hour of the clock there are times them would go to bet at 3:00 in the morning he was going to bet at sitka -- getting a bit six thank you work on it is not ideal but you can do in nine months. >>host: what about the dnc and rnc? >> they are important collectors of tools for parties. both do this to understand the value of 500 for how often they have been touched by a campaign. being a clearing house to institutionalize what the obama campaign did whoever there nominate is forever the infrastructure that is not only a benefit but also for people who are interested to chronicled these things. >>host: just a little bit of "the gamble" u.s. up -- ucla professor lynn vavreck. booktv on c-span2. . .

. >> this is sitka, alaska. >> this is hubbard glacier, the biggest glacier in the world.heck out the iceberg. here at the davidson glacier we walked it, even got a chance to taste the water. >> fresh. >> in all that water, yep, tons of fish. where i got to reel in a 28-pound king salmon. all right. so it was my daughter actually more brave to hold it. but i stopped being a woos to strap on the glacier boots to go in a chopper for this. dogsledding with pups ready to run 15 miles a day. now that is exercise. but maybe the most fascinating experience was testing my mettle to fly in a sea plane to witness unbelievable nature first hand. black bears just 30 feet away. snatching up salmon, time after time. >> well, i would highly recommend going to alaska if you can. trip of a lifetime with adventure and great family memories. that's what it's all about, right? >> thank you for being part of a jam-packed news day. shep is next. >> new airstrikes hit iraq. we'll take you to the pentagon and the city of irbil where kurdish forces are fighting back in baghdad, iraq's prime minist