>>> ahead on "the last word," lawrence o'donnell talks to lawrence wilkerson, former chief of staff to colin powell, they'll be talking about mr. bush's book tour, which is as close as i'm going to get to an interview with him. >>> next on this show, sarah palin's cookie offenses. it's crumb-y. sorry. [ gobble, gobble ] [ female announcer ] great wine, great price, gobble it up. [ gobble, gobble ]

up next, i'll talk with lawrence wilkerson about how president bush is trying to rewrite history about the war on terror. >>> and the fight on capitol hill for who will lead the democrats in the house as nancy pelosi prepares to remain the top democrat. is the party making a big mistake by not bringing in any fresh faces in the leadership? nd to change the world. i said "sure." "well, let's grow some algae." and that's what started it. exxonmobil and synthetic genomics have built a new facility to identify the most productive strains of algae. algae are amazing little critters. they secrete oil, which we could turn into biofuels. they also absorb co2. we're hoping to supplement the fuels that we use in our vehicles, and to do this at a large enough scale to someday help meet the world's energy demands. >>> coming up, we never found wmd in iraq, and we've never found a way to pay for the war. president bush says he'd still make the same decision to take out saddam. lawrence wilkerson joins me. >>> and the presidential memoir sales, how did the bush book do in its first day on the market

up next, i'll talk with lawrence wilkerson about how president bush is trying to rewrite history about the war on terror. >>> and the fight on capitol hill for who will lead the democrats in the house as nancy pelosi prepares to remain the top democrat. is the party making a big mistake by not bringing in any fresh faces in the leadership? >>> coming up, we never found wmd in iraq, and we've never found a way to pay for the war. president bush says he'd still make the same decision to take out saddam. lawrence wilkerson joins me. >>> and the presidential memoir sales, how did the bush book do in its first day on the market? and later, why is sarah palin calling pennsylvania the nanny state? guest who gets the last word? that's right, pennsylvania's governor ed rendell. when i was transitioning from active duty, i went to a military officer hiring conference. it was kind of like speed dating. there were 12 companies that i was pre-matched with, but walmart turned out to be the best for me. sam walton was in the military, and he understood the importance of developing your people. it's a

wilkerson attacked by a female transit worker. you can see the uniformed employees, at one point, punching and kicking the guy. people, yeah they stop and watch. and then kind of move on. it all started after wilkerson complained to the woman for giving him bad directions that took him an hour and a half out of the way. that employee has been fired. >> well, very good day for more than 4000 passengers aboard of that stranded cruise ship. finally made it back to dry land. the ship dragged into port in san diego today. the carnival splender spent three days at sea after fire knocked out power. they had no hot food and no hot water. >> new tonight. the mayor's husban gets his car broken into overnight. kent blake's car parked at the mayor's house when someone stole the satellite radio. no signs according to police of forced entry. >> we pretty much the entire city raising awareness on not leaving items in vehicles, and things like that. easy targets. and especially during the winter months. things like coats and hats. can be taken ou

and isabel wilkerson. the epic story of america's great migration. >> project, painful family secrets from her father's shooting by the birmingham police less than two weeks after his discharge from service in world war ii to her grandmother's peddling pancake mix as an itinerant aunt. and to explore things unsaid by her family when she was going up. michele was chosen as journalist of 2009 as the association of black journalists and is cowinner columbia award for the york project in the race 2008 vote. she's the host of national public radio's all things considered and has appeared on "meet the press," charlie rose and the chris matthew show and has written for among other publications "the washington post," the "chicago tribune" and the "los angeles times." the warmth of other sons, the epic story of america's great migration is pulitzer prize winner is isabel wilkerson's book. it talks about the migration of african-american the from the south to the west to 1970 through the stories of three people and

we have michele norris and isabel wilkerson. i'm going to do a brief introduction and i will let them go. i will leave time for questions. probably about 2:30 we'll stop and you can ask questions. in the introduction to the "grace of silence" she writes she began the project in 2009 because she became convinced the unprecedented conversation about race about taking place across the country in wake of barack obama's historic presidential campaign and his ascension to office. from this project, they released painful family secrets from the father shooting less than two weeks after the discharge from service and world war ii to the grandmother's pedaling pancake mix. michele norris traveled from his childhood home in minneapolis to her father's childhood home in the deep south. she was choicen in 2009 as journalist of the year, and dupont columbia award for the 2008 vote. she's the host of "all things considered" on national public radio, and has been on "meet the press" and the "chris matthews show." she has wrote for the chicago

according to wilkerson, that's when the transit worker started hitting him.shows assault. now, that worker has since been fired but the general manager says when he took a look at that video, he thought wilkerson was a tad aggressive with the camera. some sources are saying that the fired worker told investigators wilkerson was drunk and belligerent. wilkerson denies he was drunk at the time of the attack and says he's considering a lawsuit. >>> then there is this. this is from ohio. you see the suv pulls up to a woman walking in a parking lot. it happened to fast. the moment the driver appears to snatch the woman's purse. see her on the ground? pay close attention. she's hanging on. the purse is in the car. she lands on the street. police say the woman lost her purse and that woman, 61 years of age. hanging on for dear life. >>> you have seen these sci-fi suits on iron man and avatar, but could soldiers use this gear eventually to fight wars? you've got to see this new technology. and how soon might the military implement it? that's next. ...authentic... ...

the warmth of other sons is to the surprise when author isabel wilkerson's first book that chronicles the watershed event in american history, the migration of african-americans from the south to the north and west in 1950 to 1970 through the stories of three people and their families. strong on archival materials and conducting more than 1,200 interviews "warmth of other sons" trees is the difficult beginnings in the south to the decision to leave for hope of a better life in chicago, harlem and los angeles. their stories parallel the experience of immigrants who came to america and chronicles the major shift in american life in all parts of the country. wilkerson won the pulitzer prize for writing in her book -- to work in the chicago bureau chief of "the new york times" in 1994 became her the first black woman in the history of american journalism to win a pulitzer prize and the first african-american to win for individual reporting. she's terrific professor of journalism and director of american nonfiction and boston university and i'm going to start by asking some questions. the

he passes out and said next step, isabel wilkerson will be here to talk with you about it. unfortunately, either they had not been listening because they were focused on a steak dinner where they found me to be especially trustworthy or whatever. i don't know what the reason was, but i was able to talk with them. that's what i did for many months in trying to find people. it was like auditioning. and then i narrowed it down to the street. and the three were people i needed to have three protagonists, people you've never heard of, so you could see yourself in these people and what they had gone through. three people, each of whom would recognize three strands of the great migration. one would represent the east coast, the other the one in the middle and then the one that is obviously near and dear to people in texas because many people in texas know people in los angeles or other parts of california because of the constant back-and-forth. and so i wanted to tell that stream. that is history was written about. i need to find three people and i wanted each of them to above two

we have michele norris and isabel wilkerson, and i'm going to do a brief introduction for both of them and then i'm going to ask questions, and i will leave time at the end so that people can ask questions, so probably about 3:50 we will stop and you can ask questions. in the introduction to the grace of silence, michele norris writes should begin the process in 2009 because she became convinced an unprecedented hidden and robust conversation about race is taking place across the country in the wake of barack obama's historic residential campaign and his >> from this project he show apl net painful family secrets from her father shooting by thefshooe birmingham police left been twos weeks after discharge from service in world war two to a grandmother peddling pancake grdmothe makes as an itinerant and jemima. traveled from her childhood home to her father's childhood home in the deep south to explore the things left unsaid by her famile when she was growing up. the chosen as a journalist ofsea the year in 2009 by the nationat association of black joheurnalis and is a co-winner of a dup

anthony wilkerson has a chance for a touchdown but apparently there is no i in stanford, he takes theeat on the 4-yard line so his team could run out the clock. smart play. wasn't pretty but stanford survives the desert 17-13 to improve to 9-1. >>> buckeye the badger would get quite the workout in madison, seventh-ranked wisconsin put it in another gear against indiana, without their star running back john clay. the badgers ran for over 300 yards in six touchdowns, in total wisconsin scores 11 touchdowns and 83 points. that's the most in college football this season and the most in school history since 1915. wisconsin beets indiana 83-20 and improves to 89-1. remains unbeaten with a 49-31 win over georgia and notre dame >>> some other notable games. the spartans are now 1-9. second ranked auburn remains unbeaten with a 49-31 win over georgia and notre dame knocked off 14th ranked utah 28-3. >>> the warriors wrapped up their five-game road trip in milwaukee and that means they'll have to play home with the phrase fear the deer stuck in their heads. corey maggette scored two points agai

the transit officials decided wilkerson may ha been aggressive by thrusting his cell phone in her face she did overreact. according to them. >>> one passenger from the carnival splendor said he loves being back on land tonight. finally, the ship arrives at a dock in san diego. it had been adrift for three days and nights after its engi caught fire. the 45 other passenger and crew aboard were left with limited food and broken toilets. >> the foodanout. the toilet started to back out. it was horrible. >> basically salad and vegetables, some fruit, warm mi. they started to give me some seafood that i think was out of the freezer that was thawing out which started to smell bad so people weren'tating it. there were lines like two hours to feed everybody. by the time you got there it was just pieces of bread. >> the ship left long beach sunday for a ven-day cruise to the mexican riviera. the national transportation safety board said it will investigate the fire. morenews coming your way including a possible solution to the cloudy glasses we've all complained about. >>> plus the doors close a

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next from the 2010 texas book festival in austin, the discussion with michele norris, and isabelle wilkerson. then at 9, afterwards with james zogby. >> alex kershaw's latest book "the envoy." who was the envoy? >> greatest hero. some people say he saved $100,000 lives at the end of the second world war. she became one the two honorary americans, winston churchill, and raul willenberg, to recognize the fact that he saved over 100,000 live, which today some people say is a million. one guy who went up against the greatest evil and the result is that are million people alive who wouldn't be. >> how did he do that? >> he was clever. bribed, controlled, he did whatever he could as a swedish diplomat in hungary to try to stop ikeman from killing the jews in europe. there was only one country with jews arrive, hungary. ikeman went into hungary on a mission to kill the last jews in europe. womennenberg was -- willenberg was there. he saved them. it's a story about how one person can make a difference. >> how did he life end? >> we don't know. it's a good questions. the russians won't say what happe

stewart wilkerson says the woman gave him the wrong train directions to providence.hen she refused, he tried to take her picture with a cell phone. a spokesman said the victim didn't exactly handle it the right way either. >> looked as though he may have been that bit aggressive putting the cell phone camera, as i understand it, almost in the employee's face. the reaction the employee was far too aggressive. and, again, nothing that we will tolerate at the nbta. >> a union rep for the worker says the tape does not tell the whole story that she was just trying to defend herself. >>> well, if you drive a nissan, the company's saying it's recalling more than 500,000 frontiers and exteras. the recall also includes about 18,000 nissan sentras to replace a battery. >>> the president arriving in japan just over an hour ago. a couple of hours before that, he wrapped up the g-20 summit in south korea and made news saying he does plan to meet with leaders of both parties next week to discuss extending the bush tax cuts. but he is against extending permanent tax cuts to the wea

it all started after wilkerson complained to the woman forgiving him bad directions that took him anour and a half out of his way. that employee has now been fired. >>> lindsay lohan is patching up her life with a new kind of therapy, family therapy. the actress is taking part in rehab sessions with her father who she has had a rocky relationship for years. michaee lohan hopes that his ex-wife dina will join them for theraay next month. >>> passengers who were stranded on board a cruise for days, are waking up in their home today. the va vacation turned nightmare ended last night when the ship diiemparked is san diego. >> a lot of toilets weren't working the whole entire cruise. the whole food area smelled lik3 vomit and spoiled milk. it got to the point it was bad. >> carnival cruiseline is apologizing for the experience of the passengers. trip to allú >>> it is beginning to look a lot like christmas. the world center rockefeller christmas tree has been chosen and it's on its way home. it was donate hed by peter alkin who worked for new york city's fire department. the tree will be

. >> stuart wilkerson said he was attacked by an agent after he claims the agent sent him on the wrongoyee has been fired. derailed! >> the mystery missile sighting may be solved. they note that u.s. airways 757 flew over los angeles at the same time this video was shot from a news helicopter. here's the flight path for the u.s. airways flight. it crossed the los angeles area at 37,000 feet. and landed in phoenix a half-hour later. nasa says it agrees with the pentagon, that the trail of smoke was more likely from the -- a plane than a missile. nobody has been able to find any record of a missile in the air at that time. >> well, as we switch gears, attorney general eric holder raised some eyebrows months ago when he said i have a better idea with khali shaikh mohammed and his four most wanted al-qaida cohorts, instead of continuing their trials in the case of ksm at gitmo, let's not do that. let's bring them to new york city. everyone went crazy. the mayor, the senator -- chuck schumer, a democrat. congressman peter king, a republican. most of the people said you got to be kidding me.