an issue that worries to former titans of the senate, democrat sam nunn and republican bob bennett. partisan coming up first. right now fox news digital political editor and town hall dot com editor. what are we to make about these plans for a second obama administration, it might not come to pass, but they are getting their spending priorities in order. >> look. the thing that the president is very clearly doing in this reelection campaign is being a very vague. well democrats accuse mitt romney of being vague, the president has intentionally talked only in general about the need for infrastructure and other stimulus kind of spending and the need for what he says will be a tax increase on top earners to pay for it. when you get down to specifics you don't need -- you don't hear very much about what it would be. part of the reason for that is that the president knows that there are a lot of people with their hands out, the people with ideas for how that money ought to be spent. one concern that he has aside from frightening moderate voters with more spending is creating this line up

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that was the end of bob bennett's career. but when president obama was elected, shortly thereafter, and came up as its first legislative initiative to have a stimulus package, suddenly, a republican caucus was out for a scout it was said, we will turn this into obama's waterloo. the senate republican leader said the republican senate agenda is to defeat obama. this was three years and 11 months before the 2012 election. nobody in the republican caucus, except for olympia snowe, would talk to the democrats about the bill. i had been a child during the 1930 depression. i did not want to see another depression. my father, who was a russian immigrant, in 1930, found that he called it -- we live in wichita. my father packed up the family where he had a sister. in depressions, that is what families do. they moved in with one another. to survive. those were really tough times. i had been there. it was plain the vote was going to be highly precarious. it turned out to be just that. that single vote out of 10,000 turned out to be the

bob bennett is chairman of ohio's republican party. >> i think that if most people knew the type of information that we had in our database, that they would be shocked, and probably not too happy with it. >> reporter: and it does seem a bit intrusive as both campaigns draw conclusions about who to pursue based on things like what churches they attend, what cars they drive. an jeff, even what magazines they read. >> glor: dean reynolds, thank you. later a running club that offers a new path for the homeless. floods in venice leaving tourists with a sinking feeling. and the big impact of a senate race in big sky country-- montana. those stories when the "cbs evening new" continues. bed up. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesn't unstuff your nose. what? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus liquid gels speeds relief to your worst cold symptoms plus has a decongestant for your stuffy nose. thanks. that's the cold truth! c'mon, michael! get in the game! [ male announcer ] don't have the hops for hoops with your buddies? lost your appetite for romance? and your mood is on its way down. you might

you should demand, last night, retired democratic senator sam nunn and former republican senator bob bennett appears jointly on fox business network. each offering relatively modest proposals to fix this mess. listen closely. >> we particularly have to discuss, frankly, with the american people, that the entitlement programs simply cannot maintain the same trajection. we will not cut social security or cut people's medicare but we have to bend the coastline down. >> there are trillions of dollars waiting on the sidelines for some sense of certainty, to come into the economy and invest ment. >>neil: if though get their act together. >>guest: otherwise the money will not come in. >>neil: a coiled plan that waits if someone office a plan. we do not have to solve the debt mess but just she the world we are serious about tackles the mess. ask bill clinton. sometimes you just need a do-able plan that is enough to get the markets believing and the rating agencies to hold off downgrading and have americans feeling more confident. you did not have to wave a wand and tell us how you will make all the

bob bennett a former republican senator from utah and byron dorgan democratic senator from north dakotaoining us. senator dorgan, that seems like a high number. what do you make of this ahead of wednesday night's debate? >> well most polls have are you certain and then also are you leaning? this doesn't have one of those categories. you know, this is kind of like a scavenger hunt for good polling news. it is entertaining, but it doesn't matter very much. what really matters is what do the polls show how independents feel in ohio, pennsylvania, florida, wisconsin and so on? so, you know, this is a close race. i think president obama is leading in the key swing states. and this debate is going to be very interesting, viewed by a lot of americans. so i think both candidates are going intoothis thinking they really have to do well. connell: senator dorgan is right senator bennett in that the president has been leading in the polls. take nbc "wall street journal" as an example in those swing states he is up granted in the margin of error in some of them but up in all nine in what they consid

thank you, dan and all of you for coming to reach levels like to speak for the sponsors, alan bennett, bob harwood, and from said the austin, tom cole, kristen brand, carter philips, and in particular a great supporter of ours that is here today, tom greene. please recognize the key member of the board, bob bates if he could stand up as an invaluable member of the team than vice and a special thanks of course the justice stevens for honoring us with his presence. i have a suspicion that most of you are not here to listen to me. so i will proceed quickly but before i do, i have a few words to say about our work and is exciting new program that we are launching. the legal action project was founded 23 years ago to take the fight for a safer america to a level playing field americans to defend solutions to gun violence can get a fair hearing. we remain the only public interest group in america dedicated to finding in the courts to reduce deaths and injuries. if you need a reminder of why our work is so vital, recall ten years ago almost to the day on the evening of october 14th, 2002, 47-year

the authors from the futures of school reform, we have a bob schwartz from harvard graduate school of education. terry moe, the william bennett munro professor of political science from stanford university and a senior fellow at the hoover institution. and helen janc malone, and advanced doctoral student from harvard graduate school of education. after they propose their big ideas to you, and they will take about five minutes each and will try to keep into that, then andrew rotherham, a founder of bellwether education consulting firm will again give some of his comments and starts off with questions. and then we will have a period of q&a and comments, discussion with the audience and then we will flip in a new panel of which will be jal mehta from harvard graduation school, rick hess and richard elmore, also from harvard graduate school of education. and heather harding, vice president of research at teach for america will be responded for the panel. and then again we will open it up and bring everybody in for the discussion. so today i hope is a great opportunity to question our own assumptions, to probe our own thinking. so

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this event, allen bennett, bill harwood, and tom cole, mark hopson, carter phillips, and supporter of ours that is here today, tom green, and please recognize a key member of the board, bob bob, stand up. invaluable member of the legal team, dan vice. special thanks, of course, to justice stevens for honoring us with his presence. i have the suspicion that most of you are not here to listen to me so i'll proceed quickly, but before i do, i have a few words to say about our work and an exciting new program we are launching. the brady center's legal action project was founded 23 years ago to take the fight for safer america to a level playing field where americans who demand real solutions to gun violence can get a fair hearing. we remain the only public interest law group in america dedicated to figging in the courts -- fighting in the courts to reduce gun deaths and injuries. if you need a reminder of why our work is so vital, recall ten years ago, almost to the day, on the evening of october 14th, 2002, a 47-year-old woman was loading her car outside home depot in falls church, virginia when gunfire came out of nowhere. she was shot dead in front of her husband. linda f