someway new jobs will be created ok like that ok cutting taxes i think under eight years of george bush george w. bush we lost eight million jobs in the united states you know with the tax cut i mean i don't understand i mean these people are valid beautifully rich again they were always rich really i mean they don't have any they can sit on their money for a very long time and it doesn't really matter i mean watch the rest of the country go through austerity in the u.s. in the in the in the eurozone i mean i don't see the end of the incentives there for them to be well you know you hear i mean certainly not because they do a bus tour of this now i mean i'm very happy i mean everything works for them i'm not going to the results of the point here ok and so let me let me get my point and first of all ok ok we define the wealthy in the united states in terms of tax brackets those families that make two hundred fifty thousand or more which is certainly not a millionaire ok this is the sector of the economy of the economic structure this is the one that creates all the jobs if you want to kill the golden

george w. bush and george h.w. bush, george w. bush, a former owner of the texas rangers.ogether, an exciting moment for these two former presidents in texas. game four of the world series. >>> a sad note we want to inform you about as well, in case you didn't know. ted sorenson was a very close veras and speech writer to the late president john f. kennedy. he died today at the age of 82. he was the youngest senior adviser to president kennedy. he left his mark over the years, including the and he had in writing these memorable words for president kennedy. >> and so, my fellow americans, ask not what your country can do for you. ask had a you can do for your country. my fellow citizens of the world, ask not what america will do for you. but what together we can do for the freedom of man. >> ted sorensen, 82 years old. you know, a lot of us remember, we were young. ed, you remember. >> not only remember, i knew him, and he was an amazing man in the sense he was the ultimate staffer. unlike a lot of speech writers today who lay claim for everything, he never laid claim to ev

george w. bush. -- of tv interviews for george w. bush. nbce'll be a special on tomorrow, a one-short interview with matt lauer -- one-hour interview with matt lauer. >> the main purpose is to have a data point for future historians. i do not care about perceptions at this point " in time -- point in time. i served. i gave it my all. i am a content man. book has been part of the transition process and to private life. it is a way to put the reader into the environment in which i had to make decisions. >> the book is called -- host: the book is called "decision points." the former president will also appear on the oprah winfrey show and will have a number of other appearances on the fox news channel, including an interview on friday with greta van susteren. whether the rest of the country is ready to connect with mr. bush again remains to be seen, but after nearly two years of silence, he is imposing from self-imposed exile to defend his record and begin the process of defining his legacy at the moment when his successor is on the ropes. as

bush today -- >> i gave it my all. >> he's a good guy. >> or the politician who campaigned as a uniter and then divided america. >> there's a disconnect between george w. bush, the president, and george w. bush the person. >> against science, against the environment and against equal rights. >> everything from 9/11 and hurricane katrina. >> you've led tens of thousands of people into war and to their deaths. >> an administration that used the military for a political backdrop. >> you stood on the deck of that aircraft. >> no question a mistake. >> why is waterboarding legal? >> because the lawyer said it was legal. >> outrageous but not surprising. >> now short on apology. >> do you think a lot of the headlines about this interview is that president bush fesses up to mistakes. if you watch, he didn't. >> i apologize saying the decision was a wrong decision and i don't believe it was the wrong decision. >> even when the mistakes are obvious. >> i should have landed. the problem is that when the president lands, resources are taken off the task at hand. >> kanye west went on the katrina relief program and said george bush doesn't care about black people. can you see how the perception would be

george h. bush and george w. bush behind the scenes before the game. of course george w., the former owner of the rangers. we asked him his prediction and he gave us a big smile and said rangers, of course as he pointed to his rangers jacket. as for the game itself, aubrey huff, one of the many giants stars. a home run in the third inning. that got the giants on board. and from there leave to it the 21-year-old rookie, madison bumgarner. this dude was sparkling. eight strong innings of shut-out baseball. the giants now on the verge of their first ever world series in terms of san francisco giants history. they win tonight, 4-1. an amazing night for the giants, really part of an amazing season. here is where we stand right now. tomorrow night, if the giants win, the world series is theirs. there would be a parade most likely in san francisco on wednesday. tomorrow night if the giants lose, then game 6 in san francisco on wednesday. our coverage continues later on in the newscast. we will check in with the commissioner of baseball. his thoughts about the a's moving to san jose. you might be surprised at wha

george w. bush why comedians miss george bush because. oh my god he just gave them so much material they all announced it when obama was elected that they have they're really going to miss the guy but when it comes down to the people you know and some of the people you spoke to on the street they say well it seems like an outdoorsy guy i mean is it more about you know i don't know him seeming like a likable character rather than an actual leaders someone that can be president the bottom line is you know and i was speaking to somebody earlier and they put it best george w. bush is like the uncle that everyone loves the party is always more fun when he's there he's very relatable he's charming no one that i spoke to mrs george w. bush's policies nobody was willing to say he did a great job as president he was the best president we've ever had no one said that they just said what a cool guy i can relate to him you have to remember this book decision points is very honest as far as his personal life is an honest account of his drinking of him

george w. bush's new memoir. here weo. pro, george w. bush wrote a book. [ laughter ] con, george w. te a book. [ laughter ] that wasn easy one. pro, it's called "decision points." con, the original title was "they're just not that into me." [ laughter ] >> eve: that was the original title? >> jimmy: that was the original title. >> steve: and the editor and the publisher said "no, it's a bad title"? >> jimmy: yep. >> steve: wow. publishing. >> jimmy: pro, "decision points" reflects an untraditional approach to memoir writings. con, it's a pop-up book. [ laughter ] that's fun. that's fun. >> steve: it's a fun, fun book. >> jimmy: yep. pro, it already has a five-star review on amazon. con, the review was written by amazon user prezbush69. [ laughter ] i think inow -- >> steve: yeah, yeah. >> jimmy: i knowho that could be. >> steve: clinton. >> jimmy: pro, "decision points" placeyou right in the middle f the most pressure-filled and intense moments in the oval office. con, like on day one, when bush couldn't figure out how to set up his voice mail. [ laughter ] which one's the pound sign

george h.w. bush, george w. bush. be bipartisan. be big. receive the message of 2010 and transcend it as a bipartisan figure. >> e.j., it's not just his left being disappointed, but that is a big piece, whether a supporter on the left or an independent who voted for president obama, you may feel betrayed. whether it's don't ask, don't tell, or i'm going to close guantanamo bay, there's all these things and there's a feeling he hasn't exercised his leadership to get this done? does he still face that test? >> some of the criticism is unfair to say a guy who had all these things done, health care was a hugely difficult thing to get past and financial reform and the stimulus. a lot of us thought it should have been bigger but it kept us from falling into a catastrophe. i think where he's got problems with the left and parts of the center is a sense of what are you going to fight for, when are you going to stand up to these guys. if the republican bargaining position is what's yours is mine and what's mine is mine, if they are not doing to give an inch, then i think his core supporters but also the american people want somebody strong in the white house, wanted to call them on it. i thought this senator kyl on the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty, i think this is an amazing position he's taking. this is something supported by the entire range of conservative opinion from bob kagan to pat baker, to henry kissinger, james baker iii. i don't know why he's opposing this. i think it was unclear from his answer. >> let me start with ed gillespie. there was a cartoon i'll put up on the screen. the slug is cold war 2010. what you have at the at the table are russia and united states on one side and republicans on the other. ed, is this a test of whether bipartisanship is real, whether the president has the ability to make the politics tough enough for republicans that they have to say yes? >> the problem is they are a day late and dollar short in terms of the s.t.a.r.t. treaty and working with congress on it. what's so extraordinary to me about this meeting with congressional leaders coming up is that it's extraordinary. the fact is president obama does not have a working relationship with republicans in congress and not many democrats in congress either. senator kyl has been asking legitimate questions for a long time about the s.t.a.r.t. treaty. he's the number two republican in the senate. he's the leader in our party on these nuclear weapons issues. the white house has essentially acted as if they are getting mail from a college intern working for a freshman -- >> that's not true. >> the white house made concession after concession to john kyl. he want a modernized nuclear force, they said great. there's been 12 hearings or something like that. >> the white house didn't focus -- >> they are trying to work around him. that's a mistake. >> they are astonished by this position. >> i have to make a comment. you made a comment at the start, which i greatly respect and admire, president obama almost reinvented bipartisanship. do we forget what happened in the economic recovery act? no house republican voted for it. only three republican senators voted for it. $787 billion package to move this country out of near financial collapse and one of the senators from pennsylvania was almost run out of his party. what are we talking about? senator mcconnell said his number one goal, main apparently mission in life now, is to take president obama out of office. that's bipartisanship? i don't think so. >> it's not bipartisanship either when at the meeting of the house republicans when talking about the stimulus package and they offer their suggestions and president obama's response at the time was i won. i don't have to take your ideas. he chose a course of pursuing a straight democratic party vote -- >> now they have -- >> i agree. >> here is the question, peggy noonan, what does the president do to confound his critics? that was an observation he made in the past he has not done very well. here are opportunities. whether it's tax cuts, the s.t.a.r.t. treaty whether it's going to be the debt commission, where is he going to make the politics difficult for republicans? i you talked to republicans who say he's making it very easy to say no, and that's been the case for 22 months. >> i'm afraid i'll be repeating my point. i see no sign, really, that the obama white house has decided we have to really change the way we're going forward here. they don't seem -- it seems -- when i look at them, i see people who think it's a concession to some new reality they don't want if they admit 2010 actually changed things, changed our numbers on the hill, et cetera. if the president sort of shakes himself, dusts himself off, and comes forward and says, guys, i'm going to work with you on this tax stuff, everybody in america has to know what their tax rates are going to be for the next year, two years, three years, it is irresponsible not to do it. i'm working with you, i will concede a lot. going to let this thing go forward. >> you made a point about the tax, could be a huge mistake for the president, if democrats stand by working people, to not extend tax benefits at the same time you're extending for upper earners. >> it would be astonishing. there are five unemployed people for every job in america. the average payment on unemployment compensation is $290 a week. this tax cut for the rich people is $100,000 or more for every millionaire. it would be absurd not to help the unemployed at the moment when we've got almost 10% unemployment and unemployment compensation has a bigger bang for the buck. >> i think the president on the tax cut has gone more than out of his way. in fact, i think he's made too many premature concessions to the republicans. yes, i think he should say, let's talk about this. i think you laid out a good solution in the question, pass a tax cut for the middle class everybody agrees on. if this is such a high priority for republicans to pass a tax cut for the rich, let them do it in the next congress. >> let me quickly, before i take a break, mayor nutter, the issue we've been dealing with over the holiday season here, the tsa patdowns. is there a better way? is the administration going to have to revisit the issue? >> well, security matters are always subject to review. i go through the airport, everyone wants everyone to be safe, not particularly intrusive. sometimes you run into conflicts there. can it be done differently or better? i'm sure they can figure out a way to get people through. but apparently everyone got to see grandma for thanksgiving, without a whole lot of lines or nonsen nonsense. everyone wants to be safe on an airplane. that's the bottom line. we seem to forget how we arrived at this point. full body scan, off into a separate room. every security measure is subject to review. you always want to do something better. the bottom line is safety on an airplane. >> what's that? >> after eight years you might want to rethink it. we started out here, we added this, added this, now we're doing this. stop, look back, rethink the whole thing with an eye to what will work in terms of real safety and what is unacceptable treatment. >> here is what the bush administration understood. the american people are here after 9/11, maybe they are here now. they can get back to here in a moment. as the president said over the weekend, if somebody gets through and blows up an airplane, people aren't going to say, they shouldn't have had those extensive patdowns. >> the challenge for government is -- having worked in the white house, there's a tradeoff between security and individual liberty you constantly are trying to get right. the line moves depending on where public sentiment is, and it's moved. i think this has probably going to have to be done by technology most likely here. >> with airplanes grounded in the united states, freight airplanes with concern about bombs and cartridges. this threat is not over. we need to pay attention to it. >> we're going to take a break here. we're going to come back and talk about battleground 2012. yes, it's already upon us. how does it look, sarah palin to other republicans challenging the president potentially. more from our roundtable right after this. 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george w. bush's new book, "decision points" on the back cover photo he is wearing a jacket that says president george w. bushit's embroidered on the jacket and at the same time, he is also wearing a belt buckle. what does the belt buckle say? it says, governor george w. bush. so he's wearing his name twice in both of his last two job title as well on the clothing on the back of his book. this is a thing that i do not specifically have a specific question. i just think it's amazing and i would like to talk with mr. bush about it. i don't -- again, i don't so much have questions about the name and the job title in two places, i just -- i would just like to draw him out about it. i think i could do that. here's something i do have a question about, though. one of the ways we tried to get an interview with george w. bush this year was by entering a facebook contest in which you submitted questions for mr. bush and if -- i don't know if it was mr. bush himself his handlers, if they liked your questions then you would win the contest and be allowed to interview him. we did not win, surprise. one of the questions w

george bush sr. watched as george w. bush threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the rangers' ballpark. runs on an aubrey huff home run. rookie pitcher madison baumgardner gave up only three hits in a 4-0 giants shutout of texas. san francisco leads texas 3-1 and could eliminate the rangers in game five in texas. >>> in the nfl, the defending super bowl champion saints got a victory. drew brees of new orleans passed for more than 300 yards and two touchdowns against pittsburgh and the saints beat the steelers 20-10. >>> brett favre of minnesota started against new england. it was his 292nd straight game, despite two broken bones on his left ankle. but, he got hit on the chin in the fourth quarter and had to be carted off the field. the patriots scored two touchdowns on the ground as they beat the vikings 28-18. >>> after more than five years as the world's number one golfer, tiger woods has dropped to second behind a player who has never won a major. at a tournament four weeks ago he congratulated lee westwood of england who has replaced him as the top golfer in the world. he's the firs

george h. w. bush, bill clinton, george w. bush and now my administration.o 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 th

george w. bush, another moment on tape, george w. bush is promoting his new memoir.e sat down with sean hannity. >> thing that for joining -- can we do that again. >> they never let me do it again. it would have been underestimate. not misunderestimate. >> this is all included. >> strategy not strategery. >> i know that, what do we call that, the other network. let's give sean and the president both points for a sense of humor. >> he seems a lot looser. >> "w"? >> yeah. >> you don't have the burden of the presidency. that is a fact. up next, a close look at the new proposal to get the federal deficit under control, not only suggests major cuts at the pentagon, but npr cuts and you would have to pay to see the pandas at the zoo and the cool planes at the air and space museum. [ woman ] you know, as a mom, i worry about my son playing football. which is why i'm really excited. because toyota developed this software that can simulate head injuries and helps make people safer. then they shared this technology with researchers at wake forest to help reduce head injuries o

george w. bush has broken his silence. -- his was a tumultuous presidency. now george w. bush has broken his silence. accusation that he authorized torture, waterboarding was used in the interrogation of terrorist suspects. it is the feeling of suffocation and drowning. he writes that he was assured it was not torture and it was legal and right. >> you used this technique on three people. we gained valuable information to protect the country. it was the right thing to do as far as i'm concerned. >> if asked if kalid schick muhammed should be waterboarded, the president replied, " damn right." he repeats his claim that information from waterboarding helped prevent attacks in the u.k. >> he did not believe that he was authorizing torture. that was clear from the book, his statements, his interviews, his statements at the time. he also believed that there were many lives saved and plots foiled. >> on iraq, president bush defends his decision to go to war. but he regrets the banner on that aircraft carrier. he regrets that no weapons of destruction were found. but there are no apologies here. >> i do not

george w. bush and george h.w. bush. a former owner of the texas rangers. they were there.n exciting moment for these two former presidents in texas, game four of the world series. >>> a sad note we want to inform you about, ted sorenson died today at the age of 82. he was the youngest senior advisor to president kennedy. he left his mark over the years, including the hand he had in writing these memorable words. >> and so my fellow american, ask not what your current tree can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. >> my fellow citizens of the world, ask not what america will do for you but what together we can do for the freedom of man. >> ted was 82 years old. ed, you remember? >> i knew him. he was an amazing man. he was the ultimate staffer, unlike a lot of speechwriters who lay claim for everything, he never laid claim for everything. people knew that he was one of the principle writers. he served his president well and basically over the years he's been very quiet about what he did and didn't do. >> he was also really the patron saint of speechwriters. >> a

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george w. bush. and george w bushevil so why are we listening to andy card who worked for george w. bush who destroyed america? >> right, right. i'm being sarcastic. >> i'm just saying people are saying that. yet if you're a democrat and you want an example of somebody that knew how to work washington, d.c., this would be the person you would listen to because it stunned me what george w. bush was able to get from speaker nancy pelosi and majority leader harry reid. the surge? 79% of mary cans were against the surge according to an l.a. times poll. nancy pelosi, harry reid, they all said no, hell no. you guys still got everything you want friday the democratic congress. i would suggest a president with 79-vote majority in the house and a 59-41 split in the nat would look at what you guys did with a minority in congress and figure how to -- how did you guy does that. >> president george w. bush got his tax cuts through, the bush tax through with a democratic controlled senate. >> how? >> we worked the process. we invit

george h.w. bush, bill clinton, george w. bushand now my administration. >> saying that ronald reagan said trust but verify, in fact from the white house perspective and we'll hear from dennis mcdon oug, they say this brings verification, puts people back on the ground inside russia. russia has the weapons. what does the counter argument? >> the question overall is what the limits are and how necessary it is at this particular point. and so this substance is going to be a subject for argument, but the immediate political i m imperati imperative, this want to do this before it becomes a more republican senate. the way the president is framing this is very much bipartisan, has an appeal to get something done in the realm of foreign policy, which is not a big area of dispute right now. and that's where you're seeing maximum effort here on the part of the white house to put as much political pressure as they can. you heard the president say, this is going to be his top priority for this lame duck session. >> joining us no, savannah gu

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problems which america faces in trying to shore up the unilateral vision which george bush tried to put in place george w. bush and so some extent president clinton before and the list of those problems is almost without end and yet nato continues as i say to focus on american foreign policy priority priorities principally now iran the missile shield after all lots of let's not forget is mainly directed it called into the americas is directed against iran so once again we see nato dancing to an american today and it's because the core country of nato is weak that the alliance itself is in trouble aren't going to take a quick break here and after the break we'll continue our discussion on nato stay with the. wealthy british science. market why not. find out what's really happening to the. global economy with max culture for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kinds a report on r g. margaret mother did not live with her because. she was afraid. and she was very cold. she felt. arliss frankenstein's monster. we don't have the problem but every. effort is made by the palestinian or i

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george bush. george h. w. bush. or dwight eisenhower or jimmy carter because in each of those cases you can see that by no means for these presidents kowtowing or listening or being controlled by the pro-israel lobby. let me talk a little more specifically about the case of barack obama and where we are today in the peace process to show you a case study of the arab lobby's influence. the israeli lobby's basic philosophy is the government of israel has been democratically elected representatives of the people should decide the fate of israel and should engage in direct negotiations with the arabs, palestinians and other arab states to negotiate a two state solution, is the preferred result. the arab lobby has a different approach especially in the state department. they believe a number of things. one, israel has become worse. israel is not going to make peace on its own unless the united states uses its power to force them. they believe that israel, the israeli people are either too stupid or image shore or evil to know what is good for them and they should be saved in spite of themselves. a very famous article written by one of the state department officials was called how to save israel in spite of itself. a third thing that is common belief in the arab lobby that the palestinian issue is the most important one. if we just solve the palestinian issue than everything else goes away despite the obvious problem of afghanistan not going away, palestinian peace broke out tomorrow or the sunni and shiite woodstock killing each other in iraq if there was peace in the palestinian issue and sell on. you can list a number of cases to disprove that but that is the basic belief and finally there's the belief the united states has to be actively engaged in peacemaking because if we are not constantly pushing there will be this vacuum that will create instability usually filled by violence and bad things happening for american interests. if you look at those two philosophies of the arab and israeli lobby and look at the policies pursued by president obama it is pretty clear that he is not pursuing the israeli lobby agenda. he is pursuing a policy more consistent with the arab lobby. you can like it or not like it but we just laid out in terms of whether president obama is accomplishing the goal that he set for himself and the first year. when he came to office, one of the main points of his campaign is he was not george bush. that his domestic policies were going to not be george bush and would be very different and his foreign policies would be very different and this applied to the police policy as well. in the case of the middle east, he wanted to show that he, unlike george bush, is a friend of the arab and moslem world and one of the first things he did -- the first interview he gave was not to the washington post or the new york times but an air of publication and one of the first -- the first major foreign policy see -- speech was where? cairo. he went and gave a very good speech in cairo. i thought was a very good speech the personal trying to explain to the muslim world and make the case the united states is not in any kind of conflict with islam or the arab world and we want to be on good relations. perfectly good speech, nothing i would complain about but the problem was what was the impact in terms of the muslim world? all of a sudden the muslim world falls in love with barack obama as a

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george w. bush the president and george w. bush the person. mike barnicle, you know this as well as anybody. when he's playing president, he's miserable. he's uncomfortable. he's knot gnot good in that int with matt lauer. when he's with you personally, he is as relaxed and as welcoming as anybody there and you saw that with his arm around the fireman. like he said, wait a second, i will stop playing president and i will start being who i am. puts his arm around the fireman and says, we hear you, and he takes off. >> you can have all the ideological and political differences you want with george w. bush the bottom line is he's a good guy. he is not an evil man, he is a good guy. that moment, joe, with his arm arou around the fireman, indicating to the crowd there and world at large, soon, they will hear from all of us, that's the most powerful moment, i think, of his presidency. unfortunately for his presidency, the next three months, when he could have asked this nation to do anything, anything, and we would have done it, they let it pass. today, all these years later, osama bin laden is sti

george herbert walker bush. what do you think of george w. bush's memoir? >> with. >> lehrer: a minute left. >> fascinating in the sense that it is a rorschach test. if you liked george w. bush and the way he operated, will you like this book. if you didn't like the decisions he made, then you won't like this book. and what it showed me more than anything else was his generosity and magna minuteity toward barack obama and how that deprived democrats of any kind of an enemy in the campaign of 2010. he just was so discreet, so circumspect, kept so quiet. and the tension between him and dick cheney which is real. >> covering him, he always projected certainty and no doubt. but privately you knew he had a lot of uncertainty and a lot of doubt. and the book actually opens up about that, so i'm glad that people can see that part of bush which i found more attractive sometimes than the bush out there in the open. >> lehrer: okay, david, mark, thank you both. >> thank you. >> brown: finally tonight, the latest in a russian spy tale that has a whiff of the cold war about it. ray suarez has the story. >> suarez: in june the justice department announced it had uncovered a russi

george h. w. bush, bill clinton, george w. bush and, now, my administration.aken 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 had been multiple briefings. it has been fulen fully and car vetted and has the full endorsement of our military leadership, vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, hos cartwright is here and will confirm it is in our nation security interests and my administration is prepared to go the extra mile to ensure the remaining stockpile and nuclear infrastructure is modernized, which i know is a key scene of many around the table and also, many on capitol hill. we have committed to invest $80 billion on the effort to modernize, over the next deck made a kayed -- decade and, we have agreed to request an additional $4.1 billion over the next five years. so, the key point here is, this is not about politics. it is about national security. this is not a matter that can be de

george w. bush's ran: we are talking about his book, "decision points." >> announcer: the next president of the united states, george w. bushsean: the book goes into detail about the 2000 election and the bombshell that almost derailed the campaign four days before election day. news that george w. bush had once been arrested for drunk driving. that nearly cost you the presidency? >> yeah it was a big mistake. >> sean: you could have released that information two years earlier. >> i could have released it four years earlier, i should have. i never thought about whether or not to release it. until, i was called to jury duty and the jury -- the case was about a dui and a reporter yelled have you ever been arrested? i can't remember the exact words. i chose not to answer. i said, look i made a lot of mistakes when i was young. i should have said, yes. in 19 whatever it was. i was arrested for drunk driving. -- here's what i was concerned about, at the same time i was telling my girls if i catch you drinking and driving, you are not going to ever drive. i was worried that they would say wait a minute, he really must not mean th

george bush will break ground on his george w. bush presidential center. it will include a library and policy institu. it is expected to open in 2013 on the campus of southern methodist university. former secretary of state ndoleezza sxris ari flesher are expeed to today's ground breaking. >>> and look at that scene out there. we have a lot of rain and drizzle. a bleary day fitting day after monday night football. yuck. >> traffic is calling. we have already had reports of multiple accidents. yes, we have rain falling. most of the areas, roads, streets and sidewalks are wet from passing showers that began late last evening and they continue this morning. look at all that moving color on the radar. that's all rain. mostly light rain. panhandle of west virginia, shenandoah valley, district of columbia. it's coming up in the next half hour or so. these are moving quickly. temperatures in the upper 40s to near 50. later today peaking in the mid-50s. periods of rain, passing showers from time to time all the way into tonight. we may get an inch of rain but probably no flooding. tomorrow we'll dry out. sun ship back. highs reaching low 60s. much chiller friday. >>> 395 northbound comes to a grinding halt not so long after you leave the beltway across the 14th street bridge. issue, oversized truck at the exit ramp to go from eastbound freeway to the northbound third street tunnel. it took ahile for authorities to get it out of there. traffic backed up on to 395. things moving slowly if you're headed that direction. elsewhere, we'll update you throh southeast. pennsylvania avenue not too bad. earlier accident outer loop of route 4. that has been cleared. up near fort meade, pretty serious crash. authorities are detouring traffic up there. out to the rails and see how we're doing. metro and vre, still doing okay. mark, 402 canceled this morning. metro will honor tickets. >>> jerry, thank you. >>> why it could cost money for your son or daughter to ride the bus to school. >>> a metro escalato suddenly stopped in the middle of rush hour. >>> it was painful to watch. what the redskins had to say following their per >>> still to come, apple calling it a day you'll never forget. the big announcement the tech gi >>> macklin pushed off. caught it. touchdowns! oh, man. never seen anything like this, ever. >> nope. ever. the eagles just scored again and again. it was an endless barrage of michael vick and the eagles offense all night long. they had absolutely no answer except the answer to the question, what happens if you hold a football game and only one team shows up. it was a mess. the game was practically over before the end of the rst quarter. the 59-28 loss means the skins's season is in serious trouble. lindsay czarniak at fedex fld with what went wrong. >> reporter: the redskins are humiliated. >> reporter: redskins are humiliated by what they allowed michael vick and the eagles to do them on monday night football. the 59-28 loss takes away any enjoyment he felt from signing his new contraction extension. >> i'm embarrassed. with the way things went and snowballed in the wrong direction, i mean, it wajust an embarrassment. >> we got early out played, outcoached in every area. i take responsibility for it. should have had them prepared better thai did. as i told the players, we have a short week. what we have to do is focus on getting ready for tennessee. but these games do happen. not very proud when they do happen. very embarrassed as an organization, our players, our football team and hopefully we'll respond accordingly. >> felt like somebody was playing a video game out there. felt like a video game score. it was unbievable. >> like racking up bcs points. or something like that. they should be ranked number one now to win like that. >> mama said there would be days like this. just happened to be right now. can't have it happen at all but it did. >> with this loss the redskins ha given up 104 points, the last two times they have appeared on mond night football. from fedex field, lindsay czarniak, back to you. >>> the president of the united states would let them use the word shell lacking. the 59 points were the most ever allowed by mike shanahan coached team. >>> despite the team's awful performance last night, quarterback donovan mcnabb has a nice, nice new contract. despite the team's awful performance, the redskins signed mcnabb to a five-year $78 million deal. $48 million is guaranteed and e total could reach $88 million when incentives are adde his agent said the deal has been in the works since the 33-year-old quarterback was acquired back in ail for two draft choices. >>> today washington archbishop donald whirl will leave for rome where he will be elevated to cardinal. later this week he will celebrate mass at the basilica in rome. on saturday, pope benedict xvi will elevate him to the college of cardinals. more than 350 people from washington and pittsburgh will travel to rome for the occasion. the tights of cardinal is the highest in the catholicchurch after the pope. >>> here's something in montgomery county to think about as you send your kids off to school. some students may soon have to pay to ride the bus. the scho board will ask state lawmakers to allow the county to charge students bus fees. board members are considering the fees because of the sagging budget could get a boost from them. right now a 1997 state law forbids it. >>> cnbc courtney a gans joins us live. good morning, courtney. >> reporter: hi. good morning, jo ecutives in charge of bank of america and jpmorgan say fore the senate banking committee this afternoon. they collect payments for 9 million loans set up procedures to make sure workers who process documents actually review them. b of a insists it hasn't foreclosed on borrowers who haven't missed any payments. walmart says in addition to being open on thanksgiving day, most will open at midnight for black thursday. door busters offered at 5:00 a.m. itunes, apple struck a deal with the beatles to se their songs online about 75% of all album sold are sold from cds. apple sa it is not a profit generator, more of a vehicle to sell more iphones and ipods. a long time waiting. >> certainly have been. thanks very much, courtney. you have a great day. >> reporter: you too. >>> time to look for another forecast from tom and look outside right now. it's gloomy, hazy. all the rain is making it hard to see anything >> the first beatl song i will download is rain. will rain off and on throughout the rest of the damp we have had passing showers since late last night. where you see the moving green, it's coming down harder. blue areas areas of light rain. this is the last hour. there's ite a large batch now coming into prince william county. it's also advancing out of faulkier, loudon unty. it will be there hortly. by the way, washburn, loudon county, creighton's corner elementary where i will be visiting. coming southwest to northeast. and the rainfall totals since this all began, we have had a arter inch around washington, .02 in the nearby suburbs. elsewhere, that's been the story. a little bit more central shenandoah valey, half an inch. in the 40s to near 50 degrees. it's not going to warm up much as the day progresses. in the mountains, mid-40s. bay and easternshore, mid-50s. it's going to be holding steady there as well. more rain on the way. the last 12 hours this conveyor belt out of the gulf of mexico, heading off north and east. you'll need an umbrella this morning. it will bechilly. you'll need to layer up a little bit. it will stay in the 40s the next few hours. sunrise later today reaching the mid-50s wi passing showers. sunset is at 4:54. overnight, a few more passing showers. it could end up with a little more than an inch. i dot expect flooding because it's not coming down hard enough to cause flooding. overall, a wet pattern into early tomorrow morning. sun black. blustery northwest wind. highs low 60s. mostly cloudy. cooler thursday. much cooler friday. sunny, 30s in the morning. afternoon highs near 50. sunny and chilly weekend to follow. how is the traffic now? >> things a little tough in some of the spots. broken dn car 395 at the 14th street bridge. folks adjusting the camera. reportedly bken down in the left travel lane. that may be the case were you see cars over on the shoulder. that combined with annan earlier problem downtown. delays at the capitol beltway. wilson bridge certainly very manageable. springfield to tysons, nothing out of the ordinary. 66 eastbound, accident there. police o scene dealing with it. be very careful. you can see how it's loading up quickly threw centreville. out to the rails we go. metro and vre looking fine. mark, penn 402 canceled. >>> filling up your tank before you hit the road for the holiday is going to cost you a little extra this year. gas price are up anywhere from 22 cents to 24 cents last year. d.c., the average gallon of gas costs $2.97. maryland $2,.86. virginia, $2.77. national average is $2.89. >>> a $5 million levee will save the city fromthe flooding that occurs every 100 years. the moveable levee will be built along 17th street. this cou have a major fect on traffic in the area. without a levee, city leaders say the nation' capital coul risk a devastating flood. also, if it's not built, 2,000 property owners in the area would be forced to buy flood insurance, costing $1,500 for each property. >>> several escalators shut down at dupont. on of its escalators suddenly stped during the morning rush yesterday. it's still not clear what caused the problem. no one was hurt. this comes weeks after an escalator suddenly stopped a then sped up at the l'enfant injuring six people. since then metro has been inspecting all 588 of its escalators systemwide. >>> the corruption scandal in prince george's nine people, including three county police officers. the latest roundup comes just four days after the arrest of county executive jack johnson. and his wife lese. agents last night were carrying out boxes filled with papers. tracee? >> reporter: good morning, joe. in addion to the arrest, they have done some seizures of homes, cars, bank accounts. this investigation into corruption of prince george's county is continuing. prince george's county executive johnson is back on the job while facing federal tampering charges. he wore an ankle bracelet like this one after his arrest on friday. >> i'm going to remain strong, finish whai started. >> reporter: meanwhile, across the county, state and federal agents carried boxes from the tick tock liquor store. federalrosecutors accused two prinls george's county police officers of using their powers to help five other defendants transport and distribute untaxed cigarettes and liquor. both the accused officers worked out of belts vil. 45-year-ol