this is a vanity. it has the countertop and the basin. it has the areas for storage. this is something that people would like. another popular trend -- i do not know if the camera can catch it, but below here, so people would roll up their towels. >> this also allows you to have one more step toward aging in place and accessibility. if you ever need to roll a wheelchair in, you have an opportunity here. >> absolutely. >> this does not have an overflow. is that required? >> overflows are not technically required. >> what i mean is one of the little holes like this where the city will run out so it will not spill out onto the floor. >> they are practical and important to have, but they are not a code requirement.

this is a vanity. it has the countertop and the basin. it has the areas for storage. this is something that people would like. another popular trend -- i do not know if the camera can catch it, but below here, so people would roll up their towels. >> this also allows you to have one more step toward aging in place and accessibility. if you ever need to roll a wheelchair in, you have an opportunity here. >> absolutely. >> this does not have an overflow. is that required? >> overflows are not technically required. >> what i mean is one of the little holes like this where the city will run out so it will not spill out onto the floor. >> they are practical and important to have, but they are not a code requirement. if you have children or something, you might want to have an overflow. if you are comfortable having one without, then you would have that choice. >> i was particularly intrigued by this sink. i know the manufacturers were up this year. this is made out of some extremely heavy duty class. here is bob, who is the rep from oceana who manufactures this thing. this

and this was not a tough sell to a publisher because they saw your piece in vanity fair. they saw the piece in vanity fair, and they thought that it could be expanded upon into a book. and it certainly works very well. for a generation of americans who are not familiar with the song-- and it's been conspicuously absent-- how would you describe the song and its impact? well, the song was a song about lynching. you know, it was a song about black bodies hanging on southern trees, and it was a song that came out in 1939 at a time when people simply weren't talking about this kind of thing. you know, it was before jackie robinson. it was before martin luther king. it was before the armed forces were integrated. it was before rosa parks. it was really the dark ages in the history of civil rights in this country, and all of a sudden, a 23-year-old woman, billie holiday, is singing about lynching. and i think that the song had enormous shock value. it just sort of jolted people in a way they'd never been jolted before, and i think it kind of emboldened other people who cared abo

i was wondering -- of "vanity fair." >> i was pressed by my editor. i tried to do it in such a way in that it was not a parade of my feelings or a yellow ribbon tied journalism. i have been told that some people have been comforted by it to a degree. if you have a lemon, make lemonade. it is better than staring at the wall. it is a great subject. everyone has to do this at one point or another. either survive or die off. it is what one is certainly born to do. as an extension, when i was hit with it, i thought i should keep up the narrative because it is a part of my life. i should add that i have had my genomes sequenced. i am able to write about exciting new developments in the field of oncology that i hope will become available to more people. it is a tantalizing time to have cancer for me. there are treatments that i can see that are just out of my reach. there are others that are traub but probably just beginning -- that are probably just beginning. my blood pressure is excellent. if i can hang on, i can, and intend to try. >> you just had your g

during the 1970's he worked at voge and "vanity fair" before deciding to start up a study of their own. >> the world sees designers like vivian westwood. but she was not getting paid yet. very strong mess. and they were picking up the feeling of it all. but having a smags that reflected that. that this base didn't exist and it was a good principal of ideas. advancing a few points at the beginning. >> the first issue was published in august, 1980. with a run of just 2,000 copies. i.d.'s fashion shots were all eggans and every fashion magazine. >> i heard that you won -- was going on ebay for the 500 euros of -- so i was lucky to make the next -- which would be collectible and not thrown away. >> throughout its 30 years in print, "i.d." has kept its creative freedom by never joining up with a bigger magazine. and the corps of "i.d." helped jump-start many celebrity ideas. >> this was shot by a relative unknown at the time. madonna's cover from 1984 was a first for any international magazine. "i.d." was also a model of kate moss seen here at the average shade of people, that's always our

i think oftentimes in our culture it has to do with vanity or society.best way i can explain it to my patients and to family members is think of it as a puzzle and there are five pieces number one, is genetics. we know now with research that people that suffer from it, with anorexia or bulimia usually have a family history of depression. also personality traits. they tends to be driven, people pleasing also extremely sensitive. ,es, we look at culture. certainly our society doesn't cause eating disorders but it creates a toxic environment that give young women and men about weight and appearance. it's interesting, i would say the average age has been between 14 and 16 but there is a spike between 18 and 22. if you think about those two periods in life, there is number of changes occurring, but in terms of life expectancy tiagsz. with the personality traits, people with disorders like this are sensitive to change and conflict. >> reporter: tell me about your treatment program? >> we have different levels of care. we treat all different types of eating dis

she tried not to fret that vanity diminished him.hat would have been the thrill and mystery thrilled her nippled body leaving a mockary of a voice. she carried him back to her cavern, still, there lives together was wanting and not only because in their condition they had trouble conceiving children. they became astranged though she longed to give him everything and he was eager to take it all. each sought the other through a different mirror. >> called : what happened happened. and finally. [laughter] a story called terminals. in the last moment of his life, time slowed and slowed to a halt. no longer pressed as he has been in youth he strolled the youth on foot and thought over every thought. love and war and stars he grabbed the meaning of it all as a whole. he yearned to share what he knew. though that lived on and might have learned moved to a future where his still voice would not be heard. thank you. [applause] >> hello. i'm going to read a scene from draining the sea coming out in march. it takes place in guatemala during the

. >>> a new 60-minute/vanity fair poll finds the majority, 61% of americans, think the u.s. should raise taxes for the rich to balance the budget. the second most favored method? cutting the defense budget. >>> sky watchers across europe and the middle east this morning reveet treated to the first partial solar eclipse of 2011. a small bite of the sun. the first of four partial solar eclipses of the year. >>> and it may be a few days late, but italial mount etna put on its own fireworks display to bring in the new year, spewing out spectacular ash and fire. >> and now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 11,690. the s&p rose points and the nasdaq shot up 38. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo, the nikkei climbed 169 points while in hong kong, the hang seng added 232. stocks started off the year with a big lift on monday, and that could be a promising sign for the rest of 2011. both the dow and the s&p 500 reached new two-year highs and the nasdaq 100 had its highest close in nearly ten years. historically, janu

top seeds tumble down and it's a vanity all was me ask you lose doubt in the last quarter quizes in the. butter is undone by djokovic in straight sets in a men's semifinal. and three year tour de france came contador is punished. but it's been a day of upsets it is truly an open russia's second seed there's a whole new yorker losing her semifinal to kim clijsters in the belgium will face lee now in the final after she beat world number one car i'm wozniacki was one of the over was hoping for revenge against terror in the final of last year's u.s. open however the russian was outclassed early on as the number three seed took control of the set out to gain a crucial break before serving out to move one up the world number two breakpoint opportunities in the second set as she tried to get back on level two and that she couldn't find a way past wise as you see with a six three six three victory in just under an hour and fifteen minutes today i was able to just stay very aggressive throughout it all and keep my own unforced errors down put a lot of pressure on her. you know so i mean it was

it's not for vanity, it's for a good cause. he plans to donate it for wigs for cancer patients.f cancer. >> i just thought it was the least i could do to help out. >> reporter: it's all won him fans in high places. stanford professor, football fanatic and former secretary of state condoleeza rice for one. >> he's a real inspiration for a lot of people. it takes a lot to be that good in the classroom and that good on if football field. >> very humbled that people see me in that way. >> reporter: he's too humble to say it so i'll say it for him. he's a wonderful, wonderful youngster. >> reporter: no matter how you toss it, owen marecic is a winner. bill whitaker, cbs news, palo alto, california. >> couric: very impressive. that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight, i'm katie couric. thanks for watching. see you back here tomorrow. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs source of funding to keep cops on the job. it began with a knife-weilding man in a wheelchair. why police say they had to draw their guns to stop him. and a bay area county pulls the plug on smartmeters. for a litt

did the year feeling the chill the last few winters they certainly have been in demand to widen the vanity keeps growing in popularity as well as being warm and stylish they're also environmentally friendly when it was all this business case from strength to strength in russia she doesn't have the capability to meet the high demands living in foreign countries let me get still material see the huge gap in the market for some decorative of all and therefore think you can sell off one hundred. or five thousand roubles. and since the. horse who can buy them for i don't know ten euro one of the rewards. beautiful mars. but with a big export linky remaining ran outside russia one stylish cheer when i had taken advantage of. and had huge success taking their billing he business to the world's fashion hog if italy. where valid you manage. to acknowledge that when it comes to villa there are still many barriers to trade the floor that opens at a profit is a good i knew. no way that they asked yourself do you know even little things like there are no english speakers at this factory that the first

why we are doing this, other than playing to the vanity of the extremely conservative right wing of therepublican party is beyond me. >> reporter: everyone if the house votes to repeal health care reform, a repeal really doesn't stand a chance in the senate where democrats are still in the majority. >>> four term senator joe lieberman of connecticut is expected to announce he will not seek a fifth term next year. he was al gore's running mate on the democratic ticket. then four years ago he won his senate seat as an independent. >>> chinese president is in washington, d.c. tonight where he had a private dinner with president obama. mr.who arrived earlier today and greeted by vice president al biden. and the new chinese american mayors of both oakland and san francisco, gene quan and ed lee will be attending. >>> sergeant shriver the founding director of the peace corp. and led the war on poverty died today. shriver is shown here dancing to music as his son-in-law, former governor arnold schwarzenegger took office. shriver was married to the late eunice kennedy. maria shriver was one of

why we are doing this, other than playing to the vanity of the extremely conservative right wing of therepublican party is beyond me. >> reporter: everyone if the house votes to repeal health care reform, a repeal really doesn't stand a chance in the senate where democrats are still in the majority. >>> four term senator joe lieberman of connecticut is expected to announce he will not seek a fifth term next year. he was al gore's running mate on the democratic ticket. then four years ago he won his senate seat as an independent. >>> chinese president is in washington, d.c. tonight where he had a private dinner with president obama. mr.who arrived earlier today and greeted by vice president al biden. and the new chinese american mayors of both oakland and san francisco, gene quan and ed lee will be attending. >>> sergeant shriver the founding director of the peace corp. and led the war on poverty died today. shriver is shown here dancing to music as his son-in-law, former governor arnold schwarzenegger took office. shriver was married to the late eunice kennedy. maria shriver was one of

it was in a britney spears music video and katy perry and and on the coffer of "vanity fair". so her name was -- oh, i forgot her name now. ty, and it took all day. but i really, really did that. [laughter] >> you know, when you first open this book, the very first thing you're talking about is freedom. it's a very big thing for you.it >> yes. >> what does freedom mean to you? why is it the very first thing you're talking about here? >> again, i don't know how manyo of you have actually read this book, but the first line in itis is freedom is addictive.om and i, the book was, for me, ar coming of age story, and i grew, up reading primary colors andre fear and loathing on the campaign trail by hunter s.d i thompson, and i was really inspired by those books. i j and i just wanted to write my sort of coming of age story.i wa i was 22 when i joined my father's campaign, i was 24 when it ended which is a pinnacle a time for any young person. a and it was such a labor of love. hi, anna. anna navarro's a good friend right here from the campaign. and it was just such a labor of love.

was that -- >> yeah, it was more like, kind of a -- remember that brad pitt "vanity fair" cover?ay a porn star in that movie, so it was kind of -- >> jimmy: yeah, i always say -- yeah, the idea of the movie is -- his name is bucky -- >> yeah, he's bucky larson and i play a guy named dick shadows. [ laughter ] and -- and adam is very behind this movie 'cause they wrote it together and that supports nick so much and -- >> jimmy: oh, like -- >> he's really happy for nick. >> jimmy: well, the idea of the movie is he realizes that his parents are porn stars and he thinks that he's -- he's gonna follow in their footsteps. he should be a porn star. >> exactly. >> jimmy: -- becomes hugely successful. >> moves to l.a. and -- >> jimmy: ridiculous. >> kind of like "happy gilmore" set in the porn world. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: oh -- very excited about that. that'll be good for you. >> yeah. well, i heard the sofia was really -- 'cause i did it right before "somewhere" so she was really supportive of that. >> jimmy: i heard that you had to meet elle fanning, who is your co-star -- really nice

i got sent to vanity fair, and after a lot of tap dancing, i was able to capture the ear of the publishing house. he said, yes, let's do it. >> when did he live? >> he was born in 1909, and died in 1993. we could chart the progress of what we call gay awareness over the course of many decades during the 20th century. >> is he well known today in the gay community? >> no. now the book is coming out, he's known more and more. among people that care more about pornography or the history of sex research or publishing, he is known. it's only to handful of people. it brings it out to wider audience. >> what was his relationship to alfred kinze? >> he met and became an informal researcher, connecting him to a lot of source material, and donating vast amounts of his own archive. sam was a record keeper and record keeper was sexuality in general. he gave lots and lots of that material to the mckinze institute. he had to live as a closeted man during the time he was an academic professor. as he reached his late 30s, he found it more and more difficult. rather than not be out, he decided to leave aca

those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was but vanity. but the dreamers of the day are dangerous then for they may act their dream with open eyes to make it possible. this i did. [applause] >> thank you very much. i'm sure we have many questions, and i'd like to ask that you wait million the microphone comes to you -- wait until the microphone comes to you and to speak loudly. >> and clearly. >> and clearly. >> james stockman, thank you for -- >> could you speak a little louder? >> yes. james stockman, thank you for a wonderful talk. >> thank you. >> you seem to have quite an affinity for the underdog of whom lawrence was certainly a great historical figure. you've also written a book about a nation of underdogs, "with wings like eagles: a history of the battle of britain." and i was wondering why you chose lawrence to talk to us today as opposed to the battle of britain. >> well, i would have talked about the battle of britain if i'd been asked to. [laughter] i, i have an unconscious affinity with the underdog. i'm not quite sure how it

the lady gaga cover of cosmo sold about 1.7 million copies and the "vanity fair" issue with her on theer sold nearly half a million copies. >>> something fascinating about her to watch. >> the interesting thing on that study was that taylor swift was the worst. anything she was on saw the worst numbers. a nice wholesome girl does note sell magazines. >> therapists sue bret favre over sexually suggestive text messages. favre sent them messages during his time with the jets in which he asked them if they wanted to get together, suggesting he had bad intentions. therapists say favre cost them the part-time job. the lawsuit comes days after he was fined for not being candid in another case in which a former employer accused of quarterback of sending lewd photos to a game hostess. >>> 5:56 and a lot more is coming up on today in the bay. >>> convicts need help with their farms. how a lot of prisoners are logging on to facebook and playing farmville. >> 2011 will be a great year for jobs. we will look at the forecasts, coming up. [ bell rings ] what are you doing, friending somebody? yeah. y

this elephant is famous and it's been in music videos, and on the cover of vanity. her name was -- i forgot her name now, ty, but it took all day. >> you know, when you first open the book, the first thing you talk about is freedom. it's a big thing for you. what does freedom mean to you? why is it the first thing you talk about here? >> i know how many of you read the book, but the first line in is it freedom is addictive, and the book was, for me, a coming of age story, and i grew up reading primary colors and fear of loathing on the campaign trail, and i was inspired by those books, and i just wanted to write my sort of coming of age story. i was 22 when i joined my father's campaign and 24 when it ended which is a pinnacle time for any young person. it was such a labor of love, and anna, a good friend here from the campaign, and it was just such a labor of love, and people that have responded to it seem to be people like me that feel disenchapterred by the political -- disenchanted by the political schedule in general. it's refreshing to see 20-somethings that r

. >> sunday, our guest is dr., vanity fair, this, and atlantic monthly contributing editor christopher hitchens. >> there are treatments that i can see that are just out of my reach probably, which is both encouraging and annoying. >> son -- sunday on c-span's q&a. >> this week on american history tv on c-span3, and domestic terrorism of the late 19th and 20th centuries. learn of the century-old traditions of preparing for a presidential and military were drawn funerals and greg carr explains mayor rich and of former slaves and experience life. see the complete online at c- span.org/history. does he stand networks. we provide coverage of -- the c- span networks, we provide coverage of public affairs available on television, on- line. radio, and retakes the stand on the road with our digital was and digital content via gorda. now available in more than 100 million homes, created by cable and provided as a public service. >> "washington journal" continues. host: on your screen now is bill adair, the editor of an organization called politifact. bill adair, what is the obameter? host: it i

there's a certain hysteria involved rather than personal vanity, so, you know, i would say generally offhand i don't know of examples of official records. now, there were guys who kept diaries, personal records that have not seen the light of day, and sometimes they see the light of day very late in the game. i'll give you an example. jeffrey keys, one of those generals i talked about who was quite confident and largely unknown today. he was an accolade and friend of pattons who was given command of second corp. in italy and was at -- was the commander, the corp. commander at the casino and the river. he was a pretty large player in the italian campaign. very interesting guy, west pointer, said to be the only man who can stop jim thorp on a football field. he's a tremendous athlete, and after vol fume i came out, i got a phone call from a man in pittsburgh who said i'm jeffrey key's son. he was also a west pointer, one of the classes in the 1940s, and he said, did you know my father kept a diary? i said, no i didn't know that. he said, would you like to see it? [laughter] oh, yes. [l

. >> tonight, our guest is author, vanity fair chorer author. >> it's a really tantalizing time to have cancer, someone of my age. there are treatments i can see just out of my reach, which is encouraging and a joying. >> this weekend on american history tv on c-span 3, historians discuss the first age of terror. washington journal continues. >> our focus, the week that was and the week ahead. thank you for being with us. >> a lot of preparation for the president's speech. what are you looking for? saying we are from different parties and we are going to stay that way. i think it is all about jobs the question on american's minds right now is what happens with this economy is growth. how do we get more jobs? he told his staff he wasn't excited about some of the ideas of job growth he's looking for the next sputnik movement is the way he put it. he knows americans want to feel better about the economy. they can't continue to hover above 9%. the idea that most ee con midsts are going into 2012, how do you get reelected with those numbers the president traveling to new york on friday. more

for some answers we're going to turn to bethany mclain, a contributing editor of "vanity fair." and author of "all the devils are here, the history of the financial crisis." thanks for joining us, getting up early in los angeles. how real is this momentum? >> i think there's reason to be skeptical. the good part is that corporate america is more optimistic than it's been in a long time. ceos are talking about hiring. that's great. but the real reason for the momentum is that the federal reserve said it's standing behind the market. ben bernanke made it clear, he wants higher asset prices. and there's an old maximum on wall street of don't fight the fed. >> they continue to pump money in the economy. they came out with a statement saying, at least for a while, it's going to continue. >> right. so far, we've seen no signs that the federal reserve is going to take the punch bowl away. that's the main thing that's propping up the market. and if you look back at history, that hasn't necessarily ended well for us over the last ten years. >> they are going to have to take it away at so

it was then the of britney spears and kb perry music video and on the cover of "vanity fair."ow, now i forget her name but i was glad that i did that. wh >> when you first open the book is a big thing about freedom why is that the very first thing that you talkou about? >> guest: i don't know howhe many of you have read the book but the first line is three done is addictive. the book, for me, was a coming-of-age story i dropped a living on the campaign trail and primary-care others and was inspired by those books i wanted to write myjoin coming-of-age story i was 22 joining my campaign of my father and 24 when it endedf that was a critical time point* and it was a labor of love. how low and up. a good friend from thef campaign and it was a labor of love and people who have responded, people like me that feel this enchanted by process inal general it is nice to go to college to see 20 somethings that relate to this fish shots. of water coming of age story i am happy anybody is out reading it honestly. [laughter] >> host: you talk about feeling like an outcast. why? >> guest: i

his regular "vanity fair" column as prolific speeches and essays are essential reading for anyone and everyone can learn about global affairs. christer has a number of best-selling books, too. obviously "god is not great," how religion poisons everything. as his recently published memoir, hitch 22. christopher was recently diagnosed with a topical cancer and as such we are doubly grateful that he and his family have joined us tonight. ladies and gentlemen, your debaters. [applause] before getting our debate underway, let me just briefly brought down how the next hour and a half will unfold. each debater has been given seven minutes for their opening remarks for and against the motion. next, mr. hitchens and mr. blair will confront each other head-on such as pete through two rounds of formal rebuttals. we'll then bring you, the audience into this debate through what questions all of you received it question card. at any time in the debate, so that i'll come to pass it down the aisle for collection. i'll also be taking questions from audience numbers on the stage, some of the younger au

. >> alter "the vanity fair" columnist, and "the atlantic monthly," contributing columnist. >> it is difficult to have cancer. but there are treatments that are out of my reach which is discouraging. >> this weekend on american history tv on c-span3, discussing the first age of terror in the late 19th and early 20th centuries from the american historical association conference. the nuveen horse-drawn funeral case sondes. how former slaves escaped and started new lives. experience american history tv on c-span3 all weekend, every weekend. you can see the entire schedule on line on c-span.org/history. this weekend on "books tv," bill kristol discusses his late father's essays on the history of the neo-conservative movement with david brooks. also, 52 women look back on their work of the civil rights movement. former. prime minister gordon -- british prime minister gordon brown discusses the economic downturn. you can get our schedule e-mail to your in box with the "book tv" alert. >> tuesday, president obama delivers the state of the union address. the c-span live coverage begins at 8:

. >> sunday, our guest is a "vanity fair" columnist christopher has since. >> it is a tantalizing time to have cancer. but because there are treatments i can see that are just out of reach, which is both encouraging and annoying. >> sunday on c-span's "q&a". >> madam speaker, the president of the united states. >> by congressional invitation, the president outlines his agenda for the next year and reflects on the previous in the annual state of the union. watch every address since 1984 online at this season and a video library. all searchable on your computer any time. >> now a house judiciary committee hearing on the relationship between medical malpractice liability and health care costs. this is a little more than two hours. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> the do-sure the committee will come to order. it is nice to see -- the judiciary committee will come to order. one quick announcement as most members know but not everybody else may know is that we are expecting votes and about 15 minutes. however,

. >> our guest is author and vanity fair columnist and atlantic monthly contributing editor christopherpigeons. >> it is a tantalizing time to have. there are treatments that i can see there are just out of range. which is both encouraging and annoying. >> sunday on c-span's q&a. last night at the museum in washington a panel examined u.s./canada relations. topics include trade. elimination issues. we will hear from gary dorr and white house speechwriter david from. canada's public affairs channel and queens magazine hosted this event. >> i am peter van deuce and and welcome to our viewers watching us tonight and our american friends watching us on c-span this evening. this is a chance for us to bring together an impressive group of people to talk about the current state of canada, u.s. relations. we will be covering all those topics you think we should cover. trade, security, the border, energy and the environment, social policy, attitudes towards each other. all those things we need to talk about and something else we need to get settled this evening. how come the washington capitol h

. >> sunday, our guest is vanity fair calmest and atlantic monthly contributing editor christopher hichens. >> there are treatments that i can see that are out of my reach. &a."nday, on c-span's "q afghanistan, insisting that thehis remarks came at the housethis is about one hour. >> friends, colleagues, i hope you have enjoyed the last day and a half that we have had an opportunity to come together. we are making every effort to make sure that this retreat gives us, as brothers and sisters, a chance to talk. not only to get to know each other better, to welcome our newest colleagues, those nine members, but also to get ready for the work ahead. we are fortunate that each and every time that we have this issues conference, we have the highest level of protest patient by our highest leaders in the land and we are very fortunate that, once again, the vice president has taken the time to do with the spirit of want to introduce to you someone who has -- he has been able to do many great things on foreign policy. howard berman, most of you have been able to get to know him over the years and th

so there are certain things that can be done to make sure that you get ads that are morel vanity to what you want, but the fear is oh, that means they know too much about me. and the truth is that a lot of that information is being protected against you. >> it's completely black box. google is so -- google and facebook are so, believe it or not, insanely protective of their users and customers' privacy, it would just crush their business if there was big scandals. that believe it or not, people in my position are constantly asking them to let us target more. and they're constantly saying no. now there is something i'd like to talk about for just a quick second while we're on it, because we dovetail with the social media, and that is social seeding. i know you said size doesn't matter when it comes to the size of social media. i completely agree that i would rather have incredibly influential people than not a lot of influential people. but if you're going to get influencers, you want more of them rather than a few of them. if you're going to target an audience you want as many as humanel

there's a piece in vanity fair about the inaugural ceremony. but there's also a moment they highlight. at night, looking out over the mall convinced that he would be back. guest: we have heard that before. guest: someone wrote about how kennedy's folks actually broke into nixon's papers and that's what inspired nixon to do the water gate burglary. history is a fast nating thing. and the images of these huge characters like john kennedy and dithe eisenhower and richard nixon. everyone should read up on those because they all made interesting choices and they all confronted conflicts. guest: we should mention there's obviously tomorrow we celebrate the birth of dr. martin ludeser king, another great figure in american history. and it's interesting that as we talk about nixon i'm going to have to put an aside here. but certainly these were great men with big vision. and i think we need that right now. and i think that's part of why people were drawn to president obama. and i hope it's part of why working with the republican congress we can actuall

so there are certain things that can be done to make sure that you get ads that are morel vanity to what you want, but the fear is oh, that means they know too much about me. and the truth is that a lot of that information is being protected against you. >> it's completely black box. google is so -- google and facebook are so, believe it or not, insanely protective of their users and customers' privacy, it would just crush their business if there was big scandals. that believe it or not, people in my position are constantly asking them to let us target more. and they're constantly saying no. now there is something i'd like to talk about for just a quick second while we're on it, because we dovetail with the social media, and that is social seeding. i know you said size doesn't matter when it comes to the size of social media. i completely agree that i would rather have incredibly influential people than not a lot of influential people. but if you're going to get influencers, you want more of them rather than a few of them. if you're going to target an audience you want as many as humanel

there's a piece in vanity fair about the inaugural ceremony.'slso a moment they highlight. at night, looking out over the mall convinced that he would be back. guest: we have heard that before. guest: someone wrote about how kennedy's folks actually broke into nixon's papers and that's what inspired nixon to do the water gate burglary. history is a fast nating thing. and the images of these huge characters like john kennedy and dithe eisenhower and richar nixon. everyone should read up on those because they all made interesting choices and they all confronted conflicts. guest: we should mention there's obviously tomorrow we celebrate the birth of dr. martin ludeser king, another great figure in american history. and it's interesting that as we talk about nixon i'm going to have to put an aside here. but certainly these were great men with big vision. and i think we need that right now. and i think that's part of why people were drawn to president obama. and i hope it's part of why working with the republican congress we can actually accomplish

bipartisan celebration ofsargent shriver -- you will know our next speaker as the award-winning writer "vanityr" magazine, author of the importance of being famous, published just yesterday. but i know her for her passion and so -- for so many things in life, but particularly the peace corps. she s a volunteer in columbia, in the '60's when i first asked her about sarge shriver, her answer was he is my george washington. ladies and gentlemen, maureen "don't call me mrs. russert" orth. >> thank you. i am overwhelmed to see all the people who've created the peace corps here today. you're the most wonderful dience we could all possibly have. and to see so many of you who are really responsible for the peace corps here, it's very exciting. yes, i always did think that sarge was my george washington, until we ran into sarge one night at the white house. it was one of those parties for saint patrick's day to try to get the warring factions of ireland to both come ov and break bread under a common roof. and sarge ran into us and i said, tim, this is sargent shriver, you know, he's the george washingt