truman smith calls on a hearst correspondent, the first one to meet hitler in 1922 and have a pretty good read on him. he is a marvelous demagog and this guy could go far in bavar yeah. that was as far as the imagination went. still, that wasn't a bad perception. >> how big is bavaria inside germany? >> southern state of germany. munich is its center. but it has always been an entity unto itself and near the austria border. hitler felt much more comfortable in munich than he did in berlin. >> let me show you howard k. smith for those who don't remember him. >> he spoke german better than most germans did. he despised hitler. he was an obvious target. if they were going to get someone, they were going to get him. the germans forbid us to go out. he got a bicycle and wept out. they were furious. they arrested him. and raided the office. i was on the dead man shift. i was there when the gestapo came in, eight big men and took the office apart and they didn't tell me what it was about. as the phone range, the head said to me, you speak german, nothing but german. so i said hello. and she

truman smith's daughter is still alive. i talked to her at great length and she called me and said, did i show you this photograph on my refrigerator? she said, the one with the line and -- lion. after that incident, the line was sent back to the berlin zoo and true and arranged for her to have this photograph taken with it. amidst all of these tragic events, there is a sense of a bit of the theater of the absurd. >> we have some more of video. we were talking about richard c. holland. is he still alive? how old is c.? >> he is 93 or 94 -- how old is he? he is 93 or 94. >> she felt it was important to let the united states stand up to hitler. >> i wrote a book on the subject which mr. chamberlain did not like much. we did not like mr. chamberlain much either. [applause] >> there is the story of the infamous day, the 10th of november, 1938, when the nazis turned their goons on jewish businesses and smashed their windows. it was called crystal night. it was there and it was presented to people. it was terrible. it was awful.

to me like you're too young to remember this, but when harry truman ran, there was the man on top of the wedding cake, the republican, smith, and he looked every bit like the president last night, and every bit like the man on the wedding cake. >> we want to get to something. there was another movie moment with dana. we were sitting with her when jeb busch spoke and what he said to say sticking up for his brother. >> mr. president, it is time to stop blaming your predecessor for your failed economic policies. you were dealt a tough hand, but your policies have not worked. if the fourth year of your presidency, a real leader would accept responsibility for his actions and you haven't done it. >> eric, a lot of people said the bushes have been statesmen, they've not hit below the back, they stand -- below the bell, they stand back, and is it time for somebody i to stand up for george w.? >> one of his issues is education. i would like to see him point out that for four years president obama has blamed his brother for all the bad economics, not the education stuff, but i would like to see a little bit more of that, but that's

marow, a chicago daily news correspondent and a consul who was very outspoken and courageous and truman smith perceptive, both about hitler who he met as far back in 1922 and the buildup of the germany military and people who clearly blew up. -- blue it. dorothy thompson. she was the most famous american woman correspondent of that era. very smart reporter in many ways, but she goes in and interviews hitler in november of 1931 for the first time. at that point, hitler's party is really on the rise. a lot of people are predicting is going to take power and she writes immediately after that interview, i thought i was going to meet the future leader of germany. within 50 seconds, i realized, i was not. such was the startling insignificance of this man and wept on to talk about how he had -- and went on to talk about how we had this look in his eyes that is common to hysterics and alcoholics and geniuses and how he has a soft, feminine side and no match for the true german politicians. what i find interesting about that and dorothy thompson obviously radically revived -- revised her views and ult