washington cigar wrappers and washington apples, washington ceremonial hatchets that he shot down a cherry tree with supposedly. it's all over the place. inevitably there is a reaction to it after the first world war moving into the 1920's and 1930's it's a different time from the 1800's. it's a time when people believe they needed to overturn the old ways of thinking, the old ways of doing things and patriotism and abroad and world war i has shown and the payment lead to destruction we have defined a new way. in the 1920's in america people began to feel that washington was part of that old way. and then entered robert hughes shown here rupert was a hollywood mogul and author and with another man named w. a. woodward decided they would keep on washington as being thpresentative of the old ways

just because she doesn't like washington? >> well, she was rather plain looking, and somewhat dour looking. there's a type of the two of them, and i say it's the clay version of grant woods painting american gothic because they both look so dour, but by that time, he's suffering from tuberculosis. she's had 11 children in 21 years, raised them, raised her grandchildren, you know, they had experienced some difficult times, tragedy is a key ingredient of this family. it -- they have suffered beyond any measure. how clay kept going, i can't comprehend. i don't think i could withstand the tragedy that affected him with his children and grandchildren, but you know, i think it was appearances. i think the stories began to be told, and it's like, you know, once a story is told, it never goes away. it just keeps getting bigger and bigger, but the sons took a long time to find their way. they were very slow to find their way. one of them ended up in the lexington lunatic asylum which, of course, fed the rumors about others, so i think

so this is a down time in washington. but there is no question about national leadership in terms off where everyone else is today. very few people in the capitol. -- >> and you mentioned martha's vineyard, andrea, and goi just t a hot note in that they felt a tremor in the workspace in martha's vineyard and now we have a great portion of the east coast where people are reporting that they felt the tremors and i'm standing not far from congresswoman maxine waters and you mentioned that everyone is spread out and you have members of the congressional black caucus in miami with this, and they are like the rest of us a, baffled by the news coming from washington and the area, but also trying to clamor to get more details. we have a picture of the national mall where people are being evacuated and i believe that we have pete williamston ready to talk about the information that he is gathering with all that is going on. pete, are you there? >> i am, tamron. so far we have not heard of any serious damage here in the washington,

with the president back in washington, congress returning next week, will washington learn another set of lessons? the lessons of the debt ceiling debate debacle? federal reserve chair ben bernanke issued a warning friday saying "the negotiations that took place over the summer disrupted financial markets and probably the economy, as well, and similar events in the future could over time seriously jeopardize the willingness of investors around the world to hold u.s. financial assets." that was the federal reserve chairman warning congress, washington, the president to get your act together. meanwhile, approval of the federal government is at an all-time low. the president's approval on the economy at 36% in a recent a.p.gfk poll. only 12%, by the way, approve of congress. this morning, gallup has more bad news, rated public approval of industries and the federal government came out on the bottom below oil and gas with only 17% approval. folks in washington, you have no idea the damage the debt ceiling debate debacle did. it's been toxic. president obama, we're seeing his approval ratin

she came to washington, d.c. by circumstance, she ended up becoming the dress maker for mary lincoln, but also her confident and her friend. elizabeth spent a great deal of time at the white house just out of her work but also out of her closeness to mary who was actually alienated by many people in washington, d.c. because of her personality and her background. elizabeth also got to know -- she was in debt while lincoln was president. he more or less did not know the degree of it. she let elizabeth come up with a plan to secretly try to sell her dresses in new york city. but the plan does not go very well. >> before we run out of time, the 48th anniversary of the "i have a dream" speech, what does it mean? >> it means there is another step forward in the country reconciling its history. i say that because statues are important symbols of recognition. what this says is that we are at a point where we will recognize the contributions of martin luther king who gave his life for making sure that this country live up

on washington." "washington journal" host: good morning. in this edition of the "washington journal, we asked the question, what is killing jobs? we got this from the "baltimore sun." charles campbell says that free treat -- free trade is sending jobs overseas. on the other side, lack of workers train for today's needs is the cause of u.s. employment was. we want to find out from you what you think is killing jobs here in the united states. if you want to get involved in the conversation, give us a call. the telephone numbers are on the screen. you can also get in touch with us with social media. our e-mail address is a journal @c-span.org. if you want to get them off of that conversation at a speck -- at facebook, go to our page. we are beginning this edition of the "washington journal" with a look at the "baltimore sun." care debate as to what is killing jobs. charles campbell is a senior vice president formerly of coal oil. he says it is obvious. charles campbell finishes up by saying that the qua

not only the white house but the president's house that george washington lived in when he was washington lived in when he was in philadelphia forpre slenting. each chapter opens with a long narrative about a particular individual that i thought really captured the moment and era in broad strokes? terms of the race politics and presidential politics of the period. >> who is oni? >> i had never heard of this woman at all. all of us who grew up in the united states learned the history of the first president. we certainly learned about george washington and stories about him cutting down cherry trees and never telling a lie. what we had very little information were the individuals that were enslaved to him. oni was one of the nine slaves that travelled and lived with him during the presidency. for most of his presidency in philadelphia, she was there. young woman. early 20's, 21, 22. she found out in early 1796 that martha washington was planning to give her away as a wedding gift. during slavery, they were given away. this was upsetting to her, the waubs had promised when they died, they wo

that ought to compel washington to compromise and it ought to compel washington to act. that ought to be enough to get all of us in this town to do the jobs we were sent here to do. we've got to do everything in our power to grow this economy and put america back to work. that what's i intend to do and i'm looking forward to working with congress to make it happen. thanks very much, everybody. >> all right. so the president of the united states speaking not all that long, speaking in the rose garden, making the case that yes, the legislation has passed, he will sign it into law later today raising the nation's debt ceiling, passed the senate just a little while ago, passed the house of representatives last night. but now it's time to move on, now it's time to deal with the economic crisis facing the country, now it's time to start creating jobs and he listed at least six or seven points that he thinks will help start create some jobs, some specific points he wants congress to enact. unfortunately, at least in the next month or so, five weeks, congress is going to be in r

here's i-95 in washington, d.c. the shake would be really on the west end of richmond, virginia, to the east of charlottesville. that's where 5.8 is a very strong shake. we're talking about something in california that would really bring some buildings down. i can assume, and i think you all can as well, there's going to be some damage here, either whether it's to buildings, it might be the structures, infrastructure, including some of the bridges and overpasses will all have to be inspected west of richmond on i-64 as a pretty big shake. . we still have the depth. back up here. this is all real time. this is literally just coming in. depth of only 3.7 miles. that is a shallow quake. that means that you don't have a lot of padding. you don't have, let's say, a 20 mile or 30-mile padding of rocks that maybe won't -- shakes a lot down here but not at the surface. when the surface and the shake is only 3.7 miles away, that was pretty good. go ahead, dave. go on the magic one. see what we have here for you. there you go

that uth to compel washington to compromise. and it ought to compel washington to act. that ought to be enough to get all of us in this town to do the job we were sent here to do. we've got to do everything in our power to grow this economy and put america back to work. that's what i intend to do and i'm looking forward to working with congress to make it happen. thanks very much, everybody. >> president obama and the -- in the white house rose garden this afternoon remarking on the 74-26 vote in the senate moments ago improve -- approving the measure increasing the nation's debt limit. the house passed the bill yesterday, 269-161. the president focusing on the bipartisan compromise needed to reach agreement on the bill and a jobs agenda. he's expected to sign the debt agreementfood. a lot of events related to the agreement in the senate on the debt ceiling. we are going to bring those things to you. we'll hear from house minority leader nancy pelosi in a few moments, senate republicans scheduled to speak at 2:00 p.m. eastern. right now, comments from senate democrats f

that ought to compel washington's to cooperate and washington to compromise and it ought to compel washington to act. it ought to be enough to get all of us in this town to do the jobs we were sent here to do. we've got to do everything in our power to grow this economy and put america back to work. that is what i intend to do it by looking for work to working with congress to make it happen. thanks very much, everybody. [inaudible conversations] >>> the senate foreign relations committee heard testimony from robert ford, the obama administration's nominee to be the u.s. ambassador to syria. mr. ford, who served in the position and a nation grieve role since december, 2010 is still awaiting a vote on his confirmation by the senate. his testimony is about 45 minutes. >> we will start our second panel, and mr. ford, i know before i arrived here you have an opening statement. but i will do is i will present an opening statement and then we can go right to questions. am i correct -- >> yes, senator, that is correct. >> thanks so much. thank you everyone. i know we are moving to the second panel o

the only solution to this equation in washington is active citizens keeping washington accountable. redstate.org is the leading place for doing that, so thank you. niki caylee is one of the most inspiring politicians we have in this country. -- nikki haley. i also want to talk about the congressional delegation. you have five republicans in the house from the state who are among the best congressman we have in washington, d.c., right now. [applause] eric preference the scorecard that we are publicly releasing in 10 states. let me lifted the lid on it for second. first, you would not believe the crying and gnashing of teeth that happens in washington when you do a score card. you may remember back in february that the house passed hr-1 which was an historic spending cut. [laughter] in addition to that, there were 23 amendments that were voted upon to cut spending further. let's take spending back to 2006, said the one from north carolina. we put out a report card on those votes. we said years the percentage of the 23 votes to further cut spending that each member of the house voted f

washington cigar wrappers and washington apples, washington ceremonial hatchets that he shot down a cherry tree with supposedly. it's all over the place. inevitably there is a reaction to it after the first world war moving into the 1920's and 1930's it's a different time from the 1800's. it's a time when people believe they needed to overturn the old ways of thinking, the old ways of doing things and patriotism and abroad and world war i has shown and the payment lead to destruction we have defined a new way. in the 1920's in america people began to feel that washington was part of that old way. and then entered robert hughes shown here rupert was a hollywood mogul and author and with another man named w. a. woodward decided they would keep on washington as being representative of the old ways there were quite cynical about it, they bowed to the stories about where that originated from and is popular in the 1920's and was associated with henry ford and how she liked to say to me and nonsense. wa woodward and robert hughes and the elected troops being deloused in a world war i and said it

is a washington holding everything back. he spent $1 trillion on the stimulus that did not succeed. we are hovering on the edge of the second recession. what he is, i suppose, going to bpropose is the second mini- stimulus. government does not create jobs, it killed them. part of the problem we have is the blanket of regulation over america, especially in energy, the saudi arabia of gas and coal, epa, and a moratorium on drilling elsewhere has killed an industry that has potential to hire a lot of people and reduce our dependence on outside sources of energy. .> colby, quickly >> are you finished? >> now, if you would like, i disquisition to complete, but i will yield the floor. >> thank you very much, charles, for that. i have heard a lot of it before it from you, but it always sounds good. >> changing field for republican presidential hopefuls. >> making sure we have a candidate that can be barack obama in november is the most important thing we do. >> we are going to make barack obama a one-term president. >> texas gov. r

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and you know what happens in washington when the cuts are in the out years? unfortunately, our history has been that they don't get done. that's why i'm concerned about even the $917 billion claim in reductions, which is not a reduction in spending. i have also asked myself does this agreement in any way reduce the size of government? we know that this government has continued to grow even as state governments and families have made the tough decisions to downsize, to reduce, to live within their means. this deal does not cut or end one government program. in march, the g.a.o. came out with a report that identified hundreds of duplicative programs that happen here in washington where we could save billions of dollars. my colleague from oklahoma, senator dr. tom coburn, he has done the hard work of identifying hundreds and hundreds of duplicative programs where we could save billions and billions of dollars, yet this agreement does not reduce the size of government at all or end one of those programs. does it avoid a downgrading of our credit? unfortunately, i

>> production assistance for "inside washington" was provided by allbritton communications and "politico," reporting on the legislative, executive, and political arena. >> well, we got it done, it brought our economy from the brink of disaster. >> this week on "inside washington," congress brings the economy back from the brink at the stock market tanks. >> investors believe there is a high probability the economy will go into another recession. >> how about that debt deal? >> this is a satan sandwich. >> we could take that to the american people and say that is the right way? >> of the economy is in the obama presidency? >> how are we going to put people back to work? >> what is the future of the tea party? >> did tea party take that town hostage? >> we forced the town to have an adult conversation about spending. they was not -- would not have done it without the tea party. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> well, how about that? at the last minute, congress limb over the finish line and the nation avoided the first default in its history. but on thurs

to washington. host: melissa says -- and at the front page of the "washington post" has the president as a player. does blame fall among all of them or is it just the president? guest: all of them. i said at the top of the show that you cannot blame the president. and you cannot blame, obviously, this congress. you have to go back to last congress and the congress before. we did not get here overnight and we will not change it overnight. it is our federal government, that is the problem. host: from north carolina, the head. -- go ahead. caller: you need to take this all the way back to bill clinton when he signs nafta. i see thousands and thousands of jobs leaving this country and going to other countries. and then also watch the illegal immigrants, and and taking the construction jobs. people said that they were taking jobs that people would not do. and you know, it has been at downhill battle ever since. and i am in the construction industry, and i've been on all of these jobs around here, nbc cre

the washington times has a quotation. quotation. he says he thinks the president did a good job here. yesterday, president obamaut out a video to his supporters talking about the debt deal can't put out the details about a fund raiser that will be happening tomorrow, wednesday, in chicago on the day of his birthday. let's go to chicago, democratic caller. hcaller: i feel this super committee is unconstitutional. we did not in vote for them. they should not be making our laws. if we need a super committee to write our laws, maybe we need to get rid of congress, since they cannot do their job. the cbc voted no. this is a monstrosity of a right wing bill. the tea bag people took the country hostage. they were willing to throw this country over a cliff just for their stupid right wing ideology. host: we got a lot of commons last night when we reported that ffords returned to the floor. here is nancy pelosi on her return. >> there is not a name that stirs more courage, respect, then the name of congress woman gabbie >> a live picture fro

to compel washington to act. that ought to be enough to get all of us in this town to do the jobs we were sent here to do. we've got to do everything in our power to grow this economy and put america back to work. that's what i intend to do and i look forward to working with congress to make it happen. thank you very much everybody. >> a little before president obama spoke at the white house, senate democratic leaders spoke with reporters at the capitol about the final debt ceiling agreement and they said the legislation was not perfect but will avert economic disaster. >> the debate was long and it wasn't easy. for weeks the american people have watched and wondered whether congress can get its job

can you hear me in washington? >> yes, i can hear you. >> congressman why are you at the rixos hotel? what are you doing in tripoli? >> as the reverend congressman fontroy 20 years in congress, i had joined dr. paul here in an effort to work out a non-violent solution. right now we are in a precarious situation with some of our friends from the media, because we fear that unless we are able to relocate that we may all be in danger. as a minister who believes in the fervent effectual prayers of the righteous, i am joined with dr. kay, falling on appeal of the people who know the will have the prayer to pray for us, and to pray for deliverance for not only us but the press corps with whom we have been quartered here in the effort to carry out our peace mission. >> congressman, you spent 20 years in the united states congress as the delegate from the district of columbia and i met you on several occasions but i have to ask, how long have you been in libya right now, it's a highly extraordinary situation for to you sho

again, more washington talk. what it means is you cut a certain amount up front to cut the debt ceiling, and then there's a second stage of cuts that comes, and there is this committee that tries to agree on those cuts. and if you don't do it over this ten-year span, something forces congress's hand. so, how do you not put social security benefits or medicare benefits into that potential enforcement mechanism when they're what are driving the debt? >> well, i think you have to have a lot of faith that the american people are going to continue to weigh in. and here's the bottom line -- this fight has not been about nothing. this hasn't just been political theater. there's a philosophical difference here on the hill between the democratic party and the republican party, and it's pretty simple. they have voted to keep giving taxpayer checks to big oil while they voted to convert the medicare system to vouchers. now, that doesn't compute for us. how can you be more willing to push money, public money, to the most pro

he said he would change the culture of washington. it wassen an almost impossible task. >> stephen: do you think he has raised negotiations about how fast you can cave in negotiations, unfairly? >> namely you ask them what they want and you give it to them. >> i think he has been injured by. 4lqj"brand has been injured by . they've looked to extreme, and too unbalanced. i don't think it helped republicans. i think it's possible this was a lose-lose for both sides. >> stephen: has it helped anybody? it's giving guys like you and me something to talk about. >> mitch mcconnell was helped a little bit because he stayed into the background. >> stephen: he just retreated into his shell. [laughter] al thank you so much. al hunt of bloomberg [ female announcer ] the subway® buffalo chicken is the featured $5 footlong™ of august. an all-time favorite, with tender chicken, spicy buffalo sauce and cool ranch, this august, the buffalo chicken joins our many everyday $5 footlongs! subway. eat fresh®. every.... ♪violin musical theme at 1800co

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they have to check of the washington monument and the washington cathedral. they're looking for possible cracks. it want to make sure it is structurally sound. take a listen to what people had to say about feeling in their very first earthquake. >> i looked out the window, i saw the building shaking. we are in a meeting and i said, i have to leave. >> another major concern, the nuclear power plants, one was 12 mi. away and automatically shut down. donald trump, by the way state in his office building and it worked. >> we are tracking a hot spot on highway 4, let's go to george for the update. >> we continue to see things improve on highway 4 in the westbound direction. that is starting to clear. the drive time is getting back to normal. we have a new problem in the south bay. 101 in the northbound direction. the problem was an accident past blossom hill road that slowed the traffic from highway 85, pushing the drive time up to 26 minutes in the 80 interchange. normally that should be 12-14 minutes. you might want to use highway 880854 highway 88087 if you are

the "washington post" is dead right. you can't look at individual stock prices, we could be up 500 today, down 500, but ultimately, this is all because of people who are betting against the market, betting with it, but the direction is down, not up. its direction is down because of no confidence in washington. >> let's just recap what we have lost in the last couple weeks of this down market. just give me the big numbers. >> well, $8 trillion, one number that's floated around, where we are right now, obviously it changes minute to minute. if we don't get something coming from next week, from the foreign ministers, from the big finance ministers in germany and italy, we'll revisit exactly the levels we had earlier this week. andrea, the situation has to do with a lot of, in this country, belief that what happened with that debt ceiling has made it so we're just so dysfunctional that consumers aren't spending. we are literally seeing consumers cut back. lots of corporations are cutting back. just because they feel that thi

to "the washington post" last week. what the president is doing is not the same as what we're doing. we have real jobs to give real people who are unemployed. this is not one of those deals where we go around and talk about jobs and hope somebody gives us some press attention. that's a pretty harsh criticism of the president of the united states, the first african-american president to the united states from a leading african-american in the congress, is it not? >> well, i didn't get that he was directly talking about the president there. i'm not too sure that there aren't other tours taking place that might have been the point of reference. i was with emmanuel cleaver over the weekend, and we had long talks about what's going on with the congressional black caucus tomorrow in detroit, later on in miami, atlanta and then out in los angeles. just because we're ending the tour in los angeles doesn't mean the emphasis is not on los angeles as well. we started in cleveland, ohio. 7,000 people showed up. 20 -- 2200 people go

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seattle washington. we're going to be taking a look at some other stories in the news this morning as we continue our conversation regarding what would your top priority be if you were president. we've got this from the associated press out of triply libya a day after launching their first attack on the libyan capital. we hope to have more on the situation from libya later on in the program. next up is ohio. jim on our line for republicans. you're on the "washington journal." caller: good morning. good to be here. host: what's your top priority? caller: my top priority is some massive public works programs. i'm a republican in the sense of the democratic republican thomas jefferson and eisenhower who believed that there is purpose to the federal government beyond making war. eisenhower came back from world war ii and built the interstate highway system. jefferson was against great public expenditures bought louisiana. wh we need to do, the biggest need is water. fresh water. i thought this year as trilli

that's where started and they didn't try to destroy the washington left the tour washington down to the daughter. they claimed that he was a cigar smoking champion cursor who had deformed hands and was an incredibly ugly and looked like an ape and appalled at any woman that came his way and they were always jolting him that he blundered his way for the revolutionary war. all this stuff got completely out of control, and the reaction was washington was torn down so far and they were so successful tearing them down that americans lost interest. even after 1930 to the bicentennial of washington's first it was a gala affair people talked about washington but was always a flat two dimensional image as washington who really doesn't have any meaning to him to read in the cold war you never see washington propaganda you don't see in movies except in one really bad movie i talked about in my book called when the redskins were in 1951. he's gone, he becomes this very kind of distant two dimensional figure in americans lose interest. the author of still one of the best selling biographies of washi

so how to fix washington? i'm going to try to reach across the aisle and work with these people and try to bring them along instead of just standing and fighting. it will be easy for the president to say i'm going to dig in and just fight, fight, fight. but that's not how you move this country forward. >> cornell belcher, steve hildebrand. steve, good to have you back. we'll see you again as the day. a lot of contrast. hope to see you back here tomorrow. piers morgan tonight starts right now.

. >>> the art of compromise is a deal that washington hates. on opposite sides of the battle is mark zuckerman and grover norquist. what do you believe about the tax increases? >> well, there should have been tax increases if only for a political matter, because everybody in the country seems to have to be participating in what i call shared sacrifice and that is how to get it done and also a bipartisan deal, and if anything gets done, both parties have to assume responsibility for it. that was lost. there was a moment there when boehner came to the president had $800 billion in tax, the elimination of what i would call tax expenditures or whatever you want to call it, all of the special deals built into the tax code that so distort the economy, and that money was going to go to rationalize the tax code, and i think that would have been a real stimulus to the economy, but the president frankly introduced another $400 billion request for tax increases and blew the deal out of the water. so lousy leadership on both sides as far as i'm concerned.

. >> estado unidos, y millones de residentes se trasladan de washington a nueva york, las autoridades evacuan los principales edificios del gobierno >>> en libia se vive una jornada histórica, los rebeldes se apoderaron del cuartel de muamar gadafi >>> en su viaje rumbo a estados unidos, se prepara desde la florida hasta las carolinas >>> una victoria decisiv , un juez le retiró los cargos penales por violación sexual >>> este es su noticiero univisión. [♪] . >>> hola, ¿qué tal?, muy buenas noches, hoy es un día espectacular de noticias, estamos viendo las 3 principals la toma del cuartel de muamar gadafi, el avance del huracán irene y el temblor 5.9 que afectó a varios estados del este de estados unidos, fue muy intenso empezamos con la última, en más de 100 años no se había sentid la tierra temblar en esa región sacudió los nervios de millones de residentes, que salieron despavorido en las calles, el tráfico aéreo y terrestre quedó paralizado por momentos >>> la casa blanca se estremeció ante la fuerza de un terremoto de magnitud 5.8 a 6 en la escala de richter

up next, did washington take its eye off the ball on what really matters? >>> and still to come, how much of a toll has this debt ordeal taken on president obama politically? he's trailing mitt romney in pennsylvania to this usually overrated battleground state. could it be in play for 2012? and if it is, the president is in big trouble. first, a look ahead at the president's schedule. nothing on there yet about some sort of signing deal or statement after the senate vote, but, you know what, don't be surprised. this is my band from the 80's, looker. hair and mascara, a lethal combo. i'm jon haber of alto music. my business is all about getting music into people's hands. and the plum card from american express open helps me do that. you name it, i can buy it. and the savings that we get from the early pay discount has given us money to reinvest back into our business and help quadruple our floor space. how can the plum card's trade terms get your business booming? booming is putting more music in more people's hands. but when she got asthma, all i could do

s&p condemned the political disfunction here in washington. the gridlock in washington. let's put up what they said: the political brinksmanship of recent months highlight was we see as america's governance and policy making becoming less stable, less predictable than what we previously believed. no question that if they had passed your budget, that that would have vol -- would have solved the debt problem. the cans are they weren't going to balance your budget. the failure to compromise the two sides, isn't that part of the problem? >> let me first say, both political parties are responsible for the mess we have now. this is not a republican or democrat-only problem. i would argue that over the last couple of years, we've gone deeply in the wrong direction. the kind of compromise you need to actually fix the structure of our debt, like the gentleman just said previously entitlements. our partners on the other side of the aisle the president and senate have been unwilling to put a plan out there to address entitlements. specifically health care of the president created t

that's exactly what happened at the march on washington. and actually i should say something on that point. even though he would ask his aides to do -- to do drafts for him on pretty rare occasions, he would also -- his aides would also rework material that they had heard king use before. so it wouldn't be like, you know, someone writes something and then king just takes it. if you've ever done any speechwriting it's something that you tend to do and you hear something the principal says and you think of another way to reword it and then king would say -- king would see it and he would like some of it and he wouldn't like other parts and he would take what he could use and reform late it and jettison the rest. we have time for one more. yes. >> i wonder if you could comment on any relationship or communication that dr. king might have had with president kennedy? >> absolutely. there were a fair number of t m them. king, just thinking back to the june 1963 speech that i mentioned a year ago in response to the question about president kennedy

that is what we did when we were in washington. we were thinking about reelection, the compromises to hold on to public opinion. it was when i got away from washington and had perspective on it that i began to see the consequences, even well- intentioned, of politics, particularly as more and more money began to decide the outcomes. tavis: i have been honored to be on a couple of hit lists over the years with you, my name right next to bill moyers. i want to ask seriously whether or not there is a place on public television, a place on public radio for opinion. you have been accused of having a left opinion. i have been accused and certain conversations of having a left opinion. is there a rate -- is there a place in public radio or television today for opinion? >> there should be a place for diversity of opinions. that is what i talk about in the book, these people range across the spectrum and beyond the liberal and conservative spectrum. i even interviewed a couple of socialists and libertarians and a couple of radicals. there s

she left and went to washington for her first board meeting. after she had flown through senate confirmation much faster than i ever did for anything i was appointed to and she got there and said, what do we do? do you know what the corporation does? it spends $957 million of your dollars every year getting people to volunteer in their local community. help a brother to understand. has anybody here ever volunteered for anything? did the national government have to come here and get you to volunteer? my friends, there's going to have to be a whole lot of cuts in activity just like that. but we've got to be more than just an austerity program. we've got to go about the business of creating wealth and prosperity and jobs in this country. and it seems to me one of the first places we have the look at is our tax code. my dad was a retired texas high school football coach. and that old football coach would say if your team isn't winning and other teams are, you might want to sort of do what they're doing. we can look around the world, look at some of

it is washington, your way. it was created by cable and provided by a public service. >> now remarks from adam. he is running for a u.s. senate seat next year against bill nelson. this is 25 minutes. >> i do have to tell you that this has a very special place in my heart. this is where i propose to my wife who is here with us today. i want to thank everyone who is here today and has taken the time outer their schedule and ordered to be a part of this event. this state has become a central pillar of the conservative movement. i am always ask how it is possible that i turned out to be a conservative let alone a republican. i can tell you if it is certainly -- i can tell you it certainly was not my upbringing. my parents were liberal jewish democrats you were schoolteachers from brooklyn, new york. when i was born, and they had $31 to their name and a sacrifice of that we can move to florida. i got the passion from my mom. i got the love of baseball from my dad. i thought the politics from someone as big. when i tu

washington can do a lot to help us. that would be to stop acting like children and work together and do what we elected them to do. that is really to address the issues that affect america. when you see the republicans who used to help certain kings, that once the president tries to support them, they turn around and vote against it. -- when you see the republicans who used to help certain things. there's a lot they could do. when people say there's too much regulation, what regulations would you remove? the ones about oil drilling in your backyard and polluting your neighbor's water? so many different things they can do that ultimately would work for america, but also, the tariffs. the tax loopholes where business is actually get tax credits for moving business out of the u.s., that must change, but nobody talks about that. c-span should do a program about real issues, a real loss, and how they affect us. are laws that allow companies to get tax credits for moving out of the country. host: what if the super committee t

>>> t tight on "world news," breaking news from washington. a possible breakthrough in the debt crisis. president obama and top republicans agree to massive spending cuts in return for more borrowing. can they sell it to lawmakers before the deadline and what does it mean for the economy? an abc news exclusive. >>> david muir is the only american reporter on the scene in mogadishu, somalia as a gun battle breaks out. he's on the front lines in a fight to get food for the people who so desperately need it. >>> mystery solved. he's america's most elusive fugitive, d.b. cooper. the sky jacker who jumped from a jet with a parachute and a bag full of cash 40 years ago. the only unsolved hijacking in american history. do agents finally have their man? >>> good evening. as yououaw, david muir is on assignment tonight in africa. we're going to go to him in a moment. we begin here in washington where this has been an extraordinary weekend of high wire, high stakes talks. here's that countdown clock again. two days before the government can no longer bo

that's part of washington... that part of washington is... >> jon: to be fair, going out to companies is another form of... it's still just propaganda to some extent. it's not policy. it's look at me, i'm in a factory. i'm going to shave people's hand, congratulating them on still having jobs. that doesn't make any sense either. >> look, it's fair that a way to demonstrate... we're going to have policies, so there are a number of things we can do in a bipartisan basis. which i still... the naive part of me, why don't we just do those. both parties agreed on free trade agreements that we could do an infrastructure bank that takes a little bit of money. >> when we come back we'll talk about the... we'll deconstruct it a little bit, talk about the exact things we could do. that's the way to do this. look at you. i feel like you should have a baby pacifier and some glow sticks. it's like you've taken ecstasy. i'm going home, [ "chopsticks" plays ] ♪ don't you two know any other songs? [ music stops ] [ "chopsticks"

what will it be after an skroosh naturing week in washington. and growing outrage in our country is a compromise, actually, starting to happen. >> my take right now is total frustration. >> how it got to this. and special coverage leading up to our unprecedented access on capitol hill. to our unprecedented access on capitol hill. nightly news begins just now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> it sure looked likea while like congress would do something. hammer out a solution that avoided walking up to the brink of the deadline when the nation is due to default on its financial obligations. as this day wore on, congress started looking a lot more like the congress we have watched every day this past week. tonight, there are hints and whispers and indications, so far nothing more, that something of some sort is coming. something close to an agreement. let's start off with the very latest beginning with nbc's kelly o'donnell who has been camped out on the hill again today. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. the really pr

they're trying is there one person in washington turned it creative destruction in the middle east to upset the chess board and make sure that in fact what has been happening since two thousand and one is many of these arab countries are fed up with washington's militarization of the middle east are fed up with the mess in iraq they're fed up with the heavy handedness that's coming out of washington and they're looking to china they're looking to russia they're looking to the european union for an alternative to the dollar and that i think is why we're seeing all this right now and yes if saudi arabia blows it's going to be ok i'm going to jump in on this i want to go to a break or after a short break we'll continue our discussion on oil and global economic state with our team. if you can. aggressively for that through a tiny nation into the global spotlight. three years after the georgia attacks sad to say. could anything have stopped the bloodshed. did russia have any choice but to step in. president medvedev gives the straight answers. it used to be an ideal place for a holiday lit

s plan to fix washington. a national boycott of campaign contributions to incumbents. >> we are better than this and our leaders in washington can go back to work. >> pelley: and the disaster at the indiana state fair. as victims are remembered, investigators ask if anything could have prevented it. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. the military retirement system has long been considered untouchable, alongside social security and medicare. but in these days of soaring deficits, it seems everything is a potential target for budget cutters, and tonight a pentagon- sponsored study says military pensions are no longer untouchable, they're unaffordable. sharyl attkisson has details of a plan to dramatically overhaul a long-cherished veterans benefit. >> reporter: cbs news has learned high-level closely held meetings are taking place at the pentagon regarding a radical proposal to overhaul retirement for the nation's 1.4 million service members, a

august 27th, we march in washington. you and unions and the weekend they'll unveil the martin luther king, jr. monument. martin luther king, jr. died fighting with unions around jobs and the right to collective bargaining. the pressure must be put on the white house and congress and everybody that we need jobs. we don't need a whole lot of double talk and partisan brinkmanship, we need jobs. you can't memorialize dr. king and not deal with what king was about. >> exact exactly right. look, there is the first monument to someone who has not been a president. >> right. on t on potomac river, correct. >> this is a wonderful moment. but as you and others have said, dr. king's work is not done. not done in terms of equal opportunity for all kids, not just spl kids, in terms of education being the great equalizer and making sure there are real jobs, good jobs, that people can feed their families on in america. ultimately that has to be what we champion every single day. we have to help people have the work force skills so that

bottom line is, what is a growth plan for washington that washington can actually execute on? >> i'll give you a gross plan very clearly. one, we have to deal with the debt and deficit. send wall street a message that the united states of america is deadly serious about dealing with the long-term structural debt. that means putting a plan on the table, 4 trillion plus, if necessary, that lays out how we go forward. we do it, david, in a way that doesn't turn our backs on the history we have created where we know how to do it without cutting off job creation in our economic future. in the 1990s, we balanced the budget. we did it without a constitutional amendment. we balanced the budget, created 22,000 new jobs. that changed when we went into credit card debt, two wars, two tax cuts. we couldn't afford them. boom! 6.some trillion in debt. obama was largely in response to george bush and hank paulson asking us to bail out the financial structure of america. we have to get real about what the problem is. the second piece of this, senator box eer has a great dea. if we do it, we w

-- natural events in washington. hurricane irene is speeding up the east coast. we also had an earthquake, unusual for us. i think it is fair to say that it generally scared the hell out of a lot of people. the beauty of our business is that we can work politics into just about anything. as irene does for worse, let's talk about the debate in the republican party about climate change. rick perry says it is a scientific theory that has not been proven to jon holtzma -- jon huntsman told a capper that if republicans position themselves as the anti-size but, it will cost them 2012. >> it is what the national academy of sciences has said about what is causing climate change and man's contribution to it. i think we find ourselves on the wrong side of science and therefore in a losing position. >> do you agree, charles? >> well, global warming is somewhat problematic because a majority of scientists say it is so. i happen to believe that probably is. i am not suree i believe the mols that predict what is going to hundred h