for reasons that i described earlier, it is hard for a former becauset to be much use they are not in the flow of the information. president obama has called president bush at important moments. -- when they were about to take down osama bin laden and that sort of thing. it has not been a wide flow of communication. i do not think that reflects a cordiality. lack of if anything, president bush has said that his reticence in part due to is in the appreciation for the difficulty of the job. >> you into the same school that togore went to -- you went the same school that al gore went to. you are the omb director. the chief of staff from 2006- 2009. what are you doing now? >> i have a consulting firm. i went off and talked for two years at princeton. experience.antastic ofantastic way of coming out government service is to teach about it. it helps both the students and the teacher consolidate what they now. now, i have the luxury of getting paid to think about and talk about some of the same issues that i thought were so interesting during a very privileged government career. we'veare out

becauset is closed lawmakers in washington cannot agree on a way forward. is simplelout tourists like us want to see a great monument of the country, and we do not get to see it. nation's most our enduring symbols of freedom is on lockdown. >> that is why you come here, for that. it is a big disappointment. >> frustration stretches across the country right now, defined by blocked off national parks, chained up gates, locked buildings and museums. >> last time i was at the air and space museum was 1960. unfortunately, on this trip i will not be able to see it. these sixth-graders from cincinnati are still making their three-day field trip to washington, though now they are not sure what they will actually get to see. >> it is a shame. for some kids, this is the only opportunity they will have to see the nation's capital. >> for federal employees, the shutdown is much more personal as congress continues to argue around -- to argue. around 800,000 are not sure when they will see their next check. >millions will continue to lose out. one thing most can agree on

speaking of hugs imagine you are set to get married ined less than a week but becauset of shutdown youto scramble to change itself venue. >> that has to be heart-breaking. it's what happenedhe to one couple. mike and his fiancÉ were set to mary at the jerson memorial but they must have their ceremony at the site of o their reception of the evenhe if the shutdown is over byer then the couple would lose outs on money they paid to several vendors. ven the groom says nothing can ruin their special day. >> it is surreal that is happening at this point. but we're also justst remembering the facts comets sunday we're going to be married. one way or another. she is going to be my wife.ife i'm going to be her husband, nothing can stop that, even a a government shutdown.me >> the national park service s 24 weddings have been scheduled through october.u that includes nine this week. couples may reschedule onceule the government reopens. >> all right. that is tough.t >> it know. >> you know those wedding plans can be made a year in advance. >> they're usually, months in advance. it's another impac

becauset their house their parents threw them out. they will come to mama kay. i would come home after school and i was see her having lunch with a mother who threw them out. they would have the most productive kid in the world. i have seen it all. i am who i am because of where i am from any varmint i grew up in. >> you ran for governor wants and you lost the primary. why did you lose and what did you learn? >> i did not do a good job. i did not do a good enough job explaining who i was and what i called the state could be and how we would change the state. i come from this is. my goodness, i grew and labor town. -- i came from business. i do not project it properly. when it was over, i knew one thing. i never lost a race before that. my son was sitting with me. i said, we have been a very honored to be serving people. tonight is not going to be our night. we are not going to win this. it is easy to win. you have to show a little class. i have watched people walk out. there's only one person name on the ballot and that is yours. if you cannot take blame for wha

becauset to walk away they have lived in a secularized society and the understand the importance of the gospel of what the scripture says of first importance, when the people to christ, speaking of mercy and reconciliation. many of them want to concentrate on that and not consume ourselves with politics. i am willing to say we cannot make that choice. we have to be concerned as citizens and we have to be fighting against injustice including abortion and sex trafficking and orthography -- pornography. we do this with an understanding of how the gospel motivates that action. people who are like we are in need of mercy and of reconciliation and of the grace that comes to the blood of christ. so those things must be held together. the mission of the church as ambassadors of reconciliation and calling for justice and righteousness. is what an old theologian of the 20th century used to say. we believe in justice and justification of a god who says this is the way we should walk and a god who offers mercy and reconciliation. when we hold those together and when younger generation sees the gosp

becauset mention that it so goes without having been said. we all shares her -- experiences of walking through the national gallery. really anything comparable throughout the world except for perhaps in the louvre and a few museums but are we proud of it and of course it should be open. of course the smithsonian should be open. it caught -- of course the holocaust museum should be open. of course our national parks should be there to serve the american people. , we opened these at least, our federal employees will have a place to visit while the rest of the federal government is shut down but it is so unfair to the rest of the government to pick and choose a very few agencies which has no thatimpact on the budget is the issue here we are having to deal with. marginal amount of money but it is an active -- act of desperation. it is evidence of how politically bankrupt this position of shutting down the government has become. degenerating down to picking winners and losers among federal workers. just so as to dissipate the political heat, you w