walker is later going to fight in korea, and good friend willie down here. several reasons, patton races across france and suddenly slows and stops. and to him, it's because eisenhower liked montgomery more, and is giving him all the fuel. that's not the fact. everybody's running out of fuel. they're outrunning their supply lines. it's a combination of not just that, but also the fact that the terrain, which has basically been flat is going to turn hilly, more rivers, harder to cross. the rains start coming in, turning the roads to mud. and lastly, the army kind of splits as it breaks out of normandy. bradley and eisenhower really want to open up the ports and get more supplies in. so they dedicate a lot of the air power to attacking these isolated pockets along the french coast. patton as he moves across france, he has a lot less air support going along with the bad terrain and lack of fuel. he crosses the mozel river in september and climbs into this trench. with the troops, in the mud. and he said that across the river, they -- he watched three american t

and, willie, we'll go to willie in a second because i have to say i want to -- when i go to willie, michael, i want to look around, and i want to see all the places that they hung the hammer and the single while i was away. i cannot tell you -- i cannot tell you how many calls, emails, tweets i got, seriously. apparently, they had a lot of fun. they had chavez for like the whole hour. american imperialism. good or bad? that's not a good imitation. but come on, i hear they went pretty far left. >> that was great. finally got to watch the show. >> finally. >> i was a little worried there. i was worried for you, joe. >> seriously, by wemds over thursday -- >> it was tough. >> joe was drinking so much italian wine he didn't even notice. >> by the time i woke up in florence on friday, it was too late. >> he loves it now. >> they had turned it into red square. so we have a lot to talk about today. i want to start first, with this tragic story. i got home, and i was watching news accounts of this guy, robert bails, who gunned down 16 civilians, women and children. just about as horrific of a war c

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>> willie, willie, you want to talk to a doctor? [ speaking spanish ] >> the ninth floor of the miami-dade pretrial detention center is a world unto itself. as part of the psychiatric unit, these cells are reserved for inmates with serious mental problems. >> sir, you all right? >> dr. joseph poitier is the jail's chief psychiatrist. he's worked at miami-dade for the past ten years. >> jails have, in effect, become mental institutions. i would say that 20% of those who are incarcerated have a mental illness. a large part suffer from schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression, severe forms of mental illness. >> the mentally ill is a very serious problem within correctional facilities today. unfortunately, there's a growing trend. a lot of the mental state hospitals have closed down and the only options to the police agencies are to bring them to the jails. that's a problem for us because those inmates are a lot more unmanageable than the regular inmate population. >> come on, take your medication. >> while the ultimate goal of t

the record states that willie b.emembers details of the massacre, but he says he did not take part in any killings. >> i find that implausible. it was a collectively perpetrated massacre. shortly after the allied landing in normandy, indoctrinated and radicalized young men marched into a village and had orders to wipe out the entire population -- men, women, and children. no one just stood by. >> but the prosecutor is skeptical. he is not sure willie b. will ever stand trial. >> it is not enough to have been there. if someone with this is a killing and was merely there at the time, that is not a medically aiding -- automatically aiding and abetting. >> still, robert is glad they're investigating the case. his mother and two of his sisters burned in that church. but today, he is less concerned with a conviction that he is finally finding out the truth. it is still not known why the company targeted them for destruction. >> the idea of modern europe was born after the trauma of the second world war and has since grown

willie loved horses. he raised and sold horses. he also loved cars. this building was where he first big -- cap the first automobile and if you look above the white door you can see he inscribed it in the building when he had it for his cars. willie is spending more and more time away. more and more time with his friends. he won't let daisy go hunting with him. he has put a barrier against her going to at lease one racetrack and so will he says, i am going away. i will be gone. see you later. what this daisy, juliette gordon low i should say, juliette low's nickname was always daisy. what did juliette low do? she took of metal working. is not what every woman would do? she made the skates. she decided she needed gate kate soshi learn how to work in metal. when i was inside wells i saw this edge. did juliette low make this? i think there's a good possibility she might have. i spent time in the book trying to figure out how juliette low could have learned how to work in metal and what that meant. she also in her spare time took up wood carving, of cours

adams or little willy adams. that name may ring a bell with some of you. he just passed away last year at 97. he was -- it's funny how death will change things, change people's recollection ps of things. but he was a multi, multi millionaire, developer, real estate i guess magnate, if you will, and a political power from probably the -- i would say the '40s right on through i guess the '80s, the mid '80s. i've always been fascinated by him. i first wrote about him actually when i was in high school like 40 years ago. this was a gold mine i discovered in this transcript of this interview, and he touches on many of the campaigns that he had an involvement with. he doesn't talk about all of his relationships, there are many. he clearly understood the importance of politics in doing business and in making advances for the blacks in baltimore but i would not civil rights icon by any means. he recently has been sort of elevated a bit. he was a shrewd businessman, a very gentle man who started literally in the cotton fi

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willie, listen to this. mitt romney needs just under 50% of the remaining delegates to get the nomination. santorum would need almost 8 0%, newt gingrich would need almost 90%. >> 80% for santorum. if you look at it from santorum's point of view, he looks at saturday, louisiana, a place he thinks he can do well. and looking just beyond that to wisconsin, feels like he can do pretty well there, too. why would he be compelled at this moment anyway to get out? and if it's not now, when is that tipping point for santorum where he says, all right, enough is enough, time to get behind romney? >> one potential tipping point is april 24th, santorum's home state, pennsylvania. at the moment it looks like he's ahead. if romney were to sneak up on him there, really wouldn't have any reason to go on. but you delve into the exit polls and you see the problem for santorum. that he's never been able to break out of his demographic of the blue collar, evangelicals. but that group, it's not enough to win a nomination. not en

>>> good morning i'm willie geist. this is way too early the show that was declared unconstitutional in 2007 geist versus the american viewing public. thanks for being up with us. shoot me an e-mail at way too early or tweet me at willie geist. do what brit any does text wide awake with your response to 622639. the next 30 minutes will be a cram session. president obama's open mic movement honesty with russian president medvedev and reaction from the republican presidential field. mitt romney saw the "hunger games" movie. >> pg 13. is it a little too violent for young kids? >> i think it's a little disturbing for young kids. >> a little taste four. we'll have romney's full review later. first let's get to the news. here at 30 rock in new york city this morning the supreme court is set to take up the central issue in the fight over president obama's health care law. whether or not congress overstepped its authority under the constitution by requiring americans to buy medical insurance or to face a penalty if they do not

willie, the supreme court case. unbelievable poll coming out not only on the health care law and what americans want, but also in afghanistan. americans have some very clear cut decisions, made up their mind on health care and the war. >> the question of the war, "the new york times" poll, it's not just the number, which is 7 and 10 americans think we should not be fighting in afghanistan. itis the jump. it's up 16 points. there's not a lot of mystery to it. you can walk through the terrible things happening with staff sergeant robert bales, the burning of the koran and where nato officers and troops have been shot by soldiers. >> yeah. >> there's a slow, steady beat of the american people saying we ought not be there anymore. >> sam stein, you look at the cbs poll that came out, "the new york times" poll that came out yesterday. the first case of the argument. it was fascinating. the supreme court said we are not going to put this off until 2014. in fact, it's jermaine now. we are going to decide now. let's put the

>> reporter: good morning, willie. it wasn't new information that he wanted the country to be fully transitioned into afghan hands by 2013. secretary of defense leon panetta himself said it about a month ago but what was new was that president car day is calling for all nato and u.s. forces to leave the villages of afghanistan which has been a fundamental part of the counter insurgency strategy that we saw implemented in 2009, a strategy that really was aimed at winning the hearts and minds of afghan people. president karzai says get the troops out of the villages, bring them back to the main bases because he says the afghan security forces are ready right now. something that many u.s. and nato officials might disagree with but will say they're on their way of getting ready. the whole point is to transition it into the afghan hands but the question is is it ready? are all the towns and villages ready right now? when you talk to many nato officials, they'll tell you no. >> atia, what's your sense about whether or not th

patton renames him willie. the popular thing is that he named him after william the conqueror. he didn't. there was a popular song back in the '20s called "wee willie wompa," and that's what he really named him for. the other stereotype is he was a coward. i have not found any physical evidence of this in all the documents. the only thing i found is that during an artillery barrage, he ducked underneath a chair. i think that's more of a sign of intelligence other than being a coward. patton would actually write letters to -- well, how do i phrase this -- willie would actually write letters to the pattons' other dog back in massachusetts. patton would translate. and beatrice would get these letters and read them to the grandkids. you know, i guess by 1940s standards, they were fine. but today, you know, he said, you know, hey, i've got a whole bunch of new nicknames for myself. jap killer, you know. and hun destroyer and all these really politically uncorrect terms that were really funny. and that letter was sent during the battle of the bulge. and i thought, how great that is,

and look at chicago, willie geist. today we're predicting a high of 85. >> 85 degrees as they go to vote in the state of illinois. >> yeah. the warmest temperature they've ever had any march ever in their history is 88. they have an outside shot of that. >> unbelievable. keep the good weather coming. >>> we'll turn to sports now. tebow mania is about to be replaced by manning mania in denver. the peyton manning sweepstakes are settled with the 36-year-old former colts quarterback choosing the denver broncos as his new team. manning's agent still working out details, the deal expected to be worth about 95 million ldz over five years. the addition of manning raises the obvious question -- what about tim tebow? remember him? led the broncos to the playoffs last season? joining us by phone, mike florio of nbc sports and the founder of pro football talk.com. mike, great to talk to you at this hour. >> hey, willie. how are you? >> great. thanks for calling in. why denver for peyton manning? >> i think when you look at the ot

we will be right back with former san francisco mayor willie brown. thank you. the real world. it has under-seat storage to bring everything, available seating for up to seven people to take everyone, and the grip of available all-wheel drive to go everywhere. think of it as a search engine helping you browse the real world. this march, get no extra charge third-row seating plus 0% financing on dodge journey. >> welcome back to the war room. it wouldn't be a war room without looking at the returns as they are coming in and here we are in mississippi, 18% in, santorum still on top. very interesting. gingrich second and romney is third. perhaps this is why. we will take a look at what's going on alabama. santorum on top, 35 first, gingrich 29, romney 28. it varies. small numbers separateing them but romney is third in both cases. we are back with talking about democratic and republican strategy with former san francisco mayor willie brown but romney is in third in both of those. could this be the reason why he is not sticking around alabama and mississippi tonight and he is on a

john willis menard was elected to congress in 1868. up next we hear more about him from phillip magnus. this is about an hour from the u.s. capital historical society. >> before we begin, before i introduce the speakers, let me introduce congressman danny davis. [ applause ] >> thank you very much. and let me just say how delighted i am to be here. as a matter of fact, the last time i was at a meeting, i was so inspired by a woman who made a presentation of a book that she has written that i have been trying to get that book into school districts all around illinois and other places throughout the country. and actually had her at my home in chicago for the kwanzaa celebration that we do each year to present to our guests. so it is always a pleasure and looks at the development and evolution of our country. and to think of how it really is when we go back to where it was when it started. how it got started. all of the different people who have come from places throughout the world. all of the challengeths that we have had. is so many di

willie? march 1st, it's over. mark it down.e president -- who has had a very good couple of months politically, why is he four points down in this latest? it's a snapshot. he could be four points up a week from now. we know that. >> it's a snapshot and romney has been in the news a lot and that may account for some of the people. but the polling source i particularly favor won't come as a surprise to you intrade. and you look, 60% probability of obama being reelected over any republican. and i think obama is actually sitting pretty well right at this minute. >> by the way over, obama will be reelected. there's always a story to be written. europe can fall apart, but if things continue as they are, i don't see either of these people, certainly not santorum, i don't see romney beating -- >> it depends on the economy. >> you listen to ben bernanke testifying yesterday, it's not as rosy as some have said. things are getting better slowly, but bernanke talking about unemployment at least at 8.3% through the end of the year, potentia

i'm joe scarborough, along with mika brzezinski and willie geist.his morning, our education with starbucks brings us to historic ft. lee high school. in the shadows of the george washington bridge in ft. lee, new jersey. >> it is another great success story in american education. a school that has consistently ranked among the top schools in the state. and when success began to slip a few years ago, strong and innovative leadership swiftly brought the school back to prominence. so is there a formula that is recreatable across the country? we're going to cut through the politics and get into the hot-button issues standing in the way of progress. >> among our guests are going to be new jersey's own governor chris christie, delaware's governor jack markell, and connecticut's governor dannel malloy. >> they're going to sound off. >> they're going to sound off. right here at mid court. reverend al, you and i will be ref. also with us, former washington, d.c. school's chancellor michelle rhee, former governor of vermont, howard dean. and randi weingarten.

. >> good morning, i'm willi willie geist. this is "way too early." i'm glad you're up with us this morning watching on msnbc or listening live. shoot me an e-mail. i don't know w let me know why you're upright now. we'll read the best responses later in the show. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session. a lot to tell you about today, a lot including a new poll that shows president obama at 50% approval. that's just a day after the new york times poll had him at an all-time low of 41%. we'll sort three all of that. >> i eernl learning to say j'all and i like grits. grits yall and foxworthy. first, though, let's get to the news. live at 530 a.m., we begin with a little breaking news just within the hour. nbc news has declared mitt romney in the hawaii republican caucuses. he won 45% of the vote beating rick santorum by 20 points. rick saint's southern suite gave the pa set rios last fight. romney is the party's inevitable nominee. just after 10:00 eastern time, he won with 35% report. so third place finished there in alabama for romney. then, jus

i'm willie geist. this is "way too early." the show that was signed to an extension. we have to pay msnbc to be on the air. i have a terrible agent. glad you are with us this morning on tv or listening on radio. shoot me an e-mail or tweet me. let me know what you are doing up at this hour. or do what sanchez does text awake to 622639. the next 30 minutes is your cram session for this thursday, march 22nd. a lot going on today including the stand off between french police and a man alleged to have killed children at a jewish school. >>> plus, blago's barber speaks out about the most famous hair in chicago. first, let's get to the news live at 5:30 a.m., 30 rock in new york city. a rally is planned to demand the arrest of george zimmerman, the watch cam tan who shot and killed trayvon martin last month in what he calls self-defense. he was unarmed and walking home at the time of the shooting. his parents joined a demonstration in new york city yesterday. hundreds of protesters calling for justice back in florida. city commissioners approved a motion of no confidence in

anyone who showed up, willie brown would anoint, without asking interest. and today, i announce supervisor newsom is chair of the task force i have formed. it was a difficult day. paul and i were among the many never part of this. paul started talking about this green thing. i immediately jumped up, enthusiastic about it. i was the one with the ev from saturn. i thought it was the best idea i had heard. we created a new commission out of that task force that eventually went into the mta, and now at risk and is responsible for it. paul was responsible for that. he advanced this initiative and codified his passion. we have been celebrating his tenacity, resolve, constancy, and faith in this project. paul, i want to thank you for your vision and not giving up on this. i know you have taken a lot of heat from your colleagues, others who were outraged. i want to just say, hat's off to you and the elected family of san francisco. finally, to mayor lee. my department meetings were never found. i have to acknowledge that. i would never acknowledge that as mayor. ed

i'm willie geist. this is the show that is huge in germany. i'm graduate you're up with us this morning watching on msnbc or listening live on sirius xm radio. shoot me an e-mail or tweet me. i want to know what you're doing up that the hour. or you can text the word awake followed by your response to 622639. we'll read the best responses later in the show. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this tuesday, march 13th. a lot to get to today, including the santorum campaign making the case that it would win a brokered convention in tampa. we'll check their math on that. plus jon stewart takes a look at mitt romney's southern strategy of saying y'all, talking about grits, and hanging with jeff foxworthy. that clip coming up later in the show. first let's get to the news here at 30 rock in new york city. new protests broke out overnight in afghanistan as anger continues to build over the rogue u.s. army sniper alleged to have killed 16 afghan civilians early sunday in a door to door shooting spree about a mile from his military base.

were you willie geist, at the flash cam.ut seat across the studio. how you doing? good to see you. >> hi. >> we've actually talked over the last couple of months alone to michelle williams who had to do marilyn monroe. meryl streep, did margaret thatcher. it's so difficult. i don't have to tell you, to portray someone that 100% of the population knows and is familiar with and has an opinion of. >> yeah. >> how did you treat the character so that you didn't become a caricature, you didn't become tina fey's version of sarah palin? >> well, honestly you're always looking for voracity, for the truth. i listened to her voice as often as i could. i wanted to be as accurate with all the physical boundaries, you know, with her voice, mannerisms, the way she moved, the way she held herself, and then you try to find the kind of, some sort of emotional clarity within that. it was important for me to represent her point of view. so her book was very helpful. i made 100% that everything was sourced when i would talk, say you need to guar

her book "willie lee, a little slave boy with the desire to be free" is truly a remarkable work. she republished her work with a 2011 quote from the congressman attesting to its inspirational character. so i'll let you leave and all is well. >> thank you. thank you. [ applause ] in 2004 the congressman was emcee for an event at the illinois state society basically put on with his office that honored three co-editors of a university of tampa press republication of a 19th century volume of poetry by john willis menard. growing up in illinois i pronounce it menard. and i've chosen to read as a kind ofem that menard wrote to his wife, elizabeth, when he was in exile from her in the united states. >> "to emt of jamaica" away from the blue island home away from the blue eyes, the hugh of the rose never dies, i will send you these few simple lines that beguile the long weary day, thigh friendship though young i will keep and its ties i will try to improve, like wandering vines they will creep upon the famed bower of love, thy memory like a bright sunny beam lingers by me by day and by n

willie geist is in for matt.nd also tell you that coming up after six weeks of speculation we've got some very serious news to get to. which is, reports have come back to tell us how whitney houston has died. >> that's right. we've heard now from the medical examiner. the coroner released an official cause of death on thursday, an accidental drowning. he did say heart disease was a contributing factor and that cocaine and other drugs were found in houston's system. we'll have more on that and hear from her family just ahead this morning. >> all right. and also ahead, if you are in the market for a new home, we will show you what you can get for less than $300,000. barbara corcoran is here. she's got homes in texas, minnesota, down south. some really good deals. >> and we've all seen the long lines, the teenage girls screaming and swooning, willie included, for "the hunger games." we're going to show you how to trace the steps of its stars on the set. or how about going and visiting the lush hawaiian views from th

willie brown you put money in and it dies.e going to spend billions on a company that sits there and types up restaurant reviews?! what kind of future that? >> i'm long on yelp. jerry stoppelman is a wonderful san francisco guy. he has done remarkable things an this is a new model. it's a successful ipo and successful from my perspective for two reasons, one good for san francisco, good for the region and state but in the short term it's a good investment. >> people are desperate for information about almost everything. if they can get just a hint -- that's why gossip is so effective. >> because gossip sells. >> absolutely. >> everybody just wants the buzz. >> what do you know about gossip? >> what do i know? >> what do you know? what am i doing here? [ laughter ] >> gossip is what it's about. >> back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> i have a quick question. going back to the mountain lion issue there is a question of whether richards actually paid to do that hunt. now, if this is out of state is it still appropriate? you have t

that's what willis willis of grand prairie, texas found out. in 2009 willis asked a clerk in this market to check a lottery ticket for him to see if it was a winner. the clerk told him it was worth $2. trouble was it was really worth $1 million. it was the clerk, not willis, who claimed the prize, and the clerk was the one who made off with the money. mr. willis still hasn't gotten all of his winnings. it was cases like that one in texas that got investigators in california wondering if they had a problem with dishonest clerks, so a few years ago the california lottery pioneered a system to feret them out. for the last few years we've been following them on hidden cameras as they asked clerks to check tickets that were big winners. there was this store in riverside county. >> i don't think these are winners. can you check them for me, please? >> one of those tickets she gave the clerk was a $1,000 winner. he she went off to shop. when she came back, did the clerk tell her the truth? none of them were winners? all right. have a good day. >> the

overall, the middle of the country looks fantastic, willie. our little one-day fling with old man winter looks to be over. >> it's over, you swear? >> this time, i swear. >> this time you mean it. okay, bill. >> second time. >> we'll hold you to it. >>> let's turn to sports. at long last, the mccourt era is over in los angeles. the dodgers have been handed over to one of the city's great icons. last night, a group of investors that includes lakers legend magic johnson agreed to buy the team from frank mccourt for a record $2 billion. in a statement, johnson said "i am thrilled to be part of the historic dodger franchise and intend to build on the fantastic foundation laid by frank mccourt as we drive the dodgers back to the front page of the sports section in our wonderful community of los angeles." that's a statement from magic johnson. the $2 billion price tag is the most ever paid for any sports franchise. it also shatters, of course, the sales record of other baseball franchises. the next closest being the chicago cubs, purchased for $845

i'm willie geist. it's friday, march nd and i am back home in bergen county, new jersey, where i grew up and went to a public high school about 15 minutes from here. a lot like the one we'll spend the morning today. fort lee high school traditionally has been a very good school ranking in the top 100 of new jersey high schools, but a couple years ago it slipped a bit and was labeled by the state a school that needs improvement. improve it did. last year, just one year after getting the needs improvement tag, fort lee graduated 98% of its students. with 94% of them going on to college. later you will meet some of the administrators and teachers who are using new methods and new philosophy to re-energize the students. they're proud around here this week, we should point out, because fort lee high school products, the brothers ralph and glen zipper. ralph seen here in the upper left won oscars sunday for best featured length documentary for their film "undefeated" the story of a high school football team

in new orleans, john willis menard, early with the fire in his chest, to fight this injustice, enters politics and decides that after all, maybe we should continue to stake out our claim in the united states for a fair and equal-minded future where we have access to the political system, where a black man and a white man can run for congress on equal terms. he obtains this ownership of a newspaper in new orleans in 1866 and uses this as a springboard that gets him elected to the united states house of representatives. two years later, on a special election. i'll conclude here with a picture of menard's arrival in the united states house of representatives in 1869. it was an international media of an african-american arriving on the floor of the house. this was taken out of frank leslie's newspaper. weekly harper also covered it and london "times" covered it. his international stock contributed to the media event around this. the last and final remarkable thing about menard's life is, when he arrived in congress, in 1869, he was only 30 years old. he accomplished this entire career of

of course, we have former mayor willie brown joining us.have former supervisor sophie maxwell here as well. we have charlotte, a protocol officer. we have all the members of our board of supervisors, our current board. we have naomi's . harlon, kelly, the kids are here. naomi's mom is here bang today. thank you for being here as well. mrs. lee is here. [laughter] >> yeah. >> of all, today has been a very active day of the just wonderful announcements, of decisions being made that really reflected the values of the city. i have another one that reflects the value of this city, someone that i have spent privileged to work with for so many years, one began her career as a special assistant, worked her way up as the purchaser, director of purchasing. before that, one of the most difficult task, kind of reminds me of my dpw day is, she had a difficult task of being the director of the taxicab administration. [laughter] so she has earned some strides there. going on to director of purchasing and becoming deputy city administrator. most recently,

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