that american and as apple pie. it is absolutism described as apple pie. i'm not sitting president obama wasn't born america -- i'm not saying that is what you're saying -- sign just asking the question. wingnuts right now live to wrap themselves up in the american flag and there is this since they are the defender of the founding fathers and it promotes the idea that i find arrogant that any political party should presume to own a the american flag or the bible or the concept of freedom. the founding father as a reality check of course as you know don't know we are focused on uniting the nation, not dividing it. the founding fathers, hamilton, madison warned about the danger of faction. that's the federalist papers or all about, not exacerbating. and i close the book with george washington because it is good to go back to the first principles. it's look at the farewell letters to the nation quickly. he warned against. he said there was no threat to the american experiment than partisan demagogue who agitates the community with jealousy and false alarms ki

that is as american as apple pie and of course it is absolutism disguised as apple pie. it is always, i'm not saying president obama wasn't born in america. i am just asking the question. wingnuts right now love to wrap themselves up in the american flag, and there is the sense that they are the true defenders of the founding fathers and it promotes an idea that i find air again. any political party should resume the american flag or the bible or the word of concept and freedom. the founding fathers as a reality check, weren't focused on uniting the nation, not dividing it. hamilton, madison warned about the dangers of faction. that is what the federalist papers are all about. i close the book with george washington. judge because going back to first principles, let's take a look at his farewell address to the nation. he warned against, he said there was no greater threat to the american experiment than a partisan demagogue who agitates the community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms. candling the animosity of one part against the other. he warned against thos

it is like mothers and apple pie. how could you not want to be competitive? the question is what does it mean? we just went through a wrenching national debate on health care reform, and part of the reason that was so complicated, at least from an economic perspective, is that it seemed to mean different things. for some people in means coverage leading to cost reductions, and for others it means no, cost reductions needed to coverage increases. getting a definition right matters. for competitive is, it is ultimately about our living standards, and it is easy to see why we care. in the very difficult economic environment we find ourselves still in, it makes clear the need to never lose focus on long-term competitive fundamentals and the short-term problems that we face. competitive economies are those that have in place at all level of individual sectors -- at the level of individual sectors the factors that allow prosperity to build, and sectors and markets that can actually win competitions. we contribute to competitiveness weather in cyclical downturns --

was a takeover, too much government, big government and socialism and communism, as american as apple pie this health care will be. >> i think the data lost him but sure liked medicare. you're a white fellow in a district largely black. haven't you taken heat for that? aren't there people that make prejudicial statements from the left? >> there are some. my district is a diverse district, predominantly african-american. i get a lot of love in this district and represent the way they need to be represented. our district needs health care, public education, social benefits and we have been able to delivery on those. our district has really overcome a lot. we have come a long way from the assassination from dr. king, 3 days the south was segregated. memphis is on the rise. >> what do you make of this rise of the south, not the good stuff, governor of virginia we just talked about and probably argue with pat for months for this, talking about glor night confederacy and never mentioned slavery and you have governor perrin texas talking about secession and nullification and all this lingo you a

pan sized wheat cakes stacked high, quarter inches of apple pie and cup after cup of the best coffee these cowboys had ever had in their lives. when john and his men never made trouble of the montezuma again but they still wanted to know as did more and more people across the country who the hell was fred harvey. [laughter] within a century later appearing over the lip of the grand canyon in my pajamas at 5:00 in the morning i am wondering the same thing. as the sun slowly eliminates the walls of the mind why there is a substantial literature just explaining why words cannot describe what i am seeing. but as i turn away from the canyon i.t. in another site, less inspiring but many ways equally intriguing because it was created by man, buy americans on the very edge of the decline of this. it is the brusquely majestic hotel that has afforded me the luxury of rolling out of a plush bread at sunrise shoveling in my slippers the beagle staircase, a signal site to have the grand canyon pretty much to myself. it is arguably the most in demand hotel in the world. most of the guest rooms are

and it is as american as apple pie. and pretzels.kend at the great american pie festival. and we'll have a report and i'm happy to say, guys, we have samples this morning. we won't be seating them like those guys did. >> pie and pretzels. it's dream this morning. but first let's go back to day in yazoo city, mississippi. >> reporter: good morning. >> reporter: that's quick look at your weather picture. the cleanup is just beginning here in yazoo city and it it is going to take a long time. but residents are committed to make sure all of that happens. harry, we'll send it back to you. >>> a new study out this morning finds that middle school aged children whose parents allow them to watch r-rated movies are more likely to engage in underage drinking than children who are not allowed to see such films. only 3% of the kids surveyed who were never allowed to watch r-rated move have is started drinking alcohol while under age compared to 19% of the kids who said they were sometimes allowed to watch such films as 25% of the kids who were a

and it is as american as apple pie. and pretzels.at american pie festival. and we'll have a report and i'm happy to say, guys, we have samples this morning. we won't be seating them like those guys did. >> pie and pretzels. it's dream this morning. but first let's go back to day in yazoo city, mississippi. >> reporter: good morning. church members are just beginning to show up to look around and to try and understand what happened to their church. this church burned down years ago because of arson. it was rebuilt. and church parishioners are saying despite all of the adversity, h church will be back bigger and stronger. but this morning it's hard to imagine how long that process is going to take. you cannot tell one section of a church from the other. the sanctuary from the operating areas of the church and the administration offices. it's all scattered and that's what ever of yazoo city looks like this morning. but, again, the good news is the severe weather has cleared and much of the country is quiet today. let's go to the maps an

that was not just apple pie and motherhood. it was actually helpful to me, going out and meeting with international debt investors, to say that government sponsored enterprise and, by the way, we are regulated by a credible, effective, well funded regulator. their level of funding was set by congress every year. history can decide if that made sense or not. we did not have anything to do with that. >> it might be a little bit too much to say that you did not have anything to do with it because as i recall, you lobby against the increase -- you lobbied against the increase. >> i did not lobby against that budget. >> didn't fannie mae hire lobbyists to lobby against it? what i do not know. not in my tenure as ceo. >> the thing that i would say is that the heritage as a financial regulator of a complicated institution, coming out of hud and establishing itself with teams that were available and that therefore, not at the top levels of examiners, and the statutory limitations of them being a mission regulator, it made it not very e

and that wasn't just apple pie and motherhood, because it was actually helpful to me going out and meeting with international debt investors, and others, to say that the short story of fannie mae, government-sponsored enterprise, public-private mentioned -- mission, and by the way were regulated by a credible, effective well-funded regulator. . . offo heritage as a financial regulator, coming out of hud and staffing itself with teams that had -- were available and therefore perhaps not at the top levels of other regulators and examiners, and the statutory limitations that were -- that existed around the bifurcation of ofheo being a safety and soundness regulator and hud being a mission regulator, made it, in my experience, running or working in regulated institutions over the years, not very effective. >> ok. thank you. just for the record, i think it's -- i think the fannie mae's lobbying expenditures from 1998 to 2008 were roughly 8 it million dollars. -- $80 million, which i suppose, one could argue, in light of the enormous lobbying that goes on by financial services companies generall

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. >> you have a weakness to pie and you don't seem to like apple or cherry. >> he likes the whipped creamam pie, pumpkin pie. >> coconut cream pie. >> yeah. >> that's just not american, i'm sorry. >> i'm a patriot, i am. >> coconut is unamerican. >> pie. >> coconuts don't grow in america. >> only kidding, only kidding. >> okay. . >> and speaking of patriotic. >> yes, imagine this curriculum, parents. social studies, reading, gun safety. would that be a tad odd for your third or fourth grader? well, it would and that's what's happening in the state of virginia, required by law. they have to put together a gun safety curriculum for public elementary schools and that is incorporates guidelines from the n.r.a. themselves. >> i can imagine that some parents are not too keen on, although some parents might really like the idea, but some parents, i'm sure are up in arms. >> get it? >> about it. >> that was a good one. >> some are arguing-- >> you stole that from the prompter here. >> some are saying we've seen an increase in violence in the schools and better to have kids equipped for this and p

apple pies. do you have a big shop or little shop? >> i have the cutest little piecan pie council contest. it's -- let's see, cheery cherry cherry berry pie tom's. named after your brother-in-law. >> it is. >> this is the pie. this would be the first time i ever done this show that i actually got to eat a piece of pie. you ready? >> i'm ready. here we go. >> willard! that's awesome though, isn't it? the best pie you've ever had. >> best pie i've ever had. now i'm going to have the best shower i ever had. here, congratulations for last year. it really is a great american traditi tradition. happy birthday to our birthday buddies from coast to coast. no time to lose your glasses, uncle willie. you see them anywhere over there? they're in my pocket. put them on my head. this is carrie ada berrien from brunswick, georgia. 115 years old. secret to longevity is her faith in the good lord and a cheery cherry cherry berry pie. happy birthday to you. how sweet it is. okay, here's thea fortney from viroqua, wisconsin. has only been to the hospital once. maybe twice when she wa

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