mastermind. she makes herself part of the national discussion almost every day with a single tweet or comment and, now -- >> if you ran for president, could you beat barack obama? >> i believe so. >> is sarah palin the undisputed republican frontrunner for 2012? 18 months ago they were on the brink of extinction. now, they may have the biggest stock offering in history. general motors is back. will taxpayers get their money back? and what happened at hooters to cause this? joining this discussion today former new york congressman rick lassio, karen hunter and shshana wals walsh. good thursday morning, i'm chris jansing and this is "jansing & company." what to do about terror suspects is back and back in a bad way after the trial of a former

gitmo detainee. one headline screams conviction and one acquittal. both are actually true. he was congivicted of a single conspiracy role for the bombings that killed 224 people, including a dozen americans. but he was cleared of another 284 counts, including every murder count. this is all reignited the debate over whether terror suspects should be tried in the traditional justice system in civilian courts or before military tribunals. let's bring in steve who is ghailani's attorney and also with us our company karen hunter and rick lassio. thank you for being here. >> happy to be here. >> let me ask you, first, steve, what was your reaction to the verdict? >> to say that we were not surprised would probably be an underestimate, but not completely surprised. the case was probably legally sufficient going in, at least

that's what we thought. >> surprised but you thought there would be more charges that he was convicted of? >> surprised because sitting where we were foothills of the world trade center, most lawyers don't expect to have a jury or get a jury, despite what they say who can be fair and apply the law as the judge gave it to them. >> there are people who look at this and say this verdict is somewhat contradictory. your client is convicted of conspiring and, yet, not convicted of any of the deaths. do you think this was, in some way, a verdict brokered by jurors? what do you think happened here? >> one indication early that there was some sort of a deadlock, but that was very early on in the deliberations. there is really no way to say whether or not that stayed throughout the jurors. the jurors asked some very important questions throughout the process. they had some questions and asked for some rebags about real important stuff that the defense had been talking about and eventually they asked the legal question that really decided the

case. took us about three hours after discussing it with judge kaplan and the government prosecutor to resolve it and eventually he charged the jury in a way that we had requested and shortly after that there was a verdict. extensively in his favor. >> rick, so many people watching this because the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks is potentially going to be tried and the question is where and how. what does this say to you about this debate about civilian courts over military tribunals? >> this particular defendant had a great legal team. what you're looking at right now is the potential things to come for khalid shaikh mohammed the self-described mastermind of 9/11 and whether they belong in the civilian courtroom or in a military tribunals where they do get due process. in my mind, i think it puts us in a tough spot. if khalid shaikh mohammed is tried in downtown manhattan and he's acquitted, do you let him

go and thereby undermining the law or do you keep him and equally undermine the respect for the law? either way it's a lose, lose. >> let me read you a statement from someone you know well, congressman peter king. "this tragic verdict, tragic verdict he calls it demonstrates the absolute insanity of the obama administration's decision to try al qaeda terrorists in civilian courts. this is a tragic wake-up call to the obama administration to immediately abandon its plan to try guantanamo terrorists like the admitted 9/11 mastermind khalid shake omommed in federal civilian courts." >> people are politicizing this and we're america and standprin. you should get a trial by the jury of your peers. these are very distinct principals that america s tha

about and people in new york city decided that he should be a acquitted of 280 some counts and guilty on one. the system works and anybody that is trying to make this an obama issue is kind of undermining americans and the people that sat on that jury and made decisions that i think they really made from their heart and from what the evidence presented to them. told them to do. so, either we're americans and we follow certain rules or we don't. >> karen, steve, thanks to you. rick, thank you. rick and karen will stick with us. you said you're finally going to go home and get back to your life. >> great being here. >> no appeal? >> there will be a number of issues that are raised, we're not sure whether or not this count could stand. there's certainly a number of legal issues that if he is sentenced one day that will probably end up before the supreme court. >> so not exactly back to your regular life. >> it's not quite over yet. there's a lot more to do, but a lot having to do with sentence issues with regard to what happened to him while he was in

custody for six years. certainly raised and considered by judge kaplan, should there be a sentence in this case. steve, thank you for coming in. >> my pleasure to be here. in our next hour, by the way, we want to let you know we'll speak with edith bartly who lost her father and her brother in those 1988 embassy bombings. her reaction to this verdict, as well. after all the dramaten democratic side yesterday. this afternoon at 3:00 new republican house leaders will be announced. john boehner will be the new house speaker, but has the voters seemingly clear mesling of change be heard in washington? take a look at the faces of the gop leadership. on one side before the election and on the other side after the election. no change. democratic side, new term, same leaders, same faces. here's what nancy pelosi says about her being the right person to lead. >> let me put that in perspective. how would your ratings be if $75

million were spent against you? because i'm an effective leader, because we got the job done on health care and wall street reform and consumer protections, the list goes on. >> and joining me now, democratic congressman fatah, thank you for joining us, congressman. >> great to be with you this morning. >> you know what the critics say, they say that the democrats unwillingness to face hard choices and to make choices that top and fairly the republicans doing the same thing, although they did win the house that essentially is saying you're deaf to what the voters were trying to tell you. what do you say to those folks? >> well, i know that a lot of people are focused on the palace intrigue and we're focused on being effective. excuse me, being efebtive and there has been no more effective leader of democrats in the history of oour oparty in the congress than nancy pelosi. >> then wli dhy did we see the results we saw in the election,

congressman? >> what you saw in the election was that three-fourths of all democrats got re-elected to the congress in seats that we won in '06 and '08. seats that mccain carried against obama. some 49 of those seats we lost. there is a lot of anxiety in the country as you make big changes. when the congress adopted social security, we lost seats. when they adopted medicare we lost seats. when they passed the civil rights bills of the '60s, president johnson signing those bills into law said i'm signing my party to a generation of losses in the south. you can't have major social change in our country without some upheaval politically. >> let me ask you about another bit of palace intrigue, i like that term. you remember t you are a member of the black caucus and the caucus invited two republicans to join. there was a piece in the philadelphia enquirer today.

the black caucus' decision to admit representative elect tim scott of south carolina and allen west of florida perpetuates a harmful caricature of black politics. this caricature leads white voters to the mistaken belief that black voters cast their ballots for black candidates simply because they are black. then it goes on to argue, in fact, it should be about a shared ideology. isn't that what scott and west, that isn't what scott and west stands for. why was the decision made to invite them to join? >> well, first of all, president obama and other democratic presidential candidates carry clinton, gore, all received well over 90% of the african-american vote. the african-american voters are the most loyal block of voters in the democratic party and along with latino voters and women voters and younger voters and highly edge xated voters. so, first of all, this notion

that somebody is getting votes and you'll see african-americans who are in the republican party not receive large shares of african-american votes. having to do with the congressional black caucus. the caucus has always been open to republicans. in fact, senator brooks, gary frank, the big republicans members who always sit with the congressional black caucus. there's nothing new. you will have democrats and republicans of either party have different opinions. so the hispanic caucus -- >> when you have people who very clearly have very different ideas from the majority of the congressional black caucus. >> elwith, first of all, plenty of members who have different views now in the caucus. some represent royal areas and some represent urban areas. the black caucus is very rarely a monolithic voice. it will be great to have debates and different points of view and we'll decide our membership. >> let me ask you, too, real

quickly about what will happen later on when congressman charlie rangel will learn his punishment and they're saying he could take as many as 30 minutes to stand up and make his case because he didn't do it when they decided he was guilty of these ethical violations. what do you think is going to happen here? what should happen here, congressman? >> well, i served six years at this committee, i know the process well. the prosecuting attorney, when asked by the republican lead member about whether there was any corruption and any of the evidence or any self-enrichment me said, there was no corruption, no self-enrichment. there was in the prosecuting attorney's mind the evidence showed overzealousness and sloppiness by people who are hailing the financial disclosure form. >> so the ethics committee got it wrong? >> i'm telling you what the prosecuting attorney told the committee and what they recommended was a reprimand.

there has never been a time in the history of the committee where they did not follow the advice of the investigative subcommittee about what the punishment should be. and, therefore, i assume it will be a reprimand. >> congressman fattah, we shall wait and see together. thank you for taking the time to be with us today. >> thank you for having me. german officials are on high alert after a suspicious package was found on a flight. police found a suitcase with a fuse in the airport and batteries attached and a clock. germany raised its threat level wednesday following a tip about a suspected attack that is planned for the end of november. meantime, swedish authorities will seek an international arrest warrant for -- he denies all allegations. wikileaks angered the pentagon,

of course, after it posted all those classified u.s. war reports from iraq and afghanistan on its website. from bankrupt to bank rolled. general motors is making its triumphant return as a publicly traded company. dan addison rang the opening bell. and then that fmormorphed into the sound of a revving engine. taxpayers will get a good chunk of that $50 billion bailout back. the government's stake in the company will be reduced from 61% to about a third. right now shares of gm are trading at more than $35 a share, more than 150 million shares have been exchanging hands. let's take a look at how the rest of the market is doing right now. good day so far on wall street. the dow up more than 17 a points. meantime, the internet is abuzz with comments about bristol palin's advancement on the reality tv show "dancing with the stars."

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breaking news from eureka, missouri. a school bus with kids on it in a head-on collision and there are injuries. we don't know how many. but we do know that after the crash a fire erupted. fire officials got to the scene and were able to put out the fire and then brought seven ambulances there. we're waiting to hear exactly what is happening to the kids onboard that bus. but, again, we know that there are some injuries. we'll keep you posted. the juiciest stuff is already leaking out from sarah palin's new book. she takes shots at levi johnston, surprise.

even "american idol" contestants and she stands by her daughter bristol's new devotion to chasty. she has this new book coming out "america by heart." she's the cover girl for this sunday's "new york times" magazine and talking to barbara walters with her strongest statement yet about a run for president in 2012. >> i'm looking at the lay of the land now and trying to figure that out, if it's a good thing for the country, for the discourse, for my family. if it's a good thing. >> if you ran for president, could you beat barack obama? >> i believe so. >> let's bring in our company. karen is still here and rick and shashana walsh. it seems she ups the ante a little bit, first, she might think about it and then tells "new york times" magazine she'd need more trusted advisors around here. now she says she can beat barack obama. is she running? >> i think she's running. as you said, she's stepping up

her game. i think it's interesting that she said that she could beat barack obama, but it's not surprising. she's not going to say, no or even -- >> a little bit of ego. >> well, absolutely. she's not going to be around the bush. she's not going to be more diplomatic. she's going to go for it. what is interesting, last week she used hillary clinton language. if i go for it, i'm going to be in it to win it. she's not being around the bush, being very direct as she always is. >> rick, could she beat barack obama? >> she has to say that to her supporters. you can't go in and saying, i don't know if i can win. you have to say, absolutely i can beat barack obama. >> could she? >> i think it's possible. she has to lay out a policy agenda and very popular person aand she has millions of followers and a big field. probably going to be 12 or 13 other republicans in this field. >> i have to say, though, as i read and i read so much, she has

gone from being widely mocked and dismissed right after they lost the campaign with john mccain to now being called, in more than a few articles, karen, the frontrunner for the republican nomination. >> i said from the beginning, do not underestimate this person. she does not need a big, strong policy. unfortunately, as we see with bristol palin beating out brandy the other night, she has a big, strong base. we can be angry about it. >> the tea party conspiracy hitting "dancing with the stars." >> it's not a conspiracy, it's a voting contest. people voted for her. and they will vote for her. >> will she win? >> will she win the presidency? bristol? yes, she will win "dancing with the stars." i said it. >> will she win the nomination? >> sarah palin? >> yes. >> not bristol. >> who is our vice president, that will fwhbe the vice presid. >> i think it's a palin runoff in the end.

anything can happen. a year, year and a half out, really. one misstatement and one wrong position and one bad reaction. >> but, rick, it hasn't mattered in the past. it hasn't mattered in the past, it isn't going to matter now. >> i think, you saw what happened in the debate and you saw what happened to the governor of louisiana. one bad appearance. >> she's had a million bad appearances and she still has high ratings. what do we do with her? and i think people will really want to have, given the crisis facing america, they'll want to see a plan. substantive direction where this country is going. >> we have to leave it there. it's good, though, isn't it? want to talk about the royal wedding? prince william and kate midd middleton are already living as man and wife. we'll show you where. copd doesn't just make it hard to breathe... it makes it hard to do a lot of things. and i'm a guy who likes to go exploring ...

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royal watchers are in frenzy full speculation mode. a fresh glimpse of newly engaged kate middleton splashed on the front page of a london tabloid is now giving us a clue as to where next year's royal wedding will be. nattily morales has more. >> good day to you. yes, kate middleton was spotted yesterday fueling speculation and perhaps making it more evident that that will be the church, that will be the likely choice for the royal wedding. meanwhile, as she remains there in london, prince william is back to work here at the royal air force base and here is where they'll spend the first years of their new life together as a married couple. >> their engagement may have been a traditional affair. in fact, for the last eight months, they've been living as

man and wife. >> luckily, we live in the 21st century and a lot of people live together before they marry and i think in this particular instance the queen was delighted that the couple were living together. >> reporter: far away from the media glare in this isolated and wind swept part of wales they have been making their home in a secluded farm house trying to live a normal life. shopping that super market and getting takeout dinner and having a drink at the pub. >> she was here for about an hour. >> reporter: it is long way away from the royal life and glamorous surroundings that prince william is used to and kate might struggle to find the latest fashion. >> it's a great place to live. and fantastic scenery you can see all around it. >> you just have to get past the wind and the rain, though. >> we get a bit of rain here in wales. >> but where it rains most days

and temperatures rarely hit a high, william can follow his adventurous streak. >> motor bike with their helmets on going around the place. >> reporter: kate can have stunning landscapes right at her doorstep. how much of a boost for tourism. >> when they come here, they're going to think, wow, prince william and kate middleton live here. >> reporter: they hope the glamorous couple in their midst will boost tourism. but they're not about to give away any secrets. >> has to live somewhere, i suppose. >> making too much of an issue of it. >> reporter: that's how kate and william hope to hold on to their private life before they face the full force of royal duties. the royal couple will continue to live here through 20 13, that's when prince william's tour is then over and speculation has already begun as to where they will settle then

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a chance to get in on the ground floor and own a piece of this storeied company, which may be the biggest initial stock sale ever. rick newman is chief business correspondent for world and news report. are people getting like all excited about this? >> obviously, a sense of euphoria about this. i think in the media we sort of love a great comeback story and we've got that with gm and investors are genuinely enthused about this. this is not the government boosting this company any more and investors looking to put money into this company. >> can we extrapulate out of that that the american auto industry looks better. >> i don't think we can say it's back on its feet for good. gm has a long way to go and it has gotten a huge assist from uncle sam, obviously. allowed to write off billions in debt and done a great job producing some -- >> how do they do it? i mean, when you say turn around, it's remarkable. >> two things, the bankruptcy

helped immensely because it helped them get rid of a ton of debt and help renegotiate with unions which were hurting gm. gm has been doing this slowly on its own. but gm has been improving its cars, quality is up. it's not up to the very top and gm needs to keep doing that and it will get harder to compete with lexus and some of the best brands in the industry, but gm is doing better. the chevy volt which is giving gm some technology credibility. gm is doing pretty something cool with this electric plug-in car. gm is back on that and that started before bankruptcy, too. gm needs to keep an eye on the ball. one thing gm has been famous for is this sort of a.d.d. it gets so excited and then a year later it has moved on to something else and forgotten about the first thing. gm needs to stick with it. >> rick newman, great to see you. thanks for coming in. some other stories making headlines. a new jersey pastser telling his

flock to delete their facebook account. the social networking site leads to marital problems and says facebook has led to several married church members hooking up with their old flames. a 54-year-old grandmother near chicago is suing hooters and a security guard after cameras captured the off-duty cop using what some say was a little too much force to arrest the woman. she was disputing a charge on her bill and the officer said the woman spat on him. she's now serving almost seven months in jail. and no one knows how a ten-foot long boa constrictor got wrapped around an engine in california, but it took law enforcement officers an hour to get that snake free. next time you take a trip to the mall, think about this next story. jeff rossen went to food courts around the country and he's here to talk about what he found. >> i get to go to the nicest places. >> what you found. >> our three-month investigation

went inside some of the most popular malls in the country and uncovered critical health violations that could actually make you sick. this morning we take you behind the counter of food courts to show you what's really going on. within minutes at this boston mall, we saw it. a cockroach climbing the wall right next to the grill at this popular japanese place. >> oh, you're kidding. oh, i wish you hadn't told me that. >> reporter: most critical violations aren't as obvious. bare hands on your food, raw meat sitting out and filthy kitchens to name a few. we traveled across the country visiting food courts at the mall of america in minnesota and south street sea port in new york city. we traveled with food safety expert cindy rice. and pulled hundreds of inspection reports that exposed the dirty truth. rice says food courts may be more risky than your average

restaurant because of their tighter work spaces and higher volumes. >> so, they can start cutting corner. >> they could start cutting corners if they're not careful. >> reporter: we found it all too often at faneuil hall. 43% of vendors had critical violations since 2009 that could make you sick. at the mall of america, 68% had critical violations and at seaport mall a whopping 84% of vendors had critical violations. one of the most common, unsafe food temperatures. hot foods kept too cold and cold foods kept too hot. we found it a lot. like these raw burgers just sitting out. even if cooked later, they could still make you sick, so could these kabobs piled too high and too far from the heat. >> here's a tip, when you go up to a deli case that is holding hot foods, ask for the one on the bottom layer because that's usually the hottest one on the

pile. >> reporter: and it's not just meat, cut produce kept too warm can also grow bacteria like these salads sitting out at room temp and though these food cups look refrigerated, don't be so sure. >> see if it's cold. >> reporter: this one was warm. >> which is risky. >> reporter: rodents and insects. remember we found this cockroach in boston next to the grill. according to inspection reports last year the same vendor had mouse droppings in their storage area. we confronted the manager. >> do you have a pest control problem here? >> no. >> we just saw a live cockroach near the food. the company told us it's never had food safety problems and always gets outstanding grades on inspections, but the reports and our video tell a different story. >> if you see one cockroach during the day, chances are you have thousands of them in the walls and ceilings waiting to

come out at noelt night. >> at new york south street seaport inspection shows since 2009 more than half the vendors have had pest violations. at the charcoal grill they saw mice beexkreeshia behind the refrigerator. the owner had no comment. beyond the factor which is high, how dangerous is it to have rodents and insects inside the food area? >> rodents and insects are a big concern. they will cross contaminate surfaces and foods with salmonella, e. coli, viruses. >> reporter: but rice says most cross contamination comes from the workers. in boston, watch this worker put her eye drops in then hand out food samples. >> it's a problem because she has bacteria and all of her mucuses and maybe viruses contaminating the toothpicks in the foods. >> reporter: look at this worker in minnesota wiping the counter

with a filthy rag, no gloves and then handling the food for customers. sometimes cross contamination could even send you to the hospital. >> it hurt so bad and something was wrong. >> reporter: stan had eaten mexican food at this mall in illinois. days later she was rushed to the emergency room with e. coli poisoning. doctors say he could have died. a department of health investigation found five customers got sick. most likely from cross contamination at the same food court vendor with workers accidentally mixing salsa with raw meat. >> do they know the consequences? >> reporter: that vendor is now out of business, but in the same food court since last year, we found six out of the seven restaurants had critical health violations. >> it's offensive to me. who's got the responsibility for protecting the public? >> reporter: that falls to local health departments. they do annual inspections of

restaurants and will shut them down if serious violations aren't fixed. in the malls we visited, follow-up reports show all the violations were fixed. the malls told us, the safety of our customers is a top priority and any infraction is required to be fixed immediately. but as we pour through these records we see a pattern, few months go by, maybe a year, they get the same violation again, they fix it, it goes on and on. >> they do get away with it because the health inspectors are only there one or two times a year and they see a snapshot. they're not there every minute of the day. >> with all these health violations you're wondering why we don't hear of a lot of people getting sick from it. most people don't report it because they don't connect their illness with the food they ate a couple days ago. look for the good hygiene, look for the hair nets and the gloves and there's a lot you can't see, unfortunately, behind the counter. >> who do i go to that your

report made me sick? >> inbox right here. >> honestly, i have to say, there needs to be something that says fw you have repeat violations, even if you corrected them in the interim, x number of viilations over a period of so many years, you're done. >> it's not a cumulative process. if they fix the violation within a comof weeks, they have a clean slate. they start from scratch. >> that makes a lot of sense. thank you. great report, thank you so much. >> thank you so much, chris. 80% of mothers say they're cutting back on everyday expenses, which doesn't bode well for retailers this holiday season. check it out, vice president joe biden, he joins "morning joe" exclusively live from washington. as a manager, my team counts on me to stay focused. so i take one a day men's 50+ advantage. it's the only complete multivitamin with ginkgo to support memory and concentration. plus vitamin d to help maintain healthy blood pressure. [ bat cracks ] that's a hit. one a day men's.

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holiday shopping season is about to kick in to high gear and moms who often control the purse strings are actually cutting back. that's according to a brand-new citi survey. 65% of moms say they'll spend less on gifts this year. 40% of mothers plan to cut back on the number of people on that list. jm i'm joined by lisa caputo who is founder and chair of citi's women and company. what is your big take away from this study? >> we're seeing a big trend. everybody is taking a step back and taking stock of where they are and they're pulling back at the holidays, they're putting a cap on what they're going to spend during the holidays, which is probably not great for retailers. number one, number two, they're very concerned with their sav g savings and their debt and that's what's causing them to pull back. in other words, they're living within their means and they're not making the purchases that are the nice to haves, rather,

they're making the purchases that are the must-haves and they're postponing the big purchases like big consumer electronics or big pieces of furniture. so, these changes we're seeing, we believe to be permanent changes among moms. >> this is the new normal. >> this is definitely the new normal. >> i myself as a mom are making these changes in my houshhold. >> you give your kids a lot of stuff and they only like one or two things long term that they like and end up using. >> that's why we tell people at the holiday time to make a wish list and talk to your kids about it and find out what they really want and narrow that list. secondly, do the homemade gifts. >> look at that 35% say they're going to make. i love getting homemade gifts. i really feel like they took time, they care. >> we're doing that in our own household. we're making homemade gifts for the teachers. >> moms are more optimistic

about their financial future. 73% are optimistic their situation will improve compared to 64% of all americans. why are women and moms, particular, more optimistic do you think? >> moms and women in general are the cfos of the households and they're really paying the household bills and controlling the household finances and the reason they're optimistic is they're taking steps now to pull back. they're taking the steps now to save. they're taking the steps to manage down their debt and they're planning for the future and that's why they're more optimistic because they know they have the resources due to the steps they're taking now for the future. >> i opened the paper the other day and i saw that president obama was making his appointments and it said lisa caputo and i said, oh, i know her. congratulations. >> thank you, it's a true honor to serve the president and i couldn't be more humbled and thrilled. >> something really important, too. >> educating the next generation and trying to pick the best and the brightest to represent our

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vice president biden was talking with some real heavy hitters about stark, the nuclear treaty that they want to rerat ify the administration does with russia. listen to some of the people that are there james baker, kissinger, madeline albright and let's listen to what the president just had to say a few moments ago. >> also a cornerstone of our relations with russia and this goes beyond nuclear security. russia's been fundamental to our efforts to put strong sanctions in place to put pressure on iran

to deal with its nuclear program. it's been critical in supporting our troops in afghanistan through the northern distribution network. it's been critical in working with us to secure all vulnerable nuclear materials around the world and to enhance european security. we cannot afford to gamble on our ability to verify russia's strategic nuclear arms. and we can't jeopardize the progress that we've made in securing vulnerable nuclear materials or in maintaining a strong sanctions regime against iraq. these are all national interests of the highest order. let me also say and i think the group around the table will confirm that this new stark treaty is completely in line with a tradition of bipartisan cooperation on this issue. this is not a democratic concept, this is not a republican concept, this is a

concept of american national security that has been promoted by ronald reagan, george h. w. bush, bill clinton, george w. bush and now my administration. we've taken the time to do this right. to ensure that the treaty got a fair hearing. we submitted to the senate last spring. because the leadership of john kerry and dick luger, there have been 18 hearings on this subject. there have been multiple briefings. it has been fully and carefully vetted and has the full endorsement of our nation's military leadership, our vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and will confirm that this is in our national security interests. my administration is also prepared to go the extra mile to ensure that our

means we are not able to verify what is going on in the ground in russia. if we delay indefinitely, nonproliferation and america's national security will be weakened. now, senator reid said yesterday there is time on the senate calendar to get this treaty ratified this year. so, i've asked vice president biden to focus on this issue day

and night until it gets done. it's important to our national security to let this treaty go up for a vote. i'm confident that it is the right thing to do. the people around this table think it's the right thing to do. i would welcome the press to query the leadership here, people who have been national security advisors, secretaries of state and key advisors, defense secretaries for democratic and republican administrations and they will confirm that this is the right thing to do. so, we've got a lot on our plate during this lame duck session. i recognize that given the difficulties in the economy that there may be those perhaps democrats and republicans on the hill who think this is not a top priority. i would not be emphasizing this and these folks would not have

traveled all this wayç if we didn't feel that this was absolutely important to get done now. and, so, i'm looking forward to strong cooperation between democrats and republicans on capitol hill as exemplified by john kerry and dick luger to get this done over the course of the next several weeks. all right? thank you very much, everybody. >> thank you. >> i'm confident we should be able to get the votes. keep in mind that every president since ronald reagan has presented an arm's treaty with russia and been able to get ratification and, for the most part, you know, these treaties have been debated on the merits. the majority of them have passed overwhelmingly with bipartisan support. there's no reason that we shouldn't be able to get that done this time, as well. thank you, guys. >> thank you. >> the president dropping in on some of the top foreign policy

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