(laughter) betsy ross' vagina. (laughter) from what i've been told. come on, can't a brother get a social security argument or is there any other pageantry you'd like to regale us with? >> ladies and gentlemen, the eight republican presidential candidates. (applause) (laughter). >> jon: wow. now that... wow. blue angels interior fly by. (laughter) kudos. (laughter) did not see that coming. all right, anyway, let's have the national anthem. ♪ o, say can you see by the dawn's early light... ♪ (laughter and applause) >> jon: that's cold blooded. i was sure cee-lo was going to turn around on that one. (laughter) what are you gonna do? still, though, the singing of our national anthem did give the candidates the opportunity to strike a presidential pose. the show the audience that they meant... holy (bleep)! wow! wow! look at rick perry, man! that's not a candidate, that's a patriotic collectible from the franklin mint! boom! baboom! (laughter) well, hopefully now we will get to hear from the candidates. >> it's time for the candidates to introduce themsel

betsy dresser in new orleans.u a parserengeti, part high-tech medical facility, she ahd her staff at the audubon nature institute have been working quietly for years on the science and the art of inter- species cloning. and she'll be the first to tell you that, even with living animals, it isn't easy. >> betsy dresser: you don't just clone some cells, and then all of a sudden, you have a baby. i mean, there's so many scientific steps along the way-- knowing everything from hormones to the proper surrogate to, you know, length of pregnancy. >> stahl: length of pregnancy? >> dresser: yeah. because, see, we don't know how long a woolly mammoth... the gestation period. we can guess, but we don't know, really. >> stahl: but betsy dresser's work on inter-species cloning is focused on the future, not the past. rather than trying to resurrect extinct creatures, her goal is to keep the animals we have today from going extinct tomorrow. >> dresser: i feel like we're in the emergency room of the wildlife business, really. i

i speak for all my colleagues at nbc news when i say congratulations, betsy.en keeping that from her all morning long. that's it for today. we'll be back next week. if it's sunday, it's "meet the press." >>> daring rescues in frigid waters. >> i can't see anything! i need help! >> massive floods. >> oh, my god. >> it was unbelievable just how quickly that the water was moving. >> and danger at sea.

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speak for all my colleagues at nbc news wn i say congratulations, betsy. keeping that from her all morning investigators search for clues into a deadly crash at a nevada air show as new video of the crash emerges. friday night fights, things get ugly a a

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betsy's husband, jim, had been active in interfaith efforts. at his encouragement, she called the imam at the local mosque. >> and i said, "i am ignorant about islam, far more ignorant than i want to be, and i want to do something, and i'm especially concerned about muslim women. can you tell me someone i can talk to?" >> reporter: the imam put her in touch with danya wellmon. wellmon had grown up methodist, but after a time of spiritual searching converted to islam in 1992. she says the days after 9/11 were difficult for members of her mosque. >> we did get the phone calls, the harassment. many muslim families kept their children home from school, you know, there was the name calling. i know myself, i was run off the road one time and called a terrorist, and it was very scary. >> reporter: wellmon says she was surprised but pleased to get wiggins's call. p>> oh, gosh, we talked for hous on the phone, and then she invited me to her house for coffee to, you know, carry on, to carry on this conversation. >> she parked right outside there, and she

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martineau >> betsy martinez >> edward martinez >> jose angel martinez, jr. >> robert gabriel martinez >> victor martinez pastrana >> lizie d. martinez-calderon >> i am honored to read my oldest brother's name. we love you and miss you. you are for ever in our hearts. >> and my sister, karen martin. flight attendant, and to all of the flight crew and passengers, when i look up, i see and feel your spirit and the sky. >> paul richard martini >> joseph a. mascali >> bernard mascarenhas >> stephen frank masi >> nicholas george massa >> patricia ann massari >> michael massaroli >> philip william mastrandrea, jr. >> rudolph mastrocinque >> joseph mathai >> charles mathers >> william a. mathesen >> marcello matricciano >> margaret elaine mattic >> robert d. mattson >> walter matuza >> and my father. i love him and miss him. my mom loves him and mrs. him. and misses him. we will never forget you. >> dad, we miss you every day. >> charles a. mauro, jr. >> charles j. mauro >> dorothy mauro >> nancy t. mauro >> tyrone may >> keithroy marcellus maynard >> robert j. mayo >> kathy nancy mazza >> ed

my name is betsy bertwick. i am the director of san francisco youth works. here we go. couple of weeks ago i went to meet with phil and ginsberg to present an award to the recreation and park department for our long-standing partnership that has benefited at this point hundreds of youths in the city of san francisco. when i presented as he asked me to come here and speak briefly providing an introduction to our organization and partnership. we are city internship program created by willie brown in 1997 to address a tremendous demand for youth employment opportunities, demand that is still among young people the highest-rated demand that they have four resources from the city. we place hundreds of youths annually and have placed 4500 use over the past 13 years. this program exposes young people to careers in city government and serbs people from all over san francisco. fortunately we have strong partnerships with a number of departments in the city, and today we will talk about the one with recreation and park. for the past 13 years rec and park department has provided s

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there you go you know if you was over that well that's the thing dick the boss's son dick jr married betsy prince the daughter of edgar prince who's a longtime friend of dick voss they were actually heads of the local bircher society up there and michigan for a while yeah exactly and look at erik prince though erik prince the head of blackwater the former head of blackwater got over seven hundred million dollars in government contracts throughout the bush administration while dick de vos is one of the largest givers to the republican party during that time in fact he's responsible for the largest single donation to the r. and c. in its history so if you see how these things work and we're underwriting this dirty kind of lobbying and the kind of privatized for eternity army that blackwater represents with all its murderous intentions and it's sports becomes the prime economic engine and. for that process and in the last thirty seconds i thought it was amazing things in your article was the miller the hyper militarization of sports oh yes rip on them for no no absolutely i mean i mean david

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betsy kippers joins us by telephone.ou heard the caller talking about the efforts in states like wisconsin by the governor to curb collective bargaining rights. what would you say the strength is of unions in the state of wisconsin after that? guest: i would say our biggest strength is our voice and activism. gov. walter davis a wake-up call. we got kind of lazy in our work. our union workers united to have a common voice about what is good for the communities in wisconsin. host: mark mix was our group earlier -- guest earlier. he made the argument that in wisconsin use of the governor -- you saw the governor tried to get rid of union privileges and that the fight was really over unions getting dues collected from paychecks before it was given to the teachers. now groups like yours will have to go out and sell the product to union members and collective dues. if you do that then people will give you your dues. but that has not been the case. we have seen the headlines. your organization has had to let people go because o

camp, we were forced to see the original documents of the founding fathers, the first flag sewn by betsy ross, the plane charles lindbergh flew across the atlantic. we took the fbi tour of the department of justice, and we had our picture taken in front of the iwo jima statue. we traipsed from one end of pennsylvania eave to the other, climbed all 896 steps of the washington monument and paid a visit to our congressman to shake his hand and let him know that we'd be voters someday. and it was while i was there inside the capitol building, that i found myself separated from my mother and sisters and our cousin, patricia. we were on our way to sit in the senate gallery as the senators were deliberating a bill that would provide free health care for all the old people in america. but i got distracted by the statues of the senators, especially one zachariah chandler, the senator from michigan in the 1800s. i was consumed with history and the story of the republican party and how it formed in michigan and what a great party it was, the party of lincoln, the party to end slavery, a party of co

mine is to congratulations to betsy fisher on 20 years at "meet the press."rted when she was 10 for those of you trying to do the math. that's it for this edition. i'll see you from new york tomorrow. transportation secretary will be among my guests. up next, chris jansing and company, then "andrea mitchell reports" at 1:00. see you later. helps defends against occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas and bloating. with three strains of good bacteria to help balance your colon. you had me at "probiotic." [ female announcer ] phillips' colon health. a body at rest tends to stay at rest... while a body in motion tends to stay in motion. staying active can actually ease arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis, staying active can be difficult. prescription celebrex can help relieve arthritis pain so your body can stay in motion. because just one 200mg celebrex a day can provide 24 hour relief for many with arthritis pain and inflammation. plus, in clinical studies, celebrex is proven to improve daily physical function so moving is easier. and celebrex is not

martineau betsy martinez edward martinez jose angel martinez, jr.iel martinez victor martinez pastrana lizie d. martinez-calderon >> it is an honor to read my brother's name. you are forever in our hearts. >> to all of the flight crew and passengers, when i looked up, i see and feel you in the sky. paul richard martini joseph a. mascali >> bernard mascarenhas stephen frank masi nicholas george massa patricia ann massari michael massaroli philip william mastrandrea, jr. rudolph mastrocinque joseph mathai charles mathers william a. mathesen marcello matricciano margaret elaine mattic robert d. mattson walter matuza >> and my father. i love him and i miss him. my mother loves him and misses him. we will never forget him. >> and my father, edward. dad, i miss you every day. >> charles a. mauro, jr. charles j. mauro dorothy mauro nancy t. mauro tyrone may keithroy marcellus maynard robert j. mayo kathy nancy mazza edward mazzella, jr. jennifer lynn mazzotta kaaria mbaya james joseph mcalary brian mcaleese patricia ann mcaneney >> mom, because of the exam

. >> betsy martinez. >> michael a.ery soul that we lost. god bless the family members who have to ende that loss. d god guide us to our reunion in heaven and god bless the united states of america. >> our own rick levinthal is live at ground zero today as he was ten years ago today as well. rick? >> and megyn a remarkable contrast from the live images in soldier field in chicago where tens of thousands of people were cheering and celebrating america to the images here where this ceremony at the world trade center just now beginning to wind down. takes more than four hours to read the nearly 3,000 names of the victims who died here and in shanksville and at the pentagon down in d.c. and they are still finishing up right now and near the end of the alphabet. they began just after 8:35 this morning. and, of course, had six moments of silence to mark the times that the towers were hit. the times that the towers fell and also the time the plane crashed in shanksville and the other plane hit the pentagon and we heard powerfu

so i have the distinct pleasure today of introducing governor betsy duke.ernor duke has helped lead us through some of the most dramatic changes that we've seen, i think, with the confidence of a seasoned leader and an eye towards really practical solutions. what you may not know about her, though, is that from the beginning, many of us have aforgetly thought of her as the -- averagesly thought of her as the housing governor. but regulatory oversight. governor duke has helped us maintain a steadfast focus on restoring a functioning housing sector. she served on the board of neighbor works america through the first two years of her term, during which she developed a keane interest in neighborhood spablization efforts and went out to many communities around the country. in 2009 when everyone was talking about preventing foreclosures. she recognized then that r.o.e. was a critical issue and institutions needed to come up with good strategys for efficient policies. governor duke, i had the pleasure of working with her and stabilizing neighborhood activities in

period was given up by the congress when congress mandated the building of the system after hurricane betsy. the core has something else going for appeared in 1927 congress passed the act under which gives the core blanket immunity from any legal consequences of flood control projects that is built. that is why there has not been a race following the flooding of new orleans because in most cases, lawsuits have been thrown out because the court has blanket immunity. there is only one case it has proceeded. interestingly, there's been a little in the national press. i think both read about the verdict when he came down. a federal judge ruled that the court was criminally negligent by failing to maintain a navigation canal that it built the mississippi river gulf outlet which is responsible for the flooding of st. bernard parish and the lower ninth ward. that came to trial only because that was an allegation project and was not covered by the flood control act. but i've wandered away from the question. >> it's all right. we have time. >> the responsiveness of locals. >> so they scream and shou

so i have the distinct pleasure today of introducing governor betsy duke. governor duke has helped lead us through some of the most dramatic changes that we've seen, i think, with the confidence of a seasoned leader and an eye towards really practical solutions. what you may not know about her, though, is that from the beginning, many of us have aforgetly thought of her as the -- averagesly thought of her as the housing governor. but regulatory oversight. governor duke has helped us maintain a steadfast focus on restoring a functioning housing sector. she served on the board of neighbor works america through the first two years of her term, during which she developed a keane interest in neighborhood spablization efforts and went out to many communities around the country. in 2009 when everyone was talking about preventing foreclosures. she recognized then that r.o.e. was a critical issue and institutions needed to come up with good strategys for efficient policies. governor duke, i had the pleasure of working with her and stabilizing neighborhood activities

, you know, women have been in and then participants really an oliver major wars, all the way from betsy ross making the american flag if you will, to you. people know jessica lange, the first pow women taken in iraq for example. as you know, one of the things i've been working as the ranking women on all the military in the house of representatives, may enter service at the congress on the armed services committee, i have been really watching, seeing how the role of the woman is within the military ranks. so let's go back to something that's very important because you did something i believe is very unique. you pushed the envelope and women being involved in combat in iraq. so let's talk a little bit about, first of, what combat means. because you know, some people think women shouldn't be involved in combat. >> guest: you know, combat is an interesting thing because many instinct are to state that you've reached a certain level or have to be infantry in order to be in combat. stepping back, if you look at the definition, any offensive action against enemy or foreign sources that result