became famous for connecting rural shoppers to the goods that they had the big cities, brands like craftsman tools. back in the day it was a staple on network tv. it is very easy to get to sears. you get a lot more than one button of color. [laughs] martha: that takes a trip down memory lane. hi chris. what does sears mean to you? i member when i was a young reporter, robert seabird, his eminence. he would say there are three things that rest virginians can count on, carter s liver pills, the sears company and robert seabird. we scalped, we thought it was pretty corny but he was not far off. if you lived in a remote part of
at this point, michael avenatti is as much of a good lawyer as much as lisbeth warren is native american. campaigning in south carolin south carolina. you did call for it in this show. when he first person on the scene can make you really look he could run for president, ben. i think and i still could, because this is highly highly entertaining stuff. he s 1/1,024th of a decent lawyer. he s been humiliated a couple of times in three weeks. martha: do you think the harvard case will overturn affirmative action? you know, i would like to see it do so. again, harvard is a private institution, not a public institution. at the very least, harvard is widely critical talking about diversity while banding essentially asian students. martha: great to see you, ben. thanks a lot. coming up, the end of an era as the store that shaped the country for generations will bust. sears roebuck, when i was growing up, was a big deal.
the wrong way. he misunderstood it. it wasn t criticism coming from jim mattis. jim mattis knows the president knows why nato exist and what it s done for the last 70 years. it s been indispensable, a political and military alliance to provide peace and security in the world. martha: he said that it was his area, there s a financial biko he changed it. martha: if general mattis decided to leave, would you be interested in that position, general? i m. um, not thinking about becoming secretary of state. no one has spoke to me about doing anything like that. i m here talking to martha mccollum and that s fine enough for me. martha: general, thank you very much. good to see you tonight as always. thank you, sir. good talking to you, martha. martha: coming up, ben shapiro on democrat s in the midterm and the fear in the party what they might go through what they went through in 2016,
embarrassing that it s, like, 1:30 1 32nd of her background? the numbers, it s a little bit shocking and feels a little bit odd. first of all, americans don t care about this. this is not something that are keeping americans up at night. we all know that. none of us are. martha: yeah. this is something that people have been asking, i think. look, i m looking forward to donald trump s million dollar contribution to charity. she took the test. it s done, they want to put it behind them and move on. i don t think there is anything to be ashamed of. this is her history. it s proven to bear out in a way that she heard from her family. i think she wants to move on. martha: let s see what the president set about this late this afternoon. watch this. she owes the country an apology. what s her percentage? 11,000th? when you have the percentage,
and this rogue killers story. what interest me is the fact that donald trump is the first one to float the rogue killer idea after he talked to king king salman. trying to find some story to explain what happened to jamal khashoggi. martha: the planes clearly arrived from saudi arabia to istanbul. 15 people got off. that s been document it in the reporting period there is another report that says in the middle of all this, they went out and got more luggage, more bags. if that turns out to be true, your mind goes to a lot of places to what they might be trying to remove from this embassy. but if you are just interrogating someone with the intention of bringing them back to saudi arabia, why would you need 15 people? that s a very good question. why would you need a forensics