ted geisel who would become dr. seuss had a remarkable childhood in which prosperity and total disgrace oscillated. back and forth. within his own family. as the son of and grandson of the heirs of the geisel brewery, he was acknowledged as one of the most prosperous members of the springfield community as the child of german immigrants. he was a sign of what threatened that community. in 1918, when he was 14 years old, his grandfather, theodore geisel decided that he would put an end to the suspicious of the geisel family once and for all by purchasing $1,000 of liberty box and buying united states army tanks and horses for the calvary, and ted was encouraged to take his grandfather's purchase and turn it into a series of related purchases. up and down mulberry street. he sold so many liberty bombs as did the other major let's call them citizen scouts of springfield, that theodore roosevelt caught wind of it. and decided to come to springfield's municipal auditorium in 1918 and pin blue medals on the lapels of ever

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chris andersons here, the curator of the ted conferences, ted's mission is ideas worth spreading. its speakers include former president, scientists, tech visionaries, philosophers and much, much more. here are some of them. >> now malaria is of course transmitted by mosquitoes. i brought some here just so you could experience this. we'll let those roam around the-- auditorium a little bit. there. there is no reason only poor people should have the experience. (laughter) >> nigeria telecom market is the second fastest growing in the world after china. we are getting investments of about a billion dollars a year in telecom. and nobody knows except a few smart people. >> if you have ever seen a human brain it's obvious that the two hemispheres are completely separate from one another. and i have brought for you a real human brain. >> so this is a real human brain. this is the front of brain, the back of the brain with a spinal chord hanging down. and this is how it would be positioned inside of my head. >> these are the great leap forward when china fell down it was-- china is covere

ted williams. this video taken by the columbus sdach when ted was originally sdovered on the side of i-71 in columbus. >> it was that video that was posted. at one point, i think up to 20 million hits on youtube. he became a national sensation. had his first exclusive interview here on "the early show." so many people were pulling for him to use that golden voice and getting him off the streets. he is here with us exclusively in the studio this morning and joining us in his first interview since he left a treatment center. he had gone into alcohol and drug adrikion center and find out why he left and what is next for him and where he has been the past month plus since all of that happened. >> a man with a golden voice and had some golden opportunities, a lot of of them and we have to see if the opportunities have been squandered or if he is on the right path. >>> we begin with a snow and bitter cold gripping much of the nation. cbs news don teague is in dallas where you are getting hit hard again t

she said, ted, go to sarasota, florida. [laughter] so i went to sarasota, florida.nd what did i find? [laughter] it's the oldest large metropolis in the united states, demographically. it's quite a bit older than just about any other place you could name. interestingly enough, the demographic of sarasota is just about the same as the demographic of white rockford. and they have bet whole heartedly on what rockford can't provide. if in rockford you feel old at age 50, in sew that you feel young at age 65 because you get there, you're the active elder, you've got a bunch of 85-year-olds to calm down, kid, turn down that rock music. [laughter] that's enough mick jagger already. [laughter] and some of the most lively places i visited in sarasota were not in wealthier enclaves in sarasota, but they were the ones on the edge, the trailer homes, the manufactured homes where life was even more social than it was elsewhere in sarasota. and it was, actually, a fabulous place to visit. you know, for the nurse time in my -- first time in my life i started thinking, do i want to

senator ted kennedy, the late senator ted kennedy, who's hard to get a handle on and i've been asked if i consider kennedy a dupe or something else all together? i found things from kennedy on the vietnam war in the 1960s that he said about our troops that were almost identical to the things he was saying to the troops in 2003, 2004, 2005 in the middle east. it was really startling. i didn't realize all the things kennedy had said about our troops in vietnam, for example, in the 1960s. but the major revelation that i have on kennedy which i know a lot of you are familiar with is the may 1983 document that's in the central committee archives in the soviet union. and my understanding is that the archives have since been resealed. and so you can't go in now and get that document but that's okay. i've it got. and it's in the book so you can read it. [laughter] >> so i one up the russians. i'm all excited about that. but here is the actual document which is in the appendix in the book. it's five pages in russian. so if any of you read russian -- because, i've been told that the translatio

when i walked into the ted stevens case, trial this year, you know, there's an electricity in the roomthat you're present with only of the great lawyers. -- with some of the great lawyers. as a reporter, i've been lucky to be able to be in trials with people like melvin belhi and william cunsler, and i was going to mention jim coleman who now is, i think, down at duke university when he represented ted bundy in the, some of his death penalty appeals. when you're in the presence of these great lawyers, it's really a spectacular feeling. you know, some of you may have heard -- i don't know if some of you are watching "boardwalk empire," anybody see the last episode where the arnold rothstein, the guy who fixed the 1919 world series, is preparing his legal defense, and one of the characters in the program says, arnold, you should be a lawyer. and he replies without sort of missing a beat, he says -- no, i'd rather continue to make my living honestly. [laughter] so, you know, there's a lot of, there's a lot of lawyers in this country that sort of don't necessarily all shower praise on the

ted williams, the man with the golden voice, a video of him became a big hit online.ia darling for nine days and then he got drunk and dr. phil sent him to rehab. well, he's back now and he says he's heading to washington, d.c. where he hopes to meet the president. the president blocks out about 40 minutes a day to meet with viral video stars. today he had lunch with the double rainbow guy. they had ribs. it was delicious. the most interesting part of the story is ted williams, after he bolted from rehab, had been living in a sober house for voiceover artists. there's a sober house specifically for voiceover artists. they must have great morning announcements, by the way. i had no idea such a place existed but apparently it does. >> ted williams, the homeless man with the golden voice, is heading to washington, with hopes of meeting the president. >> i'm hoping to get an invitation to the white house. >> reporter: williams, who skyrocketed to fame after being discovered on youtube, has been residing in a sober-living halfway house for members of the voiceover communit

phil, we talked a moment ago about ted williams, that guy, everybody saw, on the side of the road.d the world opens itself up to him. had a kraft commercial and job offers and then you what happened. what happened? >> the voice of common sense and reason happened. look, by the way, he's a really nice guy. i don't know if you met him but he's a nice guy but if you've had a long run with drugs and alcohol, you got to get that under control if you're going to really get some traction in your life and he did agree to go to rehab but then chose to leave and, you know, maybe he'll grab on somewhere else, maybe he'll get something going for him. i hope so. you love to see a guy do well. >> jimmy: sure. >> there's another aspect of this whole story and that's this internet and youtube and all that. we have a generation of people that think they have to have an audience for everything. i mean on youtube i'm brushing my teeth. start the camera. i mean seriously have you looked at what's on there. >> jimmy: yeah, i have. >> there's some crazy stuff. >> jimmy: do you think that's a bad thing.

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[thinking] ted's possum-like defense mechanism was actually quite brilliant. hello, neena., actually. i'll see you in court on the 18th! [narrating] everybody around here had the sense to stay under the radar when neena broderick was around. well, almost everybody. [whistles] i'm on a scavenger hunt, and i need to find a black-haired, soulless bottom feeder. oh. hi, neena. how ironic. because what i need is a burned-out, permed-up doctor with a god complex and a drinking problem. don't listen to her. most guys would kill for those curls. straighten up, newbie, and i mean that in every sense of the word. this woman is pure molten evil. got it. how do you even look at yourself in the mirror knowing that you are ruining american medicine? frivolous lawsuits scare prospective... shh, shh, shh, shh, shh. don't you even feel the least bit--

but then when ted kennedy withdrew from the campaign after chappaquiddick and so forth, i saw a lot of very wonderful people, most of them out of the u.s. senate and from the house of representatives like mo udall and two or three governors enter the race against me. so i was disappointed, but i kept going. and the reason i first got in it, to answer your question, i thought it would be between me, kennedy and wallace. >> what's your proudest accomplishment as president? >> i think in general terms it's maintaining peace. we never dropped a bomb, we never fired a bullet, we never launched a missile while i was president. and the main thing is that we troyed to -- tried to bring that sort of relationship to other countries. i spent a lot of time negotiating between israel and egypt to prevent another war and to normalize diplomatic relations with the people's replunge of china and -- republic of china and working in africa with zimbabwe and south africa to try to bring democracy. those kind of things. so i would say to preserve peace fors us and maybe enhance it for others. and then the

guy whose speaking void made him a national celebrity is explaining why he left rehab. 53-year-old tedliams has admitted to major problems with drugs and alcohol. he went to a rehab facility with some help from the dr. phil tv show. he told the "cbs early show" he left because he felt it was too scripted. >> i was told by some people in the voiceover community in los angeles that they have a clean living sober house there that's where i'm living now, and i could work and do some voiceovers in california. >> and then it sounds like you're saying too in that facility you're able to better focus on your rehab for you, not for the millions of people who want to know about you? >> exactly. >> and, of course, you can watch the full interview on "the early show" starting at 7 a.m. this morning. >> let's hope he makes it. >> quite a story. this guy kind of came out of nowhere. >> and he does have an incredible voice. >> oh, my goodness yeah,. >> he has a couple of other demons. >> and quite a name, huh, ted williams, huh? >>> time now 5:40. >> more details about the ipad 2 coming out this morn

. >> ted rolison, sarah karlinski, william wiletti. i'm going to just keep calling names. peer luigi, gail strang, james guilinitis. >> good oong, commissioners. it's nice to see you all this evening. it has been another lengthy hearing on this project, but i want to commend all of you from working hard to practice a good delibtive democracy, which i know is not always easy to do when there are strong opinions on both sides. my name is sara carlinsky. we would like to offer our support for this project. we believe this project represents one of the few places for density on the west side of san francisco. we spend a lot of time over the past decade discussing increased density on the east side. many of you have been part of that discussion with the eastern neighborhood, market-october tafia plans and other plans as well. it is exciting to think about places that are not just on the east side of the city, to add density. that would be appropriate because of their prans transit orientation. we believe this is an opportunity to transform what is a bedroom-centered community i

so we got to tampa, florida, the ted and jack show.ou might want to avoid the ted and jack show, or at least tab. i'm going to use language that might offend. within one minute of getting me on the air, ted had called me a ass, threatened to kick my ass. he hadn't bought my book and wasn't going to buy it unless he needed something extra to wipe his ass. i thought, can i speak to jack? is very grown up in that. there? this went on. this is all he said to me is you asshole. i said you're a small, pathetic man and it turned out he was -- why won't say -- he is just what i would expect later. >> is why we need you. fema pays to to work for bill foster and we had tampico and dixon in our district. if you can imagine for a democrat it was -- but we had a picture of your dad. he was a scientist and said not that he didn't like your dad, if we had to pay homage to your dad, that was the proper form to do it. but my question to you with that as a backdrop his i.d. when when my republican party invokes your dad and they constantly do, i think t

when i walked into the ted stevens? no, trial this year, you know, there's electricity in room that you in the presence was so great live as a lawyer -- as report i've been pretty lucky to be in trials with people like melvin and william counselor and i was going to mention jim coleman is now at you to get -- now down at duke university when he represented ted bundy. when you in the presence of these great lawyers, it's really a spectacular feeling. some of you may have heard, i don't know if some we are watching boardwalk empire, anybody see the last episode where arnold, the guy who picks the 1990 world series is preparing his legal defense. and one of the characters in the program says arnold, you should be a lawyer. and he replies without sort of missing a beat, he says, no, i'd rather continue to make my living honestly. so, you know, there's a lot of lawyers in this country that sort don't necessarily all showered praise on the legal profession. but for julie i've been able to be around some of the best and greate

it said that manhole cover more than ted be in the air. >> if somebody was walking across the streetit could hurt somebody. >> reporter: fortunately there was lighter traffic that a work day on sunday. >> this crosswalk would have been full of people on a weekday. we are lucky that there was no traffic especially pedestrian traffic. >> reporter: pg&e says that this place and that bold line failed causing the blast. they need to find out what caused the line to fill. it raises the question again. how many other manhole covers at are waiting to blow? then permit for kron4 news. >> vicki: pg&e says that it will havcontinued to take the steps to analyze i live cables. they're going to lock the under rent covers. they also develop new software to better monitor underground equipment. >>bryan: (music) finally, at friday. sunshine rainfall has been substantial. 2 and 3 in. of many locations with higher amounted to the no. 8. close to 5 in. of rain for santa rosa. past seven days are showing over 4 in. for san francisco. we're going to get a little bit of break but more rain is in the way la

. >> existen reservas porque a la muerte del senador ted kennedy el senador shumero quedó encargado yo nacional de la organización que se opone a una "reforma migratoria" señaló que el tema se ha discutido por lo que es tiempo de avanzar. agregó que no tiene que haber ninguna amnistía y tampoco creen en la esperanza de políticas que aseguran que será la última vez que se permitirá que se violan las leyes. >> quienes por años han trabajado en favor de una "reforma migratoria" expreso sanaré ser vas ante la posibilidad de una propuestas de ley es que reconocen que dentro de la actual mayoría en la cámara de representantes existen muchos políticos que fueron electos con posturas abiertamente en contra de la inmigración indocumentada. >> está claro que los ataques a nuestra comunidad por el partido republicano han continuado la gran mayoría de propuestas estatales y las personas que ganaron en la cámara baja. son personas que yeecorren con una posición antiinmigrante. >> lo que abre una esperanza es que al parecer la alianza está buscando otros aliados como la senadora republicana por ala

but he would also have tried to give a balanced view of what ted kennedy aspired to do.m glad i didn't have to do it. >> yeah. >> please. >> as people may know mr. buckley best, i was interested in your thoughts of perhaps reading christopher buckley's memoir, losing mum and pup, what was your reaction if you have read the book? is. >> well, i think that, that partly it was a beautifully-written thing, of course, as everything christopher does is. i think what roger just said does, does speak to that in part. so many of the things, you know, he's talking talking about their end-of-life problems. and those are the things that they had in common with everyone who, who lives -- who as bill put it, everyone who outlives his strength. so whether that, you know, was the best thing to have done, it was his, it was his choice, and as their son he had the right to do it. you could say that he should have dwelt on other things instead. >> it's very difficult being the son of a famous father. >> who were some of mr. buckley's inspirations in his youth, some people that you might be

ted both the packers and steelers arrived in texas.his is a new experience for the packers but they act like they have been there before. >> you know, i see more media, more opportunities to get in trouble, but i think the teams are disciplined enough that it's a week away, in the offseason you can get inasmuch trouble as you want. >> well put. clay matthews was beaten out by troy polamalu by defensive player of the year by just two votes. >>> clippers and -- blake griffin, a little practice before he enters the slam dunk contest. clippers win over in milwaukee. lebron james and miami heat beat the cavs in cleveland. theirs -- their 21st straight loss. they are 8--- if you ever wonder if one player can make that big a difference to a team, there's your proof. >> 8-40. >> yeah, it's like -- only five guys on the court. >> ouch. >> you lose one good one -- >> that's a great point. that's why you handle the good questions. >> that's exclusive information. >> that's impressive. chance of snow by thursday in arlington but sunshine near 60 f

. >>> and this comes to us from woio in lima, ohio, where ted williams' former tent mate is online cashingn his story and giving back at the same time. victor went on ebay to sell his tent, but the winning bidder at $355 backed out. so it's up for bid again. victor plans to set aside 10% to donate to a local rescue mission. mission officials say although they've never met either man, they appreciate the gesture. >>> i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> things are happening along for the chinese new year. celebrations officially kicked off in beijing starting with the temple fair. in anticipation of the year of the rabbit, the festival began with lion dancing and musical activities. it's packed with fully stocked shops for customers seeking out all things rabbit. >>> here is one race where the winner might feel like they're on top of the world, literally. or at least at the top of the empire state building. athletes from around the globe come out to run up 1,576 steps. the champ made it to the top in just over ten minutes.

. >> reagan himself was acouple of ted -- accustomed to political battles. he expected it. >> alan: the conservative young americans foundation is sponsoring the evefnlt it was founded to promote conservative ideas on college campuses and bought reagan's ranch in 1988. >> facebook may be moving thumb the peninsula. they have scheduled a news conference on tuesday. they may be preparing to move into the pauling -- sprawling campus, the bayfront site has been vacant since oracle bought sun last. >> bank of america is going to pay money to challenge a federal lawsuit. the first financial settlement by a large bank involving overdraft practices. there are lawsuits against 30 other lending institutions including wells fargo, city citigroup, and chase. new regulation prevent banks from charging overdraft fees for debit card transactions. >> tomorrow a 30-second commercial during super bowl xlv will cost $35 million. see how a company in berkeley is helping. >> we're a nation of consumers, come barded by an army of ads, all desperately trying to convince us to buy,

or at least ted. ted -- i will use some language that might offend someone. within one minute of getting me on the air, she had called me and have told, threatened to kick my ass and he hadn't bought my book and wasn't going to unless he needed something extra to wipe his ass with. can i speak to jack? this was all he said to me the whole time. you are a small little pathetic man. it turned out -- he is just what you would expect i discovered later. >> that is why we need you. >> i appreciate that. >> i work for a democrat from illinois's fourth congressional district. you can imagine for a democrat it was -- we had a picture of your dad assigned to me. nothing he didn't like your dad but if we had to pay homage that was the proper form to do it but my question is when the republican party in votes your dad as they constantly do to emulate his success more than that, his personality more than anything else but when they can vote your dad for specific policy positions or things -- you know him and think he wouldn't say that or do that, does it make you mad? do

. >> stahl: republican scott brown made national headlines last year when he took over ted kennedy's senate seat. and tonight, he'll make news again talking about his brutally honest new book that recounts a childhood filled with violence, abuse, and neglect. do you think that you have innate resilience? >> i think, as a result of what i've gone through, it makes me tougher. absolutely. i'm getting kind of the crap beat out of me outside in the political spectrum, i'm like, "this is nothing. bring it. let's go. next." >> simon: it was the first time an arab dictator had been toppled by his own people. and the most amazing thing is that the fires sweeping through the middle east today were ignited by a simple food vendor in a forgotten town in tunisia. mohammed bouazizi got so tired of being robbed and humiliated by a corrupt regime that he stood in the middle of a street, doused himself with gasoline, and lit a match. and that's how the revolution began. >> i'm not... here to discuss personal matters. >> why are you here, then? >> because i bloody well stammer! >> pelley: no one saw

marc solomon, mission resident, ground zero for ted next to have ways. i worked on the transportation plan for the western settlement. i associate myself with the remarks on community housing. never say never. greenhouse gas reductions. is there evidence in a full life cycle analysis that new san francisco housing, as built, competes with suburban sprawl? if someone is going to choose between a rincon hill condo and tracy, i do not think that is a realistic economic comparison. the land-use plans in san francisco were built at the height of the bubble. the presumed realistic economics were normative. it turns out there were an aberration. yet we are still dealing with state laws that were built when real-estate and money to invest in lobbyists. with current economics, or economics likely to take place over the next 20 years, that is cold water. how can we expect the city to reduce greenhouse gases when all tod is located within three blocks of an exit ramp of a highway? this department is planning to up-zone the area just south of the freeway under the t

after kennedy started to walk off, the crowd started to shout again, we want ted. so vigorously that kennedy returned for an encore. and at that point it looked like carter was chasing kennedy down only to have kennedy merely put his hand on the president's shoulder in a very cold sign. carter would never forgive kennedy for failing to heal the divisions that had emerged in the party. and, again, i think the comments that carter made recently reflect how bitter those tensions were. ronald reagan, the republican nominee in 1980, took close notice of what had happened. if that's the best they can do in unity, he said, they have a long way to go. when carter conceded in 1980 to reagan unusually early in the evening before the voting had ended in california where there were some important democratic congressional races, speaker tip o'neill exploded at white house official frank moore. you guys came in like a bunch of jerks, he said, and i see you're going to go out the same way. the story of carter is a story about the continued centrality of party leadership to the pe

this morning we'll talk with ted in his first interview since leaving rehab. and more on the early-morning show. but frank, let me just -- not only you know how i feel about you because our friendship goes back years, but to the people of san francisco, you have got one of the best people i know. one of the best people i know. and i say that with all sincerity, sitting at that anchor desk right now. so frank, congratulations to you and all of northern california is lucky to have you. >> geez, chris, i thought were you going to roast me. you got me all teary-eyed. >> now i love you. i'm so happy you're back home. you're the best. >> thank you, chris. riley appreciate that. look forward to being part of the cbs team and i guess chitchatting with you a couple of times a week anyways, right? >> good to have you with us. trust me. >> okay. i got all the dirt on wragge. he has a little on me so we have to be nice to each other. >> for now. [ laughter ] >> okay, chris. "the early show" starts at 7:00. see you down the road, chris, thanks so much. >> you got it. bye.

the licensed ted control operator provides a report that they have treated the room.hey give us that information. they do a re-inspection for the types of things you typically see in the room or apartment. all of that hooks to the dph rules and regulations that you have in your package. with respect to the reporting and all that further information, we leave that to dph. we might make an inquiry, but we also work with the health inspectors and the community groups to find out whether or not there's a reoccurrence. president murphy: thank you. commissioner walker: do we still have the sor task force up and operating? >> thank you, commissioner. we do and they meet tomorrow. the chairman has moved on to greater things. she will be greatly missed. we will be electing a new chair tomorrow. one thing did come up. the doctor was kind enough to give an updated presentation to the sor task force when we last met. one thing came up. it was fascinating to hear about the lady who did not have great luck withbce heat treatment. we are told it is very expensive. it is $1,000, as

most of the snow start ted melt. we wanted to share some of the pictures sent in. this isly lizett.en last night on john daly boulevard in san francisco. and more proof it snowed in san francisco. michael says he took this picture last night on 19th. you can send us your videos or pictures. >>> somewhere in the middle of the cold weather there's an elderly man who has been missing since thursday, team of 50 volunteers with search dogs combed golden gate park looking for ken chin. he suffers from sit schizophrenia and doesn't have his medication. he was wearing a black jacket, long blue denim shirt, jeans and black shoes with velcro straps. >> interstate 5 near stability -- sacramento was tearily shut up to and it had nothing to do with the weather. hundred goats escaped from a field and ended up on the freeway, causing a seven-car accident. several cars were damaged. one driver suffered minor injuries. 30 goats were killed and 100 more were loose on the highway. the road re-opened at 9:00 p.m. >>> the plane came -- a pilot survived a small crash of a small plane today with barely a

. >> ted kennedy battling brain cancer had to be rushed to the hospital after apparently suffering from convulsions. >> i would be lying to you if i did not say that right now a part of me is with him. >> after that, it was a return to the business at hand after they greeted thousands of onlookers gathered along the parade route. >> our distinguished. >> london breed and chris chat mon, joseph bryant, we also have a lieutenant daniel. we are celebrating black history month and president obama has issued a proclamation that extraordinary progress has been won by the tears and toils of our predecessor but barriers still remain. with the election, it erased the last racial barrier but what is it having on average americans? >> i think the momentum of the movement was wonderful and inspiring to the people, especially african-americans but now, the fanfare and things have changed and reality has set in. they are inspired in different ways but they are feeling a lot of hopelessness in their communities when they are still dealing with issues of violence and still dealing with issues in their

. >> stahl: republican scott brown made national headlines last year when he took over ted kennedy'senate seat. and tonight, he'll make news again talking about his brutally honest new book that recounts a childhood filled with violence, abuse, and neglect. do you think that you have innate resilience? >> i think, as a result of what i've gone through, it makes me tougher. absolutely. i'm getting kind of the crap beat out of me outside in the political spectrum, i'm like, "this is nothing. bring it. let's go. next." >> simon: it was the first time an arab dictator had been toppled by his own people. and the most amazing thing is that the fires sweeping through the middle east today were ignited by a simple food vendor in a forgotten town in tunisia. mohammed bouazizi got so tired of being robbed and humiliated by a corrupt regime that he stood in the middle of a street, doused himself with gasoline, and lit a match. and that's how the revolution began. >> i'm not... here to discuss personal matters. >> why are you here, then? >> because i bloody well stammer!

the first case is the case of former senator ted stevens when just over a year ago attorney generic holder threw out the conviction of senator based on gross misconduct in the case, even the judge of that case, judge sullivan, said after repeated orders from the court to the prosecutors, he had never seen a case that has seen more of use in his career. attorney general holder was right in terms of acting swiftly, in terms of throwing out that condition. he also stated that the department of justice's office of professional responsibility would investigate the actions of the two officers, yet a year after that, we still have heard nothing out of office regarding their conduct. the department of justice has publicly talked about how they increased training in terms of discovery obligations, and they have issued memos in terms of what they are supposed to be doing, yet they have yet to do anything regarding the behavior of those prosecutors. contrast that to the case that occurred a couple years ago, that boasts -- that of the prosecutor in north carolina, where six months after the charges w

governor ted strickland lost by just two percentage points. a lot of people pointed to labor unions in ohio as a reason why saying they were not as mobilized as they could have been. a lot of labor unions are getting involved today. the protests were bigger today than they have been in the last week or so. a lot of private companies, steelworkers and other companies that employ private labor unions they were there as well. i think you are seeing an opportunity by labor unions to take this as a way to kind of seize power and maybe look forward into what might be done in the next year or two. and there's the possibility too that this could also go to the ballot if it does pass in the legislature then ohio voters might actually have to look at this in the next year two. >> ifill: that raises an interesting question, eric bradner, there in indiana, how much of this is about the unions seizing an opportunity. if that's the case, how is the public responding to this? >> well, it's about the unions protecting what they have now. they feel like they'r

. >> how long ago did you do the interview with ted van dyke?ould have been about 2003 or 2004, 2004. it's been a while. >> he was emotional about -- >> very emotional. >> did you ever ask him why? >> again, that was the longest interview we did i think was about 3 1/2 hours. he was emotional all the way through. he was emotional because he saw the suffering and he didn't -- he couldn't go in. he said, i couldn't go in the room where these people were dying. i saw people with arms missing and legs missing. and i think he for a long time ted was against the war in the middle of that whole time so he just had a hard time with the suffering. >> was hubert humphrey ever dishonest with the american people about his feelings on the war? >> i don't think so. i really don't. i don't think that -- i think that he -- he said he would rather be wrong than a hypocrite. and i don't think -- i think he believed what he was saying. i think when he was for the war he was for the war. and, you know, like it or not and whether you agreed with him or not he wasn't

really going for broke but when i wrote to platts executor and also the sister of her estranged sister ted hughes who is rumored to be somewhat of a ferocious person, they respond it's that to reprint it would cost $100. i was paying for the permission fees out of the pittance that i got for doing the book and as a beginning assistant professor with two kids i had not very much money of my own. olin said that the other two poems i asked forward $50 each. that was the beginning of my literary career, and i will tell you that i settle for a 50-dollar poem. i struck a bargain and i bought a poem called less boss which is quite a long poem, a magnificent poem about enmity between two women. despite the title it was a wonderful poem which was it cheaper poems then daddy for reasons that we can speculate about. that was my introduction to the business of the literary anthology and as an idealist young scholar it had never occurred to me that poems could be rated by their ticket price as well as by their quality. but that experience really changed my perception of literature forever. and from the

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senate seat that had belonged to democrat ted kennedy, but there's something almost no one knew about brown, a secret he had been keeping for 40 years until he spoke with lesley stahl for this sunday's "60 minutes." >> reporter: back in his hometown of wakefield, mass, he tells us how he suffered as a little boy from physical and psychological abuse at the hands of his mother's many husbands. but when scott was ten, he experienced another kind of abuse at the hands of a camp councilor. you tell us that you were actually sexually abused. more than once. >> yup. fortunately, nothing was ever fully consummated so to speak but it was certainly back then very traumatic. he said, "if you tell anybody, i'll kill you." >> couric: you can see more of lesley's interview with senator brown this sunday on "60 minutes." and coming up next, out of tragedy, pictures of hope. cc passengers for years. but now a woman is behind bars. who ratted her out next on cbs 5 the device helping chemo >> couric: these are busy days for arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords as she continues her recovery from an