david manning came over in march of 2002 with a set of instructions to prepare the way for the primewford, which was to take place on april 6, 7, and eight. one of the main things that he was seeking to do, and this was new,ñr and i, if you like, borrowed his instructions to do my side of things was to say to the americans, look, if you want to do it regime change, this is going to require military action. you guys are powerful enough to do it on your own. you have the power to do it. but if you are going to do this, and you want your friends and partners to join you, it is far better than it that you should do itÑi inside an alliance, preferably taking the u.m. -- the u.n. that was the single most important message delivered to the united states at that time. david manning said a number of things to condoleezza rice, spoke to her on that, and then a few days later i was responsible for dropping the second shoeñr d had paul wolfowitz to launch and i went through the same script with him. an account of which, highly classified, sent to three people in london and in due course went to

david manning came over in march of 2002 with a set of instructions to prepare the way for the primeil 6, 7, and eight. one of the main things that he was seeking to do, and this was new,ñr and i, if you like, borrowed his instructions to do my side of things was to say to the americans, look, if you want to do it regime change, this is going to require military action. you guys are powerful enough to do it on your own. you have the power to do it. but if you are going to do this, and you want your friends and partners to join you, it is far better than it that you should do itÑi inside an alliance, preferably taking the u.m. -- the u.n. that was the single most important message delivered to the united states at that time. david manning said a number of things to condoleezza rice, spoke to her on that, and then a few days later i was responsible for dropping the second shoeñr d had paul wolfowitz to launch and i went through the same script with him. an account of which, highly classified, sent to three people in london and in due course went to the sunday telegraph, a photograph fa

the famous composer, david foster on piano. and the man who wrote it, irving berlin.g of a white christmas ♪ ♪ just like the ones i used to know ♪ where the treetops glisten and children listen to hear sleigh bells in the snow ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ i'm dreaming of a white christmas just like the ones i used to know ♪ ♪ where the treetops glisten and children listen to hear sleigh bells in the snow ♪ ♪ i'm dreaming of a white christmas with every christmas card i write ♪ ♪ may your days be merry and bright and may all your christmases may all your christmases for ee and may all your christmases be white ♪ >>> kenny rogers has been bringing joy to the world for decades with his music. kenny's current tour is scheduled to go until june of 2010. to see if he is coming to a venue near you, check out his schedule on our web page. cnn.com/larryking. she here tonight from the fox theater in detroit. he will sing the beautiful christmas standard "joy to the wor world." >> some of the songs written hundreds of years ago, they were written for the single purpose of keeping alive the greatest

and i still remember david broder, the grand old man of the "washington post," wrote a piece -- a columnt eviscerating the president and basically accusing him in no uncertain terms that he was using the plight of the hostages to advance his political fortunes. and that actually there was polling data that came out in october of 1980 that said the american people by the vast majority said if we had to make any concessions, whatsoever, to the iranians, to get the hostages back it would be better for them to stay there than to make any concessions. they'd actually become more hawkish on the issue than even reagan was. >> okay. one last question for you. as we all know, history shows, i think, the president took -- president reagan took 44 states and was victorious in that election. but what i was interested -- your book reminded me of even the weekend before the election, the poll numbers on both camps had the race still a point or two difference, right? it was a remarkably close race. then over the weekend, it just absolutely tumbled over for president carter's campaign. have you done muc

david? >> 25. >> they can outrun a man. in the first 20 yards. can you open his mouth? >> sure. >> you can?ah. look at this, larry. you can watch this at home. we'll open his mouth here. be careful, i want you to look down his throat, larry. don't put your head in there. you see the flap there. you see that. >> larry: i see that. can we get that on camera? it's very interesting. >> he doesn't drown. he can bite without getting water down his throat. he cannot chew. he can only tear. >> larry: aren't we annoying him doing this? >> no, he's used to it. >> larry: guess what, the holiday season, a reindeer, is it donner, is it cupid, is it blitzen? i'm a grown man, what am i talking about? >> larry: as ed sullivan used to say, get all the kids up close now. here she is, olive. representingol all of the other reindeer. >> these are the jacksons. they raise them and also called a caribou. anita does a great job with this animal. the female and male, one of the few deer species that both have antlers. both the male and female. she loses the antlers after the male. that's to protect -- >> larry: is

david, was a small man with a twinkle in his side.e first-class -- he got up there and started lecturing intensely. so i'm taking notes, asking how you spell that. everybody. he never stopped. just one fact after another. we were all riding it down, exhausted. he just said, i give you a standard lecture. i will now spend the rest of the term telling you why this is not true. he made us think. host: maya in palm coast, florida. go ahead. caller: very nice to hear ideas i have had in my 40 years of teaching. i do have problems with what is happening in the classrooms, particularly at the elementary level. but i feel the problem starts before. teachers go for the university's and listen to the same drills i was given, but i did not believe that all, that they take this back. the library has the same step in its books. columbus. columbus did not discover america. he opened a pathway. unless we start putting those thoughts in and have them explained and connect and defend these things, we are bound to stay in this route we are in. do you h

this is an extraordinary change for a man who's prominent in america culture. >> jim: david, we don't think of golfers as play boils. that's changed this week. >> yeah, in this particular case, it's shown that there are groupies and such like that, more than basketball and football, the sports normally associated with that kind of behavior with, in speaking generalities when you get athletes who have this amount of money, oftentimes, they get this amount of money, millions of dollars at a very young age, it doesn't matter if they're football, basketball, hockey, or in some cases golf, people are people across the way and oftentimes, in some cases, unfortunately, they're given the same temptations regardless of what sport they pursue. >> jim: howard bragman. christine talked about the fall from grace. tiger woods is a great athlete. he doesn't speak much but he represents a lot of products. we put him on this ped zal. we haven't knocked him down. he's done so by his own actions. >> they're only building you up to knock you down. >> jim: but he did this? >> but we all do this. >> jim: c

david cornwell, what do you make of donnie's comments that it makes him like every man?e. there are really three audiences here that tiger has to deal with. one is the personal, his family and friends and people that are part of his personal life and he's let some down and they're going to side with his wife and others will support him. the other are his sponsors. i don't think they're issuing these statements because they don't think there's a problem with adultery, but there's no basis to terminate the agreement. and then the third is the public in this role model status. my father was a surgeon and once told me that it's okay if other people think you're god, but you're in trouble if you start believing it. a role model is not a super human icon. it is a person that has all the qualities and blemishes of being a human. tiger is now going to learn that process. and his success in rebuilding his reputation is going to be able to deal with his own blemishes in a way that's sincere and bring the public back to him. >> david, you're contradicting yourself. the very thing t

. >> guest: david donald was a small pixie man with a little twinkle in his eye. the first class that he taught at smith was really he got up there and started lecturing intensely and like all of my years i was taking notes, what did he say, how do you spell that? everybody is for the whole 45 minutes or whatever it was the he never stopped. it was one fact after another and we are all writing it down and at the end of the time period we are exhausted and then he stood up there with his smile and said i gave you the standard american history lecture. i will now spend the rest of the term shall be none of this is true. [laughter] through are your notes, girls. he made us think. >> host: next call for joy hakim is palm coast, florida. please, go ahead. >> caller: hello. listening to you has been a pleasure. >> guest: thank you. >> caller: very nice to hear ideas i've had in my 40 years of teaching and as a school media specialist expanded upon. i do have problems definitely with what is happening to history in the classrooms particularly at the elementary level. but

man with helping to plan the terror attacks in mumbai last year. they said today they're building the case for an indictment of david coleman headley. he's already facing charges in the u.s. it's alleged headley scouted out the hotels and a jewish center that were targeted in mumbai. 166 people were killed in the siege. the first lethal injection in the u.s. to use a single drug was carried out in ohio today. kenneth biros, 51, was executed this morning. he was convicted of murdering a woman in 1991, and scattering her body parts in ohio and pennsylvania. state officials said the one- drug method would be less painful than a three-drug combination used in previous executions. the u.s. senate has turned back restrictions on abortion funding in the health carol bill. the language was similar to a provision already included in house version of the bill. for now the senate measure allows insurance plans to cover abortions but not with federal funds. this decade this decade could turn out to be the warmest going back to 1850. that word came today from the head of the u.n. weather agency. he made those remarks at the conference on climate

david raised the point about the c.e.o. he was speaking to that talked about what's happening to american capitalism. now, i'm very surprised that -- i think it's a man who wrote a book on rogue economics. i'm surprised she's not part of the conflicts and globalization has unleashed problems that drove economics to go rogue, which is per primary thesis, ambassador i'm surpriseed that we haven't examined that -- and i'm surprised that we haven't examined that at all. >> that was more of a statement. let me go to the back there. yes. >> i'm mark with, the foundation for job creation. my question is, is america's problem of not being able to create jobs, where does the lobbyists fit in? and are they interfering with job creation? >> where are the lobbyists? >> where do the lobbyists fit into this business of job creation? do they interfere with the process of job creation? are they perhaps helping? >> well, you know, i think that's a tough question. i think in the broadest possible sense, you know, even the best ideas get altered, and generally not for the better, because there are powerful lobbying interests in this town. and the lobbyists are very --

man held hostage i iraq for more than two yearsas released today. peter moore was woing as an information chnology consultant when iraqi milints seized him imay of 2007. british foreign seetary david miliband spoke with m by phone, after his release. >> peter is in good health, despite many months of captivity. he's undergoing careful mecal checks and he's going to be reunited with his familys soon as possible back in the u. he's obviously, to put i mild, absolutely delighted at his release. >> sreenivasan: thmilitants gave no reason for moore's relee. four of his bodyguds were abducted with him. three were kild. the fourth is presumed dead. leaderin western australia declared a natural disaste today as a pr of massive wildfires raged. the fires bre out tuesday in a wheat ansheep farming district, rth of the coastal city of perth. since then, flames have orched more than 33,000 acres of rest d farmland, and destroyed roughly 40 homes. the u.s. goverent has injected more aid into thauto financing giant, g.m.a.c. the new assistance will tota around nearly $4 billion the companalready received more than $12 billion. it w a slow day on wall street. the dow jones dustrial average gaine

but i am compelled to see that the achievements of this remarkable man are forever captured in the record of our proceedings because david stone was my shipmate. regraduated from the united states naval academy in 1974 and served as surface warfare officers for nearly three decades. in the course of those years, i witnessed dave stone consistently offer our nation all of his enormous talent and energy. at the academy, he led navy's basketball team with an unmatched passion and competitive spirit. upon commission as an ensign he went to sea with a work ethic and selflessness that characterized the very best of the graduates of annapolis. with a total commitment to the personal and professional excellence. he never forgot the importance of a sailor's family and he put in countless hours tending to the concerns of a parents, wives, and children who sacrifice so much in offering the loved ones to the naval service. tactically his fighting spirit and natural sense of competition drove him. systems operators and decisionmakers to outthink and outfight every adversary. when our fleet was challenged by maintenance concerns, he r

and david petriius on the strategy, whether it's nation building and what the new strategy entails and many sent to helmand and canncan har provinces what it is really like in the war zones. >>> the manaccused of killing four cops, missed in arkansas state and others. why is this man out on bail. former governor mike huckabee granted him clemency. tonight, governor huk ckabee reacts. >> larry: that's at 10:00 eastern, 7:00 pacific. what do you make of donnie doish's commedois deutche's comment, it makes him like every other man? >> i disagree. there are only three people those part of his personal life, he let some down and will side with his wife and others will support him and help him get through this. the other are his sponsors. i don't think the sponsors are issuing the statements because they don't think there is a problem with adultery, issuing these statements because there's no agreement dealing with adultery. my father was a surgeon and once told me it's okay if other fit people think you're a god but you're in trouble if you start believing it. a role model is not a super human icon. it is a person that has all the qualities and blemishes of being a human. tiger will now l

david raised the point about the c.e.o. he was speaking to that talked about what's happening to american capitalism. now, i'm very surprised that -- i think it's a man who wrote a book on rogue economics. i'm surprised she's not part of the conflicts and globalization has unleashed problems that drove economics to go rogue, which is per primary thesis, ambassador i'm surpriseed that we haven't examined that -- and i'm surprised that we haven't examined that at all. >> that was more of a statement. let me go to the back there. yes. >> i'm mark with, the foundation for job creation. my question is, is america's problem of not being able to create jobs, where does the lobbyists fit in? and are they interfering with job creation? >> where are the lobbyists? >> where do the lobbyists fit into this business of job creation? do they interfere with the process of job creation? are they perhaps helping? >> well, you know, i think that's a tough question. i think in the broadest possible sense, you know, even the best ideas get altered, and generally not for the better, because there are powerful lobbying interests in this town. and the lobbyists are very --

david raised the point about the c.e.o. he was speaking to that talked about what's happening to american capitalism. now, i'm very surprised that -- i think it's a man who wrote a book on rogue economics. i'm surprised she's not part of the conflicts and globalization has unleashed problems that drove economics to go rogue, which is per primary thesis, ambassador i'm surpriseed that we haven't examined that -- and i'm surprised that we haven't examined that at all. >> that was more of a statement. let me go to the back there. yes. >> i'm mark with, the foundation for job creation. my question is, is america's problem of not being able to create jobs, where does the lobbyists fit in? and are they interfering with job creation? >> where are the lobbyists? >> where do the lobbyists fit into this business of job creation? do they interfere with the process of job creation? are they perhaps helping? >> well, you know, i think that's a tough question. i think in the broadest possible sense, you know, even the best ideas get altered, and generally not for the better, because there are powerful lobbying interests in this town. and the lobbyists are very --

man on the moon, getting big things done in government." this is just over one hour. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome daniel franklin, congressman eric cantor, adam bolton, and davidgreggory. [applause] >> we will go around the world but starting in this country. let me introduce our panelists. ca. ntor -- congressman eric cantor familiar to everyone in this country. he is the republican whip and has a busy year ahead of him. joe lockhart was the chief spokesman for the clinton white house and is now a founding partner of a group that is a large and flourishing specialist ejido in media relations -- a specialist in media relations and a specialist in this town as well. adam bolton is familiar on british television and knows his way around washington. he was here for the first hundred days of the obama administration. he is also one of the most experienced and respected commentators of not only british politics but politics around the world for sky news. last but not least, david gregory, the host of"meet the press -- the host of "meet the press." thank you for allowing us to be on your show yesterday. congressman, i would like to start with you. imagine we are sit

his wife, donna sheer, his son, david sheer of washington, his daughter, annette of california, and two grandchildren. madam speaker, even as john sheer was a tender man with impeccable manners, he was a bold and fearless activist for justice in health care. he advocated among a single payer system among his peer group. he was a prince of a man who is lived and respected by many and will be genuinely missed. john, i thank you for your friendship, your counsel and for making my family feel like they were part of yours. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the gentleman from kansas, mr. moran, is recognized for five minutes. mr. moran: madam speaker, thank you. over the past several years, i've worked hard to remind my colleagues in congress of a real threat of a nuclear iran. the obama administration has been engaged in discussions with iran during the last several months. as many of us expected, the president's open hand to tehran was met with a clenched fist. despite international efforts to negotiate with iran, iranian leaders continue to be devious and defiant. enough. now is the time for congress to act. and fortunate

man who is at heart a scholar and an intellectual. but the kennedy library is particularly well suited to david because it's a place jackie kennedy hoped would turn -- help to turn history into advocacy and activism. and i have no doubt that david's vision and his experience will help to ensure that the legacy of president kennedy endures to inspire future generations. madam president, i want to close by simply saying that my colleagues and i are grateful for david's distinguished service. i will personally miss him very much. i wish him and kathleen and their children my very best as they return home to massachusetts to start this next special chapter in david's career in public service. i yield the floor. i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: objection. ms. stabenow: thank you, madam president. first i would ask unanimous consent that at 5:30 p.m. today, the majority leader be recognized to make a motion to recess until 12:01 a.m. a senator: i object. the presiding officer: the objection is heard. a senator: reserving the right to object, if i might? the pres

david mack, elease institute. >> joint staff. >> [unintelligible] >> charles bruce, washington d.c. >> [unintelligible] >> patrick mancino. >> it gives me great pleasure to introduce a founding president and ceo of the national council and u.s.-arab relations. a man who has devoted his life to this region, to promoting understanding between the united states and the arab world and to has a particular home intellectually and spiritually in the gulf and arabian peninsula. he is the only westerner who has actually been present at the creation and attended each of the ministerials of the council and he is back from kuwait where he attended that meeting last week. it is my great pleasure to introduce dr. anthony. >> thank you. thank you, russell smith, thank you for allowing your facilities to be used for the occasion. thank you to the guests and the participants. there is as you can infer an area of expertise and diversity of specialization. [unintelligible] it is hardly a region that is synonymous with [unintelligible] this is one of the few places, it is the only place on the plan and that the united states along with its friends and allies have mobilized and poured more troops and expended more treasure and accounted more casualties, three times i

david raised the point about the c.e.o. he was speaking to that talked about what's happening to american capitalism. now, i'm very surprised that -- i think it's a man who wrote a book on rogue economics. i'm surprised she's not part of the conflicts and globalization has unleashed problems that drove economics to go rogue, which is per primary thesis, ambassador i'm surpriseed that we haven't examined that -- and i'm surprised that we haven't examined that at all. >> that was more of a statement. let me go to the back there. yes. >> i'm mark with, the foundation for job creation. my question is, is america's problem of not being able to create jobs, where does the lobbyists fit in? and are they interfering with job creation? >> where are the lobbyists? >> where do the lobbyists fit into this business of job creation? do they interfere with the process of job creation? are they perhaps helping? >> well, you know, i think that's a tough question. i think in the broadest possible sense, you know, even the best ideas get altered, and generally not for the better, because there are powerful lobbying interests in this town. and the lobbyists are very --

when you have one man that has that kind of power that could screw the whole thing up for the country. and the public option, maybe get rid of medicaid and have a public option. host: david drucker, last two callers saying different things. one, should give in, we bought what we want and others saying we would take what we get. can you take us over to the mindset beginning with president obama, the white house, and the democratic leadership on the senate side? >> i think the president recognizes after a yearlong effort really on health-care reform, and it appears that might have been politically costly, the president, who firmly believes in reforming the health-care system in the direction the democratic bill appears to go, once something to show for it. and he believes the country will be better off so he is pushing for it. democratic leadership, many in the democratic conference believes the bill will do the right thing for the country. they are so far and that they just want to get something passed and they don't want to let go of all of reforms in the bill over a couple of policies. politically they are so deep that for this thing to collapse on everybody would not d

david raised the point about the c.e.o. he was speaking to that talked about what's happening to american capitalism. now, i'm very surprised that -- i think it's a manho wrote a book on rogue economics. i'm surprised she's not part of the conflicts and globalization has unleashed problems that drove economics to go rogue, which is per primary thesis, ambassador i'm surpriseed that we haven't examined that -- and i'm surprised that we haven't examined that at all. >> that was more of a statement. let me go to the back there. yes. >> i'm mark with, the foundation for job creation. my question is, is america's problem of not being able to create jobs, where does the lobbyists fit in? and are they interfering with job creation? >> where are the lobbyists? >> where do the lobbyists fit into this business of job creation? do they interfere with the process of job creation? are they perhaps helping? >> well, you know, i think that's a tough question. i think in the broadest possible sense, you know, even the best ideas get altered, and generally not for the better, because there are powerful lobbying interests in this town. and the lobbyists are very -- yo