there are now $16,000 there, nearly 3,000 are werners. >> stephen: yes, thousands of werners are joiningome people will do anything to avoid the holidays with their family. and with government stopping it these terrorists at borders and airports, isis is exploiting security loopholes and security portholes. >> would-be terrorists are packing their bags for the jihadi cruise, with airports stepping up security around the world, keeping want a about jihadists from joining ice nis iria, ferries are-- cruise ships are ferries them into battle. >> they are taking cruise lines that stop at a turkish coastal town. from there it is easy to cross into syria. >> stephen: that's right, terrorists are heading to the islamic state via cruise ship. and folks, if they hated western culture when they got on, just imagine how they will feel after six nights on dinner theatre. these jihadies of the geehi seas must be stopped. which is why i'm excited to relaunch the colbert cruise. my wildly popular series of nautical vacations that i have not mentioned in eight years. my latest colbert cruise is guarante

anna werner reports. >> we're going this way. >> rockefeller center is this way. >> reporter: for thisy, a drop in oil prices made a trip to new york for christmas possible. >> that's perfect. >> i think we have a greater expense budget now to come into the city. something that i really wanted to expose my 11-year-old to. >> reporter: but for people whose jobs depend on oil production, the talk is of layoffs and tough times ahead. in seminole, oklahoma, brian adams runs a sandwich shop, where sales have already dropped 30%. >> almost every check in this town one way or another is affected by the oil company. >> reporter: local oil company owner melvin moran says just under $60 a barrel, most of his wells will not be profitable. >> every day lately the prices have been dropping. it seems like it's a free fall. we're hoping the floor will come soon and we're hoping the price will come back up >> reporter: bernard winesteen energy expert at southern university. >> when you see a drop in price in a relatively short period of time and at the same time you see a global economy that's pretty

here's anna werner. >> reporter: in waxahachie, texas, at her small roadside food stand, 47-year-old kathy jones told us she's been trying for five years to raise herself above minimum wage. sounds like you've been struggling. >> i have been. yes, i have. do y'all want french fries? >> reporter: her high school education only got her fast food jobs, so now she works seven days a week here just to break even. >> just doing the best i can right now to just, you know, to stay afloat. pretty much what i make, i put it right back out. >> reporter: how was the economy back then? >> restaurant owner jonathan evola pays his kitchen help up to $13 an hour, nearly twice the minimum wage in texas, but he can't keep pace with the cost of living, up 11% since 2008. >> my employees need more than what i'm even able to give them to pay their current bills. and i pay above average for what, in my industry, people get paid. >> reporter: paul stevens is city manager. as you look around your community, who are the people who you think may not be recovering yet? >> i think many of those people that are

anna werner on plunging oil and gas prices. good news for many americans, but not for all. >> take a shot at letting the ruler rule! >> axelrod: and jericka duncan introduces us to an unusual pastor with a gift for growing his flock. >> i just know what we do, which is love god, love life, love people. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> axelrod: good evening and merry christmas. scott's off tonight. i'm jim axelrod and this is our western edition.; it was once famously said that any society that will give up a little liberty to gain a little security would deserve neither and lose both. whoever thought benjamin franklin's words would be used to describe a seth rogen-james franco movie? but after a remarkable nine-day back-and-forth, in which an embarrassed and embattled sony pictures pulled the movie "the interview" after threats of 9/11-style violence, the film was shown in theaters today. ben tracy tells us how a sophomoric comedy is now being hailed as an affirmation of one of th

a cnn exclusive coming up with the first werner allowed to report from inside isis territory. was he allowed to leave alive? i have the worst cold with this runny nose. i better take something. dayquill cold and flu doesn't treat your runny nose. seriously? alka-seltzer plus cold and cough fights your worst cold symptoms plus your runny nose. oh, what a relief it is. >>> cyber experts now say north korea's internet service has suffered a major disruption. could it be some kind of payback for the cyber attack on sony pictures? this as north korea makes new and brazen threats to attack the united states. our global affairs correspondent elise lavin has the latest information. what are you learning? >> reporter: cyber experts say it could be an attack on north korea's internet systems. tonight, u.s. officials are being very tight lipped about what happened. but they say they are preparing a response to the sony hacking. as the war of words with north korea escalates. kim jong-un mobbed by adoring north korean workers. lashing out at the u.s. whom he says is responsible for the fi

i know a bunch of foreigners, werners, who have been living there for a while, and they're safe. >> thank you all, that brings us to the end of this edition of inside story. in washington, i'm ray suarez. >> coming up at 6:00 p.m. eastern on al jazeera america. a report that outlines c.i.a. torture methods used after 9/11 is due to be released. we look at the political and security issues at play. >>> also after weeks of protests across the country. justice department unveils new rules. and party pictures that have clemson university doing some damage control. that and more coming up tonight at 6:00. >> she's known as baby veronica, and she was at the center of a high-profile custody battle. her adoptive parents are white; her father is native american and has been fighting for her alongside his tribe. the case was tried in the united states supreme court. at the heart of the case is the indian child welfare act, or icwa, which mandates that every effort be made to keep native children with their relatives or tribe. congress passed icwa in 1978 in response to an alarmingly high number of

founder and ceo of the private investment equity firm eldorado capital and serves on the board of time wernere directors association. >> our goal is to provide professional development support to existing directors. and secondly, to increase the number of latinos on corporate boards because there are hundreds and hundreds of big companies in america that have no latinos on their board and one of the strategies to do that is to work with african americans who are on corporate boards and women because in reality women of all backgrounds, african americans, asian americans, latino americans are all underrepresented in the governance in our companies in america. we identified some various companies where there are african american directors and no latinos on those company boards. the reverse is true, where there are latinos on company boards burr no african-americans and if each of us who is in that situation were to recoup someone are the other community for example my case, i joined time warner cable board in 2006. we had no african-american's on that board. today we're the only one of five com

even today i guess the amount of werner westerners, we should not forget that yemenis are also the victims of kidnappings and killings, much more than westerners. right now the only western ers on the ground are a handful of journalists and aid workers, and i know their lives are confined to work and home, and it will only get worse. working in yemen is harder these days, which is a pity because yemen needs them. >> you can see photographs that we have on our website at www.aljazeera.com. plenty there for to you look at any time on the website. >>> now pakistan's military says its forces have killed one of al-qaeda's senior commanders. he was killed in a raid in the southern tribal area. prosecutors recruited and trained men in 2008 for attacks on london and the new york subway, both operations were foiled. >>> the united states will keep an extra 1,000 troops in afghanistan next year. u.s. secretary chuck hagel made the announcement in kabul. it brings the number of soldiers there to nearly 11,000. it's hagel's last visit to afghanistan as defense secretary. he announced his resignation l

. >> it was a word that werners use to consciously differentiate themselves from nonwernersternnonwesterners to support that superiority. no matter where they were. whether it was india or asia or australia or whatever it's that mission that characterizes so much of the history of western colonialism. so what this myth is would really excuse america for the disappearance. it wasn't our fault. they were an inferior race so marshala don'ts that and the tragedy in the present day circumstances of that decision are that those racial attitudes are so deeply imbedded in these foundational principles of american indian law. so has there been any improvement in the way -- >> no in fact native american rights have a project called the supreme court project and it's focused on trying to keep cases out of the supreme court. this supreme court justice roberts is hard to believe worse than the other court if you look at the few decisions that it's issued and the justice before he became chief justice had written several highly negative stereotype charged opinions about indians. one was a horrible case. i

anna werner on plunging oil and gas prices.d news for many americans but not for all. >> take a shot at letting the ruler rule! >> axelrod: and jericka duncan introduces us to an unusual pastor with a gift for growing his flock. >> i just know what we do, which is love god, love life, love people. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> axelrod: good evening. and merrst

anna werner on plunging oil and gas prices.d news for many americans, but not for all. >> take a shot at letting the ruler rule! >> axelrod: and jericka duncan introduces us to an unusual pastor with a gift for growing his flock. >> i just know what we do, which is love god, love life, love people. captioning sponsored by cbs

joanne chess march was convicted of killing new jersey state trooper werner foster in 1973.n she, w she was granted asylum. now the new jersey state police superintendent says, families need closure. >> enormous amount of clarity to this case that's not that we're seeking anybody for a prosecution. the not that we're seeking a suspect. we're seeking somebody who has committed the crime, was convicted of that crime and was sentence. >> second trooper james harper suffered serious injuries in the shooting a $2 million reward is being offered for information leading to her return. >>> officers in winslow township, new jersey, they just couldn't stop thinking about the daughters of a woman murdered over the summer. "eyewitness news" reporter steve patti paterson tells us what they did to make their holidays a lot brighter. >> reporter: instead of sleigh bells, sirens. instead of reindeer, motorcycles. instead of santa's helpers, santa's finest, clad not in green or red, but black and blue to a little girl and her family all the same because with them came christmas. >> merry chr

you give the people what they want. >> reporter: for cbs this morning, anna werner dallas. >>> the cdc will monitor a lab technician after a possible exposure to ebola. the agency says an experiment used a live virus that was handled without proper protection. the sample was moved into a lab where the technician was working. >> former president h.w. bush remains in a houston hospital. a spokesman said the 90-year-old was hospitalized after having shortness of breath. he had a good day wednesday. pope >>> pope francis recently made a revelation. he told new parents he was baptized on this day, christmas, 78 years ago. >> the pope also talked about gifts this season. he asked the world's catholics to become missionaries of joy. he urged people not to worry about that holiday rush but, quote, think of all the good things that life has given you. >> joseph kurtz is the archbishop of louisville and the archbishops. thank you. >> merry christmas. >> to you as well. >> thank you, thank you. >> why is joy crucial to our lives? >> well, don't you think people recognize the joyful person and wan

>> there's a problem because i'm a typical werner. i grew up in west germ. i identify -- west germany. i identify myself very much with the public i must say. i think it's time to discuss we lost a lot of things very common in western germany in this unified germany. it. have also to talk about at least the debate, this is something i can absolutely connect to this issue. and also to express kind of -- a kind of model, model which is open society, which is very aware of its enemies. open society all of its enemies. this is a normal issue. the problem starts or it becomes , then you don't see it more. you feel too secure. and there's a kind of -- >> i think entirely freedom of the press is a very good example. >> and not an east german phenomenon as such but i feel the press is free to say whatever they want to say within the law. that isn't feeling sometimes under the impression in part of east germany, only a minority, but they basically disagree. as i said, if we don't print what they like to be seen printed, they would like it to be censored. they don't a

reporting for cbs, anna werner. >> i knew new orleans had gont big.t realize it had gotten a that big. >> did you notice there's a lot of plots set there? >>> coming up, a year of legalized pot from sales taxes to the symphony see how it changed colorado and why the battle is not over yet. that's ahead on "cbs this morning." why do i cook for the to share with family to carry on traditions to come together, even when we're apart in stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, and more, swanson® makes holiday dishes delicious! cough if you can hear me. don't even think about it. i took mucinex dm for my phlegmy cough. yeah...but what about mike? (cough!) it works on his cough too. mucinex dm relieves wet and dry coughs for 12 hours. let's end this. with ingredients like roasted hazelnuts, skim milk and cocoa, there's a whole lot of happy in every jar of nutella. spread the happy. you think it smells fine, but your passengers smell this... eliminate odors you've gone noseblind to for up to 30 days with the febreze car vent clip. female passenger: wow. smells good

. >> reporter: when the shooting had ended, state trooper werner forrester were dead, she and another charged with his murder. what happened out here took place decades ago. but one thing is very clear to troopers. according to the fbi, forester was shot at point blank range with his own gun. a jury found her guilty of murder. she was supposed to serve a life sentence, but three years later, she was broken out of prison. and after hiding out for years, finally surfaced in cuba. she was granted asylum by fidel castro. since then, they have fought for her extradition. christine todd whitman had this message. >> you are holding up the ability of the cuban population to enjoy a better relationship with the united states by your presence in cuba. >> reporter: now a historic shift in u.s./cuba relations. could it translate into an extradition agreement, one that would finely force chesimard back to the oust. >> what they want always is to get into a swap situation, and for u.s. officials that's a very difficult road to go down. >> reporter: over four decades since the shooting, troopers her

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. >> other than she was a werner, i will say. this lady, i shouldn't even call her a lady, this monster of a person was lying in wait for her. someone like her to come along for an hour in the bathroom. unfortunately, it was my kids' mother. >> the twin boys were with her at the mall. they waited for an hour not knowing what had happened. >> they are coping. they are a very strong and they are very stoic family. it's going to take them a very, very long time to process this. >> police acted swiftly. a woman was arrested last week and the royal family here has promised to pay for the children's education, a country shocked by an apparently random attack on an innocent american mom. >> and paul ryan says he's kbraesed the way the united arab emirates here has stepped up to try to help the family. he says he is trying to keep his children off the internet so they don't learn too many details of what their mother went through. >> i can't blame him for that. >>> we will vuch more of his interview tomorrow on "today." >>> we turn now t

. >> reporter: when the shooting had ended, state trooper werner foster was dead, chesimard and anotherpened out here in the new jersey turnpike took place decades ago but one chilling detail is still very clear to state troopers, according to the fbi, forster was shot at point blank range with his own gun. jury found chesimard guilty of murder, supposed to serve a life sentence. two years later she was broken out of prison by three armed members of the black liberation army and after hiding out for years, finally surfaced in cuba. she was granted asylum by fidel castro. since then, state officials have fought for her extradition. in 1998, new jersey's governor christine todd whitman had this message for chesimard. >> you are holding up the ability of the cuban population to enjoy a better relationship with the united states by your presence in cuba. >> reporter: now an historic shift in u.s./cuba relations. could it trance lite into an extradition agreement, one that would finally force chesimard back to u.s. soil to be held accountable for her crime? >> what cuba wants always is to ge

. >> reporter: when the shooting ended, state trooper werner for forster was dead, chesimard charged his murder. what happened on the new jersey turnpike happened decades ago but one chilling detail is clear to state troopers, according to the fbi, forster was shot at point blank range with his own gun. a jury found chesimard guilty of murder. she was supposed to serve a life sentence but two years later she was broken out of prison by three armed members of the black liberation army and after hiding out for years finally surfaced in cuba. she was granted asylum by fidel castro. since then, state officials have fought for her extradition. in 1998, new jersey's governor christine todd whitman had this message for chesimard. >> you are holding up the ability of the cuban population to enjoy a better relationship with the united states by your presence in cuba. >> now han historic shift in u.s./cuba relations. could it translate into an extradition agreement? one that you would that would finally force chesimard to u.s. soil to be held accountable for her crime. >> what cuba wants alway

ran the enhanced interrogation program about what they say the senate report got wrong plus anna werneroma city with why a judge is being asked to intervene over a blown call in high school. a high school football game. they are serious in oklahoma. and criticism over low paid workers to a struggle with technology, walmart's ceo lays out his plan to turn around the company. the news is back in the morning. we'll see you at 7:00. >> sounds like you got a good show. okay. all starts at 7:00. >> one more thing. the ladies of "the talk" will be here, too. >> the ladies of "the talk"! they're always fun. sounds good. >> i think so. >> see you then. >>> there's some new rules now for america's big banks. here now is kcbs radio's financial reporter jason brooks. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, frank and michelle. regulators want to avoid a repeat of the 2008 financial crisis in which banks, shareholders and taxpayers paid dearly for some very risky bets by large financial institutions. the federal reserve is proposing new regulations to require banks to set aside more capital to prote

chesimard was a member of the black liberation army and was convicted of murdering state trooper wernern the new jersey turnpike. she was sentenced to life in prison but escaped. she's been hiding in plain sight in cuba for more than 30 years and she was actually granted political asylum by fidel castro. she was the first woman added to the fbi's most wanted list. offering a million dollar reward for her capture. now they're renewing their calls for justice. new jersey congressman cri mama smith has called for her return. >> thank you very much for having me. >> my first question is how was joanne chesimard not part of this deal? >> it's incredible to me. it's a betrayal really by the president of the united states that the human rights activists and the convicted felons who are now residing and walking free in havana like joanne chesimard are free and this wasn't part of the deal. you know, to open up to a dictatorship that is now, as raul castro has said a couple days ago, they're going to stay communist, they're going to continue their repression, their use of torture, the coastro br

the rise of the is group, specifically calling on their sympathizers to carry out attacks against wernersy see, it's just racheting up and keeps morphing. the perpetrator may be desperate, incompetent or deranged as they often are. but it still is considered a threat by senior intelligence andç counterterrorism officials in the u.s. government. >> woodruff: so how much of a threat do they see here in the united states? they are looking for lone wolves all the time, we know that. what is their reading in this country? >> well, the reading in this country is that so far so good. there haven't been many similar attacks heru.ç but they point to a couple of things. in september there was an audio speech given by a spokesman for is calling specifically for attacks on americans, canadians, australians and others, and you have seen a numbering think of those attacks in canada in october. think of the hatchet attack of-- somebody who had just converted to islam, attacks four officers on the street in new york in october. so there is that. secondly, you know, the fbi just two weeks ago last night

applause ] >> seth: i think you have a sequel to "naughty mabel" is "mabel's dreams" which could be a wernero it. >> exactly. >> seth: so congratulations on "it's only a play." >> oh, thank you very much. >> seth: it's selling out. you're only in previews. but what is it about? >> it is about the -- an opening night party. it takes place at the producer's town house and all of the people involved are there. and they're awaiting the reviews and especially the "the new york times" review which is very important and it turns out to be a rather devastating one. and -- very funny but devastating and it's about sort of the aftermath of that people trying to recover. great cast. >> seth: yes you have. well you're reunited with matthew broderick. >> matthew broderick, stockard channing, f. murray abraham, megan mullally, a young, wonderful actor named micah stock who's making his debut, and another actor making his debut, rupert grint from the "harry potter" films. >> seth: that's really exciting. >> doing a terrific job. >> seth: so this is his broadway debut? >> his broadway debut. and i, you know

as anna werner reports, fans are happy, and so are the filmmakers. >> reporter: one of the stars of "the interview" seth rogan surprised those waiting to see the movie in los angeles. tickets were sold out in this theater. >> dave. >> tim. >> reporter: "the interview" was also released. sony's deal with microsoft and google makes the film available online on various platforms and on the website seetheinterview.com. s sony said it was always planning to release the video. >> we haven't heard the last of the streaming partners that are going to be joining sony. we have yet to hear from netflix and itunes, many others. stay tuned. i think this streaming list could get longer. >> it's the first rule of journalism. you give the people what they want. >>> the agency says an experiment used a live virus that was handled without proper protection. the sample was moved into a lab where the technician was working. >> former president h.w. bush remains in a houston hospital. a spokesman said the 90-year-old was hospitalized after having shortness of breath. he had a good day wednesday. >>> well,

ana werner is in new orleans with new information on the case.. >> reporter: good morning, it's a stunning start for the all-star and who plays for the minnesota vikings and then here for the new orleans saints where he played with the 2010 super bowl champion. >> look at darren sharper. >> reporter: darren sharper was an nfl star player for the new orleans saints beloved by his city. but a local grand jury there has now indicted sharper for three counts of rape. a federal grand jury has also indicted sharper for allegedly distributing drugs with the intent to commit rape of several women. >> let's start with the good teams first, darren. >> reporter: sharper's string of alleged crimes began when he was an analyst for the nfl network. prosecutors have charged sharper with raping women starting in new orleans in late 2013. and then in los angeles in october of that year. less than a month later an alleged rape in tempe, arizona. and then another in mid-january back in los angeles. the next night, two women claim they had were raped in las vegas. w

anna werner is at the site in oklahoma. >> they were defeated by the pirates in that local final quarter but they say they would have won were it not for the officials dropping the ball in the game's final moments. down a point and with a little over a minute left in the game, trojans' quarterback patrick mckofman unleashed this 58-yard touchdown pass. you're walking down the field, you're watching him, and what are you thinking that moment? >> we did it. >> reporter: dedid it. >> we just advanced to the playoff finals. >> reporter: as the play unfoeltded the coach got too close to the field and bumped an official. according to the book the trojans should have been penalized but the referees instead called the touchdown back, wiping out the trojans' lead and their playoff hopes. >> i felt like family members taken away. >> reporter: the trojan school district is asking the judge for the final minutes to be rerey played, if not the entire game. you do have anybody looking at you and saying look, don't be whiners. it's football? >> yeah. but it's kids. >> reporter: they say these called sh

>> lucky for you, toy expert elizabeth werner has some great ideas and they're all under $30.d morning, thanks for having me. >> what a great array. >> so much fun. we'll jump here to the end, this is called plushcraft, pillows our little ones make themselves. they come aassembled, numbers o the front, little pieces of fabric and a stylus to pop them in, they can use them for room decor. >> and it's under 30 bucks. >> exactly. this is bounce off, a lot of fun. we flip a card, shows us a pattern. when we see that pattern it's our job to bounce our balls into there and try and get them in, into that pattern. we're working for an l. it's great for all ages 7 and up, kids are loving this in college. >> coordination and a lot of things. >> peter, can you take over for now? i want to play this for the next -- >> these are little pets, these birds chirp, they come to life, you can pet them, play with them, they'll talk to you. you can talk to them, happy holidays, "fox & friends." >> happy holidays "fox & friends." >> they repeat, a lot of fun, really cute. >> you can put whatever yo

she fits it to every aspect of what unbroken means. >> there it is. >> i am chelsea werner.to go to the nadia komenichi international. coming up tomorrow, an incredible story as well. a man who has never slowed down, double amputee, completed the iron man a couple of times. he is truly mazing and has really gone to the unthinkable. >> i am unbroken. love these story. >> yeah, they're great. >> we want to tell you, "unbroken," from our sister company, hits theaters christmas. >>> traditions through the eyes of children. sometimes the very funny eyes of children. they'll definitely put a smile on your face this morning. first, this is "today" on nbc. [male announcer] in ireland, we live in what we like to call the now. it's a wonderful place where the conversation flows. in the now, the sun always shines, even when it's raining. you might even meet friendly locals with long shaggy hair. and find yourself lost in music in the middle of the day. ♪ jump into the now. jump into ireland. visit ireland.com to find out more. >>> back on this tuesday morning at 8:51. and this holiday

she fits it to every aspect of what unbroken means. >> there it is. >> i am chelsea werner. nadia komenichi international. coming up tomorrow, an incredible story as well. a man who has never slowed down, double amputee, completed the iron man a couple of times. he is truly mazing and has really gone to the unthinkable. >> i am unbroken. love these story. >> yeah, they're great. >> we want to tell you, "unbroken," from our sister company, hits theaters christmas. >>> traditions through the eyes of children. sometimes the very funny eyes of children. they'll definitely put a smile on your face this morning. first, this is "today" on nbc. >>> back on this tuesday morning at 8:51. and this holiday season, while we're celebrating traditions of the season, we thought it might be interesting to stop and think about how they all came to be. so, we sent "today's" lifestyle and fitness correspondent jenna wolfe out in search of key answers we need to know. >> answers i seeked, answers i received, though slightly off the beaten path. instead of googling our holiday questions, this yea

. >> reporter: the defense called its own forensic expert -- veteran pathologist werner spitz.e injuries. bruising on her hand and an apparent small skull fracture that no one else had highlighted. >> if you look carefully at this, you will see that there is an area here that is not like it should be. >> reporter: after looking at the medical examiner's report and leslie's x- rays, dr. spitz said there was no evidence this was a homicide. >> what was it in my opinion? accident. that's what i would have put on the death certificate. >> reporter: a veteran emergency room doctor backed up spitz's conclusion, saying not all falls are catastrophic. >> i don't see how you could rule out a fall from any of the circumstances or injuries that i've seen. >> reporter: and then it was time to counter all those prosecution water tests, the backbone of the state's case. the defense saw major problems with those tests and called its own water expert, a hydrologist who'd been measuring current flows for 40 years. >> increase of stream flow and as a general rule, increase comes in late afternoo

that steve liesman and i have whether it's dollar or gas prices and the economy might be improving wernerhose dollars not spent in traditional retail ways and maybe more experiences for christmas or vacations. that's a concern that retail earls are having and while they may not address the dollar question, it's among the concerns that's being listed off at this point. >> brian kelly, ask you and gordon and everybody here that question. is 2014 going to be 1997-light? what do you think? >> i mean it could be. talking about the strong dollar, i'm not necessarily in the camp where the strong dollar will hurt companies here. it could. but it is much more of a benefit to u.s. asset prices when all the rest of the world's money is coming into the u.s. that's why you have to watch the dollar index actually come off rather significantly in the last couple of days and to me that's a signal that perhaps some of the money that's been flowing into the u.s. is stopping. >> and lastly, to you, gordon, does this remind you of 1997 all over again? >> no. i don't think so. of course, on the other hand, i

matthew brady about a decade ago as i was finishing my first book, a biography of a 19th century werner explorer named clarence king. after the civil war king had led one of the important scientific missions of the west and was the first person to incorporate photography into that sort of study. he chose a man to accompany him, timothy o. sullivan who then worked with king on the survey for three years. he had been a protege of matthew brady, quite possibly meeting him in the 1850s as a boy living on staten island where brady had a home while running a photographic portrait gallery in manhattan. as i read about o'sullivan, i realized there was no first-rate biography of matthew brady who i thought deserved one. here's a flaerting painting of mr. brady from mr. holtzer's museum. how little i knew was accurate even though i spent a year reading enough to write a proposal for the book. it should have struck me, given the industry of scholars and of journalists such as myself that if there was not a good book about such an important figure, there might be a reason why. in fact, there are tw