ ♪ told ya you could do it. (dad vo) i want her to be safe. so, i taught her what i uld angot her a subaru. irl) piece of cake. ♪ (announcer) love. it's what makes a suru, a subaru. with real protein. [ female nouncer ] ditch e diet and go on a try-it. just try onef 70 yummy lean csine dishes for 10 days. packed wit

lee to. >> best performance by an access in a supporting role, the nom fees are sally hawkins, jennifer lawrence in "american hustle", lupita nyong'o, julia robertsriginal song, the nominees are "alone yet not alone" from "alone yet not alone", music by bruce braugton. "happy" from dispick kabl me 2. "let it go" from frozen. music and lyrics by kris ten anderson lopez. "the moon song" from her, music by karen o. and spike jonze. and "ordinary love" from mandela, long walk to freedom." you may know them better as u2. lyrics by paul houston. >> for adapted screenplay, the nominees are richard linklater, julie delpy and ethan hawk for "before midnight, billy ray for "captain phillips", steve coo ganl and jeff pope for "philomena" and john ridley for '12 years a slave". for best original zreen play, "american hustle," wooddy allen for "blue jasmine," bob nelson for "nebraska." >> for best animated feature film we're pleased to nominate "the kroods, accounts chris sanders, "despicable me 2", "earnest and so les teen", frozen" and "the wind rises." >> for best documentary feature, the nominees are the act of killing, joshua open hiemer and sore ren sen