(cheers and applause). >> stephen: okay, cable news? you got the message? i just hope he doesn't have to say that again. but if he does, he's available next sunday. we'll be right back. rs andeers and (cheers and applause). >> stephen: welcome back, everybody. please welcome peter baker. (cheers and applause) hey, peter, nice to have you on. mr. baker, sir, you are the chief white house correspondent for the "new york times". >> yeah. >> stephen: did you have to shift gears between the bush administration and the obama administration? because you guys were so tough on bush and so in love with obama. (laughter) >> right. that's not what president obama would say. they don't seem to think we're very easy on him. but, look, we cover all president it is same way. we try to be tough but fair and try to find out what's going on. >> let's find out how tough and fair you are because you have a new book called "days of fire: bush and cheney in the white house." okay, um, i'm going to draw -- a line right now, okay? i love this man. i love president bush. if i read y

channel for america, the cable news network. >> stand by. take three. three, start to zoom in. >> on june 1st, 1980, cnn aired its first broadcast. >> good evening. i'm david walker. >> and i'm lois ark. now here's the news. >> wolf's one-hour documentary, ted turner, the maverick man, premieres this sunday night, 7:00 eastern, right here on cn nrk. that's it for me. thank you so much for watching. "newsroom" continues right now with john berman and rosa flores. >> we're going to start this afternoon with some good news. great news, actually, for a change. i want you to take a look at live pictures out of san francisco where any moment, a news conference will begin there on the city which is transforming itself into gotham city for a day. >> why, you might ask? it's a 5-year-old boy's wish. he's in remission from a long battle with leukemia, and today, the city is honoring his dream of becoming a superhero. you see the bat mobile there on your screen. we'll keep an eye out on this and take you live from the ground and talk about superheroes,

(cheers and applause). >> stephen: okay, cable news? you got the message? i just hope he doesn't have to say that again. but if he does, he's available next sunday. we'll be right back. (cheers ause)e)lause)e) (cheers and applause). >> stephen: welcome back, everybody. please welcome peter baker. (cheers and applause) hey, peter, nice to have you on. mr. baker, sir, you are the chief white house correspondent for the "new york times". >> yeah. >> stephen: did you have to shift gears between the bush administration and the obama administration? because you guys were so tough on bush and so in love with obama. (laughter) >> right. that's not what president obama would say. they don't seem to think we're very easy on him. but, look, we cover all president it is same way. we try to be tough but fair and try to find out what's going on. >> let's find out how tough and fair you are because you have a new book called "days of fire: bush and cheney in the white house." okay, um, i'm going to draw -- a line right now, okay? i love this man. i love president bush. if

. >> why you won't be seeing him on his new cable tv show anytime soon. ♪ >>> and kid caped crusader. a brave 5-year-old with leukemia, fighting crime just like batman. capturing the riddler and the penguin. we'll tell you how thousands of people med his unforgettable day happen. >>> good morning, everybody. we have the bat phone on the set here. i picked it up. and ron claiborne picks up. >> stop calling me, dan. >> yeah. >> i knew you were batman. >> stop harassing me. >> we never know when we're going to need this. what an adorable kid. and the president, the first lady, chiming in. we're going to hear more from them coming up. 5-year-old miles scott, may be needed to save the day. we never know. we have the phone here. we're going to show you how san francisco was magically transformed into gotham city. ending with a tiny superhero. a chocolate key to the city. >> can he eat that whole thing? >> he can share with us. he deserves the whole key. >>> we're going to begin with a fright ing meningitis outbreak at princeton university. abc's linsey davis is here with the very latest. go

> this news service will be called the cable news network. >> i worked until 7:00. when i got home the news was over. so i missed television news completely. and i figured there were lots of people like me. >> you can do so much more in 24 hours than you can in 24 minutes. >> you had this maverick down in atlanta, georgia, who had decided that he was going to provide news around the clock, 24 hours a day. not just at 6:00 when cronkite or the others would be coming on with the evening news. >> we're a live worldwide news network. >> we had no background in news. but it was plainly a major genre in cable television that was missing finally you can see our news cable news network headquarters. 90,000 square feet of the future. >> most thought the idea was crazy. >> people did look upon that as a foolish idea that was destined for failure. but the underestimated ted turner. >> we sign in on june 1. barring satellite problems in the future we won't be signing off until the world ends we will cover it live. >> ted had 11 months to get the station on the air. >> we had no

and why is he being banned from his own cable news show? >> quite a scene in front of the apartment. we'll show you more of that coming up. >>> and she is the mother whose hair-dos for her children have made her a youtube star. the question now, can the "gma" anchors match her skill? i guarantee ginger zee is already cheating. >> she can do that in her sleep. >> absolutely. stand by for more "gma." ♪ music it's so much more than coffee. brew the love. keurig. to a tastier festive feast. so much to sip and savor, a feeding frenzy to say the least. a turkey from safeway is just what they crave. a hero of the table, "so delicious" they'll rave. fresh, natural, frozen. it's the best selection around. spend $30 and a frozen safeway turkey is just 59 cents a pound. so raise your glass, pull up a chair, grab a plate. this tastier thanksgiving is well worth the wait. safeway. ingredients for life. >>> you want to apologize to her on camera? >> alec baldwin is once again living up to his hot-head reputation. the actor cursing out a reporter and mo

> this news service will be called the cable news network. >> i work until 7:00. and when i got home, the news was over. so i missed television news completely. and i figured there were lots of people like me. >> you can do so much more in 24 hours than you can in 24 minutes. >> you've had this maverick down in atlanta, georgia, who decided he was going to provide news around the clock, 24 hours a day. not just at 6:00 when cronkite or the others would be coming on with the evening news. >> we're a live worldwide news network. >> we had no background in news. but it was plainly a major genre in cable television that was missing. >> can you see our new cable television news head quarters. >> most thought the idea was crazy. >> people did look upon that as a foolish idea that was destined for failure. but they underestimated ted turner. >> we signed on june 1. and barring satellite problems in the future, we won't be signing off until the world ends. we will cover it live. >> ted had 11 months to get the station on the air. >> we had no bureaus, no cameras, no camer

>> this news service will be called the cable news network. >> i work until 7:00. and when i got home, the news was over. so i missed television news completely. and i figured there were lots of people like me. >> you can do so much more in 24 hours than you can in 24 minutes. >> you've had this maverick down in atlanta, georgia, who decided he was going to provide news around the clock, 24 hours a day. not just at 6:00 when cronkite or the others would be coming on with the evening news. >> we're a live worldwide news network. >> we had no background in news. but it was plainly a major genre in cable television that was missing. >> you can see our new cable television news headquarters. >> most thought the idea was crazy. >> people did look upon that as a foolish idea that was destined for failure. but they underestimated ted turner. >> we signed on june 1. and barring satellite problems in the future, we won't be signing off until the world ends. we will cover it live. >> ted had 11 months to get the station on the air. >> we had no bureaus, no cameras, no camera

comments from a cable news host, slamming former v.p. nominee sarah palin simply because he does not share her opinions. and apparently no consequences for his hateful words. >> the networks condoning those types of statements because there's been no punishment of the fella who said these words, that's hypocrisy. >> tonight, governor palin responds publicly for the first time. >>> depending on with whom you listen, the tentative deal with iran to halt key parts of its controversial nuclear program is being called either an important first step or historic mistake. but either way, the u.s. and our european allies say the deal does achieve one key thing -- they say it stops tehran's ability to build a nuclear bomb temporarily. fox brought you the news live as it was happening late last night after days of marathon negotiations involving united states secretary of state john kerry and his counterparts from five world powers plus iran. now reaction pouring in from around the globe. our friends in the middle east, especially israel, far less

. >> this news service will be called the cable news network. >> i worked until 7:00, and when i got home, the news was over, so i missed television news completely, and i figured there were lots of people like me. >> you can do so much more in 24 hours than you can in 24 minutes. >> you had this maverick down in atlanta, georgia who had decided that he was going to provide news around the clock, 24 hours a day. not just at 6:00 when cronkite or others would be coming along with the evening news. >> we had no background in news, but it was plainly a major genre in cable television that was missing. >> finally you can see our new cable news network headquarters. >> most thought the idea was crazy. >> people did look upon that as a foolish idea that was destined for failure. but they underestimated ted turner. >> we signed it on june 1, and barring satellite problems in the future, we won't be signing off until world's end. where beyond we will cover it live. >> ted had 11 months to get the station on the air. >> we had no bureaus, no cameras, no cameramen, no employees. not a single o

. >> how low can a cable news host sink? and why hasn't msnbc taken any action against this guy? >>> plus, television all over the latest aggressive george zimmerman for brandishing a gun. are the media attempting to retry the trayvon martin case? i'm howard kurtz thaand this is "media buzz." >>> and we'll get to the u.s. nuclear deal with iran in a few moments. meanwhile, you know the drill. send me a tweet about the show. @howardkurt. we'll read some at the end of the hour. it's hardly shocking liz cheney running for a senate seat in wyoming is opposed to same-sex marriage. it's also a fact that her sister is gay. >> your sister, mary, who is married to a woman, put out this post. she said, for the record, i love my sister. you. but she is dead wrong on the issue of marriage. >> yeah. listen, i love mary very much. i love her family very much. this is just an issue on which we disagree. >> that interview brought a stinging retort on facebook for mary cheney who wrote there isn't a lot of gray here. you think all families should be treated equally or you don't. liz's pgs so to t

a 24 hour news channel. >> this new service will be called the cable news network. >> i worked until 7:00. when i got home, the >>> so i missed television news completely. i figured there were lots of people like me. >> you can do so much more in 24 hours than you can in 24 minutes. >> you had this maverick down in atlanta, georgia, who had decided that he was going to provide news around the clock, 24 hours a day, not just at 6:00 when cronkite or others would be coming home to the edge news. >> we're a live, worldwide news network. >> we had no background in news, but it was plainly a major genre in cable television that was missing. >> finally you can see our news network headquarters. 90,000 square feet of the future. >> most thought the idea was crazy. >> people did look upon that as foolish idea that was dusting for failure, but they underestimated ted turner. >> we decided on june 1, and barring satellite problems in the future, we won't be signing off until the world ends. >> we will cover it live. >> ted had 11 months to get the station on the air. >> we go no bureaus, no ca

there's a captivating new game sweeping cable news that has taken over my life and impaired my ability to do my job. it's called shinier news. (laughter) you see, on the left there are stories i'm probably supposed to be talking about. the billions of dollars that the shutdown cost, amnesty international's condemnation of u.s. drone strikes, or reports of the n.s.a. spying on the german government. while, on the right there are shiny spinny diamonds. all right, here we go. this is always a tough choice. i got to catch those diamonds! ha ha! (buzzer sounding). oh (bleep)! (laughter) i lost again! we'll be right back. come on! >> stephen: my guest tonight detected an early detection test for pancreatic cancer while still in high school. tonight he's sitting at the cool kids' table. tonight please welcome jack andraka! (cheers and applause) hey, jack, nice to meet you! sit down, sit down. nice to have you on. this is a fantastic story. let me explain a little bit to the people who you are and what you did. you're the 2012 intel science fair-- which is a national science fair, right? >> in

. >> jon: oh, my god she appears on msnbc that's basically the gay bath house of cable news. [laughter] that makes what she said on the network gay squared. [laughter] but that was a chance for liz cheney to have a defining moment to stand up not only for her sister but for equality. >> i do believe it's an issue that has to be left up to the states. i do believe in the traditional definition of marriage. >> jon: you know remember when dick cheney retired and we were worried there wouldn't be a cheney on television saying all of things -- awful things? there lives another. but the cheney's are not alone in facing a bit of fuss these days. >> hallmark's new holiday sweater ornament uses a lyric from deck the halls don we now our fun apparel. they used the word fun to replace the word gay. >> jon: first of all how many people were sitting around that (bleep) table? second of all this is happening so much like when congress changed the name of the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb on japan so the anola fun less offensive to gay people and way more offensive to japanese pe

news station before fleeing. the former french hostage is back in paris. was kidnapped by radical islamists in nigeria nearly a year ago. he reportedly managed to escape as his abductors were praying. he landed this morning at a military airport. >> free at last. his long ordeal is over. he has arrived on french soil. his plane touched down monday morning at a military airport near paris. the foreign minister was on board. his family and the french prime minister greeted him on the tarmac. the french engineer was kidnapped by armed men at his home in northern nigeria nearly a year ago. the 63-year-old was in the hands of a nigerian radical islamist group. it says it wants to punish france for conducting military operations in northern mali and the banning of wearing the full veils in public places in french. local nigerian police say the engineer was being held in the house in the city. >> he was able to escape. he got onto a bike and went to the nearest police station. a breakaway faction of nigeria's most commo

you thought it was crazy cable news chatter. not so much. obama's chief of staff at the time william daley was actively pushing the idea and his quote, he was vocal about looking in to a whole bunch of things and this was one of them. you have to remember at that point the president was in awful shape so we were like holy christ, what do we do. that's a quote. fortunately for the vice president, research suggested the move was not going to help the president's chances. also in the book, mitt romney was seriously considering chris christie for vice president but the campaign ruled help out due to unanswered questions about his background and his health. president obama has disdain for rubbing elbows not just reserved for republicans. he could not name his campaign top bunk letters and after meeting with gorm sore rows, he allegedly said if we don't get anything out of him, he would never sit with him again. the book also details the complicated relationship between the president and bill clinton. during a golf outing in 2011 meant to strength

news cycles have been running nonstop features about this website's problems and let's be honest some of these problems are pretty bad health care dot gov crashes that run slowly it sometimes gives users bad information about obamacare tax credits and things predictably fox uses jumped all over the stuff to make it seem like all health reform is. many actually say out there that obamacare is a success just look at the dysfunctional website to prove it and look at crashing the federal website for obamacare is once again down for repairs this week and you know what it's never going to work because the whole obamacare concept is impossible to understand simply a giant mess that takes until december. there's going to have to be a delay i would bet on the individual mandate for sure i just have a lot of things are impossible to understand for riling health care dogg obvious problems are embarrassing and the obama administration needs to fix them they want their health care law to work and they're doing it but here's the thing lost in all the very justified talk about how screw the site is

news cycles have been running nonstop features about this website's problems and let's be honest some of these problems are pretty bad health care dot gov crashes that run slow it sometimes gives users bad information about obamacare tax credits and things predictably fox news is jumping all over this stuff to make it seem like all health reform is. many actually saying out there that obamacare is a stick fast just look at the dysfunctional website to prove it and look at crashing the federal website for obamacare is once again down for repairs this week and you know what it's never going to work because the whole obamacare concept is impossible to understand simply a giant mess it takes until december. there's going to have to be a delay i would bet on the individual mandate for sure i just have a lot of things are impossible to understand for all riley health care dot gobs problems are embarrassing and the obama administration needs to fix them if they want their health care law to work and they're doing it but here's the thing lost in all the very justified talk about how screw the

the major cable news networks covered obamacare issues last week the only difference is republican and democrat partisans stuck to their own m s n b c and fox news camps to hunker down for the debate leaving c.n.n. behind without any viewers so what does this tell us well soon audiences which normally like watching hearings in trials just so long as there blockbuster murder trials like casey anthony jodi areas for george zimmerman just don't like the partisan political hearings interestingly simmonds best night of last week was on friday when it covered the shooting at los angeles international airport so you can bet c.n.n. is already gearing up for the trial of the l.a.x. shooter doesn't for now for more of the stories we covered go to youtube dot com slash r t america check out our website r t dot com slash usa you can follow me on twitter at sam sachs see you back here i hate him it's. old. technology innovation all the developments around russia. that's you jerry. welcome to the kaiser report i am max kaiser remember remember it's yet again the fifth of november in banks there is a

all the major cable news networks covered obamacare issues last week the only difference is republican and democrat partisans stuck to their own msnbc and fox news camps to hunker down for the debate leaving cnn behind without the new dealers. so what does this tell us all sit in audiences which normally like watching hearings and trials to so long as their blockbuster murder trials like to see anthony dirty areas for george them are men just don't like the partisan political here. it's interesting when cnn's best night of last week was on friday recover the shooting of los angeles international airport. two you can beds and is already gearing up for the trial of daylight and sugar. does it for now. for more the stories we covered the youtube dot com slasher to america. check their website. archie dot com pletcher said. you follow me on twitter as sensex to the care they can. i do let daddy withs on this edition of me signing wednesday november six and catherine comanche intel camp the international atomic energy agency is sending memory monitoring and spirits into japan and they were

major cable news networks covered obamacare issues last week the only difference is republican and democrat partisans stuck to their own m s n b c and fox news camps to hunker down for the debate leaving c.n.n. behind without any viewers so what does this tell us c n n audiences which normally like watching hearings and trials just so long as they're blockbuster murder trials like casey anthony jodi areas for george zimmerman just don't like the partisan political hearings interestingly cnn's best night of last week was fried it when it covered the shooting at los angeles international airport so you can bet c.n.n. is already gearing up for the trial of the l.a.x. shooter and that does it for now for more on the stories we covered go to youtube dot com forward slash our team america check out our website r t v dot com forward slash usa you can follow me on twitter at sam sachs stay tuned boom bust it's next. well. technology innovation all the developments around russia. that's you jerry. please please please they come up very hard to take a pledge to get along here a lot longer than that h

you didn't have cable news, the 24 hour news cycle. but this was played, all the coverage of it, on network news. we became so close to the family and to the event. it's a shared memory for so many americans. >> let me ask you about this. the kennedy was -- one of his biggest problems when he campaigned, the first roman catholic -- would have been -- was the first roman catholic president. he had to go in fact to texas to tell a group of ministers, protestants, that, in fact, the pope would not run the white house. but it was a serious problem then. and, i mean, religion has played less of a role -- >> absolutely. >> i think we think about it during the following years and all that but back then catholics were a big group but they were not in the key states of the south. >> first catholic president. i watch this stuff. like you said, i think i was 8 months old when it happened so i don't remember any of it. you listen to these announcers and you hear the emotion. you go, what would -- i can't imagine how sad america could have been at

you didn't have cable news, the 24 hour news cycle. but this was played, all the coverage of it, on network news. we became so close to the family and to the event. that's it's such -- it's a shared memmy for so many americans. >> let me ask you about this. the kennedy was -- one of his biggest problems when he campaigned, the first roman catholic -- would have been -- was the first roman catholic president. he had to go, in fact, to texas to tell a group of minister, protestants, that, in fact, the pope would not run the white house, but it was a serious problem then. and, i mean, religion has played less of a role -- >> absolutely. >> i think we think about it during the following years and all that, but back then, catholic was a big group, but they were not in the key states of the south. >> first catholic president. i watched this stuff. like you said, i think i was 8 months old when it happened so i don't remember any of it. but i watched this. you listen to these announcers and you hear the emotion. you go, what would -- i can't

and if you thought to start a new 24-hour cable channel, you might not promote it like this. ♪ >> those were actors but that was the debut of fusion tv. a new news outlet showing more of "glee" as it appeals to a diverse generation of young viewers. i'm david folkenflik and this is "reliable sources." good morning good morning. i'm david folkenflik of m prpr

maybe your own cable news gig. ask al sharpton, i huckabee and beg begin. the sky will soon be filled with more trial balloons. >> thank you howard. talking turkey about obama care. the president wants you to d th. we'll get reaction from the fox all stars when we come back. i'm in kabul afghanistan. i'll like to wish my family a happy test >>> so what did you want to talk to me about? >> we know you don't have health insurance. we love you no matter what. it's time to get covered. >> that's it, health insurance? >> it's important. i know, and i'll do it. i just thought, never mind. >> there you have it. little bit of a commercial airing these days brought to you by organizing america, encouraging young people so badly needed on exchanges to start getting serious about health care. the trouble with that and the president is urging in the organization america to talk about this over thanksgiving dinner, is this, a tweet dana in new york produce this morning. she said at thanksgiving practice good conversation stranger danger. your guard is up. don't talk pol

even with cable news dorks, amazing. that's not the best new thing in the world. after getting all the living presidents to participate, sitting members of congress, here is the headline about this project posted on website of abc news. look at this. this is so great. look at the headline. >> taylor swift and all five living presidents recite gettysburg address. repeating our top story -- taylor swift and all five living presidents recite the gettysburg address. nothing against taylor swift. i will let you finish. but that headline is the best new thing in the world today. abc news you win you. win, you win. now time for "the last word" >>> good thursday morning. right now on "first look," the health care numbers are in and they're not pretty. even democrats are upset. we'll give you a progress report. p. >>> the fbi is looking for your help in identifying this man. who is john doe number 27? >>> international aid barely scratches the surface as typhoon weary survivors face a life and death struggle. >>> plus a meth dealer makes the worst decision of his life in d

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news and if you look through the issues and you think, financial firm, okay, this will be in little bit of a tough haul. we're going to push this rock uphill. and here's warren who's going out and getting two million youtube views in a speech on financial reform. she's tapping into the fact that no one has really spoken to the resentment and frustration that americans have of what happened five years ago. they have both have lots of views on youtube for their comments. they get lots of small donations to finance their campaign so there's a real gap here. and there is an open for republicans and some republicans are starting to take that seriously. you have people like david vitter who i disagree with vehemently on most issues, but he has worked with sherry brown on some very important pro reform things like raising capital requirements, which is basically saying that things can't operate on so much borrowed money. >> in the world of regulatory news, today was actually a big, important day, because the president named a new chair for the commodities trading commission, which is just

but we are in this situation now where with the cable news coverage and the internet and the impatience and speed driving everything, give it to me now, give me the sound bites that, you know, you've got to live in that world. i don't, quite frankly, and try to spend a year or more on something and get the detail and the notes and the memos that really explain what they're saying to each other in the process. and i think when you examine that, it makes your head hurt, that this isn't a government that's working. >> you touched on something important about journalism, which is that journalism is increasingly moving online, what works online are blog posts and lists and tweets, reading along investigative report on the internet can be a slog. so does that make it harder? you have in a position where you can write books and take your time. does that make it harder to do this in-depth work in this era of, as you say, give it to me now? >> yeah, it does. and you can work for months on things or even a year and it goes up in the ether. and you may get more attention by something you say on te

they wouldn't have time on other cable news to get into the weeds like this. but it's a interesting story. if they can get past this, there could be a number of time. >> gerald, in ft. myers, georgia. republican caller. how. >> how are you today good morning. >> i was a democrat when the first two times obama was elected but i ended upturning republican because the new health care exchange and how it's impacted people my age, around the age of 23. i got employed by a big company. that company took advantage of the exemption for employers. i felt that if they included the health care law, they just got by it. a lot of employers now adays telling their employees, okay, so go to healthcare.gov. for someone my age to get insurance, it starts around $207 a month. that's almost a $6400 a year deductib deductible, that's ridiculous. so i changed to republicans just because of how this -- of this health care law. there's good things like being able to keep -- parents being able to keep their kids on the coverage until they're 26. but, however, i think this thing is go

even with cable news dorks, amazing. that's not the best new thing in the world. after getting all the living presidents to participate, sitting members of congress, here is the headline about this project posted on website of abc news. look at this. this is so great. look at the headline. >> taylor swift and all five living presidents recite gettysburg address. repeating our top story -- taylor swift and all five living presidents recite the gettysburg address. >> the first enrollment numbers are in for the affordable care act. washington now has to fight over what the numbers mean. >> nobody in this room. nobody in this country believes that republicans want to fix the website. >> another big hearing on capitol hill. >> congressional hearings with the health care rollout. >> we have seen a handful of hearings. >> republicans did most of the grilling obviously. >> you have the fancy title. >> you are the chief information officer.

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the highest rated cable news show for 13 years. there has to be something there. thus if we get him on our show maybe we will get some of this. >> you like to it up a narrative you versus the media. i think you have become more accepted. >> i disagree with you. if you look at the reviews for "killing kennedy," the people that hate me reviewed me, not the movie. that's still there. if i ever fall, they will be like jackals on my carcass. had hate me. because i represent something that is very feared in america. i made my success outside of the establishment. that is how i did it. they don't like that. and the right doesn't like me eeth ier. you listen to talk radio. they don't like me. i don't tow the lie. i'm an independent thinker and i do things my way. >> does it bother you that people hate you, to use your verb? >> no. i asked president obama that in my laster and view of him. i think he is very sensitive of that. i could be wrong. i don't like the cheap shots. the cheap shots i despise. i go after people who do it. but if you just don't like me because you th

. >> we've all become used to the fog of confusion that descends on social media and cable news during chaotic violent, breaking news stories. but what distinguishes the kennedy assassination is that the confusion that reigned at that time, in those painful, jarring hours and days stillings 50 years later. joining me now, william van der hoover, former special assistant to attorney general robert kennedy in the jfk administration and jim laher. what was it like to try to sift through the information at the time to report this story in the midst of the rupture, shot, trauma and confusion that must have reigned? >> chris, there's never been anything like it before, that i've ever heard of. certainly nothing that i ever experienced or nothing since. it was -- i spent many, many hours at the dallas police station, for instance, after all of this had happened, and the chaos in that police station was unlike anything. it was and the cross-collisions of feeling, disbelief, good god! they killed the president! oh, my god, it happened in dallas. oh, my god, who did it? oh, my god, i've got to f

says the cable news pundit. >> my father wouldn't allow it. once a week, sunday night we go to the neighbors to watch "the ed sullivan show." that was the one concession of the television. >> inspired by uncles who were doctors, marcel krauthammer went to medical school. it was assumed charles would follow but as a 19-year-old senior, the internationally renowned canadian university, he was bitten by a different bug. political journalism. >> with campus intrigue, the editorship of the newspaper was controlled by the student council. i had been elected to the student council, and the paper was becoming unreadable. it was just -- it looked like it came out of the soviet union. you just couldn't read it. so we engineered a coup to fire the editor and realized we have to find an editor. so they looked around and decided it's going to be me. so i said, wait. i've never worked on a paper. they said oh, it's a detail. >> a poly sci and economics major, he loved writing and thinking about all things political. he applied to medical school to please hi

we were attacked on the radio and other cable news forums for saying tactically that wasn't a good idea. o'reilly and krauhammer were right according to all of the polls that showed americans did not like this by a huge number. when we said that -- >> i'm used to being right. i just don't want to dance in the end zone on this one. >> are you used to being attacked for being right? >> i've been attacked a lot over the 30 years. if that -- i would be out of the arena if i was in support of them. i understand people who said this is a time when you want to stand up. i thought it was the wrong tactic at the wrong time. look, what we have as you mentioned in the open, we have not just obama care unraveling, not just the obama administration unraveling, not just the democrat majority in the senate, but we could be looking at the collapse of american liberalism. obama care is the big thing for them. the biggest in 100 years. and this is a moment when we have to be calm. we have to understand what holds us together on the right. we have to watch and explain why the failure of the left is happen

i'm a conservative but think kirsten is the most honest commentator on cable news. karen from maryland. good for you, bill, trying to define president obama's spiritual pleefs. looks like he spends more time on the golf course than in church. >> that's more common than you may think. durham, north carolina, mary johnson. you told the president's spiritual adviser you don't proselytize. then you say secularism is a recipe for unhappiness. i said folks who live just for themselves are often unhappy. i'm happy. i said that because it's true. nick from century, florida. since dennis miller turned 60 perhaps the show in vegas should be called two ohgeezers at caesars. since we have sold out the palace two years in a row they can call it anything they want. steve johnson, north dakota. miller's mind must be a wondrous and frightening place. we'll never know, thank god. from hong kong. you said that the romans has to kill jesus to keep control of the jewish population. as i recall it was jewish fa pharisees. >> they couldn't force the administrator to do anything. pilot ma