. >> ironically, to salem, massachusetts. [laughter] [applause] what do you see, what do you see your life like in salem, massachusetts, or wherever you land, you know, ten years from now? >> what i would like to do whenever we don't have to keep pushing the case like this, whenever we're not having to dedicate all of our time to getting out of this legal tangle that we're still in, eventually one day i would like to have a small meditation center there in salem where i could share the things that i had to learn that saved my sanity and my health in prison, where i could share those with other people who are in desperate situations and don't really have anything else to rely on. >> i mean, i guess you were talking about, you know, something as mundane as being in the bank and feeling a sense of anxiety, but i guess in a way all of this has bizarrely prepared you for really mind over mattering a lot of shit in your life, right? >> it has. you know, it's like in prison people would say how do you do it, and the answer is you do

salem's to become and has cattle as part of this preparation. however these beasts is a musical company. they sure sound sequences you know they react to the sound signals the flutes the herders had in the old days they needed them it wasn't just fun but these meadows didn't come naturally requiring decades of composting to bring the soil up to farming standard this island is mostly rock. the soil here is very thin on the monks can't just get more of it because they're surrounded by the lake so they have to work very hard in order to provide whatever food they need. they grow their own crops farm their own fish and repair their own churches. but the central purpose of alarm has always been religious the main ministry surrounded by smaller priories spread through the many archipelago the monks here know their existence is a little different from that of other munna streets here we are out of the way and we do have. bill creams and sometimes tourists as well but only. tranquility use is coddling. disturbed. and is that combination of high religion

we've now learned two boys were salem, new york, when this 100-foot oak fell and killed them instantlyround was soft and it just, you know, the weight of the tree with the wind just took it over. >> reporter: the roots of a typical suburban 85-foot tree are only three to four feet below the ground. three to four inches of rain softens the soil around the roots so those strong winds can easily topple these big trees. and that is two to five tons of wood, a mass weighing more than an elephant, slice you will through a house's framing. and today's common building products and practices can't stop the tree. in fact, there are no building colds pertaining to falling trees. so, what can a homeowner do? >> infestation of insects right at the root of the tree. >> reporter: right at the base. >> they're eating away at it. arborists say look for homes in trees near your home. and ride out a storm based on where your trees are. >> if you have a storm coming, take a look up, see which way the tree is leaning, where it might strike and stay away from that part of the house during a storm. >> report

we were finally let back into salem and our home was destroyed. or a man in the bronx who wants $60,000 to repair his business. there is simply no way to determine if any of these pleas or people are real. and before you think no one would send donation to see blind sites or unknown charities, think again. >> most people respond to charities because they are asked by a letter. >> reporter: art taylor, who heads the better business bureau's alliance, and is following our reporting on bad charities, says 70% of americans who give money donate that money without ever checking to find out where it's going. >> we welcome the public scrutiny that is coming to this. we welcome, you know, the media for getting involved in this because if you don't, i worry that things are going to get worse. people are going to continue to be duped by, you know, unscrupulous claims. >> reporter: which leads us to the real victims of charity scams, the people who really need charity. like these people lined up at the bethel assembly church of god not far from downtown newa

the ceo is on the phone from winston-salem, north carolina.you blaming the union. i think you made a dl with the teamsters. 30% of the workers are represented by the baker as union. they were the ones you couldn't make a deal with, is that right and how much blame are you putting on them? >> quite a bit, melissa. certainly the catalyst for making a painful issue to shut down is directly as a result of the strike the kers initiated starting last friday. ey do represent 30% of our workforce. they're not our largest union the teamsters are our largest union. the teamsters voted to approve the concessions. they were, and they were still at work this week. we had other union engineers and others that were crossing picket lines and working ts week. and we had every management team member we could find trying to bake product but the damage was too great from several plants just really being out o--. melissa: let me be t devil's advocat here because ere are some people who say that, you know, that this has more to do with the fact that america's taste

. >> north salem new york, where two boys were playing and watching tv in their family room when this-foot oak slammed into the foam. a scene repeated too many times across the country. these are viewer's pictures, trees across houses, across roads, and pulling down plenty of power lines. >> oh, my god. >> our tree! our tree! >> it hit your car. oh, my god. >> it hit my car. >> the car. >> unprecedented and unthinkable. that's what the new jersey governor chris christie is calling the damage from the super storm sandy that slammed his state. look along the jersey shore or what was. >> you're looking at pictures from the national guard the coast line houses buried in the sand, sand washed into homes at least 100 yards from the normal high tide line. the jersey shore suffered from what governor chris christie described as you unthinkable devastation. >> i'm glad you see the picture because if you can't see it, you can't fully understand it. as you're going through it, i am not ashamed to say i'm overwhelmed. i feel so small against what we have to do to go forward here. >> now i got not

[laughter] what do see your life like in salem massachusetts? >> whenever we don't have to keep pushing the case like this and not dedicate all of our time to get out of of legal tango of a bike to have a small meditation center were i could share the things i had to learn that saved my sanity for those who are in desperate situations. >> host: you talk about something as mundane as the at the bank by guess all of this has prepared you for a lot of shit in your life? >> in prison people say how do you do it? the answer is you don't have a choice. whenever you get out to that is what you still do. >> host: i don't know you guys and what your priorities were before you were involved in this case but how has it changed you? >> she just said it turned us into people. >> the first time revisited damien they bring candid and his hands are behind his back it is almost comical because you can tell right away he is harmless besides being a pretty good, man the fact he was in prison and was on this side of the glass was laughable. i always said mired acti

the pilgrims mored into the puritans and they had the salem witch trials.rim movement wasn't an oppression from the very beginning but they did have problems accepting other people's points of view. >> well, i think, no group of people is perfect. for sure. >> bill: except the factor and the factor staff. >> okay. but, what i love though was the fact that i could actually reach back in time in order to get some wisdom about how to move forward in the future for my kids. i thought i knew hot pilgrims were. and what i discovered was, these guys are in very many ways my heros because they had enough foresight to know that we would get off track one day. >> bill: what was their headline? give me their headline. >> they left us a set of principles and a secret sauce so to speak in the form of 180 tons of granite, the very top of that statue. her name is faith. and faith is the very core of that statue state of massachusetts. works all those wonderful things. character and courage and liberty and blessing for all people. >> they basically base their philosophy on

the pilgrims mored into the puritans and they had the salem witch trials.rim movement wasn't an oppression from the very beginning but they did have problems accepting other people's points of view. >> well, i think, no group of people is perfect. for sure. >> bill: except the factor and the factor staff. >> okay. but, what i love though was the fact that i could actually reach back in time in order to get some wisdom about how to move forward in the future for my kids. i thought i knew hot pilgrims were. and what i discovered was, these guys are in very many ways my heros because they had enough foresight to know that we would get off track one day. >> bill: what was their headline? give me their headline. >> they left us a set of principles and a secret sauce so to speak in the form of 180 tons of granite, the very top of that statue. her name is faith. and faith is the very core of that statue state of massachusetts. works all those wonderful things. character and courage and liberty and blessing for all people. >> they basically base their philosophy on

at the height of the storm on monday, two best friends in the small town of salem, new york decided tonight together. 13-year-old michael robson and his 11-year-old pal, jack baumler were playing in the family room, police said, when a fierce wind blew a 100 foot oak tree through the house. a photograph of the house shows the entire second floor destroyed. both boys were killed instantly. two other children playing at the house were hurt. at a wake before the funeral masses for both boys, jack was remembered as an all-star baseball player, a kid who loved to talk and engage both adults and his friends. michael, relatives said, loved adventure and talked about becoming a park ranger. an uncle told the local newspaper quote, our hearts are broken. the pain is raw. not too far away, another family, another tragedy caused by sandy. in nearby pearl river, jeffrey channon, 51 years old, a retired new york city police sergeant was home with his wife and children when a tree fell on their house. police say the power of the falling tree was so great that his body was forced from an upper floor

salem communications, major christian radio stations. on that, i think you will see movement. it is not that the republican party is not rethinking what it is doing, it is not just going to become the attack -- tax hike spend everything party -- the democrats. there is a place for people like that. but we are a party who wants to talk to every immigrant -- not just hispanics, but immigrants from all the countries in the world and say we will deal with you with respect and appreciation and the country would be better off with more of the year and not fewer. >> thank you very much. what we are going to do now is moved to general conversation. we have about 45 minutes. because c-span is here, my request is for everybody to introduce themselves briefly. not just people in the room but for those watching c-span, so they will be able to understand. >> jonathan rausch from brookings institution, national journal. here is a question -- if house republicans vote for a compromise that includes either a tax rate increase or a tax increase that is not revenue neutral, what should that mem

was able to trace my family -- press family from delaware city, delaware to salem new jersey, back tod then, big discovery from there to riga in latvia where it appears the whole press clan came from. very exciting. and you never know what you're going to discover but ancestry.com has made it easier for you. they're the largest source of documents. they've got over 10 billion historical documents online. they've made it easy for you to del in there. see what you can find out about your family. go to tryancestry.com to try your journey. they'll give you two full weeks free. tryancestry.com. tryancestry.com. dan, we've been talking about general petraeus here. what's the twitter world? >> you can follow us at bpshow at bpshow, you spoke with eliot spitzer about the fiscal cliff. mr. jk989 says tell congress and the president don't let the middle class at the bottom of said cliff. >> bill: good, good, good. >> we're on facebook at facebook.com/billpressshow. on petraeus and the investigation, marie green says i think it is tragic that our tax dollars are being spent on monitoring someone

same-day registration voters, it's gotten so big here as far as the wait here and in salem and manchester, they have had to at least in nashua, i'm told by the city clerk, they have had to deputize volunteers from both campaigns to help process people through. and, again, these aren't people who are already registered much these are people here who are registering for the first time to vote in this precinct or registering to vote for the first time ever in their lives. big excitement here in nashua, new hampshire. this is where the line goes. and we are told that people will be able to vote if they're in line when the polls close, wolf. so that's the good news. people are sticking it out. they want to vote for the first time, some of them. >> yeah, a key battleground state in new hampshire. let's go to kian. what are you seeing? >> reporter: votes are counted in rap ahoe county, and we're expecting the pace to pick up. what you're seeing over here, this is the absentee ballots just pulled off a van that came in. and over this way, those ballots then head over here. they're scanned by that

but i was able to trace back our ancestors, my roots through my grandfather and i went over to salem, up the books and found out there were presses there from back as early as 1824 and now, thanks to ancestry.com, i've been able to make the link i've been looking for and link them to press family in latvia and actually came into philadelphia around the turn of that century. so very exciting for me. i've been having a lot of fun tracing my family roots. suggest you might want to do the same. ancestry.com will help you do that. if you join me today and then try ancestry.com. try ancestry.com. you can start your journey and get two free weeks to make whatever discoveries you can before you have to sign up. visit tryancestry.com. it is important and it's a lot of fun. peter, you got some -- >> i do, indeed. we're tweeting at bpshow at bp show, find us on twitter. we're taking your comments on the romney auto bailout ad that you call the most dishonest political ad. william donahue says romney is such a lying sack of crap with these jeep ads. what's next? ryan is going to say obama was put

and i've got to say, the staten island churches, new open, oasis, salem church, they've been here sinceay one, but we are blessed to lock arms with them and muck out homes and feed the people. >> a lot of people haven't been able to clean up their homes. they'll take out all the insulation, all the drywall, everything >> when we say, muck out a home, basically, we'll be taking all the supplies, ripping out drywall, tearing up carpet, kind of slopping out these homes, bring them down to the studs. but once we empty the houses, we want to fill people's bellies. and we'll feed them after that. >> and you've also got these grills, you'll set them up, got a little bit of music, and you'll be doing turkey burgers for everybody. >> we have 22 grills. we'll set them up around staten island, the midland beach area, and we have a boom box, so we'll be grilling turkey burgers, sausages, and we have a truckload of pumpkin pie, so we've got a party to go, in a box. >> that's really the spirit of all of this, to really make sure that the people who have lost so much are not forgotten on this holiday.

salem, massachusetts -- heidi, you are on the air. caller: i would like to see both parties said down and work things out, but you need to definitely -- you know, basically sit-down, working out. the need to be helping of troops that are coming home that have brain injury and other things. host: tom shoop? guest: there is definitely movement in that direction. those who want congress and white house to sit down and work at the work out a deal, there has been some indication it will take place but there are reasons to be optimistic. veterans spending -- it is important to know that spending on veterans program is -- they will not be affected. host: who are the players talking over a thanksgiving holiday break when they are not in washington? guest: i am not sure they are talking -- but as soon as they go back, the president and people at omb, john boehner on the house side, and harry reid, senate majority leader, meds mcculloch -- mitch mcconnell, mayor daley there. paul ryan recently indicated he will be a major player in the talks. i

the most notable newspaper is in winston salem where that newspaper that endorsed mccain is not endorsingthink there is much more for obama to lose going from 2008 to today. what is interesting to me about the influence of this is people judge the publication, its credibility and pay attention to the argument. there are fewer newspaper readers overall but when you look at the newspaper's argument i think people have to make a judgment. in new york the daily news said the economy is the whole teufpblgt i don't think people will argue too much about that, although given the new york democratic roots i don't think they'll change new york from a obama state to a romney state. martha: i think, steve, your point is well-taken. are they sort of picking up on the sentiment of the people in their state? you also point out that the papers that have made big switches several of them are in battleground states. it used to be that an editorial could hold a lot of sway, could lead people in one direction. we may find out the horse is pulling the cart from the other direction. >> when the des moines reg

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we had other clinics, including lewis gale medical center in salem, all of which had these products. and when you have that many come by, i don't represent new york city. this is a fairly compared to other parts of the country, fairly small area, and with that 1415 people who have to worry about whether not there are going to get the disease to grant more than that and with already contracted it, roughly 50 confirmed cases in the area, three of those come something for her, across the line in west virginia but not that far from our medical centers. and when you got that many folks affected and we're not getting with a company which is what it's been frustrated all day for think when you keep going, our jurisdiction is not clear. these folks are manufacturing the what due diligence did you all take to find this out? these are all pretty big operations. and if you just sent them a letter sent hey, who's providing you with various products, you know, i think they would've complied and and you would've had, you know, you didn't, fda, not you, did some work back under the bush administrat

our next call comes from a joe and winston-salem, north carolina. on our line for republicans. what is your take on yesterday's election? caller: i am fighting a panic attack this morning. i think by the end of the next quarter years people are like to have about three words, bankruptcy, unemployment, china. i am nervous about what will happen. i have a feeling and plunges like to be above 10%. john is right to own the -- i have a feeling unemployment is going to be above its 10%. and china is the right to own the country. i do property management and property repairs. host: how was business. caller: it is pretty good right now. but i have other people in the family better not doing so well. caller: john boehner will be holding a press conference at 3:30 and he will be addressing the fiscal cliff. this is an announcement from the speaker's office. c-span will recovering at a press conference at 3:30 eastern. and this is paul ryan, usa today, paul ryan loses the vice presidential bid, but he keeps his house seat. there's the headline. here is president obama from last night. [vi

host: debbie from salem, oregon. caller: what is a terrorist to one person is a freedom fighter to another. i think the united states is wrapping up military power -- ramping up military power and not being a leader of the free world. being a bully. this ramping up includes the drums. if the british had drones in 1776, most of our founding mothers and fathers would have been assassinated by them. guest: i am sorry. go ahead. host: you can respond to that. guest: there are so many unintended consequences. there is one where the operator is looking through the screen. the secret of five people that they describe as militants wearing suicide vests. they are about to embark on a secret mission. does that person pull the trigger? if i take these five people out, that will prevent the deaths of others. this is where it would have some good for society to do that. there could be civilians or children in the area these people to surround themselves with. there could be that level of collateral decision. it is a hard decision

: in terms of current resources, this is from the year 2012 -- host: let's get to calls in winston salem, north carolina. go ahead caller: with all the information out there, is the internet about to change as we know it in a way that we can protect ourselves in the future? guest: i missed the first part of that. host: he estimates the internet as we know it is changing. guest: i think this is such a broad threat. i don't know the average american ever gets to really hear about how substantial the threat is because much of these threats are identified via the intelligence community and are not necessarily promoted throughout the private sector. what we need to do is change the focus. we don't want to focus just on perimeter defense to protect ourselves but we need to identify who the threat actors are and we need to work to mitigate that threat whether it be through policy, some type of financial sanctions, diplomatic actions and those sorts of things particularly when you're talking about nation states. we are all at risk. this is not merely a u.s. problem. this is an international prob

but other clinics including do a spell medical center in salem, all of which had these products. look, i don't represent new york city. this is fairly compared to other parts of the country, a fairly small area and we've got 1415 people who have to worry about whether or not they're going to get the disease. we have more than that to have already contracted it, roughly 50 confirmed cases in the area, three signs that were crossed by west virginia, but not that far from our medical centers. and when you've got that many folks affected, we're not going with with the compound are come which is why it's frustrating when you keep going that jurisdiction is not clear. your jurisdiction was clear. these folks were manufacturing. but due diligence did you take to find this out? these aerobic operations committee sent a letter saying who is providing you with various products, you know, they would've complied and you would have been -- fta, not you, did some work back under the bush administration. and it appears there is no due diligence going on to chew on were saying, who is providing

i've mentioned to you that i've been able to trace the press family back to 1824 in salem new jersey. to rega in latvia and reading the other day you won't believe this. but also mitt romney has -- of course, he's a mormon so they know their family history. he actually -- according to ancestry.com, has past connections to 13 different u.s. presidents, including fdr coolidge and both george h.w. and george w. bush. but of course, fortunately the line to the white house stopped right here. at any rate, you want to try to check into your own family tree at ancestry.com. they have made it easy for you. go to tryancestry.com, you'll get two full weeks free to see what you can discover about your family tree. again, so try it out. try ancestry.com. that's tryancestry.com. and you'll have as much fun and learn as much about it as i have. dan, before we get back to too deeply into these issues, twitter and facebook. >> we talk about the whole petraeus and general john allen thing that broke overnight. and aria says to be fair, i've been to afghanistan and it is really quite boring. however, y

it's the most shocking thing i'd ever heard about this thing mitterand comparing it to the salem witch trial, which occurred 50 years prior and then comparing those two events. it seems american know more about the lump in its history instead of the conspiracy trial, which happened in new york city. >> host: thank you, sir. >> guest: is a fair point and i don't know if the caller -- first of all, i want to thank him from the bottom of my heart as a new yorker. we've seen what the firemen and policemen and nurses and medical personnel and on the first responders are doing, so i really thank you for your service and i value it and what you do is so important, so thank you and maybe not. second, am not sure what edition nissan because they certainly discuss the new york uprising in several of my books, especially, he may not be aware of the fact that the museum of the city of new york -- i'm sorry, the new york historical society several years ago at a large exhibit about this subject and at the time, it was eye-opening for me. it was one of those areas that one tries to put everything in