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i often was alone, but it was, you know, like this or like that, but it was without limit. i mean, it was well, what can i say? so there was passion on both sides. >> rose: i was going to say. what influence did you have on him? >> i don't -- >> i think an enormous influence, because you have to look back a bit, i mean, you know, his marriage to olga, had come to disastrous end. >> this is the russian ballerina wife, who went more or less mad, and was the rest of her life, they separated and they never divorced. and then in the background it always had been a sweet, nice girl, but, you know, she wasn't sophisticated or educated or anything up to his intellectual standards, and so she was always sort of left in a corner and faithful, he was in some respects i mean he always looked after her, but then, the next one was dora, dora moore. >> the surrealist girls who was -- who had been -- she had been a mistress of various surrealist monsters who sort of at all her all about depravity and everything else, so she was a fine -- when picasso first of all picked her up he had seen
i often was alone, but it was, you know, like this or like that, but it was without limit. i mean, it was well, what can i say? so there was passion on both sides. >> rose: i was going to say. what influence did you have on him? >> i don't -- >> i think an enormous influence, because you have to look back a bit, i mean, you know, his marriage to olga, had come to disastrous end. >> this is the russian ballerina wife, who went more or less mad, and was the rest of her...
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it was one a portrait was unveiled. -- when a portrait was unveiled. >> you were 28 and she was 31. what are we hearing in this audiotape? is it accurate about either one of their personalities? >> i think is accurate for both of them. that voice of hers is unmistakable. that is her. that is the way she talked. that is the way she acted. it is also president johnson. he was all sweetness and light when he wanted to be. and it was different when he did not want to be. that was him, the way he was. >> who named this book, "mrs. kennedy and me"? >> it was lisa mccoven. she is a fantastic writer. you should talk to her some time. >> you were here to talk about the kennedy detail, the book that you did with gerald plane -- blaine. >> i contributed to the book and wrote the foreword. he -- she took the information he had put together and worked on that and went to great lengths to obtain information from the agencies and contacts. she put all that information together. it was in the process that she asked for my help. i was in dallas. gerry blaine was not. she needed to talk to someone wh
it was one a portrait was unveiled. -- when a portrait was unveiled. >> you were 28 and she was 31. what are we hearing in this audiotape? is it accurate about either one of their personalities? >> i think is accurate for both of them. that voice of hers is unmistakable. that is her. that is the way she talked. that is the way she acted. it is also president johnson. he was all sweetness and light when he wanted to be. and it was different when he did not want to be. that was him,...
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and he was frail, he was in a wheelchair, but he was very sharp mentally. and i was, i probably interviewed him over the course of the next year for, i don't know, probably 100 hours. we would spend four or five hours together most weekends. and i was always impressed even at his age how he didn't remember everything, and there were gaps in his memory, but what he remembered, he remembered. he remembered it exactly, it was exactly the same every time he told it to me. and, um, i was impressed by how committed he was to this book. this book grows out of a promise he made to king hussein. king hussein, before he died in '99, wanted to write this book and tell the truth, what he thought was the truth about middle east peace talks and his role in them really going all the way back to the mid '50s. and jack had engaged, first he engaged a guy be named phillip galen, and he was going to write the book. galen began working on it, he flew to jordan, met with the king. the king basically said anything i got is yours, i want the truth to come out about my dealing wit
and he was frail, he was in a wheelchair, but he was very sharp mentally. and i was, i probably interviewed him over the course of the next year for, i don't know, probably 100 hours. we would spend four or five hours together most weekends. and i was always impressed even at his age how he didn't remember everything, and there were gaps in his memory, but what he remembered, he remembered. he remembered it exactly, it was exactly the same every time he told it to me. and, um, i was impressed...
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i was not there. >> i was asking what your thinking is or was. do you feel the politicians got to close to "news international" or what? >> i look from the perspective of what they're not there was improper conversations or a dump that sits over this idea. i never saw a conversation that to my mind was inappropriate in that way. >> try not to look at this too literally. he denied many times there were no express deals. we're not talking about inappropriate conversations necessary trade-offs. this closeness is unhealthy. >> the word on help the implies impropriety. i'm not sure i agree with that. i have been out of politics for quite some time. things are going to change. things have already changed. i think the process may have even begun. we were the first government ever to be transparent with the media. maybe the process is already started to enter into people's minds. >> transparency was not introduced until july 2011. i think that we make public some special meetings with the media. >> that was in 2010. >> can i ask you to go backs to 45? >>
i was not there. >> i was asking what your thinking is or was. do you feel the politicians got to close to "news international" or what? >> i look from the perspective of what they're not there was improper conversations or a dump that sits over this idea. i never saw a conversation that to my mind was inappropriate in that way. >> try not to look at this too literally. he denied many times there were no express deals. we're not talking about inappropriate...
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i was also speaking social society, which was what was going on in society. me, to my grandmother, i was like feeling. too close to say something indefinitely. yes, why did i do the men like that? because i work around it sex. i saw that what was showing, it was the men in this world where the woman was strong. then have to be equal of the men. and i wanted to show it. there was some interest in like a blazer, a jacket, double- breasted. you have the men's jacket with the inside pocket. it is a pocket for the wallet. the women did not have that. why? because the men pay at the restaurant. but can the woman they, too? i think there was a lot of stupid things -- not stupid, but the things that were intelligent but one time that changed and was changing. and the vision of the woman about the man was changing, too. some men were not accepting their femininity. does not mean that they were gay or whatever, no. it just means that men can be sensible, but they have been traumatized by their education that wanted to make them as a john wayne, you know? apparently. it
i was also speaking social society, which was what was going on in society. me, to my grandmother, i was like feeling. too close to say something indefinitely. yes, why did i do the men like that? because i work around it sex. i saw that what was showing, it was the men in this world where the woman was strong. then have to be equal of the men. and i wanted to show it. there was some interest in like a blazer, a jacket, double- breasted. you have the men's jacket with the inside pocket. it is a...
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i was also speaking social society, which was what was going on in society. me, to my grandmother, i was like feeling. too close to say something indefinitely. yes, why did i do the men like that? because i work around it sex. i saw that what was showing, it was the men in this world where the woman was strong. then have to
i was also speaking social society, which was what was going on in society. me, to my grandmother, i was like feeling. too close to say something indefinitely. yes, why did i do the men like that? because i work around it sex. i saw that what was showing, it was the men in this world where the woman was strong. then have to
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yes, sir. >> was the, how was the -- [inaudible] was that graf te-fed? -- gravity-fed? >> they had fuel tanks up above in case there was a problem, and, of course, there was a pump, i believe. >> i notice he didn't wear a parachute. >> parachute, he thought, was deadweight. he did have a life raft onboard. people insisted he take a radio onboard, and he said, well, who am i going to talk to? if i go down, a radio's not going to help me. especially a radio from 1927, monstrously heavy. >> unreliable. >> yeah, and very heavy. so why carry it? he did have a raft, he had some provisions. the famous five sandwiches as well. he had some survival rations along with him. he had fishing line, an arm burst cup which was an odd cup that sort of looks like this, the theory being you could breathe boo it, and it would con -- breathe into it, and it would condense the water from your breath just in case he went down and an inflatable life raft, but that was it. no parachute. he was like, what's the point? >> yes, sir. >> after studying his life, how do you further explain his anti-je
yes, sir. >> was the, how was the -- [inaudible] was that graf te-fed? -- gravity-fed? >> they had fuel tanks up above in case there was a problem, and, of course, there was a pump, i believe. >> i notice he didn't wear a parachute. >> parachute, he thought, was deadweight. he did have a life raft onboard. people insisted he take a radio onboard, and he said, well, who am i going to talk to? if i go down, a radio's not going to help me. especially a radio from 1927,...
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but once the story was broken or the embargo was broken and there was repeated broadcasts under many german communications methods, that enabled kennedy to decide that it was time to go forward. kennedy could not call new york without going through the censor. so that route was out. but i think you have to take a step back and look at this culturally. he did what he's done throughout the war. he was the guy who was on point. he operated by himself, got the stories out time and time again. all true. everybody trusted him. got them to the desk. from the field. and they moved them. also, the people on the desk had expected this story. they knew something was afoot. the rumor had broken the day before, a false story had come out. everybody expected this. so there was great anticipation. the delay and the fact that the allied command couldn't even hold the orders of churchill and truman i think puts this thing in a different perspective. what we're talking about here is a story that was true, and by getting the word out, they were telling people to stop the killing. so the stakes were rat
but once the story was broken or the embargo was broken and there was repeated broadcasts under many german communications methods, that enabled kennedy to decide that it was time to go forward. kennedy could not call new york without going through the censor. so that route was out. but i think you have to take a step back and look at this culturally. he did what he's done throughout the war. he was the guy who was on point. he operated by himself, got the stories out time and time again. all...
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blair was talking to on the telephone was neither here nor there, unless it was about getting support for the second resolution. >> but how important was it politically to get a newspaper on side, because the people public would have to be convinced? >> well, it was certainly important, sir, to have the newspapers on side, and it was my recollection that the national newspapers were not the only papers that were on the side. and it is -- yes, of course it's far better to have them on side than not have them on side, so i'm not trivializing it, but it wasn't ever part of the discussions that i was ever involved in. it's worth bearing in mind that there was widespread support for military action. i know there was also widespread opposition for military action, and the opinion was polarized. but what people are -- many people are now doing is looking at those events with the benefit of hindsight, including the failure to find any weapons of mass destruction. and the awful aftermath, the chaos of the aftermath, after the fall of saddam. but if you're looking forward, it was actually very
blair was talking to on the telephone was neither here nor there, unless it was about getting support for the second resolution. >> but how important was it politically to get a newspaper on side, because the people public would have to be convinced? >> well, it was certainly important, sir, to have the newspapers on side, and it was my recollection that the national newspapers were not the only papers that were on the side. and it is -- yes, of course it's far better to have them...
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>> i was 11 or 12 in a school that was mixed. there were boys and girls. there was one girl i remember that was coming from the french colony. she was in algeria and came back to france. she had a very white skin. very, very white with speckles? >> freckles. >> freckles. more glamorous. glittering. but she was glamorous for me, sparkles -- no, freckles. sorry, i cannot say. [laughter] but she has beautiful red hair, light afro type but red hair. to me, i was like, oh, my god, she is so beautiful. for me, if i want to be friends with someone that i admire, i have to be like him or her, cannot have the red hair. so i say, i also come from nigeria and i am like you. [laughter] i do not think she believed me so i was inventing names. anyway. so she influenced me. she had white skin. you could see her veins. she was very strange but beautiful for me. i was always attracted by different beauty that i saw everywhere. i remember some movies called guess who's coming to have dinner tonight with sydney party. i remember i said to my parents -- i was 12. if i come wi
>> i was 11 or 12 in a school that was mixed. there were boys and girls. there was one girl i remember that was coming from the french colony. she was in algeria and came back to france. she had a very white skin. very, very white with speckles? >> freckles. >> freckles. more glamorous. glittering. but she was glamorous for me, sparkles -- no, freckles. sorry, i cannot say. [laughter] but she has beautiful red hair, light afro type but red hair. to me, i was like, oh, my god,...
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one was his own personal conviction. the other was he was in the fight of his life for an election. and he issues it on july 26th, 1948, and calculation of black votes in that is apparent. i don't mean that's the only motivation. these are complicated people, eisenhower and truman, and they do things for multiple reasons. and i think from -- from an african-american perspective, all of these guys don't quite get it sometimes, but they still were in a political context where they were trying to do things, so truman issued that order in 1948. the story i'll want to get into, when we have time, is that he didn't enforce it very well until we got into korea and then they began to be some desegregation in the armed forces in korea, but four years later, most of the american combat units were still segregated. dwight eisenhower did most of that, and frankly i think it's a disgrace to my profession that the textbooks still say truman about it without mentioning eisenhower when eisenhower came in, most of the units were still segregated, and by october of 1954 there wasn't a single segregat
one was his own personal conviction. the other was he was in the fight of his life for an election. and he issues it on july 26th, 1948, and calculation of black votes in that is apparent. i don't mean that's the only motivation. these are complicated people, eisenhower and truman, and they do things for multiple reasons. and i think from -- from an african-american perspective, all of these guys don't quite get it sometimes, but they still were in a political context where they were trying to...
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it was beautiful. it was a great family moment. everybody had a chance -- i got to meet all of michelle's family which was wonderful. they embraced us and took us in as part of family and that was really an important moment for me because that was the extension of barack's family -- >> what do you say to your brother when he becomes president? i've always wondered what that must be like, that first conversation afterwards. do you remember what you said to him? >> i said well done, little brother, well done. >> not much more to say, there is? >> no, because he's always my brother and remains my brother. >> do you speak to him much? >> as much as you speak to your sibling, your brother or sister, depending on what your time allows. we have a very normal relationship. that's the boring part of it. people ask me that question often and it's a really normal family relationship. >> can you just pick the phone up and just call him? >> here we go. >> i'm fascinated. >> come on, he's just my brother. >> if i want to call my sister, i just c
it was beautiful. it was a great family moment. everybody had a chance -- i got to meet all of michelle's family which was wonderful. they embraced us and took us in as part of family and that was really an important moment for me because that was the extension of barack's family -- >> what do you say to your brother when he becomes president? i've always wondered what that must be like, that first conversation afterwards. do you remember what you said to him? >> i said well done,...
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there was something with clinton that was problematic. he was a baby boomer from the hit the side of the '60s. you had a culture war going on. one of the things obama and got right is he tried to say goodbye to all of that. there is still this cultural work going on you saw with clinton and now you see it again with obama. it is not quite the same but that is there, too. that is a difficult problem. it may reverberate until all of us croaker. ask another to historical question, did modern republicans ever see themselves as taking over the party and changing the direction where was the more that day thought they should be a balancing wing > ? your book makes both cases. was there a path to a new southern coalition? or other coalitions that would change the party or was it always going to be an important weighing? >> it was some of one and some of the other. a lot of people on both sides object to independents and moderate. it or bisexuals, transsexuals, and hermaphrodites. bipartisan operas -- opposition to moderation. i would say that mod
there was something with clinton that was problematic. he was a baby boomer from the hit the side of the '60s. you had a culture war going on. one of the things obama and got right is he tried to say goodbye to all of that. there is still this cultural work going on you saw with clinton and now you see it again with obama. it is not quite the same but that is there, too. that is a difficult problem. it may reverberate until all of us croaker. ask another to historical question, did modern...
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but there was a gap in between that was lost. it is understandable why the institute and want to become a computer center. it was von neumann who kept it going. when he was gone, it was over. >> let me ask you about two or three things before we get to these. let's talk about the implications about all of this, because you talk a lot about the implications of where computing is today and where it is going in the book. you said about a week ago that the last time you checked, the digital universe, let me just make sure i have this right, expanding by 2 trillion transistors a second, and processing power, and 5 trillion bits per second in storage? is that right? >> writes. >> von neumann had predicted a universe of 10,000 switches, i think? >> he said that was all you need for a computer. 10,000 switching units would be enough. >> with this unleashing of computing power, there there are three things they talked about that i want to cover. one is artificial intelligence. you write one von neumann spoke of computers come he never tal
but there was a gap in between that was lost. it is understandable why the institute and want to become a computer center. it was von neumann who kept it going. when he was gone, it was over. >> let me ask you about two or three things before we get to these. let's talk about the implications about all of this, because you talk a lot about the implications of where computing is today and where it is going in the book. you said about a week ago that the last time you checked, the digital...
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he was a friend of martin luther king. he was with king when king was assassinated. he later served as a congressman and a mayor. he's had a long career in politics and reform. and in his memoir he said the kind of people who were attracted to the civil rights movement of the 20th century were what he called creatively maladjusted. they were creatively maladjusted. meaning they were people who did not want to accept the status q quo, who thought segregation was wrong, and they were creative about it. they wanted to change the status quo. and i think that that's a very nice phrase. i think it really applies in many respects to the abolitionists. now, let's talk about a few of the famous figures. one of the most famous was a newspaper editor in boston. his name was william lloyd garrison. and william lloyd garrison was a native of massachusetts. he was a white man. he was from a working-class background. his father had abandoned the family when he was quite young. and william had to go out to work. he started supporting himself when he was very young. he went into the
he was a friend of martin luther king. he was with king when king was assassinated. he later served as a congressman and a mayor. he's had a long career in politics and reform. and in his memoir he said the kind of people who were attracted to the civil rights movement of the 20th century were what he called creatively maladjusted. they were creatively maladjusted. meaning they were people who did not want to accept the status q quo, who thought segregation was wrong, and they were creative...
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that was how dirty the air was in new york back then. you go to china, complain about the pollution, you should go to a time machine to 1905. this was suit black by 1931. what did they do, they cleaned it from head to foot. they were proud of how beautiful and clean and white it was so they hired a photographer to take a sky line view of the newly clean wool worth building. here is the skyline of the city. i know it's not spectacular to you guys, but if you were coming in from anywhere in the world and you were coming by boat most likely and you pulled into the harbor and the bridges are off on the right. this was the skyline you saw. it was the first sky line city in the world when i went to berkley my students were from little california. one of them said what is it like to be on the 50th floor? he had never been in a building above two or three stories. >> i might add worked in the 81st state so i was used to that. here is the real skylight city of the world done under the bosar. there is the singer building, the municipal building, t
that was how dirty the air was in new york back then. you go to china, complain about the pollution, you should go to a time machine to 1905. this was suit black by 1931. what did they do, they cleaned it from head to foot. they were proud of how beautiful and clean and white it was so they hired a photographer to take a sky line view of the newly clean wool worth building. here is the skyline of the city. i know it's not spectacular to you guys, but if you were coming in from anywhere in the...
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he was relieved when he was victorious. if he was not victorious, he would have been fired, too, certainly. the effect of it in the long term, what i would suspect is that they would have -- the union would have mounted another expedition, they might are done it differently, it might have been bloodier, but it would have happened. and that's part of -- with the iron clad gun boats, if 20,000 guys doesn't do the job, they would have come back with 40,000. it would have happened. it would have postponed that, though. and this was a place to attack. this was the weak link in the line. and it was going to come here. so, long answer to your question, that's what i think -- it would have happened eventually -- >> there was already discussion in the north among some people about saying, let the south go at that point because they were so discouraged and there was no -- there was no win. >> yeah, could be. you know, with donelson, with with the success of donelson the way it happened, that kind of talk went away. if it happened wit
he was relieved when he was victorious. if he was not victorious, he would have been fired, too, certainly. the effect of it in the long term, what i would suspect is that they would have -- the union would have mounted another expedition, they might are done it differently, it might have been bloodier, but it would have happened. and that's part of -- with the iron clad gun boats, if 20,000 guys doesn't do the job, they would have come back with 40,000. it would have happened. it would have...
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target was? >> actually, you'd have to ask bill mccraven that. but they're not idiots. i mean, they knew, certainly, how critical this was. they knew who they were and who they were working with. >> reporter: one week after the rehearsal, the launch window opened up, a favorable forecast and a moonless night, essential for an attack by air. they knew it could be months before the next opportunity. on thursday, april 28th, the president gathered the small core of planners in the situation room to debate the choices one last time. you had a couple of options. do nothing, an air raid with no evidence of after-action, no proof of death, or this. you were against this mission as they launched it, correct? >> well, as i pointed out early on, there was no consensus. the president got us all done in the situation room and he said, okay, basically roll call. >> what was your vote? >> my recommendation was to go forward. >> and why would you recommend that over others in the group? >> i felt the risk was m
target was? >> actually, you'd have to ask bill mccraven that. but they're not idiots. i mean, they knew, certainly, how critical this was. they knew who they were and who they were working with. >> reporter: one week after the rehearsal, the launch window opened up, a favorable forecast and a moonless night, essential for an attack by air. they knew it could be months before the next opportunity. on thursday, april 28th, the president gathered the small core of planners in the...
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i was at the reception and it was so ironic.ho work in all kinds of enterprises. one of them came up and said do you think we'll ever get bin laden? i said i don't know. i have no way of knowing, but i can tell you this. we'll keep trying. i thought, so i'm leaving now. >> and simultaneously seth meyers is making a bin laden joke. >> i know. and really, i got home. i couldn't sleep. i couldn't sleep the next night. i mean, it was -- and i don't have trouble sleeping. but those were two tough days. >> it's almost -- in a sport, you've taken the shot. and now you don't know yet whether the shot's going to go in or not. >> in a moment, they've taken the shot and then something goes wrong. >> when we saw the helicopter spinning the way it was, we said that's not the plan. [ glass clinks ] [ mom ] i'll take this. it's mother's day. a day to thank me for all of the little things. like being the only one who knows how to turn on the dishwasher. not saying "i love you" in front of all your friends. and always finding everything for ever
i was at the reception and it was so ironic.ho work in all kinds of enterprises. one of them came up and said do you think we'll ever get bin laden? i said i don't know. i have no way of knowing, but i can tell you this. we'll keep trying. i thought, so i'm leaving now. >> and simultaneously seth meyers is making a bin laden joke. >> i know. and really, i got home. i couldn't sleep. i couldn't sleep the next night. i mean, it was -- and i don't have trouble sleeping. but those were...
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i think it was good to go in, because my life was not with ermez. it was for my own company. so we changed. we pushed. spanish rudes, perfume routes. sounds very good to my ears. i am a quite truthful person >. >> is there always going to be a controversial side of jean paul gaultier? there was a time when you were inspired by rabbis. i believe you're in new york, there were a bunch of rabbis he saw walking by the public library, you turned it into a collection. you must have known this was dramatic and would be alarming to people. >> i should say that in some way, i think i have a kind of innocence. like that is not that big part of me. when it is beautiful, i believe in it. i saw it was beautiful. i wanted to show it. for me, it was so strong, the impression. it was beautiful. and with a lot of meaning for me. it was meaning for people like a minority can come together strong and impact. at the same time, visually and spiritually. i wanted to show that beauty. after my time there, michael was to show the beauty seinfield. -- my goal was to show the beauty i felt. i should m
i think it was good to go in, because my life was not with ermez. it was for my own company. so we changed. we pushed. spanish rudes, perfume routes. sounds very good to my ears. i am a quite truthful person >. >> is there always going to be a controversial side of jean paul gaultier? there was a time when you were inspired by rabbis. i believe you're in new york, there were a bunch of rabbis he saw walking by the public library, you turned it into a collection. you must have known...
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and the fire was just -- it was just solid. it -- it -- the -- the -- tracers, you know, it was as if you could walk on them it appeared. and it was a strange, eerie feeling knowing that you were going in to where they were very close range to us. but again, they didn't keep their heads up too long. because the infantry tried, they knew that helicopter was their life line and they worked hard to keep them people from trying to kill us if they could. and some of them got through, of course. >> mm-hmm. >> but, and we always seemed like always took some rounds. but, it was a -- it was an eerie feeling. >> tell me about exhaustion, and sleep deprivation, and how you worked through that stress. >> you know, i wasn't exhausted because i -- i -- my mind wasn't working well. >> mm-hmm. >> i couldn't remember that -- that -- that i had just finished. i went in and laid down, and immediately, i was in some la la land, drifting. >> mm-hmm. >> and i -- it seemed like i was there ten minutes, or less, and somebody says, ed, daylight, gotta
and the fire was just -- it was just solid. it -- it -- the -- the -- tracers, you know, it was as if you could walk on them it appeared. and it was a strange, eerie feeling knowing that you were going in to where they were very close range to us. but again, they didn't keep their heads up too long. because the infantry tried, they knew that helicopter was their life line and they worked hard to keep them people from trying to kill us if they could. and some of them got through, of course....
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he was a working man and he was a good man and he was with a call in those days a race man so a lot of the lessons would be as simple as we would be watching television the old black-and-white tv come and a tarzan movie would come on the. the mother with a sweeping across the screen during the tarzan yell and she would speak his language and the lines would go [cheering] the alliance would go. the monkeys would go here and he would be looking at that and after about five minutes he would go like what the hell is that. [laughter] tell me how little cracker beebee can fall out of an airplane, boy change the channel. [laughter] it was living history. then i was switching and i remember the first time seen in young harry reasoner and he was giving some editorial i think about the space program and he was going on and on and being a very educated bright young man and he looked at him for about five minutes and said she's a lobbying under and head cracker. change the channel, boy. i could use some of that school in the school yard so when the militants came on a only were they challenging th
he was a working man and he was a good man and he was with a call in those days a race man so a lot of the lessons would be as simple as we would be watching television the old black-and-white tv come and a tarzan movie would come on the. the mother with a sweeping across the screen during the tarzan yell and she would speak his language and the lines would go [cheering] the alliance would go. the monkeys would go here and he would be looking at that and after about five minutes he would go...
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it was vulnerable. the city was set up for plague. like the dispatchers that we've been reading about, and i and my colleagues have been writing about dealing with the sars outbreak from china, this would also produce a cover up, but tha bubonic plague coverup was one of massive proportions stretching from san fransiscofra city hall to the governor'snsio mansion in san fransisco all thh way to the nation's capitol.al. newspapers either ridiculed thec plague, made a big joke, rank follow-upny cartoons with rather caricatures of the residents of china town or the newspapers maintained a pack of complete silence on plague. either they ridiculed it or they were silent. doctors who diagnosed it were either slandered, ridiculed, or run out of town. through the story, i get to introduced to you two colorful pioneers of public health. one is joseph kennian, a brilliant doctor and who eventually was branded the wolfe doctor by some of the residentsd of chinatown, and the other was rupert blue, a young southern doctor with deep confederate root
it was vulnerable. the city was set up for plague. like the dispatchers that we've been reading about, and i and my colleagues have been writing about dealing with the sars outbreak from china, this would also produce a cover up, but tha bubonic plague coverup was one of massive proportions stretching from san fransiscofra city hall to the governor'snsio mansion in san fransisco all thh way to the nation's capitol.al. newspapers either ridiculed thec plague, made a big joke, rank follow-upny...
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and this was the material that was made in england in the 1890s and was a product called time castle tapestry, and this material is actually comprised of sheets of linen that are -- have a paper backing placed on them, run through a press, dipped in linseed oil, dried and then gilded, and then the material would come without all the flowers painted, be installed, and then it would be hand painted to the way the family or the client would want them. now, the house went through one major redecoration in 1960, and so the last archbishop that was here decided to modernize the house, and i don't blame him, because by 1960 this house would have been a very dark and dreary victorian house, kind of exactly what you would imagine it would be in the 1960s. for a house that had been decorated in about 70 years, and so a lot of walls and a lot of ceilings were painted white, wall-to-wall white carpeting was added and actually even danish modern furniture was put in the front hall of the house but a house such as this would rebel against all of that, so fortunately panelling and woodwork in the h
and this was the material that was made in england in the 1890s and was a product called time castle tapestry, and this material is actually comprised of sheets of linen that are -- have a paper backing placed on them, run through a press, dipped in linseed oil, dried and then gilded, and then the material would come without all the flowers painted, be installed, and then it would be hand painted to the way the family or the client would want them. now, the house went through one major...
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was brought up by a father who was not rich but made it and was a great journalist. um, he, just before he died, uh, bought a little small paper, specifically in his will saying he'd given me the chance to do good. i would love to see my sons and daughters follow, if they're interested. >> bergman: his long-expressed hope for a family dynasty is now in peril. there is reportedly dissension among the siblings. his son james, who was the heir apparent, is in trouble. it goes back to the beginning, to that enormous £725,000 settlement with gordon taylor. james murdoch had approved the payment. now members of parliament wanted to know if he had previously lied to them about a cover-up. >> mr. murdoch, did you mislead this committee in your original testimony? >> no, i did not. >> so if you didn't, who did? >> as i've said to you, as i've written to you and i've said publicly, um... >> bergman: his position was that two other senior executives of news corporation had misled the committee. >> so was it mr. crone, a respected lawyer and in-house legal adviser for many years
was brought up by a father who was not rich but made it and was a great journalist. um, he, just before he died, uh, bought a little small paper, specifically in his will saying he'd given me the chance to do good. i would love to see my sons and daughters follow, if they're interested. >> bergman: his long-expressed hope for a family dynasty is now in peril. there is reportedly dissension among the siblings. his son james, who was the heir apparent, is in trouble. it goes back to the...
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it was the hard time. and the attorney general of the united states looked up and quipped, well, you know, some people say that john's been hit on the head so many times, he just doesn't have any sense anymore. and there were some people who tattered and laughed. i was the only black person in the room. and i said, nick, that's just wrong. that is just -- you can't say that, and you can't think that. these are american citizens. they want their rights. they're doing what americans should do. and you shouldn't denigrate them that way. oh, i didn't mean it, roger. i didn't mean it. and as we were walking out, his pr man said to me, congratulations. i said, congratulations for what? i didn't win nothing in there. he said, you got black people -- you got nick to discuss black people as human beings, not as legal specters out of the old books. it wasn't terrible in the administration, but it wasn't easy either. and you really had to go after it, and you had to go after it hard. and you had to go after it to kee
it was the hard time. and the attorney general of the united states looked up and quipped, well, you know, some people say that john's been hit on the head so many times, he just doesn't have any sense anymore. and there were some people who tattered and laughed. i was the only black person in the room. and i said, nick, that's just wrong. that is just -- you can't say that, and you can't think that. these are american citizens. they want their rights. they're doing what americans should do....
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i was either going to get the ear fixed or i was gone. with deke i think that he was more or less resigned at that stage to the heart murmur business. and the medics would keep giving him a bad time about that. so, i think it was really that deke probably was more of a long-term commitment than in my particular case. so, i think that's really why really they established it, and, you know, we talked it over with kraft and giruth and they sort of decided it was a good selection. >> you two had quite a reputation for running a tight ship. >> of course, deke and i were both mad because we were grounded. we'd both been training as astronauts. we knew where every skeleton was in the whole process, and we just wouldn't let those guys get away with anything. i mean, we knew what they had to do and we knew how they had to do it, and if they weren't doing it, we would bring them in and tell them about it. maybe i was a little more forceful than i would have been normally, because being grounded. i believed they called me the icy commander or some f
i was either going to get the ear fixed or i was gone. with deke i think that he was more or less resigned at that stage to the heart murmur business. and the medics would keep giving him a bad time about that. so, i think it was really that deke probably was more of a long-term commitment than in my particular case. so, i think that's really why really they established it, and, you know, we talked it over with kraft and giruth and they sort of decided it was a good selection. >> you two...
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he was very unpopular in 1948, people thought he was, and that duey was a shoe-in. there's a myth he didn't do much to win, just played it safe. that's actually not true. he was just in the as outrageous as truman, and it's a thrilling story, and i like truman too, but he landed unfair blows comparing the republicans to the nazis. that didn't sit well with anybody in 1948. that created bitterness. he did win because people were excited about the underdog, but it set to tone for the country that was bad, and duey's manager skills would have made him a great president. i was impressed with him, and truman did a lot of great things, but the second term was a disaster, and we would have been better off with duey. >> we have another question. how will the republican convention go if romney does not have enough delegates in your opinion? >> interesting question. we have not had a completely wide open convince since 1952 when the democrats picked stevenson, not running for president, but gave an up spiring welcoming address to the delegates, they insisted he was the nomine
he was very unpopular in 1948, people thought he was, and that duey was a shoe-in. there's a myth he didn't do much to win, just played it safe. that's actually not true. he was just in the as outrageous as truman, and it's a thrilling story, and i like truman too, but he landed unfair blows comparing the republicans to the nazis. that didn't sit well with anybody in 1948. that created bitterness. he did win because people were excited about the underdog, but it set to tone for the country that...
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you ow, that was -- we knew the episode was coming. and that was a big -- big conversation that theyme. leibgott i think was one of two jewish company members that were featured in the show, ando the producers had talked to me eay on and said we think it's probably a good idea if we sd you to one of the camps in europe to go see him now. and that sat really strangely with me. i believe everybody shoulde aware of it and everybody should see what went on out there in the ruins that they are now and i think everybody needs to be privy to that, but for the job, i knew that nobody haditnessed these camps until came across landsburg and i kind of wanted to convey that as much as i cod in a realisc enough way so i said i'm not going toe go. i don't want to go. i want to see it on film for the first time. so we shot thehow in europe all over the place, switzerland and england and they got a camp and build a camp in the middle of the forest that was a 20, 25-minute drive from our base camp, and the first time i saw it was the first time we saw
you ow, that was -- we knew the episode was coming. and that was a big -- big conversation that theyme. leibgott i think was one of two jewish company members that were featured in the show, ando the producers had talked to me eay on and said we think it's probably a good idea if we sd you to one of the camps in europe to go see him now. and that sat really strangely with me. i believe everybody shoulde aware of it and everybody should see what went on out there in the ruins that they are now...
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it was. >> but the case -- the case for increased sanction was if it was purely financial, then the law was quite clear on comfortable territory now. the law is quite clear that you have to have regard to means. and if people of little means broke the law in this way, then actually there was very little that could be done by way of sanction. and that was so whether you were doing it because you wanted to find out about your daughter's boyfriend, for example, or whether you were doing it for industrial or commercial reasons. >> yes, you're right, sir. you are, if i may say so, the expert on sentencing. but my own view is that -- the maximum sentences laid down by parliament, although very rarely applied by the courts, they convey a message about the relative seriousness which parliament and, therefore, the public attach to that particular transgression. and i regret the fact that in the data protection act, which is also a bill which i put through, we had not spotted that this penalty was too late, but we hadn't. >> but if i pick up the point that was made when we were discussing this, i
it was. >> but the case -- the case for increased sanction was if it was purely financial, then the law was quite clear on comfortable territory now. the law is quite clear that you have to have regard to means. and if people of little means broke the law in this way, then actually there was very little that could be done by way of sanction. and that was so whether you were doing it because you wanted to find out about your daughter's boyfriend, for example, or whether you were doing it...
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it was a german who was on a six-month speaking tour. he invited his best friend's son to come along and be his companion. eyre crowe at that time is already a very highly trained artist, although he was only in his 20s. he went around the eastern seaboard, he made reservations and he traveled and made sure that all the lodgings were taking care of but he also sketched the whole way that he was traveling. he differed quite significantly on their impression of slavery in america he decided that he was not going to speak publicly on the topic because 10 years earlier, charles dickens had come to america and famously excoriated americans about slavery. in his book and notes on america, he had a whole chapter against slavery and it hurt his sales in america after that. so he remained mum on the topic. >> for commercial reasons? >> for commercial reasons. in his letter, you also his patrician views. and definitely not something that a british author should find about. >> what is the painting on the front of your book? >> this painting is the
it was a german who was on a six-month speaking tour. he invited his best friend's son to come along and be his companion. eyre crowe at that time is already a very highly trained artist, although he was only in his 20s. he went around the eastern seaboard, he made reservations and he traveled and made sure that all the lodgings were taking care of but he also sketched the whole way that he was traveling. he differed quite significantly on their impression of slavery in america he decided that...
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was it something internal? was it youth? what was it? >> thank you. >> i don't think that you need any special quality. you needed a little luck and help. and i was fortunate enough to get help from people in different camps that i know. keep in mind i come from a family my father, my mother and we were five brothers. my mother used to say she has a basketball team, five boys. in 1942, in a town in the middle of the night without any prior warning, s.s. troopers came into the ghetto with barking dogs and flying rifle bots, and ordered all the entire jewish population out to assemble in the center of the town. over there, selection took place. the germans selected those who in their opinion were capable of performing slave labor. they needed workers to work in their industries because the young men and women were in the military. that day was the darkest day of my life which is still with me today. because during the selection, i and two of my brothers were selected to one column, say, on the left side. my parents and my 7-year-old brothe
was it something internal? was it youth? what was it? >> thank you. >> i don't think that you need any special quality. you needed a little luck and help. and i was fortunate enough to get help from people in different camps that i know. keep in mind i come from a family my father, my mother and we were five brothers. my mother used to say she has a basketball team, five boys. in 1942, in a town in the middle of the night without any prior warning, s.s. troopers came into the ghetto...
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she was trying to find something serious to wear ai think that was the first time, and it was with herbert walker bush, and he was about to become president. >> what about your interested in history? your first book was about the lee gramm -- billy gramm. >> that grew out of interested in the role religion had played in the election and whether it was fundamentally different than past elections, and we came to discover how peculiar it was that this one religious figure had had close relationships with president after president, and as a global celebrity himself they did see him as a pier, and they would talk to him and rely on him and trust him as someone who understands the pressure and celebrity. >> their differences, -- >> it lead differences where bush and nixon were not getting along in 1992. there were times when bill was the interloper. that is what holds them together. they are both aspects of this private president. a private aspect, which is not very big, there are these private spaces we thought were under excavated, and that is what the two have in common. >> we have some video
she was trying to find something serious to wear ai think that was the first time, and it was with herbert walker bush, and he was about to become president. >> what about your interested in history? your first book was about the lee gramm -- billy gramm. >> that grew out of interested in the role religion had played in the election and whether it was fundamentally different than past elections, and we came to discover how peculiar it was that this one religious figure had had close...
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was somewhat disappointed that it was such a severe portrait of him. and what a lot of people didn't know is that captain pabst had pockmarked skin on his left cheek which limbach had incorporated into the painting. well, captain pabst had the painting dispatched to an artist here in milwaukee and had it overpainted and nobody was the wiser. until 1990 when the pabst family had sent the painting out to conservation in boston and they realized that there had been overpainting, and they had it taken off, revealing the way limbach would have wanted to see captain pabst but not necessarily the way captain pabst would have wanted to be remembered. now, this room was the scene of the pabsts' youngest daughter emma in 1897. this is the room they always celebrated the christmas hol y holidays. and the chris mat tree was kept in the southern bay in this room. and the captain pabst funeral took place in this room. for whatever reason, the music room was kind of the central point in the mansion. the wall covering in this room is very much a product of the victori
was somewhat disappointed that it was such a severe portrait of him. and what a lot of people didn't know is that captain pabst had pockmarked skin on his left cheek which limbach had incorporated into the painting. well, captain pabst had the painting dispatched to an artist here in milwaukee and had it overpainted and nobody was the wiser. until 1990 when the pabst family had sent the painting out to conservation in boston and they realized that there had been overpainting, and they had it...
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i hadn't heard about that and it was perfect. it was exactly what i was looking for. i can go off and preach about the fact they think so many of us asian american authors and asian authors in general tend to go back and write about our ancestors and write about things in our past not our specific past but may be of of ancestors and mothers and grand mothers. we have been telling their story. i think the generation to come, will be telling stories of living here. it will be different stories. but the oppression of our voices have been for so many, many years, if you think back the first writer who was read in terms of asian american was maxine kingston. i read her in high school and was greatly affected by reading about the woman warrior. before her there were few. there were some but didn't make that economic splash. they were never read in a large way. maxine was the first one we read her in school we knew of her. she was not out there like anny tan was when she wrote the joy luck club. so much of it is timing. it meant all the history and the voices before then had
i hadn't heard about that and it was perfect. it was exactly what i was looking for. i can go off and preach about the fact they think so many of us asian american authors and asian authors in general tend to go back and write about our ancestors and write about things in our past not our specific past but may be of of ancestors and mothers and grand mothers. we have been telling their story. i think the generation to come, will be telling stories of living here. it will be different stories....
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and he was very convinced that this was the way to go, and he was very resolute. >> he was unflappable you think about what was going on in the markets, what was going on in the economy, the pressure that you can imagine, he didn't miss a beat. >> narrator: geithner walked obama through the details. >> the stress test, which is ultimately geithner's solution to this problem, kind of grows out of that idea that if you can just convince the markets that these guys are going to be okay, that the hole isn't as bad as everyone's worst-case scenario suggests, then the panic will subside, confidence will come back, prices of securities will rise, things will just level off. >> narrator: critics doubted the stress tests would be enough. but for now the president would stick with geithner. >> obama couldn't back off of tim geithner at this point. you're in the honeymoon stage of an administration, you can't dump one of your guys. so he stands by tim geithner. >> the president stuck with the secretary. and he was under tremendous pressure to change course. i've got to believe that this decision
and he was very convinced that this was the way to go, and he was very resolute. >> he was unflappable you think about what was going on in the markets, what was going on in the economy, the pressure that you can imagine, he didn't miss a beat. >> narrator: geithner walked obama through the details. >> the stress test, which is ultimately geithner's solution to this problem, kind of grows out of that idea that if you can just convince the markets that these guys are going to...
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there was no pictures. the carpet was cheap.i wouldn't live there myself. >> he likes to be very, very, very simple. >> in hollywood terms bin laden has a great back story. my name is peter bergen. i met osama bin laden in eastern afghanistan in march of 1997. >> reporter: peter bergen, a cnn consultant, is the author of "the osama bin laden i know." this documentary is based in part on his groundbreaking reporting. >> he is the son of a billionaire who lives a frugal, simple life. he's sleeping on a floor. he's not using air conditioning. won't even drink cold water. >> reporter: an heir to one of saudi arabia's wealthiest families, he did not want to stand out. at least not yet. >> he doesn't like really to be a leader. never put himself in a position to be a leader. >> reporter: but that would soon change. bin laden was about to be swept up in a movement that would carry him from student to the leader of a holy war. it was a religious movement, one that would pit young muslims against the establishment. it was called sawa, or
there was no pictures. the carpet was cheap.i wouldn't live there myself. >> he likes to be very, very, very simple. >> in hollywood terms bin laden has a great back story. my name is peter bergen. i met osama bin laden in eastern afghanistan in march of 1997. >> reporter: peter bergen, a cnn consultant, is the author of "the osama bin laden i know." this documentary is based in part on his groundbreaking reporting. >> he is the son of a billionaire who lives a...
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but there was a gap in between that was lost. it is understandable why the institute and want to become a computer center. it was von neumann who kept it going. when he was gone, it was over. >> let me ask you about two or three things before we get to these. let's talk about the implications about all of this, because you talk a lot about the implications of where computing is today and where it is going in the book. you said about a week ago that the last time you checked, the digital universe, let me just make sure i have this right, expanding by 2 trillion transistors a second, and processing power, and 5 trillion bits per second in storage? is that right? >> writes. >> von neumann had predicted a universe of 10,000 switches, i think? >> he said that was all you need for a computer. 10,000 switching units would be enough. >> with this unleashing of computing power, there there are three things they talked about that i want to cover. one is artificial intelligence. you write one von neumann spoke of computers come he never tal
but there was a gap in between that was lost. it is understandable why the institute and want to become a computer center. it was von neumann who kept it going. when he was gone, it was over. >> let me ask you about two or three things before we get to these. let's talk about the implications about all of this, because you talk a lot about the implications of where computing is today and where it is going in the book. you said about a week ago that the last time you checked, the digital...
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was books.sands of books. i don't know why the floor didn't collapse. from the floor up, taller than i am on both sides. it just went up six, seven feet high. >> every single book in there was about philosophy, religion and health. there was nothing else there. >> the removal team winds their way through the literary maze. >> when you walk through this tunnel, down to the window and over on one side there was what may have been a sink. >> to clear the apartment, the crew hauls the books out into a bin on the curb, but over the course of five days, they notice not only isn't the pile growing, it's getting smaller. >> people on the street would go and take the books. so every time we showed up, it was kind of a joke. you know, how the dumpster would be less and less. >> a once hidden treasure of hard covers and paperbacks is donated to dumpster diving book worms. >>> 2006 in new jersey. the disaster masters encounter the worst conditions they've ever seen. >> a stinking, rotten mess. >> the house
was books.sands of books. i don't know why the floor didn't collapse. from the floor up, taller than i am on both sides. it just went up six, seven feet high. >> every single book in there was about philosophy, religion and health. there was nothing else there. >> the removal team winds their way through the literary maze. >> when you walk through this tunnel, down to the window and over on one side there was what may have been a sink. >> to clear the apartment, the crew...
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and joe was aware waf was happening. he was clearly aware of it and it weighed heavy on him. >> how did it weigh heavily on him. >> well, it was very difficult for him and his relationships among others withdom dimaggio who i was very fortunate to speak to before he passed away, very kind to talk to me for the book. and was his wife dorothy arnold who was also a movie starlet and who was parried and pregnant with joe's child at that time. it was a sort of distance. joe could be very distant and could be maybe elusive the word, or just sort of private. and he became even more sort of isolated from those people around him. and he became unwilling to sort of open up about things. and again, he internalized everything. so he never showed he mention on the field but he simply smoked more. which he smoked already. he drank more coffee. began to develop ulcers. all of these things that weighed on, and he knew what time it was for him in his life. he knew that he was making a legacy. >> rose: did he talk about it much? >> while
and joe was aware waf was happening. he was clearly aware of it and it weighed heavy on him. >> how did it weigh heavily on him. >> well, it was very difficult for him and his relationships among others withdom dimaggio who i was very fortunate to speak to before he passed away, very kind to talk to me for the book. and was his wife dorothy arnold who was also a movie starlet and who was parried and pregnant with joe's child at that time. it was a sort of distance. joe could be very...
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and it was like adoing, he was creating art.world for him to treat into where he would express his ideas, and he absolutely loved it, and it made him feel good. >> people are going to hear about this, and see these amazing pictures? and they're going to want to know if they can get ahold them? >> well, michael always wanted to exhibit his art, unfortunately that didn't happen. he didden watt to sell it, and so a few pieces were sold before his passing, but since then we've been working together, planning what -- how to exhibit them, and he did a long time ago, want to build a monument for where he wants his fans to get married. and we have a model of it here. >> it's amazing. it's based on the prince albert monument in london? >> we went all over the world -- he loved monuments, and he thought that was -- deeply into monuments, he wanted me to come along. he wrote on a card that he got that day and he said he wanted. we should try to work out a design together on that. we came up with this gothic, futuristic. >> his concept -- >
and it was like adoing, he was creating art.world for him to treat into where he would express his ideas, and he absolutely loved it, and it made him feel good. >> people are going to hear about this, and see these amazing pictures? and they're going to want to know if they can get ahold them? >> well, michael always wanted to exhibit his art, unfortunately that didn't happen. he didden watt to sell it, and so a few pieces were sold before his passing, but since then we've been...
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when i called, i was palmed off. it was over. i didn't hear from her again. >> elisabeth fritzl had simply vanished and no one seemed to think it unusual. coming up, elisabeth is forced to give up three of her children. >> translator: "people said it was irresponsible. what a bad mother elisabeth was to leave the children on the door step." >>> after four years in the an accident doesn't have to slow you down. with better car replacement available only with liberty mutual auto insurance, if your car's totaled, we give you the money for a car one model year newer. to learn more, visit us today. responsibility. what's your policy? the day starts with arthritis pain... a load of new listings... and two pills. after a morning of walk-ups, it's back to more pain, back to more pills. the evening showings bring more pain and more pills. sealing the deal... when, hang on... her doctor recommended aleve. it can relieve pain all day with fewer pills than tylenol. this is lois... who chose two aleve and fewer pills for a day free of pain. a
when i called, i was palmed off. it was over. i didn't hear from her again. >> elisabeth fritzl had simply vanished and no one seemed to think it unusual. coming up, elisabeth is forced to give up three of her children. >> translator: "people said it was irresponsible. what a bad mother elisabeth was to leave the children on the door step." >>> after four years in the an accident doesn't have to slow you down. with better car replacement available only with...
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it was one of the first anti-clinton books that was published. published barbara olson, two of her books. the first was her book on hillary clinton, and the second book was the one on the clinton administration's -- the end of the administration, the pardons and the trashing the white house and stealing the furniture and all those things. actually, that book was a very interesting experience for me, because she was killed, i think, as the book went to print, and we proceeded after talking to her husband, ted, at some length, agreed to proceed with the book. i actually did an awful lot of the publicity for that book myself, and, again, it was a number one best seller. >> al regnery, when you were president and publisher at regnery, did you publish for a niche audience? >> you have to, unless you're publishing -- pretty much any book is a niche audience. we were publishing largely to right of center or people interested in politics. we figured out pretty much how to reach that audience, that's the reason we were so successful with those books. the
it was one of the first anti-clinton books that was published. published barbara olson, two of her books. the first was her book on hillary clinton, and the second book was the one on the clinton administration's -- the end of the administration, the pardons and the trashing the white house and stealing the furniture and all those things. actually, that book was a very interesting experience for me, because she was killed, i think, as the book went to print, and we proceeded after talking to...