in my backyard in nashville, tenn., and we rescue dogs from animal control that have a very limited time before the animal is put down because nobody comes to claim it or adopt it. we tried to rescue a few of those dogs and keep them until they find what they call forever homes. we are hoping to expand, engage with the community and a larger shelter for dogs and cats in the community, but my little shelter in my backyard will stay very small. tavis: have you always been an animal lover? >> pretty much. my father worked and that an airey medicine and he joined the marine corps and then that my mother and they elect. if -- he worked in veterinary medicine and he joined the marine corps and then they looked. my father and relatives on my mother's side, everyone had pets. i think it instilled in me a sense of compassion and respect for all living creatures, but i did not live on a farm or anything, so we just had the household pets. tavis: since you mention your father and changing of careers, i have been dying to ask you, you graduate as the valedictorian of your high school class. >>

. >> i am nancy, and i am from dayton, tenn., home of the scopes trial. i am not old enough to remember it curio -- to remember it. i know several people who were there, and the drug store was there for many years, and the table where it all started, and i understood it started from let's do something exciting, and that is how it got started, and dayton has grown into a booming town. it has contemplated taking the trial, and it is an interesting trial. were dubbed as say we the monkey town for a while, but now we are dubbed as the home of the scopes trial. but i didneemeet bryan, meet another. we are glad it happened there. they decided to bring it to dayton, and it has robbed the economy to dayton. host: thank you for sharing your thoughts. >> there is a very good museum in the basement of the court house in dayton, tenn., about the trial and the reception around the world, and you can visit the courtroom itself, and i have sat in the famous share. the cross-examining of bryan was held on the lawn outside, and if you think about it, a few thousand people

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the context of the courtroom in dayton, tenn., proved very challenging for him. >> peter is on the phone from new jersey. welcome. >> how're you doing? >> what is your question? >> i would like to make one point. then i will get off. you are a douche bag. >> we will go to mark in arlington, texas. >> i am calling because i have noticed that the gold standard debate seems to have come back recently. people are arguing against the gold standard and against the federal reserve and for the government ability to print it sound currency. those people in particular almost seem to "william jennings bryan to support their argument. -- quote william jennings bryan to make their argument. he seems to be making a comeback. >> let's bring it to the 2012 campaign, because ron paul is talking about the federal reserve, and even governor carey has been critical of ben bernanke, making -- perry has been critical of ben bernanke, making some of the same points that william jennings bryan was making a century ago. >> the legacy of that debate was the federal reserve system. we got off the gold standard eve

this grandfather in chattanooga, tenn.ran saved his grand children had to do some quick thinking to save himself and his grandchildren. >> i picked both of them up in each arm and just literally forced the door open and pressed out. and set them down. >> i wanted to get out of that water that is why i was crying. >> i think i would cry to ever be meted out safely but the car was destroyed. checkup this scary moment. a baltimore grand prix this race card just soared over the of the one. the drivers were hurtling down the tracks and over 170 m.p.h.! amazingly no injuries there were both able to compete that today. a drastically different race with thousands of cyclists, shapes and sizes with little or no clothing. on philadelphia's annual a naked boy cried. that is why this is slightly blurred the annual started a few years ago. that last video. it the 10th annual buffalo. the " black widow " and a bay area to we " the jaws " chestnut. you can see the black widow one. a new world record at 183 buffalo wings in 12 minutes! ba

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the next is stephen, -- host: next is stephen, chattanooga, tenn.. caller: i am confused why you would drag on a man that obviously lied on a -- about a war. how would you be dragging on him because he is open about lying? i do not understand how you can brag. all these people died in this war. people are valuable. i'm talking about this fake war, the sly, and it is ok. -- this lie, and it is ok. host: frank follows up and says 10 years, we cannot say we have won any of chaney put the war. guest: will certainly move the long way in iraq. host: on the caller's point? guest: i enjoyed reading the book. i learned a lot. it is a defense from the viewpoint of dick cheney. i do not think it is a defense of lies. i'm not defending lies. i do not think there are lies in there. i think there are disagreements that are very deep in washington over bohol iraq war, less so, but still very -- a hole in iraq war, if less so, but still very deep. just because you disagree, does not mean they're lying. host: with president obama outlining his job plan, dick cheney s

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host: memphis, tenn., good morning. caller: where in the world are all of the democratic callers? i heard this man talking about 1982 when ronald reagan was in. the jobs, the jobs they were creating. we were without a raise for 12 years. then here comes george bush and put us in a 3 percent raise. i want you to this -- you to explain this to me -- how are people ever going to catch up to the middle class? people like you need to pay the way because you when ronald reagan caused this mess. guest: i think you, sir, for your comment. it is difficult to explain to the american people that its government has made promises that the government cannot keep. my brother is a disabled veteran of vietnam, and he is self-described conservative, and he lives in south carolina, and when i said to him, bruce, we will have to come back on social security, medicare and stuff like that, oh my gosh, he wants a balanced budget but he went crazy. no, i earned that. i lost part of my leg in vietnam. i earned that. well, i know, but we made a promise to you we cannot keep. both parties made it over 40 to

host: let's hear from lebanon, tenn.. caller: i hope you will not cut me off.l try and make it brief. in china they are making those bombers, 300 bombers that will be ready by 2013. we have like 82, and they have to pull them down and work on them. and then they outnumber our ships -- i do not know what i saw on the news station that china is outnumbering our naval ships. to me, that puts us in danger. and to put the soldiers in danger tried to protect us, to cut the defense department, of, my goodness, that is ridiculous. and here are the facts. they are bringing 10,000 soldiers home -- they are saying they will, and they are leaving 3000. they're going to be a target to be killed. does that make sense? we must protect our soldiers. we have these soldiers without legs, you see their faces blown off. it is awful. we will not have a country if we do not have our soldiers in the defense department. guest: she made some great comments about china. we have to watch what china does. no one really knows what is around the corner. the last four presidents have had an

the next is stephen, -- host: next is stephen, chattanooga, tenn.. caller: i am confused why you would drag on a man that obviously lied on a -- about a war. how would you be dragging on him because he is open about lying? i do not understand how you can brag. all these people died in this war. people are valuable. i'm talking about this fake war, the sly, and it is ok. -- this lie, and it is ok. host: frank follows up and says 10 years, we cannot say we have won any of chaney put the war. guest: will certainly move the long way in iraq. host: on the caller's point? guest: i enjoyed reading the book. i learned a lot. it is a defense from the viewpoint of dick cheney. i do not think it is a defense of lies. i'm not defending lies. i do not think there are lies in there. i think there are disagreements that are very deep in washington over bohol iraq war, less so, but still very -- a hole in iraq war, if less so, but still very deep. just because you disagree, does not mean they're lying. host: with president obama outling his job plan, dick cheney say