winston churchill was brought to tears. but that's not a hard thing because he's like speaker john boehner. [laughter] but the important thing is that his words spread throughout great britain, especially the phrase even to the end. he threw a lifeline to the british people and they never forgot it. during that time he was in england, there was a period of six weeks that he stayed with subsequent visits to the country during the war. hopkins would stay with winston churchill's country house. clementine was famous for not being prone to get along with people that she did not know. he was very discriminating. but she got along famously with hopkins. he had a good sense of humor and she was amused by his constant complaints to her about it she long underwear. so he would be in the downstairs bathroom shivering in his long overcoat that was made of wool and his scarf and hat. working on his memos and cable. and she would mother him at night. he would be kept up well over night drinking brandy. she would put a hot water bottle b

it was a day that winston churchill became prime minister of great britain. and within a few weeks the rest of europe would be under the nazi. on that day, actually evening, the roosevelt and hopkins were upstairs in the white house. they just finished dinner. they were in the oval study, and as usual, bantering, telling stories back and forth, laughing at each other's jokes. at that time, harry was 49 and the president was 57. they had known each other for a decade. eleanor roosevelt had consoled harry, following the death of his second wife, barbara in 1937, of breast cancer. and since that time, mrs. roosevelt, the first lady, had been surrogate mother of harry's young daughter, diana, aged seven, who is in virginia right now. and so by that time harry was almost a part of the roosevelt family, and he was at that time the closest adviser and friend. and if anybody could be a confidence of roosevelt, he was. -- be a confidant of roosevelt, he was. the president said -- sensed harry was not feeling well that evening. he knew that hopkins had had some say two

resident, prime minister's resident hobbesian lunch alone with winston churchill. the windows of the old house have been adept series. that said they were in the basement. that was an amazing two or three hour liquefied lunch the two of them had. but at that first meeting churchill wrote, let me see if i can remember his words. he said tusayan at harry hopkins, that extraordinary man who played at west to play a sometimes decisive part in the whole movement of the war. and then he said, his was a soul that's lame that a frail and feeling naughty. he was a crumbling white house. from which there shall create events that led crates fleets to harbor. i always enjoy his come any, especially when things went ill. he could be very disagreeable and say hard sour thing. churchill's words not known to be an undersea error. such somehow conflate iran were for an incredibly special relationship with churchville. and then a few days later, still in england, actually scotland come a few days better he cemented their relationship with the british people. there is a big dinner at

winston churchill had this problem too. he was given to flights of rhetorical excess. sometimes james madison could sort of calm him down. madison was to jefferson what axelrod is to boeobama and grov was to bush saying, no, i don't think you need to send that letter. but sometimes he didn't get it. and jefferson hated extremism because it presupposed you had all the answers. now, as we were just talking about, there's a passion for discove discovery, passion for knowledge, knowledge is power, jefferson said that running through jefferson's life. so extremism was actually a closed mind -- the expression of a closed mind which he could never, ever stand for. he did talk about revolution. he talked about every 20 years. he talked about how the blood of tyrants can be the manure of liberty. so rather of seeing a revolt against authority, then the aristocrats forming an army to keep that kind of thing down. and that's how i think you have to understand his comments on that. is that if there was some upsets, some dissent, you know what, in human life we're going to have the

i like this one-- winston churchill. tell me the story about that one. when they had-- everyone else replied. they had some wonderful replies. but they had a refusal from one person, and that was winston churchill. and the refusal letter is at the top there. once the book had been finished and all the eliminations had been done, my mother packaged it off to lady churchill who we gather dumped it on his lap and said, "sign it." and the reply is there and his signature is the only one that isn't on the card, that's actually signed in the book. he actually signed in the book. so, the letter from chartwell-- churchill's home-- "dear mrs. pugh, "lady churchill has asked me to thank you for your letter "of the 16th of august. sir winston has signed your coronation book--" brilliant. "and i return it to you with his good wishes. yours sincerely, private secretary." so, that was the result. that was. so we had more or less the complete set. and let me see-- you have a favorite one, don't you? i do. my favorite one is "bomber" harris who had a reputation as being

when winston churchill was writing his great biography, and i am working on the system of four volumes. i am not comparing myself to winston churchill but in regard to the lyndon johnson biography we are in the same vote. people ask me don't you get bored? the answer is the very opposite is true. for one reason, i don't think of these books as being about lyndon johnson just as i didn't think the power brokers being about robert moses. i never had the slightest interest in writing a book just to tell the life of the famous man. from the moment i first thought of doing books, and fought of biographies as a wave examining the great forces that shaped the times that they lived in. why is political power so important. we have the power and votes we cast at the ballot box, the more that we know about how political power really works, not at is taught in textbooks and colleges but we brought naked reality of political power. and the better our country should be. lyndon johnson is the right man to examine political power. he was such a genius in the use of bending congress in all washington,

that was winston churchill. but some of his conservative successors see that as a nightmare, and many here are glad they may soon have a chance to vote on their place in the european union. at lunch in east london, the euro cafe is serving up british toast and italian coffee, and the patrons are discussing the european question. >> we should be allowed a say at some point. >> we are definitely part of europe, and i think we will be too small outside of europe. >> but not all londoners are as pro-eu as those in the euro cafe. >> we definitely need to renegotiate our position. it certainly detracts from what we could contribute to our own economy, which is sorely needed. >> i know we can still means -- retain a relationship with our members without necessarily the party. m a cameron's position is one of a strong britain in a more relaxed european alliance, and he says that is something he will fight for. >> david heyman is making his own position very difficult. britain's fate will hinge on its european partners.

again, quo tote -- to quote winston churchill, it is a terrible system. it is just better than any other one. i met with the brazilian supreme court. they have just met with the united states supreme court less than a month ago to deal with their issues. in brazil, every matter that comes before the supreme court of brazil, they had 80,000 cases last year, 80,000, obviously, no justice. you cannot have a system that wants to review 80,000 cases. i do think our appellate system could use some tweaking, but by and large, the florida -- i am not sure i agree with that -- almost certainly respected -- the florida supreme court's motto is, you'll appreciate this, i will not give you the latin version, but the translation is "soon enough, if correct." that is the actual motto. sometimes soon enough is not soon enough. you are correct. as you know, professor, the supreme court of the united states takes such few cases that usually the intermediary court decision is the final one. we have to fill the bench. it is going to be worse every day if we have an empty fe

when winston churchill was given this portrait as a gift, he said he looked like a halfwit and told his wife to destroy it after he died. presidents are hard to please too. lbj called his official portrait "the ugliest he had ever seen." and one critic quipped, this likeness of bill clinton commissioned for washington's national portrait gallery looked more like ted koppel. >> a good portrait, in my point of view, makes you think that you're sitting in front of the person. >> reporter: new york portrait artist marvin mattelson sells his paintings for as much as $45,000 and agreed to let me sit for a quick 30-minute version. >> you can't please everyone, so there's only two people you want to please. you want to please yourself and you want to please your client. if anyone else is happy, that's a bonus. >> reporter: the duchess, an art history major herself, is said to be thrilled with her portrait. >> i'm done. >> reporter: all right. >> this is the finished study. >> reporter: oh, wow. what i see that you got is you -- the look in my eyes. and in the end, if the duchess likes hers too,

if you do not believe that, imagine a world war ii with britain led by a 25-year-old winston churchill. right? you need wisdom. you need wisdom. society's need wisdom and knowledge. they value older people. but operationally, functionally, you know, we slow down. we're less precise. we remember less. we're less effective than we could or should be. we asked the question of how complicated with the training be, and what did these things are reimbursable -- reversible? i will tell you, everything is reversible. everything can be improved. every dimension of the physical, functional brain can be reversed in a positive direction. it is all reversible. we're constructed to be basically reversible. so, first of all, we look at the process of the brain as it relates to the alertness of the brain. look at recovery. we look at the process as it relates to the intentional control of the bravin. we look at the accuracy as to how the brain receives information. is schematically approved by training. we can speed up the brain almost always by two to three-fold in an old animal or human not so far a

caller: the speech that in winston churchill made, i want to quote part of that. it relates to what the gentleman has just been talking about, technology. it said, "the stone age may science, and what might now destruction." i think he is talking about the weapons and guns we have now, also the attacks that hackers could make about the defense of america. if they did dysfunctionize the whole system, what would happen with all the gun-holders in america? if you want to get food from the supermarket, what do you do? from great britain. guest: i think there are lots of folks who are surprised at the pace of technological change. host: part of a cover story, looking at the president's second term, this focusing on foreign policy and and domestic issues. $17 trillion debt. he is facing a pullout from afghanistan and our role in the world. guest: it is interesting. leadership, what does that mean. if you go back on the eve of the world war, the number of foreignit was well under 100. the cold war has had an enormous transforming impact. dwight eisenhower cited all of th

but winston churchill... it's not worth a tremendous amount of money. i would say about £100 to £150. fantastic. but you love it anyway. yes, it's worth more than that to me. i've been told that you brought this all the way from australia to the antiques roadshow in london for a friend. is that right? yes, i have, except it's a little different, 'cause it's actually a friend of a friend. are you mad? you brought this all this way? i think so. but i think it's worth it. i hope so anyway. i guess we'll find out. it now intrigues me. and had you seen it before? no, because i actually picked it up on the way to the airport so when i picked it up it was enclosed in a box. customs didn't open it so i didn't actually see it until i got to england and opened the box. you know that moment when you go through customs, they say, "could anyone have interfered with your bags or are you carrying something for anyone else," did you think this might be a bit of a sticky moment? i thought it would be, and i decided to be totally honest and say, "it's not mine, i didn'

churchill and the bible. those are other examples. >> gavin: 60 years span of writing. someone who kept and saved all of his letters. because he knew we would be talking about him? >> yes, did he. he totally obsessed with how history would see him and all those guys were. the 158 letters that he and jon adams exchanged in retirement are so eloquent i have a hard time to believe that they're first draft. they're essays, and they talked about their fame. in the 18th century sense of fame is reputation. they were very much worried about their reputation. one of the reasons why jefferson hated jon marshall, yes the supreme court but he wrote a five-volume to washington and his view of the world rather than jefferson's view of the world. he was always invited to write another volume to fight that. he very much understood that reputation waxed and waned. the winners wrote history and the shaping of the life of the mind in the country was going to have a political affect because books mattered and narrative mattered

churchill reminded everybody a long time ago a very unpredictable events and if it wasn't so the fact that the other chap thought he had a chance there wouldn't be a war and least of the these islamist extremists are very experienced very well armed and very determined to provide harness independent journalist life on strasburg thank you for your time thank you. at least four police officers have been injured in the latest outbreak of loyalist clashes in northern ireland tensions been running high for more than a month after belfast council decided to fly the union flag above city hall for only eighteen days a year archies are for it is in the province and looks into what else is fueling the unrest. recreational rioting that's what some people are calling it. has been taking place all across belfast in the past weeks many of them peaceful but in pockets violence breaking out the crisis is on the other side many of them young their faces covered as police come under attack with rocks and petrol bombs mark easton's the director of the east belfast mission creep is working with young pro

to paraphrase winston churchill, i did not take the oath i've just taken with the intention of presiding over the dissolution of the world's strongest economy. in the days ahead i will propose removing the roadblocks that have slowed our economy and reduced productivity. steps will be taken aimed at restoring the balance between the various levels of government. progress may be slow, measured in inches and feet, not miles, but we will progress. it is time to reawaken this industrial giant, to get government back within its means, and to lighten our punitive tax burden. and these will be our first priorities, and on these principles there will be no compromise. on the eve of our struggle for independence a man who might have been one of the greatest among the founding fathers, dr. joseph warren, president of the massachusetts congress, said to his fellow americans, "our country is in danger, but not to be despaired of. on you depend the fortunes of america. you are to decide the important questions upon which rests the happiness and the liberty of millions yet unborn. act worthy of yourse

on that sort of threw me was the first person to use social security was winston churchill. in an essay about modern society. he is the one who created the term social security. some people did really well with this. going through a list of who are the most powerful presidents in terms of language, i think that you have to have roosevelt who is way up there. in 1937 he gives a press conference and he is talking about the supreme court and for some of the decisions of this court, if you ask me, they are iffy. and the next day they talk about the president creating the word effete. the five or six years, anytime they said pardon me but this is iffy. of course, slang gets people in trouble. with the wilson is a great waster. one of the things was what could move on. and he used a lot of campaign type of words. he would come up with these accurate sims, you know and the guardians of the language were just appalled by his use of it. he just loved to play around with language. presidents do get in trouble. i'm not even going to mention george bush. but the biggest is probably tedd

when the bush administration was trying to justify the use of torture, i used a quote from winston churchill about how it looks good at the beginning, but if you go down that road, and it gets bad. and he talks about a staircase leading down and as you go down, eventually crumbles beneath your feet. that is a great image. sometimes the right image can make the difference. i am very exposed and engaged in rhode island life. that is a good rhode island quote. the warden wrote a letter to george washington asking that it should be the policy of the united states to give the sanctions or persecution of assistance. so he writes back to him to the conversation of the congregation. if you are in legislative business, if you work for someone come you don't want to annoy them too much. you just go on and whatever else you have to do. so there's a lot of rhode island history, we have a lot of experience here. i think one of the things about the book and the quotations is my sense that you can be engaged as a citizen and voter and public voice and be engaged in your community. however you choose to do

churchill about how it looks good at the beginning, but go down that road and it's bad, and he talks about a staircase leading down and its brightly lit and carpeted at the top and the carpet in this and the tread feels and it crumbles beneath your feet. that can make a difference in an argument. i am very, very exposed and engaged in rhode island's life, so you know, things like our revolutionary war nathaniel greene saying i get beat, i rise and fight again. good rhode island in the court from the synagogue wrote a letter to george washington asking that it should always be the policy of the united states to give to the persecution of no assistance. washington with a politician's gift for good faith steel's eight out of the letter and writes it back to him to the congregation, and those with a number of offers are good rhode island history. some of it is a lot more personal. john chafee my predecessor in the senate never said never tease the crocodile until you cross the stream and that is something if you are in the legislative business you don't want to annoy them too much you go

winston churchill had a great quote. everything that is agreeable is on sound and everything that is agreeable is unsound. -- everything that is agreeable is unsound and everything that is sound is generally disagreeable. favoritism for large financial institutions will not hold. i believe you might have support in the executive, but it has to come from the commerce. they make the laws. they have created this massive thing called dodd-frank only part way through in terms of interpreting. i believe with community bankers parts we will be supported on this issue. this is something we have been bird dogging. i do think it is gaining momentum. as i said earlier, who has benefited from this? lawyers and bureaucrats. john? >> i am half australian. thank you for leading me on this. as you know better than me, god and frank would say we dealt with too big to fail and we meant it. --.and frank would say -- we really mean it as regulators. and that is not sufficient to the bankers or the market. i am curious, the party didn't emph

winston churchill famously said democracy is the worst possible form of government. i am curious what country you think might be doing a better job in disseminating news through the mass media where it is not as hysterical, not as pointed as our news coverage is. does anybody do it better, or is this just the way it is in free society? i hope you don't say great britain. >> i think this is the way it is. if you go to europe, you will find that they did not seem to go through this golden age. the big newspapers there are not owned by parties, they are affiliated with parties in their ideology. the editorial page and the news pages will work together to report stories, where you are we have this great fire wall between the editorial pages and the news pages. i do think this is the worst possible media except for all the others. >> so there is no place like home. >> i think danish media is probably fantastic. >> the german news media is not owned by the parties. the real difference is that their newspapers are family- owned, they are not publicly traded. even a family-o

my hero, the great world war ii leader winston churchill once said i refuse to be impartial between the fire brigade and fire. president obama agreed. what side will the republicans take? the fires? will the gop be the guns over people party? look at the tough stand the president's taken here. not just limiting the capacity of gun magazines and background checks. but limiting the ban on semiautomatic rifles. what's the nra done? gone after the president's daughters. people are hurt by what happened to those first graders. it's not a smart move to be out there backing the gun runners. for sure it's not good to sell in the suburbs or the cities. it may not even sell in the country. nobody likes what happened in connecticut and a decent society will get off its butt. a decent society will get off its butt. both the gun kind and the other kind. collin goddard was a survivor of the 2007 virginia tech shootings. he's now with the brady campaign to prevent gun violence. and mark glazer is the director of mayors against illegal guns. for measures he could control through the executive branch. t

he sprinkles the book with great warriors and sages, including winston churchill and seems fascinated with himself and his rise from army brat to a modern-day, king of the tiger pass. he clings to the now defunct counter insurgency, or coin strategy, that was supposed to win the war. incredibly, he is urging the military to leave the military for us, large enough to train the afghans and ensure their stability. almost wistfully, he says, we have an emotional responsibility to the people of afghanistan, tell that to the american people who are sick of war and fed up with military spending. meanwhile, his lawyer followers float the idea that if hillary falters, the general should run on the democratic presidential ticket in 2016 this. raises serious questions. not just his rigid and ultimately successful conduct -- unsuccessful conduct of the war, but his role in the coverup of ranger pat tillman's death by friendly fire in 2004. tillman, a well-paid professional football player, volunteered for war because of 9/11. we have not heard the last of mcchrystal, teaching a leadership course

what winston churchill could teach president obama. >>> let me finish tonight with this. that honey nut cheerios has oats that can help lower cholesterol? and it tastes good? sure does! wow. it's the honey, it makes it taste so... well, would you look at the time... what's the rush? be happy. be healthy. >>> let me finish tonight with this. dinner with churchill, policy making at the dinner table. she writes while managing the war, the british prime minister maintained an active palate and a nose for a fine cuban cigar. the real take away from the book was that this so-called man of the 20g9 century was more productive at the dinner table than the conference table. as we look to the start of the president's second term on monday, it's a lesson which needs to be appreciated by modern day washington. that we live in polarized times, that's not subject to debate. one of the causes is incivility. elected officials spend very little social time with one another. they don't move their families and settle here anymore. they're too busy running home to raise money. to spur a climate where colle

churchill was the first man to say -- [ laughter ] -- milk, milk, lemonade -- [ laughter ] -- around the corner, fudge is made. [ laughter ] >> 80% of the time, 60% of congress is going commando. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: the egyptian pyramids were supposed to be tiny, but due to a mathematical error, they ended up being big. [ laughter ] >> some say napoleon had an inferiority complex because he was short. but it's actually because he was always picked last for kickball. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: shoe and sock go on your feet, but pant does not. [ laughter ] >> george washington's face appears on the quarter, the $1 bill and tobey maguire's left butt cheek. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: namaste. [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: that was "true facts of truth" with charlie sheen. "anger management" season two premieres thursday at 9:00 p.m. on fx. stick around. we'll be right back with more "late night." [ cheers and applause ] ♪ i played a round of golf.id in the last five hours? then i read a book while teaching myself how to play guitar; ran ten miles while knitting myself a sweater; jumped

churchill. in 1906 in an essay about modern society and what has to be done but he is the one who creates the term social security. there are some people that really do well with it. i think if you had a list of who were the most powerful presidents in terms of language i think you have -- frankly roosevelt has to be way up there. not only the phrases are but if he -- iffy he's talking about the supreme court insist some of these decisions of the supreme court if you ask me our iffy. next day the lead of the papers was in fact the president created the word today iffy and for five or six years anytime a columnist in the tribune said pardon me if i use the presidents word but it's iffy preposition iffy and the fact that he is use slang. of course lang gets them in trouble. woodrow wilson is a great slang served and they are editorials. he says let's get a move on. he says gal instead of girl and uses almost tin pan alley kind of slang. he was really lambasting the papers for using slang. he would

churchill in the bible, he can be used in any way you need. because he was so articulate and so prolific. 20,000 or more letters, brilliantly written, wonderfully eloquent. what can we make of it? this is the man, the human being we have. that is what i want to get to, answering president kennedy's question, what was he like? trying to figure this out, i asked for and was granted permission to sleeping jefferson's bed room one night on a pallet on a floor i hasten to add. wanted to hear how the clock sounded. jefferson always said he woke when he could start to make out the hands of the clock. the son had not called in bed in more than 40 years. i wanted to see if that was one of those things as dean acheson said no one comes up second best in their own memoir, what did that was actually true. a brilliant point from secretary atchison. what i learned was as the sun rises over the southwestern mountains in virginia the first place the light hits is his bed. he designed the house so that he would be able to begin to absorb the light, begin the d

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so, what i did was maybe best summarized by winston churchill in the famous description of americans. they generally do the right thing after first exhausting every available alternative. >> how difficult was it afterwards, just coming to terms with that? >> well, i've always been an optimist by nature. and i just felt let's move on. and -- and in to the future. and i've enjoyed my life since the time when i was running for office. and i found other ways to serve. >> indeed, he has. the new book is "the future." >>> the count on to the super bowl. this weekend, of course, otherwise known as the har-bowl. the parents plan to sweat it out in the stands. >> who has it better than us? nobody! every parent, every single parent can identify with that. >> that's right. >> thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. sunday night, we experience both of those, those great emotions and our thoughts will be with the one that comes up a little short. not their short-term agenda. [ male announcer ] join the nearly 7 million investors who think like you do. face time and think time make a difference.

caller: the speech that in winston churchill made, i want to quote part of that. it relates to what the gentleman has just been talking about, technology and changes and the way people are influenced by technology. it said, "the stone age may return on the gleaming wings of science, and what might now shower immeasurable material blessings upon mankind, may even bring about its total destruction." i think he is talking about the weapons and guns we have now, also the attacks that hackers could make about the defense of america. if they did dysfunctionize the whole system, what would happen with all the gun-holders in america? if you want to get food from the supermarket, what do you do? no one seems to look at the downside of it and reasoning what it does. that is all. host: thanks for watching us from great britain. guest: i think there are lots of folks who are surprised at the pace of technological change. host: part of a cover story, looking at the president's second term, this focusing on foreign policy and and domestic issues. the obama doctrine calls for en

my hero the graeld world war ii leader winston churchill once said i refuse to be impar usual between the fire and the fire brigade. president obama agreed. what side will the republicans take? the fires? will the gop be the guns over people party? look at the tough stand the president's taken here. not just limiting the capacity of gun magazines and background checks. but limiting the ban on semiautomatic rifles. what's the nra done? gone after the president's daughters. people are hurt by what happened to those first graders. it's not a smart move to be out there backing the gun runners. for sure it's not good to sell in the suburbs or the cities. it may not even sell in the country. nobody likes what happened in connecticut and a decent society will get off its butt. a decent society will get off its butt. both the gun kind and the other kind. collin goddard was a survivor of the 2007 virginia tech shootings. he's now with the brady campaign to prevent gun violence. and mark glazer is the director of mayors against illegal guns. for measures he could control through the executive b

meacham brought up winston churchill. 65 when he became prime minister. saved western civilization. if you turned 60 now, my life's behind me. churchill, not prime minister until -- >> it's time for "morning joe." now it's time for the great chuck todd. >> he's fantastic. >> we love you, chuck. i'm sorry for him. >>> with afghanistan's president heading into washington to meet with president obama, a debate emerges about how long u.s. troops will be there. a central issue that will face the president. picks to run the pentagon and the cia. that's if they make it through the senate gauntlet. >>> this morning we'll meet one of the faces of the gop. freshman congressman tom cotton of arkansas. got a big crowd of conservatives. grinning from ear to ear already about his future in his party. >>> and richard nixon would have turned 100 years old today if he were still alive. find out how his legacy is still trying to get shaped by his supporters and why he might be the most consequential american politician in the last half century. good morning from washington. it's wednesday, january 9t

and one that sort of threw me a bit was the first person that used social security was winston churchill, he used it in 1906 in an essay about modern society and what has to be done. he's the one that creates the term "social security." i, um, there are some people that really did well with it. i think if you're sort of going down a list of who were the most powerful presidents in terms of language and innovation, i think you've got to have, frankly, roosevelt's got to be way up there. not only the phrase "day of infamy," iffy, 1937 he's talking about the supreme court, and he said some of the decisions of this supreme court, if you ask me, they're iffy. and the next day the lead in the papers was, in fact of, the president created a word today, iffy. and for five or six years i remember finding a columnist in the tribune said pardon me if i use the president's word, but this is an iffy preposition. and, of course, slang gets them in trouble. woodrow wilson is a great slangster, and one of the things, there are editorials. he said let's get a move on, and he'd say this, and he'd use gal

winston churchill said we make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. to the young leaders of today and tomorrow, it's a great life. >> sean: welcome back to the special edition of "hannity," that was a cliff of general mcchrystal giving his farewell address, 2010. and his new book on book shelves everywhere "my share of the task" and you never saw obama's comments about you leaving until now. >> just this minute. >> sean: your reaction? >> of course, it brings back something that i want to move on from and it brings back sadness and regret that it happened, but most important to me, what i tried to do with my life now is be the leader that the people who believed in me before continue to believe in me and to conduct myself in a way that would cause them to believe that it's important to lead with responsibility. >> sean: general petraeus followed you. we know what happened with him. you obviously are friends with him. >> i am. >> sean: what are your thoughts? >> well, my thoughts are for dave and holly petraeus. i saw up close what dave did for the nat

when the bush administration was trying to justify its use of torture, and used a quote from winston churchill about how it looks good at the beginning, but go down that road and against bad and he talks about a staircase leading down and it's brightly lit and carpeted at the top nsc go down, the carpet and from the trans fail and eventually crumbles beneath your feet. and that's a great image and sometimes the right image can make a difference in an argument. i'm very, very exposed and engaged in rhode island size, so you know, things like our revolutionary war general nathaniel greene saying aside akp, i rise up in can. that is a good rhode island thing. the quote from the touro synagogue, the warden wrote a letter to 10, asking you should always be the policy of the united states to get to bigotry no sanction. washington at the politicians can interpret for you still sit out and writes it back to him to the congregation. and there's a number of others. those are good rhode island history. some of it is a lot more personal. john chafee, my predecessor in the senate was advised by m

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winston churchill famously said democracy is the worst possible form of government. i am curious what country you think might be doing a better job in disseminating news through the mass media where it is not as hysterical, not as pointed as our news coverage is. does anybody do it better, or is this just the way it is in free society? i hope you don't say great britain. >> i think this is the way it is. if you go to europe, you will find that they did not seem to go through this golden age. the big newspapers there are not owned by parties, they are affiliated with parties in their ideology. the editorial page and the news pages will work together to report stories, where you are we have this great fire wall between the editorial pages and the news pages. i do think this is the worst possible media except for all the others. >> so there is no place like home. >> i think danish media is probably fantastic. >> the german news media is not owned by the parties. the real difference is that their newspapers are family-owned, they are not publicly traded. even a family-ow

sometimes winston churchill once said when people like newt just hung around in politics after they were defeated, he said we need fewer peerages and fewer disappearages. anyway, newt gingrich says the president is a bully. i would have a finer notion. yours, nia? >> well, very different from what people said before about this president, was that he would fold early in these negotiations and settle for half a loaf rather than going for the whole loaf. he is basically a continuing campaign. he is going to the american people and using the bully pulpit, i think much more effectively than he ever has, using all of the levers of his office, whether he is going, considering executive action around gun control and also going to vice president biden, kind of an inside game there. but also going to the outside game and looking at public opinion. and he is finding out what the public wants, trying to lead, i think, the public opinion parade, but also be in the middle of it. >> let me check you on that. will he come after assault weapons ban tomorrow? >> i think he will. >> okay. that's a test of

winston churchill famously said democracy is the worst possible form of government. i am curious what country you think might be doing a better job in disseminating news through the mass media where it is not as hysterical, not as pointed as our news coverage is. does anybody do it better, or is this just the way it is in free society? i hope you don't say great britain. >> i think this is the way it is. if you go to europe, you will find that they did not seem to go through this golden age. the big newspapers there are not owned by parties, they are affiliated with parties in their ideology. the editorial page and the news pages will work together to report stories, where you are we have this great fire wall between the editorial pages and the news pages. i do think this is the worst possible media except for all the others. >> so there is no place like home. >> i think danish media is probably fantastic.[laughter] >> the german news media is not owned by the parties. the real difference is that their newspapers are family- owned, they are not publicly traded. even

winston churchill once said when people like newt hung around in politics after they were defeated, we more disappearages. i wonder my thought about this guy. why he's still on television. anyway, newt gingrich said the president's a bully. yours? >> very different from what people said before about this president which is he would fold early in these negotiations. settle for a half a loaf rather than going for the whole loaf. he is basically continuing a campaign. he is going to the american people and using the bully pulpit much more effectively than he ever has. using all the levers within his office. considering executive action around gun control and also going to vice president biden. kind of an inside game there. also going to the outside game. and looking at public opinion. and he's finding out what the public wants trying to lead the public opinion parade but also be in the middle of it. >> let me check you on that. the assault weapon ban tomorrow? >> i think so. >> let me go to this other we of the -- of sticking with hagel. glen, i was impressed. i thought after awhile aroun

caller: the speech that in winston churchill made, i want to quote part of that. it relates to what the gentleman has just been talking about, technology and changes and the way people are influenced by technology. it said, "the stone age may return on the gleaming wings of science, and what might now shower immeasurable material blessings upon mankind, may even bring about its total destruction." i think he is talking about the weapons and guns we have now, also the attacks that hackers could make about the defense of america. if they did dysfunctionize the whole system, what would happen with all the gun-holders in america? if you want to get food from the supermarket, what do you do? host: thanks for watching us from great britain. guest: i think there are lots of folks who are surprised at the pace of technological change. host: part of a cover story, looking at the president's second term, this focusing on foreign policy and and domestic issues. the president is facing a $16, $17 trillion debt. he is facing a pullout from afghanistan and our role in the world

you saw with britain, where winston churchill's famous winston churchill's famous line. this seems to be a relatively highly functioning country. they have produced great leaders of industry, entrepreneurship, the arts. when we feel -- iraq and afghanistan were really the tipping stone that we squandered our financial resources. we outsourced it. it was basically a corporate war. i just feel like we dug our own grave here and now we have to face the consequences. we do have to take care of ourselves first. host: are you saying that not being a superpower may not be such a bad thing for the you -- u.s.? caller: exactly. by default, we will still be a world leader because of the dynamism of our country. you look at canada, our quiet neighbor to the north, that whether the financial downturn excellently. they are a highly respected nation, a vibrant country, a powerhouse -- economic powerhouse. who cares? post, -- host: thanks for sharing your voice and your ideas. there are a lot of minority sects ruling majority countries like iraq and syria because, after world war ii, -

churchill once said about moses is his life was the greatest single stride forward in human destiny. >> didn't charlgton heston cast frazier heston in a movie recently? >> no, no. i with us responsible for the boy, not for the casting. i think he's about ready to go and read his own clipping. >> good night, frazier, good night. good night, boy. >> there's quite a story about that casting. when mr. demill found out we were going do have a baby he said he could play the infant moses in "ten commandments" and one of the instant messages lydia got was a wire saying congratulations, he's got the part. and in due time he went over to mr. demill's office and signed this contract which says on the front on this little gold plate frazier clark heston is hooesh engaged to play the baby infant moses. >> chuck when you're away from the movies i'm told you're an amateur painter. do you have any? >> as a matter of fact i'm right in the middle of one. i'm very amateur. leave out the other adjectives. >> i suppose when you get up to your michigan home you do hunting scenes. >> the first thing i hope

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