william howard was a pioneer in military tactic. thought to be successful against today what we would think of the gyre riel will warfare, and his brother was a pioneer in the warfare to use of the navy and combination with the army between the two of them, they managed to land over 16,000 troops on staten island in a matter of hours. one afternoon. they used designs by the brother richard howard crashed that with light loads used on d-day which the bode would literally turn to a plank as the troops charged off it. like several characters in the book later became a major british hero. he was the victor in a battle called the glorious -- [inaudible] in the early -- then we have john who was a rising star in the british army. after a successful defense of portugal during the seven-year ward the period which we call the french-india war. i have great experts. the crosby referred to the person he knew the least, indeed i think his fated most from american history yet one of the most important people in london lord george. he was the mai

sir william howard and his rather lord richard howard. they were respected great pioneers in military tactics so william howell was a pioneer in the tactics that would be successful against what today we would think of as guerrilla warfare and his brother was a pioneer in amphibious warfare, the use of the navy in combination with the army. between the two of them they managed to land over 16,000 troops on staten island in a matter of hours one afternoon. they used crafts designed by the brother, lord admiral richard howell, crafts that were very like those used on d-day in which the boat would literally turn into a gangplank as the troops just charged off of it. lord richard now like several of the characters in this book later became a major british hero. he was listed there in a battle called the glorious -- in the early wars the first revolutionary. and then we have john begoin who is a rising star in the british army after a successful defense in portugal against. >> during the seven-year war period in which we american call the frenc

now finally to teddy roosevelt and william howard taft. far more dramatic is fdr and theodore roosevelt out there waiting to be captured. but there is a problem. it took me six years. and i'm now on my six year and each year i start a new subject might have to shift the books relating to the old guy to make room for the new guys. a shift that sometimes feels like an act of betrayal. i would like to believe that the reason that my books takes so long is that all of them except lbj have been multiple biographies. the price of choosing our most erratic president is that hundreds have chosen the same to write about the same reason. the most erratic and interesting. the challenge is to find a fresh angle in a new way to tell the story that will not simply go over the same ground. i chose to write about three generations to tell the story of world war ii and i settled on the homefront instead of the war front. and chose to eliminate the partnership between them and i love having the woman at the center of my story and what a woman she was. then

so william howard and his brother llord richard howard were great pioneers those that he thought would be successful with guerrilla warfare and then with the use of labels in the culmination of the army. so they imagine to do over 16,000 troops one afternoon. the regicide by a the brother those very like used on the day like the gang plank on a vote as the troops just charged off of it. i several characters in the book later became the asia british hero and in the early wars of the french revolution. and then we have a rising star in the british army with his successful the pet -- defensive portugal with the seven years' war the period between the french and indian war in his papers were published recently. indeed what i do think has faded most from american history and from the most important people in london who secretary of state for america from britain achieved the administrator to send more troops to america they had requested in 1776. he blames the generals for a leading him the best opportunity for winning the war. he was more interested in the'' negotiating a truce and really

i would like to address the panel asking, what are your views on nellie taft, the wife of william howard taft, and edith wilson, who is probably the penultimate petticoat presidency of the 20th century? >> she was certainly good edith wilson -- woodrow wilson had a stroke. edith wilson early cap everybody away from him. -- really kept everybody away from him. it is possible that she was signing presidential documents and was for all intents and purposes president. she was highly influential. i do not know the know it cap story well, but there is a new book out -- the nelly taft story well, but there is a new book out -- no, sorry, that is hoover. >> wilson had more access than thomas marshall, the vice president. i'm not sure he fully knew the extent of wilson's disabilities. >> no, nobody did. >> not even the vice president. if you want an interesting book on the very interesting respect to which vice presidents have sometimes been kept in the dark about presidential health situations, an outstanding book "from failing hands," presidential illnesses over the years and how sometimes wive

>> william howard taft. >> jimmy: we have some questions from the audience now. just reassure the viewers that arden does not know what the questions are going to be. so he's not been prepared for this. but we have -- okay, what is your name? >> lou. >> jimmy: lou, do you have a question for arden about the presidents? >> i do. who was the first president to have a bowling alley installed in the white house? >> richard m. nixon. >> jimmy: richard m. nixon? is that right? >> yeah. >> no. >> jimmy: it's not right? who was it? >> harry truman did it first in 1947. then it was move and richard nixon installed one later. >> don't worry, we're going to take him out in the alley and have him beaten. >> yeah! [ applause ] >> jimmy: i'm going with arden. all right. what's your question? >> who is the only president born on the 4th of july? >> jimmy: oh, that's a good question. >> calvin coolidge. >> jimmy: what did you say? >> calvin coolidge. >> jimmy: is that right? >> yes, it is. >> jimmy: there you go. nicely done. yes. >> which president was the first to appear on tv

ladies and i would like to address the panel asking what views on nelly taft and the wife of william howardtaft and edith wilson who's probably the pin ultimate of presidency of the 20th century. >> edith wilson, woodrow wilson had a stroke. edith wilson really kept everybody away from him. it's entirely possible that she was signing. documents. she was highly influential. i don't really know the taft story. there's a new book out by her great granddaughter, margaret. no, that's hoover, sorry. i don't know. >> wilson had more access than thomas marshall the vice president. i'm not sure he fully knew the extent of wilson's disability. >> right. nobody did. >> even the vice president. >> no, nobody did. >> if you want an interesting book on the very interesting respect to vice presidents sometimes maybe kept in the dark of president's health. how sometimes wives have been body guards to some extent keeping others way. >> i like to ask you about -- >> where are you? >> back here. nobody is talking about mrs. onassis. nobody is talking about her? >> obviously she was so young. you look at that

you have william howard taft who was a president. earl warren was a governor. then you. [laughter] i like to the beginning of the conversation better. it has to be enormously significant what you are saying. you have courts that were made up of governors, senators, people like felix frankfurter, different backgrounds. it might be accurate to say more prominent statesmen. it was an historical anomaly before justice kagan you have entirely people who had been on federal appeals courts before. that has to have an impact on the work. i do not know yet if it is a positive one or not. if you think the job of the supreme court is trying to apply the law to particular cases, maybe it makes sense to have a court of judges. if you view it as more in terms of playing a political role as part of the political process, maybe the way a constitutional court in european countries does, maybe it makes sense to have people who have been active in the political realm. it has to be saying something about the role of the court in terms of what the make of this. you see in the arguments as we

you have william howard taft who was a president. earl warren was a governor. then you.ginning of the conversation better. it has to be enormously significant what you are saying. you have courts that were made up of governors, senators, people like felix frankfurter, different backgrounds. it might be accurate to say more prominent statesmen. it was an historical anomaly before justice kagan you had a bench entirely people who had been on federal appeals courts before. that has to have an impact on the work. i do not know yet if it is a positive one or not. if you think the job of the supreme court is trying to apply law to particular cases, maybe it makes sense to have a court of judges. if you view it more in terms of playing a political role as part of the political process, maybe the way a constitutional court in european countries does, maybe it makes sense to have people who have been active in the political realms. it has to be saying something about the role of the court in terms of what the makeup this. you see in the arguments as well. we have a very good bar.

i would like to address the panel asking, what are your views on nellie taft, the wife of william howard taft, and edith wilson, who is probably the penultimate petticoat presidency of the 20th century? >> she was certainly good edith wilson -- woodrow wilson had a stroke. early cap everybody away from him. -- really kept everybody away from him. wass possible that she signing presidential documents and was for all intents and purposes president. she was highly influential. i do not know the know it cap story well, but there is a new book out -- the nelly taft story well, but there is a new book out -- no, sorry, that is hoover. access thand more thomas marshall, the vice president. i'm not sure he fully knew the extent of wilson's disabilities. >> no, nobody did. >> not even the vice president. if you want an interesting book on the very interesting respect to which vice presidents have sometimes been kept in the dark about presidential health booktions, an outstanding "from failing hands," presidential illnesses over the years and how sometimes wives have been bodyguards to some extent

howard this. is when william patten was the president. he said you know. i am flattered by your confidence in me. i am more comfortable to be the outside advocate and somebody that does oversight of the university. and sometimes i talk with different crowds and i say has anybody seen the scandal. are people here familiar with the show scandal? >> yes, good. all right. frederick douglass was the olivia pope. [laughter] so when there was interior squabbles and the people out out sigh questioning the university. he need to go to congress and say. you know. is what is going on. figure it out. this is like the olivia pope. and there was scandal 1873. for me to talk about in the book. otis howard's pay. and douglass said hey. i got this. he took care tv or he was on the board. 18711. 1895 and given a honorary law degree in 1872 from the university. doing good on time. okay. so this is just a striking image. you can see, so many books in the front of douglass, lost in whatever is he reading and the library here at the frederick douglass site. he would read. i mea

howard. already made the mark at wimbledon upsetting top seed serena williams but now has her eye on winninge first 2 set. far court rally from deficit in the third. great cross court forehand there. following match point she was overcome with emotion. >> in the other semifinal marian over powered kirsten. on the bottom of the screen scores with this nice lob. coming up match point. leaves no doubt as she puts this ball away. this is the score. never won grand slam title. head coach peyton was caddy for palmer. 68 today. 6 stroke off the lead. l near lancaster shot of the day from drainage he lands the ball on the green and roll in for birdie. deserve a fall. obliges. 3 back. wagner chance to take sole possession of the lead but miss key putt. he and gain or tied at the top at 8 under par. sixth stage of the tour de france, 110 mile trek in scorching heat. caured the stage in sprint finish. fifth career tour win. darrell the new over all leader and first south african to wear the yellow jersey. >> 2 more week left to go in the race. far from the finish. >> thanks rick so much. >> and again t

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howard, thank you very much. stay with us here. we also want to bring in fox news political analyst juan williams and national review editor and foxtor rich lawry. rich, juan, thank you very much. you have both written very eloquently about this topic the last several days. juan and rich, from the way that i read with, c which you wrote, this story was used to fit a narrative, that some members of the media want to perpetuate and need an example of every once in a while in order to keep that going. is that true, juan? >> yeah. i think if you look at what nbc did with editing tape to make it appear that zimmerman asking about or telling martin's race up front. that's an example of the new york times with the white hispanic model. they seem to think only white people can have racial bias and not hispanic or blacks. and i want to pick up on what howard kurtz said, left and right wanted to push this as an example of something they say is is a larger stand of race and racism. and on the right, some people wanted to make zimmerman into a defender of good right and stand your own ground. for that reason, it was driving traffic. and i thi

william newsome of standford. they are co-chairs of the advisory board for the initiative. an once again my cohost is dr. eric kandel. he is a nobel laureate, professor at columbia university and howard hughes medical investigator. i'm pleased to have all of them at this table. and so we begin once again with my colleague dr. eric kandel to give us a look at what we might include in this program as we look at this initiative. welcome. >> chrlie, you outlined it very well as alwaysment today we look at the obama brain initiative which is designed to get a better understanding of the human brain. the human brain looks simple enough t weighs about 3 pounds and if you look at the image on the screen, as threatically pleasing. it looks like it would not be very difficult to understand. the fact is it's the most complex object in the universe. it makes us who we are. it's responsible for every behavior, every thought, action that we carry out from the simplest automatic behaviors like breathing and swallowing to walking, running, and cognitive acts like planning, thinking, creating works of art. but how one moves from those higher mental processes to understanding how the brain mediates th

william zebel to represent her. he is one of the top trust estate attorneys in the country and helped to settle a lot of high profile divorces including jack welch and howard be an amicable divorce, and that is important, because zabel likes to do it quietly without a lot of litigation. they did have a pre-nup and post-nup and it leaves wendi $20 million and that is going to surprise a lot of people with his wealth being estimated to $3 billion. the first is child support and custody for the two young daughters, grace and chloe ", and the co-op in new york property that is valued $90 million, and two homes in california and a home in beijing and a property in london and the yacht, the 180-foot haut called the "rose hearty" and it is going to be interesting if any of the properties are held in both of their names. the big issue is the trust, the family trust that controls news corp. through the shares. rupert's four children will hold the trust after his death, and grace and chloe will have an economic interest only 1/6 even. and they will protect whether provisions of disillusion and even if rupert has other kids. the attorneys did not call back for commen