john wilkes was there, too. he had no home of his own and he stayed with his brother whenever he wasn't working. and he had to follow one the while he was staying with edwin, never taught confederates under the roof of edwin's house. in july, the three men, john wilkes booth, edwin booth and captain atom but go were staying together. riots broke out across the city to protest the new federal draft. african-americans and union officers were targets of violence. john at this point was forced to help hide the injured captain dido and his african american medic the basement of his house, protect them from lynch mobs, arsonists and gains. eventually the right side down and order was restored. and adam bedell left the city safely to join the staff of general ulysses s. grant for whom you would work for the rest of the war and would be standing at greenside at appomattox would lay surrendered. bad though late in life marveled that he spent the period of being protected from a mob by john wilkes booth. he wrote that he

john quincy does succeed. john quincy from the time he exit the program to become a major public figure in american history and when john quincy is probably the most intellectually prepared person ever to be elected to the presidency of the am i did states when he was set to the investor of st. petersburg there was a debate in the senate and is this man qualified. does anyone else read and speak latin, greek, french, dutch, russian and german? [laughter] if there's anyone else who does we would like to entertain them. he is not a happy man, however, he doesn't have a heavy life and he is a one-term president as john knew he would but nevertheless he is a significant figure. a great secretary of state and then a great opponent of slavery as he is a member of the house of representatives as many of you know. in fact, there is a great you got me on this there's a great book to be written about this and it's called the missing link john quincy is the missing link between the founders and lincoln. john quincy delig

john: exactly. everyday politicians spend your tax dollars on their vision of what america should have. that's what some tea partiers are angry go about. in this case they are yelling kill the health care bill. congress didn't kill it. >> the bill is passed. john: passed with the serve america act. and wall street reform. plus foreclosure relief. and children's health insurance. and extended unemployment. of course the stimulus. they always spend more. thomas jefferson said it is the natural progress of things for liberty to yield and government to gain ground. but never before outside wartime has government gained so much ground. >> just got to stop spending. john: for most of the life of america when we grew the fastest government spent in today's dollars just a few hundred dollars per person. today, the federal government alone spends $10,000 per american. total government now eats up 40% of the economy. 40%! the political class always claims they need more. >> many people are hurting. >> help am

mccain and john mccain. john mccain, for example, against the bush tax cuts for the richest americans. john mccain, on the other hand, totally for those very same tax cuts. >> if you go back to 2004, i know your position on the bush tax cuts did change and you talked about that before. i do want to play something you said in an interview in 2004 and ask you about it. >> i voted against the tax cuts because of the disproportionate amount that went to the wealthiest americans. i would clearly support not extending those tax cuts in order to help address the deficit. but the middle-income tax credits, the family and child tax credits, all those, i would keep. >> that's exactly what president obama said. >> what does john mccain today have to say to john mccain 2004? he says is there a statute of limitations? no, seriously, that's what he said. >> is there a statute of limitations? >> no? even though john mccain 2004 was against tax cuts for the rich, john mccain now says this. >> it is not the time to raise any

he's with john -- john quincy are together in the netherlands. john quincy says i'd like to buy a pair of ice skates. very indulgent. so john versus no, we can't have any ice skates. of the things that i don't have his grace. and maybe if i buy you a skates -- you writes this to them, okay? you'll learn to dance and therefore this is an investment in neo. [laughter] and your overall maturity. i buy them in a size large so we don't have to buy any new ones, okay? that was john's way of being a more indulgent current and his mother, then john quincy's mother. there's stuff that written. there's a book called -- well, it's a book about the adams dynasty that sort of abaco as a mother. adults think that's fair. i think it's imposing a set of, you know, 20th and 21st century standards. when her children come to live with her in quincy, abigail childbearing are different from yours. they're more austere and severe, but i have to recognize that that's a different kind of thing. and most of the grandchildren and of equally horrible. i mean, george, to br

john: exactly. everyday politicians spend your tax dollars on their vision of what america should have. that's what some tea partiers are angry go about. in this case they are yelling kill the health care bill. congress didn't kill it. >> the bill is passed. john: passed with the serve america act. and wall street reform. plus foreclosure relief. and children's health insurance. and extended unemployment. of course the stimulus. they always spend more. thomas jefferson said it is the natural progress of things for liberty to yield and government to gain ground. but never before outside wartime has government gained so much ground. >> just got to stop spending. john: for most of the life of america when we grew the fastest government spent in today's dollars just a few hundred dollars per person. today, the federal government alone spends $10,000 per american. total government now eats up 40% of the economy. 40%! the political class always claims they need more. >> many people are hurting. >> help am

cbs news political analyst john dickerson in washington is following all these races and john, ohio is particularly important for the white house. >> that's absolutely right. winning a state like new york is great for democrats, but ohio is one of the nine presidential battleground states. strategists from both parties are already looking ahead to the next election because a candidate, if there is a governor of a party in their state it gives them a leg up in terms of organization. of the nine battleground states in play, barack obama won all in 2008 and pennsylvania as you mentioned looks like it will have a republican governor so that means the president has to hope that ohio and florida come through to help him with his next presidential race. >> couric: then let's talk about the fact that many of these winning governors will be redrawing congressional districts, john. >> every 10 years after the census they redraw the districts for the house. the governor plays a big role. the party in charge tries to draw the districts in a way that gets their members elected. rick perry the gover

more than john. abigail is tougher than john. abigail says, you know, toshiba say passionate they say about almost so, a ship that john and she says, she's glad it didn't, but if you turn out to be an immoral man i would rather you died right now. where as, this is john's idea is different. he is with john, they are together in a number of the netherlands and john quincy says i would like to buy a pair of ice skates. very indulgent, right? so john chrisos no, you can't have any i skates. and then john thinks, well, and one of the things that i don't have is grace. and maybe if i buy you ice skates, he writes this to him, okay okay, you will learn to dance and, therefore, this is an investment in you. and in your overall maturity. and so i will buy you ice skate on one condition, we buy them a size large so we don't have to buy any new ones. okay? that was john's way of being a more indulgent parent then his mother, then john quincy's mother. there's stuff that is written, a book called, it's a book a

more than john. abigail was tougher as a parent than john. abigail says the ship the sale of the almost sunk, that john and she says that she's glad it didn't, but if you turn out to be an immoral man i would rather you die right now. whereas this is john stealing, together in the netherlands and john quincy says i would like to buy a pair of ice skates, very indulgent. so john says no you can't have any ice skates, and then john thinks well, one of the things i don't have disgrace, and maybe if i buy a new ice skates, he writes this, you learn to dance and therefore this is an investment and your overall majority, so i will buy skates on one condition you buy a size large so that we don't have to buy new ones, okay? that was john's way of being a more indulgent parent and his mother -- and john quincy's mother. various stuff that is written -- there's a book about the ann adams dynasty that sort of dumps on abigail as a mother. i don't think it is fair. i think it is imposing a set of 21st century standards. when her children come to live wi

chris: limps in. 9-7 for john elway. john: check. chris: he checks. nicole must advance to play daniel in round three to have any chance of earning that fourth and final seat in our challenge of champions. the flop, ace-deuce-7. john: 3,000. chris: elway bets 3,000 with middle pair. nicole: i raise. dealer: raise. chris: nicole making a big bluff early. nicole: 4,000 on top. chris: raising to 7,000 with just 10 high. john: i call. chris: and john quickly calls. daniel: this is a big one! chris: a monster pot on the first hand. chris: the turn, queen of diamonds. john checks. nicole: check. chris: and nicole checks, putting on the brakes. 8 of diamonds on the river. john: all in. chris: elway all in. chris: and nicole folds. daniel: now, you were trying to bluff mr. elway? wow. nicole: mm-hm, yep. chris: disastrous first hand for nicole. daniel: early lead for elway. you don't even know how to play from a blind, do you? john: yeah, you're right. [laughter] i'm out of my comfort zone. daniel: yeah. chris: nicole's ill-timed bluff has put her in an early

you know, john was 6'3", 250 pounds. he's, like, 150 pounds now. you know, it's very hard to see him like this. sometimes, when i come into the hospital, i'm almost gasping, you know, like, "wow." and i told john, i said, "no more cancer treatment, no more chemo. i can't see you be any more debilitated." but then, you talk and you say, "okay, let's try something mild," because doing nothing... it's scary to do nothing, because what if... i don't want him to die, you know? so you feel like you want to do something. >> i'm ready. >> can you believe it? >> i can get out of here, right? >> well, apparently-- you did the stairs. >> i did the stairs-- pretty good, too. i was kind of surprised. >> narrator: although doctors believe they can no longer control his myeloma, john doesn't want to stop treatment, so they've agreed to send him home on a mild chemotherapy. >> i still think you're not strong enough to get big-time chemo in the hospital. and... let's face it, you've been here for so long, it's time to leave for a little while. >> yeah, it's very ti

john: what? beth: well, like 50 percent off brand name prescription drugs for people who are in the donut hole. john: really? i didn't know that. beth: you have to keep up. john: come on. i'll keep up. anncr: it's open enrollment. time to compare and review plans at medicare.gov or call 1-800-medicare. >> shepard: some important news for your health tonight. researchers say it could be the next big thing. the new experimental drug that may help people were w. with their cholesterol by lowering the bad cholesterol and raising the good. it would be the a first. one out of every six americans has shy cholesterol. bad cholesterol scores fell by 40% for those who took the pill the good news is good cholesterol rose 13%. trace gallagher with the news in our west coast news hub this afternoon. it sounds like some doctors are really excited about this really experimental drug. >> they are, shep. because the early results look very encouraging. after testing this experimental drug it's called an throw --

>> well, i hope john boehner will be the speaker in a way that he leads. i hope that he's not held back by the slowest ship. we always say around here, you have a convoy theory, that the whole congress will go as slow as the slowest ship. well, the american people are waiting for jobs, can't have that convoy theory. >> reporter: it's a high school question, but do you like him? >> of course. yes. we've had a good rapport. as i did with president bush. i'm always very respectful of my colleagues and the people they represent. >> reporter: looking at what happened last night, will president obama win in 2012? >> i believe that barack obama will serve eight years as president of the united states. i believe that he will also demonstrate to the american people, and he has, that what we had to do in the short-term is because we had an emergency situation. some people interpreted that as too activist. but it was emergency, and it saved us from a depression. >> reporter: you've talked about the marble ceiling. and i would like to show you a moment. >> tonight, i

that's not john boehner. >> reporter: and as he spoke about all that last night, the button downed john boehner wept. >> i put my myself through scho school, working every rotten job there was. and every night shift i could find. >> reporter: president obama talked about his upbringing today, too, his single mom, who traveled the world. his grandparents who helped raise him. and he said he thinks the american people can relate to his life, too. >> the values of hard work and responsibility and honesty and looking out for one another. have been instilled in them by their parents. those are the same values that i took from my mom and grandparents. >> reporter: the president and the incoming speaker share some interests. they're both golfers. and they both were or are smokers. but with very different attitudes. >> have i fallen off the wagon sometimes, yes. am i daily smoker, a constant smoker, no. i don't do it in front of my kids. i don't do it in front of my family. and, you know, i would say that i am 95% cured. but there are times where -- there are times when i mess up. >> it's somet

he is, as some of you know, the john of john mack, and john mack the father, and we have been great friends since we grew up together in north carolina and attended duke university together. in a way, this is family. so welcome. >> thank you, charlie. thanks for having me. >> rose: how did this come about? >> well, i went to shoot in mexico for the first time in 2001, and it was just an amazing experience. i ended up living down there, really enjoying the culture down there. it was actually in 2007 i was approached by the federal government. they had a group of people who were running bicentennial events for 2010. so three years out they planned artistic projects for the year 2010. and they said, look, john, we really want to do something about mexico." it's not so much the theme of 2010 in celebration so much as showing the country is unified. so the idea came up to travel to each of the 31 states, mexico is a very divided country. extremely diverse. so we traveled to 31 states, mixing north, south, coastal and central regions, sort of a mixed salad, to break that divide, regional divide,

let's go to joe johns for the news you need to know right now. >> hey, john. homeland security officials are trying to tamp down a public revolt against the invasive new body imageing machines and security patdowns that some u.s. airports. in san diego a traveller named john refused and recorded his refusal to either go through a scanner that sees beneath his clothing or a pat-down of his groin area. he posted the video on-line. his phone canal are a is pointing at the ceiling, but you hear his voice and the security guards. . >> today homeland security secretary january defended the enhanced screening measures. >> i think as the traveling public recognizes, we need to keep unauthorized liquids, powders and gels off of aircraft just as we need to keep unauthorized metal objects off of aircraft. we're doing this. airports in europe are doing this. it's just the next generation of travel security. >> so i was going to try to think up a joke to talk about this, but they don't like jokes in the airport. >> no, they don't like jokes in the airport. you know, aye ha

>> it's quite powerful, john. in most states, not california anymore, where they have taken it away from the legislature. if you get both houses in the legislature and the governorship, you can draw the districts up and take all the democrats with about 90% democrats, and you get all the other districts with yourself at 60%. that's the way tom delay turned texas around and they are going to turn texas around again. >> the population of the congressional district is based upon the census. correct? >> right. >> it's a population component that determines the district. >> that's going to give -- >> when you get into drawing lines from that? >> you get four new districts going into texas, for example. >> they have to follow the population, do they not? >> john. you are confusing two things. number one, the number of people in the district is determined by the population. the shape of the district is determined by the politicians who drew the line. i have to tell you a quick story. i was in a redistricting thing in cal

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the john stewart interview is right here. >> john stewart, thank you for coming in. i know you're under the weather. it's nice of you to come in. >> i have the bu-bons. >> you're here at the conflicted perpetuator. >> the evil dr. doofus. >> you don't do that many interviews. i think i've read every one you've done. i tend to overprepare. why did you want to talk to me? >> after the rally it -- you know, whenever you go out there, whatever you put out, you can only control your intention. you can't control its perception or how people perceive it. you can control your execution. so when people are perceiving it as something -- people i respect are perceiving as something that we didn't perceive it. as, sort of either two or three things, one was we were inartful in the way we conceived it and presented it, our intention was wrong or off, not clear, or it's being misperceived. there's probably four. i don't know what that would be. >> on the issue of the perception of the rally in media, bill mahr's criticism was this. when john announced his rally he said that the na

than john. abigail is tougher as a parent and john. abigail says the ship they sailed on almost sunk, the sink ship that john and -- and she says she's glad it didn't but if you turn out to be and what immoral man, i would rather you die right now. whereas, this is the john's way of dealing is different. john and john quincy are together in the netherlands, and john quincy says i would like to buy a pair of ice skates, very indulgent, right? so john first says no, you can't have any ice skates. and then john neff thinks well, one of the things i don't have is the grace, and if you buy the ice skates -- he writes this to him -- you will learn to dance and this therefore this is an investment in you and your overall maturity. so i will buy you ice skates on one condition, we buy them a size large so that we don't have to buy any new ones. that was john's way of being in more indulgent parent than his mother, than john quincy's mother. there's stuff that's written -- there's a book called, well it'

but at the same time so many of us were bereft of having lost to john. and having to deal with that was extremely challenging. i have a picture of john next to my desk. i will always remember him and his commitment. part of what i had to figure out on that day immediately was what was in charge of laguna right now. that is how things are. it was a sudden death. we were not at all prepared. but even at that moment, someone had to be in charge of laguna honda. you cannot have a hospital running without a license administrator in charge. i chose someone i have tremendous faith and, and also somebody that john had tremendous faith in. and i know that it was always intended. john had intended that succession. but it was not obviously going to be in the way it happened. it was going to be in a number of years. she would have had a chance to mentor into that role. people would have gotten used to her. when he felt we were taking care of he would have moved on. that was his way. instead, she was suddenly catapulted into this job in a much more difficult circumst

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and john, therein lies the conundrum i think. the notion of the mutual support process, does promote and sustain a certain type of language that would tend to perpetuate i believe, the very labels that we're trying to overcome is that correct? i think so because these, these terms are so embedded in, in our culture, in our psyche that i it takes a long time for them to, to change. even in spite of, as daphne was saying, you know the new scientific knowledge we have of the nature of these disorders. talk a little bit about that. well in terms of, we've, we've learned a lot in the last 25 years in terms of i think particularly neuroscience findings, that have really elucidated the mechanisms, the kind of brain damage that occurs as a function of chronic exposure to alcohol and other drugs. and this has really helped us really understand what's really going on and why people who historically have been viewed as having weak character and weak will, is really a function of brain damage which impairs their ability to regulate those imp

john is in ohio. hi, john. >> caller: hey, bill. >> host: is this john kasich? >> caller: are you kidding? one of my favorite people. >> host: congratulations on that one. man, the sweep in the state was huge. >> caller: yeah, yeah, really. so we're going to get our opportunity here. i notice with regard to harry reid america's house of lords has been preserved. you know, with talk yesterday of the usual post-election about bipartisan coming together and is on, i happened to catch the beginning of "good morning america" yesterday, and the first guest right off the bat was harry reid. and the first words out of his mouth were, "this is only the first round." >> host: yeah. >> caller: he said it with a snarlly look on his face. so -- >> host: yeah. that's not exactly coming halfway, is it? >> caller: no, no. >> host: no, i know. well, you know, what do they say, think low, act high? this you know? think low, act high. act on high principle, put your best foot forward but expect the worst from people who don't agree because that's what you're going to get. >> calle

good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, vinita and rob. it's now clear democrats will maintain control of the senate. but in the house it is another story. they are poised for the biggest losses in a midterm election since 1938. a loss of 60 to 70 seats. that will put republicans in charge there and give them a commanding majority. it is a colossal transfer of power. beginning in january, republicans will control the house. republicans, especially tea party republicans, are toasting what they're calling a message from the american people. >> for far too long, washington's been doing what's best for washington, not what's best for the american people. and tonight, that begins to change. >> reporter: in the home of the kentucky derby, tea party favorite rand paul edged past democrat jack conway. in florida, republican tea party favorite marco rubio won in a three-way race against independent governor charlie crist and democrat hendrick meek. in a humiliating symbol for democrats, republican mark kirk defeated alexi giannoulias in illinois. h

john? >> thanks, david. david kerley at the white house. >>> president obama said he went to asia to expand the market for american products and create american jobs. the biggest potential market, of course, is china. and beginning tomorrow, "world news" will be broadcasting from china. diane sawyer is already on the ground there. diane? >> reporter: good evening to you, john. it is great to be reporting tonight from a windy skyline of shanghai, china. we have come here because of the challenge china has issued to the rest of the world, america in particular. about economic growth, educational perfection and about modern energy for a modern time. we spent the day out in the streets of shanghai today. this beautiful old city now a rocketship of economic growth. to talk to people about what they're doing and we heard from workers, how they are working seven days a week, all because they believe this is their moment, this is a chance to do it. we heard about education here. >> piano. >> reporter: and the englis

thank you and john predecessor stole away from us, michael lane. thank you, michael, wherever you are. lastly, my personal reflection on this building. this building, to me, is truly a monument to the tremendous capacity of generosity in the heart of sentences go. the voters of san francisco in their great willingness to support this facility will always have this hospital as a sign of their willingness to help those most in need. these neighborhoods that surround this facility, i think, consider laguna honda at their private treasure. we really do look at this hospital as our own. we love this hospital. we have great care and great love for the residents of this hospital. on behalf of the neighboring residents, to all of the current residents of the hospital, this is for you. we are thrilled we were able to do this for you. thank you, everyone. [applause] >> the work of the health department would never be possible without its commission. the commission is the governing body. you have been around to this project long enough to see some fantastic c

i'd be interested to hear what john has to say. >> john harris, then al then vin. the whole notion of the moment for the president. >> well, charlie, you invoke president clinton and i think we've read that even president obama's reading about president clinton's comeback after 1994. i've been cautioning people to not draw lessons too glibly from that. to some people... to hear some people say it, it's simply a matter of moving to the right, taking a few polls, finding the center and then it's a cakewalk on to reelection. that's not what happened with bill clinton in 1995 and' '96. he had a grueling, searing personal reappraisal of what he was trying to achieve as president. he had an ideological reappraisal that divided his party. you could walk... and i'm sure al remembers this. you could walk the... walk capitol hill in 1995 and easily fill up a notebook full of democrats who thought bill clinton was a sellout, who thought his presidency was a failure. this was tough, tough, hard work and he had a gift in that in that his opponent was newt gingrich and a group o

with john boehner, tricky. they both have a need to deliver results. i think since we've seen the house of representatives change hands now three times in 16 years which is unprecedented in american history, the electorate is volatile. not giving people a lot of time to deliver what they want. both john boehner and the president need deliver on jobs but both have opposite constituencies. boehner constituency wants to see spending cuts. things you can't necessary dloi if you're trying to stimulate the economy to create jobs and they want to see cuts, but not in social security on medicare. very contradictory and difficult for him to do what the tea party part of his base wants him to do. >> out west we know there's still uncertainty. what did you make, especially of alaska? this too early to call? we don't know the outcome, possibly for week. incredibly interesting race really from the beginning with the element of a write-in candidate? >> a crazy year, independent candidates interesting and exciting. rhode island, lincoln won there. in alaska unprecede

that goes against john boehner's grain. he has said i'm going to decentralize power away from the speaker's office and give it back to the chairman. that means it won't be a revolution. he won't get much done as fast as gingrich would have liked but it will be more of a normal congressional thing. at least that's what he's planning. he's a very different character than newt gingrich. >> john boehner is a grown-up. he really is. he's a laej lateor. i mean edward kennedy worked with him on no child left behind. he's somebody whose word has been trusted across the aisle. he came here to make it work. not to sabotage it or blow it up. i'm not as confident, david, that there aren't some real constructionists and troublemakers in that republican group that is coming in. >> lehrer: we'll be back. >> ifill: a short time ago we heard from west virginia democrat joe manchin who won the senate seat held by robert byrd. >> i want to thank all the people in west virginia for believing in me. i really truly appreciate every one of them.

john: cole's at a motel? james: yeah. john: which motel? you really want to spend a night in lockup, don't you? james: i don't know the name, all right? some fleabag. what? he wanted me to have deniability. you're seriously going to make me rat him out? john: i'm sure you'll get over it. james: ok, fine. it's in pine valley. the pine cone motel. starr: do you know why they call this place the "minute man motel"? because it hasn't been cleaned since the revolutionary war. cole: i hate that i dragged you into all this. starr: as long as we're together, i don't care where we are. i'm so grateful. cole: for what? starr: i'm so grateful that james showed up and--and warned us so that you could get away. if the cops had just surprised us at our apartment, we wouldn't have had any time to think. cole: he's just always there for you, isn't he? starr: well, i didn't mean anything. cole: i ju important to you. and now that i owe him, i--i hate it. [ male announcer ] what if clean sheet day became clean sheet week? new ultra downy april fresh gives yo

. >> thanks, john. >> it was really nice of john stewart to come over here to do the interview with the stomach flu and everything. i'm as much as a fan as i ever was. to too long, trimmed for tv discussion will be on the maddow blog tomorrow morning. "the last word with lawrence o'donne o'donnell" starts right now. >> you know, i've just been sitting here wondering, what could be worse than preserving low tax rates for the rich? well, according to president obama and the democrats during the last two campaign seasons, the only thing worse than that would be, i don't know, might be continuing to keep terror prisoners at guantanamo bay or failing to extend health care coverage to all americans. but that was then and this is now. and now we still have terror prisoners at guantanamo bay. we have more americans without health coverage than ever before, and no prospect of ever extending health coverage to all americ americans. and maybe the rich are paying enough taxes already. >> the administration softening its position on the bush tax cuts. >> compromise is in the air. >> that didn't take