both crockett and the alamo remain ensnared in shrouds of myth. in the end, crockett was uniquely american character, and a formidable hero in his own right. he should not be judged by his death, but rather by his life includinged good, the bad, and the shades of gray. consider him a legend and a hero, but always bear in mind that he was a man willing to take a risk. that was what he symbolized, and that is how he should be remembered. mr. crockett. [applause] last but not least, this other new book. this book is filled with all kinds of rascal sons and daughters. there were no white hats. there were no black hats. they were all gray hats as you'll come to find out. i co-awe -- co-authored this with my great wife, and we got the services from our good pal down in the hills of santa fe that has hi favorite research library, 12,000 books on the american library, old books, one of a kind books, it's intoxicating to go into that library, and hundreds and hundreds of thousands of images, arguably the biggest private collection of photography anywhere. h

and they liked the los alamos site in part because there were some buildings already and they figured they could get started in those buildings. so who had these universities. moving toward them both the first bombs and the first few. thousand nine hundred forty five of course states used those first atomic bombs. the first one on our staff meeting in hiroshima and i guess six thousand nine hundred forty five. and one hundred forty thousand people more or less were incinerated or dead by the end of one nine hundred forty five tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of others injured and people today still suffering from radiation related illnesses and unknown effects to subsequent generations and the second bomb was dropped by the united states and that the sacking on august ninth one thousand nine hundred forty five with similar catastrophic results. that world war two came to an end rather abruptly and instead instead of ending the manhattan project the united states government decided to make it permanent by creating an institution called the los alamos national laboratory in ne

is requiring the los alamos laboratory to ramp up the production plutonium hits a compound and functional bombs they were very proud of having produced was it ten or eleven last year or something like that and they want to produce something like eighty per year and you could ask why it's about pork real nuclear weapons are just a maze way to get pork they're nice because nobody can question what you're doing me unless they don't have a security clearance mean you can't go up and say show me how you make your stupid bits because they won't let you see the people that run you know that the defense industries in this country that are there connected to people in washington that are you know that just do you know have a power of command over agency policy that cannot really be altered even by the president why we need more nucular weapons or even to maintain the current stock well that we have and spend the resources of the money on that is beyond me i think those are political decisions and i don't think they are well thought out. problems address to the nation from his office in the white h

california part of the regions to withdraw fully and immediately from their contracts to manage the los alamos national laboratory and lawrence livermore national laboratory on the grounds that the reliable replacement for a program most of the most is ongoing preparations to come dark tony and that manufacturing also clearly violate article six of the nineteen seventeen nuclear nonproliferation treaty. it's almost inconceivable to realize that there we go to work the worst is over. these are the leaders of. the university of california from the inception of nuclear weapons has been right there involved. you see since day one has been in charge of researching designing and testing nuclear weapons and to some extent producing weapons every single nuclear weapon in today's arsenal was designed by university of california and every nuclear weapon. from. gaze of the manhattan project in one thousand forty two the university of california has been involved through the scientific provision of scientists and their relationship to the university. in the late one nine hundred forty two disease site whi

in the late one nine hundred forty two disease site which is now los alamos lab was selected by the army for. a place to assemble the first time the fall of the book from the scientific problems associated with. the university of california who was selected as the contractor to run the stuff that was considered important because the army needed scientists to be there in the first of the positions they had to come to a place that basically we know about. u.c. berkeley had built up an unparalleled scientific organization within the united states at the u.c. radiation laboratory which ernest old warrants was the director of there was the most cutting edge research in the country on the types of science that eventually led to the development of nuclear bombs and clued in theoretical forms of physics that she robert oppenheimer was one of the premier scientists in the country in regard to you had often higham or was kind of chosen i was the science of the leader to pull together the scientific team robert oppenheimer was their pick because he was. not only you know really sophisticated and le

and they liked the los alamos site in part because there were some buildings already and they figured they could get started in those buildings. so he had his university. moving toward them both the first bombs and the first few of. the one thousand forty five players states used those first kind of. the first one was detonated in hear a human being i guess it's nine hundred forty five. and one hundred forty thousand people more or less were incinerated or dead by the end of nine hundred forty five tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of others injured and people today still suffering from radiation related illnesses and i know that's two subsequent generations and the second bomb was dropped by the united states i'm not a saturday on august ninth one thousand forty five with that similar catastrophic results. that world war two came to an end rather abruptly and instead instead of ending the manhattan project the united states government decided to make it permanent i creating an institution called there was alamos national laboratory in the mexico at the original home of the o

nor does the focus just on that one slice from the big car occupied, the alamo. there is much more than the last few weeks of his life. it is not a regurgitation of the many myths from many, many myths and total lies perpetuated by crack over the years. this is a book for people interested on learning the true tour as least as much as him being covered above both a historical and the fictional cockpit and how the two often became one. hopefully readers will gain some new historical insights and said the actual man and how he captured the imagination of his generation and later ones as well. so no of feet spoonfuls from crockett, the line of the last. then the first is just a graph for two from my preface. the authentic davy crockett was first and foremost a three-dimensional human being, a person with somewhat exaggerated hopes and love checked fierce, a man who had, as we all do, both good points and bad points. somewhat idiosyncratic. presences and opinions that govern how he chose to live his life. crack it could be calculating and self aggrandizing, but also a

the man, david crockett, may have perished on march 6, 1836 and a final assault on the alamo but the mythical davy crockett now an integral part of the american psyche, perhaps more so than any other frontiersmen, lives powerfully on. in this way, his story then becomes far more than a one note walt disney legend. while his life continues to shed light on the meaning of america's national character. is plentiful from a chapter entitled, killed him a bear. david crockett believed in the wind and in the stars. the son of

the united states government decided to make it permanent right creating an institution called the los alamos national laboratory in the mexico at the original home and project but as whole relationship. were mentioned earlier should never existed in the universe and gentian in after world war two about nine hundred forty seven was to terminate it. robert sprawl president of the university california said i've had enough of mexico plutonium and bulbs. they were worried about liability they were worried about the oral implications but that changed quickly after the cold war began. you see it was then primarily researching designing the weapons and after you know like the first decade of the law there really wasn't any question from them. and those are circles that you see about whether you can see should run this or not i mean you talk about a guarantee and stream of revenue so it was a no brainer for the regions to route its contracts and. then of course they were joined by a livermore whose purpose was to develop the h. bomb. which was a thousand times more powerful than the a bomb on the de

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why else did paul revere carry a flashlight through the alamo if not to fight off the tyranny of air pollution rules and people who don't learn the lessons of history are doomed to become the governor of texas i think there's been a precedent set with that whole governor of texas thing let's at least hope that's where rick perry stays. toward the end of last night's republican debate rick santorum lets slip this amazing fact about just how messed up our economy is today. income mobility from the bottom two quintiles up into the middle of the marriage into the middle income is actually greater the mobility in europe than it is in america today suite by income mobility santorum is referring to how like an unlikely it is that someone who was born poor can make their way into the middle or upper class throughout their life that's essentially what the american dream is all about that anyone no matter how poor they were born can make it and unfortunately same form is right among all of the developed nations of the world the united states has the lowest rate of social mobility as in we were

he visits the alamo. the historic shrine of texas independence. in austin, a big crowd to greet the president as he continues his campaign for the lone star state's 23 electoral votes. on his tour, the president spoke and visited with sam rayburn, former soup -- former speaker of the house. in fort worth, to try to bring the southern vote back into line. >> "dewey defeats truman," the famous headline from the 1948 presidential campaign. as we know,. truman won the election. his rival, thomas e. dewey had to accept defeat. we are live from the roosevelt hotel in nyc, which in november posted the republican headquarters and thomas dewey's campaign. he used this we whenever he was in new york during 12 years of governor. he and his family and the closest aides gathered in this room on election night. corning me is richard norton smith. it is november 2, 1948 at the roosevelt hotel. what happens here? >> well, the day began with a virtual unanimity in the nation's press corps that this election was over. it was thomas e. dewey's to lose. there were po

i come from a state, you know, where they had this little place called the alamo and they said victoryh. we're into those slogans chblt our founding fathers were some of the first in the world to think about that concept and to put it into words, and they declared that our rights were endowed by our creator. and among those were life -- i love it that they start with that one, katherine. i called it -- everybody's got a little slogan, right? mine's cut, balance and grow. get that, cut the size of this government and balance that budget and grow the economy, and it's pretty simple actually. or can styou can stay in the ol system that's out there. and, snaenator, the ones that wt to stay in the old system, pay the lawyers, pay the accountants all the money are that! think about it. you know, we spend $500 billion a year in tax preparation. any accountants or tax lawyers out there, i'm sorry, dude, but that's too much money. $500 billion. my plan is really pretty simple. it does deductions for the mortgage, deduction for charitable -- yes, you can keep that in there. and your state and lo

that is what they were fighting for in the alamo.ant to liken this to obama's ring of power to get the votes and the election, and i will remember iowa and they started a movement that is turning to a miracle to put a black man in the white house, and a man categorized as a d different side of the stereotype of a black man in america. >> and you said that you thought you never would see a black man in the white house, so would you choose the democrat a black man or republican black man, and what do you think about herman cain? >> well, it is not about color. it is good to see the inclusiveness and it is about who has the content of the heart and the character and the conviction for all americans, inclusi inclusively, black, brown, blue, and every creed and religion and this is the greatest country in the world bar none, and the only country where they try to break in and not break out. it is my country 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, and we are dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal and you must deal with th

looked like all the indians in the world or travis had when realized nobody was coming to save him at the alamo. what does that -- and virgil says, hold, i don't mean that. what does that tell i about how this event -- tell us about how this event happened? is. >> i'll repeat that i think something was bound to happen whether it was going to involve these specific individuals or others, there was just too much tension and too much my -- mistrust. james we were said later -- earp said later that he thought there was too much pressure put on virgil by the townspeople. if that hadn't happened, none of this would have occurred. i liked virgil a lot, and i ended up feeling sorry for him. i think he tried for hard to be a good lawman. in the eyes of average americans today, the gunfight at the o.k. corral involved wyatt earp, doc holiday and the clantons. it seems to me virgil and morgan earp have been pushed into the background. virgil wanted to be a good lawman, i think he was pragmatic. he much preferred giving people a chance to back away without embarrassing them or having their pride attacked.

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the four scientists who werewho? >> talking about oppenheimer, salard. this wasthen t"ansferred to los alamosriginal four were fermie, text ellah and they form roosevelt's coittee. then they participed with oppenheimer, did e9 not on the manhattan project? >> certainly salard did not. risk. was considered a security so he s kept out of los alamos. feramie was heavily involved. if i could just say one thing about what you just said, the committee that was formed after einstein wrote the letter in august of 39 had the so-cled lyman briggs committee had a very unhappy existence. the ame"icans really only picked up on the atomic bomb research after the british and the tube alloy program in england, shortly before pearl harbor suggested the nuclear fissn was possible. at that point, the americ program@really took fire. >> to elaborate a little bit more what einstein said about this, this is from your book, recordable einstein. great volume, by the way. >> thank you. lú>> a lot of surprising terial in here as to indication of the range -- asyou pointed out. was a multi-disciplinarian. he was not in

my opinion is we will never know exactly how david crockett died at the alamo, whether he was butcheredwith swords at the order of santana as the diary says. i don't know. so many scholars have suggested those, those entries in the diary were put in later, it was interpreted later. i really don't know the answer to that. but i don't think it makes that much difference because his importance is as a figure who died for the cause of liberty, not just in texas, but really for the country. for the future. and that's why we remember him. he was also a very funny man and a great bear hunter and much better educated than he pretended to be. it was a part of his, his persona, you know, to come across as this fellow who hardly could read and write. he was a very smart man, in my opinion. he was a victim of the whigs. they took him into be politics -- into politics out of his depth to some extent. but i see these people including houston as really major figures. i think sam houston is one of the greatest americans, and part of the greatness of his story is to watch his growth as a human being and

the game. mom, dad celebrating in alamo tonight as david and the st. louis cardinals win the world series.ese is the mvp. i will say it again, congratulations to the family. jason has been on the phone with them tonight. >> good. >> yeah. buttering everybody up. [ talking at the same time ] >> that's cool. this guy is a young player and now has a world series ring and tony larussa is the king right now. the sharks 4-0 on this trip. they are at detroit. halloween early, why not enjoy yourself. 1-1 in the second. patrick marleau, 2-1 lead. san jose started slow at home and when they got on the road, look out. to thorton. and that's it. 4-2 sharks. as we said, 4-0 on this road trip. things starting starting to look sweet. october 19, mike montgomery underwent a surgical procedure and that was to eliminate bladder cancer and it worked. he is cancer free. and will return to run the calbear basketball team on monday. 49ers host cleveland sunday at candle stick park. after a bye-week, some teams, you know, lethargic. the nfl 3-9, teams coming back after a bye. jim harbaugh has a game, even though

the zones. clearly no slowing for walnut creek or alamo. that's also the first spot we expect to see slowing. even on a friday, antioch treat us us to the kickoff for the morning commute. people lined the streets to watch as trucks with lights and cameras rolled through towns shoots scenes for "of men and mavericks." the pair waved to the crowd. some fans looking for ar different star. >> i was hoping to see gerrard butler. >> gerrard butler plays his mentor. 4:40. coming up, halloween candy is a big deal for kids. bigger for adults. why some parents are buying candy for their own guilty pleasure. and what a game in the world series. how a game went from a done deal to a nail biting 11th inning upset. the latest on your money as well with cnbc. own.re looking at a lpi hey, your high speed internet here, at home... ...and on the go... ...with some really big news. it's b-i-g -- big. high speed internet from at&t at home... ...includes wi-fi access on the go. woo-hoo! [ together ] it's an unbelievable deal. well, gotta go. but wait -- there's more... [ female announcer ] go to the website below