a corded the memory of my grandfather in accepting the donation from the churchill center of this magnificent bust of sir winstonnently displayed here in the united states capital. on behalf of all of us, mr. speaker, my thank you for the wonderful tribute you all paid to churchill's memory. he is -- he has a very vivid memory. as you know, my grandfather visited washington often during his long career but perhaps most notably as a test of president franklin roosevelt during the second world war. on december 20 6, 1941, just days after the appalling atrocity at pearl harbor, he came across the atlantic and was invited to address a joint session of congress just yards away from where this moving ceremony is being held today. on that occasion, as we have been reminded, he famously joked that if his father had been an american and his mother british, instead of the other way around, he might indeed have got here on his own. now, mr. speaker, he lives here in his own right. not as a guest but as a member of an illustrious pantheon here in this magnificent hall. it is a wonderful and resonant and adding tribute in on

of winston churchill. and courage, margaret thatcher's courage was hand-in-hand with her decisiveness as we saw with the falcons were war. it's quite extraordinary that they launched a task force of the 100 ships and three submarines, 27,000 military personnel in the space of just two days after they had evaded. she made it very clear from her own defense chiefs that she would not accept the character being taken. it was 8,000 miles across. in 74 days they had defeated the islands but 300 miles off the coast. this was an extremely dangerous and difficult. how had i feel your it would have broken down the government. it would have been enough humiliation, but she went to head and defined the critics and said i am not going to give in to those that are weak and can't fight. i'm going to fight this war and i'm going to win, and she did exactly that. she was also all about loyalty. she was very loyal to her friends to do the work with her. the partnership was all about loyalty standing shoulder to shoulder, wi

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. >>> upon rising to the leadership of their representative countries, winston churchill told the people of his country to expect blood, tears and sweat. when ronald reagan was first sworn in as president of the united states he said americans must stand tall once again. that was what the country apparently wanted to hear. historians will rightfully want to take their time before evaluating the legacy of the reagan years. but one thing is certain, the man brought supreme confidence to the presidency and transferred that confidence to the people. richard nixon was a pitiful giant. not exactly high praise from the nation's leaders. ronald reagan became president when the house needed a symbol. if the president was now the theater of american government, ronald reagan was more than comfortable at center stage. >> if we look to the answer as to why for so many years we achieved so much, prospered as no other people on earth, it was because here in this land, we unleashed the energy and individual genius of man to a greater extend than has ever been done before. >> reporter: from the beginnin

much faster in this cumbersome political process we call democracy -- my favorite quote is by winston churchill. the worst system of all, except for any other. remember that. it is alarming that vladimir putin would get elected and they will give up their rights and -- in favor of stability. you don't often get the dictator that you like and that's important why we should put up with the system and it drives us so crazy because as winston churchill said, it will turn out in the long run to be better than any other. i will give you an example and then i will shut up and take some questions. a few years ago, you may remember this or you may not because you are not that old. a few years ago, bank of america decided to have a five dollar charge on their debit card once a month. because your generation does not use cash. i was appalled to go to starbucks and have him pull out a debit card for $3.99. i could not believe that people paid on debit. well, you guys don't do it. fine. whatever. it was a young graduate at roger williams university in rhode island, a working-class university and she's the f

winston churchill was one of the most erratic figures in the 20th century history and he said this.you may recall about the battle of britain and he went up day after day and said never have they so much been owed by so many to so few. and when i started studying this battle a bit more closely and i read a biography of winston churchill, i found something i didn't know before. and that was the raf only had 2000 pilots. and it was only 2000 when not every single day against the german luftwaffe and he gave me a lot of encouragement. and i believe that it is the arab war of our time, journalism is, and while it is attempting to become discouraged, there is a lot of them and so few of us and i continue to believe that while we may be feeling that we are a number without help, we will be enough. so thank you very much for your attention today and i thank you, john, thank you to the heritage foundation for hosting me. i look forward to having lunch with some of you and hanging out for the next hour. thank you. >> thank you for coming. [applause] >> of course, as we mentioned, we do have

winston churchill had the same idea. he came to the conclusion that he told the brothers and a wonderful phrase that you certainly expect from a person that has been through so many victories and defeats, that the loss of the fortress must be saved. and essentially what he was saying is we hate it, but he won the war, so let's move on and not try to fight a battle that is not going to help us win. but john dulles refused to accept that. and he believed that he could do what the french and british and the japanese had all failed to do. which is to take over vietnam. it is the only time in american history that a secretary of state had abandoned a major conference in the middle and the reason he did this was because he understood that he was isolated in the geneva conference is going to come to the conclusion that a part of vietnam had to be turned over to ho chi minh. foster dulles refused to accept this and he came home and he immediately launched a large-scale covert operation in south vietnam under the geneva agreement

england has embraced large personalities like the winston churchill.s guy seems to be doing his job. what did i say? >> he's only slightly rotund. >> i know. it's the only one i could come up with. i didn't even do a google search. >> name me another. >> fat british leader. >> how about george galloway. >> what do you make of this guy? answer any question in your head. >> that was creepy. >> i just think freedom and democracy, if this guy wants to run for re-election then i think he should be allowed to. whether it's right or wrong is immaterial. i think if he's re-elected then i'll not any sympathy. >> if he's re-elected, i'm moving to canada. they clearly know something we don't. >> toronto politics is like one long office party. when you were younger, you guys didn't have office parties where you're from, you were killing people. you were having office parties and you were buzzed, and you got stuff done, i think. >> who are you talking to? >> i don't know. at this point it's my saturday. >> were you talking to all the people that have fired you thro

think we have to recognize the fact that the soviet union from the day it was born when when winston churchill the leader of the counter revolution really against the russian revolution a vile had to strangle the bolshevik baby in its crib the soviet union really never got a day of peace in its whole existence that doesn't excuse. the mistakes serious mistakes that were made by successors of lenin but lenin brought the world to a different place all over the world particularly in the colonized world because of his views about self-determination that were so so eloquently expressed in china and vietnam all over latin america all over europe all over the world in fact those particularly those who were suffering under colonial oppression responded an organized communist party is really never been anyone who has had the impact on the world that lenin did just briefly socialism is it really a way for the poor and indeed students for example to perhaps attack capitalism saying capitalism working because it is the middle class really that concerned and thinking that capitalism is the future reason fo

years after the breakout of the second world war, i think maybe it is good to remember what winston churchill said to the british people in june 1941. he said we will never negotiate with hitler or with any of his gang. and i personally believe the free world, we believe in free society, should never negotiate with assad and his gang. you speak about the man who has got more jewish blood on his hands than anybody since that time. we signed the peace agreement with saddat, and i respect his agreement, i support his agreement, but there are enemies with whom you never find any peace agreement, with the them, you never negotiate. destruction, elimination of your country. think about the democrat country -- small democratic country is israel, which is the integral part of the free world, and that is written in a covenant, but if you do not believe me, you can see daily events -- these are enemies with whom you do not negotiate, with whom you cannot talk. there are people that -- take an example, there are people that their activities cannot be tolerated by the people of the free world, and one of

added we have to recognize the fact that the soviet union from the day i was born when when winston churchill the leader of the time come the revolution really against the russian revolution about to strangle the boast of a baby and its crew of the soviet union really never got a piece in its whole existence that doesn't excuse. i've had so many mistakes and serious mistakes that were made by successors of lemon lemon brought the world to a different place on all over the world particularly in the colonized well because it is the news about self determination that were sold it is so eloquently expressed in china and vietnam all over latin america all over europe. over the world effect on those critically those who were suffering under colonial oppression priest i didn't organize communist parties and really never been anyone who's had the impact on the world that landed. and just briefly socialism isn't really. i'll away for the pole and indeed tom students for example to perhaps ike attack capitalism st avenue looking because it is the middle cos we need the consent of thinking that capitali

in london where winston churchill and the cabinet could join american allies in defense of the empire with barely a nod to the house of commons just down the block today's successor david cameron bows down after seven hours shouting down as evers deutsch to join the same american military and syria middle eastern state with nuclear ties to the british commonwealth. rarely have the chiefs of state or government then has the of war today in the power of the electorate to barely able to keep a single one blinked on and on how history might treat them. the presidency and terri hail or not is in the one position of the government to pay for which all power flows down to the rest of the government and at the same time in the best of circumstances upward from the people. but all too often in just one direction. and this feeling is most central to our understanding of how the rulers rule and how people are different today. in august of 1983 there was a panic across the stretch of africa the libyan dictator was contemplating an invasion of his neighbor to the south who was a nation that of cou

because truman and i've treated roosevelt's position took a pro british empire position right away winston churchill was one of his biggest allies convinced him of the necessity to take on the soviets as well as old hardliners from that point on the us went on this rollercoaster and it just got worse and worse and worse and we have a minute left but you guys point to figures in history like kennedy gorbachev moments in time that were completely squandered and you guys posed the question what would be ready when these moments face us again and take the right course of history what do you think that answer is but i think the answer is if they if everybody who watches untold history and resort book that's why we wrote this because we want we know that that is. likes to say the curve of the ball can break differently in different situations especially after the world series. we have to be ready we have to learn the lessons of the past learn where we messed up in the past learn why we made the mistakes of the past and begin to think differently we got to begin to envision the understand that the world co

years after the breakout of the second world war, i think maybe it is good to remember what winston churchillsaid to the british people in june, 1941. he said -- we will never withiate with hitler or any of his gang. thei personally believe free world, we believe in free society, should never negotiate with assad and his gang. you speak about the man who has got more jewish blood on his hands than anybody since that time. the peace agreement with saddam, and i respect his agreement, i support his there are enemies with whom you never find any peace agreement, with the them, you never negotiate. termination, destruction, elimination of your country. think about the democrat country -- small democratic country is israel, which is the integral part of the world, and that is written in a covenant, but if you do not believe me, you can see daily events -- these are enemies with whom you do not negotiate, with whom you cannot talk. there are people that -- take an example, there are people that there are two bees cannot be activities- their cannot be tolerated by the people of the free world, and o

but winston churchill who was one of the most dramatic figures of 20th-century history said this about the battle of britain he said never before in these phalera has so much been owed by so many to so few. with a studied this battle and of little more closely i discovered the raf of the head 2,000 pilots only 2,000 went up every day against the full might. it gave me a lot of the anchorage mayor. the as it is to become discouraged while bbv few hidden the bear that with god's help it would be enough. think you for hosting the it is a pleasure i look forward to having lunch with some of you and he got for the next hour. thank you. [applause] >> santry do have copies of the "prodigal press" in the lobby and thank you for your attendance. you will see you in the future. [inaudible conversations] >> get the time the cia had taken a beating being through grueling hearings about who should be blamed for 9/11 whether the ncaa failed to watchlist certain individuals and failed to share information that might have foretold or allowed to the fbi to investigate the plot of an 11. the cia and i t

much faster in this cumbersome political process we call democracy -- my favorite quote is by winston churchill. the worst system of all, except for any other. remember that. it is alarming that vladimir putin would get elected and they will give up their rights and -- in favor of stability. you don't often get the dictator that you like and that's important why we should put up with the system and it drives us so crazy because as winston churchill said, it will turn out in the long run to be better than any other. i will give you an example and then i will shut up and take some questions. a few years ago, you may remember this or you may not because you are not that old. a few years ago, bank of america decided to have a five dollar charge on their debit card once a month. because your generation does not use cash. i was appalled to go to starbucks and have him pull out a debit card for $3.99. i could not believe that people paid on debit. well, you guys don't do it. fine. whatever. it was a young graduate at roger williams university in rhode island, a working-class university and she's the f

you know if you're out is through a political thinkers like winston churchill tocqueville chomsky they have condemned little krauts for ignoring their social responsibilities and using their power to serve their own purposes they say this increases poverty and nurtures class conflict corrupting societies with greed which ultimately leads to revolutions now at. all great empires have fallen eventually do you believe that america is the next one to go. i don't know you know it is they only know that i would say no america's here today i mean i think that jim rickards is interesting in that he talks about you know the monetary system faltering but he says wait a minute you know we've already in the last hundred years we've had the re faltering of the monetary system so i think that you can have a lot of upheaval but it doesn't necessarily mean that you know the economy is going to collapse into a heap and the system going to be overthrown i think we are going to go through turmoil but at the end of the day america will continue on to see revolution on the horizon none is still in the unit

roosevelt's position took a pro british empire position right away winston churchill was one of his biggest allies convinced of the subsidy to take on the soviets as well as old hard liners from the us going on this rollercoaster and it just got worse and worse and worse and we have a minute left but you guys point to figures in history like kennedy gorbachev moments in time that were completely squandered and you guys posed the question what would be ready when these moments face us again and take the right course of history what do you think that answer is but i think the answer is if everybody who watches untold history and reason our book that's why we wrote this because we want we know that that as i like to say the curve of the ball can break differently in different situations especially after the world series and we have to be ready we have to learn the lessons of the past learn where we messed up in the past learn why we made the mistakes of the past and begin to think differently we got to begin to envision the understand that the world could be very different political outcomes c

between a pope and muss lean -- -- executive foreign editor of the daily telegraph details winston churchill's military service in afghanistan in 1890s in churchill's first war. look for these titles in book stores stores and watch for the authors in the near future on booktv and on booktv.org. >> teachers are trying to close the gaps they're dealing with such a hard problem, and i write a disclaimer, saying this is making the assumption that no one is going to fix anything outside the school. no one is going to do anything about the poverty, racism, anything. can you close the gap just in the school? put all of the burden on the teachers and at the principals? so, they're not getting that message. that's not what the research is from the schools. the school is like, you have two kid, an inner city african-american kid and a white suburban kid, they can be at the same level when they graduate. when they come back in september, the white suburban kid gained one month of learning from the experiences and the inner city african-american kid has lost three months of learning. so they're now four m

you know if you're out is through a political thinkers like winston churchill tocqueville chomsky they have condemned little krauts for ignoring their social responsibilities and using their power to serve their own purposes they say this increases poverty and nurtures class conflict corrupting societies with greed which ultimately leads to revolutions now at. all great empires have fallen eventually do you believe that america is the next one to go oh that's a little you know you understand exactly what i would say that no america is here to stay i mean i think that jim rickards is interesting in that he talks about you know the monetary system faltering but he says wait a minute you know we've already in the last hundred years we've had three false rings of the monetary system so i think that you can have a lot of upheaval but it doesn't necessarily mean that you know the economy is going to collapse into a heap and the system going to be overthrown i think we are going to go through turmoil but at the end of the day america will continue on to see revolution on the horizon none is s

england has embraced large personalities like the winston churchill.s guy seems to be doing his job. what did i say? >> he's only slightly rotund. >> i know. it's the only one i could come up with. i didn't even do a google search. >> name me another. >> fat british leader. >> how about george galloway. >> what do you make of this guy? answer any question in your head. >> that was creepy. >> i just think freedom and democracy, if this guy wants to run for re-election then i think he should be allowed to. whether it's right or wrong is immaterial. i think if he's re-elected then i'll not any sympathy. >> if he's re-elected, i'm moving to canada. they clearly know something we don't. >> toronto politics is like one long office party. when you were younger, you guys didn't have office parties where you're from, you were killing people. you were having office parties and you were buzzed, and you got stuff done, i think. >> who are you talking to? >> i don't know. at this point it's my saturday. >> were you talking to all the people that have fired you thro

you know if you're out is through a political thinkers like winston churchill tocqueville chomsky they have condemned little krauts for ignoring their social responsibilities and using their power to serve their own purposes they say this increases poverty and nurtures class conflict corrupting societies with greed which ultimately leads to revolutions now at. all great empires have fallen eventually do you believe that america is the next one to go oh that's a little you know you understand exactly what i would say that no america is here to stay i mean i think that jim rickards is interesting in that he talks about you know the monetary system faltering but he says wait a minute you know we've already in the last hundred years we've had three false reigns of the monetary system so i think that you can have a lot of upheaval but it doesn't necessarily mean that you know the economy is going to collapse into a heap and the system going to be overthrown i think we are going to go through turmoil but at the end of the day america will continue all to see revolution on the horizon none is

years after the breakout of the second world war, i think maybe it is good to remember what winston churchill said to the british people in june 1941. he said we will never negotiate with hitler or with any of his gang. and i personally believe the free world, we believe in free society, should never negotiate with assad and his gang. you speak about the man who has got more jewish blood on his hands than anybody since that time. we signed the peace agreement with saddat, and i respect his agreement, i support his agreement, but there are enemies with whom you never find any peace agreement, with the them, you never negotiate. destruction, elimination of your country. think about the democrat country -- small democratic country is israel, which is the integral part of the free world, and that is written in a covenant, but if you do not believe me, you can see daily events -- these are enemies with whom you do not negotiate, with whom you cannot talk. there are people that -- take an example, there are people that their activities cannot be tolerated by the people of the free world, and one of

winston churchill said jaw jaw is always better than war war. the contact between the oppositionists and the regime, over time when the fighting has proceeded further and people are more exhausted and fatigued, maybe resist some of the negotiations and have more fruitful set of talks. >> is there any incentive for bashar al-assad to step down? >> no, there is no incentive for bashar al-assad to step down and i think he's not going to do it. he has the backing of his clan, the assad clan that is very powerful, wealthy, well positioned. he has the packing of the alawite community, the majority of the christians in the country are neutral. even middle class sunnies are behind him. i would guess 55% of the population is with him. he's not going any place, i don't think. >> there is a referendum later in the year. all signs indicate that if he runs he will win. so where does that leave this process? how do you see this beginning to resolve itself? >> everything depends on the battlefield. the regime territory has been chipped away from it. i lived th

in mid october, 1942, winston churchill, prime minister of britain, said if operation torch fails, i am done for. the commander-in-chief of operation torch, a familiar name even in this museum, dwight d. eisenhower, years later wrote that the hours he spent in gibraltar waiting for the start of the invasion were his most excruciating ones during the entire war, worse than the day. algeria, morocco, to nietzsche, were not the only areas of concern in north africa. on the other side of the continents, on october 23rd, began the second battle at el alamein. if german forces won they would capture egypt, they had plans to move into palestine. if it is worth reminding ourselves that at the beginning of november 1942 the axis still seemed to be winning the war. france, the colonial power in northwest africa, had a predominantly muslim population, eight divisions of troops and a substantial navy. no one knew whether they would fight or how hard they would fight against operation torch. they also enacted discriminatory laws against 330,000 jews in morocco, algeria and tunisia. if germany pre

it becomes a figure of history like queen elizabeth i, winston churchill. these are big figure. you can't get them out of your head. >> host: yeah. for the last decade we have been spin doctors of meaning ofless statements about the meetings of -- >> >> guest: yeah. >> host: she was -- that was not her in any way at all. >> guest: it was not her. but the supporters who made a mistake here. they often tell you she didn't care what people thought. no politician succeeds if they don't care what people thought. she was, and this is something i acknowledge. a very cunning politician and pragmatic one. but she was, also, as she said a politician of conviction. and the fascination is how to link them in one human being. if you don't have the conviction you don't know where to go. if you don't have the cunning, you sort of collapse in a heap. it's the ,000,000ture that is so power offul. >> host: i was struck bay comment of one of her advisers, i think, who describes somebody with belief rather than idea. i think you yourself wrote she didn't have an intellectually oddly mind or an orig

winston churchill as you know very well i was able to dig hate so many things during the world war. nowadays cameron can't even get parliaments to bow to his will. his presidency seems to be changing as an imperial leader. do you have that sense? >> you certainly barack obama is an example of a president who is struggling to an act legislation and has struggled with decisions. i have always been a lifelong democrat and i remember adlai stevenson the first candidate i voted for it. i have come to believe that in-app period of the 50s, i am in retrospect glad that dwight eisenhower was the president. he had the experience, maybe not the articulation but the experience and the presence and the reputation to stand up to khrushchev and he had military superiority. i think that personality matters and i'm getting back to that. i think that the buildup of the german navy, the kaiser hankered after -- for the reasons that margaret has eloquently expressed. it was not intended as a real challenge to britain. it was intended as an add-on to military power or a great world power. the british w

winston churchill and was able to dictate so many different things it seems to be changing with the imperial leader. but certainly barack obama is a president and stumbling enacting legislation. i am a lifelong democrat a as i remember adelaide stevenson but i come to believe in retrospect ironclad eisenhower was president. he had the experience but the presence and the reputation to stand up and he had military superiority. personality matters. i think the buildup of the german navy that kaiser wanted for the reasons margaret has expressed not showing a real challenge in britain but as the add-on to military power we will be a great world power. and the british food depended that was expert and a tiny relatively they only had the navy that gave them or provided them the pax britannica to police the seas for german commercial trade and the evidence of power of the ability but that was unthinkable and that is why the government came in with all kinds of social plans, education, old age, and spent every pound. >> every historian with the saba proximate cause of the war was the realtime cables

winston churchill, and you know very well and was able to dictate so many things even in some degree the first world war and maladies he can't even get into the well. the imperial presidency seems to be changing some ways. >> certainly barack obama is an example of a president who is struggling to enact his legislation and has struggled with the decisions. i've always been a lifelong democrat and i remember adamle stevenson, the first candidate i voted for. but i have come to believe that an that period in the 50's, and in retrospect he had the experience, maybe not the reticulation, that the experienced and the presence and reputation to stand up to khrushchev, and he had the military superiority. but i think that personality matters. i am getting back to that. i think going back to a german navy for the reasons that margaret has eloquently expressed was not intended as the real challenge to britain, that it was intended as an add-on to the military power and we are going to be a great world power and and the british army was expert but tiny relatively. they only had their navy. it

much faster in this cumbersome political process we call democracy -- my favorite quote is by winston churchill. excepte system for all, for any other. remember that. it is alarming that vladimir and theyld get elected will give up their rights and favorites capabilities -- stability. you don't often get the dictator that you like and that's important why we should put up with the system and it drives us so crazy because as winston churchill said, it will turn out in the long run to be better than any other. i will give you an example and then i will shut up and take some questions. ago, you may remember this or you may not because you are not that old. a few years ago, bank of america decided to have a five dollar charge on their debit card once a month. because your generation does not use cash. i was appalled to go to starbucks and have him pull out a debit card for $3.99. i could not believe that people paid on debit. well, you guys don't do it. fine. whatever. graduate at roger williams university in rhode island, a working-class university and she's the first generation of her family to g

there fdr joined the british prime minister winston churchill at a world war ii meeting.e celebrating lis 61st birthday somewhere over haiti. fdr first took off on business 71 years ago today. when news breaks out we'll break in from the fox new deck. i'm shepard smith from new york. have a great afternoon. >>> i also want to assure the people are new jersey today that what has occurred does not define us or our state. this administration and this legislature will not allow the work that needs to be done to improve the people's lives in new jersey to be delayed for any reason. [ applause ] >> he's moving on. but are voters? welcome, everybody. i'm neil cavuto at fox on top of the country's most famous governor changing lanes or trying to, and what

in mid october, 1942, winston churchill, the prime minister of britain said if the operation torch fails i am done for. the commander in chief of the operation, a familiar name, even in this museum, dwight eisenhower years later wrote when they were waiting for the start of the invasion where his most excruciating once during the entire war. algeria, morocco, tunisia or not the only areas of concern in north africa. on the other side of the continent on october 23rd, as they began the second battle. if the german forces one, they would capture eject, penetrate to the suez canal, and if they had plans and the plans to move into palestine. it is worth reminding ourselves that at the beginning of november, 1942, the axis still seemed to be winning the war. in france the colonial power of northwest africa had a predominantly muslim population, eight divisions of troops and a substantial navy. no one knew whether they would fight or how hard they would fight against the operation. they had also enacted discriminatory law against 330,000 jews in morocco, algeria and tunisia. if germany prevail

50 years after the breakout of the second world war, i think maybe it's good to remember what winston churchill said to the british people in june of 1941. he said then, we will never negotiate with hitler or with any of his gang. i personally believe that if you believe in a free society you should never negotiate with sadat and his gang. we signed an agreement with sadat and i backed this agreement i supported this agreement that there aren't many enemies with whom you never sign any peace agreement. with them you never negotiate. people that the goal is extermination, destruction and elimination of your own country and he speak about a democratic country. a small democratic country in the middle east is real which is and entitled part of the free world. and it is written in the palestinian covenant but it should not be written. we can see these daily events, these are enemies with whom you cannot talk. there are people that -- take an example. there are people that their activities cannot be tolerated by the people living in the free world. one of these people is gadhafi. the united states t

afghanistan in the 1890s in churchill's first war, young winston at war with the afghans. look for these titles in bookstores this coming week and watch for the authors this the near future on booktv and on booktv.org. >> next on booktv, encore book notes. gina kolata sat down in 2000 to discuss her book about the devastating flu outbreak of 1918 that killed 40 million people worldwide. the author used letters, interviews and news reports to compile data for the book. this is about an hour. c-span: gina kolata, author of "flu: the story of the great influenza pandemic of 1918." why'd you write this? >> guest: i never really thought much about the flu. it just seemed like something that came around every year, and people would just get sick, and hen they get better again. i've never been interested in it at all. but then a few years ago -- i'm a reporter for "the new york times", and i wrote an article for the times about a really miraculous discovery. there was a guy at walter reed army medical center, and he was reporting in a technical journal called science magazine tha

winston churchill, who was one of the most dramatic figures in 20th century history, said this, you may recall, about the battle of britain and specifically the raf fighters who went up day after day against the germans. he said: never before in the annals of valor has so much been owed by so many to so few. when i started studying this battle a little bit more closely when i read a biography of cur chill, i discovered something that for some reason i didn't know before, and that was that the raf at that time only had 2,000 pilots, that it was only 2,000 pilots that went up every day against the full might of the germans. and when i found out that number, it gave me a lot of encouragement. you know, i believe that journalism is the air war of our time, and so while it is tempting to become discouraged in the face of some of the information and statistics that i might have shared with you, that there's a lot of them and so few of us, i continue to believe that while we may be few in number, with god's help we will be enough. so thank you very much for your attention today. thank you, joh

propaganda vote from the socialistic hugo chavez while unceremoniously returning a gift of a bust of winston churchill to our allies in great britain. i could not have known back in 2007 just where revolutions would crop up across the globe. had i known, my theory anticipated to perfection that a modern liberal president would oppose the democratic uprising in iran, support the overthrow of america's ally who attempted peace in egypt, and would call for a less -- leftist coup to overthrow our democratic ally in honduras. see, my theory was able to anticipate every single one of these policies, not because barack obama is a muslim. i don't care if he is or isn't. i double layer -- care what he believes but what he does. not because he is black. in the way the slanders and lies would say about us. it is because the modern liberal, there is something about his ideology that leads them to invariably and inevitably side with evil over good, wrong overwrite -- over right, the ugly over the beautiful, the profane over the profound, and the behaviors that lead to failure over those the lead to success. [appla