william t. sherman and joe johnson and john bell hood and it shows the different battles. starts at dalton and resaca and ken saw and all that. you can't read it well here because of my poor, any way, what it says, all it says is john bell hood, a native ov kentucky, west point class of so and so and it says call old wooden head by his men. it's there. i wish i could clear it. called old wooden head by his men. well i had read probably thousands, not complete letters, i've readr thousands of letter from soldiers, either in full or excerpts of whatever. and a not one time had i ever sn any soldier or read where any soldier called john bell hood old wooden head. wellou to show how maybe i shouldn't have done this, but it's too late now. i was speaking at the cycle rama and history center and my host, the guy had been so nice to bring me there and make all the arrangements and this, this and the other. he's sitting in the front row and i'm talk about how difficult it is to get myths changed. and how things get engrained. reputation, right? and i said, in front of my host and

johnson. scott williams joins us with a look at weekend forecast and the days leading up to turkey day. >> it'sn weekend, lauren, the half marathontic kicking off here right now. we're looking at temperatures upper 30s by 9 a.m., 45. temperatures by the afternoon mid 50s. maybe some rainfall sneaking in the forecast later this afternoon. and upper 30s right now. winds out of the south at 6 miles an hour and folks lined along the parkway. awaiting for that half marathon top kickoff. look at temperatures, 29 allentown, 30 trenton, 30 still freezing in millville. later this afternoon headed to the temple game. upper 40s. mostly cloudy, could be a passing shower during the game temperatures climb to around 54 degrees. watch out for that. otherwise, most of the rain fall still off to the west. we'll watch that movement later this afternoon. but, heaviest will likely stay far north and west and frontal boundary moves in overnight into early sunday with i afew showers and then turns blustery for your sunday. we'll talk about that 7 day forecast, lauren, all coming up. back over to you. >> hot spots, k

johnson? yes. this is joyce at dr. william's office. we have an update on your prescription.ne with captioncall. learn how you can get a captioncall phone at no-cost plus free captioning service and free installation. go to captioncall.com and enter the code below. how report justice department said it's considering tapping a special counsel to investigate hillary clinton and the our rain yumple one deal. she called that an abuse of power. >> i regret deeply this appears to be the politicization of the justice department and our justice system. this uranium one story has been debunked countless times by members of the press. howie: joining us, amy holmes, leslie marshall. he said he will appoint a special counsel if the facts support it. but some question that by president trump speak out publicly and tweeting he pushed the doj into it. amy: the media loves to focus on that instead what happened with the uranium one deal. but i think it was more interesting that it seems a lot of high-ranging democrats are more interested in investigating uranium one that the mainstream media

. >> dwayne "the rock" johnson very different from robin williams. how is that going to play?is movie, so you have that's what they're at it. given the political environment we're in right now, do you think it's going to bring more people to this movie than it would have otherwise? >> well, it's an interesting question. i mean are people going to turn out for it or are they going to want a break? i think from a political angle, it's a very timely movie and hopefully it will find its fans. like a couple of years ago where it attracts people interested in the news and the ideas and it's definitely one to watch during oscar season. >> there's a drama called "call me by your name." you're calling it the great date movie. it's one not only to watch, but you want to live in. >> it's great. it's guy romance. it takes place in italy in the summer. so if you want to go and get some bottled summer, beautiful lain gore russ romantic film. >> that works for me. >> reporter: last time you were here, we were talking sexual scandals in hollywood. i'm curious, how important is this box office

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johnson? yes. this is joyce at dr. william's office. we have an update on your prescription.ake sure your phone is your lifeline with captioncall. learn how you can get a captioncall phone at no-cost plus free captioning service and free installation. go to captioncall.com and enter the code below. >>> we're back now with a look at this morning's headlines. a judge has more than doubled the prison sentence for oscar pistorius. he was found guilty of murdering his girlfriend. prosecutors argued his original six-year sentence was, quote, shockingly lenient. >> the u.s. navy has called off the search for three missing crew members who disappeared in japan. the search covered nearly 1,000 nautical miles. 8 of the 11 passenger and crew members were rescued. the military says the plane was conducting routine flight carrying passengers and cargo. >> a sound heard during the search for a missing submarine came from an explosion. it is still unknown what caused that blast, a development that drew tears from relatives of the crew members. they will continue until they know what happene

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recognize the local fire departments in texas district 25, specifically the ones located in johnson county. mr. williams: all together first responders in this county were deployed for over eight to help with hurricane harvey relief efforts. 20 firefighters and personnel were sent from bono, godly, grand vue, and to help with hur departments to help out with the storm's impact. two weeks ago these first responders were honored during the johnson county emergency services number one monthly meeting. over the course of two months they contributed a great deal o the total number of 17,000 rescue missions in texas. more than 33,000 individuals were displaced as a result of this tragedy and these heroes put their own lives on hold to help out their fellow texans. mr. speaker, these crews who serve their local community are a rare find. they are heroes. and i am honored to represent them in the 25th congressional district of texas. they voluntarily left their families and put their lives on the line in order to save others. the folks in rescue missions in texas. more than houston and south texas will be forev

johnson. >> mr. richard nixon. >> gerald ford. >> president jimmy carter. >> vice president william bush. >> president william clinton. >> president republican front-runner donald trump. >> there isn't any doubt that the supreme court has interpreted the constitution so as to hold -- >> the watergate should have been handled properly. i should have concentrated on it. apart it was wrong, it was stupid and generally called many things but not often called stupid. >> some people you say the word conservative automatically think you're talking about a monster who eats his young. >> neither i nor the american people would support the sending of an american team to moscow with soviet invasion troops in afghanistan. >> do you regard the soviet union as an evil empire? >> i regard them as totally different from us. >> i don't think there's ever been a president of either party and philosophy -- >> how do you respond that you brought the nation to war under false pretenses? >> first of all, i expected to find the weapons. >> do you think your presidency in bigger trouble then if you have a republican senate? >> i think elections matter. i

william canada -- county, overnight. autria: we are also tracking an arctic front. let's get right to for john -- ironic johnson that. veronica: -- veronica johnson for that. veronica: clouds are still with us, look at the green, that's a very light spotty showers falling well south of the area to the west. maybe a sprinkle there, starting out chilly but not cold. germantown, gaithersburg, later today hitting 45 by recess for the kids. hitting 50 later today, temperatures going up a little before they head back down at the end of the work week. today for kids, sports activities, look at the sunset. 5:00, the next one at 5:00 january 5. earlier sunset now coming to us. northbound 95, 65 to the beltway. out of dale city that will save you have to time, 35 minutes pushing north towards springfield. a crash old over to the shoulder, just a seven minute fromte weaving your way the 66 interchange and back towards the exit for braddock road. back in 10 with an update on 270. autria? all week long, abc 7 is thinking our veterans and active military for their service. eileen whelan, live this morning, introducing us to

tarts beginning in when the late senator william fulbright began his hearings as the chair of the senate relations committee that examined the core arguments of johnson's in vietnam. hearings and those i can remember those hearings like it was yesterday because my younger brother missed captain kangaroo, they even preempted captain kangaroo back then. was alsoas a whole beginning to question the costs of the war. lbj asked for an increase in war spending and with congressional approval, imposed a 6% surcharge on those personal as well as corporate income taxes. as you know in american politics, if it hits the wall, that is when certain things -- if it hits the wall at, that is when certain people start -- if it hits the wallet, that is when certain people start paying attention. mentioned, the 90% speech by martin luther king at -- theerside church magnificent speech by martin luther king at the riverside church and other leaders that were speaking out throughout the united states. likeress cap using words quagmire and stamina -- the press kept using words like quagmire and stalemate. the antiwar movement started to become more established as people li

johnson, he hates his guts. and they're good books. they're good books. now, my mentor, williams, said you should never do a biography of somebody you despised. he always said i couldn't write a biography of herbert hoover or jefferson davis. but sometimes when there is an animus there is a certain amount of, you know, prejudice involved. i mean, read bill marvels wonderful biography of stanton, which he hates the man on every page. but bill does the research. and sears does the research. steven sears' research is excellent. and sears' newest volume is even more hostile to mcclellin in some ways than the biography. he's gotten more hostile over the years, not -- not less. ethan ray fuse -- read sears and ray fuse together. they're the best. and read some of mark grimmsly's articles, too. because mark is not uncritical of mcclellin, but he's more sympathic, as well. >> thank you. >> there's a famous incident after the seven days battle where mcclellin sends a telegraph i guess to the war department and basically says that in this administration, he's responsible for the defeat of

johnson could face a sentence of 30 years in prison. >> also new this morning, thanks but no thanks. the south carolina william'sasketball team the ncaa reigning champions will not be visiting the white house today. invitations went out for ncaa champions to visit the white house and head coach dawn staley declined the invitation which the team did not get until earlier this month. daily said all of our focus is on the season ahead. the only invitation we're thinking about is to the 2018 ncaa tournament. it was supposed to be part of a celebration of other teams who won titles. that's supposed to happen around 11:30 this morning at the white house. >> without any political overtones, i was a student at usc. i say go lady gamecocks. >> they did it last year. >> i didn't realize they won last year. >> i didn't, either. >> okay. then i feel better. >> i thought connecticut had like a 200 game winning remember the men did well as well. >> it's coming back to me now. >> winds last night. probably heard those rattling your windows. >> we did. >> cool air moved in overnight and we'll be left with a sunny but cooler fri

. >> it's dwayne johnson and kevin hart together t there will be moments of hilarity in the movie. >> and it's hard to top robin williamsg moment thousands of people came out to watch this, light it up. >> wow. >> beautiful. >> that's huge. >> always so pretty. >> it is. >> what a great location -- rockefeller center. the annual lighting, 85th annual ceremony televised by nbc. matt lauer was supposed to host the event. he was no mention of matt lauer fired earlier in the morning for inappropriate sexual behavior at work. back to the christmas tree, though, 50,000 lights decorating the 75-foot tall, 12-ton norway spruce from where? state college, pennsylvania. home of penn state university. >> all right. >> pretty, pretty. >> let's say hello to our facebook fan of the day this morning. it is any cia snow. she is 15 years old. according to mom arianna an upcoming actress and model. >> like the little professional picture. >> she is a big fan of the one and only not aspiring bit professional actress and model. [laughter] >>> allison seymour. >> she is such a pretty young lady. mom says that she, you know, gets some inspira

william snoonoma down 9%. >>> let's get to other big stories today in our rapid recap. >> ron johnson the first republican to come out against the tax bill >> revenue increase in the federal government by $1.2 trillion with meager economic growth we should be focusing on economic growth and right now, i don't think this tax proposal does that enough. >> walmart putting up another strong quarter on what the company calls broad-based strength. >> placed a lot of bets to be able to stop amazon. there's only one company that can, it's this company i really like them. >> jeff is going to be the most disruptive. >> he already is bezos you mean. >> yes as the death star moves into striking range of every industry on the planet. >> every generation has had to reinvent the relevance of coca cola and it's now our job to reinvent coca cola for this generation, whether it's that's the way we engage with them on social media, smaller packages or reformulations we can find ways to keep growing. >> i own a ton of stock. i believe in the company for the long term. this is a great team and i'm fully confident that this compa

johnson and ian king. it's time for the bloomberg business flash, a look at some of the biggest business stories in the news. new york fed president williamnext year, it widens the leadership overhaul at the central bank. an outspoken promoted of changing the culture, since today, he has no objections to minor changes passed during the obama administration. thatt me speculate congress will make changes to the dodd-frank act. the scope is confined to small bank release and adjusting how the volcker rules apply, i have no objection. fed in thenew york wake of a financial crisis, he also said that the fed has started to search for his replacement. the world's biggest hedge fund firm has begun the year in one of its funds. it climbs 3% in october, according to people familiar of the fund, which targets to present volatility. it has now gained nearly 2% this year. that's your business flash update. from new york, this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ abigail: if it seems women's progress has stalledabigail:, new data put a final point on it. women around the world won't see economic gender equality or to 17 years. theounding the setbacks, wtf found that the

sitting down with dwayne the rock johnson and kevin jack, jack black, nick jonas for new movie jumanji. growing up this is one of my favorite of all time. robin williamsent take on that. i'm interested in seeing the film. i have seen the film by the time you watch this particular video and i'm sitting down with the cast on tuesday morning right here in oahu. other night high really funny experience with dwayne the jock johnson i was walking to restaurant he pulls up next to me in an suv, rolls down his window and says they'll let anybody in here and we ended up chatting for good five minutes tweeted me the next day or the next night or whatever and here's the tweet right here. you can see him making a joke about not being a nice guy but he's one of the nicest guys on the planet. so the interviews are coming up. exclusive on fox5 on wednesday morning. make sure you stay tuned for that. let's take look at the box office for this weekend. first off, coco came in at number one the film did $49 million in its first weekend we $71 million gross so far the wednesday opening of that film. $71 million for disney pixar. justice league made $4 million bringing i

william lee is at the milken institute and chief economist as well. coming up on bloomberg daybreak, an important conversation. he is the senator from wisconsin, the very self-made ron johnson you, he's in the crosshairs of senate leadership and the president of the united states. ron johnson of wisconsin in the 7:00 hour. they are watching this in washington. stay with us. this is bloomberg. francine: good morning, everyone. this is bloomberg surveillance. i'm francine lacqua. we're getting breaking news in opec and a lot of the reporters on the ground have been speaking to a lot of the ministers arriving for the opec meeting. we caught up with the iraqi oil minister speaking on day one and he says he believes there's consensus among opec to extend the production cut. what we understand is opec but also russia because we did hear from the saudi yesterday he will extend the production cuts if russia would join them but we understand they may agree and extend oil cuts to next year without actually giving a formal consent and without talking yet about time line. tom: we'll see what they do. there is a new elephant in the room including u.s. oil production as well. to our firs