Welcome to the No Spin News Weekend Edition.

Veterans Day is tomorrow. No mail delivery, federal holiday. Should be. I mean, millions of Americans have died for their country since the Revolutionary War.

And I am participating in a special on News Nation.

It will run 10 p.m. tomorrow and I, Tuesday, on America's greatest warriors and some who were

not that great, who everybody thinks were good.

Roll the tape. Roll the tape.

It's the mid-1800s.

The colonies have been liberated by George Washington, and the young nation has been strengthened

by Andrew Jackson.

But now the Civil War calls on new heroes to keep a fractured union intact.

General Ulysses S. Grant came from humble beginnings and rose to lead the Union Army against the rebellious South.

His willingness to make hard decisions led him first to victory, then to the White House.

He was a hero of the Civil War. Without Grant, it might have been a stalemate.

Because McClellan, who was the first commander, he was a coward, and his troops did not respect him.

And then Lincoln went through three, four guys, and they were terrible. And finally, he drags grand, who's out in the hinterlands, because this guy with least will fight.

So we analyze all the big generals all throughout history and yes in some surprises so joining us now from

New York City is Leland Vitter the correspondent on the special and of course the author of the book

Born Lucky big bestseller, dedicated father, grateful son,

my journey with autism.

And anything surprised you about the special, Lila?

Yeah, that I think it could have been five segments.

We spent the day at West Point, Bill, after I interviewed you, and they gave us the head of the history

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